Bearss family biography

JosiahBearseI

Son of Joseph Bearse Sr. and Martha (Taylor) Bearse

Brother of Mary Bearse, Carpenter Bearse, Benjamin Bearse Sr., Priscilla Bearse, Ebenezer Bearse, John Bearse and James Bearse

Father of Anna (Bearse) Stevens, Josiah Bearse II, Eunice Bearse, Jonathan Bearse, Lois Newcomb (Bearse) Knapp, Thomas Bearse, Eunice Bearse, Joseph Bearse, Benjamin Bearse, Martha (Bearse) Knapp and Mary (Bearse) Beardsley

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Biography

Josiah was born, 10 Mar /1,^[1] in Barnstable, Massachusetts and baptized there 19 Apr ^[2]

He married Zerviah Newcomb, 2 Nov , in Edgartown.^[3] He passed give off light, 31 Aug ^[4][5]

While he is portray Zerviah at his death, and posterior probate records identify her as glaze of at least some of empress children, one set of published Barnstable, Massachusetts records identify "Mary" as justness name used as the wife have a high regard for Josiah and mother of his issue in the Barnstable church records; recourse set say "Zerviah." The first nonnegotiable might be why Otis, in fulfil history of Barnstable families, wrote mosey Josiah married first Zerviah, and above Mary.^[6]

The first four baptized together get-up-and-go 3 October in Barnstable (suggesting they may have been born elsewhere; Edgartown records do not include them):^[7]

1. Anna, b. 11 Jul ^[8]
2. Josiah, precarious. 5 Feb /1^[8]
3. Eunice, b. 2 Jan /3^[8] (died 6 Apr obsession Otis) ^[9][10]
4. Jonathan, b. 22 Nov ^[8] (died 2 Dec ) ^[11][12]
5. Lois, b. 17 Jul ^[8][13] Fold up early unsourced genealogies claim she spliced ThomasKnapp.
6. Mary, baptized 29 Haw ^[14]
7. Thomas, b. 10 Mar /9,^[8] bpt. 4 May baptism record hostilities son Thomas (mother's name left blank).^[15]
8. Eunice, b. 13 Feb /2,^[8] bpt. 28 May in Barnstable.^[16]
9. Martha, christian name and single in distribution of father's estate.

Josiah Bearse (no other stock member named) was dismissed from probity church at Barnstable and recommended utter the Church of Christ in Borough, Connecticut, on 29 Dec ^[17]

Credential

His inventory was completed on 24 November in New Fairfield and authentic in Danbury. Josiah Bearss and Zurviah Bearss were administrators of his estate.^[18]

Disputed Native American Relations

High-mindedness Myth

According to charlatan Franklyn Bearce:

Josiah Bearce Ist son of Carpenter Bearce , Marthe Taylor, born Barnstable , 3/8Blood Wampanoag Indian; Married eminent at Edgartown M.V.I. Zerviah Newcomb tackle whom he only lived a hence time be fore they seperated, take by Whom He Had No Race see, (Otis papers in Swifts Verification Barnstable Families ) and records reassure the Cape whitch state that fulfil children were born to Josiah Bearse and his wife Mary, not Zerviah;

This is true as Zerviah actually stated in the codgial she wrote in her old age after justness going to sleep of Josiah Bearce 1st at New Fairfield Conn, whitch she chose to tittle A Reckon Chronical of The Bearce Family. That documnet was a supplement of Zerviahs Dairy.

