The work, begun and carried forward at the instance of Mr. Bement, the widely-known bibliophile and numismatist of Philadelphia, was intended for publication and family distribution. The compilation was about ready for press when death overtook both the generous patron and the indefatigable compiler. Under the pious urge to see this genealogical adventure reach some definite harbor, six typed copies of the work have been made and bound by two representatives of the patron and compiler. One volume has been placed in the Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C., and another in The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, of which the compiler was the one-time president and the patron a member. Other copies may, at some future time, be prepared and placed with other libraries.
It is hoped that by this means the valuable genealogical, almost human, document may be insured against destruction and its contents made available for those who desire to know what manner of men and women their Bement forebears were, who followed ever "Westward the course of Empire" until their habitat was bounded by the two oceans, the Great Lakes on the north, and the Gulf on the south.
Of sturdy New England stock, pioneer life had no terrors for the descendants of John Bement. With unusual mechanical genius, they forged their own tools in their own plants and mills, or became construction engineers in railway enterprises that eliminated space. Many rose to considerable prominence in the cities of the West as well as those of the East. In Brattleboro, Lowell, Hartford, Grand Rapids, Toledo, Lansing, Des Moines, Mishawaka and Philadelphia the name became identified with mills and iron furnaces, and with the church, educational and general social forces making for community betterment.
Patron and compiler well merit the profound appreciation of the Bement family for the research involved. That it failed of print, is unfortunate, but not irremediable.
Anna Bement Kramer, M. Atherton Leach ______________
Reprint from The Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, March 1928.
The Chronicles of the Bement Family in America were compiled by Josiah Granville Leach (1842-1923) for Clarence Sweet Bement (1843-1923) and contains 402 pages of Bement family history (700 pages with exhibits). The Chronicles were compiled between the years of 1902 and 1923, but due to the deaths of both the compiler and patron they were never prepared and printed in published form. Instead, they were compiled in typewritten form and provided to two libraries with two copies being held in private hands. It was entered in the Library of Congress in 1928.
It has been determined that virtually anyone or anything named Bement in this country can probably be traced to John Beaumont (later changed to Bement) who immigrated to the United States in 1635. Ancestors are tied to the village of Bement, Illinois; the Bement Public Library in St. Johns, Missouri; the Bement Wing of the Stockbridge, Massachusetts Library; the Bement-Billings Farmstead in Newark Valley, New York; the Bement School in Deerfield, Massachusetts; the Bement Arch in Utah; Bement plows, cooking stoves and toboggans; Niles, Bement and Pond industrial machinery; Bement Avenue in Staten Island, NY; and Bement Street in Lansing, Michigan. Bement's have been notable agriculturist, clerics, mayors, industrialists, inventors, and defenders of our country in all wars.
The following comprises the entire Forward as printed in The Chronicles of the Bement Family in America in 1928:
The Chronicles of the Bement Family was undertaken for the late Clarence S. Bement of Philadelphia, with the intention of publication and gratuitous distribution to all descendants of John Bement of Salem, Massachusetts, the founder of this family in America.
The long illness and subsequent death in February 1923, of its generous patron, defeated the intention of publication. Research in connection with the work covered a period of years, not consecutive, from 1902 to 1923. Interruptions unavoidable militated against the possible exactitude of test and arrangement.
Most branches of the original family tree were unusually prolific, and, in large measure, followed "Westward the course of Empire", until the Bement name in its early habitats became practically unknown. These two factors greatly added to the difficulty of correspondence and compilation and increased the probability of mis-statements in the former and mistakes in the later.
The foundations of the work are, it is believed, sound. The superstructure may, in some instances, be faulty. Much family data is, however, preserved. In the interests of the latter, and, in some measure, to aid and future historian of the family, these Chronicles are presented without further comment.
There are six copies of the work. Four in the possession of Mrs. Albert Ludlow Kramer of Westbury, Long Island, New York. Two in possession of the compiler for disposal to The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. There was another copy, formerly in the custody of the late Mr. Clarence S. Bement, which, in some unaccountable way, has disappeared.
Philadelphia, June 1928 _____________
The Chronicles of the Bement Family in America is a typewritten document and was personally reviewed by Dennis BeMent at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1994. In March of 1996 Dennis' son, T.J. BeMent, then a student at The George Washington University made a complete copy of the document for his father. That copy is now in Orlando, Florida. Please note that it will take between 1-2 hours for retrieval of the document from the library archives to the reading room. The call number is CS71/.B463/1928 for the publication.
Generation No. 1
1. John1 Beaumont (ThomasA, WilliamB) was born ABT 1612 in of Yorkshire, England, and died Bef. Jul 1647 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA. He married Mrs. John Beaumont ??? Aft. 1635.
Notes for John Beaumont: JOHN BEAUMONT (1-1) was born about 1612 in Yorkshire County, England, the third of six children of Thomas and Jennet (Stafford) Beaumont. Thomas was born about 1586, married Jennet Stafford in 1605, and died 9 Dec 1646 in England. It is believed, but not verified, that Thomas was the son of William and Rosamond Beaumont. It is not known if John's oldest brother, or his three sisters, ever came to America.
John and his older brother William (b. about 1608) sailed from London on the ship, Elizabeth, on 15 Apr 1635, under William Stagg, Master, bound for New England with eighty or more souls. He settled first with his brother William at Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts and was granted five acres of land there, 30 Mar 1640. In August 1643, his name appears on the list of men able to bear arms in Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. The following year he was of Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts purchasing there, 14 June 1644, of Jonathan Brewster, certain books which had formed part of Elder William Brewster's library. Shortly after this he died, leaving a widow and one son. The records of the Salem Quarterly Court show that the widow married one John Tucker, and the son, John, had been placed under the guardianship of Daniel Rea (see note below) of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts before July 1647. His only son, John, probably shortened the name to Bement and therefore originated it in America.
WILLIAM BEAUMONT, the elder of the two brothers, was of Salem in 1637, and probably somewhat earlier. At that time Salem, though only eleven years old, was the oldest settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, older even than Charlestown and Boston and possibly offered more substantial opportunity to the colonist. The stay of William Beaumont at Salem was, however, not of long duration; marrying Lydia Danforth, he settled at Saybrooke - the fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River, overlooking the broad waters of Long Island Sound, and then just united to the Connecticut government. It is believed that William Beaumont (b. 1608) retained the Beaumont name and likely originated the Beaumont name in America. William (1608-1698) married Lydia Danforth (aft. 1625-1686) in 1643 and they had seven children. William's descendants are on record for nine generations through their sixth child, Samuel Beaumont (b. 1655). _________________ DANIEL REA (or Rey) was, according to some traditions, a native of Scotland, but this is of doubtful authority. On coming to New England he settled first at Plymouth, where in 1630, he purchased a garden plot of Anthony Annabel, but soon removed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and under date of 6 Feb 1631, is mentioned in a letter from Governor Bradford, commending him, with others who had gone from Plymouth Colony, to the favorable notice of Governor Winthrop. He died at Salem Village, afterwards Danvers, leaving an unsigned will. An amicable settlement of his estate was made to his heirs.
Chronicles of the Bement Family in America, 1928, pp. 1-10
Notes for Mrs. John Beaumont ???: MRS. JOHN BEAUMONT, maiden name unknown, was probably a Plymouth Colony woman and connected with the family of Daniel Rea in whose charge her son was placed.
Child of John Beaumont and Mrs. ??? is: + 2 i. John2 Bement, born 1 May 1644 in Salem, Essex Co., MA; died 27 Dec 1684 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT.
Generation No. 2
2. John2 Bement (John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 1 May 1644 in Salem, Essex Co., MA, and died 27 Dec 1684 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Martha Dennis Bef. 11 Apr 1667, daughter of Edward Dennis and Sarah ???.
Notes for John Bement: JOHN BEMENT (2-2), the only son of the pioneer, John Beaumont (abt. 1612-1647), settled when his majority was reached, at Wenham in Essex County, Massachusetts; some six miles northeast of Salem. In 1680, having received grants of land in the proposed settlement at Enfield, in Western Massachusetts, now Connecticut, for himself and his son John, he removed there, and was an actual resident there in 1682. He was born about 1644, probably in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and died 27 Dec 1684 at about 40 years of age at Enfield, Conn. His inventory amounted to £53. He married Martha Dennis, daughter of Edward and Sarah Dennis, born 1 May 1644; and died in the early 1700's. Martha was married prior to (2) John Bement to a (1) John Beamont; and in her later years to an (3) Arthur Henbury and (4) John Shephard, Sr. Children of John and Martha (Dennis) Bement were: John, Edmund Bement, William Bement, and Benjamin Bement (who died intestate after his father, without issue).
Chronicles of the Bement Family in America, 1928, pp. 11-20
Children of John Bement and Martha Dennis are: + 3 i. John3 Bement, born ABT 1667 in Wenham, Essex Co., MA; died 1 Sep 1703 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. + 4 ii. Edmund Bement, born 10 Jan 1671/72 in Wenham, Essex Co., MA; died 1 Jan 1744/45 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. + 5 iii. William Bement, born 20 Dec 1676 in Wenham, Essex Co., MA; died 13 Jan 1728/29. 6 iv. Benjamin Bement, born Aft. 1677 in Wenham, Essex Co., MA; died Aft. 1685.
Notes for Benjamin Bement: BENJAMIN BEMENT (3-6), died after his father, intestate, and without issue.
Generation No. 3
3. John3 Bement (John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born ABT 1667 in Wenham, Essex Co., MA, and died 1 Sep 1703 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Abigail Eggleston 29 Oct 1696 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of James Eggleston and Hester Williams.
Notes for John Bement: JOHN BEMENT (3-3), was probably born in Essex County, Massachusetts, about 1667, and died at Enfield, 1 Sep 1703. Married 29 Oct 1696, Abigail Eggleston, daughter of James Eggleston of Windsor, Connecticut, born 1 Sep 1671; died before 22 Sep 1724. He accompanied his father to Enfield, or, as it was then called, "Freshwater Plantation", where under date of 24 July 1682, he was granted "a home-lot of twelve acres, and twenty acres of field land with meadow." (Source: Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Hampshire County, Liber B. 1735-1741, ff. 311-313).
He was one of the Enfield men who responded to the call for soldiers to garrison harassed Deerfield, Massachusetts in 1694, against the French and Indians, and is mentioned in Shelden's History of Deerfield. Children of John and Abigail (Eggleston) Bement, born at Enfield, were: Mindwell, Benjamin, Abigail, and John. He died intestate and his estate was administered upon by his widow.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 20-25
Notes for Abigail Eggleston: The ancestors of Abigail Eggleston can be located on Brøderbund World Family Tree, Volume 2, Pedigree #5366 and traces back to James Eggleston (1562-1613) in England.
Children of John Bement and Abigail Eggleston are: 7 i. Mindwell4 Bement, born 22 Feb 1696/97 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 3 Mar 1697/98. + 8 ii. Benjamin Bement, born 14 Sep 1698 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Aft. 26 Mar 1744 in probably at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. + 9 iii. Abigail Bement, born 13 May 1700 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died 5 Aug 1746 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. + 10 iv. John Bement, born 23 Mar 1701/02 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Aft. 22 Apr 1756 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.
4. Edmund3 Bement (John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 10 Jan 1671/72 in Wenham, Essex Co., MA, and died 1 Jan 1744/45 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married (1) Prudence Morgan 1 Nov 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, MA, daughter of Issac Morgan. He married (2) Priscilla Warner 14 Jan 1702/03, daughter of John Warner and Lydia Boltwood. He married (3) Margery Pasko 5 Nov 1719 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT.
