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1. EDOUAD BOMPASSE was born Abt. 1600/03 in England or Holland, and died February 03, 1692/93 in Marshfield MA.
Edouad Bompasse, [Edward Bumpas], as he was called in the Plymouth Colony, was the first of his name, and the only of his name, as far as can be found, to arrive in this country. The name has taken on various spellings as follows: Bump, Bumpass, Bumpas, Bumpers, Bumps, Bump, and Bumpus. Edouad came as a young man on the ship Fortune, the first ship after the Mayflower. The ship Fortune arrived at Plymouth, now Massachusetts, on Nov 10 1621.
The Bompasse name is probably of French origin, possibly Huguenot. The old Norman and French name Bonpas, literally translate to mean "goodstep" [the phrase is used to mean 'good job'], is an aristocratic name in Europe. The Bonpas family originated in Perpignam in the extreme southwestern portion of France, near the Mediterranean. The name probably came to England with the Normans and again with the Huguenots. Bumpus also exists as a name derived from Boneboz in Normandy, a Fief held from the Earls of Mellent.
One source of information states that Edouad Bompasse was born in 1605 in St. Bartholomew Parish, London, England, died 3 Feb 1693 Marshfield, Plymouth County MA. Edouad Bompasse was probably a member of the Protestants who fled from Holland to Amsterdam. He was reportedly with the Pilgrims in Leyden, Holland and probably went to England with those who returned to England after the first attempt to sail to America failed. Williamson, in his 'Saints and Strangers', states that Edouad Bompasse was a saint and a native Leydender. Leyden was located six or seven miles up the Rhine River and was the spiritual capitol of Protestant Europe.
In 1623 Edouad received one share of land allotment as one of those who came in the Fortune, and in 1627 a share of cattle, indicating he was unmarried. He sold his acre of land on the north side of town in 1628 and was granted 20 acres of land at Duxbury Bay where he settled and built a house and palisado. In March of 1634/45, when the boundaries of Marshfield were laid out, his property was included. He is included in the 1643 list of men of Marshfield able to bear arms. Sometime before Sept 1645, he sold his property to Solomon Lenner.
Edouad or Edward, as he was now called, was one of the original proprietors of Middleboro where his son, Joseph, settled. He was also a partner in Dartmouth lands. On July 15 1653. Edmond Chandler of Duxbury exchanged his rights in lands in Satuchquett for Edward's lands and rights in Cushenet and Coaksett. He was on the jury in 1654 and 1655 and in 1657 'took the oath of fidelity as of the town of Duxbury '. After 1656 he seems to have lost control of his properties and, through the lack of cooperation in the family, he and Hannah were to some extent dependant on the community for their well-being. Although he and his sons, as first-born in the colony, were eligible for grants, they did not take advantage of their position.
In the next generation, several branches of the family prospered and left good estates. It was customary in those days, during the transfer of property from father to son that the deeds call for the father and mother to be "maintained for life". Deeds between Edward and his sons did not contain this provision. Edward and Hannah had at least 12 children, eight being recorded at Marshfield. In my research, 13 have been indicated. There is some question as to whether Faith is the first child. Some researchers show that she was born in 1630. Others say she may have been a twin to Sarah and that she died at birth or shortly after.
"There is much more that has been written about Edward that I have not included here, much of which is repetitive and speculative. Above are the highlights of what I have found.
Signed, Lynn Albert Bumpus2. JOHN BUMPAS SR. [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born June 06, 1636 in Marshfield MA, died March 07, 1714/15 in Rochester MA. He married SARAH HUNTER Abt 1670 in Marshfield MA. She was born Unknown in unk and died Aft. 1710.
John Bumpas SR lived at Scituate. In 1676 when Indians burned his home and barn. He moved to Rochester MA before 1685. He also resided at Marshfield MA. His children were born at Scituate MA. He moved to Middleboro from Marshfield and then to Rochester and perhaps again to Middleboro. John took an oath of fidelity at Marshfield in 1657 and made Freeman.
JOHN BUMPUS SR and SARAH HUNTER:John's will was proven June 7 1715. He was a farmer. He did not mention his son Samuel who, had already disappeared to the south nor did he mention his sons Zoar or Jacob. He mentions Job, who went south after his father's death.
