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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      29. Joseph3 Bemis (John2, Joseph1)211 was born 17 Nov 1684 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts212, and died 1738 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts213. He married Elizabeth Peirce214 15 Oct 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts215, daughter of Joseph Peirce and Martha. She was born 09 Sep 1687216, and died 10 Feb 1753 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts217.

Notes for Elizabeth Peirce:
"Mrs. Elisabeth Bemis (Widow of Mr Joseph Bemis of Waltham, Deceased) Died in Weston Feb: 10 AD 1753. Aged about 66 years." - Vital Records, Weston, Mass.

More About Joseph Bemis and Elizabeth Peirce:
Marriage: 15 Oct 1706, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts218
     
Children of Joseph Bemis and Elizabeth Peirce are:
+ 123 i.   Hannah4 Bemis, died 27 Dec 1798.
+ 124 ii.   Elizabeth Bemis, born 11 Jul 1707 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 125 iii.   Mary Bemis, born 11 Jun 1709; died Bef. 1738.
+ 126 iv.   Sarah Bemis, born 11 Nov 1711.
+ 127 v.   Susanna Bemis, born 13 Jan 1713/14 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 28 Nov 1785 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 128 vi.   Dinah Bemis, born 23 Apr 1718.
  129 vii.   Abigail Bemis219, born 03 Apr 1720220.
+ 130 viii.   Joseph Bemis, born 10 Apr 1723; died in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 131 ix.   Benjamin Bemis, born 19 Apr 1725; died 07 Mar 1793 in Cornish, Sullivan, New Hampshire.
+ 132 x.   Keziah Bemis, born 07 Aug 1726.


      30. John3 Bemis (John2, Joseph1)221 was born 06 Oct 1686 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts222,223, and died 11 Jan 1754 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts224. He married (1) Hannah Warren225 08 May 1710 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts226, daughter of Daniel Warren and Elizabeth Whitney. She was born 25 Jan 1690/91227, and died Bef. 1713228. He married (2) Anna Livermore229 02 Apr 1713 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts229,230, daughter of Samuel Livermore and Anna Bridge. She was born 1690 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts231.

Notes for John Bemis:
Some confusion pertains to his date of death. However, I have seen his headstone and the probate records of his estate. In the probate records, his wife, Anna and son Abijah clearly affirm the settlement of his affairs on January 29, 1754, supporting the January 11, 1754 date shown in the Vital Records of Waltham (p. 252). [Steve Dahlstrom]

More About John Bemis:
Died 2: Dec 1760, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Burial: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Elected: Bet. 1730 - 1735, John Bemis was Constable at Watertown, in 1730, and Selectman in 1735.232

More About John Bemis and Hannah Warren:
Marriage: 08 May 1710, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts233

More About John Bemis and Anna Livermore:
Marriage: 02 Apr 1713, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts234,235
     
Child of John Bemis and Hannah Warren is:
+ 133 i.   John4 Bemis, born 11 Feb 1711/12 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
     
Children of John Bemis and Anna Livermore are:
+ 134 i.   Anna4 Bemis, born 29 Apr 1714 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 07 Jan 1793 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 135 ii.   Josiah Bemis, born 29 Feb 1715/16 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 136 iii.   Abraham Bemis, born 27 Dec 1717 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 31 May 1811.
+ 137 iv.   Grace Bemis, born 05 Nov 1719 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 138 v.   Lydia Bemis, born 05 Apr 1721 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 13 Feb 1793.
+ 139 vi.   Abijah Bemis, born 16 Mar 1722/23 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 19 Jun 1790 in Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 140 vii.   Elisha Bemis, born 20 Mar 1725/26 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 28 Oct 1807 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  141 viii.   Elizabeth Bemis236, born Bet. 23 Mar 1726/27 - 1728 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts236.
  142 ix.   Nathaniel Bemis236, born 06 May 1730 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts236.
  More About Nathaniel Bemis:
Baptism: 10 May 1730, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts237
+ 143 x.   Susanna Bemis, born 03 Apr 1732 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  144 xi.   Phinehas Bemis238, born 24 Mar 1733/34 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts238.
  Notes for Phinehas Bemis:
Massachusetts Army & Navy, the Revolution, 17 Vols.; Volume 1, page 928:
Bemis, Phineas.Private, Capt. Abner Cranson's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt.; receipt for wages for Aug., 1775, dated Prospect Hill; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Prospect Hill, Nov. 13, 1775. (Not sure if this is the person)



      31. Mary3 Bemis (John2, Joseph1)239 was born 24 Sep 1688 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts240. She married Isaac Stearns241 26 Oct 1708241, son of Samuel Stearns and Hannah Manning. He was born 31 Dec 1674242, and died 1737242.

Notes for Isaac Stearns:
[Genealogy and memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants, 41]
109 -- ISAAC STEARNS (30), b., Dec. 31, 1674, son of Samuel and Hannah (Manning) Stearns, of Watertown, Mass.; md., Oct. 26, 1708, Mary Bemis, b., Sept. 24, 1688, dau. of John and Mary (Harrington) Bemis, of Watertown. He d., 1737; inventory of his estate, Apr. 4, 1737, £1127, 19sh., 8d.; six chil.

