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Joseph LUMBARD

SAR Patriot #: P-239650

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: 19 Mar 1755 Barnstable / Banstable / MA
Death: 14 Oct 1783 Barnstable / Banstable / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private in Captain James Davis's Massachusetts Militia company. Enlisted July 1, 1775 and serving to November 1, 1775.

Private in Captain Elisha Nye's Massachusetts militia company for the Seacoast Defense, serving from January 27, 1777 to April 20, 1777, with service of 84 days

Additional References:

Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808 of the Rev War (Mass. & RI) Volume 35, pg 272 (image 619)

MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 10, pg 38

Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Rev War (Mass. & RI) Volume 36, pg 156 (image 216)

Barnstable Town Records, Volume 3, pg 355

Spouse: (1) Phebe Linnel; (2) Sarah Ellis
Children: Phebe; Mary;

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Burial:

Centerville Ancient Cemetery_(C-0075258)

Location:

Centerville / Barnstable / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2130820

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.654691 / -70.343101

Find A Grave Memorial #:

44592820

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

The headstone for Joseph Lumbard is made of slate. It is 15.5 inches wide, 22 inches tall and 2.25 inches thick. It is in stable condition with some minor lichen on the surface.

Photo displayed courtesy of David C. Schafer, MASSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The Ancient Cemetery of Centerville is located on Phinney's Lane one-fifth of a mile south of Route 28. It is a relatively small cemetery consisting of .73 acres of sloping ground. It has about 180 gravestones with the earliest being for Jonathan Hamblen, dated June 22, 1743. It has an average elevation of 44 feet above sea level and has a split rail fence on the street side with no other fencing. It is owned and managed by the Town of Barnstable and is an inactive cemetery

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: David Crandall Schafer

Joseph Lumbard was the son of Captain Benjamin Lumbart and his wife Mary Davis and was born at the Town of Barnstable, March 19, 1755. Joseph had three siblings, Martha, Benjamin and Davis all born at Barnstable.

Joseph Lumbard Jr’s first wife was Phebe Linnel, daughter of Samuel Linnel and his wife Mary, born May 12, 1758 at Barnstable. Joseph and Phebe were married April 2, 1774 at Barnstable. It is believed they had one daughter Asenath before the death of Phebe about 1780. The second wife of Joseph Lumbard Jr. was Sarah Ellis, also “of Barnstable” as reported in the Barnstable record of their marriage dated January 10. 1781. To this marriage was born one daughter, Phebe, November 26, 1781 at Barnstable.

At the age of 20, Joseph Lumbard Jr. enlisted as a private in Captain James Davis’s Massachusetts militia company of 50 men from Barnstable including his brother Benjamin. He enlisted July 1, 1775 and from the pay roll of Capt. Davis served to November 1, 1775. Joseph also served as a private in Captain Elisha Nye’s company of 53 men from Barnstable (including his fellow Centerville resident Silvanus Hinckley) stationed at the Elizabeth Islands for the “Seacoast Defense” from January 27, 1777 to April 20, 1777 with service of 84 days.

Less than a month after returning from his service at the Elizabeth Islands Joseph’s father Captain Benjamin Lumbard (Lumbart) died May 15, 1777 in the 49th year of his life and was buried at the Centerville Ancient Cemetery. Joseph’s mother Mrs. Mary Lumbard died September 20, 1782 in the 52nd year of her age and is buried beside her husband.

In the 32nd “Year of his age” Mr. Joseph Lumbard died October 14, 1783 and was buried alongside his parents Captain Benjamin Lumbart and Mrs. Mary Lumbard at the Ancient Cemetery of Barnstable.

The 1790 Census in the Town of Barnstable records the household of Sarah Lumbart having 3 females and no males.

Phebe Lumbart “daughter of Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Sarah Lumbart” died February 9, 1798 in her 17th year and is buried in the Centerville Ancient Cemetery. There is no headstone for either Phebe Lumbard first wife of Joseph; nor his second wife Sarah in the Centerville Ancient Cemetery.

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