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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      152. Capt. Edmund4 Bemis (Samuel3, John2, Joseph1)841 was born 04 Oct 1720 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts842, and died Dec 1810843. He married (1) wid. Elizabeth Smith844. He married (2) Eunice Chadwick845 Bef. 24 Aug 1749 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts845, daughter of John Chadwick and Hannah. She was born 21 Nov 1731 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts846, and died 13 Apr 1761 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts847,848,849.

Notes for Capt. Edmund Bemis:
[Bond:22] "a lieut. at the capture of Louisburg, and a capt. in the expedition to Crown Point, 1755-56"
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[James Draper:3-4] "BEMIS EDMUND, s. of Samuel, senior, m. Eunice Chadwick, of Western, (Warren) 1749. John, b.Sept. 3, 1749; Joseph, Nov. 20, 1750; Susannah, May 3, 1752; Phineas, Oct. 7, 1754; Eleazer, May 24, 1756; Ruth, Dec. 29, 1757; Lydia, March 29, 1760. His wife Eunice d. April 13, 1761.
      Again m. Mrs. Smith of Charlton. He settled on a part of the homestead, but finally purchased lot (80) in 1769, where he died, Dec. 1810, aged 90, and where four of his grandchildren still remain.
      He was a lieutenant at the capture of Louisburgh in 1745, and captain in the expedition of Crown Point, 1755 and 1756. The following obituary notice appeared in the Massachusetts Spy, Dec. 26, 1810: 'Died in Spencer, Capt. Edmund Bemis, aged 90. There are some things worthy of record in the life of this aged and war-torn veteran. His father was one of the first settlers of Spencer, having removed from Sudbury about the time of the birth of this son, or about the year 1720. This son, Edmund, has been very remarkable for his habits of honesty, industry and temperance, which produced a long life of health and happiness. He early entered into the service of his country, and was a lieutenant at the reduction of Louisburgh in the year 1745. At this seige he was a zealous and active officer. After the French had surrendered to the victorious arms of New England, it was found they had spiked their cannon, intending thereby to render them entirely useless to the captors. It had been heretofore deemed an impractical thing, after a gun was thus spiked, to drill it out, or by any other method whatever, to render it again fit for service. The commander of the American forces offered a premium to any one who would undertake the task, if he should prove successful. Lieut. Bemis undertook it, and by a process heretofore unthought of, effected the desired object. Instead of drilling, was was supposed to be the only practicable method, he collected a large quantity of wood around the cannon, and setting it on fire, heated it to such a degree that, with a cold punch, the spike was easily driven into the barrel. Thus was he the author of a successful discovery to his country, which has ever since been followed with complete success. After the reduction of Louisburgh, he was a captain in the war with France, which succeeded, at the close of which he returned home, to seek that repose among his friends, which he has since enjoyed without interruption.'"

Note: This exact quote can also be found in [Draper:140] and in [Tower:V1:71].
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[NEHGR:1869:23:117] "Soldiers in the Louisburg Expedition"
From Spencer (Mass.)--Edmund Bemis, Lieut. at the reduction of Louisburg, 1745; d. 1810, aged 90. - Hist. Spencer, p. 164.

More About Capt. Edmund Bemis:
Date born 2: 01 Nov 1720, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts850
Died 2: Dec 1800850
Died 3: Bef. 26 Dec 1810851
Elected: Selectman 1759852

More About Edmund Bemis and Elizabeth Smith:
Intention filed: 08 Aug 1761, Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts853

Notes for Eunice Chadwick:
Draper (3): "BEMIS Edmund, s. of Samuel, senior, m. Eunice Chadwick, of Western, (Warren) 1749."

More About Edmund Bemis and Eunice Chadwick:
Intention filed: 24 Aug 1749, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts854
Marriage: Bef. 24 Aug 1749, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts855
     
Child of Edmund Bemis and Elizabeth Smith is:
  429 i.   Jonathan5 Bemis856, born 06 Sep 1762 in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts857.
     