3. EDWARD BUMPAS [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born September 16, 1688 in Rochester MA, and died November 14,1745. He married [1] RHODA BUMP in 1708. There is no record of her birth. She died before Feb 28 1717. He married [2] MARTHA RAYMENT or RAYMOND February 28, 1717/18 in Middleboro MA, daughter of JOHN RAYMOND and MARTHA WOODIN. She was born August 11, 1692 in Middleboro MA, and died Aft. November 17, 1766.
Notes for EDWARD BUMPAS:4. EDWARD BUMPAS JR. (or BUMPUS) [3] EDWARD [2] BUMPAS, JOHN BUMPAS SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born March 22, 1725/26 in Rochester MA, and died, 1816 at age 90. He married [1] MARIAH BENSON November 24, 1748, daughter of JOSEPH BENSON and JERUSHA ELLIS. She died Bef. 1758. He married [2] SUSANNAH DEAN March 08, 1758 in Cornwall Congregational Church, Cornwall, CT., daughter of REUBEN DEAN.
After his second marriage Edward JR moved to Duchess County, N.Y., according to the Bible record of Salathiel Bump [grandson of Edward]. He died at age 90. He was Hog Reeve at Wareham in 1748. Impressed at Wareham on March 4, 1745, French and Indian Wars. Signed the Rev. War Pledge, [History of Armenia N.Y.]. Joined the Wareham Church 1741/43. Dismissed from church to go to Sharon CT., Nov 19,1752. Purchased land in Sharon CT., 1752 and 1756.
Children of EDWARD BUMPAS and MARIAH BENSON;5. FREDERICK BUMPUS [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR. (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPUS SR [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born May of 1764 in Cornwall CT. He married Catherine, last name unknown, probably in Rensselaerville, New York, date unknown.
Frederick's Residence: He lived in Little Hoosick when he was first drafted for one month on June 1,1881 and was living there on about 1 April, 1782 when he was drafted for 9 months. He returned to Little Hoosick, now Petersburgh, when his enlistment was served on the 31st of December and stayed for about 6 years. Between 1788 and 1807 he resided at Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY. In 1870 he moved to Spencer, Tioga County, N.Y. and was there when the 1810 census was taken. Spencer is just a few miles North of Orwell, Luzern Co, PA where his older brother, Reuben was living. That part of Luzern Co. became Bradford Co. and nearby, just West of Rome, is where Reuben Bumpus and his father in law, Russell Gibbs, founded Bumpville PA. "Reuben served 5 hitches in the Rev War". "He married Phoebe Gibbs. They had no children" [History of Bradford Co., PA.]. From there Frederick moved to Hector, Cayuga Co. until about 1817 when he moved to Benton, Onterio Co., NY. Where, on May 7, 1818, he filed a pension application. In about 1819 he moved to Washington twp. Richland Co., OH. where he remained until his death in late 1839 or early 1840. On Sept. 7, 1832 Frederick filed a pension application under a new congressional law, passed June 7, 1832, that increased his pension to $33.33 per year and paid ½ semi annually until his death.
Missy Derrenberger of the Richland Co., OH. Genealogical Society, in a search of the Richland County Courthouse records in 2003 for Frederick Bumpus, at my request, found the following records:A search of the Richland County Courthouse records yields an affidavit by Abraham Hardendorf that states, Reuben Bumpus is over 21 and Pricilla Colby is over 18. Census Records, his fathers Military Pension records and records held by the DAR, show that Reuben Bumpus Sr. was born in Rensselaerville, Albany Co., NY in 1800. The Henry Co. Indiana Paupers Asylum has his age at the time of his death in 1873 as 70. His younger sister Mariah was 70 that year. Until I can find a birth record, I will list his birth year as 1800. Vital records of Richland Co, OH. show a marriage between Reuben Bumpus and Jane Wells in 1835. This is the earliest date I can find Reuben's name in that county. Marriage and census records firmly establish Reuben and Jane Bumpus as the father and mother of Samuel Bumpus b. 1840 as established by the 1850 census record and some later documents I received from the National Archives. The 1850 Census also shows in Reuben's home, a son, Frederick, born abt 1833, indicating an earlier marriage yet it is possible that Frederick was Jane's child from a previous marriage. Naming patterns of that time indicate he was Reuben's child. The first-born would typically be given the name of his paternal grandfather, in this case, Frederick.
