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- 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.).
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