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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      857. Seth6 Stevens (Esther5 Bemis, Josiah4, John3, John2, Joseph1)4593 was born 17964593. He married Desire Seabury4593.
     
Child of Seth Stevens and Desire Seabury is:
+ 1834 i.   Cornelia7 Stevens.


      864. Mary (Polly)6 Bemis (Abraham5, Abraham4, John3, John2, Joseph1)4594 was born 19 May 1777 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4594,4595, and died 19 Apr 1859 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4596. She married Rev. George Pickering 23 Aug 1796 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4597,4598, son of Charles Pickering and Rosanna Mullikin. He was born 05 Feb 1769 in Talbot County, Maryland4599, and died 08 Dec 1846 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4599.

Notes for Rev. George Pickering:
[Draper:92]: The Rev. George Pickering, was, at his death, the oldest effective Methodist minister in the world, having been a preacher for Fifty-seven years. Inheriting from his father a considerable fortune, principally in slaves, he refused to receive them, or any profit from their sale or labor, and the were freed. He also declined to be made a Bishop. He was one of the pioneers of Methodism in New England. At his death there were but two members of American Conferences who had preceeded him in the ministry, and but fourteen in England. Born in Talbot Co., Md. brought up in Philadelphia, and converted in that city at St. George's Church, at the age of eighteen; he began preaching immediately and continued to do so almost till he died, a period of fifty-nine years. When he entered the ministry there were but eighteen Methodist preachers in the New England conference, when he died, he was at the head of six hundred and thirty-six, most of whom had been raised up by the instrumentality of his colleagues and himself. The church had risen from a membership of 500 to 66,000.

His wife Mary Bemis was converted in her seventeenth year. His marriage gave to the Rev. Mr. Pickering a home with his wife's father at Waltham, such as few Methodist ministers enjoyed, and free from the financial cares of life, he was at liberty to pursue his vocation as a minister of the Gospel. The old house descended to him at Abraham Bemis's death.

More About George Pickering and Mary Bemis:
Marriage: 23 Aug 1796, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4600,4601
     
Children of Mary Bemis and George Pickering are:
+ 1835 i.   Francis Asbury7 Pickering, born 13 Oct 1797 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 16 Nov 1859 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  1836 ii.   George Williston Pickering4602, born 11 Sep 17994602; died 06 Nov 1801 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4602.
+ 1837 iii.   Harriet Winslow Pickering, born 30 Sep 1805; died 13 Jan 1891 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 1838 iv.   Susanna Bemis Pickering, born 18 Sep 1807 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 10 Mar 1887 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
+ 1839 v.   Maria E. Pickering, born 1808; died 15 Sep 1833 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  1840 vi.   Caroline Madison Pickering4602, born 15 Dec 18094602; died 25 Feb 1865 in Brooklyn, New York4602. She married John Clark, Jr.4602 08 Nov 1831 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4603; died 14 Aug 1853 in Montgomery, Alabama4604.
  More About John Clark and Caroline Pickering:
Marriage 1: 08 Nov 1831, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4605
Marriage 2: Nov 1831, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4606
+ 1841 vii.   Abigail Bemis Pickering, born 13 Dec 1812.
+ 1842 viii.   Alice Bryant Pickering, born 21 Dec 1814; died 13 Jan 1840.


      866. Converse6 Bemis (Isaac5, Abraham4, John3, John2, Joseph1)4607 was born 27 Dec 1781 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4608, and died 26 Jan 1825 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4609. He married Sally (Sarah) Stearns4610 08 Jul 1804 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4610,4611, daughter of Joshua Stearns and Lois Peirce. She was born 16 Sep 1782 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4612, and died 04 Dec 1839 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4613.

More About Converse Bemis:
Date born 2: 21 Dec 1781, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4614,4615

Notes for Sally (Sarah) Stearns:
[Genealogy and memoirs of Isaac Stearns and his descendants, 140]
800 - SARAH STEARNS, b., Sept. 16, 1782; md., July 8, 1804, Converse Bemis, b., Dec. 21, 1781, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Green) Bemis, of Waltham.