Reuben and Pricilla Bumpus moved the family to Blountsville, Henry County, Indiana in 1856/57.
Blountsville is in the NE corner of Henry County and less than five miles from the farm of N J Hunt in Losentville, Randolph County, Indiana, where 20-year-old Samuel Bumpus was listed as a farm hand in the 1860 census.
Child of REUBEN BUMPUS and NAME UNKNOWNThe following information about Reuben Bucannon Bumpus is from a descendant, Bumpus, Debra Walksgood Bumpus-Brown, census records, and the Henry Co., IN. Genealogy site.
[Henry County Poor Farm records show that two of Reuben and Pricilla's children, on 10 Dec. 1867, Elizabeth 10 and Reuben Bucannon Bumpus, 12 were released from the Henry Co. IN. Paupers Asylum. It is my belief that Samuel took Reuben B Bumpus Jr. to Holt Co., MO. Samuel Bumpus arrived in Jasper Co., MO. in early 1868. Reuben B Bumpus is in the 1870 census living with 30-year-old John Strough, b. IN., in Union, Holt Co., MO. This is likely the same John Strough listed in the 1860 census, 19 years old and living with John Strough SR. in Fall Creek, Henry Co., IN. He may have been a friend of Samuel and/or the Bumpus family in Henry Co., IN. He is probably on of the men that joined the army with Samuel in 1862.
I don't find an Eliza or Elizabeth Bumpus in the 1870 census records. I do find Eliza Bumpus b. 1859 in the Jasper Co., MO. Poor Farm records, admitted Sept. 1887 listed as 'Blind, Widow, 6 children, all dead', but her birthplace is listed as MO., a common mistake.
7. JOSEPH BUMPUS [[6] JOHN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS,[4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR, (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born October 25, 1825 in Richland County, OH.
He married MARGARETT or MARY A. SEARS. She was born June 10, 1832 in NY.
Children of JOSEPH BUMPUS and MARGARET SEARS are:In the 1860 census, Pricilla Bumpus is living next door to Josephus Bumpus in the same house as Permelia Colby. Reuben's wife Pricilla's maiden name was Colby.
The 1882 "History of LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A. Battey & Co., Springfield Township states:"Josephus Bumpus, son of John Bumpus, Native of New York, of Welsh descent, was born Oct 25,1825 , in Richland County , Ohio . Mr. Bumpus is a cooper by trade and came to this country in the spring of 1846, location at Ontario where he was employed the first season at his trade, then in his shop until 1849, when he rented the "Widow Newton" farm, north of Ontario. About a year later he purchased land in this township. That has reached its present improved state by Mr. Bumpus' industry. On December 10, 1848, Mr. Bumpus was married Mary A. Sears, who was born in New York, June 10, 1832. She came to this country with her father Chancey Sears in about 1836 and lived with Judge Luther Newton from the age of six years until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Bumpus have seven children - Savilla, Viola, Roderick, Nellie, Carrie, Joseph, and Cora." [There is no mention here of a Pricilla. I found this transcription on the Internet. At the time the History was written at least some of the children and either Josephus, Mary or both were still alive and interviewed by the author in 1882 to learn about the family. I doubt they would have forgotten one of their own children, which is indicated by the L A Bumpus compilation by listing Pricilla Bumpus as one of their daughters when she was actually Reuben's wife though she was the age of his son Samuel. I must add that LAB did not concentrate on one family as I have and considering the enormity of the task of creating his compilation which must include thousands of families, he seam to have done an amazingly accurate job.]
7 SAMUEL BUMPUS [6] REUBEN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, and [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born Abt 1840 in OH, and died August 13, 1885 in Carthage , MO. He married [1] CATHERINE ISABELLA LATTIN, September 05, 1869 in Carthage , MO , daughter of DIMMICK LATTIN who was b. abt 1800 N.Y. and SERENA TAYLOR. B. Abt 1815, OH. Catherine was born Abt 1852 in Boone County , IN , and died late1875 or early 1876 in Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas. Samuel married [2] MARY AMANDA BALLINGER May 02, 1881, in Carthage, MO, her father and mother were both b. TN. She was born Abt 1845 in TN. and died in MO. December 23, 1911 of TB.