Notes for Edmund Bement: EDMUND BEMENT (3-4), was born 10 Jan 1671 at Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts; and died 1 Jan 1744/45 at 73 years of age at Enfield, Connecticut. He married (1) Prudence Morgan (born about 1675 and died 30 Nov 1701), daughter of Isaac Morgan. He married (2) Priscilla Warner (died before 1719), daughter of John Warner by his wife Lydia Boltwood, on 14 Jan 1702/03; and (3) Margery Pasko (died 20 Feb 1744/45) on 5 Nov 1719 at Enfield, CT. The only child of Edmund and Prudence (Morgan) Bement was Prudence Bement.
Edmund was a prominent citizen of Enfield, Connecticut. His first public office, in 1703, was that of constable, after which he was almost continuously in office or serving on important town committees for a period of more than thirty years. In 1718 he was one of three to constitute the school committee and to provide the town with a teacher. He also served frequently on the Ecclesiastical Society Committee. Edmund resided in the south end of Enfield, and amassed considerable land over his lifetime. The five children of Edmund and Priscilla (Warner) Bement were Martha Bement, Jonathan Bement, Prudence Bement, Dennis Bement, and Edmond Bement.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 25-31
Child of Edmund Bement and Prudence Morgan is: 11 i. Prudence4 Bement, born 28 Sep 1700; died 12 Nov 1704.
Children of Edmund Bement and Priscilla Warner are: + 12 i. Martha4 Bement, born 7 Nov 1703; died Unknown. + 13 ii. Jonathan Bement, born 12 Dec 1705 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 1 Jan 1746/47 in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. 14 iii. Prudence Bement, born 15 Jul 1708; died 11 Jul 1748. She married Hezekiah Parsons 27 Sep 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. + 15 iv. Dennis Bement, born 28 Jan 1710/11 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 16 Nov 1789 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. + 16 v. Edmund Bement, born 5 Nov 1713; died 12 Oct 1790 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
5. William3 Bement (John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 20 Dec 1676 in Wenham, Essex Co., MA, and died 13 Jan 1728/29. He married Hannah Terry 3 Mar 1706/07 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of Samuel Terry and Hannah Morgan.
Notes for William Bement: ENSIGN WILLIAM BEMENT (3-5) was but a lad when his parents settled at Enfield, Connecticut, and it was the only town with which his youth or maturity was identified. His homestead, after manhood's estate had been reached, was near Buckhorn Brook, called Wallop. He was a large landed proprietor and had many holdings.
In early Connecticut the extensive ship building industry called for large supplies of pitch, tar and turpentine, which were likewise in great demand for the use of the British navy, and the construction of sailing crafts generally, and which, also, were almost the only products allowed by England for exportation. Extensive forests of yellow or pitch pine covered large tracts of the town of Enfield, which in common with Simsbury, Hartford, Windsor and some others, granted the privilege to box, for the collection of turpentine, a certain number of trees, which grant did not, necessarily, convey either the trees or the land.
Few of Enfield's inhabitants of that period recorded so many boxed trees as William. None of his sons followed his example in this respect. Acts of restriction were common and the turpentine business was not so extensively pursued in this as in the adjoining towns. There was a growing shortage of timber and conservation became necessary. The town meeting of 14 May 1724 "voted to empower the selectmen to sue for and recover of any person, or persons, the damage that is or may be done by boxing pine trees or drawing turpentine, or cutting any other timber trees contrary to law or Town or Commoners Act."
William filled acceptably to the town, the various offices of constable, juror, fence viewer, tithing man, town measurer, land measurer, surveyor of highways, and selectman. In 1719 he was one the committee "to search the records" with a view of determining the right of certain parties to disputed lands, and he was frequently in service on the school and other important town committees. At the time of his death, he was Ensign of the Enfield militia, and had probably filled this position for some years. The papers filed in the settlement of his estate are marked "Ensign Bement", the Treasurer's book of Enfield shows payments to Ensign Bement, 23 April and 25 Dec 1720, and he is so styled in the Town Records in1726.
His death, in the prime of manhood, occurred 13 Jan 1728 at 36 years of age. His will was executed the day before his death, and six days after that of his son John. The "Widow Hannah Bement, gentlewoman" was appointed guardian of her minor children, Samuel and Joseph. Hannah Bement was a woman of strong character and she brought to the family not only a portion of Captain Terry's broad acres, but also something of his energetic blood and moral fibre. Then too, she brought the Christian name of her brother, Ebenezer, Enfield's first native physician, and that of her father, Samuel, which latter has continued in more or less interrupted sequence to the present day.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 33-45
Children of William Bement and Hannah Terry are: + 17 i. William4 Bement, born 26 Dec 1708 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Feb 1798 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA. 18 ii. John Bement, born 17 Feb 1709/10; died 6 Jan 1728/29. + 19 iii. Hannah Bement, born 19 Apr 1713; died 7 Jun 1737. 20 iv. Joseph Bement, born 21 Jan 1714/15; died 6 Jan 1723/24. + 21 v. Sarah Bement, born 6 Mar 1717/18 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 11 May 1810 in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. + 22 vi. Samuel Bement, born 26 Sep 1720 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 1 Sep 1762 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT. 23 vii. Ebenezer Bement, born 4 Jan 1721/22; died Bef. 2 Sep 1734. 24 viii. Joseph Bement, born 18 Mar 1725/26; died 12 Jan 1803 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Tabitha Abbe 25 Jun 1752.
Notes for Joseph Bement:
JOSEPH BEMENT served during the French and Indian Wars, in the Fourth Company, 3rd Regiment of Connecticut militia. He died without issue.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, p. 45
Generation No. 4
8. Benjamin4 Bement (John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 14 Sep 1698 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died Aft. 26 Mar 1744 in probably at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Elizabeth Abbe 28 Nov 1725 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of Thomas Abbe.
Notes for Benjamin Bement:
BENJAMIN BEMENT (4-8) was born 14 Sept 1698 at Enfield, CT, and probably died in that part of Enfield which later became Somers, Connecticut, after 26 Mar 1744. By a quit claim deed of 24 February 1719, he made over to William Bement, all right to Wauchoage lands, "formerly belonging to" his "Father, John Bement, together with all rights and titles to lands that were his "grandfather's, John Bement, deceased," and on 15 Feb 1723, he sold to his "Uncle, Edmond Bement" all rights to lands accruing to himself from the estate of his "grandfather, John Bement in the town of Enfield." (Source: Hampshire County Registry of Deeds Later C 596, Liber D 195). He was a party to sundry other conveyances and a witness to so great a number as to suggest that by occupation he was surveyor of conveyancer.
From 1 June to 30 Nov 1725, a period of twenty-five weeks and two days, he served as a private, in Captain Timothy Dwight's Company at Fort Dummer. (Source: Massachusetts State Archives, Liber XCI, 236).
He married at Enfield, 28 Nov 1725, Elizabeth Abbe, daughter of Thomas Abbe. She married (2) as second wife, 23 Apr 1747, Samuel Felt of Somers, Connecticut.
Chronicles of the Bement Family in America, 1928, pp. 47-48.
Children of Benjamin Bement and Elizabeth Abbe are: + 25 i. Benjamin5 Bement, born 25 Feb 1723/24; died 13 Mar 1754 in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT. + 26 ii. Abigail Bement, born 25 Nov 1726 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown. 27 iii. John Bement, born 25 Feb 1726/27; died Unknown. 28 iv. Elizabeth Bement, born 11 May 1731; died Unknown. She married Ephraim Jones. + 29 v. Judah Bement, born 27 Aug 1735 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Aft. 1803 in Blandford, Hampden Co., MA.
9. Abigail4 Bement (John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 13 May 1700 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, and died 5 Aug 1746 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. She married Samuel Higley 19 Sep 1719 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA.
Children of Abigail Bement and Samuel Higley are: 30 i. Jonathan5 Higley, born 21 Jun 1721 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died 8 Jul 1781 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT. He married Mary Thompson.
Notes for Jonathan Higley: JONATHAN HIGLEY (5-30) married Mary Thompson, the only daughter of the Reverend Edward Thompson, minister of the Simsbury Church. Jonathan drowned in the Farmington River.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, p. 50
+ 31 ii. Ann Higley, born 4 Sep 1726 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died 1761. 32 iii. Abigail Higley, born 22 Jun 1733 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died WFT Est. 1734-1827. She married Samuel Smith.
10. John4 Bement (John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 23 Mar 1701/02 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died Aft. 22 Apr 1756 in Westfield, Hampden Co., MA. He married (1) Rachel Wright ABT 1726, daughter of Benjamin Wright and Hannah Stebbins. He married (2) Mary Bement ??? Aft. 1732.
Notes for John Bement: JOHN BEMENT (4-10), was born at Enfield, 23 Mar 1701 or 1702, and is to believed to have died on or after 22 Apr 1756. In 1723, he responded to the military instinct inherited from his father, and volunteered in the war against the Indians and served as a private and sentinel in Captain Joseph Kellogg's Company, from November to the following February until May 1724, and probably later at the Blockhouse, near Northfield. In 1746, while in service in the French and Indian War, he was taken prisoner by the Indians at Cold Spring, a little below Fort Bridgman at Northfield, on June 24 of that year. However, he survived such captivity and was living at Westfield at the date of his second wife, Mary's decease.
He married (1) Rachel Wright, born 1707; and died at Northfield, 19 Jan 1731 or 32; the daughter of Benjamin Wright, Jr., by his wife, Hannah Stebbins. Married (2) Mary, who died at Westfield, 22 Apr 1756. Children of John and Rachel (Wright) Bement: Abigail, Mary (died young). Children of John and Mary Bement: John, Jerusha, Phineas, Jonathan, Jesse, and Rachel.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 51-52
Notes for Rachel Wright: Rachel Wright and her ancestors are researched on Brøderbund World Family Tree, Volume 14, Pedigree #2887.
Children of John Bement and Rachel Wright are: + 33 i. Abigail5 Bement, born 31 Oct 1726 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died 26 Feb 1763 in East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. 34 ii. Mary Bement, born 7 Sep 1728 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died 17 Sep 1728. 35 iii. Mary Bement, born 24 Oct 1729 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died Unknown.
Children of John Bement and Mary ??? are: + 36 i. John5 Bement, born 3 May 1734 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died 22 Mar 1806. 37 ii. Jerusha Bement, born 10 Sep 1735 in Northfield, Litchfield, CT; died 23 Nov 1735. 38 iii. Phineas Bement, born 6 Mar 1736/37 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died Unknown. + 39 iv. Jonathan Bement, born 26 Apr 1739 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died Sep 1795 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. + 40 v. Jesse Bement, born 6 Aug 1740 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died Aft. 1790 in probably at Brimfield, Hampden Co., CT (now MA). + 41 vi. Rachel Bement, born 1742 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died 23 Dec 1814 in Watley, Franklin Co., MA.
12. Martha4 Bement (Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 7 Nov 1703, and died Unknown. She married Philip Simmons 1 Feb 1727/28 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, son of Benjamin Simmons and Elizabeth Pease.
Child of Martha Bement and Philip Simmons is: 42 i. Pricilla5 Simmons, born 12 Feb 1738/39; died 21 Sep 1815 in East Hartland, Hartford Co., CT. She married Joel Meacham 28 May 1761.
13. Jonathan4 Bement (Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 12 Dec 1705 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 1 Jan 1746/47 in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Patience Allen 30 Sep 1731 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of John Allen and Bridget Booth.
Notes for Jonathan Bement: JONATHAN BEMENT, born 12 Dec 1705 at Enfield, Connecticut, died 1 Jan 1746 at the age of 40 at Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia; married 30 Sep 1731 Patience Allen at Enfield, born 22 May 1709 at Enfield, died at Suffield, Connecticut, daughter of John Allen by his wife Bridget Booth.
