RTree - Person Sheet
NameJoseph BEMIS 
Birth1619, England
Death7 Aug 1684, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
FatherJoseph BEMIS (~1590-)
Misc. Notes
DESCENDANT LINE:
John BEMIS (~1550 - 1604) & Anne SPRAY
Joseph BEMIS (~1590 - )
Joseph BEMIS (1619 - 1684) & Sarah (~1620 - 1712)
John BEMIS (1659 - 1732) & Mary HARRINGTON (1663 - 1716)
John BEMIS* (1686 - 1754) & Anna LIVERMORE (1690 - 1769)
Josiah BEMIS (1716 - 1797) & Elizabeth WARREN (1727 - 1807)
Lydia BEMIS (1767 - 1855) & Amos FROST (1762 - 1850)
Susan FROST (1801 - 1866) & Thomas TEEL (1799 - 1873)
Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - <1870) & Ellen SMITH (~1847 - )
Gardner Abner TEELE Jr.* (1868 - ) & Emma A (1868 - <1920)
Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Grace BOULTON (1890 - 1943)
Louis Gardner TEELE Jr. (1913 - 2004) & Margaret Catherine SLINE (1943 - )
Came to America about 1640 and settled in Watertown. In 1647 his occupation was “Farmer & blacksmith”.
SOURCE: Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts” Volume 1 By Ellery Bicknell Crane Pub 1907.
“Joseph Bcmis (1) was the immigrant ancestor of Dr. John Merrick Bemis, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Not all of the Bemis families of America can be traced to him, but most of them have been. He was born in England in 1619, and came to Watertown, Massachusetts, as early as 1640, when he was about twentyone. He died in Watertown, August 7, 1684. There is some evidence to show that he married in England before emigrating here, and that his wife Sarah came over with him.
“Their first child, however, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1642, and they may have been married in Watertown or, as the birth is on the Boston records, in Boston, Massachusetts..
“Joseph Bemis was a quiet, hard-working man, a blacksmith and farmer. He served the town of Watertown as "haward," collector of taxes, member of the school committee, constable and selectman. He was on the board of selectmen in 1648-73-75. There was an amusing case before the magistrate where he was lined for having "one disorderly hog." Truly New England has always taxed her ingenuity to invent crime! On another occasion he was fined three pounds for cutting trees on the common land without the formal permission of the constituted authorities. Most of the fine was remitted. As his biographer says, otherwise than this he was apparently a good and law-abiding citizen. He was fairly well-to-do, leaving an estate valued at over two hundred pounds. His will was made the day of his death, .August 7, 1684, and proved October 7, 1684. The widow administered the estate. She died 1712, and the estate was divided among the heirs November 18, 1712, except those parts already given to the eldest son Joseph, and daughter Martha.
“The children of Joseph Bemis were: I. Sarah, born January 15, 1642-3; married at Watertown, October 2. 1094, John Bigelow, born in England, 1617; died in Watertown July 14, 1703; blacksmith; freeman in 1652; selectman in 1665-70-71; married, before, Mary Warren (this was the first marriage recorded in Watertown, Massachusetts), who died October 19, 1691, Sarah being, it is said, his third wife. 2. Mary, born September 10, 1644; died before 1730; married February 16, 1683-4, Samuel Whitney, son of John, Jr., and Ruth (Reynolds) Whitney, of Watertown, born in Watertown, July 23, 1648; died there 1730. John Whitney was born in England 1624. and died in Watertown October 12, 1692. Samuel Whitney was a soldier from Groton or Watertown in King Philip's war. He had a large family of children and has many descendants. 3. Joseph, Jr., (twin) horn October 28, J647. 4. Ephraim (twin), born October 28, 1647, died a few days later; buried November 4, 1647. 5. Martha, born March 24, 1649; died unmarried; was admitted to the church February 25. 1697-8. 6. Joseph, Jr., 2d., born December 12, 1651; died at Westminster, Massachusetts, August 7, 1684. 7. Rebecca, born April 17, 1654; married (first) at Watertown, April 11, 1684, John White, born at Watertown, February 25, 1648-9; died there (killed by a bull) May 30, 1684; the son of Anthony White, who was born in England 1607; died at Watertown, March 28, 1686, and who embarked from Ipswich, England, for New England, April, 1634, with his wife, Grace (Hall) White; married (second) at Watertown, April 1, 1686, Thomas Harrington, born at Watertown, April 20, 1665; died there March 29, 1712; the son of George and Susannah Harrington, of Watertown, leaving by this second marriage a large family of children. 8. Ephraim, 2d., born August 25> 1656; was living 1738, at Windham, Connecticut. 9. John, (see forward).