More About Sally (Sarah) Stearns:
Burial: Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4616

More About Converse Bemis and Sally Stearns:
Marriage: 08 Jul 1804, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4617,4618
     
Children are listed above under (660) Sally (Sarah) Stearns.


      869. Isaac6 Bemis (Isaac5, Abraham4, John3, John2, Joseph1)4619 was born 26 Nov 1786 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4619,4620. He married (1) Mary Jones4621. He married (2) Louisa Jones4622 in Providence, Rhode Island4622.

Notes for Isaac Bemis:
[Draper:95] Mr. Bemis was a trader in Waltham, Mass.
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[1820 Census - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts - image 2]
Isaac Bemis is head of household;
3 males under 10
1 male 16-25
1 male 26-45
2 females under 10
1 female 26-45
Next door is a family whose head of household is Mary Mead.
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Possibly the Isaac Bemis, Esq. who d. July 25, 1834 in Waltham:
(suggested by Curtis Bemis, Jr. 6/12/05)
Waltham Deaths- p. 252
Bemis
"Isaac Esq., July 25, 1834"
and, there is a 1834 Administration Probate action for Isaac in the
Middlesex Court records--
Given Name: Isaac
Surname: Bemis
Location: Waltham
Date: 1834
Subject: Administration
Number: 1531

More About Louisa Jones:
Name 2: Louisa\\4623

More About Isaac Bemis and Louisa Jones:
Marriage: Providence, Rhode Island4624
Newspaper: 18 Mar 1812, Massachusetts Centinal Marriage Notices
     
Children of Isaac Bemis and Louisa Jones are:
+ 1843 i.   Frederick7 Bemis, born 03 Apr 1812 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 17 Sep 1871 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin.
+ 1844 ii.   Charles Franklin Bemis, born 24 Oct 1813 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died 05 Sep 1889 in Greenville, Florida.
  1845 iii.   John Bemis4625, born 19 Aug 1815 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4625.
  1846 iv.   Louisa Bemis4625, born 25 Dec 1818 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4625.
  1847 v.   Mary Mead Bemis4625, born 11 Feb 1820 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4625.


      872. William6 Bemis (Isaac5, Abraham4, John3, John2, Joseph1)4626 was born 21 Dec 1792 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4626,4627. He married Lucy Stearns4628,4629 06 Feb 1817 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4630, daughter of Joshua Stearns and Lois Peirce. She was born 01 Jan 17924631.

Notes for William Bemis:
[1850 Census - Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts - August 16, 1850 - page 169 - image 5]
(William Bennis in Ancestry.com index)
William Bemis, 54, farmer, real estate of $2500, born in Massachusetts;
Lucy Bemis, 55, born in Massachusetts;
Lucy E. Bemis, 13, born in Massachusetts.

More About William Bemis:
Occupation: A trader of Waltham4632

More About William Bemis and Lucy Stearns:
Marriage 1: 06 Feb 1817, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4633
Marriage 2: 15 Feb 18174634
     
Children are listed above under (662) Lucy Stearns.


      873. Marshall6 Bemis (Isaac5, Abraham4, John3, John2, Joseph1)4635 was born 06 Dec 1795 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4635,4636, and died 11 Apr 1833 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4637,4638. He married Nancy Belknap4639. She was born 01 Jul 1826 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4640, and died 19 Aug 1855 in McConnelsville, Morgan, Ohio4641.

Notes for Nancy Belknap:
Birthdate is highly suspect given that her daughter Ann Augusta was born in 1828.
     
Children of Marshall Bemis and Nancy Belknap are:
+ 1848 i.   Hizannah Malvina7 Bemis, born 01 Jul 1826 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  1849 ii.   Ann Augusta Bemis4642,4643, born 26 Nov 1828 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4644. She married George Lucas4645 Dec 1847 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4646.
  More About Ann Augusta Bemis:
Name 2: Augustus Bemis4647

  More About George Lucas and Ann Bemis:
Intention filed: 04 Dec 1847, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4648
Marriage: Dec 1847, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts4649
  1850 iii.   Julia Adalaide Bemis4650,4651, born 07 Feb 18324652. She married Bowers4653.

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