Jeremiah Bumstead

Children of Jeremiah and Sarah Bumstead :—

Jeremiah, b. 14 Oct. 1678. Jeremiah Bumstead, glazier, of Boston, having died intestate, as is found by the Probate Records, his widow, Sarah Bumstead, administered, 12 Nov. 1747.

family

married

1. Elizabeth Bridges, 8 March, 1704. [See 18 April, 1726, of Diary.]
2. Bethia (Wharton) Sherrar, 2. Feb. 1726.
3. Sarah Howard, 18 March, 1729. [this date must in error as Bethia was living in 1731] Children by Elizabeth Bridges
4. Elizabeth, dan. of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Bumstead, b. 24 Dec. 1705.
5. Elizabeth, b. 16 Dec. 1706. [See Diary, 3 Nov. 1726.]
6. Jeremiah, b. 26 March, 1708.

brief biography

NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. Vol. XV. JULY, 1861. No. 3. DIARY OF JEREMIAH BUMSTEAD OF BOSTON, 1722-1727. page 93

Finding this diary of a worthy citizen of Boston written upon the margins and blank spaces of a series of Almanacs, I thought it might be worth preserving in a more regular and legible form. The entries are scattered over the pages wherever a partially clear spot could be found, often trenching upon the printed portion. The order of time is not always preserved in the original, but the date is carefully attached to each record. The chirography is sometimes obscure, but, with the occasional aid of a magnifying glass, not very difficult to decipher. The writer seems to have been a mechanic in moderate circumstances, but blessed with numerous and very respectable "Cuzens." He was a staunch and active member of the Old South Church—attending all the extra services, and faithfully noting the name of the preacher and the text of his discourse. He appears not to have been ambitious of office, and when chosen tythingman or constable, obtained his release on the plea of "having no hand except his own," or by paying the fine. He must have had a taste for pious literature, as he bought books, and, at religious meetings, when the minister was absent, would read a lesson from some orthodox commentator. He contributed annuallv towards the expense of educating Joseph Seccomb, brother of the author of "Father Abbey's Will, and himself somewhat of a genius; and gave him several works out of his own limited library. His name is also to be found in the list of "Prince's Subscribers," although their historian has not yet included him in his series of biographical sketches. Another evidence of literary tendencies may, perhaps, be derived from the fact that, when Franklin's uncle Benjamin died, who was both an author and a collector, our diarist was one of the persons selected to "prize his books." The record of marriages and deaths (chiefly the latter) undoubtedly constitutes the principal value of the manuscript, and may render it of some use to the genealogist. For this reason, the undersigned respectfully begs leave to present it to the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. March, 1861. S. F. Haven

notes

From An Historical Catalogue of the Old South Church (Third Church) Boston By George Frederick Bigelow Page 315

Jeremiah Bumstead, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Bumstead (1684); born 14 Oct. 1678. He married, 1704, Elizabeth Bridges; 1726, Bethia Sherrar; 1729, Sarah Howard; but we do not find any one of these names in the roll of-membership. His daughter, Elizabeth, wife of John Bulfinch, joined the church 1727, and his son, Jeremiah, 1730. He kept a diary for the years 1722-27, which the late Mr. S. F. Haven edited, and which was printed in the New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Register of 1862 ...

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• History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called the Ancient ... By Oliver Ayer Roberts page 121
  • Thomas Bumstead (1647), the emigrant, died in 1697. He had a son, Jeremiah, born Oct. 14, 1678, who married, (1) June 16, 1700, Sarah Abraham, and, (2) March 8, 1704, Elizabeth Bridges. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Bridges) Bumstead had Jeremiah, born March 26, 1708, who married, (1) Bethia Sherwin, Feb. 2, 1726, and, (2) Sarah Howard, March 18, 1729. He was a glazier, and died about Nov. 1, 1747.