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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      73. John4 Harrington (George3, Rebecca2 Bemis, Joseph1)375 was born 14 Dec 1719 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts375. He married Sarah Barnard375 13 Nov 1740375, daughter of John Barnard and Sarah Phillips. She was born 16 Oct 1722 in Needham, Mass.376.

More About John Harrington and Sarah Barnard:
Marriage: 13 Nov 1740377
     
Children of John Harrington and Sarah Barnard are:
  203 i.   Caleb5 Harrington377.
  More About Caleb Harrington:
Baptism: 11 Dec 1748377
  204 ii.   John Harrington377, born 28 Feb 1742/43377.
+ 205 iii.   Sarah Harrington, born 20 Nov 1744; died 19 Jan 1771.
  206 iv.   William Harrington377, born 06 Feb 1745/46377; died 02 Aug 1763377.
  207 v.   Isaac Harrington377, born 21 Jan 1753377; died Jan 1754377.
  208 vi.   Elizabeth Harrington377, born 12 Nov 1754377. She married Samuel Horne377 18 Jun 1778377.
  More About Samuel Horne and Elizabeth Harrington:
Marriage: 18 Jun 1778377
  209 vii.   Submit Harrington377, born 18 Feb 1757377.


      77. Benjamin4 Harrington (George3, Rebecca2 Bemis, Joseph1)377 was born 29 Sep 1725 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts377, and died 31 Dec 1788377. He married Elizabeth Peirce378 05 Oct 1749378, daughter of Isaac Peirce and Eunice Sanderson. She was born 10 Apr 1729378, and died 22 Oct 1794378.

More About Benjamin Harrington and Elizabeth Peirce:
Marriage: 05 Oct 1749378
     
Children of Benjamin Harrington and Elizabeth Peirce are:
+ 210 i.   Benjamin5 Harrington, born 29 Apr 1750.
  211 ii.   Paul Harrington379, born 28 Jun 1752379; died 24 Jun 1771379.
  More About Paul Harrington:
Cause of Death: drowned
+ 212 iii.   Joel Harrington, born 31 Oct 1754; died 28 Mar 1805.
+ 213 iv.   Eunice Harrington, born 03 Aug 1758.
+ 214 v.   Soloman Harrington, born 03 Jul 1765.


      83. Elizabeth4 Bigelow (Elizabeth3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)380 died Jul 1751380. She married Daniel Smith380 02 Apr 1741381. He was born 10 Oct 1711 in Weston, Mass.382.

More About Elizabeth Bigelow:
Baptism: 16 Aug 1713382

More About Daniel Smith and Elizabeth Bigelow:
Marriage: 02 Apr 1741383
     
Children of Elizabeth Bigelow and Daniel Smith are:
  215 i.   Elizabeth5 Smith384, born 16 Nov 1741 in Weston, Mass.384; died in youth384.
  216 ii.   Asa Smith384, born 21 Feb 1742/43384.
  217 iii.   Elizabeth Smith384, born 26 Apr 1745384.
  218 iv.   Abigail Smith384, born 17 Mar 1746/47384.


      85. Benjamin4 Bigelow (Elizabeth3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)384 was born 03 Dec 1709384. He married (1) Mindwell Coolidge384. She was born 17 Jan 1715/16384, and died 17 Feb 1733/34 in childbed384. He married (2) Love Wood384 16 Oct 1735384.

More About Benjamin Bigelow and Love Wood:
Marriage: 16 Oct 1735384
     
Children of Benjamin Bigelow and Love Wood are:
  219 i.   Sarah (a twin)5 Bigelow384.
  More About Sarah (a twin) Bigelow:
Baptism: 1743384
  220 ii.   (a twin) Bigelow384, died in infancy384.
  221 iii.   Benjamin Bigelow384, born 25 Jan 1733/34384; died 28 Jan 1733/34384.
  222 iv.   Mindwell Bigelow384, born 10 Jul 1736384; died Nov 1739384.
  223 v.   Benjamin Bigelow384, born 23 Dec 1737384; died Oct 1739384.
  224 vi.   Mary Bigelow384, born 31 May 1739384; died Oct 1739384.
  225 vii.   Solomon Bigelow, born 23 Sep 1741.


      100. James4 Bemis (Ephraim3, Ephraim2, Joseph1)385 was born 06 Aug 1737 in Ashford, Ct.385.

Notes for James Bemis:
[Draper:183] (Probably No. 404.) He was an early settler of Worthington, Mass. was in the Revoloutionary (sic) War, and being severely wounded at the Battle of Bennington, returned home, broken in health and fortune.
     