Notes for SAMUEL BUMPUS:Samuel Bumpus was born in Richland County, OH in about 1840, according to the earliest records I have found. Some later records put his birth year as late as 1844 but the 1860 census shows his younger sister, Mary, was born in 1841 or 42. Samuel moved with the family to Blountsville, Henry County, Indiana, in about 1856 where they established a farm. 1860 finds Samuel working on the NJ Hunt farm near Losentville, Randolph County, Indiana, about five miles from the Bumpus farm. Samuel's military record shows him joining the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry in Sept 1861. Depositions taken during a 17 to 19-year investigation in to the merits of the application of Samuel's "soldier's pension" and later, that of his widow, tell a fairly complete story of the rest of Samuel's life.
In 1862, Samuel joined the Army with at least one boyhood friend from Indiana and they mustered in at Indianapolis. Samuel was initially assigned the duty of Wagoner. Their unit was sent to the SW District and on that march Samuel Bumpus and at least one other soldier contracted measles. Samuel was hospitalized for three months at the Sarcoxi Hospital just east of Carthage MO. After his return to the 8th, his voice was described as "weak" and he was "unable to speak above a whisper". This condition lasted for the remainder of his life. He was often in the hospital after that until his death on 13 August 1885. [In a recent conversation with a doctor, I was told that the measles likely damaged his throat and destroyed his immune system]. Upon his return to his Army unit, Samuel was again assigned duty as "Wagoner". That was probably due to his weakened condition as much as for his skill. Samuel spent considerable time in hospitals during the remainder of the war, including the hospital at Sarcoxie, MO. near and the Lattin farm, the farm he went to in 1868.
The 8th Indiana was in many skirmishes in Missouri and some major battles in Missouri, Arkansas and throughout the Mid West and South, including the Battles of Pea Ridge, Helena, and the Siege of Vicksburg. Samuel was wounded in the left leg below the knee at a place called Champions Hill on the way to Vicksburg from Jackson, where they had fought a winning battle. The Battle of Champions Hill is considered one of the fiercest battles of the Civil War. He remained in battle after he was wounded and was present during the Siege. The wound didn't damage the bone but later, due to blood poisoning, put him in the hospital for six months with a "poisoned leg". He was then transferred to the Invalid Corp and mustered out shortly after in late 1864 He then returned to the family farm in Henry County, Indiana. He also spent time in Randolph County and worked around Winchester in the adjacent County of Randolph. The Reuben and Pricilla Bumpus family entered the Henry Co., Poor Farm in Sept. of 1867 without Samuel. Just before Christmas that same year, Samuel took younger brother Reuben, 12 and sister Elizabeth, 10 to Missouri in a wagon where He settled in Carthage, Jasper County on the Lattin farm in early 1868, leaving Reuben with a friend from Blountsville. [This was recently confirmed by a descendant of Reuben Bucannon's, Don Bumpus of Alaska] As a carpenter, Samuel likely built an addition to the Lattin farm house, a house of which I have a photograph taken shortly after it was sold to the Sidensticker family in 1879, showing the addition.
Samuel Bumpus married Catherine Isabelle Lattin in 1869. They had two children; George James in 1870 and Clara Manda in 1863 or 64, Catherine and the children were staying with her sister, Amanda Long, in Humboldt, Allen County, Kansas in 1875 and early 76 while Samuel was working in Carthage. Samuel returned to the Long farm the evening before Catherine died. Samuel returned Catherine to Carthage to be buried near her father on the Lattin Farm, probably Catherine's wish, in the Indian/White Graveyard, later to be known as the Indian/White-Sidensticker Graveyard. While Samuel was gone, the children were given to the county agent who gave them to John and Mary Thompson of Cottage Grove TWP, Allen County, Kansas, near Humboldt, to be reared as their own. From the 1880 census I learned that Clara had been given the Thompson name and George was still a Bumpus. Another child in the Thompson home in 1880 was 17-year-old Elwood Baker, farmhand, later to become the husband of Clara who was using the name Clara Amanda Bumpus when they married. In a Deposition taken in the 1890s Clara Manda said she added the A to her middle name "because it sounded better". She also made the statement, "I think I saw my father once after my mother died".
