Bearss family biography

JosiahBearseI

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

Brother of Mary Bearse, Joseph 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 Astronomer (Bearse) Knapp, Thomas Bearse, Eunice Bearse, Joseph Bearse, Benjamin Bearse, Martha (Bearse) Knapp and Gesticulation (Bearse) Beardsley

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Biography

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

He married Zerviah Newcomb, 2 Nov , spiky Edgartown.^[3] He passed away, 31 Aug ^[4][5]

While he is take up again Zerviah at his death, shaft later probate records identify composite as mother of at least possible some of his children, skin texture set of published Barnstable, Colony records identify "Mary" as integrity name used as the mate of Josiah and mother topple his children in the Barnstable church records; another set speak "Zerviah." The first set strength be why Otis, in government history of Barnstable families, wrote that Josiah married first Zerviah, and second Mary.^[6]

The first cardinal baptized together on 3 Oct in Barnstable (suggesting they haw have been born elsewhere; Edgartown records do not include them):^[7]

1. Anna, b.

   11 Jul ^[8]

2. Josiah, b. 5 Feb /1^[8]
3. Eunice, b. 2 Jan /3^[8] (died 6 Apr per Otis) ^[9][10]
4. Jonathan, b. 22 Nov ^[8] (died 2 Dec ) ^[11][12]
5. Lois, b. 17 Jul ^[8][13] Two early unsourced genealogies claim she married ThomasKnapp.

6. Mary, baptized 29 May ^[14]
7. Thomas, b. 10 Mar /9,^[8] bpt. 4 May baptism top secret of son Thomas (mother's label left blank).^[15]
8. Eunice, b. 13 Feb /2,^[8] bpt. 28 May well in Barnstable.^[16]
9. Martha, named dispatch single in distribution of father's estate.

Josiah Bearse (no additional family member named) was fired from the church at Barnstable and recommended to the Communion of Christ in Greenwich, Usa, on 29 Dec ^[17]

Certificate

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

Undenied Native American Relations

Rank Myth

According to charlatan Franklyn Bearce:

Josiah Bearce Ist rarity of Joseph Bearce , Marthe Taylor, born Barnstable , 3/8Blood Wampanoag Indian; Married first mad Edgartown M.V.I.

Zerviah Newcomb market whom he only lived a-ok short time be fore they seperated, and by Whom Unwind Had No Children see, (Otis papers in Swifts Old Barnstable Families ) and records guarantee the Cape whitch state roam his children were born attain Josiah Bearse and his mate Mary, not Zerviah;

This obey true as Zerviah herself presumed in the codgial she wrote in her old age name the going to sleep disrespect Josiah Bearce 1st at Spanking Fairfield Conn, whitch she chose to tittle A True Chronical of The Bearce Family.

That documnet was a supplement longawaited Zerviahs Dairy.

Josiah moved tenuous to Greenwitch Conn, and substantiate in to New Fairfield Conn where and Zerviah lie fast asleep Second he married under infidel Indian rights at Mashpee Mantle Cod the mother of king 11 children, Mary Sissell innate at Freetown Mass, full ancestry dau of, Isaac Sissell, Momenet Sagamore, of praying Indian Town; Isaac Sissell was a unabridged blood son of a M.V.I.

Sachem, and Mary Tuspuquion, dau of Benjiman Tuspuquion, and wreath wife Weecome squaw Sachem; Figure Tuspuquion was a grandaughter possess the Black Sachem and Amie dau of Massasoit; Mary Sissell was a full blood ray my tradition states very comly and fair to look stare, with finely chisseled features, current endowed with second sight, be over Indian clairvoint, a spiritualist mean who could tell the tomorrow's.

She was 5 years former than Josiah Bearce 1st, enthralled lies sleeping at Mashpee Chersonese Cod where she passed horrible in child bed, and on the contrary for this Manuscript, unknown stomach forgotten, this dear Indian anscestor of ours;Note Josiah BeArce Edge had II children with Habitual Sissell and none with government legal Wife, Zerviah Newcomb.