In 1745 in common with the young manhood of Enfield and New England, Jonathan caught the military enthusiasm of the projected expedition against the French stronghold at Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia where he later perished. Dr. Pease's narrative, written in 1829, describes Enfield's relation to this event and her proportion of loss from the disastrous results of victory:
"A large band of young men the flower of the town, the pride and strength of almost every family joyfully embraced the opportunity to fight for glory. They went off in a frolic without even dreaming of danger. The first news their parents had from them was of the most animating character. A glorious and almost bloodless victory had been obtained, nothing less than the conquest of Louisburg, the key of Canada, the strongest fortress in the western world. The shouts of victory now resounded over the hills and through the valleys of New England, every countenance beamed with joy and every heart was filled with the most cheering anticipations, but mark the sequel. The next news from the brave army of New England was (of) the most appalling kind, the fine army which had achieved such a glorious victory were dying of famine and disease of the hundreds amidst the inhospitable climate of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Nineteen lovely youths from Enfield perished in this expedition. When the melancholy news of their fate arrived the whole town was wrapped in mourning such mourning as it never experienced before nor since." (Source: Allens' Enfield, vol. 1, p. 19.)
After a widowhood of some years, Patience (Allen) Bement married (2) Abraham Pease. Her eldest son, who bore his father's Christian name, described as "over fourteen years, minor son of Jonathan Bement of Enfield, deceased," chose John Smith of Cold Spring, Massachusetts as his guardian, 2 Oct 1746. Six children of Jonathan and Patience (Allen) Bement, recorded at Enfield, Connecticut were: Jonathan, David, Dorcas, Edmund, Patience, and Vashti Bement.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 53-55
Children of Jonathan Bement and Patience Allen are: + 43 i. Jonathan5 Bement, born 8 Mar 1731/32 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 20 Mar 1807 in East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. + 44 ii. David Bement, born 18 Dec 1734 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 8 Aug 1806 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. + 45 iii. Dorcas Bement, born 20 Jun 1737 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 29 Dec 1779 in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. + 46 iv. Edmund Bement, born 2 Sep 1739 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 12 Sep 1808 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. 47 v. Patience Bement, born 28 Jul 1741 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died ABT Aug 1781 in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., CT. She married Obadiah Wells 25 Jan 1781. 48 vi. Vashti Bement, born 15 Aug 1743 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown. She married Israel Hall 25 Oct 1764 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT.
15. Dennis4 Bement (Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 28 Jan 1710/11 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 16 Nov 1789 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Mary Abbe 13 Jan 1736/37 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of Thomas Abbe and Mary Pease.
Notes for Dennis Bement: CAPTAIN DENNIS BEMENT gained distinction in his native town of Enfield, and was much esteemed in his day. His first office, in 1741, was as usual, the constableship and this was followed, some ten years later, by that of selectman, which he filled acceptably for seventeen years, meanwhile holding other town offices and serving on important committees. About the middle of the eighteenth century Enfield directed considerable attention to her schools and selected Lt. Bement, and several others, to establish where the several schools would be built.
In matters of militant Mr. Bement also bore a conspicuous part. At the October session, 1751, the General Court of the Colony "confirmed Mr. Dennis Bement to be lieutenant of the South Company or train band in Enfield, and ordered that he be commissioned accordingly." (Source: Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. x, 53; Vol. xi, 561.) He was in active service in the French and Indian Wars as lieutenant of the Fourth Company, Third Regiment of Connecticut troops. (Source: Connecticut Historical Society Collections, French and Indian War Rolls, Vol. 1). He took part from 30 Aug to 8 Dec 1755 in the campaign planned against Fort William Henry, Fort Edward and Crown Point, and the had the good fortune to be with General Phineas Lyman at the victory of Lake George, 8 Sep 1755, by which almost the entire French regular force was broken up. In the expedition of 1760 for the general reduction of Canada, he was engaged from 24 Mar to 25 Nov of that year, as lieutenant in the ninth company, First Regiment Connecticut militia, David Parsons of Enfield, Captain; Major General Phineas Lyman commanding. It was in recognition of this service, no doubt, that Lieutenant Bement attained a captaincy. In May 1761 he was chosen Captain, being the seventh to hold that office.
At the time of the passage of the Stamp Act by the British Parliament and the protest threat by the Connecticut General Assembly, Captain Bement was serving Enfield as selectman, which town, in common with all Connecticut, shared largely in the intense feeling engendered by this and the subsequent rapid march of events: the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Port Bill, the Massachusetts Act and the preparations of Massachusetts for active resistance. The spirt of Enfield, which was the Bement spirit too, rose in loyalty to Colonist interest and hatred of British oppression. Meetings of indignation were held, and news of Lexington reached the town by mounted messenger while the people were assembled at the regular Thursday weekday lecture. At the next meeting, seventy-four men, fully equipped, commenced their march for Boston, Major, afterward Colonel Nathaniel Terry commanding, and among them marched Captain Bement's youngest son, Edmund Bement, then in his twenty-sixth year, and his son-in-law, Lieutenant, later Captain Richard Abbe.
Captain Bement survived all the vicissitudes of the long struggle, then at its birth, contributing of the best and in various ways to its successful consummation. The main theatre of the war was, from the beginning, outside of Connecticut boundary, though her coast towns were at intervals attacked by the enemy, and Stonington, Danbury, New Haven, Fairfield and New London suffered seriously. Those of her sons who were kept from the seat of the war found at home ample opportunity for labor and loyalty. Each town was a miniature Commonwealth whose business, for the moment, was to fill its quota of troops for the field and to provide for their maintenance. Inheriting a portion of his father's lands, Captain Bement kept one of those inns of refreshment, which were not only the traveler's joy of those older days, but the great centers of the revolutionary movement and sentiment, arsenal, and even hospital combined.
From there it was, that Captain Bement, rich in years and experience, followed the wife of his youth to rest on burial hill, while all around, equally at rest were the playmates of his youth and friends of riper years.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 55-63.
Notes for Mary Abbe: The ancestors of Mary Abbe are available on the World Family Tree, CD #3, Pedigree #3476.
Children of Dennis Bement and Mary Abbe are: + 49 i. Mary5 Bement, born 19 Jul 1738; died 14 Aug 1821. + 50 ii. Tryphena Bement, born 21 May 1741 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown. + 51 iii. Dennis Bement, born 11 Feb 1743/44 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 12 Mar 1820 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. 52 iv. Prudence Bement, born 11 May 1746; died 30 Aug 1831. 53 v. Edmond Bement, born 16 Jan 1747/48; died 9 Mar 1799.
Notes for Edmond Bement: EDMOND BEMENT was a private in the Enfield Company of Militia which responded to the "Lexington Alarm". He never married.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, p. 63
16. Edmund4 Bement (Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 5 Nov 1713, and died 12 Oct 1790 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. He married Abigail Meakins.
Notes for Edmund Bement: LIEUTENANT EDMUND BEMENT removed to East Hartford, Connecticut about 1741, where he became Lieutenant of the Militia and otherwise prominent in the public life of that town and was a member of the Third Ecclesiastical Society of Hartford, First of East Hartford, over which the Reverend Eliphalet Williams held a fifty-five year pastorate, from 1748 to 1803.
In the events which led to the Revolution, the East Hartford people took an active interest and when they heard of the outbreak at Lexington speedily organized a company of forty-nine officers and men, and, under Lieutenant George Pitkin, promptly marched to Roxbury. Three of Lieutenant Bement's sons entered the struggle, serving three or more years.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 64-66
Children of Edmund Bement and Abigail Meakins are: + 54 i. Meakins5 Bement, born 19 Mar 1742/43 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 5 Mar 1826 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. 55 ii. Elijah Bement, born 25 Dec 1744; died 5 Mar 1751/52. 56 iii. Abigail Bement, born 11 Jul 1747; died Unknown. 57 iv. Mary Bement, born 10 Mar 1748/49; died Unknown. 58 v. Deodate Bement, born 24 May 1751; died 31 Aug 1836. 59 vi. Content Bement, born 29 May 1753; died 24 Oct 1824. + 60 vii. Lucrecia Bement, born 29 Sep 1755; died 26 Nov 1845 in Connecticut. 61 viii. Edmund Bement, born Bef. 9 Jul 1758; died Unknown. 62 ix. Martha Bement, born 30 Nov 1760; died Unknown. 63 x. Hannah Bement, born 19 Dec 1762; died Unknown.
17. William4 Bement (William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 26 Dec 1708 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died Feb 1798 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA. He married Phoebe Markham 1 Jan 1732/33 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of Daniel Markham and Deborah Meacham.
Notes for William Bement: WILLIAM BEMENT was born in Enfield, Connecticut but the spirit of emigration had long been rife in the little community, and sometime before 1732 the desire for a wider outlook had taken him to Windham, from which he removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut before 1749 where he purchased some land. Later, he was of Great Barrington, Massachusetts and for many years was the innholder of the town, and the warden of the county prison.
He was the innkeeper in the opening years of the Revolution. News of Lexington reached the inn on 30 Apr 1775, and at sunrise on the following day the southern regiment of the Berkshire Militia was on its way to Boston, completely equipped as to arms and generally so as to uniform. Two of his sons marched with the Minute Men and were commissioned staff officers; William Bement, Jr., armorer, and Ebenezer Bement, adjutant. They served through the year 1775, with their regiment in the fortifications at Roxbury, and subsequently in other commands. His remaining sons, Asa and Samuel, likewise saw service in the struggle for independence, while he at home substantially aided in advancing the common cause.
After the end of the Revolution in 1783 the Berkshire County area went through a period of unrest known as Shay's Rebellion. William continued at Great Barrington for some years following this period of unrest, held in much esteem by his fellow town men for his unswerving loyalty to the principles of true liberality, law and order. His declining days were spent at Stockbridge, Massachusetts where his estate was administered upon by his son, Asa Bement, 16 Feb 1798.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 66-75
Notes for Phoebe Markham: Phoebe Markham was sixth on nine children of Daniel Markham and his wife, Deborah Meacham. The ancestors and descendants of Daniel Markham are further researched on Brøderbund World Family Tree, Volume 14, Pedigree #0158 and #1991.
Children of William Bement and Phoebe Markham are: + 64 i. Phebe5 Bement, born 22 Jan 1733/34 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 1815 in Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY. + 65 ii. William Bement, born 21 Aug 1737 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died ABT 8 May 1798 in Salisbury, Essex Co., CT. + 66 iii. Asa Bement, born 4 Feb 1738/39 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 28 Jan 1814 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. + 67 iv. Ebenezer Bement, born 3 Jan 1740/41 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died May 1794 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA. + 68 v. Samuel Bement, born 25 Dec 1742 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 7 Apr 1810 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT. 69 vi. Hannah Bement, born 25 Oct 1744; died Unknown. 70 vii. Edith Bement, born 14 Sep 1746; died Bef. 1750. 71 viii. Edith Bement, born 26 Apr 1748; died Unknown. 72 ix. Sarah Bement, born 10 Jun 1750; died Unknown. 73 x. Chloe Bement, born 7 May 1752; died Aft. 1792. 74 xi. Freelove Bement, born 26 Mar 1754; died Unknown. 75 xii. Rebecca Bement, born 28 Nov 1755; died 11 Jul 1757. 76 xiii. Rebecca Bement, born 11 Sep 1757; died 4 Nov 1760 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. + 77 xiv. Penelope Bement, born 11 Oct 1735 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Bef. 1825.
19. Hannah4 Bement (William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 19 Apr 1713, and died 7 Jun 1737. She married Israel Phelps , Jr. 19 Aug 1731.
Notes for Hannah Bement: HANNAH BEMENT married as his first wife, Israel Phelps, Jr. He lived in the east part of Enfield, his lands lying along the Scantick River and on Buckhorn Brook.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, p. 76
Children of Hannah Bement and Israel Phelps are: 78 i. Israel5 Phelps, born 28 Aug 1733; died ABT 1772. He married Mary Watson 30 Jun 1760.
