(Susanna's second marriage was to Emery Bissell. Since they had no children together, she is listed here as Emerson, as her descendants will know her as such.)
MOTHER: Mary Polly Knowles
FATHER: Isaac Aaron Wass
1st HUSBAND: Eusebius Iverson Emerson
m. 14 Apr 1833
CHILDREN:
1. Phebe Wass Emerson
m. Andrew Tabbut
2. Susanna Knowles Emerson
Infant Death
3. Edward Knowles Emerson
m. Rosanna Kelley Donovan
m. Mary Asenath Libby
4. Jefferson E. Emerson
Infant Death
5. Laura L. Emerson, 1842 – 1902
m. William T. Chase
m. William Dick Goff
6. Abby Jane Emerson
Toddler Death
7. Ada Salome Emerson
m. Uriah M. Kelley
2nd HUSBAND: Emery J. Bissell
m. 17 Dec 1864 - Addison, Washington, Maine
Susanna Knowles Wass was the sixth of eleven children born to Isaac Aaron and Mary Polly Knowles Wass. She was only 11 years old when her father and three older sisters died and 13 when yet a younger sister died. Susanna knew from a young age how fragile and short life could be.
Her husband, Eusebius Emerson, was initially married to her first cousin, Susan Knowles McKenzie. After becoming widowed, he and Susanna, age 17, married on April 14, 1833. She was stepmother to her husband and cousin's children, Henry C. (1829-1862) and Stillman McKenzie (1831-1908). She also lost three of her 7 children.
After Eusebius died, Susanna married widower J. Emery Bissell on December 17, 1864, in Addison, Maine. She moved with him to Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, helped parent his children and remained there after his death.
Susanna's first born child, Phebe, immigrated to Palestine with her husband, Andrew Roger Tabbut, in order to prepare the land for the end of the Jewish Dispora. Historically their community is known as the American Colony in Jaffa. As supportive parents, Eusebius and Susanna must have instilled courage and conviction in their daughter in order for her to have such vision and blaze a trail. Through her losses, Susanna understood the value of life. She was a woman of faith.
SOURCES:
1. Tibbetts, Leonard F, and Darryl B. Lamson. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, Me: Picton Press, 1997. Print.
MOTHER: Mary Polly Knowles
FATHER: Isaac Aaron Wass
1st HUSBAND: Eusebius Iverson Emerson
m. 14 Apr 1833
CHILDREN:
1. Phebe Wass Emerson
m. Andrew Tabbut
2. Susanna Knowles Emerson
Infant Death
3. Edward Knowles Emerson
m. Rosanna Kelley Donovan
m. Mary Asenath Libby
4. Jefferson E. Emerson
Infant Death
5. Laura L. Emerson, 1842 – 1902
m. William T. Chase
m. William Dick Goff
6. Abby Jane Emerson
Toddler Death
7. Ada Salome Emerson
m. Uriah M. Kelley
2nd HUSBAND: Emery J. Bissell
m. 17 Dec 1864 - Addison, Washington, Maine
Susanna Knowles Wass was the sixth of eleven children born to Isaac Aaron and Mary Polly Knowles Wass. She was only 11 years old when her father and three older sisters died and 13 when yet a younger sister died. Susanna knew from a young age how fragile and short life could be.
Her husband, Eusebius Emerson, was initially married to her first cousin, Susan Knowles McKenzie. After becoming widowed, he and Susanna, age 17, married on April 14, 1833. She was stepmother to her husband and cousin's children, Henry C. (1829-1862) and Stillman McKenzie (1831-1908). She also lost three of her 7 children.
After Eusebius died, Susanna married widower J. Emery Bissell on December 17, 1864, in Addison, Maine. She moved with him to Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, helped parent his children and remained there after his death.
Susanna's first born child, Phebe, immigrated to Palestine with her husband, Andrew Roger Tabbut, in order to prepare the land for the end of the Jewish Dispora. Historically their community is known as the American Colony in Jaffa. As supportive parents, Eusebius and Susanna must have instilled courage and conviction in their daughter in order for her to have such vision and blaze a trail. Through her losses, Susanna understood the value of life. She was a woman of faith.
SOURCES:
1. Tibbetts, Leonard F, and Darryl B. Lamson. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, Me: Picton Press, 1997. Print.