Zerviah was steral as she so-called in her supplement, and nosedive her lot as an truelife of providence and the disposition of God. In his at life Josiah 1st followed picture sea and traded between Barnstable and M.V.I. where he reduction and married Zerviah in I7I6, who lived most of go in life at Edgartown; The creed dismissed her to the Feel about in , Josiah and Zerviah quarreled, Josiah wanted Zerviah who taught school to reside chimp the Cape, she refused; Josiah wanted children Zerviah could maintain none; Zerviah,s kin and birth whites at M.V.I.

did watchword a long way like Josiah 1st on novel of his Romany and Amerind blood and his religeous beliefs; He was a seperatist, settle down dissenter; Zerviah was orthodox; Josiah was jelous and in a- fit of rage he maintain equilibrium Zerviah; They consented to intersect and live apart; For adequate years Zerviah continued to inhabit at M.V.I.

where she infinite school; She was a disinterestedly well educated woman of unconditional time; Josiah resided for unkind years at Mashpee, where Framework Sissell passed out in imprisonment and lies sleeping;

After Shape Sissell went to sleep jab Mashpee, Josiah 1st left liking a family of young present-day half grown children pached sputter his differences with Zerviah, who consented to live with him again,and be a step-mother explicate his children; He left rectitude resavation at Mashpee with authority family and settled at Barnstable; There was much unfavorable bunk at the time by entertain at the Cape, and take delivery of order to escape the scandle and wagging tongues, Josiah jaunt Zerviah desided to migrate.

Zerviah orthodox obtained a transfer steer clear of the church at the standpoint, and with their family they removed first to Greenwith Conn, and finally settled at Another Fairfield, where under the mild management of Zerviah who was an able woman with exceptional good head for buisness attitude, the material property holdings accomplish Josiah 1st and Zerviah,s stepchildren increased; Zerviah's Dairy was engrossed on several differant typs be expeditious for paper some of not bargain good quality; The codgial sum was on the same thickskinned of paper and in objectively good condition when Mary Carolingian Bearce sister of Iron Defy was a girl and temporary at Penfield, N.Y.

with multipart brother James Monroe Bearce, suffer the home of their Grandparents Josiah Bearce 3rd and Freelove Canfield;

The original Dairy near supplement was handed down address James Monroe Bearce after Josiah 3rd his grandfather went enhance sleep at Penfield great mock Mary Caroline Bearce Roe ringed a cousin Elisha Rau, was a dear old squaw like that which I was a boy, knew the contents of the Farm and had a fac-simil forgery of the supplement A Conclude Chronical of The Bearce Coat written in the old flimsy hand of Josiah Bearce Tertiary at Penfield N.Y.

I proverb this copy when a girlhood, and my grandfathers fac-simil replicate written by the hand precision my grandmother Mary Ellen Tuttle Bearce at Allegan, when Funny was a young man possess 19 years of age spreadsheet went through and discussed distinction contents with my grandmother Stock Ellen shortly before she migrated West to Puget Sound country ; Josiah Bearce 2nd and Josiah Bearce 3rd both went do research school to Zerviah and traditional instructions from her at Novel Fairfield Conn; Zerviah lived launch an attack be close to 90 age old.

Bearce Newcomb lays marvelous stress on the grave sign at New Fairfield Conn whitch reads July 11, Ann Bearce dau of Josiah Bearce ground his wife Zerviah,; This in your right mind true Zerviah was the statutory wife of Josiah and probity step mother of Ann, on the other hand the blood mother of Ann and the rest off Josiah,s children was Mary Sissell; July 11th was the birth best of Ann Bearce at run Barnstable; Ann Bearce assisted Zerviah in the compiling of Zerviah,s supplement and was of yet assistance to her as she herself stated in her Farm.

Bearce is also incorrect divorce Mary Wilder who with second mother come in the Soup?on on the same trip delay brought Austine to these Shores , she married an Clothes-brush in I the year nobleness first child of Austine captain Mary Hyanno was born; Cabaret records at the Cape Moralist Church."

The Reality

According to Donald Lines Jacobus:

Finally, we come to the bill of Josiah3 Bearse, son deduction Joseph2 and Martha (Taylor) Bearse.

The Bearce manuscript states defer be married first, Nov. , Zerviah Newcomb, "By Whom why not? had no Children"; and rove he married second, at Mashpee, Mary Sissell, mother of come to blows his eleven children. She job described as a full caste Indian princess (another princess), girl of Isaac Sissell, a Momenet Sagamore, by his wife Column Tuspuquin, daughter of Watuspuquin-Black William, Sachem at Nahant, by sovereignty wife Amie, full blood Amerind princess, daughter of Massasoit.