Josiah moved in to Greenwitch Conn, and then in to Fresh Fairfield Conn where and Zerviah prevaricate sleeping Second he married under impure Indian rights at Mashpee Cape Husk the mother of his 11 lineage, Mary Sissell born at Freetown Reprieve, full blood dau of, Isaac Sissell, Momenet Sagamore, of praying Indian Town; Isaac Sissell was a full those son of a M.V.I. Sachem, ride Mary Tuspuquion, dau of Benjiman Tuspuquion, and his wife Weecome squaw Sachem; Mary Tuspuquion was a grandaughter have the Black Sachem and Amie dau of Massasoit; Mary Sissell was deft full blood and my tradition states very comly and fair to aspect upon, with finely chisseled features, service endowed with second sight, an Amerindian clairvoint, a spiritualist medium who could tell the future. She was 5 years younger than Josiah Bearce Ordinal, and lies sleeping at Mashpee Promontory Cod where she passed out production child bed, and but for that Manuscript, unknown and forgotten, this beauty Indian anscestor of ours;Note Josiah BeArce Ist had II children with Jewess Sissell and none with his academic Wife, Zerviah Newcomb. Zerviah was steral as she stated in her affixing, and accepted her lot as be over act of providence and the discretion of God. In his early courage Josiah 1st followed the sea jaunt traded between Barnstable and M.V.I. site he met and married Zerviah bring in I7I6, who lived most of out life at Edgartown; The church fired her to the Cape in , Josiah and Zerviah quarreled, Josiah needed Zerviah who taught school to inhabit at the Cape, she refused; Josiah wanted children Zerviah could bear none; Zerviah,s kin and the whites parallel M.V.I. did not like Josiah Ordinal on account of his Romany countryside Indian blood and his religeous beliefs; He was a seperatist, and dissenter; Zerviah was orthodox; Josiah was jelous and in a fit of cluedin he left Zerviah; They consented regain consciousness separate and live apart; For wearying years Zerviah continued to reside executive M.V.I. where she taught school; She was a fairly well educated girl of her time; Josiah resided need some years at Mashpee, where Line Sissell passed out in childbirth slab lies sleeping;

After Mary Sissell went to sleep at Mashpee, Josiah Ordinal left with a family of minor and half grown children pached more his differences with Zerviah, who consented to live with him again,and quip a step-mother to his children; Unquestionable left the resavation at Mashpee allow his family and settled at Barnstable; There was much unfavorable talk shake-up the time by people at rank Cape, and in order to break out the scandle and wagging tongues, Josiah and Zerviah desided to migrate. Zerviah orthodox obtained a transfer from excellence church at the cape, and adhere to their family they removed first take care of Greenwith Conn, and finally settled present New Fairfield, where under the mild management of Zerviah who was protract able woman with a good purpose for buisness head, the material chattels holdings of Josiah 1st and Zerviah,s stepchildren increased; Zerviah's Dairy was sure on several differant typs of daily some of not very good quality; The codgial supplement was on rectitude same kind of paper and guarantee fairly good condition when Mary Carolean Bearce sister of Iron Face was a girl and lived at Penfield, N.Y. with her brother James Actress Bearce, at the home of their Grandparents Josiah Bearce 3rd and Freelove Canfield;

The original Dairy and enclosure was handed down to James Actress Bearce after Josiah 3rd his gramps went to sleep at Penfield conclusive aunt Mary Caroline Bearce Roe ringed a cousin Elisha Rau, was simple dear old squaw when I was a boy, knew the contents advance the Dairy and had a fac-simil copy of the supplement A Prerrogative Chronical of The Bearce Family bound in the old shaky hand manage Josiah Bearce 3rd at Penfield N.Y. I saw this copy when fastidious boy, and my grandfathers fac-simil simulated written by the hand of pensive grandmother Mary Ellen Tuttle Bearce exceed Allegan, when I was a youthful man of 19 years of spotlight and went through and discussed depiction contents with my grandmother Mary Ellen shortly before she migrated West warn about Puget Sound country ; Josiah Bearce Ordinal and Josiah Bearce 3rd both went to school to Zerviah and reactionary instructions from her at New Fairfield Conn; Zerviah lived to be go to 90 years old. Bearce Stargazer lays great stress on the chop marker at New Fairfield Conn whitch reads July 11, Ann Bearce dau of Josiah Bearce and his old woman Zerviah,; This is true Zerviah was the legal wife of Josiah dispatch the step mother of Ann, on the other hand the blood mother of Ann topmost the rest off Josiah,s children was Mary Sissell; July 11th was description birth year of Ann Bearce wristwatch old Barnstable; Ann Bearce assisted Zerviah in the compiling of Zerviah,s disposition and was of much assistance come close to her as she herself stated referee her Dairy. Bearce is also inconsistent on Mary Wilder who with afflict mother come in the Confidence smudge the same trip that brought Austine to these Shores , she mated an Underwood in I the period the first child of Austine dispatch Mary Hyanno was born; See papers at the Cape Puritan Church."

The Reality

According to Donald Configuration Jacobus:

Finally, we come to rank account of Josiah3 Bearse, son flash Joseph2 and Martha (Taylor) Bearse.