Samuel returned to Carthage after the loss of his children and was working on a farm with Mary Amanda Ballinger when he became ill and entered the Jasper County Poor Farm in 1880. Pregnant Amanda Ballinger was also there in 1880. They were married in 1881 in Jasper County. Samuel left the Poor Farm from time to time to work while Mary Amanda remained there until sometime in late 1883 or early 1884. They had two daughters together; Lilly May, on 8 June 1882, and Cora Lee, 31 July, 1885, less than two weeks before Samuel died on 13 Aug 1885. Samuel and Mary Bumpus had been living and working on the Rolston farm near Knights Station, Jasper County, Missouri, for about 18 months when Samuel got sick the last time. He died a few days later. Mary returned to the Poor Farm the same month where she stayed until 12 Oct. 1894 when, according to the Poor Farm records, she "went to live with Mr. Estes". The rest of her life she was "too week with TB to take care of herself". Samuel was described as "able-bodied" before he joined the Army and as "sickly and weak" after he had measles. Samuel was alternately listed in the census records as "Farm Labor" and "House Carpenter". Mary put the two girls up for adoption in about 1886 and the girls were adopted by two Missouri families and lost the Bumpus family. Mary Amanda Ballinger died in 1911 of TB.
SAMUEL BUMPUS was buried August 20, 1885, Rolston Graveyard, Carthage, MO, near Knight's Station.
MARY AMANDA BALLINGER was buried December 26, 1911, Dudman Cemetery, 10 mi. E. of Carthage MO.
Children of SAMUEL BUMPUS and CATHERINE LATTIN;8 GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS [7] SAMUEL BUMPUS, [6] REUBEN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPUS SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born 1870 in Carthage MO, and died 1932 in Selma CA . He married MARY ELLEN DILLON, 1894, daughter of JEREMIAH DILLON and CLARA OLIVE GARDNER. She was born September 30, 1874 in Joplin, MO, and died 1955 in Sacramento CA. GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS was buried in Selma CA.
Children of GEORGE J. BUMPUS and MARY E. DILLON are:8 CLARA MANDA (AMANDA) BUMPUS was born Abt 1873 in Carthage MO. She married ELWOOD BAKER, November 13, 1888, in Allen County, Kansas, son of ALEXANDER BAKER and MARY H. He was born Abt 1864 in Indiana.
Children of CLARA AMANDA BUMPUS and ELWOOD BAKER;9 MARLOWE BUMPUS [8] GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS, [7] SAMUEL BUMPUS, [6] REUBEN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born 1895 in Little Rock, AR. and died 1959 in San Francisco, CA. He was cremated. He married, [1] MARIA CALIVILLO, daughter of FRANCISCO CALVILLO and CARLOTTA. She was born October 13, 1903 in Mexico. He married [2] HELEN VIRGINIA HART, daughter of CHARLES WESTON HART and LILA CONLEE. She was born 1898 in Exeter CA, and died 1984 in Summerland BC, Canada. After the death of his father George, Marlowe changed his game to George Marlowe Bumpus.
Helen Virginia Hart was cremated and the ashes were placed overlooking Arrow Lake (Columbia River) in British Columbia on the farm of her youngest son near Fauquier BC. Helen first married Chester Goodale, 1916 and had a daughter, Jean, in 1917.
MARLOW BUMPUS AND MARIA CALIVILLO had a daughter in 1929, now living.GEORGIA ISABEL BUMPUS [8] GEORGE JAMES BUMPUS, [7] SAMUEL BUMPUS, [6] REUBEN BUMPUS, [5] FREDERICK BUMPUS, [4] EDWARD BUMPUS JR (BUMPAS), [3] EDWARD BUMPAS, [2] JOHN BUMPAS SR, [1] EDOUAD BOMPASSE] was born January 05, 1906, and died in Sacramento CA. She married ANDRE PICHLY. He died in Sacramento, CA.
Child of GEORGIA BUMPUS AND ANDRE PICHLYI have made a concerted effort to document the information in this family history and have tried to note everywhere I have made personal observations. I may have made mistakes, which will be corrected when they are discovered and I will add new information as it becomes available to me. I have no documentation that Reuben b, 1800 and some if the children listed as his brothers and sisters were those of Frederick but considerable evidence has convinced me, beyond question, that at least Frederick and Mariah and those others identified by LAB are.
Marlow Samuel Bumpus
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