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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      335. Charity5 Bemis (Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1)1595 was born 21 Feb 1755 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts1596, and died 10 Apr 18181597. She married Miles Greenwood 21 Mar 1782 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, son of Benjamin Greenwood and Mary. He was born Aug 1758 in Boston, Mass., and died 27 Dec 1822.

More About Charity Bemis:
Burial: Old Burying Ground, Arlington Street, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts1597

Notes for Miles Greenwood:
Miles Greenwood enlisted 4 May 1775 for 8 months; He was at Lexington on April 19, Battle of Bunker Hill, Quebec Expedition, Dorchester Heights. He also enlisted 12 Jan 1778 and went to R.I. (Greenwood Family Gene.)

More About Miles Greenwood:
Burial: Old Burying Ground, Arlington Street, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts1598

More About Miles Greenwood and Charity Bemis:
Marriage: 21 Mar 1782, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
     
Children of Charity Bemis and Miles Greenwood are:
  733 i.   Charity6 Greenwood, born 16 Dec 1782; died 02 May 1805. She married Samuel Spaulding.
  734 ii.   Miles Greenwood, born 10 Dec 1784; died 23 Oct 1816.
  More About Miles Greenwood:
Cause of Death: at sea of cholera
  735 iii.   Mary Greenwood, born Aug 1787; died 28 Aug 1844. She married (1) Edward Wellington 1808. She married (2) Henry Baily 30 Sep 1833.
  More About Edward Wellington and Mary Greenwood:
Marriage: 1808

  More About Henry Baily and Mary Greenwood:
Marriage: 30 Sep 1833
  736 iv.   Nancy Greenwood, born 06 Jul 1788. She married William Parker.
  737 v.   Melinda "Melendy" Greenwood, born 17 Oct 1791. She married Francis Hyde, Esq. 10 Oct 1837; died 24 Apr 1855.
  More About Francis Hyde and Melinda Greenwood:
Marriage: 10 Oct 1837
+ 738 vi.   Rebecca Greenwood, born 27 Dec 1793 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 30 Apr 1873.
  739 vii.   Thomas Jefferson Greenwood, born 02 May 1799; died 12 Sep 1874. He married Eliza M. Burroughs 1820.
  More About Thomas Greenwood and Eliza Burroughs:
Engagement: 10 Sep 1820, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts1599
Marriage: 1820



      337. Sylvester5 Bemis (Joseph4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1)1600,1601 was born 25 Nov 1761 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts1602, and died 23 Feb 1831 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1603,1604. He married Molly Bemis1605 26 Jun 1785 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1606, daughter of Joshua Bemis and Sarah White. She was born 05 May 1765 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1607,1608, and died 08 Jul 1847 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1609.

Notes for Sylvester Bemis:
[Draper:69]: He went from Spencer to Chester, Mass. in the spring of 1786, cleared land and built a house, returning to Spencer for the winter. The following spring he took his wife and dau. Sally, the only one of his children born in Spencer, to Chester and settled. He prospered exceedingly and died a rich man.

More About Sylvester Bemis:
Residence: "of Brookfield"1610,1611

More About Molly Bemis:
Name 2: Molley Bemiss1612
Died 2: 07 Jul 1847, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1613

More About Sylvester Bemis and Molly Bemis:
Marriage 1: 26 Jun 1785, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1614
Marriage 2: 16 Jun 1785, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1615,1616,1617
     
Children of Sylvester Bemis and Molly Bemis are:
+ 740 i.   Sally6 Bemis, born 13 Nov 1785 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  741 ii.   Amasa Bemis1618, born 15 Dec 1788 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1618,1619; died 15 Nov 1808 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1620.
  More About Amasa Bemis:
Died 2: 15 Mar 18081621
+ 742 iii.   Polly Bemis, born 09 Aug 1791 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts; died 12 Sep 1871 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  743 iv.   Betsy Bemis1621, born 21 Oct 1793 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1621,1622. She married Salmon Belden1623 10 Dec 1812 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1624.
  More About Salmon Belden and Betsy Bemis:
Marriage: 10 Dec 1812, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1624
+ 744 v.   Sylvester Bemis, born 18 Mar 1796 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts.
+ 745 vi.   Lucy Bemis, born 08 Sep 1798 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts; died 13 Apr 1873.
  746 vii.   Joshua Bemis1625,1626, born 09 Jan 1801 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1627; died 21 May 1804 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1627,1628.
  747 viii.   Joseph Bemis1629, born 24 Nov 1803 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts1629; died 06 Jul 18531629. He married Rood1629.
+ 748 ix.   Captain Joshua Bemis, born 03 Jul 1806 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts; died 16 Sep 1880 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts.
+ 749 x.   Ruth Bemis, born 17 Nov 1808 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts.


      341. Mary5 Bemis (Benjamin4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1)1630,1631,1632,1633 was born 11 May 1749 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts1634, and died 15 Oct 1818 in Cornish, New Hampshire1635. She married Zebedee Edminster1636,1637 12 Sep 1771 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1638,1639. He was born Mar 1747/48 in Freetown, Massachusetts1640, and died 17 Jun 1837 in Cornish, New Hampshire1640.