John BEMIS (~1550 - 1604) & Anne SPRAY
Joseph BEMIS (~1590 - )
Joseph BEMIS (1619 - 1684) & Sarah (~1620 - 1712)
John BEMIS (1659 - 1732) & Mary HARRINGTON (1663 - 1716)
John BEMIS* (1686 - 1754) & Anna LIVERMORE (1690 - 1769)
Josiah BEMIS (1716 - 1797) & Elizabeth WARREN (1727 - 1807)
Lydia BEMIS (1767 - 1855) & Amos FROST (1762 - 1850)
Susan FROST (1801 - 1866) & Thomas TEEL (1799 - 1873)
Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - <1870) & Ellen SMITH (~1847 - )
Gardner Abner TEELE Jr.* (1868 - ) & Emma A (1868 - <1920)
Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Grace BOULTON (1890 - 1943)
Louis Gardner TEELE Jr. (1913 - 2004) & Margaret Catherine SLINE (1943 - )
Came to America about 1640 and settled in Watertown. In 1647 his occupation was “Farmer & blacksmith”.
SOURCE: Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts” Volume 1 By Ellery Bicknell Crane Pub 1907.
“Joseph Bcmis (1) was the immigrant ancestor of Dr. John Merrick Bemis, of Worcester, Massachusetts. Not all of the Bemis families of America can be traced to him, but most of them have been. He was born in England in 1619, and came to Watertown, Massachusetts, as early as 1640, when he was about twentyone. He died in Watertown, August 7, 1684. There is some evidence to show that he married in England before emigrating here, and that his wife Sarah came over with him.
“Their first child, however, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1642, and they may have been married in Watertown or, as the birth is on the Boston records, in Boston, Massachusetts..
“Joseph Bemis was a quiet, hard-working man, a blacksmith and farmer. He served the town of Watertown as "haward," collector of taxes, member of the school committee, constable and selectman. He was on the board of selectmen in 1648-73-75. There was an amusing case before the magistrate where he was lined for having "one disorderly hog." Truly New England has always taxed her ingenuity to invent crime! On another occasion he was fined three pounds for cutting trees on the common land without the formal permission of the constituted authorities. Most of the fine was remitted. As his biographer says, otherwise than this he was apparently a good and law-abiding citizen. He was fairly well-to-do, leaving an estate valued at over two hundred pounds. His will was made the day of his death, .August 7, 1684, and proved October 7, 1684. The widow administered the estate. She died 1712, and the estate was divided among the heirs November 18, 1712, except those parts already given to the eldest son Joseph, and daughter Martha.
“The children of Joseph Bemis were: I. Sarah, born January 15, 1642-3; married at Watertown, October 2. 1094, John Bigelow, born in England, 1617; died in Watertown July 14, 1703; blacksmith; freeman in 1652; selectman in 1665-70-71; married, before, Mary Warren (this was the first marriage recorded in Watertown, Massachusetts), who died October 19, 1691, Sarah being, it is said, his third wife. 2. Mary, born September 10, 1644; died before 1730; married February 16, 1683-4, Samuel Whitney, son of John, Jr., and Ruth (Reynolds) Whitney, of Watertown, born in Watertown, July 23, 1648; died there 1730. John Whitney was born in England 1624. and died in Watertown October 12, 1692. Samuel Whitney was a soldier from Groton or Watertown in King Philip's war. He had a large family of children and has many descendants. 3. Joseph, Jr., (twin) horn October 28, J647. 4. Ephraim (twin), born October 28, 1647, died a few days later; buried November 4, 1647. 5. Martha, born March 24, 1649; died unmarried; was admitted to the church February 25. 1697-8. 6. Joseph, Jr., 2d., born December 12, 1651; died at Westminster, Massachusetts, August 7, 1684. 7. Rebecca, born April 17, 1654; married (first) at Watertown, April 11, 1684, John White, born at Watertown, February 25, 1648-9; died there (killed by a bull) May 30, 1684; the son of Anthony White, who was born in England 1607; died at Watertown, March 28, 1686, and who embarked from Ipswich, England, for New England, April, 1634, with his wife, Grace (Hall) White; married (second) at Watertown, April 1, 1686, Thomas Harrington, born at Watertown, April 20, 1665; died there March 29, 1712; the son of George and Susannah Harrington, of Watertown, leaving by this second marriage a large family of children. 8. Ephraim, 2d., born August 25> 1656; was living 1738, at Windham, Connecticut. 9. John, (see forward).