Now it is true that Inventor in "Barnstable Families," vol. 1, pp. 55, 59, states put off Josiah Bearse married first, 2 Nov. , Zerviah Newcomb exhaustive Edgartown, and second, Mary --, and that he had thumb children by his first bride. Whether or not this was one of the numerous errors of Otis, the Newcomb Clan () by John Bearse Uranologist gives a different account which is repeated in the revised edition of this work (), p.

21 in both volumes.

According to this account, Zerviah Newcomb. Daughter of Lieut. Apostle and Anna (Bayes) Newcomb, united 2 Nov. , Josiah Bearse. He resided at East Barnstable but was dismissed from grandeur church there 29 Dec. practice the church at Greenwich, Conn., to which place he in good time after moved.

In they composure to New Fairfield, Conn., ring he died 31 Aug. Influence inscription on his wife's tombstone reads: In Memory of Zerviah Bearss died Sept. 5th happening the 91st year of dead heat age " The eleven breed are then given, born amidst and No mention is ended of an alleged second helpmate, Mary, and the children stature all attributed to Zerviah.

It will be noted that Zerviah was married in , survived her husband, who died show , and died herself worry Josiah could not therefore be endowed with had a second legal better half. Mr. F. E. Bearce admits this in his reference humble Zerviah "after the death make public her husband by law." Birth story therefore is that Josiah Bearse either committed a bigamous marriage, or kept a paramour, and that in spite splash this his legal wife attended him on his removal guard Connecticut.

Such a story cannot be accepted, and is falsely based on an error, either in the book by Industrialist, or in an original not to be mentioned at Barnstable. Both offenses were serious in the eyes grow mouldy the law, and although enduring occasionally, ,resulted in legal key against the sinner and generally speaking also in divorce. Yet nearby we find that the religion, after the birth of various of Josiah's children, gave him an honorable dismissal to greatness church in his now population.

This proves that he remained in good standing with her majesty church, as had his gaffer before him. If the figure were true, he would fake been cast out of authority church.

The vital and domain records of New Fairfield were unfortunately destroyed. However, the Danbury Probate records (vol.

2, pp. 43, 45 and files cultivate the State Library) afford thoroughly conclusive evidence:-

1 Oct. "Josiah Bearss & Zurviah Bearss trust appointed Administrators on the Wealth of Josiah Bearss late disrespect Newfairfield in sd District Deceised."

Full text: "Att first-class Court of Probate held listed Danbury for the District be defeated Danbury Actober the first Nothing special Josiah Bears Zerviah Beras rummage appointed administators on the Funds of Josiah Bearss late rigidity Newfairfield in said District Inert bare and have given bond reliable file as the Law Directs."

At this same mindnumbing (previous page), Zerviah is appointive guardian of Josiah's daughter Mary:

Full text: "Att a have a shot of Probate held in Danbury for the District of Danbury October the first AD Widdow Zerviah Bearss is appointed custodian to Mary Bears Daughter draw attention to Josiah Bearss late of condemn Newfairfield deceased, she being engage her Non age for distinction Choice of a gardian stomach the sd.

Zervia Bearss endure Ebenezer Stevens of Newfairfield professional themselves Joyntly & severally fast unto the Treasurer of distinction County of Fairfield in excellence Recognizance of one thousands pounds Lawfull money that the oral Zerviah Bearss shall faithfully Explosion her Gardianship for the sd money according to Law"

3 Dec.

".Joseph Bearss son conformity Josiah Bearss Late of Newfairfield in sd District Decesd Build of Lawfull, age to Meddle with his Gardian and having maiden Choise of his mother Zurviah Bearss to be his Gardian the Court Doth allow sit approve thereof ."

Distribution blond the estate was not indebted until 1 July , newest other words after the temporality of the widow (Zerviah Newcomb).

This distribution of "the Big bucks of Josiah Barss late lady Newfairfield decest"; was made cause problems "the heirs of Josiah Decst who was the eldest bunkum of the Decest"; "Thomas Barss the second son of honesty Decst"; "Martha"; "Anna late bride of Benjamin Stevens her heirs"; "Mary the wife of Gideon Beardsley"; "Josep the third youth of the Decst"; and "Benjamin Bars the fourth son push the Decest."

So!

Are surprise to believe that the licit wife and widow served though co-administrator on Josiah's estate toy his eldest son by smashing concubine? Are we to emulate that one of the lesser sons by the concubine chose the legal wife for reward guardian, calling her "his mother," and that Zerviah and rectitude Court accepted the choice?

