Isaac Bemis (1753 - 1834)

Born 22 Dec 1753 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Died 25 Jul 1834 at age 80 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Ensign Isaac Bemis served with 15th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Isaac Bemis is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A008939.

Isaac Bemis is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 112898
Rank: Private

^{[1] [2]} Isaac Bemis of Waltham was a soldier in the Revolutionary War serving as a Private in Capt. Abraham Peirce's company, Col. Thomas Gardner's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord and Lexington, and as a Corporal in Capt. Abijah Child's company, Col. Gardner's regiment in 1775, and as an Ensign in Capt. Moses Harrington's company, Col. Nicholas Dike's regiment in 1777.

Isaac Bemis was born on December 22, 1753 in Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, son of Abraham Bemis and Susanna (Flagg) Bemis. ^{[3] [4]}

Isaac married Elizabeth Green, Nov. 11, 1780 in Newton. ^{[3] [4]}

They had these children born in Waltham: ^{[3] [4]}

1. Leonard Bemis, b. Oct. 4, 1780.
2. Converse Bemis, b. Dec. 27, 1781.
3. Calvin Bemis, b. Mar. 21, 1783.
4. Betsey Bemis, b. Oct 21, 1784.
5. Isaac Bemis, b. Nov. 26, 1786.
6. Charles Bemis, b. Mar. 12, 1788, d. Feb. 22, 1808.^[3][4]
7. Henry Bemis, b. Sept 28, 1790, d. 1794.^[3][4]
8. William Bemis, b. Dec 21 1792, d. 1851.^[4]
9. Benjamin Franklin Bemis, b. July 6, 1797, d. Sept 12, 1807.^[3][4]

His first wife Elizabeth died in Waltham, Nov. 14, 1799. ^[3]

Isaac married second, Abigail Biglow, July 3, 1803. ^[3]

They had these children born in Waltham: ^{[3] [4]}

1. George Bemis, b., Apr. 27, 1804.
2. Susan Bemis, b. Dec. 11, 1807.
3. James Sullivan Bemis, b. Nov. 15, 1809.

Isaac died in Waltham, July 25, 1834. ^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-03-14), "Record of Isaac Bemis", Ancestor # A008939.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol.1, p. 925
  • "BEMIS, ISAAC, Waltham. Private, Capt. Abraham Peirce's co., Col. Thomas Gardner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord and Lexington; service, 3 days; also, Corporal, Capt. Abijah Child's co., Col. Gardner's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775 ; enlisted April 27, 1775 ; service, 96 days ; stature, 5ft. 11 in.; also, Capt. Child's co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Gardner's) 37th regt. ; muster roll for Aug., 1775, dated Camp, Prospect Hill ; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Prospect Hill, Dec. 20, 1775; also, Ensign, Capt. Moses Harrington's co., Col. Nicholas Dike's regt.; list of officers to be commissioned from Dec. 1, 1776; approved in Council, Feb. 7, 1777; also, return of men in service from Dec. 20, 1776, to March 1, 1777."

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7KG-KHQ : 17 November 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for William Bemis, 1851.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JV-LL9 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis, 22 Dec 1753; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSZ-QVS : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis, 11 Nov 1779; citing Marriage, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQS : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Leonard Bemis, 4 Oct 1780; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7Z-YHM : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis, 11 Nov 1780; citing Marriage, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQ7 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Convors Bemis, 27 Dec 1781; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQH : 10 November 2020), Isaac Bemis in entry for Calvin Bemis, 21 Mar 1783; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQ8 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Betsey Bemis, 21 Oct 1784; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQX : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Isaac Bemis, 26 Nov 1786; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQJ : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Charles Bemis, 12 Mar 1788; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQ2 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Henry Bemis, 21 Sep 1790; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQP : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for William Bemis, 21 Dec 1792; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD6-68Q : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Henry Bemis, Jan 1794; citing Death, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQT : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Marshall Bemis, 6 Dec 1795; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-SQ1 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Benjamin Franklin Bemis, 1 Jul 1797; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-7Z1 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for George Bemis, 27 Apr 1804; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD6-XR9 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Benjamin Franklin Bemis, 12 Sep 1807; citing Death, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-7B9 : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Susan Bemis, 11 Dec 1807; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-7LH : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Susan Bemis, 11 Dec 1807; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD6-XPY : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for Charles Bemis, 22 Feb 1808; citing Death, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JK-7BQ : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for James Sullivan Bemis, 15 Nov 1809; citing Birth, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009672.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHC4-NYV : 20 May 2022), Isaac Bemis in entry for William Bemis, 3 Jul 1851; citing Death, Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010702.

• Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1904);
  • p. 14-6 "Births", "Bemis"
    • "Benjamin Franklin, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, July 6, 1797."
    • "Betsey, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Oct 21, 1784."
    • "Calvin, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Mar. 21, 1783."
    • "Charles, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Mar. 12, 1788."
    • "Converse [dup. Convers], ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Dec. 27, 1781."
    • "George, s. Isaac and Abigail (second w.), Apr. 27, 1804."
    • "Henry, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Sept 28, 1790."
    • "Isaac, s. Abraham and Susannah [dup. Susanna], Dec. 22, 1753."
    • "Isaac, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Nov. 26, 1786."
    • "James Sullivan, s. Isaac and Abigail, Nov. 15, 1809."
    • "Leonard, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Oct. 4, 1780."
    • "Susan, d. Isaac and Abigail, Dec. 11, 1807."
    • "William, ch. Isaac and Elizabeth, Dec 21 1792."
  • p. 115 "Marriages", "Bemis"
    • "Isaac and Elizabeth Green, Nov. 11, 1779."
    • "Isaac and Abigail Biglow, July 3, 1803."
  • p. 252 "Deaths", "Bemis"
    • "Benjamin Franklin, s. Isaac and Elizabeth, Sept 12, 1807."
    • "Charles, s. Isaac and Elizabeth, Feb. 22, 1808, a. 19 y. 11 m. 10 d."
    • "Elizabeth [dup. Elisabeth], w. Isaac, Nov. 14, 1799 a. 41 y. 1 m. 23 d."
    • "Henry, s. Isaac and Elizabeth, Jan. — , 1794."
    • "Isaac Esq., July 25, 1834."