Son of John and Hannah (Warren) Bemis. Husband of Susannah (Nourse) Bemis, married on 14 September, 1772 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, MA. Revolutionary War Veteran.
"Henry Bemis (Bemies in the Massachusetts records) was of Packersfield, now Nelson. When the news of the Lexington alarm reached that place, he started at once to join the force gathering for the defence of that colony. He enlisted April 21, 1775, in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' company, of Col. John Stark's regiment. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was one of the last men to leave the rail fence. By command of General Washington, there being twelve companies in Stark's regiment, and commissions for officers in but ten, Stiles' company was transferred to the Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Col. Paul Dudley Sargent, and served until the close of the year. He was paid off at Watertown. In June, 1776, he again enlisted under Captain Parker in Colonel Wyman's New Hampshire regiment, serving five months at Ticonderoga, when he returned to Packersfield. In July, 1778, he volunteered for three months with Captain Lewis, in Colonel Hales' regiment, which joined the expedition under General Sullivan to Rhode Island. He came to Littleton in 1787, and settled on the farm still known at the Bemis place. His dust rests in the graveyard at North Littleton."
(From the History of Littleton, NH by George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson, Ezra S. Stearns)
"Henry Bemis (Bemies in the Massachusetts records) was of Packersfield, now Nelson. When the news of the Lexington alarm reached that place, he started at once to join the force gathering for the defence of that colony. He enlisted April 21, 1775, in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' company, of Col. John Stark's regiment. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was one of the last men to leave the rail fence. By command of General Washington, there being twelve companies in Stark's regiment, and commissions for officers in but ten, Stiles' company was transferred to the Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Col. Paul Dudley Sargent, and served until the close of the year. He was paid off at Watertown. In June, 1776, he again enlisted under Captain Parker in Colonel Wyman's New Hampshire regiment, serving five months at Ticonderoga, when he returned to Packersfield. In July, 1778, he volunteered for three months with Captain Lewis, in Colonel Hales' regiment, which joined the expedition under General Sullivan to Rhode Island. He came to Littleton in 1787, and settled on the farm still known at the Bemis place. His dust rests in the graveyard at North Littleton."
(From the History of Littleton, NH by George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson, Ezra S. Stearns)
Son of John and Hannah (Warren) Bemis. Husband of Susannah (Nourse) Bemis, married on 14 September, 1772 in Hubbardston, Worcester County, MA. Revolutionary War Veteran.
"Henry Bemis (Bemies in the Massachusetts records) was of Packersfield, now Nelson. When the news of the Lexington alarm reached that place, he started at once to join the force gathering for the defence of that colony. He enlisted April 21, 1775, in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' company, of Col. John Stark's regiment. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was one of the last men to leave the rail fence. By command of General Washington, there being twelve companies in Stark's regiment, and commissions for officers in but ten, Stiles' company was transferred to the Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Col. Paul Dudley Sargent, and served until the close of the year. He was paid off at Watertown. In June, 1776, he again enlisted under Captain Parker in Colonel Wyman's New Hampshire regiment, serving five months at Ticonderoga, when he returned to Packersfield. In July, 1778, he volunteered for three months with Captain Lewis, in Colonel Hales' regiment, which joined the expedition under General Sullivan to Rhode Island. He came to Littleton in 1787, and settled on the farm still known at the Bemis place. His dust rests in the graveyard at North Littleton."
(From the History of Littleton, NH by George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson, Ezra S. Stearns)
"Henry Bemis (Bemies in the Massachusetts records) was of Packersfield, now Nelson. When the news of the Lexington alarm reached that place, he started at once to join the force gathering for the defence of that colony. He enlisted April 21, 1775, in Capt. Jeremiah Stiles' company, of Col. John Stark's regiment. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill, and was one of the last men to leave the rail fence. By command of General Washington, there being twelve companies in Stark's regiment, and commissions for officers in but ten, Stiles' company was transferred to the Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Col. Paul Dudley Sargent, and served until the close of the year. He was paid off at Watertown. In June, 1776, he again enlisted under Captain Parker in Colonel Wyman's New Hampshire regiment, serving five months at Ticonderoga, when he returned to Packersfield. In July, 1778, he volunteered for three months with Captain Lewis, in Colonel Hales' regiment, which joined the expedition under General Sullivan to Rhode Island. He came to Littleton in 1787, and settled on the farm still known at the Bemis place. His dust rests in the graveyard at North Littleton."
(From the History of Littleton, NH by George Clarence Furber, James Robert Jackson, Ezra S. Stearns)
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