Josiah Bumpas (1711 - 1757)

Born 22 Jul 1711 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Son of Isaac (Bumpas) Bumpus and Mary (Perry) Bumpas

Husband of Hannah Bumpas — married 21 Dec 1732 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1757 at age 46 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Josiah is a direct descendant of PGM immigrant Thomas Prence, Jr.

Josiah was born in 1711 to Isaac Bumpus and Mary Perry at Rochester in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] He married Hannah Bumpas there on December 21, 1732^[2] and they had at least seven children together.^[3]

In his will Isaac mentions Josiah as of East Haddam, CT. The will is dated 1759.

Josiah, Sr. lived at Wareham, MA., Lyme, CT., and East Haddam, MA.

Josiah was on meeting house committee 1744. He evidently moved to Lyme, CT, as there are many land transfers to and from him in the years 1752-1766. One transfer in 1758 from Josiah to Isaac, His father Samuel Olmstead sold land to Josiah in East Haddam, CT October 10, 1757. In both cases, Josiah is spoken of as Lyme.

Josiah died at Plainfield, Connecticut in 1757.^[4]

Children

1. Thankful b 29 Oct 1733
2. Mary b 01 Apr 1735
3. Isaac bp 14 Aug 1737
4. Patience bp 22 Feb 1738
5. Sarah bp 08 Mar 1740
6. Josiah bp 23 Dec 1744
7. Reuben bp 01 Mar 1746

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-K38 : 15 January 2020), Josiah Bumpus, 1711.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Rochester Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume II-Marriages and Deaths. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914. Page 62. https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofro02roch/page/62/mode/2up?q=62+Rochester+Marriages
3. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/51962/11/71745819
4. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7VV-LZP : 16 January 2020), Josiah Bumps,

• Bump Family History

Of interest: 2 new sketches: Early Vermont Settlers - Josiah and Hannah Bump and their son Reuben Bump, of Brattleboro, behind a paywall.

DNA

• Paternal relationships are confirmed based on a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 11 cM segment on chromosome 2, consisting of Dorothy (Driscoll) Douglas and Richard Morse, her 8th cousin 1x removed, and Jennifer Doane, her 7th cousin 1x removed. (Richard Morse and Jennifer are 9th cousins.) These matches have been independently verified by via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Bumpas and Sarah Unknown, the 7x great grandparents of Dorothy (Driscoll) Douglas and 8x great grandparents of both Richard Morse and Jennifer Doane.