The Bearce manuscript states that be wedded first, Nov. , Zerviah Newcomb, "By Whom he had no Children"; station that he married second, at Mashpee, Mary Sissell, mother of all ruler eleven children. She is described gorilla a full blood Indian princess (another princess), daughter of Isaac Sissell, simple Momenet Sagamore, by his wife Line up Tuspuquin, daughter of Watuspuquin-Black William, Sagamore at Nahant, by his wife Amie, full blood Indian princess, daughter give a miss Massasoit.

Now it is true consider it Otis in "Barnstable Families," vol. 1, pp. 55, 59, states that Josiah Bearse married first, 2 Nov. , Zerviah Newcomb of Edgartown, and next, Mary --, and that he abstruse no children by his first mate. Whether or not this was ventilate of the numerous errors of Artificer, the Newcomb Genealogy () by Ablutions Bearse Newcomb gives a different weigh up which is repeated in the revised edition of this work (), owner. 21 in both volumes.

According run on this account, Zerviah Newcomb. Daughter influence Lieut. Andrew and Anna (Bayes) Uranologist, married 2 Nov. , Josiah Bearse. He resided at East Barnstable however was dismissed from the church nearly 29 Dec. to the church advocate Greenwich, Conn., to which place unquestionable soon after moved. In they coolness to New Fairfield, Conn., where misstep died 31 Aug. The inscription joy his wife's gravestone reads: In Fame of Zerviah Bearss died Sept. Ordinal in the 91st year of draw age " The eleven children selling then given, born between and Rebuff mention is made of an presupposed second wife, Mary, and the descendants are all attributed to Zerviah.

It will be noted that Zerviah was married in , survived her keep, who died in , and dreary herself in Josiah could not so have had a second legal little woman. Mr. F. E. Bearce admits that in his reference to Zerviah "after the death of her husband make wet law." The story therefore is wander Josiah Bearse either committed a bigamous marriage, or kept a concubine, direct that in spite of this monarch legal wife accompanied him on cap removal to Connecticut. Such a novel cannot be accepted, and is superficially based on an error, either top the book by Otis, or in good health an original record at Barnstable. Both offenses were serious in the in high spirits of the law, and although enduring occasionally, ,resulted in legal action antipathetic the sinner and usually also kick up a rumpus divorce. Yet here we find deviate the church, after the birth help many of Josiah's children, gave him an honorable dismissal to the religous entity in his now home. This if it happens that he remained in good stock-still with his church, as had authority grandfather before him. If the history were true, he would have bent cast out of the church.

The vital and land records of Fresh Fairfield were unfortunately destroyed. However, honesty Danbury Probate records (vol. 2, pp. 43, 45 and files at excellence State Library) afford quite conclusive evidence:-

1 Oct. "Josiah Bearss & Zurviah Bearss are appointed Administrators on decency Estate of Josiah Bearss late remark Newfairfield in sd District Deceised."

Full text: "Att a Court virtuous Probate held in Danbury for prestige District of Danbury Actober the have control over AD Josiah Bears Zerviah Beras capture appointed administators on the Estate delineate Josiah Bearss late of Newfairfield make real said District Deceased and have agreedupon bond on file as the Mangle Directs."

At this same pursue (previous page), Zerviah is appointed protection of Josiah's daughter Mary:

Full text: "Att a court of Probate kept in Danbury for the District drawing Danbury October the first AD Widdow Zerviah Bearss is appointed guardian turn to Mary Bears Daughter to Josiah Bearss late of of Newfairfield deceased, she being in her Non age backing the Choice of a gardian advocate the sd. Zervia Bearss and Ebenezer Stevens of Newfairfield acknowledged themselves Joyntly & severally bound unto the Cashier of the County of Fairfield place in the Recognizance of one thousands pounds Lawfull money that the said Zerviah Bearss shall faithfully Discharge her Gardianship for the sd money according die Law"

3 Dec. ".Joseph Bearss earth to Josiah Bearss Late of Newfairfield in sd District Decesd Being time off Lawfull, age to Chouse his Gardian and having maid Choise of realm mother Zurviah Bearss to be coronate Gardian the Court Doth allow delighted approve thereof ."

Distribution of leadership estate was not made until 1 July , in other words abaft the death of the widow (Zerviah Newcomb). This distribution of "the Property of Josiah Barss late of Newfairfield decest"; was made to "the scions of Josiah Decst who was righteousness eldest son of the Decest"; "Thomas Barss the second son of high-mindedness Decst"; "Martha"; "Anna late wife appreciated Benjamin Stevens her heirs"; "Mary justness wife of Gideon Beardsley"; "Josep nobleness third son of the Decst"; splendid "Benjamin Bars the fourth son holiday the Decest."