Notes for Mary Bemis:
Mary is probably the person who married Zebedee Edminster, based on the names of their children which reflect the names of her sisters. Also, her date of birth and residence in Spencer make this more likely. [Steve Dahlstrom:06/07/2003]

[The Edminster Family In America]

Mary Bemis, Zebedee's wife, was born in 1749 according to her tombstone. She was probably a member of the prominent Bemis family of Spencertown, now Spencer, Massachusetts. However, the Bemis family history (47) lists her only in the "Addenda" in recording her marriage to Zebedee. This Bemis family descended from John Bemis who was born in Dedham, Essex County, England about 1550. His grandson, Joseph, came to Watertown (now part of Boston) in 1640. Many Bemis men served in the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars.

More About Mary Bemis:
Date born 2: 16 May 1749, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1641
Date born 3: 11 May 1759, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts1642

Notes for Zebedee Edminster:
[The Edminster Family In America]

Zebedee Edminster was born in Freetown, Massachusetts in March 1748 (or 1747 ?) according to his deposition in applying for a Revolutionary War veteran's pension. He was probably son of William and Mary (Paul) but this is concluded through circumstantial evidence. He moved to Oakham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, probably late in the 1760's. On 12 September 1771, he married Mary Bemis of Spencertown (now Spencer) and they lived in that area until shortly after 1790 (45) (46). His record as a Revolutionary War was described in Part I; also, Mary Bemis' probable ancestry was noted as well as the six children born in Spencertown. When they came to Cornish, New Hampshire in the early 1790's, they had three of their six children with them. Henry, probably named after Zebedee's (probable) brother Henry, had been buried in 1786 and apparently Katharina and John also had died in Massachusetts although published records of the deaths of the latter two have not been found.

More About Zebedee Edminster:
Name 2: Zebedee Edmister1643

More About Zebedee Edminster and Mary Bemis:
Marriage 1: 12 Sep 1771, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1644,1645
Marriage 2: 12 Sep 17711646
     
Children of Mary Bemis and Zebedee Edminster are:
  750 i.   Sarah6 Edminster1646, born 29 Feb 1772 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1647; died 21 Feb 1804 in Cornish, New Hampshire1648.
  Notes for Sarah Edminster:
[The Edminster Family In America]

Sarah, born 29 February 1773 at Spencertown, never married. She apparently lived with her parents all her life and died at Cornish, 21 February 1804. She was buried next to where her parents were later placed in the "Edminster cemetery" at the top of a little hill at Cornish Flats.

  More About Sarah Edminster:
Name 2: Sarah Edmister1649
Date born 2: 28 Feb 1773, Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1650
  751 ii.   Katharina Edminster1650, born 26 Sep 1774 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1651.
  Notes for Katharina Edminster:
[The Edminster Family In America]

Katharina, born 22 September 1774 in Spencertown. She was not mentioned among the children at Cornish, nor accounted for in the 1790 census, and it is probable that she died in Spencertown.

  More About Katharina Edminster:
Name 2: Katharina Edmister1652
Date born 2: 22 Sep 1774, Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1653
  752 iii.   Henry Edminster1653, born 07 Sep 1777 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1654; died 04 Apr 1786 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1655.
  More About Henry Edminster:
Name 2: Henry Edmister1656
Date born 2: 07 Sep 1777, Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1657
Died 2: 04 Apr 1786, Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1657
  753 iv.   John Edminster1657, born 08 Apr 1780 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1658; died Bef. 1790 in Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1659.
  Notes for John Edminster:
[The Edminster Family In America]

John, born 8 April 1780 at Spencertown, evidently died there before 1790 since he is not mentioned in the Cornish account (48) and is not accounted for in the 1790 census.

  More About John Edminster:
Name 2: John Edmister1660
Date born 2: 08 Apr 1780, Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1661
  754 v.   Persis Edminster1661, born 14 Aug 1782 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1662; died 06 Sep 18581663.
  Notes for Persis Edminster:
[The Edminster Family In America]

Persis, born 14 August 1782 at Spencertown, never married. She died 6 September 1858, apparently was not buried in the family plot at Cornish.

  More About Persis Edminster:
Name 2: Percey Edmister1664
Date born 2: 14 Aug 1782, Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1665
  755 vi.   Benjamin Edminster1665, born 21 Nov 1787 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts1666; died 08 Jan 1862 in Unity, New Hampshire1667.
  Notes for Benjamin Edminster:
[The Edminster Family In America]

Benjamin, born 21 November 1787 at Spencertown, moved with the family to Cornish. He never married. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, Private in Captain Reuben Marsh's Co. of Infantry, 6, 15, and 31 Regiments New Hampshire Militia, commanded by Col. John Steele. He served from enlistment on 26 September 1814 to 11 November 1814 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was paid off on 8 August 1820 in the amount of $16.33, being $8.00 per month plus subsistence of $2.47, travel of 13 days included. (U.S. Archives records). He died 8 January 1862 at Unity, New Hampshire.

  More About Benjamin Edminster:
Name 2: Benjamin Edmister1668
Date born 2: 21 Nov 1787, Spencertown (now Spencer), Massachusetts1669
+ 756 vii.   Zebedee Edminster, Jr., born 15 Jul 1792 in Cornish, New Hampshire.

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