Ebenezer Bement

MAJOR EBENEZER BEMENT removed to Great Barrington, Massachusetts with his father, of which town he was later a much esteemed citizen. In the Revolutionary struggle he bore an honorable part as an officer, becoming at the "Lexington Alarm" adjutant of the regiment of "Minute Men", commanded by Colonel John Fellows, and, in the following year, 1776, he held the same position in the Berkshire County Regiment of militia, and was in active service at or near Peekskill, New York. Subsequently, he served in the Continental Army, as brigade-major of Major General Patterson's brigade, from 10 June 1777 to 12 Aug 1779 (Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. 1). On 14 Dec 1780 he was appointed by the town to act with other commissioned officers in procuring men to serve for three years, or during the war in the Continental Army. In the same year he was made surveyor of highways and continued to hold various town offices. About this time, he became the host of the Great Barrington Inn, and so continued until Lenox became his home, as from 1 Feb 1781, the town records show that the duly warned town meeting was frequently adjourned to his house. During the same period he was likewise warden of the county prison, until its transference with the Courts to the newly erected county seat at Lenox in 1790 when he is described as of that town "gentleman". He was also High Sheriff and jailer of Berkshire County for many years prior to his death. Major Bement was a considerable property holder at Great Barrington on Townsend Mountain, and the adjoining town of Alford, Lenox, Windsor and Williamstown. After his death, his lands at Lenox were sold to the County of Berkshire, subject to the dower right of his widow, then 17 Aug 1796, Susanna Kinsman. He died intestate and his estate was administered upon by his brother, Asa Bement, Esq., who was appointed thereto, 14 May 1794.

Chronicles of the Bement Family in America; 1928, pp. 109-110

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