Child of James Bemis is:
+ 226 i.   John5 Bemis, born 16 Feb 1773 in Worthington, Massachusetts; died 29 Mar 1851 in Bloomfield, Nelson, Kentucky.


      101. Jotham4 Bemus (Ephraim3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)385 was born 1738 in Ashford, Ct.385, and died 1786385. He married (1) Tyrphena Moore 1760 in Pittstown, Renssalaer, New York, daughter of Gideon Moore and Anna Griswold. She was born 1739. He married (2) Hannah386.

Notes for Jotham Bemus:
[Bond:680] *It is conjectured that the following Bemis family are descended from Ephraim Bemis.
Jotham Bemis, Jr., and wife Tryphema, from Connecticut, settled early in Saratoga, Saratoga County, N.Y., on the margin of Hudson River, and on the road leading from Albany to Skenesborough (now Whitehall). He kept a public house, which was the only one of note between those two places. The high ground, rising in the rear or on the west side of his house, and known as Bemis Heights, has acquired an historical celebrity, as the place where the battle fought, which resulted in the capture of Gen. Burgoyne and his army. Gen. Gates occupied the house of Mr. Bemis, as his headquarters, until after the battle of Sept. 19, 1777, when it was occupied by Gen. Lincoln and Gen. Gates removed his headquarters to the house of Captain Ephraim Woodworth, on the Heights.

Mr. Bemis has 5 children. 1. Jonathan. 2. William, who moved from that town. 3. John, who settled on the homestead, but moved to the town of Saratoga Springs, where he and his wife both d. about 1828, s.p. 4. Sally, m. ------Crawford, and is now, 1853, living at Saratoga Springs, aged 85. 5. Nancy.

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[Draper:37-40]: "(This Branch of the family write the name Bemus, substituting the 'u' for the 'i'; and I shall write the name as they do whilst treating of them, although believing it to be a corruption of the name, just as I believe that the name originally in England was Bemish. Author's Note.)

For the data on this Branch, I am almost wholly indebted to Captain Daniel Hazeltine Post of Jamestown, N.Y., who being a descendant himself took a great interest in the matter; In June 1894, he published a most interesting genealogical pamphlet entitled "Jotham Bemus of Bemus Heights;" and which with Capt. Post's permission I make the basis of what follows, as to the descendants of Jotham Bemus.
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JOTHAM BEMUS OF BEMUS'S HEIGHTS
By Daniel Hazeltine Post
[Privately Printed]

      Considerable interest naturally attaches to the family which owned and occupied the ground chosen by General Gates, on the advice of Count Kosciusko, for the American defensive works against Burgoyne's onward march in 1777; in view of the fact that the family name became forever associated with the important battles fought in the vicinity, and that members of the family took part in them upon the American side, literally defending their home and fireside. There is a considerable amount of information in regard to this family existing, but scattered through various volumes and never before collected together in a single article it has been of little use to the historical reader or to the descendants of the original settlers. To briefly give a summary of this information is the object of this sketch.

      At the time of the Burgoyne campaign there was living upon the bank of the Hudson, about four miles north of the village of Stillwater, Jotham Bemus and his family, which consisted of his wife and six children. Bemus was a farmer, energetic and enterprising, engaging in buying cattle and in other traffic and evidently a man in easy circumstances. He kept the only tavern of any note between Albany and Fort Edward, as Lossing relates in his Field Book of the Revolution, volume I, page 45, and was well known through the region. According to the English Manuscripts in the State Library, page 827, he was in 1774 a justice of the peace. He was born about 1738 and consequently was about 40 years of age at the time of the Bugoyne campaign. He is described as of stout build and of a vigorous and determined character. From Charles Neilson's account of Burgoyne's campaign, published in 1844, it is learned at page 289 that Bemus's house was the only frame dwelling included within the limits of the military operations at the Heights.

