Ephraim Bemis, of Windham

They settled in Watertown, Mass, where the births of four of their children are recorded; there were probably several others, but as the family 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 King Phillips War, and, (see Vol. 43, p. 263. N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg.) received for his services in that campaign on Dec. 20, 1675. 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 additional one on Jan. 25, 1675-6 on p. 376. He and Joseph Bemis are mentioned as soldiers from Watertown, giving the amounts paid them. In a list of Grantees of Narragansett Township No. 4, confirmed by the Court Jan. 13, 1738, Ephraim Bemis received his assignment for services in King Phillip's War. He is mentioned as being then alive at Windham, Ct. This Township No. 4, is now Greenwich, Mass.

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. 34-35

1.  EPHRAIM4 BEMIS  (JOSEPH3, JAMES2, JOHN1) was born August 25, 1656 in Watertown, MA, and died in Windham, CT.  He married ELIZABETH ?.

Children of EPHRAIM BEMIS and ELIZABETH ? are:

1. 2.    i.    UNKNOWN5 BEMIS, b. Abt. 1676.
2. 3.    ii.    ELIZABETH BEMIS, b. 1687, Watertown, MA.
3.       iii.    SARAH BEMIS, b. 1687, Watertown, MA.
4.       iv.    REBECCA BEMIS, b. January 16, 1683/84, Watertown, MA.
5. 4.    v.    ABIGAIL BEMIS, b. January 10, 1685/86, Watertown, MA.
6. 5.    vi.    DANIEL BEMIS, b. Abt. 1686.
7.       vii.    JAMES BEMIS, b. Abt. 1687.
8. 6.    viii.    EPHRAIM BEMIS, b. Abt. 1688.

Living in 1738 in Windham CT

Sources

1. 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. 4, 34, 35

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