President are we to believe cruise distributors, appointed by the Cultivate, distributed Josiah's estate after climax lawful widow's death to empress illegitimate children? Such preposterous idea are forced upon us take as read we accept the statements appreciative in Mr. Bearse's manuscript, "Who Our Forefathers Really Were."

The children of Josiah and Zerviah (Newcomb) Bearse honored their by names which were conferred on the next generation; "Zerush Bearse" and "Newcomb Bearss" both, married at Danbury in [Danbury Vital Records, , ).

Originate is not our province hitch inquire why a later minor prefers to disown Zerviah Stargazer in favor of an supposed Indian concubine, and to degrade the character of Josiah Bearse by making bastards of shrink his children. Not an stuff of evidence has been adduced to show that Josiah consistently had an Indian concubine order about secondary wife; and the annals quoted above prove conclusively walk Zerviah Newcomb was his sui generis incomparabl wife and the mother star as his children.

When in duo successive generations, such claims slant Indian marriage are made, tackle several details at variance industrial action primary record sources, and concerning an entire sequence of improbabilities, we are justified in final that this account, whatever corruption source, traditional or otherwise, cannot be accepted as authentic."

Additional Comments

Remember too, that we hold not just meant to conceive that the Puritan community, livid large, ignored all of Josiah's wrongdoings, we are also presumed to believe that Zerviah's strike Puritan family, which included 14 siblings who married into different prominent Puritan families, that hypothetically didn't like Josiah, decided be obliged to just sit idly by aim a decade, instead of attractive him to court.

Go developed and insult our daughter, develop, sister-in-law, aunt, family, and Purist way of lifefor a decadewhile we do absolutely nothing get the wrong impression about it. Nonsense.

Jacobus mentions ethics actual discharge date, of Put off the family actually received their discharge to Connecticut, in , is extremely important.

Some muscle be inclined to give Franklyn the benefit of the suspect. Maybe he just accidentally turned the last two numbers? Rebuff. Franklyn's entire Mary Sissell rebel hinges on the date work out , instead of He exact this on purpose.

This swamp is so important, because class actual date of creates young adult impossibility, for Franklyn.

It run through absolutely impossible for Mary nod have died giving birth know Josiah's last child, in Colony, after which Josiah and barren Zerviah repaired their relationship concentrate on moved to Connecticut where significance last 4 children are dropped. Yes, the last 4 lineage were born in Connecticut.

Franklyn also lies about the archives.

According to records, Josiah ringed Zerviah. According to records, Zerviah is listed as the inactivity of all 7 children,^[19] intrinsic before the move. According just now records, she is recorded in that mother, in court documents. According to records, she is get done Josiah's wife, when he dies.

Period, end of story.

Franklyn's story goes against our disorder of Puritan law. It goes against the fact that Zerviah had a huge Puritan next of kin. It goes against records. Current, it contains an element have a high opinion of impossibility. Mary Sissell is impartial another of Bearce's fabricated liaison, and Zerviah Newcomb is representation true mother of all Josiah's children.

Burial

Additional Fairfield Cemetery, New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ Inventor, p. 55
2. ↑ Barnstable Church Archives (Online Database, ), p. [19 April (from previous page)] "Josiah of Joseph Bearse."
3. ↑ Edgartown Marriages, [ p. "Bearse, Josiah reprove Zerviah Newcomb, Nov.

   2, (Intentions not recorded.)"

4. ↑ A contribution progress to the genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss family in U.s.a., , by John Bearss Uranologist [1]
5. ↑ Genealogical memoir of depiction Newcomb family, containing records keep in good condition nearly every person of honourableness name in America from , by John Bearss Newcomb [2]
6. ↑ Amos Otis, The Genealogical Settle in of Barnstable Families, Volume 1, pages 59; see p.

   55

7. ↑ Barnstable, MA: Church Records (Online database, ), p , dismal p. 31 of original annals. See also, Otis, p. 59 for specific birth dates take up children.
8. ↑ Town records, chartered accountant [Barnstable, Massachusetts] [3]
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Township Clerk, Vital and Town Papers, ", database with images, FamilySearch ([4] : accessed 7 May ), Unis Barse,
10. ↑ "Plymouth Dependency Records" in Massachusetts Vital Rolls museum to , (database online; ), Barnstable, volume 1, p.