DERIVATION OF THE FAMILY

      At the time of the battles, the family had been residents of the vicinity for at least 17 years, for the Calendar of Land Papers in the State Library, 164, Sept. 9, 1763, page 325, records that in 1759 the families of Bemus, Griffith and Park were occupying land in this region. There is a strong probability that these families came to this region from Norwich, Conn. Jeremiah Griffith, who afterwards settled in Chautauqua county, was born in Norwich in July, 1758, went to Rensselaer county from which he emigrated to Chautauqua county (See Young's History of Chautauqua County, pp. 315-323.) In Hurd's History of New London County, 1882, among the inhabitants of New London in 1651 occur the names of Bemas and Park. Jotham Bemus, the subject of this sketch was married to Tryphena Moore, and the History of New London County gives the names of a family of Moores as living in that county previous to 1689. These facts indicate strongly that the Bemus family came to Saratoga from near Norwich, Conn., and this is further corroborated by the following from Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown, Mass. 2d edition, page 680, 2d volume(edition): It is conjectured that "the following Bemis family are descendants form Ephraim Bemis; Jotham Bemis and wife Tryphenia, from Conneticut "settled early in Saratoga county, N.Y., on the margin of the "Hudson river, etc."

      Though the genealogical chain between Ephraim Bemis of Watertown, Mass., and Jotham Bemus of Saratoga county is not complete, the presumption is strong that the latter was a descendant of the former and this presumption is strengthened by the fact that the family given names common to the Massachusetts branch are of frequent occurrence among the descendants of Jotham Bemus. Possibly this sketch may result in the discovery of the "missing link" in this genealogical chain.

PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLES

      It is believed by the writer that in the battles occurring near the Heights Jotham Bemus and three of his sons took part. This was always been a family tradition and considerable evidence exists to prove its truth. William Marvin of North East Pa., a descendant of Jotham Bemus, now living (1894), recently wrote: "I think from what I have heard that your great-great grandfather (Jotham Bemus, Sen.) and his two sons, Jotham and William were all in the army and all in the battles of Bemus's Heights." Mr Marvin also writes that he has heard William Bemus, son of Jotham Sen., relate his army experiences. And that his impression of the occurrences are thus derived from personal conversation with one who participated in the battles.

      Jotham Bemis, Jr., the first child of Jotham, Sen., certainly was in the American army as shown by the Archives of New York, volume. I. p. 250.

"Bemus Jotham, Corpl. Rhode Island Regt., Jeremiah Olney, Lt. Col. Commanding. Enlisted in Col. Van Schaick's for 1 year, '76. Served 6 years, 1 month, 10 days. Discharged by General Washington Jan. 15, '83. A.P. 17-62. Town of Saratoga, badge of merit."

      William Bemus, the second child of Jotham Bemus, Sen., was a member of Captain Ephraim Woodworth's company, the 4th, in the 13th Regiment, Saratoga district, known as the Saratoga regiment, Colonel van Vechten (or Van Veghten), who was on Gen. Gates's staff, was the regimental commander. He lived at Dove-gat, or Van Vechten's Cove, between Bemus's Heights and Schuylerville. Captain Woodworth was also a neighbor of the Bemuses, his house, less than half a mile back of theirs, being used by Gen. Gates as headquarters, after he left the Bemus house. Col. John McCrea was at one time commandant of the "Saratoga regiment." The tragic death of his sister Jane McCrea, formed a leading incident of the Burgoyne campaign. (See Archives, vol I, page 322 for reference to William Bemus; also page 271, volume 1, for reference to Saratoga regiment.)

That the third son, John, also took part in the struggle is evident from the following extract from his obituary notice published in the Saratoga Sentinel Sept. 15, 1829: "Though young he was in the American service at the capture of Burgoyne, as a teamster."

The Bemus house was used as Headquarters by Gen. Gates as headquarters for a time. When the extension of the American fortifications after the first battle was completed, General Gates moved his headquarters to the house of Captain Ephraim Woodworth on the Heights. After the battle of Sept. 19 the Bemus house was also used by General Lincoln as headquarters. The fate of the Bemus house is established by a letter from the Rev. S. Hawley Adams of Jamestown, N.Y. printed in Stones Burgoyne Ballads, in which he says: "My grandmother, Salley Bemus Crawford, (daughter of Jotham Bemus, Sen.) was born at Bemus Heights May 1768. ***She has spent hours in telling me of Burgine' and his army, which she saw; of the burning of her father's house by the British, and of the sufferings of the family for a time while they were wintering in a barn--Burgoyne having destroyed all their buildings and crops." Though no mention of the destruction of the house appears in any of the accounts of the battles, it is evident that it was burned in some foray of the enemy after it had been abandoned by Gates and Lincoln as headquarters. It was on the extreme flank of the American lines, and probably more or less unprotected after the first day's fighting, the troops being massed at some distance from the river, near Fort Neilson.

