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Note: Joseph, Jr., 2d., born December 12, 1651; died at Westminster,Massachusetts, August 7, 1684. Source: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol.1. ;
The Lewis Publishing Company. Pub. New York,1907. **********
The previous date of death is wrong, and from that, many problems have sprung..... what follows is correct; to the best of my knowledge.....
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Joseph Bemis [Joseph of Watertown] born 1651, husbandman, sold land to Jonathan Robinson in 1709, contribution for 11 Nov 1700, (487), married Elizabeth Pierce 15 Oct. 1706, b. Watertown. [This was probably a second marriage for him. I have no record of children from this marriage.]
Source:
History of Cambridge Massachusettes, 1630-1877, page 41.
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"Joseph Bemis 2d (I. Joseph). This son of the immigrant, the first to arrive at manhood, m. Anna-----and removed to Westminster, Mass; then called Narragansett No. 2.
In 1740, his son, probably Philip, "Disposed of all right and title to the property of my honored father and mother, Joseph and Anna Bemis, to my brother Joseph and sister Mary of Cambridge." (p. 542. Hist. of Westminster Mass. by William S. Haywood.)[This is a direct copy of the Draper book; page 5.]
As we know that Joseph's wife was Anna, and that he went to Westminster to live, it proves[?] that he was the son of Joseph Bemis the immigrant . The records of the town of Westminster and Watertown do not furnish any data of an intervening generation, and the author therefor assumes there was none.
Joseph Bemis, or Bemish so spelt, was a soldier in King Phillips War as evidenced from the following entries in Bodge "Soldiers in King Phillips War" p. 176.
Joseph Bemish credited under Capt. James Oliver, for services Mar. 24, 1675-6. �2. 14s. p. 376. The same soldier received �2. s10. p. 147. Under a list of the Grantees of Narragansett No. 2, now Westminster, Mass, appears Joseph Beames, deceased, claimed by his son Joseph Beames. Grant made about Oct, 17, 1733. In 1700, the son of the Narragansett settler, Joseph 3d was aided by a contribution"having had his substance consumed by fire."
Source:
BEMIS History & gen.; an acct. of the desc. of Jos. Bemis of Watertown, Mass., by T. Draper. ibid.
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In a message from John Chandler on November 3, 1998 John states the following:
" I don't have anything on Joseph Jr. beyond a few facts: he was born on 1651 Dec 20 in Watertown, was mentioned in his father's will in 1684, was alive as of 1707, and received his share of his father's estate before the final distribution in 1712. In any case, the person who died in 1684 was Joseph Sr......
[...Joseph Jr. ] He was born on Dec 20, and he did not die in 1684, and there weren't any white settlers in what became Westminster in 1684 anyhow. It was his father who died in 1684 (on that date).
> Source: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol.1. ; The Lewis Publishing Company. Pub. New York,1907.
He is fairly well regarded, but garbage happens. Most of your problems can be traced back to this wrong death date.
"Joseph Bemis 2d (I. Joseph). This son of the immigrant, the first to arrive at manhood, m. Anna-----and removed to Westminster, Mass; then called Narragansett No. 2. "
Narragansett #2 was granted in 1733 as a reward to the veterans of King Philip's War (often called the Narragansett War). Unfortunately, nearly all the veterans were dead by then, so the land went to their heirs. There were five other townships granted at the same time, numbered 1-6. I don't know if Joseph Jr was still living in 1733 or
not, but it seems likely he never settled in the new township, which was wilderness at first.
John As the discussion continued, I asked yet another question:
' So, is Draper confused in the earlier part of the genealogy when he doesn't include these other two Joseph Bemis's...? '
I don't recall whether Draper mentioned Joseph 3rd earlier, but he certainly did mention Joseph Jr, who was clearly the one that served in the war. Since it was his military service that earned the land grant, I suspect the phrase "Narragansett settler" was intended to mean Joseph Jr, even though he presumably never set foot there. It
would have to be Joseph 3rd mentioned in 1700.
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