Jeremiah Bumstead, Jr.

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Note : Maiden name of 1st wife: Ferris, Mary Walton, compiler. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines : a Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus Dawes, Volume I, Private printing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943, p.123-7 incorrectly identifies Jeremiah's first wife as Ann Shaw. His wife Hannah/Anna has been shown to be Hannah Odlin.]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bumstead-113Jeremiah Bumstead (bef. 1636 - abt. 1709)

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Biography

Jeremiah Bumstead immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Jeremiah/Jeremy Bumstead was baptized at St. James Parish, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk England on November 13, 1636, son of Thomas and Susan (___) Bumstead. [1]

Jeremiah came to New England with his parents, Thomas and Susanna, and brother Thomas by July, 1640. [2]

His father Thomas Bumstead, brazier of Boston, wrote his will on May 25, 1677, and it was proved on August 4, 1677. In it he names among others, his son Jeremy. [3]

1690: May 15: Made a Freeman at Boston. [4]
1698: April 30: Jeremiah Bumstead, joiner of Boston, and his siblings deeded their interest in the dwelling house and land that had belonged to their father Thomas, to his sister Hannah's son Alexander Sherrer and her son-in-law Richard Green. [5]
Jeremiah married first, Anna/Hannah Odlin by 1664, as their first child was born in November that year. Hannah was baptized at Boston, Massachusetts on October 9, 1643, aged 8 days, daughter of John and Margaret (___) Odlin. [6] [1]

John and Margaret deeded land to Hannah and Jeremiah Bumstead, indicating the land was for 'love and affection of my son Jeremiah Bumstead'. [6] [1]

His wife Hannah died about 1671/2. Jeremiah then married Sarah Blanchard, their first child being born in 1674. [6] Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Blanchard and Anne Rolfe. [1]

In Hannah's father John Odlin's will, written on March 4, 1684/4, John left a bequest to his grandchild Hannah Bumstead. [6] [7]

Jeremiah died on February 27, 1709, aged 72. [8]

Children

By Hannah:

Hannah born on November 21, 1664 [6] [9] [3]; married Job Ingraham by 1686/7. [1]
Thomas born on February 22, 1666 [9] [3]; likely died young, not mentioned in his grandfather Odlin's will. [6] [1]
Mary born on May 30, 1668. [9] [3] [1]
Jeremiah born on November 25, 1670 [9] [3]; likely died young. [1] [6]
by Sarah

Sarah born on September 8, 1674 [3]; died young. [9] [1]
Sarah born on August 15, 1676. [9] [3] [1]
Jeremiah born on October 14, 1678 [9] [3]; married Sarah Abraham on June 16, 1700; married Elizabeth Bridges March 8, 1704 [1] on March 8, 1704. [10]; married third widow Bethia (Wharton) Croft on February 2, 1726/7. [3] [5]
Abigail born on November 4, 1683; died young. [9] [3]
Abigail born on February 12, 1685. [9] [3]; married John Lambert on June 25, 1712. [1] [10] [1]
Thomas born on February 1, 1686 [9] [3]; likely died young. [1]

Research Notes

Note : Maiden name of 1st wife: Ferris, Mary Walton, compiler. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines : a Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus Dawes, Volume I, Private printing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943, p.123-7 incorrectly identifies Jeremiah's first wife as Ann Shaw. His wife Hannah/Anna has been shown to be Hannah Odlin.]

Jeremiah Bumstead

Born before 13 Nov 1636 in Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, England

Son of Thomas Bumstead and Susannah (Unknown) Bumstead

Brother of Thomas Bumstead, Anna (Bumstead) Ruck, Mary (Bumstead) Dawes, Joseph Bumstead [half] and Mercy (Bumstead) Roulstone

Husband of Hannah (Odlin) Bumstead — married about 1664 (to about 1672) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Husband of Sarah (Blanchard) Bumstead — married 1674 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Hannah Bumstead, Thomas Bumstead, Mary Bumstead, Jeremiah Bumstead, Sarah Bumstead, Sarah Bumstead, Jeremiah Bumstead, Abigail Bumstead, Abigail (Bumstead) Lambert and Thomas Bumstead

Died about 27 Feb 1709 after about age 72 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Gray, Ruth. Sarah, Mother of Jeremiah Bumstead in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 140, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1986, p. 312-6 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
↑ Thomas Bumstead of Roxbury in: Great Migration Newsletter: Volume 21: 2012: p. 9-10. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.)
↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 "The Diary of Jeremiah Bumstead of Boston 1722-1727" in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 15 (1861):193-4; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 3, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1849, p. 350
↑ 5.0 5.1 Joslyn, Roger D. Hannah Bumstead (1639/40 -1703) of Boston, Wife of Thomas Sherrer, George Nicholson and Samuel Ruck in: The American Genealogist, Volume 85, D. L. Jacobus, New Haven Connecticut, 2011, p. 96: 99-100 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Anderson, Robert C. John Odlin in: Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1995, p. 1347-50 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
↑ Case 1441:p. 1-4: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
↑ Boston, MA: Deaths, 1700-1799. p. 5494 (Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S. Boston Deaths, 1700-1799, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1999.)
↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Appleton, William S. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths 1630-1699, City Document 130, Registry Dept. City of Boston, Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883, p. 92: 99: 106: 113: 131: 137: 144: 159: 162: 168
↑ 10.0 10.1 A Report of the Record Commissioners of City of Boston. Boston Marriages From A.D.1700-1751, Rockewell & Churchill, Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1898, p. 46