The site of the Bemus house is now marked by a stone tablet bearing the following inscription:
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| SARATOGA, 1777 |
| ------------------------- |
| The Site of |
| |
| BEMUS'S TAVERN |
| ----------------------- |
| The gift of |
| Giles B. Slocum |
|___________________ |

(The Bemus Heights Farm is now the property of the Hon. James B. Jermain of Albany, N.Y., - Draper)

THE DESCENDANTS OF JOTHAM BEMUS

JOTHAM BEMUS, SEN., who was born about 1738, died, it is believed, about the year 1786 at the age of 48 years. (This date is thought too early by some of the family. - Draper) His first wife was Tryphena Moore, who was of Scotch descent. She was a woman of much refinement and culture. In an old family Bible in possession of some of the descendants of Jotham Bemus, Sen., at Bemus Point, Chaut. Co., N. Y., is the following list of his children.

1. Jotham - No sons, 4 daughters.
2. William.
3. John - No children.
4. Sally - Married a Crawford.
5. James - Went South.
6. Nancy - Married a Hudson.

This meagre record can be filled out to some considerable extent in the case of two of the children. William and Sally. Concerning the others but little is known. Following is the information concerning each of the children so far was obtained. The first four children were by Jotham Bemus' first wife, Tryphena Moore, the fifth child by a second wife whose maiden name is unknown. The "Nancy" whose name is given above was not a child of Jotham Bemus, but was the child of his second wife by a previous marriage. She married a Hudson, and lived in Chatham, N. Y., and had one son whose name was ordinarily called "Plin," but in reality was probably Pliny.

The second wife of Jotham was a woman of violent temper and made the home unhappy for the children of the first wife, and it would seem from the recollections of Mrs. Sally Crawford, the youngest of these, that it was not long after the second wife came into the household before the children of the first wife had to leave it.

Following is what is known of the children of Jotham Bemus:

I. CORPORAL JOTHAM BEMUS, JR. remained in the army until 1786, serving with distinction and receiving the "Badge of Merit." In 1805 (Turner's history of the Holland Purchase, page 460) he took "articles" to land in Western New York in township 8, range 7, and township 9, range 7. In the library of the Buffalo Historical society, in the letters to Joseph Ellicott, agent of the Holland Land company, is a manuscript letter from him dated May 4, 1806, in which he ways he "has surveyed lot 44, "township 9, range 7, and is building on lot 37, township 9, range 7." The letter is No. 187, Vol. 8, B. The lots mentioned were situated in the present town of Hamburg, Erie Co. near Buffalo. He was a member of the first grand jury west of the Genesee river, which was chosen in 1803, and sat in the court house just completed at Batavia. Nothing of his descendants, beyond the meagre record of the family Bible-"no sons, 4 daughters"-is known to the writer. It would seem not a difficult matter to trace this branch of the family further.

II. WILLIAM BEMUS, the second son, was born at Bemus Heights, Feb. 25, 1726 and died at Bemus Point, (Town of Ellery, Chaut. Co., N.Y.) Jan. 20, 1830, in the 67th year of his age. He moved from Bemus Heights to Pittstown, Rensselaer Co., and on Jan 29, 1782 was married to Mary Prendergast, who was born at Pawling, Dutchess Co., March 13, 1760, and died July 11, 1855. Her father was a leader in his section and for his patriotic resistance to the obnoxious rent laws was in 1766 condemned to death for high treason but was subsequently pardoned by the king. William Bemus, in 1805, left Pittstown with his own and his father-in-law's family and journeyed to Kentucky and Tennessee, but came back to New York state and settled on the shores of Chautauqua lake, at Bemus Point, March 9, 1806. In 1804, according to Turner he had taken articles to land in township 2, range 12, the site on which he settled in 1806. He evidently visited the region before the trip south. He was a man of mark in the community, of high character, benevolent instincts and public spirit. He wielded large influence. His children were as follows:

1. DR. DANIEL BEMUS, born Sept. 4, 1784 and settled in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1866, married, first, Jane Miles, second Jane Brooks Clark.
2. THOMAS BEMUS, born May 9, 1786. Settled near Westfield, N.Y. where he died June 23, 1829. Married Jane Atkins Jan. 1, 1809.
3. ELIZABETH BEMUS, born Nov. 3, 1789. Married Captain John Silsbee (who was wounded in the war of 1812) Dec. 6, 1808, and died in Iowa.
4. LIEUT. CHARLES BEMUS, born Aug. 31, 1791. Married Relepha Boyd, Feb. 27, 1811, died Oct. 10, 1861; was a soldier in the war of 1812.
5. TRYPHENA BEMUS, born April 23, 1793, married John Griffith Feb. 28, 1809, died Feb. 19, 1851.
6. MEHITABEL BEMUS, born Jan. 10, 1795. Married Daniel Hazeltine Oct. 1, 1818 died Sept. 22, 1889.
7. JAMES BEMUS, born Feb. 2, 1797, married Tryphena Boyd Feb. 14, 1819, died June 2, 1874.