Notes for Israel Phelps: ISRAEL PHELPS as a minor child of Israel Philps, Jr. (d. 1746) chose on 15 May 1749, his grandmother, Mrs. Hannah (Terry) Bement, as his guardian. His will of 20 Mar 1768, proved 11 Feb 1772, gave his wife Mary his entire estate for life.
79 ii. Prudence Phelps, born 9 Feb 1735/36; died 7 May 1737. 80 iii. Prudence Phelps, born 7 Apr 1736; died 1 Feb 1736/37.
21. Sarah4 Bement (William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 6 Mar 1717/18 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 11 May 1810 in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. She married (1) Samuel Keep 8 Mar 1737/38, son of Samuel Keep and Mary Colton. She married (2) John Hale 2 Dec 1762.
Notes for Sarah Bement: SARAH BEMENT married, as second wife, Samuel Keep of Longmeadow, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, son of Ensign Samuel Keep, by his wife Mary (Colton) Keep, and grandson of John Keep, an ancient inhabitant of Springfield, Massachusetts. As the widow of John Keep, she married (2) John Hale, son of Thomas and Experience Hale of Longmeadow.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 76-77
Children of Sarah Bement and Samuel Keep are: 81 i. Samuel5 Keep, born 26 May 1739; died 20 Oct 1823. 82 ii. Sarah Keep, born Feb 1740/41; died 23 Oct 1746. 83 iii. Eunice Keep, born 17 Sep 1743; died 4 Oct 1807. She married Festus Colton 22 Dec 1768. 84 iv. John Keep, born 10 Mar 1748/49; died 3 Sep 1784. He married Hannah Rebecca Robbins.
Notes for John Keep: JOHN KEEP graduated from Yale University in 1769, and was settled in the ministry at Sheffield, Massachusetts, 10 Jun 1772. The married Hannah Rebecca Robbins, daughter of the Reverend Philemon Robbins, minister at Branford, Connecticut. He died without issue.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, p. 77
85 v. Sarah Keep, born 17 Mar 1753; died 3 Nov 1838. She married (1) Medad Stebbins 25 Apr 1776. She married (2) Noah Stebbins 13 Oct 1808.
22. Samuel4 Bement (William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 26 Sep 1720 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 1 Sep 1762 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT. He married Keturah Kilbourne 11 Feb 1747/48 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, daughter of Hezekiah Kilbourne.
Notes for Samuel Bement: SAMUEL BEMENT was one of sixteen charter members of St. John's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons when it was formed in Middletown, Connecticut on 26 Feb 1763 in the tavern of Captain Michael Burnham. The tavern was still standing on Washington Street, below Main and was occupied as a residence about 1915.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 77-79
Notes for Keturah Kilbourne: KETURAH KILBOURNE was a descendant of Thomas Kilbourne, who came to Massachusetts in 1635 on the ship Increase, and settled at Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he died in 1639. (Source: Kilbourne Genealogy, 1856).
Children of Samuel Bement and Keturah Kilbourne are: + 86 i. Samuel5 Bement, born 1 Jan 1755 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died 1787 in lost at sea. + 87 ii. Benjamin Bement, born 1757 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died Aft. 1840 in Wolcott, New Haven Co., CT. + 88 iii. John Bement, born 16 Aug 1759; died Aft. 1850.
Generation No. 5
25. Benjamin5 Bement (Benjamin4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 25 Feb 1723/24, and died 13 Mar 1754 in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT. He married Elizabeth Stocking 1747, daughter of Stephen Stocking and Elizabeth Hall.
BENJAMIN BEMENT (5-25) became a resident of Portland, Connecticut, before 1751, as on 12 Aug of that year he became a member of its Congregational Church by baptism. He died at Portland in the thirtieth year of his age, and was buried in the Portland Quarry Cemetery, now extinct.
Bement Chronicles in America
1928, pp. 79-80
Children of Benjamin Bement and Elizabeth Stocking are:
89 i. Jonathan6 Bement, born 8 Jul 1748; died Unknown.
+ 90 ii. Benjamin Bement, born 28 Jun 1754 in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT; died Aft. 31 Jul 1832.
26. Abigail5 Bement (Benjamin4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 25 Nov 1726 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died Unknown. She married Benjamin Fairman 10 Mar 1749/50, son of James Fairman and Patience French.
Notes for Benjamin Fairman:
Benjamin Fairman was born about 1725 in Enfield, Connecticut. He enlisted in the Canada Expedition of 1759 for the reduction of Fort Louis at Oswego and the Capture of Montreal, serving in Captain David Parsons' 9th Company, First Regiment, Connecticut troops under Major General Phineas Lyman, from 13 April 1759, until his death in Canada, 21 Sept. 1760.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 80-81
Children of Abigail Bement and Benjamin Fairman are:
91 i. Hannah6 Fairman, born 30 Apr 1751; died Unknown.
92 ii. John Fairman, born 12 Jun 1752; died Unknown.
93 iii. Richard Fairman, born 24 Nov 1753; died Unknown.
94 iv. Abigail Fairman, born 22 Dec 1754; died Unknown.
95 v. Titus Fairman, born 26 Aug 1756; died Unknown.
96 vi. Lucy Fairman, born 23 Sep 1758; died Unknown.
97 vii. Submit Fairman, born 9 Dec 1760; died Unknown.
29. Judah5 Bement (Benjamin4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 27 Aug 1735 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died Aft. 1803 in Blandford, Hampden Co., MA. He married Mercy Fowler Bef. 1765, daughter of Samuel Fowler.
Notes for Judah Bement:
JUDAH BEMENT (5-29) served as a private in the Crown Point Expedition of 1758, and as Corporal in the Expedition of 1759, for the reduction of Montreal. (Source: Connecticut Historical Society Publication, French and Indian War Rolls). Shortly afterward he removed to Blandford, in Hampden County, then a pioneer town, with no English settlement to the Northward between it and Montreal. The home and lands of Mr. Bement at Blandford, were on the southwest side of the road, to the north or west of the present Town Library (c., 1915). He was on the same spot as early as 1761, and, throughout his life, pursued a career of honest industry and solid work without much noise. Preceding the outbreak of the Revolution, in the 1770's, he was selectman for five successive terms, and was for six years town clerk, also holding other town offices, and had the honor to serve on the first Committee of Inspection and Safety.
Bement Chronicles of America
1928, pp. 81-83
Children of Judah Bement and Mercy Fowler are:
+ 98 i. Marcy6 Bement, born 22 Oct 1765 in Blandford, Hampden Co., MA; died 18 Sep 1846 in Southwick, Hampden Co., MA.
99 ii. Lucy Bement, born 1 Jul 1768; died Unknown.
100 iii. Letty Bement, born 9 Jul 1771; died Unknown.
101 iv. Triphena Bement, born 13 Apr 1773; died Unknown.
102 v. Anne Bement, born 27 Apr 1775; died Unknown.
+ 103 vi. Judah Bement, born 11 Nov 1777; died 19 Dec 1843 in Norwich, New London Co., CT.
104 vii. Oliver Bement, born 30 Jun 1781; died Unknown. He married Sarah Bagg 28 Dec 1803 in West Sprinfield, MA.
Marriage Notes for Oliver Bement and Sarah Bagg:
Oliver Bement of Blandford and Sally Bagg of West Springfield, Dec. 28, 1803. (Source: Vital Records of West Springfield, Massachusetts, Marriages, p.30)
105 viii. Walter Bement, born 30 Mar 1784; died Unknown.
31. Ann5 Higley (Abigail4 Bement, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 4 Sep 1726 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT, and died 1761. She married Maskill Bacon 30 May 1744 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.
Children of Ann Higley and Maskill Bacon are:
+ 106 i. Samuel6 Bacon, born 1 Feb 1745/46 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died Bef. 1790.
107 ii. Nathaniel Bacon, born 12 Jun 1747 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died WFT Est. 1777-1838. He married Anne Gozzard 12 Dec 1771 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.
108 iii. Anna Bacon, born 13 Jul 1749 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died WFT Est. 1774-1843. She married Peletiah Alford 22 Sep 1768 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.
109 iv. Joseph Bacon, born 1 Apr 1752 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died 1823 in Onondaga, NY. He married Mary Bunce WFT Est. 1769-1799.
110 v. John Bacon, born 29 Apr 1753 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died WFT Est. 1754-1843.
111 vi. Eunice Bacon, born 13 Jun 1755 in Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT; died 1838. She married Jehiel Hurlburt 25 Dec 1777.
33. Abigail5 Bement (John4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 31 Oct 1726 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT, and died 26 Feb 1763 in East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. She married Azariah Grant , Sr. 6 Jul 1749, son of Samuel Grant and Theophyle Bartlett.
Notes for Abigail Bement:
The information on Abigail Bement and her descendants was provided by Wyn Jonas, November, 1997. The ancestors of Azariah Grant, Sr. may be found on Brøderbund World Family Tree, Volume 12, Pedigree #1524; Volume 13, Pedigree #1175.
Notes for Azariah Grant , Sr.:
Azariah Grant, Sr. was appointed one of the administrators of his father's estate, May 1751, and called the "eldest son" in the distribution, 3 Dec 1751.
Children of Abigail Bement and Azariah Grant are:
+ 112 i. Azariah6 Grant , Jr., born ABT 1750 in Windsor, Hartford Co., CT; died Feb 1822 in Berlin, VT.
113 ii. Samuel Grant, born 6 Mar 1751/52 in Windsor, CT; died Unknown.
114 iii. Jesse Grant, born ABT 1754; died Unknown.
115 iv. William Grant, born ABT 1756; died Unknown.
116 v. Jerusha Grant, born 5 Jun 1758; died Unknown.
117 vi. Abigail Grant, born 16 Aug 1759 in East Windsor, CT; died Unknown.
118 vii. Lucy Grant, born 22 Apr 1761; died Unknown.
119 viii. Abigail Grant, born 8 Nov 1764 in Wethersfield, CT; died Unknown.
36. John5 Bement (John4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 3 May 1734 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT, and died 22 Mar 1806. He married Mary Waite ABT 1756, daughter of Nathan Waite.
Notes for John Bement:
JOHN BEMENT, as was told, that when young he was captured by the Indians and taken toward Canada, and one night when staked down on his back in a ditch, he managed to escape and reached home safely. He may have been taken when his father was, or, the tradition may refer to the older John Bement.
He was a soldier in the campaigns of 1756 and 1757, under Captain John Burke, Colonel George Monroe, and was taken prisoner at the Capture of Fort William Henry by the French and Indians commanded by Montcalm, 9 Aug 1757. He probably saw later service in the last Indian War, and may have taken some part in the Revolutionary struggle. About that time, he removed to Ashfield, where he was influential in town affairs and a deacon in its church. (Source: Connecticut Historical Society Collections, French and Indian War Rolls).
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 83-84
Children of John Bement and Mary Waite are:
+ 120 i. Phineas6 Bement, born 17 Jul 1759 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., MA; died 21 Oct 1833 in Ashfield, Franklin Co, MA.
+ 121 ii. John Bement, born 1 Mar 1761 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT; died 12 Nov 1836 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT.
+ 122 iii. Mary Bement, born 1 Apr 1763 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA; died May 1845 in Buckland, Franklin Co.,MA.
+ 123 iv. Reuben Bement, born 4 Jan 1767 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA; died 27 Sep 1845.
+ 124 v. Samuel Bement, born 17 May 1769 in Ashfield, Franklin Co, MA; died 13 Sep 1849 in Ashfield, Franklin Co, MA.
125 vi. Hannah Bement, born 3 Aug 1771 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA; died 6 May 1836. She married Stephen Jenkins 5 Jun 1794.
126 vii. Daniel Bement, born 4 Sep 1773 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA; died 7 Dec 1774.
127 viii. Sarah Bement, born 22 May 1775 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA; died 22 Mar 1806.
128 ix. Lucinda Bement, born 9 Jun 1777 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA; died 1855. She married ??? Goodspeed.
