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Sunday, February 11, 2007

Jeremiah Bingham Sr.: Revolutionary War Soldier

I decided to search more earnestly for data on the Bingham side of the family and was able to uncover some meaty sites that give more information than I previously had in my family tree. In my searching, I found some work that people had done about Jeremiah Bingham, Sr., my 5th Great Grand Uncle, who is the son of my 6th Great Grandfather Joseph Bingham (our Jeremiah Bingham, from whom we descend, is the son of Joseph Bingham, Jeremiah Bingham, Sr's brother). All of this is part of The Bingham Genealogy Project. I'm certain that if we all did some searching around on these sites, we'd find a wealth of extra relatives who might even be eligible to receive temple ordinances.



Some interesting things I encountered about our family on another web site about the town of Cornwall, Vermont:



On the long since discontinued road which ran north from near the lands now owned by F. H. Dean, formerly the residence of Mrs. Sherwood, to the early home of P. B. Warner, were several settlers, among whom were Jabez Watrous, Rev. Benjamin Wooster, Abbott Tambling, and Henry Daggett; the last two named built a dam across the stream and erected a saw-mill, but soon abandoned the enterprise. Some distance west of the road, near the brook, John Gilman owned one hundred and thirty acres, on which his grantee, Daniel Huntington, lived until 1803. Deacon Jeremiah Bingham and Merrill Bingham afterwards occupied that place.



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In 1783 Thomas Hall pitched several hundred acres, including the present farm of William Wright. His son David settled southwest from his dwelling. He sold fifty acres of his land in 1791 to Nathan Ingraham, afterwards owned by Pitts Ingraham. Elisha Hurlbut bought a lot of Hall in 1795, and in 1798 sold to John Boynton. William Wright is a grandson of Pitts Ingraham, Mrs. J. K. Wright being a daughter; S. C. Parkhill and Mrs. H. J. Manchester are also his grandchildren. South of Thomas Hall's, on the road to West Cornwall on land now owned by H. F. Dean, the earliest settler was Jeremiah Bingham, jr., a nephew of Deacon Bingham. He was a soldier of the Revolution. In 1793 he sold to Deacon Jeremiah Bingham.

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Deacon Jeremiah Bingham, who has already been mentioned, was one of the original members of the Congregational Church, and was chosen one of the first deacons. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and took an active part in the battle of Bennington, and was connected with the quartermaster's department of the garrison at Ticonderoga before the surrender of the fort to Burgoyne. He was a man of indomitable energy and unusual intelligence, a thorough student of the Scriptures, and a conscientious believer in the truths therein inculcated. He frequently wrote poetry for his own edification. He died at the age of ninety-four years.

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Town Organization, etc.--The town was organized on the 2d of March, 1784, by the election of the following officers: Moderator, Jeremiah Bingham; town clerk, Joel Linsley; selectmen, Samuel Benton, Jeremiah Bingham, Eldad Andrus; treasurer, Hiland Hall; constable, Barzillai Stickney; listers, Nathan Foot, Roswell Post; highway surveyors, Eldad Andrus, Stephen Tambling, William Jones, Isaac Kellogg.



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The Congregational Church of Cornwall, the first religious organization in Cornwall, was formed on the 1st of July, 1785, with the following members: Jared Abernathy, Stephen Tambling, James Marsh Douglass, Jeremiah Bingham, Roswell Post, Daniel Sampson, Mary Chipman, and Elizabeth Ives, and during the few weeks following August 21 Jesse Chipman, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Tambling, Nathaniel Cogswell and wife, Joel Linsley, Ethan Andrus, Isaac Kellogg, Hiland Hall, and Mrs. Ives were added to the number.



On the 20th of July, 1787, a call was extended to the Rev. Thomas Tolman, and accepted on the 30th of August. Being the first pastor, he received as his right the lot of land set apart by the charter for the first settled minister, and in addition received from the town "a settlement." The first deacons were Jeremiah Bingham, Hiland Hall, and Father William Samson. The first meetings were held in Captain Benton's barn; afterward at his house and the house of Joel Linsley. The first house of worship stood west of the highway on which the old red school-house formerly stood. It was completed, probably in the spring of 1791, and first occupied in the following autumn. Mr. Tolman was dismissed at his own request on the 11th of November, 1790.

And, in case you were wondering, as I was, why Jeremiah and James (sons of Joseph Bingham and Ruth Post) appear to have the same birthdate of 17 Apr 1760, it's because they were actually twins.

What I can't seem to account for, though, is why Joseph Bingham, one of their siblings, also has the same birthdate as I can't seem to find more information as to whether there were actually triplets in this family.

5 Comments:

Blogger Matthew Bingham said...

I'm interested in information on Jeremiah Bingham Jr. I would appreciate any information and sources that you have on him and his life. Thank you!

-Matthew
mariner57@gmail.com

Friday, August 12, 2011 2:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Barry Wood said...

Rob -- I am away from my files, so may have some of this wrong. However, per my feeble memory, I thought that the Joseph Bingham who was the father of Jeremiah Bingham of Cornwall, Vt. was married to Rachel Ween (per Norwich town record; possibly a mistranscription by the clerk for "Weed" or something else. Ruth Post was this Joseph Bingham's mother, was she not?

Anyway, I appreciate your posting this information about Jeremiah Bingham's mark on Cornwall, and his service in the Revolution.

I am a descendant of Lucius Augustus Bingham, son of Jeremiah.

Friday, May 25, 2012 7:55:00 PM  
Blogger AmericanTestament.com said...

Barry,

Nice to meet you and thank you for posting. It's been way too long since I even wrote this to remember what I knew then. I did stop to look in some books about the Binghams when I was in the Salt Lake City genealogical library next to Temple Square back in October 2010. They now have research assistance by Wiki (https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page) by forum (https://familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/index.php) and by phone (1-866-406-1830). Through one of those three options you should be able to get a photocopy of the relevant records and book pages sent to you, or if you happen to be in the SLC area, stop by and the librarians there will be happy to assist you.

Sunday, May 27, 2012 11:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Heather said...

Jeremiah Bingham Sr. is my Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather. This information is wonderful. Thank you.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 2:40:00 PM  
Blogger AmericanTestament.com said...

Nice! Good to "meet" a Bingham cousin! :)

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:22:00 PM  

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