The descendants of William Bemus are numerous in Chautauqua county and are people of influence and standing in the community.

III. JOHN BEMUS, the third son of Jotham Bemus, Sen., was born on the Heights farm in 1763 and lived there until shortly before 1829, when he removed to the village of Saratoga Springs where he died Sept. 8, 1829, in the 66th year of his age. He was married but had no children. He was quite well-to-do and left half his property to his sister Sally (Bemus) Crawford. His wife died some years before his own death.

IV. SALLY, the fourth child of Jotham and Tryphena Moore Bemus, was born May 6th, 1768; married Daniel Crawford of Saratoga Springs, March 22d, 1789; died June 8th, 1865 at Evanston, Ind., buried at Saratoga Springs beside her husband.

She was a woman of great vitality, courage and energy, and was a life long member of the Baptist church. Her husband, Daniel Crawford was for many years owner and proprietor of "Highland Hall" situated in the southern part of the village of Saratoga Springs. He died in 1839 aged 75 years.

They had eight children: Mary, Jotham, John, Tryphena, Betsey, Margaret, Sarah, Martha.

      MARY, m. Darius Davis of Saratoga Springs, and had thirteen children. She died in 1832 aged 42 years.
      JOTHAM, m. Electa Jarvis, and had eleven children. He died at Saratoga Springs, July 23rd, 1872, aged 80 years.
      JOHN, m. Louisa Harris, and had five children. When a young man he went to North Carolina and was engaged in teaching until his death in 1847 at Goldsboro, N.C., aged 49 years. His descendants live now at Goldsboro and Raleigh, N. C.
      TRYPHENA, m. Alvah Ostrander who died in 1826, and in 1831 she married Marvin Holden of Elmira, N. Y. She had one child by the 1st marriage and three by the 2d. She died in Hancock Co, Ill., aged 72 yearts.
      BETSY, m. John Andrus, and had three children. Resided at Geneva, Ohio, until 1856, later at Saratoga Springs where she died in 1861, aged 57 years. Mr. Andrus's brother James was a leading citizen of Saratoga Springs and very wealthy.
      MARGARET, m. Samuel Hawley of Rochester, N.Y., he died in 1841, and in 1845 Rev Augustus Pomeroy a Presbyteriam clergyman. His pastorates after their marriage were at Fredonia, N. Y., Ashtabula, O.; Groton N. Y. She died in 1889, aged 83 years. No children. Both are buried at Groton.
      SARAH, m. Grant Adams of Lowell, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 1, 1834. He died in 1866 and she in 1878, aged 70. One child, Samuel Hawley Adams, at this time (1894) pastor 1st Congregational church, Jamestown, N. Y.
      MARTHA, m. Ezra Hall of Saratoga Springs. Removed to Evansville, Ind., in 1864. There she died in 1893, aged 82 years. Two daughters.

THE SPELLING OF THE FAMILY NAME

      The descendants of Jotham Bemus should spell the family name Bemus, if they propose to follow the orthography undoubtedly adopted by their ancestor. This is shown by the fact that letters from Jotham Bemus, Jr., and William Bemus can be seen in the Holland Purchase papers above refered to, in which it is signed in that manner. This spelling we believe is now coming into general acceptance, though in the past the spelling has been extremely varied. The Massachusetts family adhere to the spelling Bemis. In the Calendar of Land Papers spoken of it is given as Beemis. In Justin Winsor's Critical History of the U. S. on page 361 of Vol. VI it is given as Braemus. In Spencer's History of the U. S., Bol. II, page 500, it is given Behmus. Hurd's History of New London Co. gives the name Bemas. Ephraim Bemish was a soldier at Groton in 1765. There are doubtless many other forms of spelling the name to be found.