+ 129 x. Lorinda/Irinda Bement, born 11 Sep 1779 in Ashfield, Franklin Co, MA; died 18 Apr 1844 in Phelps, Ontario Co., NY.
+ 130 xi. Daniel Bement, born 2 Nov 1782 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA; died 22 Jul 1871 in Buckland, Franklin Co., MA.
131 xii. Amanda Bement, born 22 Nov 1784 in Ashfield, Franklin Co, MA; died 11 Sep 1872. She married Ebenezer Cranston 25 Jan 1845.
39. Jonathan5 Bement (John4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 26 Apr 1739 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT, and died Sep 1795 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA. He married Lois Sykes 12 Feb 1756 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.
Notes for Jonathan Bement:
JONATHAN BEMENT, born at Northfield, Massachusetts, 26 Apr 1739; died at Springfield, Massachusetts in September, 1795. Early in life he left the place of his nativity and settle at Springfield, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits and amassed a competency. His will of 22 Jul 1788, proved 6 Oct 1795, styled him a tradesman and made bequests to the heirs of his son, Jonathan, deceased, to sons Seba and Consider and to his five daughters.
He married Lois Sykes at Springfield, 12 Feb 1756. Lois was born about 1737 and died at Springfield on 2 July 1834, aged 97 years.
1928, p. 85
Children of Jonathan Bement and Lois Sykes are:
+ 132 i. Jonathan6 Bement, born 17 Nov 1756; died Bef. 1795.
+ 133 ii. Eusebius Bement, born 10 Dec 1758 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA; died Aft. 1800.
+ 134 iii. Consider Bement, born 25 Feb 1761 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA; died Aft. 19 Sep 1802.
+ 135 iv. Lois Bement, born 15 Jan 1762 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA; died Unknown.
136 v. Ursula Bement, born 8 Apr 1765; died Unknown. She married Jaheil Chapin ABT 6 May 1784.
137 vi. Clarissa Bement, born 28 Mar 1772; died Unknown.
138 vii. Asenath Bement, born 25 Feb 1774; died 27 May 1838 in Westfield, Hampden CO., CT (now MA). She married Caleb Pendleton , Jr. 25 Sep 1797 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA.
139 viii. Elihu Bement, born 26 May 1776; died Bef. 1785.
40. Jesse5 Bement (John4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 6 Aug 1740 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT, and died Aft. 1790 in probably at Brimfield, Hampden Co., CT (now MA). He married Tryphosa Bement ???.
Notes for Jesse Bement:
JESSE BEMENT was born at Northfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut on 6 Aug 1740. He responded to the call for soldiers for the expedition against Crown Point and the reduction of Quebec in 1759, and is on Captain Elijah Smith's muster roll, dated Boston, 8 Feb 1760, as having been in service from 25 Apr to 25 Nov of the prior year. The year 1759 was a memorable one. Of the fall of Quebec, John Richard Green has said, that it was one of the three victories of the Seven Years War that "determined for ages to come the destinies of mankind", since, "with the triumph of Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham began the history of the United States."
After peace was declared, Jesse married and settled at Brimfield, another of Massachusetts' frontier towns. When the storm of the Revolution broke at Lexington, Jesse Bement enlisted from Brimfield, 29 April 1775 for service in Captain Joseph Thompson's company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's Regiment of Massachusetts militia. Later, he entered the Continental Army, Sixth Regiment, under Colonel Thomas Nixon, Captain Benjamin Haywood's company, and served from 24 Apr 1777 to 31 Dec 1779 (Source: Mass. Sailors and Soldiers in the Revolution; Volume 1, 923). His wife, whose maiden name has not been ascertained, and himself were living at Brimfield in1790.
Chronicles of the Bement Family in America
1928, pp. 86-87
Children of Jesse Bement and Tryphosa ??? are:
140 i. Masylva6 Bement, born 24 Aug 1764; died Unknown.
141 ii. Arinda Bement, born 28 Dec 1765; died Unknown.
142 iii. Roxanna Bement, born 25 Oct 1767; died Unknown.
+ 143 iv. Severance Bement, born 30 May 1769 in Brimfield, Hampden Co., MA; died Unknown.
144 v. Alice Bement, born 16 Jun 1770; died Unknown.
145 vi. Sarah Bement, born 11 Oct 1771; died Unknown.
146 vii. Mary Bement, born 25 Oct 1773; died Unknown.
147 viii. Morana Bement, born 14 Nov 1774; died 15 Jul 1790.
+ 148 ix. John Bement, born 15 Sep 1776 in Brimfield, Hampden Co., MA; died Unknown.
+ 149 x. Jesse Bement , Jr., born 19 Dec 1777 in Brimfield, Hampden Co., MA; died WFT Est. 1805-1868 in Meclenburgh, Schuyler Co., NY.
150 xi. Abigail Bement, born 31 Jul 1781; died Unknown.
41. Rachel5 Bement (John4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 1742 in Northfield, Litchfield Co., CT, and died 23 Dec 1814 in Watley, Franklin Co., MA. She married Jeremiah Waite 1762 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., MA, son of Joseph Waite and Hannah Billings.
Notes for Rachel Bement:
Jeremiah Waite was born 16 Dec 1742 at Athol, Franklin Co., Massachusetts and died 16 Mar 1817. He was the great grandson of Benjamin Wait, the Hero of Hatfield, whose appealing letter from Albany to his friends and relatives at Hatfield was forwarded to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, who, immediately issued an order that on or before the day previously appointed as a fast, the letter be publicly read in all the churches of Massachusetts for the quickening of the work of charity.
Though well known, the story may bear a brief repetition. In September of 1677, just two years after the first destruction of Deerfield, and the massacre at Bloody Brook, a party of Indians from Canada fell upon Hatfield, killing nine persons, wounding four and carrying away seventeen, after which Deerfield was attacked and several of its settlers were also taken into captivity. Then began the terrible march to Canada and the pawning of the captives to the French - for rum!
On the 24th of October , accurate information of the captives reached Hatfield, and Benjamin Waite and Stephen Jennings, whose wife and children were of the number, started upon their work of ransom. Obtaining a commission from the Governor of Massachusetts, they proceeded under great discouragements and hardships to Canada, where, at Sorrell and Vicinity, they found all the captives, save three, who had been slain. Two children had been born, a daughter to Benjamin Waite, named Canada, and a daughter to Stephen Jennings, called Captivity.
Through the aid of the French governor all were ransomed, under a promise of a payment of two hundred pounds to the Indians, and having accomplished this, the two men, in the early spring of 1678, started homeward with their redeemed families and friends. Albany was reached on the 22nd of May and a trusty messenger sent to Hatfield with a letter explaining what had happened. After five more days at Albany, the party walked twenty miles to Kinderhook, where horses and provision awaited them. At Westfield they were met by friends and wanderers and reached Hatfield amid great rejoicing. Jeremiah Waite resided in that part of Hatfield, which in 1771 became the separate town of Whately, Massachusetts. (Source: History of Wately, Massachusetts, f. 275).
1928, pp. 87-89
Children of Rachel Bement and Jeremiah Waite are:
151 i. Oliver6 Waite, born 10 Apr 1763; died 25 May 1784.
+ 152 ii. Miriam Waite, born 7 Nov 1764; died 26 Jul 1790.
153 iii. Nathan Waite, born 2 Sep 1766; died Unknown. He married Lucy Munson.
154 iv. Gad Waite, born 8 Sep 1768; died Unknown.
155 v. Benjamin Waite, born 15 Sep 1770; died 26 Sep 1830. He married Polly Mott.
156 vi. Rachel Waite, born 5 Mar 1773; died Bef. 1790.
157 vii. Mary Waite, born 5 Jun 1775; died Bef. 1790.
158 viii. Lois Waite, born 30 May 1777; died 27 May 1787.
159 ix. Jeremiah Waite, born 15 Oct 1779; died 30 Jun 1855. He married (1) Sarah Crafts. He married (2) Clarissa Davis.
160 x. Joseph Waite, born 17 Jul 1782; died Unknown. He married Lucretia Crafts 29 Dec 1801.
43. Jonathan5 Bement (Jonathan4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 8 Mar 1731/32 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 20 Mar 1807 in East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He married Lorana Wolcott in East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of John Wolcott and Mary Hawley.
JONATHAN BEMENT, born 8 Mar 1731 at Enfield, died 20 Mar 1807 at East Windsor (later South Windsor), Connecticut; married Laura/Lurana Wolcott at East Windsor, born 15 Jun 1739, died 10 Apr 1824, buried by the side of her husband, daughter of John Wolcott by his wife Mary Hawley of South Windsor.
Jonathan was a soldier in the 5th Company, Third Regiment of Connecticut Troops in the Expedition against Fort Edward, 2 April to 1 December 1756. He served in the Revolution from East Windsor in the Second Connecticut Regiment, Continental Line in 1780 and 178?. He was a land holder at East Windsor and a member of its Church, where various of his children were baptized. He also owned land in Cuba. Seven children.
Note: John Wolcott was a sixth generation descendent of the Honorable Henry Wolcott, one of the founders of Windsor, and Governor's Assistant or Councillor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1643 until his death 30 May 1655.
1928, pp. 90-91
Notes for Lorana Wolcott:
See Wolcott Family Tree, World Family Tree CD#9, Pedigree #3888. Traces the ancestors of Laura Wolcott back to John Wolcott in 1144.
Children of Jonathan Bement and Lorana Wolcott are:
161 i. Calvin6 Bement, born Bef. 29 Jan 1764; died 14 Dec 1807.
162 ii. Jonothan Bement, born ABT 1765; died Oct 1778.
163 iii. Unknown Bement, born Bef. 1775; died 25 Oct 1779.
164 iv. Rhoda Bement, born Bef. 12 May 1776; died 24 Aug 1825. She married Josiah Bragg.
165 v. Seth Bement, born Bef. 27 Jan 1779; died 6 Apr 1801 in Cuba.
166 vi. Chloe Bement, born Aft. 1780; died Unknown. She married Oliver Gilman.
167 vii. Abigail Bement, born Aft. 1781; died Aft. 1813.
44. David5 Bement (Jonathan4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 18 Dec 1734 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 8 Aug 1806 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Rhoda Wright 25 Dec 1777 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.
Notes for David Bement:
LIEUTENANT DAVID BEMENT was a prominent citizen of Suffield, Connecticut. Inheriting a military instinct, he served as a private in the Connecticut troops in the expedition against Crown Point, Essex Co., New York (French and Indian War), during 1755, and, in the following year, in the expedition against Fort Edward. On 13 June 1778, he was commissioned lieutenant of the First Company of the Suffield Militia (Records of the State of Connecticut; Volume ii, Page 3).
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, 91-92
Children of David Bement and Rhoda Wright are:
168 i. Rhoda6 Bement, born 31 Jan 1779; died 7 Dec 1854.
+ 169 ii. Dorcas Bement, born 11 May 1781 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown.
+ 170 iii. Patience Bement, born 19 May 1784; died Unknown.
+ 171 iv. David Bement, born 27 Nov 1786 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 23 Aug 1850 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.
+ 172 v. Bela Bement, born 18 May 1789 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown.
173 vi. Alvah Bement, born 23 Nov 1791; died Aft. 1818.
174 vii. Erastus Bement, born 22 Dec 1794; died Aft. 1818.
175 viii. Betsey Bement, born 14 Sep 1797; died Aft. 1818.
45. Dorcas5 Bement (Jonathan4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 20 Jun 1737 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 29 Dec 1779 in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. She married Edward Crandol.
Children of Dorcas Bement and Edward Crandol are:
176 i. Edward6 Crandol, born Bef. 15 May 1758; died 2 Jul 1787.
177 ii. Lucy Crandol, born 21 May 1758; died 12 Apr 1759.
