Deacon John Bement

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• Military: 1756; He served in the cmpaigns of 1756 and 1757 under Captain John Burke and Col. George Monroe. He was taken prisoner at the capture of Fort William Henry by the French and Indians 9 August 1757.
• Moved To: Abt 1775, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Ashfield was then a wilderness, cleared land, and he carried his produce to market in Hadly on his back.

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John married Mary Wait on Yes, date unknown. Mary (daughter of Nathan Wait and Hannah Billings) died on 8 Mar 1823 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1779; Mary Bosworth.
• Married: say1799; Jemima Griffith.

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• Married: say 1781; Rachel Smith.

Mary married Deacon Nathaniel Sherwin on 1 Sep 1785 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Joshua Sherwin and Esther Badger) was born on 16 Jun 1760 in Hebron, Tolland County, Connecticut; died on 31 Jul 1834 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Buckland Center Cemetery, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1787; Esther Sherwin, the daughter of Joshua and Esther (Badger) Sherwin. She was christened on 26 April 1769 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

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• Married: say 1791; Stephen Jenkins.

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• Married: say 1799; Capt. Rosewell Ranney.

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• Married: say 1802; Dorcus Dodge.

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• Married: say 1805; Ebenezer Cranston.

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• Married: 10 Nov 1806, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; James Taylor.

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• Occupation: He was a clock maker and mechanic. Clock Hollow in Buckland was named for his activities there.
• Offices Held: say 1810; He served as Town Clerk, Assessor, a Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, a Member of the School Committee and a Representative to the General Court from Buckland.

William married Marcia Carter on 28 Dec 1809 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Marcia (daughter of Elias Carter and Abigail Bullard) was born on 05 Nov 1792 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 07 Jun 1852 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Eleanor G. Thompson on 17 May 1853 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Eleanor was born in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1814; ______ Graves.

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• Last Full Review: 12 Nov 2021

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• Married: say 1830; Nancy Taylor, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Butler) Taylor. She was born on 4 February 1806 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts and she died 27 December 1871 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Elizabeth L. Sherwin (1831-1903) 2. Abner Sherwin (1833-____) 3. Mary B. Sherwin (1834-1910) 4. Sarah N. Sherwin (1836-1839) 5. Sarah N. Sherwin (1841-1923)

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• Married: 29 Nov 1833, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Sophia W. Kendrick, the daughter of Samuel and Sally (Gleason) Kendrick. She was born on 26 March 1812 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts. She and Elias Carter Sherwin filed marriage intentions on 8 November 1832 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts. After Elias' death, on 28 November 1843 Sophia, married Orrick W. Packard, the son of Ichabod Packard and Lurany Tower, in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: say 1841; He was a mechanic.

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Kendrick (1937) transposes the date of his younger brother's birth to his birth.

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• Occupation: say 1833; He was a teacher and a clerk.

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• Census: 1840, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 34
• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 39
• Census: 1860, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois; : 43
• Census: 1865, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 49
• Census: 1870, Lyons, Cook County, Illinois; : 54
• Census: 1880, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; : 64
• Religion: 2 Jan 1880, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; Orville Sherwin and Jennie Deborah Legg joined the church on 02 Jan 1880 in the Congregational Church, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota.; : The Congregational Church
• Miscellaneous: 28 Oct 1880, De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota; Orville Sherwin and Jennie Deborah Legg were dismissed to Wasea on 28 Oct 1880 from in De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
• History: 1898; His obituary reads "Orville Sherwin died at the residence of his son, S.O. Sherwin, last Sat. morning. He was born in 1814 in New York and was 84 years old at the time of his death." Published in The Cedar County Republican - 1898

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Orville married Phebe Fellows on 03 Jun 1839 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Phebe was born on 5 May 1814 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 4 May 1842 in Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Betsey Ware on 26 Dec 1843 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Betsey (daughter of Michael Ware and Hannah Camp) was born in 1814 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1867 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Jennie Deborah Legg on 22 Jul 1869 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Jennie was born about 1814 in New York State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1850 US Census she was recorded, age 31, living in Buckland, Massachusetts. He was a cabinet maker.
• Last Full Review: 29 Nov 2021

