Joseph Bearse Sr. (1652 - aft. 1732)

Born 25 Jan 1652 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Martha (Taylor) Bearse — married 3 Dec 1676 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Phebe (Lovell) Bumpas — married 10 Sep 1732 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 10 Sep 1732 after age 80 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Joseph was born or baptized on 25 January 1651/2.^[1][2][3][4]

He died in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[5]

"Joseph Bearse, son of Austin, probably was a soldier in King Philip's war,^[6][7] his sons having rights in the town of Gorham, granted to the heirs of the soldiers who serviced with Capt. Gorha. Joseph Bearse served in the first expedition to Mount Hope, Rhode Island in June 1675. He was also in the Battle of Swamp Fort ( the camp of the Narrangansetta) in December 1675. He married on December 3, 1676, Martha Taylor,^[8] daughter of Richard of Yarmouth, a "tailor" by trade, and so called to distinguish him from another of the same name called "Rock". He remarried and died after 1732. His wife Martha died on 27 January 1727-8, aged 77 years. Joseph and Martha settled in Barnstable on his fathers land, on the north side of what is now known as Bearse Pond. They were farmers in the area all their lives."page 5, Bears Barss Genealogy.

Joseph Bearse married secondly after intentions were published in Barnstable on 10 September 1732, Phebe (Lovell) (Bumpas) Fish, to the daughter of John and Jane (Hatch) Lovell, and the widow of Thomas Bumpas and John Fish.^[9].^[10]

He was admitted as townsman 5 May 1677.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ William Richard Cutter, A. M., Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908); vol. 3, pg. 1294
2. ↑ John Bearss Newcomb, A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America 1618-1871, Elgin, Illinois: Gazette Printing Co. (December 7, 1871) pg. 4, 5
3. ↑ Vital Records of Barnstable and Sandwich Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants (1900?), vol. 2, pg. 11
4. ↑ Amos Otis, Cape Cod Library, Vol. 2, pg. 1021
5. ↑ John Bearss Newcomb, A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America 1618-1871, Elgin, Illinoisd: Gazette Printing Co. (December 7, 1871) pg. 5 [1]
6. ↑ John Bearss Newcomb, A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America 1618-1871, Elgin, Illinois: Gazette Printing Co. (December 7, 1871) pg. 5
7. ↑ Soldiers in King Philip's War [2]
8. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS)[3]
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-4942-W?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-G5S%3A353349701%2C353366701%2C1005976002 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 651 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

   Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 2:354.

   "Persons published by David Crocker Town Clark : Joseph Bearse & Phebe Fish Sept. 10 1732."

10. ↑ Early families in Sandwich, various Family Group Sheets, Sandwich Archives & Historical Center, Barbara L. Gill, 145 Main Street, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
11. ↑ Cape Cod Library, Vol. II, Barnstable Town Records, pg. 10

• Soldiers in King Philip's war. Containing lists of the soldiers of Massachusetts Colony, who served in the Indian war of 1675-1677. With sketches of the principal officers, and copies of ancient documents and records relating to the war by Bodge, George M. (George Madison), 1841-1914

• Lorraine Rainwaters Henry, Native American Directory Vital Records of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and Wisconsin, Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc. (1998). If this is in support of his mother being Native American, see discussion on his father's page for how this has been disproven.
• Claire Dietz (transcriber), Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 1633 -1689 , Boston (1857); reprinted Baltimore (1976)
• Author? Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, (publisher? Year? Pages?)
• Amos Otis, The Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families], Volume 1, pages 53-55
• Bears C Austin, Bears Barss Genealogy, Bears Books, Canada 1989
• Smith, Jillaine S., The Two Richard Taylor Families of Early Yarmouth, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2011) Vol. 165, WN 659, Page 196.