Edward Bumpas (1605 - bef. 1684)

Born 1605 in England

Husband of Hannah (Unknown) Bumpas — married 1628 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 5 Mar 1684 before age 79 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

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Edward Bumpas migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 1, p. 273) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

Claims^{[citation needed]} have been made that he was the son of John Bompass and Anne Brodforde without source. Anderson does not recognize any parents.^[1]

Biography

Edward was born in 1603. Immigrated to Plymouth Colony in 1621 on the Fortune which was the first ship after the Mayflower. [[Source will be added by Ella Taylor by 4 Feb 2021.]]

Name

Name: Edward Bumpus ^{[1] [2]}

Orthographic variations: Edward, Edouard, Edouad, Bumpus, Bumpas, Bompass, Bompasse, Bump, Bumpase, Bumps, Bumpp, Bumpass, Bunpas, Bumpers

Birth

Born: Say 1605 (1600-1608).

1605 is the estimated date given by Anderson based solely on his marriage by 1630. ^[1] He was almost certainly born a bit earlier than this as he was granted land in 1623 and he would have been at least 21 years old at the time. His exact origins and baptism remain unknown.

Marriage and Children

Married: Hannah Unknown by 1631 as their first known child was born in March 1631/2. He was certainly unmarried when he received a share of the cattle in 1627.

Children of Edward and Hannah Bumpas: ^{[1] [3]}

The first 8 children were born at Marshfield; no birth records have been found for the last 4 children.

1. Sarah Bumpas. Born 9 march 1631/2 in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
2. Elizabeth Bumpas. Born 9 march 1633/4 in Marshfield.
3. John Bumpas. Born 2 June 1636 in Marshfield.
4. Edward Bumpas. Born 15 April 1638 in Marshfield.
5. Joseph Bumpas. Born 15 February 1639/40 in Marshfield.
6. Isaac Bumpas. Born 31 March 1642 in Marshfield.
7. Jacob Bumpas. Born 25 March 1644 in Marshfield.
8. Hannah Bumpas. Born 3 April 1646 in Marshfield.
9. Philip Bumpas. Born say 1648.
10. Thomas Bumpas. Born say 1650.
11. Mary Bumpas. Born say 1652.
12. Samual Bumpas. Born say 1654.

Death

Died: Between 4 July 1679 and 5 March 1683/4.

He was last living on 4 July 1679 when he occurs in the records of the Plymouth Colony Court.

He was noted as deceased on 5 March 1683/4 in the will of Martha (Winter) Hewitt.

Notes

Origins: The origins of Edward Bumpas are not known with any certainty. He is not known to be a son John Bompass and Anne Brodforde as can often be found on the internet. According to Dr. Jeremy Bangs, he is found among the pilgrim colony at Leiden, Holland prior to the departue of the Mayflower. He stated in The New England Ancestors Magazine that Edward Bumpas comes from the Leiden refugee family of Bunpas. ^[4] Further research is needed into this family.

Migration: Edward Bumpas arrived in New England on the Fortune which arrived at Plymouth on 10 November 1621. In the 1623 Plymouth land division, he was given 1 acre of land as a passenger on the Fortune. ^[2]

Land: In 1623, he received one share in the land allotment as one of those who came in the Fortune and in 1627, a share in the cattle, indicated he was unmarried. He sold his acre of land on the north side of town in 1628 and was granted 20 acres of land on Duxbury Bay where he settled and built a house and palisado.

In March of 1634/35 he sold this property and was allowed to "take up land in another place". In March of 1644/1645 when the boundaries of Marshfield were laid, his property was included.

He is included in the 1643 list of men of Marshfield able to bear arms. Sometime before September 1645, he sold his property to Solomon Lenner.

He was one of the original proprietors of Middleboro, where his son Joseph settled. He was also a purchaser of Dartmouth lands. On the 15 July 1653 Edmond Chandler of Duxbury exchanged his rights in lands in Satuckquett for Edward Bumpas's lands and rights in Cushenett and Coadsett.

Common Errors to Avoid

Parentage:

Origins:

Death: Hes is often said to have died 3 February 1693 in Marshfield, Massachusetts - this is incorrect. This is actually the record of his son Edward Bumpas who actually died 3 April 1693.

Incorrect daughter: Savage gave Edward Bumpas a first daughter named Faith. ^[5] This has been repeated many times. There is no record to indicate this is true.

Source caution: The source: Bumpas, Carle Franklin. Bompasse, Bumpas, Bump, Bumpus and Allied Families, revised edition. (Baltimore, 1985). is a "very curious" work which fails to improve on or even use the articles written in The American Genealogist. It is also the source for unusual errors spread on the internet. For example, the use of Bompasse as a family even though this was an extremely unusual spelling, and the use of the first name of "Edouad" as the primary spelling for Edward even though this spelling occurs but once. This source should not be used without consultation of Anderson and Barclay. ^{[1] [6]}

Name: His name was Edward Bumpas or Bumpus in the vast majority or records. In a singular case, the spelling appeared as Edouad which for unknown reasons Carle Franklin Bumpas chose to use this as the first name for Edward throughout his book. The spelling of Bompasse occurs once in the New England records and again this unusual spelling was chosen as his primary spelling. This unusual spelling therefore can be found spread on the internet. His name was Edward Bumpas, not Edouad Bompasee.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Anderson. Great Migration Begin, vol. 1 (1991):273-276.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The American Genealogist vol. 43 (1967):65-69
3. ↑ Marshfield Vital Records, p. 2
4. ↑ New England Ancestors. v. 1 no. 2 (Spring 2000):36.
5. ↑ Savage. Gen. Dict. of New England, v. 1 (1860):297.
6. ↑ The American Genealogist vol. 60

• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, vol. 1 A - F, (Boston: NEHGS, 1995):273-276, biography of Edward Bumpas. AmericanAncestors.org (paid) LINK

• Marshfield. Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, eds., Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Warwick, RI: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1970; repr. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993). AmericanAncestors.org ([paid) LINK

• New England Ancestors. vol. 1 no. 2 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, Spring 2009):36. Pilgrim Life, by Jeremy Bangs.

• Barclay, Mrs. John E. "The Bumpus Family of New England," in The American Genealogist (TAG), vol. 43 (1967), pages 65-75, 81, 150-155, and 211-216.

• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. (Boston, 1860):297. Archive.org LINK

• Weston, Thomas. History of the Town of Middleboro, Massachusetts, Volume 1, pages 36-37.

• Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists Of Persons Of Quality (John Camden Hotten, 1874) Page xxviii: "Edward Bompasse"

See also:

• Wikipedia: Fortune_(Plymouth_Colony_ship)

• Wikipedia: Passengers_of_1621_Fortune_voyage

• "A Genealogical Profile of Edward Bumpas", Plimoth.org & NEHGS collaboration. (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 07 Jun 2017.)

• Lynn Albert Bumpus, Genealogy of the Bump, Bumpus, Bumpas Family: the Descendants of Edward Bompasse who Arrived at Plymouth, Nov. 10, 1621, in the Fortune, the First Ship Following the Mayflower; available on FamilySearch. (secondary source, so check any information against original records)

• Lynn Albert Bumpus' Genealogical Compilation. This was a collection of webpages, now defunct, and it is not clear if the information duplicated his book or if there were differences. Some of the pages were backed up at the WayBack Machine. Many of those can be accessed from this main page.