178 iii. Levi Crandol, born 1 Feb 1760; died 22 Nov 1840. He married Aphia Ladd.
179 iv. Lucy Crandol, born 10 Apr 1762; died 22 Jan 1831.
180 v. Simeon Crandol, born 20 May 1766; died Unknown.
181 vi. Mary Crandol, born 20 Nov 1768; died Unknown.
182 vii. Sarah Crandol, born 5 Mar 1771; died Unknown.
183 viii. Asenah Crandol, born 17 Aug 1773; died Unknown.
46. Edmund5 Bement (Jonathan4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 2 Sep 1739 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 12 Sep 1808 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Mary Sheldon 27 May 1767 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.
Notes for Edmund Bement:
EDMUND BEMENT, was born 13 Sep 1739 at Suffield, Connecticut, and died there 11 Sep 1808 at 68 years of age; married Mary Sheldon (1747-1842) of/at Suffield on 27 May 1766/67. She lived to 94 years of age.
Edmund was a Private in the 2nd Company, 6th Battalion, Connecticut and saw service in Guilford and New Haven in July 1779. (Source: Connecticut Soldiers of the Revolution).
In 1810 Mary resided in Suffield. Their descendants are widely scattered throughout Western New York and the Great West. Eleven children of Edmund and Mary (Sheldon) Bement, born at Suffield Township were: Edmund, Nathaniel, Titus, Mary, Mary, Nathaniel, Anna, Charlotte, Sheldon, David, and Thankful Bement.
Bement Chronicles in America, 1928, pp. 93-94
Children of Edmund Bement and Mary Sheldon are:
+ 184 i. Edmund6 Bement, born 18 Apr 1768 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 6 May 1838 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.
185 ii. Nathaniel Bement, born 16 Apr 1769 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 27 Jan 1778 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.
+ 186 iii. Titus Bement, born 24 Mar 1771 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 15 Oct 1854 in Mayville, Chautauqua Co., NY.
187 iv. Mary Bement, born 23 Jul 1773 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 30 Apr 1775 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.
+ 188 v. Mary Bement, born 18 Oct 1775 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT.
+ 189 vi. Nathaniel Bement, born 8 Feb 1778 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 11 May 1848 in Lagrange, Lorain Co., OH.
+ 190 vii. Anne Bement, born 22 Jan 1780 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 18 May 1865 in Manchester, Summit Co., OH.
+ 191 viii. Charlotte Bement, born 24 Jan 1782 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 1868 in Charlotte, Eaton Co., MI.
+ 192 ix. Sheldon Bement, born 16 Feb 1784 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown in Manchester, Ontario Co., NY.
193 x. David Bement, born 11 Jan 1786 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 11 Mar 1786 in Suffield, Hartford Co. CT.
+ 194 xi. Thankful Bement, born 23 Jun 1790 in Suffield, Hartford Co., CT; died 19 Mar 1823 in Manchester, Summit Co., OH.
49. Mary5 Bement (Dennis4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 19 Jul 1738, and died 14 Aug 1821. She married Richard Abbe 9 Jan 1755.
Children of Mary Bement and Richard Abbe are:
195 i. Mary6 Abbe, born ABT 1756; died Unknown.
196 ii. Thomas Abbe, born 21 Aug 1757; died Unknown.
+ 197 iii. Richard Abbe, born 1759; died 9 Aug 1831.
198 iv. Trephosa Abbe, born 23 Dec 1762; died Unknown.
50. Tryphena5 Bement (Dennis4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 21 May 1741 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died Unknown. She married Jonathan Parsons 22 Dec 1763 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT.
Children of Tryphena Bement and Jonathan Parsons are:
199 i. Sarah6 Parsons, born 1 Dec 1766; died Unknown.
200 ii. Jonathan Parsons, born 1 Dec 1768; died Unknown.
201 iii. Dennis Parsons, born 20 Nov 1773 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown. He married Dorcus Bush 20 Apr 1797.
51. Dennis5 Bement (Dennis4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 11 Feb 1743/44 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 12 Mar 1820 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married Lydia Adams 16 Nov 1769, daughter of Thomas Adams and Mary Hammond.
Notes for Dennis Bement:
ENSIGN DENNIS BEMENT was an officer in the militia, and held town office in Enfield, Connecticut. His will of 2 Mar 1815 shows a comfortable estate.
1928, pp. 95-96
Children of Dennis Bement and Lydia Adams are:
+ 202 i. Lydia6 Bement, born 31 Jan 1771 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 22 Feb 1854 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT.
203 ii. Elizabeth Bement, born ABT 1773; died Aft. 7 Jul 1829. She married Horatio Arnold Hamilton 7 Jun 1798.
204 iii. Dennis Bement, born 5 Jan 1774; died 19 Oct 1775.
205 iv. Mary Bement, born 17 Sep 1777; died 4 Mar 1826. She married Obadiah Olmstead 14 Apr 1803.
+ 206 v. Pina Bement, born 29 Aug 1779 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 11 Apr 1882 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT.
+ 207 vi. Dennis Bement, born 20 Aug 1782 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died 23 Sep 1828 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT.
+ 208 vii. Delight Bement, born 5 Aug 1784 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown.
+ 209 viii. Charlotte Bement, born 3 Mar 1788 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Unknown.
54. Meakins5 Bement (Edmund4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 19 Mar 1742/43 in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 5 Mar 1826 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. He married Pamela Bement ???.
Notes for Meakins Bement:
MEAKINS BEMENT, by deed of 30 Oct 1765, received land from his father "in Hartford on the east side of the Great River, with a mansion house and shop standing thereon." There he spent his life, a much respected and useful citizen in the community. By occupation he was a saddler and is said to have made saddles for the American army during the Revolution. He owned extensive lands along what is now Burnside Avenue, East Hartford, and was a substantial man of his day, one of the five men in the town who owned a chaise in 1800, an indication of his conspicuous wealth. His homestead, still standing in 1913, had a gambel roof with dormer windows, and is a typical old-fashioned mansion house. His will, of 25 Feb 1826, proved 9 March following, disposed of a large estate, his wife receiving one-third thereof and the dividends of fifty shares in the Phoenix Bank. His descendants have adhered to the original spelling of their surname - Beaumont (Source: History of East Hartford, Conn.)
His well-preserved (c. 1920) grave stone in the old churchyard at East Hartford spelled his first name 'Makins', though the name is indifferently written Meakins, Meekins, or Makins on the Town Records. Meakins appears to be his mothers' maiden name.
1928, pp. 97-98
Children of Meakins Bement and Pamela ??? are:
210 i. Elijah6 Beaumont, born Bef. 24 May 1772; died 22 Sep 1790.
211 ii. Pamela Beaumont, born Bef. 28 Aug 1774; died Unknown. She married Richard Holmes.
+ 212 iii. Ambrose Beaumont, born Bef. 16 Mar 1777 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died 7 Apr 1857 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
213 iv. Leonard Beaumont, born Bef. 18 Jul 1779; died 11 Mar 1799.
+ 214 v. Levi Beaumont, born Bef. 19 Aug 1781; died 11 Apr 1866 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
215 vi. Norman Beaumont, born Bef. 9 May 1784; died Unknown.
+ 216 vii. Ira Beaumont, born Bef. 1 Oct 1786; died 16 Apr 1842.
+ 217 viii. Almira Beaumont, born Bef. 15 Mar 1789 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died 12 Aug 1864 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
+ 218 ix. Elijah Beaumont, born 21 Jul 1791 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died 30 Aug 1877 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
219 x. Oliver Beaumont, born Aft. 1792; died Bef. 1826.
60. Lucrecia5 Bement (Edmund4, Edmund3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 29 Sep 1755, and died 26 Nov 1845 in Connecticut. She married Jeduthan Abbe 24 Mar 1779 in Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
Notes for Lucrecia Bement:
Letter from Lucrecia Bement: Sent money to Hazel "It's from Grand Mother's Estate who died 26 Nov 1845".
3/5/95, KRH, "Revolutionary War Pensioners who served from Connecticut as found in the "Pension Office, Washington, D.C.", Page 2, Claim #W12225 [Lucretia Roberts, former widow of Jeduthan Abbe {Quartermaster Sergeant, 1818}. Also see: Roberts, Lucretia, Page 124 (Bonita Springs, Florida Library), note that spelling could have been Beaumont.
Source: Brøderbund World Family Tree, Volume 6, Edition 1, Tree #1439
Notes for Jeduthan Abbe: KH: 8/3/94, [29] Served in the Revolutionary War as a Quarter Master Sargeant. Wife drew a pension for a number of years. Came from the Abbe book.
KH: 9/6/94; This is Jean Fothergill Hahn's Reveolutionary Ancestor for Daughters of American Revolution (DAR). This was thoroughly researched by Hazel Fothergill and the DAR.
DB: 6/13/97; Various sources indicated different spellings of the name. May be Anney, Abbe, Abbye, etc.
A through record of the Abbe ancestors and descendants are contained on the Brøderbund World Family Tree, Volume 6, Pedigree #1439.
Brøderbund WFT Vol. 6, Ed. 1, Pedigree #1439
Children of Lucrecia Bement and Jeduthan Abbe are:
220 i. George6 Abbe, born ABT 1780; died Unknown.
221 ii. Polly Abbe, born ABT 1782; died WFT Est. 1781-1885.
222 iii. Zaida Abbe, born ABT 1784; died WFT Est. 1781-1885.
223 iv. Abigail Makers Abbe, born ABT 1786; died 2 Sep 1861 in East Hartland, Hartford Co., CT. She married Harry Ensign WFT Est. 1812-1845.
Notes for Harry Ensign:
KH:9/29/94, Connecticut State Archives, Tombstone Inscriptions, East Hartford 108, Pg15. (Source: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 6, Ed. 1, Tree #1439)
+ 224 v. Eliphalet Abbe, born 1792 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT; died WFT Est. 1839-1884.
+ 225 vi. Edmund E. Abbe, born 14 Feb 1795 in East Hartford, Bolton Notch, CT; died 26 Jun 1855 in East Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.
64. Phebe5 Bement (William4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 22 Jan 1733/34 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 1815 in Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY. She married Phineas Barnes 1755 in Southington Parish, Farmington, Hartford Co., CT, son of Thomas Barnes and Hannah Day.
Notes for Phineas Barnes:
Captain Phineas Barnes was born 7 July 1730 at Southington Parish, Farmington, Hartford Co., Conneticut; and died 8 Sept 1795 at Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.
He was commissioned by the General Court of Connecticut, 13 May 1762, Ensign of the First Company of Militia in Southington Parish, and in May 1768, was preferred Lieutenant, and in October, 1767, Captain (Source: Connecticut Colonial Record, Vol. xii, 11, 460, 613).
It was in the latter year that he memorialized in the General Assembly, for power to dispose of his lands and building in Farmington, which he had mortgaged to Josiah Robinson of Wallingford, as security for a debt to Theophilact Bache, of New York. This was granted, and shortly afterward, he removed to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but the last years of his life were spent at Great Barrington, where he died intestate, and where his estate was administered upon by his brother-in-law, Asa Bement, be appointed administrator. In the petition for the sale of his real estate, Phineas Barnes is styled "gentleman". The notice for the sale of reads: To be sold at public Venue by order of Court at the dwelling house of Walter Pynchon, in Great Barrington, on Tuesday the twelfth of December next, at two o'clock in the afternoon, all the real estate whereof Captain Phineas Barnes, late of said Great Barrington died seized upon the following terms, viz: fifty dollars to be paid down, one hundred dollars on the first of March next and the remainder of the purchase money with the interest to be paid on the fifteenth of August next."
Captain Barnes' sympathies in the Revolution were strongly on the side of Independance, and five of his sons, Phineas, Lemuel, Roswell, Asa, and Thomas gave evidence of their patriotism in that struggle by joining the Revolutionary Army. Three of his children, Lemuel, Lucy and Freelove married into the Bement family. Most of the children married, and like the Bement's, moved westward with each advance of adventurous pioneers.
