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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      1254. Robert Eddy6 Bemis (Luke5, David4, Jonathan3, John2, Joseph1)6618 was born 04 Jun 1798 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts6618,6619, and died 15 Mar 1873 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts6619. He married Martha Wheatland6619 18 Sep 1827 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6619,6620, daughter of Richard Wheatland and Martha Goodhue. She was born 29 May 1807 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6621,6622, and died 26 Dec 1872 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts6623.

More About Robert Eddy Bemis:
Baptism: 24 Jun 1798, "Robert Eddy, Son of Luke Bemis"6624

Marriage Notes for Robert Bemis and Martha Wheatland:
Salem, MA Vital Records (Marriage) to 1850, Published by: The Essex Institute, Salem, MA 1916
Transcribed by Miriam Tayler-Cotton
http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/salem/marrage-b3.htm

BEMIS
Robert E[ddy PR 170: of Watertown, int] and Martha Wheatland, Sept. 18, 1827*

More About Robert Bemis and Martha Wheatland:
Marriage: 18 Sep 1827, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6625,6626
Newspaper: 26 Sep 1827, Massachusetts Centinal Marriage Notices6627
     
Children of Robert Bemis and Martha Wheatland are:
+ 2484 i.   Robert Wheatland7 Bemis, born 30 Jul 1828 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  2485 ii.   Caroline Eddy Bemis6628, born 12 Jun 1830 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts6628; died 04 Nov 1896 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6628.
  2486 iii.   Hannah Eddy Bemis6628, born 17 Oct 1832 in Lowell, Massachusetts6628; died 22 Jan 1835 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts6628.
  2487 iv.   Hannah Eddy Bemis, 2d6628, born 25 Sep 1836 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts6628; died 15 Oct 1837 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts6628.
  2488 v.   Mary Wheatland Bemis6628, born 06 Aug 1838 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts6628. She married Henry Martyn Whitney6628 30 Jan 1879 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6628.
  More About Henry Martyn Whitney:
Residence: 1887, "of Lawrence, Mass."6628

  More About Henry Whitney and Mary Bemis:
Marriage: 30 Jan 1879, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6628
  2489 vi.   Sarah Davis Bemis6628, born 03 Apr 1841 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts6628. She married Jerome Horton Fiske6628 22 Mar 1865 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachuestts6628; born 05 Apr 1841 in Dover, New Hampshire6628.
  More About Jerome Horton Fiske:
Residence: 1887, Malden, Massachusetts6629

  More About Jerome Fiske and Sarah Bemis:
Marriage: 22 Mar 1865, Chicopee, Hampden, Massachuestts6630
+ 2490 vii.   Martha Goodhue Bemis, born 10 Jun 1844 in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts.


      1255. Mary Eddy6 Bemis (Luke5, David4, Jonathan3, John2, Joseph1)6631 was born 04 Jul 1801 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts6631,6632, and died 23 Jun 1864 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6633. She married Benjamin Wheatland6634 09 Apr 1827 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts6635, son of Richard Wheatland and Martha Goodhue. He was born 27 May 18016636, and died 28 Dec 1854 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6637,6638.

Notes for Mary Eddy Bemis:
[1860 Census - Salem Ward 4, Essex, Massachusetts - June 18, 1860 - page 274 - image 15]
Mary Wheatland, 59, real estate of $15000, personal property of $10000, born in Massachusetts;
Martha Wheatland, 30, born in Massachusetts;
Ann Sullivan, 22, servant, born in Ireland;
Julia Donovan, 29, servant, born in Massachusetts.

More About Mary Eddy Bemis:
Age at Death (Facts Pg): 62 years, 11 months, 19 days6639
Baptism: 12 Jul 1801, "Mary Eddy, Daughter of Luke Bemis"6640
Cause of Death: Lung fever

Notes for Benjamin Wheatland:
[NEHGS:1851:5:156] "Graduates of Harvard Originating from Salem"

(1819) --- Benjamin Wheatland, third son of Capt. R. W., Agent for many years of the Newmarket Manuf. Co., of late Treasurer of the Company and lives in S.; m. Mary B., dau. of Luke Bemis, of Watertown.

[History and genealogy of the Goodhue family : in England and America to the year 1890, p. 110]
Family 392
775. Benjamin Wheatland [174], b. May 27, 1801; grad. at Harvard Colege, 1819; studied Law in Salem, with Hon. Leverett Saltonstall: m. April 9, 1827, Mary Eddy Bemis, of Watertown, Mass., then removed to New Market, N. H., where he was agent of a manufacturing company, and served for many years. In 1846 he returned to Salem, where he d. Dec. 28, 1854.