(Susanna's second marriage was to Emery Bissell. Since they had no children together, she is listed here as Emerson, as her descendants will know her as such.)
MOTHER: Mary Polly Knowles
FATHER: Isaac Aaron Wass
1st HUSBAND: Eusebius Iverson Emerson
m. 14 Apr 1833
CHILDREN:
1. Phebe Wass Emerson
m. Andrew Tabbut
2. Susanna Knowles Emerson
Infant Death
3. Edward Knowles Emerson
m. Rosanna Kelley Donovan
m. Mary Asenath Libby
4. Jefferson E. Emerson
Infant Death
5. Laura L. Emerson, 1842 – 1902
m. William T. Chase
m. William Dick Goff
6. Abby Jane Emerson
Toddler Death
7. Ada Salome Emerson
m. Uriah M. Kelley
2nd HUSBAND: Emery J. Bissell
m. 17 Dec 1864 - Addison, Washington, Maine
Susanna Knowles Wass was the sixth of eleven children born to Isaac Aaron and Mary Polly Knowles Wass. She was only 11 years old when her father and three older sisters died and 13 when yet a younger sister died. Susanna knew from a young age how fragile and short life could be.
Her husband, Eusebius Emerson, was initially married to her first cousin, Susan Knowles McKenzie. After becoming widowed, he and Susanna, age 17, married on April 14, 1833. She was stepmother to her husband and cousin's children, Henry C. (1829-1862) and Stillman McKenzie (1831-1908). She also lost three of her 7 children.
After Eusebius died, Susanna married widower J. Emery Bissell on December 17, 1864, in Addison, Maine. She moved with him to Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, helped parent his children and remained there after his death.
Susanna's first born child, Phebe, immigrated to Palestine with her husband, Andrew Roger Tabbut, in order to prepare the land for the end of the Jewish Dispora. Historically their community is known as the American Colony in Jaffa. As supportive parents, Eusebius and Susanna must have instilled courage and conviction in their daughter in order for her to have such vision and blaze a trail. Through her losses, Susanna understood the value of life. She was a woman of faith.
SOURCES:
1. Tibbetts, Leonard F, and Darryl B. Lamson. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, Me: Picton Press, 1997. Print.
MOTHER: Mary Polly Knowles
FATHER: Isaac Aaron Wass
1st HUSBAND: Eusebius Iverson Emerson
m. 14 Apr 1833
CHILDREN:
1. Phebe Wass Emerson
m. Andrew Tabbut
2. Susanna Knowles Emerson
Infant Death
3. Edward Knowles Emerson
m. Rosanna Kelley Donovan
m. Mary Asenath Libby
4. Jefferson E. Emerson
Infant Death
5. Laura L. Emerson, 1842 – 1902
m. William T. Chase
m. William Dick Goff
6. Abby Jane Emerson
Toddler Death
7. Ada Salome Emerson
m. Uriah M. Kelley
2nd HUSBAND: Emery J. Bissell
m. 17 Dec 1864 - Addison, Washington, Maine
Susanna Knowles Wass was the sixth of eleven children born to Isaac Aaron and Mary Polly Knowles Wass. She was only 11 years old when her father and three older sisters died and 13 when yet a younger sister died. Susanna knew from a young age how fragile and short life could be.
Her husband, Eusebius Emerson, was initially married to her first cousin, Susan Knowles McKenzie. After becoming widowed, he and Susanna, age 17, married on April 14, 1833. She was stepmother to her husband and cousin's children, Henry C. (1829-1862) and Stillman McKenzie (1831-1908). She also lost three of her 7 children.
After Eusebius died, Susanna married widower J. Emery Bissell on December 17, 1864, in Addison, Maine. She moved with him to Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, helped parent his children and remained there after his death.
Susanna's first born child, Phebe, immigrated to Palestine with her husband, Andrew Roger Tabbut, in order to prepare the land for the end of the Jewish Dispora. Historically their community is known as the American Colony in Jaffa. As supportive parents, Eusebius and Susanna must have instilled courage and conviction in their daughter in order for her to have such vision and blaze a trail. Through her losses, Susanna understood the value of life. She was a woman of faith.
SOURCES:
1. Tibbetts, Leonard F, and Darryl B. Lamson. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, Me: Picton Press, 1997. Print.
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