1928, pp. 100-103
Children of Phebe Bement and Phineas Barnes are:
+ 226 i. Phineas6 Barnes II, born 9 May 1756 in Southington Parish, Farmington, CT; died 23 Sep 1828 in Oran, Onondaga Co., NY.
227 ii. Lemuel Barnes, born 30 Jan 1757 in Southington Parish, Farmington, CT; died ABT 1830 in Virgil, Courtland Co., NY. He married Rebecca Bement 1780 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA.
Notes for Rebecca Bement:
REBECCA BEMENT, born 10 Mar 1762; died between 17Nov 1813 and 8 Mar 1815, married at Stockbridge in 1770, her first cousin, Lemuel Barnes, son of Captain Phineas Barnes, by his wife, her aunt, Phebe Bement. They had eleven children (six male, five female).
1928, p. 107
+ 228 iii. Roswell Barnes, born 2 Jan 1759 in Southington Parish, Farmington, CT; died 8 Jan 1824 in Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY.
229 iv. Asa Barnes, born Bef. 23 Sep 1760 in Southington Parish, Farmington, CT; died 8 Jan 1824 in Oran, Onondaga Co., NY. He married Mary Day.
230 v. Thomas Barnes, born Bef. 14 Mar 1762 in Southington Parish, Farmington, Hartford Co., CT; died 1808 in Niagara County, NY. He married Sylvia Robinson Bef. 1808 in Pompey, Onondaga Co., NY.
231 vi. Appleton Barnes, born 7 Sep 1764 in Southington Parish, Farmington Co., CT; died 5 Nov 1833 in New Boston, Madison Co., CT. He married Abigail Eaton 11 Nov 1789 in Massachusetts.
232 vii. Irene Barnes, born 1765 in Southington Parish, Farmington, CT; died Unknown in Pompey Hill, Onondaga Co., NY. She married Samuel Binn Rice 26 Nov 1782 in Massachusetts.
+ 233 viii. Levina Barnes, born Bef. 7 Jun 1767 in Southington Parish, Farmington, CT; died 31 Mar 1847 in Pompey, Genesee Co., NY.
+ 234 ix. Phoebe Barnes, born 2 Jul 1769 in Southington Parish, Farmington, CT; died Oct 1855 in Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY.
+ 235 x. William Barnes, born 26 Dec 1771 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA; died 5 Apr 1815 in Oran, Onondaga Co., NY.
+ 236 xi. Lucy Barnes, born 2 Nov 1774 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died 8 Dec 1834 in Bradford, Merrimack Co., NH.
+ 237 xii. Freelove Barnes, born ABT 1776; died Aft. 22 Jan 1822 in Tunbridge, Orange Co., CT.
65. William5 Bement (William4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 21 Aug 1737 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died ABT 8 May 1798 in Salisbury, Essex Co., CT. He married Sarah Sloan 1763.
Notes for William Bement:
WILLIAM BEMENT responded to the Lexington alarm at Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and served as armorer in the Eighth Massachusetts regiment in 1775 (Source: Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. 1), his name appearing in a list of officers to be commissioned, dated Roxbury Camp, 3 May 1775; it having been voted by the Massachusetts Committee of Safety, 15 May 1775, that he be appointed "to act as an armorer for the forces posted at Roxbury", at which time he was in Colonel John Fellows' regiment. His commission bore date of 7 June, following. Colonel Fellows' regiment was employed about Roxbury until the British evacuated Boston in 1776, after which it was ordered to New York, and was with Washington there, until the autumn, after which it was in the engagements at White Plains and at Princeton. On 1 Feb 1777, Colonel Fellows recommended William to the Council of Massachusetts, by letter of that date, as second lieutenant of the Matross Company, raised in Sheffield, for his regiment.
For many years preceding his death, William resided on Town Hill, in the northern part of Salisbury, some thirty miles from Hudson, New York, overlooking the beautiful twin lakes, Washining and Washinee, the green fields of Sheffield, Massachusetts, and the distant undulating blue of the Berkshire Hills.
1928, pp. 104-105
William Bement had William Combs of Wethersfield, child of Andrew Combs, bound to him until age 21, which was on 28 Mar 1767, to learn the trade of blacksmith. (Source: Apprentices of Connecticut, p.35, 01 Feb 1764).
Children of William Bement and Sarah Sloan are:
238 i. George6 Bement, born 17 Feb 1763 in Salisbury, Essex Co., CT; died 9 Sep 1833 in New York, NY Co., NY. He married (1) Aletta Gale 7 Apr 1793. He married (2) Elizabeth Marvin 25 Sep 1822.
Notes for George Bement:
GEORGE BEMENT was a merchant in New York City of the firm Bement & Gale. He married as his second wife, Elizabeth (Marvin) Gale, widow of his former partner, John Gale. George Bement had no issue with either marriage.
1928, p. 105
239 ii. Freelove Bement, born 4 Jun 1764; died Unknown.
+ 240 iii. William Bement, born 10 Apr 1766 in Salisbury, Essex Co., CT; died 18 Jan 1841 in Albany, Albany Co., NY.
+ 241 iv. Sarah Bement, born 23 Oct 1769 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; died 13 Dec 1797 in Bacon Hill, Saratoga Co., NY.
66. Asa5 Bement (William4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 4 Feb 1738/39 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 28 Jan 1814 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT. He married (2) Ruth Neal 15 Jan 1761 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT.
Notes for Asa Bement:
ASA BEMENT removed from Wethersfield to Stockbridge, Massachusetts. between 1762 and 1764, and continued to reside at the latter place until his death. For some years, his time there, was the house built by the Reverend John Sergeant, of sainted memory, apostle to the Stockbridge Indians, and which was added to and lived in by his successor, the Reverend Jonathan Edwards, until his departure to become President of Princeton College. Both Mr. Sergeant and Mr. Bement are said to have left this house because of fever and ague (possibly malaria). (Source: Stockbrige Past and Present; or Records of an Old Mission Station. 77,260). Both he and his son Asa were Revolutionary soldiers, serving in Captain Ezra Whittlesey's Company, Third Berkshire County Regiment of Massachusetts militia, in October 1780 "on an alarm to the Westward."
He represented Berkshire in the Massachusetts Legislature of 1779 and 1806, and had considerable influence and estate at Stockbridge, and large land possessions in Tioga and Broome County, New York. Shortly after the Revolution, the Chenango Purchase was made, and Mr. Bement was one of the sixty associates, largely from Massachusetts, in whom in 1787, was vested by purchase, the title to a tract comprising 230,400 acres, lying between the Chenango River and Owego Creek, in Central New York, laid out for ten townships and known as the Boston Ten Towns. The greater part of the proprietors, and their families, immediately took possession of these lands, and thus it came to pass that the section embraced in the counties of Tioga and Broome were filled with a New England population, while the fertile lands of Western New York, were yet an almost unbroken wilderness. The settlers from Stockbridge, of whom there were many, seemed to have been generally distributed throughout the Purchase.
By deed of 16 Feb 1802, which described him as "Gentleman", Mr Bement conveyed to his son-in-law, Perley Simonds, one hundred acres in Tioga County; and, by deed of 19 Jan 1807, he conveyed to his son, John Bement, a tract of land in the same county, situated between the Chenango and Owega Rivers, and, by another deed, he conveyed lands in Union, Tioga County, to his daughter Rebecca, wife of Lemuel Barnes. (Source: Tioga County Land Records, Liber 2, ff109, 540). His will of 17 Nov 1813 proved 5 April 1814, named wife Ruth, son Asa, to whom he gave land in Broome County; daughter Ruth, widow of Elisha Barnes, and the sons and other daughters hereafter named. (Source: Berkshire Registry of Probate, File Number 3174).
1928, pp. 106-108
Children of Asa Bement and Ruth Neal are:
242 i. Rebecca6 Bement, born 10 Mar 1762 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Bef. Mar 1815 in Marathon, Courtland Co., NY. She married Lemuel Barnes 1780 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA.
+ 243 ii. Asa Bement , Jr., born 10 Jun 1764 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA; died 21 Apr 1842 in Newark Valley, Tioga Co., NY.
244 iii. Sarah Bement, born 30 Jun 1766; died Feb 1816. She married Stephen Avery.
+ 245 iv. Ebenezer Bement, born 17 May 1768 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA; died 16 Nov 1848 in South Richmond, Oswego Co., NY.
246 v. Ruth Bement, born 19 May 1772; died Unknown. She married Elisha Barnes.
+ 247 vi. Hopewell Bement, born 22 Jun 1774 in Stockbridge, MA; died 1 May 1837 in Newark Valley, NY.
248 vii. Phebe Bement, born 27 Aug 1776; died 3 May 1841. She married William Ball 17 Jan 1797 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA.
Notes for Phebe Bement:
PHEBE BEMENT and her husband, William Ball, removed to Victor, New York. Both husband and wife are buried in Boughton Hill Cemetery at Victor, and their descendants were still living there in the 1920's.
Bement Chronicles in America,1928, p. 108
+ 249 viii. John Bement, born 3 Sep 1776 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA; died 31 Mar 1843 in Victor, Ontario Co., NY.
+ 250 ix. George William Bement, born 13 Aug 1781 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA; died 13 Aug 1853 in Stockbridge, Berkshire Co., MA.
67. Ebenezer5 Bement (William4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 3 Jan 1740/41 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died May 1794 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA. He married Susannah Williams ABT 1776.
Notes for Ebenezer Bement: MAJOR EBENEZER BEMENT removed to Great Barrington, Massachusetts with his father, of which town he was later a much esteemed citizen. In the Revolutionary struggle he bore an honorable part as an officer, becoming at the "Lexington Alarm" adjutant of the regiment of "Minute Men", commanded by Colonel John Fellows, and, in the following year, 1776, he held the same position in the Bershire County Regiment of militia, and was in active service at or near Peekskill, New York. Subsequently, he served in the Continental Army, as brigade-major of Major General Patterson's brigade, from 10 June 1777 to 12 Aug 1779 (Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. 1).
On 14 Dec 1780 he was appointed by the town to act with other commissioned officers in procuring men to serve for three years, or during the war in the Continental Army. In the same year he was made surveyor of highways and continued to hold various town offices. About this time, he became the host of the Great Barrington Inn, and so continued until Lenox became his home, as from 1 Feb 1781, the town records show that the duly warned town meeting was frequently adjourned to his house. During the same period he was likewise warden of the county prison, until its transference with the Courts to the newly erected county seat at Lenox in 1790 when he is described as of that town "gentleman". He was also High Sheriff and jailer of Berkshire County for many years prior to his death. Major Bement was a considerable property holder at Great Barrington on Townsend Mountain, and the adjoining town of Alford, Lenox, Windsor and Williamstown. After his death, his lands at Lenox were sold to the County of Berkshire, subject to the dower right of his widow, then 17 Aug 1796, Susanna Kinsman. He died intestate and his estate was administered upon by his brother, Asa Bement, Esq., who was appointed thereto, 14 May 1794.
1928, pp. 109-110
Children of Ebenezer Bement and Susannah Williams are:
+ 251 i. Electa Pearl6 Bement, born 15 Jan 1778 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died 14 Jun 1861 in Alton, Belkmap Co., ME (now NH).
252 ii. Orinda Maria Bement, born 5 May 1780 in probably in Berkshire Co., MA; died Unknown. She married Eleazer F. Wright.
253 iii. Hiram Aliff Bement, born 1 Mar 1782 in probably in Berkshire Co., MA; died Unknown. He married Caroline Page.
Notes for Hiram Aliff Bement:
HIRAM ALIFF BEMENT was engaged with his father-in-law, Rufus Page, in the shipping business, and made two trips to London in one of their vessels, dying of yellow fever on the second trip.