Marriage Notes for Mary Bemis and Benjamin Wheatland:
Salem, MA Vital Records (Marriage) to 1850, Published by: The Essex Institute, Salem, MA 1916
Transcribed by Miriam Tayler-Cotton
http://freepages.books.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/salem/marrage-b3.htm

BEMIS
Mary Eddy and Benjamin Wheatland at Watertown, Apr. 9, 1827, PR 170

More About Benjamin Wheatland and Mary Bemis:
Marriage: 09 Apr 1827, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts6641
Newspaper: 14 Apr 1827, Massachusetts Centinal Marriage Notices6642
     
Children of Mary Bemis and Benjamin Wheatland are:
  2491 i.   Martha Goodhue7 Wheatland6643, born 12 Mar 18286643; died 06 Jun 1885 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts6643.
  Notes for Martha Goodhue Wheatland:
Probably the Martha G. Wheatland who died in Salem (Mass. Vital Records, 1885, vol. 364, p. 298 ), image not available 7/3/2005 on newenglandancestors.org.

  2492 ii.   Elisabeth Bemis Wheatland6643, born 09 Apr 18316643; died 05 Mar 18396643.


      1256. Luke6 Bemis (Luke5, David4, Jonathan3, John2, Joseph1)6644 was born 06 Mar 1806 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts6644,6645, and died 19 Aug 1888 in Lowell, Massachusetts6645. He married Lucy Ann Thayer6646. She was born in Hollis, Massachusetts6646,6647, and died 18 Mar 1888 in Lowell, Massachusetts6648.

More About Luke Bemis:
Date born 2: 07 Apr 18066649
Baptism: 16 Mar 1800, "Luke, Son of Luke Bemis"6650
Occupation: 03 Nov 1858, Clerk (birth of s. Frederick)6651
Residence: 03 Nov 1858, 43 Revere St., Boston (birth of s. Frederick)6652
     
Children of Luke Bemis and Lucy Thayer are:
  2493 i.   Clara Frances7 Bemis6653. She married Barton D. Evans6653 in West Chester, Pennsylvania6653.
  More About Barton Evans and Clara Bemis:
Marriage: West Chester, Pennsylvania6653
  2494 ii.   Frederick A. Bemis6654, born 03 Nov 1858 in Boston, Suffold, Massachusetts6655; died 24 Jul 1859 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts6656.
  More About Frederick A. Bemis:
Cause of Death: Chol. Infantium6656
  2495 iii.   Arthur Webster Bemis6657, born 18 Nov 1862 in Boston, Massachusetts6657.


      1258. David6 Bemis (Jonathan5, David4, Jonathan3, John2, Joseph1)6658 was born 24 Apr 1784 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts6659, and died 16 Apr 1839 in Paris, Oxford, Maine6660. He married Mehitable Field6660,6661, daughter of Ephraim Field and Ruby Brett. She was born 1787 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts6661, and died 13 Feb 1830 in Paris, Oxford, Maine6662.

Notes for David Bemis:
Sinnett: "He was a very successful farmer at Paris, Me., 'and could work intelligently at almost any trade of his day.' A truly worthy and industrious citizen."
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History of Paris, Maine from Its Settlement to 1880 with a History of the Grants of 1736 & 1771 Together with Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix
Bemis.

"David Bemis, son of Jonathan, m. in 1805, Mehitable, dau. of Ephraim Field. She was born in Bridgewater, Mass. Children:

Charles W., b. Sept. 26, 1806, m. Avice, dau. of Benjamin Pratt.
Mary Vose, b. March 6, 1808, m. Cyrus Bessey.
Anna Richardson, b. Jan. 31, 1810, m. Charles Tribou.
Charlotte Field, b. Mch. 12, 1812, m. Cyprian Benson.
Jane Field, b. May 15, 1814, m. David Lurvey.
Hannah Richardson, b. June 17, 1816, m. Charles Woodbury.
David Waldo, b. Oct. 19, 1818.
Catherine Mehitable, b. Oct. 26, 1821, m. Charles Woodbury.
James Francis, b. April 3, 1824, d. May 7, 1832.
Abagail Bridge, b. Oct. 13, 1826, m. Isaac S. Curtis, s. Woodstock.
The father died April 15, 1839."

More About David Bemis:
Date born 2: 24 Apr 1784, Paris, Oxford, Maine6662
Died 2: 14 Apr 1839, Paris, Oxford, Maine6663

Notes for Mehitable Field:
Sinnett: "'her ancestor, William Field, came to America in 1780.' She was a woman of great helpfulness in the neighborhood where she lived."
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History of Paris, Maine from Its Settlement to 1880 with a History of the Grants of 1736 & 1771 Together with Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix
Field.

