Abraham Bemis, Jr.

Private in the first Company of Waltham, War of the Revoloution.

Abraham Bemis was one of the iirst fruits of Methodism in the East. With an unrestrained liberality, he opened the doors of his home at Waltham for its Evangelists, and for many j'ears it was their home and temple. Hundreds gathered for years, in the shades of his orchards, to hear them preach, and many were there converted, including all of Mr. Bemis' family, and many of his relations. The old Weston Society was formed under his roof—his name being the first on the roll. His hospitality towards God's Messengers returned in a hundredfold; his acres increased and abundance surrounded him.

THE BEMIS HISTORY AND GENEALOGY being an account, in greater part of the descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... By Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper ... Published 1900, San Francisco, California, p. 91, 92