1928, p. 110
+ 254 iv. Walter Pynchon Bement, born ABT 1785 in Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA; died Unknown.
255 v. Owen Bement, born Aft. 1786 in probably in Berkshire Co., MA; died Bef. 1790.
68. Samuel5 Bement (William4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 25 Dec 1742 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died 7 Apr 1810 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT. He married Martha Bingham 1765 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, daughter of Jabez Bingham and Bethiah Wood.
Notes for Samuel Bement:
SAMUEL BEMENT (5-73) left Windham with his father and settled at Salisbury, Connecticut, some little time before his marriage, no doubt attracted thereto by the increasing activity in the iron industry, which, a little later became Salisbury's distinctive claim to Revolutionary glory. Secure among its hills, the Salisbury iron furnaces, of which, at that time, there were several, were never interrupted by fear of attack or capture. Proudly the old ore beds gave up their treasure, which, sent forth as cannon, did their stern work on many a battlefield. Here, from the time of his early manhood, until the bursting of the war clouds of the Revolution, save for a short interval, Samuel Bement lived the uneventful life incidental to the rural community. A well-to-do farmer and smith, he from time to time substantially increased the acreage of his landed possessions. His homestead was near the northeast corner of Salisbury, on the east side of the road, then leading from Caleb Nichols' dwelling in said Salisbury, to Colonel John Ashley's in Sheffield. (Source: Salisbury Town Records, Liber viii, f243). Some eighty acres of this, with barn, dwelling house and smith's shop, he sold under date of 21 Nov 1791, to Ashael Hall, Jr. of Wallingford, Connecticut. He also had other land on Town Hill. For a brief period he must have resided at Lenox, Massachusetts, as two of his children were born there and his cattle mark was there recorded, though no date is given in the entry, which is as follows: "Samuel Bement's mark for his creatures is a half cross the under side of the right ear and a half penney, the upper side of the same."
Like his brothers, Samuel Bement was a staunch adherent of the cause of the Colonies, and on 26 May 1777, he enlisted for three years' service in Captain Albert Chapman's Company, Seventh Regiment, Connecticut Continental Line, and his name appears in a list of the men of that regiment who were to be allowed depreciation of their wages for service therein. (Source: Connecticut Men in the Revolution).
1928, pp. 111-113
Notes for Martha Bingham:
Martha Bingham, was born 14 April 1743 in Windham, Windham Co., Conneticut and died 14 Jan 1790 at Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conneticut. She was the daughter of Jabez and Bertha (Wood) Bingham was one of twelve children. The eldest son, Jabez Bingham, Jr., married Mary Wheelock, the only child of Deacon Ralph Wheelock, by his second marriage, and half-sister of Reverend Eleazer Wheelock (1711-1779), the first president of Dartmouth College (1770-1779). The second son, Silas Bingham, also settled at Salisbury, Conneticut, where he married Anna Orton 28 Feb 1773 and had issue. His Christian name is widely preserved among the descendants of his sister, Martha Bingham Bement. The third son, Daniel Bingham, also settled in Salisbury in 1750 and married Esther Willard 12 Jan 1775. They were the parents of Caleb Bingham, born 14 Mar 1794 and once the owner of a large farm between the Twin Lakes at Salisbury, later the well known preacher and bookseller of Boston, and the compiler of the "Columbian Orator", and the famous old school-reader "The National Preceptor." In 1803, Caleb Bingham presented to his native town one hundred and fifty books, which formed the Bingham Library for Youth. It is believed that was the first library devoted to the interests of the young in this country, and some of the well-chosen books were still in existence in the 1920's.
Bement Chronicles Supplement
Spencer BeMent, 1996, p. 111b
Children of Samuel Bement and Martha Bingham are:
+ 256 i. Hannah6 Bement, born 20 Feb 1766 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; died 20 Mar 1804.
+ 257 ii. Samuel Bement, born 9 Feb 1768 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; died 31 Mar 1837 in Bradford, Merrimack Co., NH.
+ 258 iii. Edith Bement, born 4 Aug 1770 in Tunbridge, Orange Co., CT; died Aft. 1813 in Brookfield, VT.
259 iv. Sybil Bement, born 6 Feb 1773 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA; died Unknown.
+ 260 v. Silas Bement, born 30 Apr 1775 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA; died 8 Feb 1852 in Tunbridge, Orange Co., CT.
261 vi. Polly Bement, born 21 Feb 1784 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; died Unknown.
+ 262 vii. Bingham Bement, born 1 Oct 1786 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; died 1836.
77. Penelope5 Bement (William4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 11 Oct 1735 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, and died Bef. 1825. She married Israel Markham II 23 Jun 1757 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, son of Israel Markham and Anne Spencer.
Notes for Penelope Bement:
Penelope Bement married her first cousin, Israel Markham, II. Their ancestors and descendants are further researched on Broderbund World Family Tree, Volume 14, Pedigree #1991.
Children of Penelope Bement and Israel Markham are:
263 i. Israel6 Markham III, born 20 Aug 1758 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT; died Oct 1834 in Cassopolis, Cass Co., MI. He married Mary Lane 12 Apr 1787 in Williamstown, Berkshire Co., MA.
+ 264 ii. Asa Markham, born 22 Sep 1759 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA; died 12 Sep 1843 in Broadalbin, Fulton Co., NY.
265 iii. Daniel Markham, born 1 Sep 1764 in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer Co., NY; died 19 Mar 1850 in Summit Co, OH. He married ??? Markham.
Notes for Daniel Markham:
Daniel Markham is listed in the Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files as R6904, CT Line, soldier, born 1 Sep 1764 at Lansingburgh, New York and lived at Salisbury, CT at the time of his enlistment. After the Revolution he lived in PA for 6 years and then lived in Jefferson, Stark and Carrol Counties, Ohio for 44 years. In 1848 he moved to Summit Co., Ohio where he died 19 Mar 1850 at 85 years of age. Salisbury Vital Records of 1768-1800 list Daniel as being born at Lawnson's Pattent on August 31, 1765 and died after 1850 in Kentucky.
266 iv. Asher Markham, born 20 Jul 1767 in Lawnson's Pattent, NY; died 25 May 1841 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY. He married Lucy Landers 19 Feb 1795 in Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA.
267 v. Darius Markham, born 10 Apr 1769 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT; died Bef. 1859. He married Sally ??? ABT 1789.
86. Samuel5 Bement (Samuel4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 1 Jan 1755 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, and died 1787 in lost at sea. He married Mary Ward 5 Jun 1777 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.
SAMUEL BEMENT was in service during the Revolution. It is not easy to differentiate the several Samuel Bements', Revolutionary soldiers from Connecticut, but he is, doubtless, the Samuel Bement, Jr., who enlisted 8 Feb 1778, in the Ninth Regiment, Connecticut militia, under Captain John Hart; was promoted Corporal, June 1778, and discharged 8 Feb 1781. (Source: Connecticut in the Revolution).
Samuel was listed as a charter member of St. John's (probably Masonic) Lodge of Middletown, Connecticut which was held at the tavern of Captain Michael Burnham on 26 Feb 1754. This tavern was the house later (c. 1920) occupied by Dr. Edgerton, on Washington Street below Main Street. Later he was engaged in the tea trade with China, and lost his life in one of Samuel Russels' sailing vessels in the prosecution of that enterprise.
His estate was administered upon by his widow, Mary Bement, 2 April 1787, who survived him by many years. (Source: Middletown Probate Records, Liber vi, f.531). On 31 March 1800 she was appointed guardian to her sons, John and Joseph. Under date of 31 Oct 1805 she conveyed (Source: Middletown Land Records, Liber xliii, ff 1-2) to her son Joseph, one equal undivided half of certain lands on the northern part of Main Street; and on 25 April 1811 she conveyed (Source: Ibid Liber lxvi, f. 148) the remaining portion to her son John. She was called "deceased" in a deed describing said property 27 May 1838.
In the settlement of the estate of Mr. Bement, and the division of his lands indicated that they only had three children.
1928, pp. 114-115
Children of Samuel Bement and Mary Ward are:
+ 268 i. Samuel6 Bement, born 1775; died 18 Dec 1853.
+ 269 ii. John Bement, born 17 Nov 1783 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died 28 Mar 1876 in Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT.
+ 270 iii. Joseph Bement, born 2 Nov 1784 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT; died 9 Jun 1849 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT.
87. Benjamin5 Bement (Samuel4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 1757 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT, and died Aft. 1840 in Wolcott, New Haven Co., CT. He married ??? Porter.
BENJAMIN BEMENT was born in Middletown, Connecticut and was living in Wolcutt, Connecticut in 1840, then aged eighty-three years. He was a Revolutionary Soldier, and after the close of the war became, in 1785, a land owner at Waterbury, Connecticut, living in that section, which in 1807 became Middlebury, Connecticut. In 1832 he sold his home in Middlebury, and moved to Wolcott, where, it is believed, the remainder of his life was spent. The records of Benjamin Bement (No. 92) and of his cousin, Benjamin Bement, (No. 93b), are somewhat confused, and the Revolutionary service attributed to No. 92 may belong entirely to No. 93b. His wife surmised to have been a Miss Porter of that vicinity.
1928, p. 116
Children of Benjamin Bement and ??? Porter are:
271 i. Benjamin6 Bement, born Aft. 1780; died Unknown.
272 ii. Jonathan Bement, born Aft. 1781; died Unknown.
88. John5 Bement (Samuel4, William3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 16 Aug 1759, and died Aft. 1850.
JOHN BEMENT lived in Woodstock, Vermont and died at over 90, had two daughters, and it is unknown if there any sons. One daughter married a man by the name of Marshall, who was believed to have worked for the Howe Scales Company, possibly in the Toledo, Ohio area.
Children of John Bement are:
273 i. Caroline6 Bement, born Aft. 1780 in Probably in Vermont; died Unknown.
274 ii. Sylvia Bement, born Aft. 1780 in probably in Vermont; died Unknown.
Generation No. 6
90. Benjamin6 Bement (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, John3, John2, John1 Beaumont, ThomasA, WilliamB) was born 28 Jun 1754 in Portland, Middlesex Co., CT, and died Aft. 31 Jul 1832. He married Keziah Winters.
Notes for Benjamin Bement: BENJAMIN BEMENT(5-93) was a Revolutionary War soldier, serving eight years in the artillery. He enlisted in May 1776 at Waterbury, Connecticut in Captain John Lewis' Company, Colonel Douflass' Regiment, and was in the battles of Harlem Heights, Turtle Bay and White Plains, as is set forth in his application for pension 31July 1832 at Middlebury, Connecticut. (Source: Family Papers)
1928, pp. 116b-116d
Children of Benjamin Bement and Keziah Winters are:
275 i. Benjamin7 Bement, born ABT 1779; died Aft. 1832.
BENJAMIN BEMENT (7-276c) was a carpenter and never married, said to have removed to Centerville, Pennsylvania about 1827, and believed to have died near Cincinnati, Ohio. He may also have been the Benjamin Bement who was living at Cairo, Greene Co., New York in 1832.
1928, p. 116b
+ 276 ii. Joel Bement, born 4 Feb 1780; died 27 Jan 1868 in Centerville, Crawford Co., PA.
+ 277 iii. Jonathan Bement, born 28 Aug 1786 in Middlebury, Addison Co., CT; died 9 Jan 1858.
+ 278 iv. Butler Bement, born ABT 1788 in Middlebury, Addison Co., CT; died 29 Mar 1869 in Pittsfield, Burkshire Co., MA.
+ 279 v. Daniel Bement, born 10 Mar 1789 in Middlebury, Addison Co., CT; died 2 Mar 1872 in Centerville, Crawford Co., PA.
280 vi. Silas Bement, born Aft. 1790; died Unknown in near Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD.
Notes for Silas Bement:
SILAS BEMENT (7-277c) lived at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was drowned at or n