More About Isaac Stearns:
Reference: Genealogy and memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants243

More About Isaac Stearns and Mary Bemis:
Marriage: 26 Oct 1708244
     
Children of Mary Bemis and Isaac Stearns are:
  145 i.   James4 Stearns244.
+ 146 ii.   Dea. Isaac Stearns, Jr., born 14 May 1710; died 25 Nov 1779.
  147 iii.   Mary Stearns244, born 04 Dec 1712244; died 27 Aug 1741245. She married Jonathan Sanderson246 07 May 1741247; born 24 Feb 1713/14248; died 31 Mar 1780248.
  More About Mary Stearns:
Died 2: 22 Aug 1741249

  Notes for Jonathan Sanderson:
[Draper:175] He was a widower without children; his first wife was Mary Stearns (589)
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[NEHGR:1973:127:288] 14. Jonathan Sanderson ... was born 24 Feb. 1713/14 (Watertown Records ..., 2:56) and died 31 March 1780 (Waltham Vital Records).

He married first, 7 May 1741, Mary Stearns, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Bemis) Stearns, born 4 Dec. 1712. She died soon, 22 Aug. 1741 (ibid.).

He married secondly, 21 Feb. 1744/5, Mary Bemis, daughter of Jonathan and Anna (Livermore) Bemis, born 10 March 1722/3, died 16 Aug. 1802 (Columbian Centinel), She bore him ten children.

His will was dated 26 Jan. 1780. His estate was valued at £867.10s.11d, and included a 70 acre farm (Middlesex Co. Probate, No. 19803).

  More About Jonathan Sanderson:
Reference: "Edward Sanderson of Watertown, Mass.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-1994, v127, p288, October 1973250

  More About Jonathan Sanderson and Mary Stearns:
Marriage: 07 May 1741251
  148 iv.   Susanna Stearns251, born 11 Jan 1715/16251. She married Jonathan Smith251 18 Nov 1736251; born 23 Jan 1714/15252.
  More About Jonathan Smith and Susanna Stearns:
Marriage: 18 Nov 1736253
+ 149 v.   Nathaniel Stearns, born 23 Apr 1718.
+ 150 vi.   Peleg Stearns, born 02 Jan 1719/20; died 05 Mar 1789.


      33. Samuel3 Bemis (John2, Joseph1)254 was born Bet. Aug 1691 - Aug 1693 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts255, and died Aug 1776 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts256,257. He married Sarah Barnard258 12 Apr 1716 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts259,260, daughter of John Barnard and Elizabeth Stone. She was born 25 Jan 1693/94 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts261, and died 30 Sep 1756 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts262,263.

Notes for Samuel Bemis:
[NEHGR:1964:118:183] "Identity of Phebe, Wife of Joseph Bowman"

The following describes the involvement of Samuel Bemis in the affairs of the estate of James Barnard:

"The papers in the packet of the estate of James Barnard of Sudbury (Middlesex County Probate #1062) further confirm the relationship. Paper No. 1 is a "rough" inventory, taken "by us the subscribers 25 February 1717/18, as it was shown to us by Benjamin Barnard and Sam'll Bemis and his wife, Lt. Col. Edward Goffe, Capt. Nath'l Bowman and Capt. Joseph Bowman being present." (This inventory was a meager one, showing personal property of £8:17:6. Later inventories showed real estate of £654:6:6.) "We also took some pages into our hands: viz. 1 mortgage deed of George Harrington, 2 bonds from Col. Goffe and a bond of William and Peter Jenison." Jona Bond, Moses Boardman, John Noyes sign. Appended to the inventory are some lines written by F. Foxcroft, Judge of Probate, difficult to decipher, but seemingly as follows:

"The above James Barnard died at his kinsman James Barnard's house at Watertown...and by the consent of the principal kinsman I impowered the 3 Gent. above to ride up and take an inventory...Justice Bond delivered to me £8:17:6 bills of credit and the bonds above mentioned and told me he left the rest of the goods to Mrs. Sarah, wife of Sam'l Bemis, as I ordered... F. Foxcroft, J. Probate."