Children of Edmund Bemis and Eunice Chadwick are:
  430 i.   John5 Bemis858, born 03 Sep 1749 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts858,859.
+ 431 ii.   Joseph Bemis, born 20 Nov 1750 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 17 Jan 1823 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 432 iii.   Susannah Bemis, born 03 May 1752 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 433 iv.   Phinehas Bemis, born 07 Oct 1754 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 25 Apr 1834 in Grafton, Massachusetts.
  434 v.   Eleazer Bemis860, born 24 May 1756 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts860,861.
  Notes for Eleazer Bemis:
[Draper:141] Commissioned a Lieut. in Continental Army. 3rd. Mass, Bay Regiment, Nov. 5, 1778. Resigned Aug. 18, 1779.

  435 vi.   Ruth Bemis862, born 23 Dec 1757 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts862,863.
  More About Ruth Bemis:
Date born 2: 29 Dec 1757, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts864,865
+ 436 vii.   Lydia Bemis, born 29 Mar 1760 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.


      153. Capt. William4 Bemis (Samuel3, John2, Joseph1)866 was born 01 Nov 1722 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts867, and died 23 Mar 1801 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts868,869. He married Rebekah White870 05 Jul 1750 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts870,871, daughter of John White and Sibella Buckminster. She was born 1723 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts872, and died 17 Mar 1819 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts873,874.

Notes for Capt. William Bemis:
Draper (5): "He was a captain in militia, an honest man, and acquired a handsome estate...He purchased the east end of lot (15) in 1746. The farm now owned by the late Artemas May."

[Draper:144] William Bemis was a captain in the militia; he acquired a large estate.

More About Capt. William Bemis:
Date born 2: 01 Nov 1722875

More About William Bemis and Rebekah White:
Marriage 1: 05 Jul 1750, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts875,876
Marriage 2: 05 Jul 1750, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts877
     
Children of William Bemis and Rebekah White are:
  437 i.   Jesse5 Bemis878, born 03 Jun 1751 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts878,879; died 21 Apr 1836 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts880,881. He married Hannah Waite882 26 May 1791 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts883,884,885; born 25 Jan 1764 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts886; died 09 Nov 1847 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts887,888.
  Notes for Jesse Bemis:
[James Draper:5] "BEMIS JESSE...m. Hannah Bemis of Sutton, May 26, 1791. He d. April 21, 1836, aged 85. She d. Dec. 8, 1847, aged 84. He left no children, and gave all his estate, after the decease of his wife, to his brothers and sisters, or their children."

[Draper:144] They had no issue, and after his wife's decease, he gave all his estate to his brother, sisters and their children.

  More About Jesse Bemis:
Name 2: Jesse Bemus889
Military service: A Revolutionary soldier.890

  More About Hannah Waite:
Name 2: Hannah Bemis891
Date born 2: Abt. 1763892,893
Died 2: 05 Dec 1847893

  More About Jesse Bemis and Hannah Waite:
Marriage: 26 May 1791, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts894,895,896
  438 ii.   Sarah Bemis897, born 03 Jun 1753 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts898,899; died 08 Feb 1790 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts900. She married (1) Jonathan Baldwin, Esq.901 23 Nov 1782 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts901,902; born 1742 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts903. She married (2) Levi Baldwin 25 Jun 1789 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts904; died 25 Feb 1837 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts905.
  More About Sarah Bemis:
Name 2: Sarah Bemus906

  More About Jonathan Baldwin and Sarah Bemis:
Marriage 1: 23 Nov 1782, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts907,908
Marriage 2: 23 Nov 1732, From James Draper, but obviously incorrect909

  Notes for Levi Baldwin:
Note: In [Draper:156] it states the following: "...Levi Baldwin (b. Charlton, Mass. 1717. d. Spencer, June 3, 1790) and Mary --- (b. 1718 d. Spencer Jan. 7, 1795.)" This is obviously incorrect as their son Levi was said to be born May 13, 1798. [VR:Spencer:11] shows Levi's birth: "BALDWIN - Levi, s. Levi and Lydia, May 13, 1798"