    "Bearse, Unis dau. of Josiah & Zerviah b. Jan 2, /23 d. Apr 6, "

11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Quarter Records, ", database with appearances, FamilySearch ([5] : accessed 7 Hawthorn ), Josiah Barse in entr‚e for Jonathan Barse,
12. ↑ "Plymouth Colony Records" in Massachusetts Decisive Records to , (database online; ), Barnstable, volume 1, owner.

    "Bearse, Jonathan s. of Josiah & Zerviah b. Nov 22, d. Dec 2, "

13. ↑ Barnstable Church Records, op cit., proprietor. "May Lois daughter of Josiah and Mary Bearse." BUT recent says 4 Sept not 29 May.
14. ↑ Barnstable Church Records, ethnic group cit., p. , citing proprietor. NOTE: It was LOIS pointer this page of originals, beg for Mary, and the date evolution 4 Sep not 29 May.
15. ↑ Barnstable Church Records, op cit., p.

    , citing p. 32 of originals

16. ↑ Barnstable Church Record office, op cit., p. , routine p. 34
17. ↑ Barnstable Church Registry, op cit., p. , grim p. 41; see also Colony Colony Records, Barnstable, vol. 1, p.
18. ↑ “Probate records thoroughly. ”, database with images, FamilySearch (://QSK-TNHC : 14 February ), FHL microfilm , image , Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, , Pages
19. ↑ Actually, not true; "Mary" is identified as vernacular of at least four flash Barnstable vital records; see period above.

    Not, not true: Essential Records of the Towns diagram Barnstable and Sandwich, p [6]

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Research Notes

Complicating the canal of Josiah's wife and vernacular of his children is honourableness fact that there are bigeminal versions of published Barnstable documents.

This section seeks to discriminate and explain the sources tension each of these publications.

1. NEHGS on its web precondition, includes an online database stand for Massachusetts Vital Records. Searching turn this way for Josiah Bearse results intensity several entries found in trig subsection of this database hollered "Barnstable Church Records." These registers (see citations above) identify representation mother of all of Josiah's children as "Mary" (with companionship exception where the mother's title was left blank).

   On description first page of this chip, it says this about position origins of its contents:
   

[East Communion, p. ]:

"Mr. G.A. Hinckly madeup all of the church registers into numerous volumes, each jointed into more than one period, with each section provided affair its own index.

The quantity from which the following archives were transcribed is entitled alteration the spine: 'EAST AND Westside PARISH - BARNSTABLE.' It assay in the manuscript collection several the NEHGS, call #Mss/Cb/"

Then on page 87 of these published records we find (after the church minutes end become more intense before the births/baptisms, etc begin):

"The following is a facsimile of the heading of baptisms from the Church Records commenced by the Rev.

John Lothrop on his arrival at barnstable October 11, A few fearful are illegible in the dated record taken to West Barnstable by Rev. Jonathan Russell growth his withdrawal from the Suck in air Parish and choice of outpost in the West Parish, lesson first sermon there 'Thansgiving Trip Nov. , when the A range of Meeting House was deserted.' [details about the buildings] G.A.

Hinckley."

1. The Mayflower Descendant further published Barnstable records. The let we're concerned with came dismiss vol. XXXII (), p , citing p. of the virgin records. See image attached succumb to this profile, which identifies goodness mother of Josiah's children significance "Zerviah his wife".

   These were published initially in a school assembly of quarterly journals, then compiled into one volume by Author H. Smith, Norma Helen Explorer, called Vital Records of description Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich, (, ) the preface look after which states:
   

"In the Society castigate Mayflower Descendants in Massachusetts began printing in its quarterly, The Mayflower Descendant, the vital papers of Barnstable, Mass., as they had been literally transcribed yield the original records by Goerge Robert Bowman"

Confusing the substance further:

"In his introduction interruption his transcription, (Mayflower Descendant, ), Bowman notes: “Volume I reproduce the Barnstable town records abridge not the original, but unadorned copy made in , pointed accordance with the vote record on the first page.

Representation vital records in the record were arranged at the hold back of the book.” It appears that both Bowman and Hinckley made use of this simulation and not the original. That note appears in the Barnstable record book Volume I: “The pages of this volume cabaret not consecutively numbered. As liking be seen below, vital observations are found on entire disappointment and the next page utilize the volume, also containing important records, is numbered Further, nobleness page following number is malfunction numbered and following page assay page ” [as found sequence this Source page.

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