Elvira married Baxter R. Fellows in 1844 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Baxter was born on 2 Jul 1818 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1900; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 8 May 1851, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; Mary Velucia Barr, the daughter of Oliver and Melinda (Griggin) Barr. She was born in 1825 in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. She lived in 1850 in Illinois. Mary died 7 December 1889 in Albany, Albany County, New York. Burrell (1990) and White (1900) give their marriage date as 28 June 1850. Issue: 1. Lovella Sherwin 2. Emma Louise Sherwin (c1854-____) 3. Alice Melinda Sherwin (1855-____) 4. Villa Sherwin (c1856-____) 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson Sherwin (1859-c1939) 6. Florence Ann Sherwin (1861-____) 7. Herbert L. Sherwin (1863-1950) 8. Mary Sherwin (c1866-____)
• Military: 1863; He was a soldier in the Civil War.

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• Married: 29 Sep 1847, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Mary Ann Howes, the daughter of Jonathan and Clarissa (Noyes) Howes. She was born on 11 June 1828 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Charles Harrington Sherwin (1849-1849) 2. Ella L. Sherwin (1854-____) 3. The Rev. Edwin Howes Sherwin (1859-1916) 4. Clara Noyes Sherwin (1863-____)
• History: say 1850; He was a famous composer of church music and served as a professor in the Cincinnati and Boston Conservatories of Music. Among his compositions are: "Break Thou the Bread of Life Day is Dying in the West Sound the Battle Cry Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness God of our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand Here at Thy Table, Lord Grander than Ocean's Story Hark, Hark, the Merry Christmas Bells Lo, the Day of God is Breaking Wake the Song of Joy and Gladness and Why is Thy Faith, O Child of God so Small."

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• Married: 6 Sep 1849, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Lucius G. Alvord, the son of Epaphrus and Hannah (Lufkin) Alvord. He was born on 2 June 1822 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Carter (1887) gives his birth place as Sherborn, an obvious typo. He lived in 1848 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Lucius and an unknown person (Ellen Sherwin) filed marriage intentions on 16 August 1849 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He lived in 1871 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. After Ellen's death, on 9 October 1872 Lucius, married Lucy W. Sherwin, the sister of Ellen,in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. William Milton Alvord (1851-1853) 2. William Sherwin Alvord (1853-1854) 3. Arthur Henry Alvord (1857-____)

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• Married: 1853; Ann Weeks. She died circa 1865. Issue: 1. Lucy Ellen Sherwin (1856-1889) 2. Laura Elvira Sherwin (1858-____) 3. Carrie Maria Sherwin (1860-____) 4. Minnie Agnes Sherwin (1862-____)
• Military: 10 Oct 1863 to 6 May 1865; He enlisted 10 October 1863 in Company D, of the 6th Regiment of Iowa Calvary. He was discharged 6 May 1865. According to White (1900), "He received a spinal injury while in the war, which greatly impaired his health, and for which he received a pension of thirty dollars per month."
• Married: 14 Nov 1868, Fillmore, Fillmore County, Minnesota ; Katherine "Kate" Langdon. She was born on 17 May 1837 and she died 8 April 1878. Issue: 1. Arthur William Sherwin (1869-____) 2. Henry Langdon Sherwin (1871-1893) 3. Mary Eunice Sherwin (1874-____) 4. Cora Belle Sherwin (1877-____)

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• Married: 9 Oct 1872, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Lucius G. Alvord, the son of Epaphrus and Hannah (Lufkin) Alvord. He was born on 2 June 1822 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Carter (1887) gives his birth place as Sherborn, an obvious typo. He lived in 1848 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. On 6 September 1849 Lucius, married Ellen Abigail Sherwin,Lucy's older sister, daughter of William Sherwin and Marcia Carter, in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.He lived in 1871 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts.