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Sarah <I>Barnard</I> Bemis

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Sarah Barnard Bemis

Birth
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
30 Sep 1756 (aged 62)
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Settled first in Sudbury then in 1721 moved to Spencer.

In 1722, when she was about to give birth to her third son William, fearing the Indians, she made a journey to Sudbury, for safety during that critical period, and when her little son was only 2 weeks old, she rode home on horseback, a distance of nearly 50 miles in one day, and carried her infant son in her arms, although the greatest part of the distance of the road, such as it was, passed through an entire wilderness!

Source: Bond's History of Watertown
Settled first in Sudbury then in 1721 moved to Spencer.

In 1722, when she was about to give birth to her third son William, fearing the Indians, she made a journey to Sudbury, for safety during that critical period, and when her little son was only 2 weeks old, she rode home on horseback, a distance of nearly 50 miles in one day, and carried her infant son in her arms, although the greatest part of the distance of the road, such as it was, passed through an entire wilderness!

Source: Bond's History of Watertown

Gravesite Details

Wife of Samuel, Age 63



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  • Maintained by: Linda
  • Originally Created by: Star Rhodes
  • Added: Nov 17, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22952630/sarah-bemis: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah Barnard Bemis (25 Jan 1694–30 Sep 1756), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22952630, citing Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Linda (contributor 46913026).