Those present at the taking of the inventory were evidently some of the principal kinsman, Benjamin Barnard, a nephew, and the husbands of four nieces--Samuel Bemis, Edward Goffe, Nathaniel and Joseph Bowman."
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[Bond:22] "m., Ap. 12, 1716 SARAH BARNARD. They settled first in Sudbury, and, in 1721, moved to Spencer, and he was the second settler in that town, where he d. Aug., 1776, and she d. Sept. 30, 1756. [For interesting information respecting him and his chil., see Draper's History of Spencer, 105-9]"
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[James Draper, History of Spencer:1-2] "BEMIS SAMUEL, came from Watertown, 1721, and was the second settler in Spencer. He was born in 1688, was m. to Sarah Barnard of Sudbury. He was doubtless, a descendand of Joseph Bemis, who came from England to Watertown, in 1640, and was probably the ancestor of all who bear that name in this part of New England. He purchased 400 acres of the easterly part of lots (29) and (36). He commenced felling the ancient forest, which covered his farm, before he removed his family here. At that time the Indians had not all retired from this part of the country, and some of them frequently came into his cabin and tarried with him through the night, but their presence was very offensive to him. In 1722, when his wife was about to give birth to her third son (William), fearing the Indians, she made a journey to Sudbury, for safety during that critical period, and when her little son was only two weeks old, she rode home on horseback, a distance of nearly fifty miles in one day, and carried her infant son in her arms, although the greatest part of the distance the road, such as it was, passed through an entire wilderness! He acquired a handsome estate, and built the first frame house in town, a building of two stories, which stood on the site of the present house of Mr. Robinson, and was taken down a few years since. His wife Sarah died September 30, 1756. His children were Samuel, b. May 1716; Edmund, Nov. 1, 1720; William, Nov. 1, 1722; Nathaniel, 1725; Sarah, Dec. 12, 1727; Joshua, July 14, 1729; Elizabeth, 1732; Jonas, March 25, 1737. The following is the inscription on his tomb stone.
      'In memory of Mr. Samuel Bemis, one of the first settlers of the town, who died August 1776, in his 84th year.
      Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey,
      Or men as fierce and wild as they,
      Our kind forefathers did repair,
      And built us towns and cities there.'
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[Draper:123] They resided for a time in Sherborn. Samuel Bemis was the second settler of Spencer, Mass., going ther from Wat. in 1721. He purchased 400 acres of land, and began at once to fell the timber, with which the land was covered, before bringing his family from Wat. At that time, the Indians were still numerous in that section, and they frequently came to his house and tarried the night, but their presence was most offensive to him. In 1722, when his wife was about to give birth to his third child, William, fearing the Indians, she made a journey to Sudbury for safety during the critical period, and when her little son was only two weeks old, she rode home on horseback, a distance of fifty miles in one day, carrying her infant in her arms, the road passing through an entire wilderness.

Mr. Bemis acquired a handsome estate, build the first frame house in Spencer, a building of two stories, which stood for over one hundred and twenty-five years, and was then taken down. The following is the inscription on his tombstone:

      'In memory of Mr. Samuel Bemis, one of the First settlers of the Town, who died August 1776, in his 84th year.
      Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey,
      Or men as fierce and wild as they,
      Our kind forefathers did repair,
      And built us towns and cities there.'

More About Samuel Bemis:
Date born 2: 1688264
Date born 3: 07 Aug 1690, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes for Sarah Barnard:
[Tower:V1:68-9] Sarah Barnard's Ancestry.
His wife, Sarah Barnard, came from English ancestry. She was born at Watertown, January 25, 1694, and died at Spencer, September 30, 1755, proceeding him 20 years. Her father, grandfather and great grandfather Barnard were named John. John Barnard Senior, born in 1602, came to America from Ipswich, England, in the ship Elizabeth, William Andrews master, in 1634 with his wife Phebe and their son John, aged three, and settled at Ipswich in this State. Her father was a housewright and lived at Watertown, and his surname, Barnard, has to some extent been used in Spencer as a given name in the Bemis and other families.

More About Samuel Bemis and Sarah Barnard:
Marriage: 12 Apr 1716, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts265,266
     
Children of Samuel Bemis and Sarah Barnard are:
+ 151 i.   Samuel4 Bemis, Jr., born 24 May 1717 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 15 Aug 1793 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 152 ii.   Capt. Edmund Bemis, born 04 Oct 1720 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died Dec 1810.
+ 153 iii.   Capt. William Bemis, born 01 Nov 1722 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 23 Mar 1801 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 154 iv.   Nathaniel Bemis, born 1725 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 01 Jan 1787 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  155 v.   Sarah Bemis267, born 12 Dec 1727 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts268,269. She married Daniel Lynde270 20 Jun 1751 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts270,271; born 26 Jan 1716/17 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts272.
  More About Sarah Bemis:
Name 2: Sarah Bemus273

  More About Daniel Lynde:
Name 2: Daniel Lynd274
Residence: "of Leicester"275

  More About Daniel Lynde and Sarah Bemis:
Marriage 1: 20 Jun 1751, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts276,277
Marriage 2: 20 Jun 1731, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts278
+ 156 vi.   Joshua Bemis, born 14 Jul 1729 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 24 Mar 1789 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  157 vii.   Elizabeth Bemis279, born Abt. 1732280. She married Jonathan Moore281 10 Jul 1755 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts281,282.
  More About Jonathan Moore:
Residence: "of Worcester."283

  More About Jonathan Moore and Elizabeth Bemis:
Marriage 1: 10 Jul 1755, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts284,285
Marriage 2: 10 Jul 1755, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts286
+ 158 viii.   Jonas Bemis, born 25 Mar 1737 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 07 May 1790 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.

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