"I Mehitable, b. 1787, m. David Bemis."
     
Children of David Bemis and Mehitable Field are:
  2496 i.   Charles William7 Bemis6664, born 26 Sep 1806 in Paris, Oxford, Maine6665; died 15 Sep 1876 in West Paris, Oxford, Maine6666. He married Avis R. Pratt6666; born Abt. 1815 in Maine6667.
  Notes for Charles William Bemis:
History of Paris, Maine from Its Settlement to 1880 with a History of the Grants of 1736 & 1771 Together with Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix
1876.

"Charles W. Bemis died Sept. 15, aged 70."
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[1850 Census - Paris, Oxford, Maine - July 23, 1850 - image 22]
Charles W. Bemis, 43, real estate of $1200, born in Maine;
Avice K. Bemis, 35, born in Maine;
Ezra Prince, 20, student.

[1860 Census - Paris, Oxford, Maine - June 19, 1860 - page 34 - image 34]
(Bernis in Ancestry.com index)
Charles W. Bemis, 54, farmer, real estate of $1600, personal property of $400, born in Maine;
Alice K. Bemis, 45, born in Maine;
Alunina Holland, 66, personal property of $1000, born in Maine.

[1870 Census - Paris, Oxford, Maine - June 10, 1870 - page 29 - image 29]
(Bernis in Ancestry.com index)
Charles W. Bemis, 63, farmer, real estate of $1800, personal property of $725, born in Maine;
Avis K. Bemis, 55, keeping house, personal property of $400, born in Maine;
David W. Bemis, 50?, shoemaker, born in Maine.

  More About Charles William Bemis:
Date born 2: 21 Sep 18066668

  More About Avis R. Pratt:
Name 2: Alice\\6669
Name 3: Avice Pratt6670
Residence: "of Paris, Me."6671
+ 2497 ii.   Mary Vose Bemis, born 06 Mar 1808; died 30 Mar 1869.
  2498 iii.   Anne Richardson Bemis6671, born 31 Jan 18106671; died 12 Jan 18946671. She married Charles Tribou6672.
  More About Anne Richardson Bemis:
Name 2: Anna Richardson Bemis6672
+ 2499 iv.   Charlotte Field Bemis, born 12 Mar 1812; died 25 Jan 1881.
+ 2500 v.   Jane Field Bemis, born 15 May 1814; died 12 Dec 1894.
+ 2501 vi.   Hannah Richardson Bemis, born 17 Jun 1816; died 14 Jun 1845.
  2502 vii.   David Waldo Bemis6673, born 19 Oct 18186673.
  Notes for David Waldo Bemis:
Sinnett: "in 1904 resided at Bryant's Pond, Me. and gave fine help with this history. A man of fine qualities, and a very industrious worker as a boot and shoe maker for 20 years, and after that a careful farmer. Had a good education in the common schools. Lived at Paris, Me., W. Brookfield, Mass., Austin, Minn., Kennebunkport, Me., Brunswick, Me., and for a short time in other Maine towns. Unmarried."

[1870 Census - Paris, Oxford, Maine - June 10, 1870 - page 29 - image 29]
(Bernis in Ancestry.com index)
Charles W. Bemis, 63, farmer, real estate of $1800, personal property of $725, born in Maine;
Avis K. Bemis, 55, keeping house, personal property of $400, born in Maine;
David W. Bemis, 50?, shoemaker, born in Maine.

[1880 Census - Woodstock (District 141), Oxford, Maine - June 22, 1880 - page 15(374) - image 7]
David W. Bemis, 62, farm laborer, born in Maine (parents in Maine);
living on the farm of Isaac S. and Abby B. Curtis.

+ 2503 viii.   Catherine Mehetable Bemis, born 26 Oct 1821 in Maine.
  2504 ix.   James Francis Bemis6674, born 03 Apr 18246674; died 07 May 18326674.
  2505 x.   Abigail Bridge "Abby" Bemis, born 13 Oct 1826. She married Isaac S. Curtis6674 06 Apr 1851 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts6675; born Abt. 18236675.
  More About Abigail Bridge "Abby" Bemis:
Name 2: Abagail Bridge Bemis6676
Occupation: 1904, "was a housekeeper for her brother, David W. Bemis."6677

  More About Isaac S. Curtis:
Residence: "of Woodstock, Me."6677

  Marriage Notes for Abigail Bemis and Isaac Curtis:
[VR:Framingham] Married by George Hastings, Universalist clergy, first marriage for each.

  More About Isaac Curtis and Abigail Bemis:
Marriage: 06 Apr 1851, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts6678

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