Alice (Piersol) Bishop^[1]

1705 - 1789  (84 years)

• Name	Alice (Piersol) Bishop
  Birth	c 1705	Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Dec 1789	Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Compass, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I19645	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel Bishop,   b. England d. Dec 1741, West Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Mother	Alice (Bishop)
  Family ID	F11427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Piersol, II,   b. 19 Feb 1677, Beeren Island, Albany County, New York, USA d. 7 Nov 1777, West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1720	Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	+ 1. Richard Piersol,   b. c 1702, Montgomeryville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1760, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 58 years)   2. Rebecca Piersol,   b. c 1726, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. c 1785, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)   3. Jeremiah Piersol,   b. 1728, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Feb 1771, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 43 years)   4. Mary Piersol,   b. 1729, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Mar 1748, Compass, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 19 years)   5. Sarah Piersol,   b. 1733, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1808, Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland, USA (Age 75 years)   6. Alice Piersol,   b. 5 Apr 1733, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Jan 1820, Honey Brook, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)   7. Elizabeth Piersol,   b. c 1739   8. John Piersol, III,   b. c 1741, Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Apr 1816, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F6765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Remains of Mayor McCaskey are Re-Interred The Reading Eagle several days ago [Nov. 13, 1907, p.2] had the following items of local interest: The remains of three persons were exhumed at the old public burial ground, on the corner leading from Elverson to Loag's Corner, which had been buried 118, 130, and 160 years, respectively. The place is located on the farm of C. Allen James. No interments are known to have been made here for more than a century. This burial spot was established in the days when there were no denominational cemeteries in existence. In those days burial places were frequently established at or near the public school houses, while in many instances there were family burial grounds on farms. For many years there was located near the above named burial ground a school house, which was torn away many years ago and replaced by a new one a short distance away. The three bodies exhumed were those of John Piersol and Alice, his wife, and their daughter Mary, wife of David Davis. From the inscriptions on the tombstones it was learned that John Piersol died Nov. 8, 1777, at the age of 100 years; Alice Piersol, his wife, died Dec. 29, 1789 at the age of 84 years; and their daughter, Mary, wife of David Davis, died March 6, 1748, at the age of 19 years. . . . The remains of each were carefully separated from Mother Earth, placed in a small box and conveyed to St. John's Episcopal cemetery at Compassville, Chester County, where they will be reinterred on the Piersol family plot. These bodies were exhumed at the insistance of John Piersol McCaskey, mayor of Lancaster city, who is a descendant of John Piersol. Mr. McCaskey is of the opinion that it was the intention of his ancestor that the entire relationship should be buried in one place and he thinks it is his duty to see this idea is carried out. John Piersol was the great-great-great-grandfather of Mayor McCaskey and with his interment on the family plot in Compassville, he can look on the graves of all his ancestors since 1677. John Piersol was at one time an extensive land owner in West Nantmeal, possessing more than 250 acres, which was held in the Piersol name, until about a century ago. While many others are known to have been buried at this burying ground, the graves of those exhumed are the only ones that bore markers. New Holland Clarion, Saturday, November 16, 1907, page 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S189] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-441870632/alice-piersol-born-bishop-in-familysearch-family-tree (Reliability: 4). Alice Piersol (born Bishop)&lt;br&gt;Birth name: Alice Bishop&lt;br&gt;Gender: Female&lt;br&gt;Birth: 1705 - Chester, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Nov 1720 - Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Dec 29 1789 - Chester, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Burial: Dec 1789 - Saint Johns Episcopal Church Cemetery, Compass, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Parents: <a>Samuel Bishop</a>, <a>Alice Bishop (born Curtis)</a>&lt;br&gt;Husband: <a>John Piersol</a>&lt;br&gt;Children: <a>John Piersol III</a>, <a>Rebecca Brown (born Piersol)</a>, <a>Jeremiah Piersol</a>, <a>Mary Davis (born Piersol)</a>, <a>Alice Trego (born Piersol)</a>, <a>Sarah Porter (born Piersol)</a>, <a>Elizabeth Piersol</a>, <a>John Pearsoll</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>Joseph Bishop</a>, <a>Rachel Bishop</a>, <a>Hannah Bishop</a>, <a>Susannah Davis (born Bishop)</a>, <a>Sarah Cloud (born Bishop)</a>, <a>Lydia Bishop</a>, <a>Mary Cox (born Bishop)</a>, <a>Samuel Bishop</a>, <a>Hannah Reed (born Bishop)</a>, <a>John Bishop</a>, <a>Priscilla Bishop</a>, <a>Charles Bishop</a>, <a>Rose Vernon (born Bishop)</a>&lt;br&gt;This person appears to have duplicated relatives. View it on FamilySearch to see the full information. [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112656716/alice-piersol.