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Note: r Joseph on 18 Nov. 1712.
Source:
Bond's history of Watertown.
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According to the personal pedigree of Harmon Clark, POB 311, Sheffield Vermont, 05866, received 1998, Ephraim Bemis died after 1738.
HCLARK@Plainfield.bypass.com
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Descent of this family is from the World Family Tree, number 4120, WFT Vol. 2. Unfortunately, there are no source notes at all.
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BEMIS, EPHRAIM, Watertown, son of Joseph, by wife Elizabeth had Elizabeth and Sarah, by church records shown to be bapt. 1687; by town records Rebecca, b. 16 Jan. 1685; and Abigail, 10 Jan. 1687; but Bond thinks he may have had others, and possib. rem. to Windham; but was liv. Nov. 1712 to take share of estate of his father.
SAVAGE, VOL 1 DICT FIRST SETTLERS OF NE p. 106
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"They settled in Watertown, Mass, where the births of four of their children are recorded: there were probably several others, but as thefamily removed subsequently to Windham and Hampton, in Windham County, Conn., the younger children were probably born in the latter places of settlement. The Records of Watertown give very meager accounts of this branch.
Ephraim Bemis was a private in Capt. Joseph Sylls Company, in KingPhillips War, and, (see Vol. 43, p. 263 N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg.) received for his services in that campaign on Dec. 20, 1675. �3. 8sh. 4d. and onJune 24, 1676. �3. sh. 5. on Aug. 24, 1676. �3. sh. 5. In Bodges"Soldiers in King Phillip's War" p. 360 he is named as of the garrison of Groton two of the above payments are mentioned as well as an additionalone on Jan. 25, 1675-6 of sh. 12 on p. 376. He and Joseph Bemis arementioned as soldiers from Watertown, giving the amounts paid them. In alist of Grantees of Narragansett Twship No. 4, confirmed by the CourtJan. 13, 1738, Ephriam Bemis received his assignment for services in KingPhillip's War. He is mentioned as being alive at Windham, Ct. This Twship No. 4, is now Greenwich, Mass."
further on page 36, Draper remarks:
"The author (Draper) has been entirely unsuccessful in obtaining absolute proof of the parentage of 384, 385, and 386 (Daniel, James and Ephraim),but is fully convinced that they were the sons of Ephraim and Elizabeth who were born in Watertown. All accounts agree that the Windham County Conn. Bemis's were from there; and, as the dates perfectly agree, of removal and settlement, it is a fair and honest assumption that the lineof descent is correct.
Of James (385) there is a Windham Record, that on Jan. 29, 1731. Nathanial Bemis and his wife Abigail Hovey were summoned before the church to testify against James Bemis for "hard drinking."
The Bemis History and Genealogy" by Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper,1900, published San Francisco, California, copies in the Libraryof Congress.
Sources cited by Steve Dahlstrom, ibid.
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Note: Mary, Rebecca, Ephraim and John were mentioned in the Division of the estate of their fathe
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