In reference to the post which provided this: >. Richard married Alice Clark on December 5, 1644 [possibly as his >second wife]. She was the widow of George Clark, and tragically ended >her life by murdering her own child, and was subsequently hung therefor, >in 1648. There is a mournful account of the murder by Alice Bishop of >her daughter, Martha Clarke, 4 years old, July 22, 1648 (Savage, Vol. I, >page 393). She also had another daughter, Abigail Clark. There is also >reference to "Damaris, (wife of the first William Sutton), daughter of >Alice and Richard Bishop". When William Sutton removed to New Jersey, >Bishop sold his property at Duxbury, and went to live with him. Richard >Bishop was called "of Piscattaway in Artercull or New Jersey," when he >sold to Capt. Benjamin Church his property in the Colony (Winsor's >Duxbury, page 228.)." Alice's daughters were apparently born in 1644 (Martha) and ~1640 (Abigail). The Richard Bishop site had Richard marrying Alice Martin Clark on 5 Dec 1644 - the same year Martha was born! (If I could just find info on George Clark, such as his death date!!) She didn't murder Martha until four years after marrying Richard; according to my database, their dau Damaris was born 1646 and would therefore have been two at the time of the murder. So several mysteries: -Alice couldn't have been suffering post-partum depression two years later over Damaris' birth (or maybe she could? I know nothing of that state) -If Richard Bishop moved with Damaris and her husband William SUTTON to New Jersey, when? They obviously did not move because of the murder, since Damaris was two when it happened, and when they moved, Damaris was already a married lady (m.at age 20 on 11 Jul 1666, Eastham MA). -This means Abigail was 26 at the time of Damaris' marriage, and therefore was probably already long married herself, unless she died. -If Richard kept both Alice's children with him, did he find himself someone else to "live with" - the web site doesn't say anything about Richard *and a wife* moving to NJ with William and Damaris. . . ie, who was taking care of the two little girls? -The part of the above post which said "Richard Bishop of Piscataway was originally a First Settler of Duxbury, MA, where he had a son, James Bishop. He lived with Love Brewster in 1638 . . ." Apparently he means Richard,because James was born [according to this guy's web site] in 'abt 1640' - same exact time frame as poor Abigail's birth! Was he married to this lady, or just living with her? Was she James' mother? Or was Richard married before he "lived with Love Brewster"? Maybe Love Brewster is another interesting mystery!! More later. Francesca