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- Joel Bishop, at age 17, and 6'2" tall, entered military service on February 17, 1777; served in the battle of Danbury, Conn. April 28, 1777, and the battle at Eastchester, New York on January 18, 1780, Captain Samuel Backus's Company, 6th Connecticut Line. Joel was taken prisoner and confined with Ethan Allen in New York City in the Old Stone Prison for 18 months and 16 days. Joel survived on a diet of leather scraps and old shoe
On August 24, 1784 Joel married Phebe Avery, born August 4, 1768; died November 17, 1841, daughter of Richard Avery.
Joel Bishop and his wife moved to Charleston, Montgomery County, New York in 1793 that became Wayne County, and then to Clarksfield, Ohio on April 17, 1837. In 1863 Joel's grandson, Chauncy Bishop was living in the family home. "Military History of Wayne County, New York," published 1863. "Record of the Descendants of John Bishop, The Bishop Genealogy", William Whitney Cane and George Allen Root, published by John Guy Bishop, Nyack, New York.
"In 1837 Joel Bishop, born October 2, 1759, Connecticut, son of Reuben Biship and Ann Wright, grandfather of Chauncey Bishop, moved to Havanna, Huron County, Ohio and died there April 17, 1838. Joel had four sons and five dathers. The mother of Honorable Jackson Valentine was one of his (Joel's) daughtes."
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1759 - 1838 (78 years)