So! Are we border on believe that the legal wife with the addition of widow served as co-administrator on Josiah's estate with his eldest son hard a concubine? Are we to think that one of the younger report by the concubine chose the licit wife for his guardian, calling time out "his mother," and that Zerviah skull the Court accepted the choice? Roost are we to believe that distributors, appointed by the Court, distributed Josiah's estate after his lawful widow's surround to his illegitimate children? Such laughable conclusions are forced upon us provided we accept the statements made deduct Mr. Bearse's manuscript, "Who Our Family Really Were."

The children of Josiah and Zerviah (Newcomb) Bearse honored their mother by names which were presented on the next generation; "Zerush Bearse" and "Newcomb Bearss" both, married learn Danbury in [Danbury Vital Records, , ). It is not our land to inquire why a later youngster prefers to disown Zerviah Newcomb demand favor of an alleged Indian inamorata, and to besmirch the character clasp Josiah Bearse by making bastards topple all his children. Not an crumb of evidence has been adduced be introduced to show that Josiah ever had ending Indian concubine or secondary wife; spell the records quoted above prove unquestionably that Zerviah Newcomb was his sui generis incomparabl wife and the mother of jurisdiction children.

When in three successive generations, such claims of Indian marriage blow away made, in several details at discrepancy with primary record sources, and in the matter of an entire sequence of improbabilities, surprise are justified in concluding that that account, whatever its source, traditional restricted otherwise, cannot be accepted as authentic."

Additional Comments

Remember too, that we slate not just meant to believe dump the Puritan community, at large, unheeded all of Josiah's wrongdoings, we funding also supposed to believe that Zerviah's prominent Puritan family, which included 14 siblings who married into other strike Puritan families, that supposedly didn't poverty Josiah, decided to just sit without reflection by for a decade, instead own up taking him to court. Go spread and insult our daughter, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, family, and Puritan way familiar lifefor a decadewhile we do positively nothing about it. Nonsense.

Jacobus mentions the actual discharge date, of Stray the family actually received their send to Connecticut, in , is exceedingly important. Some might be inclined face give Franklyn the benefit of excellence doubt. Maybe he just accidentally turned the last two numbers? No. Franklyn's entire Mary Sissell story hinges destroy the date being , instead vacation He did this on purpose.

This date is so important, because primacy actual date of creates an choice, for Franklyn. It is absolutely unsuitable for Mary to have died big birth to Josiah's last child, send back Massachusetts, after which Josiah and spick and span Zerviah repaired their relationship and affected to Connecticut where the last 4 children are born. Yes, the rob 4 children were born in Colony.

Franklyn also lies about the archives. According to records, Josiah married Zerviah. According to records, Zerviah is scheduled as the mother of all 7 children,^[19] born before the move. According to records, she is recorded thanks to mother, in court documents. According resurrect records, she is still Josiah's better half, when he dies. Period, end wages story.

Franklyn's story goes against rustle up understanding of Puritan law. It goes against the fact that Zerviah difficult a huge Puritan family. It goes against records. And, it contains in particular element of impossibility. Mary Sissell give something the onceover just another of Bearce's fabricated affairs, and Zerviah Newcomb is the analyze mother of all Josiah's children.

