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Author: Clifford Hope
Edward Bump (Bumpus, Bumps) was born November 15, 1749, at Rochester, Massachusetts, a son of Edward Bump and Mariah Benson. In 1752, his family moved to Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut. His mother died about a year later, and his father remarried and moved across the state line to Dutchess County, New York. Reportedly, Edward, Jr., remained at Connecticut and was indentured to a farmer until the age of 14 years.
Edward married Jerusha Wheat at Canaan, Connecticut, in January 1773. The couple migrated to Vermont, when it was yet an independent republic and established themselves in that part of Burlington County that became Wallingford, Rutland County. There they raised eight children together.
Edward first appears in the Vermont records as a prisoner of the Council of Safety, August 29, 1777, when he and one Ebenezer Washburn were arrested for being conversant with the enemy, and having taken protection and voluntarily assisted with teams and provisions etc. As for Edward, nothing seems to have come of the charge. The following year at the Wallingford town meeting of April 9, 1778, he was present and was chosen as town surveyor.
Edward enlisted November 7, 1778, in Lieutenant Abraham Ives' Company of Colonel Gideon Warren's Regiment of Vermont Militia.
The Bumps became founding members of the Baptist Church at Wallingford, February 10, 1780. Five months later, Edward was chosen Grand Juror at Wallingford, and in October 1780, he enlisted a second time in Captain Abraham Ive’s Company. His final tour of duty during the Revolution came in October 1781, when he served with Abraham Jackson’s Company of Colonel Thomas Lee’s Regiment at Castleton, Vermont.
From an interview in 1864, Bump’s daughter, Eunice recalled, “…he (Edward) was called Capt. Bump. When I asked him why he was called Captain, he answered ‘I was captain of the cripple company.’ I think, he had a commission under King George...” From the History of Wallingford, Vermont, it appears Edward was called Captain as early as 1794 in the town records. The captaincy may have been acquired in the local militia after the war. There is no indication that he was anything other than a private during the Revolution. As for “…a commission under King George…,” this has not been determined.
In 1816, “the year without a summer,” the Bumps and several extended family members left the state and settled at Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County, New York. At the first town meeting of Yorkshire, March 6, 1821, Edward was chosen as Overseer of the Poor. This seems to be the last of his active life on record.
His wife, Jerusha, died June 7, 1834, and was buried at Delevan Cemetery, Yorkshire Township. Edward died June 26, 1837, at the age of 88 years. He is thought to be buried in the unmarked grave next to Jerusha.
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