James Bump

Biography

From “ Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts: Containing Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ...“ J.H. Beers & Company, 1912. Page 1673. GoogleBooks

(VI) James Bump, son of Joseph and Mercy (Barden), was born Feb. 3, 1783, and died on his farm in 1851. He owned a tract of land in Warrentown which he cultivated, and where he spent his days. On May 19, 1805, he married Patience Morse, of Rochester, Plymouth county, and to their union were born children as follows: James Sullivan, born April 5, 1807; William Edwards, Sept. 9, 1808 (married Marcia Weston); Mercy, Sept. 14, 1810 (married Joseph Weaver); Simeon M., Sept. 3, 1815 (married Rachel Purdy Lucas); Betsey (who married Ruel Atwood, and died March 11, 1878. aged sixty-four years, two months); and Harriet Greenleaf, Feb. 27, 1820 (married Marston Thompson).