Joshua BEMIS^[1]

1761 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Joshua BEMIS
  Birth	19 Mar 1761	Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Deed	1805	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
  	3 acres of land
  	Purchased from John Strowd (Deed Book 4, p. 121)
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	See "The Bemis History and Genealogy" by Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, 1900, published San Francisco. Joshua Bemis was a Revolutionary War soldier, enlisting for three months in the defense of Boston and for nine months in 1779. "Private, Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's co., Col. Dike's regt.; pay abstract for gun and blanket money, dated Dorchester, Feb. 12, 1777; also, return of men in service from Dec. 14, 1776, to March 1, 1777; also, Capt. Elisha Jackson's co., Maj. Bridge's (Worcester Co.) regt.; pay abstract for 27 days service; marched to reinforce Northern army agreeable to resolve of Sept. 22, 1777; also, descriptive list of enlisted men; Capt. Angell's co., Col. Rand's regt.; age, 18 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Westminster; enlistment, 9 months; marched july 21, 1779; reported mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master, July 13, 1779; delivered to Ensign J. Hubble. See Revolutionary War Pension Application Records. [2, 3]
  Person ID	I7307	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F5329

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• Documents

  Joshua Bemis Revolutionary War Pension Application

  
  

• Sources

  [S269] Westminster, Massachusetts, Vital Records, (Systematic History Fund Published by Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, Trustee of the Fund, 1908), p. 13 (Reliability: 3). [S265] Brandon Deeds, (Town Offices, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont.), Deed Index p. 22. (Reliability: 3). [S270] Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Vol. I-XVII. Boston, MA, USA: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.), Vol. 1, p. 927 (Reliability: 3).