http://alicemartinbishop.com/ Richard Bishop of Piscataway was originally a First Settler of Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he had a son, James Bishop. He hired himself to (True)Love Brewster (of the Mayflower), son of Elder William Brewster, in 1638. For one year’s service Bishop was to receive a small sum of money and 20 bushels of indian corn. (p. 103). On January 5, 1640-1 he was hired to dwell with Nathaniel Sowther for seven pounds per year. (Vol. II, Ibid. 1641-1651, p. 6). Sowther was secretary of the Plymouth colony for a number of years before he moved to Boston. The arrangements with both Brewster and Sowther indicate that Richard was hired to work for those men. Among those “Able to bear arms in the Colony of New Plymouth. 1643, were Nathl Souther, George Clarke, and Richard Bushop.”. In a town meeting at Eastham, Massachusetts, May 22, 1655, all the settlers were divided by vote into groups of five, and each group of five men was to keep a bull. One such group included Richard Knowles, Joseph Rogers, George Crisp, Thomas Robert, and Richard Booshop. All of these probably lived near each other.