James Bemis

11.  JAMES6 BEMIS (EPHRAIM5, EPHRAIM4, JOSEPH3, JAMES2, JOHN1) was born August 06, 1737 in Ashford, CT.  He married UNKNOWN (SIC: Elizabeth Ashley)

"an early settler of Worthington, Ma, was in the Revolutionary War, and being severely wounded at the Battle of Bennington, returned home, broken in health and fortune"

Children of JAMES BEMIS include:

1. "I — I. Dr. John Bemis b. Worthington, Mass. Feb. 16, 1773. d. Bloomfield, Nelson, Co. Ky. Mar. 29, 1851. "The subject of this sketch, who was the third of four sons, was born on the 16th day of February, 1773. In consequence of his father's continued ill health and limited means, he was, at a very early age, thrown upon his own resources. ...". "In 1797 he had married Miss Elizabeth Bloomer (b. in New York) ..."

notes

From http://bemislanding.tripod.com/emphraim1656.html

6.  EPHRAIM5 BEMIS (EPHRAIM4, JOSEPH3, JAMES2, JOHN1 ) was born Abt. 1688.  He married UNKNOWN.

Children of EPHRAIM BEMIS and UNKNOWN (sic: Lydia Thomas) Include:

1. 11.    i.    JAMES6 BEMIS, b. August 06, 1737, Ashford, CT.
2. 12.    ii.    JOTHAM BEMIS BEMUS, b. 1738, Ashford, CT; d. Abt. 1786.
3.          iii.    MARY BEMIS, b. May 13, 1739, Windham County, CT (Ashford?).

"His [Samuel Ashley's] will, dated 29 Dec. 1766, mentions his '* eldest son Samuel has already had his share," but gives him, " my oldest gun," his son Abner, " one acre and five shillings," grandchildren, Elizabeth Bemis and Susan and Abigail Hovey, and his son Joseph, " all my real estate, lands, buildings, timber, fences, and all movable estate outdoor and indoor." [Wind. Prob. Rec, vol. 8, p. 203.]"

Sources

1. The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury, of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass (Google eBook) Frederick John Kingsbury Hartford Press, 1905 - 732 pages. Page 208
2. Francis Bacon Trowbridge. The Ashley genealogy : a history of the descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts online. (page 26 of 39)
3. The Bemis History and Genealogy: Being an Account, in Greater Part of the Descendants of Joseph Bemis, of Watertown, Mass. ... (Google eBook) Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper Stanley-Taylor Company, printer, 1900. page 183

Links

• Manahan / Belue Family 
• http://gustafson.me/genealogy/dedrickson/aqwg45.htm#8172

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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. 37