Daniel Hazeltine Post
Jamestown, N. Y., June 1st, 1894
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Interestingly, we find the following "Notes and Queries" in [NEGHR:1900:54:354]:
Miscellaneous Queries --...
Bemus -- Wanted to know the ancestry of Jonathan Bemus or Bemis, owner of "Bemus Heights," b. 1738, and his wife, Tryphena Moore, of Scotch descent...

Daniel H. Post, James Prendergast Free Library, Jamestown, N.Y.

What is odd about this posting is the idea that, six years after publishing his work, Post is still submitting inquiries?
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[Genealogical and family history of western New York, 61-2]
BEMUS - This family settled in New York state prior to the revolution. The earliest record in this state is of Major Jotham Bemus. Joseph Bemis, emigrant ancestor, was born in Dedham, Essex county, Engeland, 1619, and came to Watertown, Massachusetts, with his sister, Mary, as early as 1640. He was a blacksmith and a fairly well-to-do farmer. His wife was named Sarah, and they may have married in England. They were the parents of nine children. From this family the Bemus family of New York sprang.
(I) Major Jotham Bemus was a soldier and officer of the revolutionary war. His family lived at Bemis Heights, Saratoga county, New York, their farm including Bemis Heights historic battle ground, made famous by the defeat and capture of the British army commanded by Burgoyne. The name originally seems to have been spelled Bemis. Major Jotham Bemus died in the town of Pittstown, Rensselaer county, New York. He married Tryphena Moore.

Notes for Tyrphena Moore:
In the "History of the Bemis Family", it is said that Tryphena Moore, who was of Scotch descent. She was a woman of much refinement and culture.

TRYPHENA MOORE, b. 1739; m. Jotham Bemus; b. about 1738 and d. about 1787, aged 48. Gen. Burgoyne had his headquarters at the Bemus House at the battle of Bemus' Heights. Jotham and three of his sons were engaged in this battle while Tryphena had at least 5 brothers in the fight to say nothing of her nephews. It would be strictly historical to say the Moore family captured Burgoyne, but it cannot be denied that the family was well represented in the battle that settled the fate of the Republic.

Source: History of the Bemis Family by Colonel Thomas Waln-Draper (1900)
Source: History of Andrew Moore and his descendants by Horace Moore, Lawrence, Kansas Journal Publishing Company, 1903

More About Jotham Bemus and Tyrphena Moore:
Marriage: 1760, Pittstown, Renssalaer, New York

Notes for Hannah:
[:624]     
State of New York
           
Met Albany 29th January 1781

Present: John M. Beeckman, Isaac D. Fonda, Mathew Visscher, Samuel Stringer

      Hannah Bemus wife of Jotham Bemus having been ordered to appear before the Board appeared this day agreeable to the said order and being interrogated as to Angus Mc-Donald of Livingston's Manor carrying on an Intercourse with the Enemy and harbouring British Officers who were passing through the Country as Expresses and she refusing to answer to the same and there being great Reason to suppose that she is acquainted with the above Circumstances -
      Therefore resolved that she be committed until she gives Satisfactory Answers to the same and that a Mittimus be made out for her-
     
Children of Jotham Bemus and Tyrphena Moore are:
+ 227 i.   Corporal Jotham5 Bemus, born 1760 in Bemus Heights, Saratoga County, New York.
+ 228 ii.   William Bemus, born 25 Feb 1762 in Bemus Heights, Saratoga, New York; died 02 Jan 1830 in Bemus Point, Chautauqua, New York.
  229 iii.   John Bemus387, born 1763 in Bemus Heights, Saratoga Co., NY387; died 08 Sep 1829 in Saratoga Spa, NY387. He married Sally; born 1770; died 14 Jul 1829.
  Notes for John Bemus:
According to the "History of the Bemis Family" by Colonel Thomas Waln-Draper (1900), the third son, John, also took part in the struggle is evident from the following extract from his obituary notice published in the Saratoga Sentinel September 15, 1829. "Though young he was in the American service at the capture of Burgoyne, as a teamster."

  More About John Bemus:
Buried @: Whitford Cemetery, Saratoga Spa, NY
Elected: Married but left no children. His wife died before him.387

  More About Sally:
Buried @: Whitford Cemetery, Saratoga Spa, NY
+ 230 iv.   Sarah "Sally" Bemus, born 06 May 1768 in Bemus Heights, Saratoga Co., NY; died 08 Jun 1865 in Evansville, Ind..
     
Child of Jotham Bemus and Hannah is:
  231 i.   James5 Bemus388.

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