William Bissett^[1]

1771 - 1849  (77 years)

• Name	William Bissett
  Birth	4 Apr 1771	Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  UID	767C4838D50F4B1CB21ECC7594419BD61489
  Death	20 Mar 1849	Kingston, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada
  Person ID	I1215537043	King-Gurnett Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Andrew Bissett,   b. 25 Jun 1748, Crimond, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Oct 1781, Camp Security, York, Penna, USA (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Anne Fitzgerald,   b. 2 Sep 1750, Scotland d. 1813, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1770	Scotland
  Family ID	F703	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Weldon,   b. 1786, Chapel Grove, New Brunswick, Canada d. 20 Oct 1868, Chapel Grove, New Brunswick, Canada aka Whitehead, NB (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1804	Waterborough, Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Bissett,   b. 1814, Carter Point, Kingston Peninsula, Kings, New Brunswick, Canada d. 14 May 1892, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  William Bissett has possession of 700 acres of land at Cumberland Point, Waterborough Parish, Queens County in 1808. In October of 1808, William and Elizabeth sold 350 acres to Robert Cox. In September of 1812, William and Elizabeth Sold the second 350 acres to A. Barton and H. McDonald. In September 1812, William Bissett bought 200 acres from James and Jane Weldon, 100 acres each of the lots 14 and 15 at Carter Point, Westfield Parish on the Kingston Peninsula of Kings County. There is no record of lot 20 at Chapel Grove being left to James Weldon. By English inheritance law then, the eldest son assumed title to a father's property upon his death, sometimes without Probate action. Also, there is no record of a registered transfer of the Chapel Grove lot 20 from James Weldon to William Bissett. We have to assume a verbal or paper private sale at some time between 1817 and 1832, from James to William. In 1832, William and Elizabeth Bissett sell lot 20 to their son Thomas of Saint John. In 1835, William and Elizabeth sell their 200 acres, lots 14 and 15 at Carter Point to John McKeel.

  
  

• Sources

  [S_2050317243] Ancestry Family Tree.