  More About Levi Baldwin:
Baptism: 01 Jun 1755, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts910
Military: a Revolutionary soldier911

  More About Levi Baldwin and Sarah Bemis:
Marriage: 25 Jun 1789, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts912
+ 439 iii.   David Bemis, born 21 Oct 1755 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 13 Oct 1836 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 440 iv.   Sibbilah Bemis, born 02 Feb 1758 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 441 v.   Rebekah Bemis, born 12 Mar 1761 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 15 Aug 1847 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 442 vi.   Persis Bemis, born 10 Jan 1764 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 14 Jun 1809 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 443 vii.   Lieut. William Bemis, born 18 Aug 1766 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 16 Nov 1835 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 444 viii.   Captain Silas Bemis, born 24 May 1770 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 09 Apr 1860 in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  445 ix.   John Bemis913, born 04 Feb 1774 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts914; died 10 Sep 1774 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts915.
  446 x.   John Bemis916, born 13 Dec 1776 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts917; died 27 Jun 1786 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts918.


      154. Nathaniel4 Bemis (Samuel3, John2, Joseph1)919 was born 1725 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts919, and died 01 Jan 1787 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts920. He married Ruth Harrington921 10 Jan 1753 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts921,922,923, daughter of George Harrington and Abiel Parker. She was born 08 Apr 1732 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts924, and died 21 Aug 1817 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts925,926.

Notes for Nathaniel Bemis:
[Draper:153]: Mr. Bemis received, and lived on 100 acres of the Homestead.

[Bond:22]: "He settled on part of his father's homestead."

[Harrington Genealogy:44]: He received 100 acres of the 400 acre homestead farm of his father, which the latter had purchased and upon which he had build the first frame house in the town of Spencer.

More About Nathaniel Bemis:
Died 2: Jan 1784, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts927,928
Residence 1: He received 100 acres of the 400 acre homestead farm of his father, which the latter had purchased and upon which he built the first frame house in the town of Spencer.929
Residence 2: He received 100 acres of the homestead, where John Bemis 2d, now lives930

More About Ruth Harrington:
Date born 2: Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts931
Residence: Brookfield932

More About Nathaniel Bemis and Ruth Harrington:
Marriage 1: 10 Jan 1753, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts933,934,935
Marriage 2: 10 Jan 1734/35, Leicester, Massachusetts936
Marriage 3: 10 Jan 1753, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts937
     
Children of Nathaniel Bemis and Ruth Harrington are:
+ 447 i.   Hannah5 Bemis, born 23 May 1753 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 448 ii.   Elizabeth Bemis, born 01 Oct 1755 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  449 iii.   Barnard Bemis938, born 02 Nov 1757 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts939. He married Sarah Whittemore940 10 Nov 1778 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts940,941.
  More About Barnard Bemis and Sarah Whittemore:
Marriage: 10 Nov 1778, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts942,943
  450 iv.   Ruth Bemis944, born 13 Aug 1758 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts945. She married Timothy Green946 25 Aug 1774 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts946,947,948.
  More About Timothy Green and Ruth Bemis:
Marriage: 25 Aug 1774, Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts949,950,951
+ 451 v.   Nathaniel Bemis, born 29 Aug 1760 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 17 Jun 1840 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
+ 452 vi.   Nathan Bemis, born 11 May 1764 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 12 Nov 1847 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts.
  453 vii.   Betty Bemis952, born 06 Jun 1766 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts953.
  454 viii.   Moses Bemis954, born 14 May 1769 in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts955.
  Notes for Moses Bemis:
[VR:Spencer:230]: Lists the death of "BEMIS - Lucy, w. Moses, Oct. 13, 1839, a. 64. G.S.4." Not sure if this is the correct Moses. Also, [VR:Spencer:230] lists the death of Moses: "BEMIS - Moses, Oct. 16, 1844, a. 75. G.S.4." [Steve Dahlstrom:1/13/02]


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