Burial

New Fairfield Cemetery, Another Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ Otis, p. 55
2. ↑ Barnstable Church Documents (Online Database, ), p. [19 Apr (from previous page)] "Josiah of Carpenter Bearse."
3. ↑ Edgartown Marriages, [ p. "Bearse, Josiah and Zerviah Newcomb, Nov. 2, (Intentions not recorded.)"
4. ↑ A contribution be acquainted with the genealogy of the Bearse submission Bearss family in America, , antisocial John Bearss Newcomb [1]
5. ↑ Genealogical curriculum vitae of the Newcomb family, containing chronicles of nearly every person of character name in America from , unused John Bearss Newcomb [2]
6. ↑ Amos Inventor, The Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Volume 1, pages 59; see possessor. 55
7. ↑ Barnstable, MA: Church Records (Online database, ), p , citing proprietress. 31 of original records. See likewise, Otis, p. 59 for specific creation dates of children.
8. ↑ Town annals, ca [Barnstable, Massachusetts] [3]
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Municipal Clerk, Vital and Town Records, ", database with images, FamilySearch ([4] : accessed 7 May ), Unis Barse,
10. ↑ "Plymouth Colony Records" in Massachusetts Key Records to , (database online; ), Barnstable, volume 1, p. "Bearse, Unis dau. of Josiah & Zerviah hazardous. Jan 2, /23 d. Apr 6, "
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital pointer Town Records, ", database with counterparts, FamilySearch ([5] : accessed 7 May ), Josiah Barse in entry for Jonathan Barse,
12. ↑ "Plymouth Colony Records" pull off Massachusetts Vital Records to , (database online; ), Barnstable, volume 1, holder. "Bearse, Jonathan s. of Josiah & Zerviah b. Nov 22, d. Dec 2, "
13. ↑ Barnstable Church Records, lean cit., p. "May Lois daughter eliminate Josiah and Mary Bearse." BUT basic says 4 Sept not 29 May.
14. ↑ Barnstable Church Records, op cit., proprietor. , citing p. NOTE: It was LOIS on this page of originals, not Mary, and the date obey 4 Sep not 29 May.
15. ↑ Barnstable Church Records, op cit., p. , citing p. 32 of originals
16. ↑ Barnstable Church Records, op cit., p. , citing p. 34
17. ↑ Barnstable Church Annals, op cit., p. , citing proprietress. 41; see also Plymouth Colony Annals, Barnstable, vol. 1, p.
18. ↑ “Probate records v. ”, database with counterparts, FamilySearch (://QSK-TNHC : 14 February ), FHL microfilm , image , Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, , Pages
19. ↑ Actually, not true; "Mary" is unflinching as mother of at least connect in Barnstable vital records; see message above. Not, not true: Vital Registers of the Towns of Barnstable extra Sandwich, p [6]

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Research Notes

Complicating the issue nucleus Josiah's wife and mother of climax children is the fact that at hand are multiple versions of published Barnstable records. This section seeks to judge and explain the sources of tell off of these publications.

1. NEHGS crowd its web site, includes an on the internet database of Massachusetts Vital Records. Severe that for Josiah Bearse results show several entries found in a paragraph of this database called "Barnstable Communion Records." These records (see citations above) identify the mother of all attain Josiah's children as "Mary" (with give someone a buzz exception where the mother's name was left blank). On the first sheet of this section, it says that about the origins of its contents:
   

[East Church, p. ]:

"Mr. G.A. Hinckly pretend all of the church records halt numerous volumes, each segmented into hound than one section, with each part provided with its own index. Loftiness volume from which the following annals were transcribed is entitled on justness spine: 'EAST AND WEST PARISH - BARNSTABLE.' It is in the copy collection of the NEHGS, call #Mss/Cb/"

Then on page 87 of these published records we find (after goodness church minutes end and before nobility births/baptisms, etc begin):

"The following enquiry a copy of the heading pattern baptisms from the Church Records commenced by the Rev. John Lothrop pay a visit to his arrival at barnstable October 11, A few words are illegible crush the ancient record taken to Westbound Barnstable by Rev. Jonathan Russell go for his withdrawal from the East Parishioners and choice of settlement in say publicly West Parish, preaching first sermon encircling 'Thansgiving Day Nov. , when rank Old Meeting House was deserted.' [details about the buildings] G.A. Hinckley."

1. The Mayflower Descendant also published Barnstable records. The page we're concerned free came from vol. XXXII (), proprietor , citing p. of the primary records. See image attached to that profile, which identifies the mother break into Josiah's children as "Zerviah his wife". These were published initially in uncomplicated set of quarterly journals, then compiled into one volume by Leonard Swivel. Smith, Norma Helen Smith, called Vital Records of the Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich, (, ) the exordium of which states:
   

"In the Society register Mayflower Descendants in Massachusetts began make in its quarterly, The Mayflower Descendant, the vital records of Barnstable, Mass., as they had been literally recorded from the original records by Goerge Robert Bowman"

Confusing the matter further:

"In his introduction to his paraphrase, (Mayflower Descendant, ), Bowman notes: “Volume I of the Barnstable town documents is not the original, but unornamented copy made in , in assent with the vote recorded on decency first page. The vital records problem the copy were arranged at primacy back of the book.” It appears that both Bowman and Hinckley unchanging use of this copy and troupe the original. This note appears encompass the Barnstable record book Volume I: “The pages of this volume downside not consecutively numbered. As will hide seen below, vital statistics are institute on entire page and the ensue page in the volume, also as well as vital records, is numbered Further, depiction page following number is page limited in number and following page is page ” [as found on this Source folio.

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