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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Captain
Birth: 04 Mar 1728/1729 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA Death: 15 May 1777 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Captain Benjamin Lumbart was selected as one of three to "Direct" the (town) "military watches," April 25, 1775
Additional References:
No. 105, Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, Barnstable Town Records, pg 46 and 52
Town of Barnstable Town Records, Volume 3, pg 106 (image 193)
Spouse: Mary Davis Children: Martha; Joseph; Benjamin; Davis;
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 0.73 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
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Author: David Crandall Schafer
Benjamin Lumbart was born March 4, 1729, at Barnstable, Massachusetts. He was the fifth child of Samuel Lumbart and Mary Claghorn, with siblings Mary, Abigail, Joshua, and Samuel.
Benjamin married Mary Davis, a daughter of Stephen Davis and Desire Lewis, May 25, 1751 at Barnstable. They raised a family of four children: Martha, born March 12, 1754; Joseph, born March 19, 1755; Benjamin, baptized May 21, 1758; and Davis, baptized August 7, 1768.
Benjamin Lumbart was an active member of his community. He “…gave, granted, conveyed and confirmed to the inhabitants of the Town of Barnstable a portion of fenced land to be held, improved & enjoyed as a Public burying place by said inhabitants and their successors forever,” and February 26, 1757. At a town meeting held March 8, 1757, this gift of land for a cemetery was accepted. Benjamin Lumbart was appointed to take care of “…ye fence at ye Towns Cost.”1 Benjamin Lumbart also served the town, being named Petit Juror at a town meeting, April 12, 1768. At a town meeting held August 9, 1770, he was chosen to take care of the South Side Burying Ground. He was again chosen to be a Petit Juror at the May 6, 1771, town meeting.
At a Barnstable Town Meeting, April 25, 1775, six days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, it was voted “…That three Military watches be Settled in the town till further order of this town without any charge to the town…” and voted “ …That the military watches be under the Direction of the several Captains, Viz James Davis, Benjamin Lumbart and Ebenezer Jenkins.”2
At the May 25, 1775 town meeting, it was voted to send two representatives to the Provincial Congress. They voted “…that all persons refusing to attend military watches be proceeded with, agreeable to the law of this province in that case made and provided…” The town meeting of July 6, 1775 instructed the Committee of Safety to determine when any person shall be liable to pay a fine for not attending his watch when warned properly. This required coordination with Captains James Davis, Benjamin Lumbart and Ebenezer Jenkins.
Benjamin’s children contributed to the Revolution with his son Benjamin answering the alarm of April 19, 1775, as a private in the militia company of Captain Micah Hamlin. Joseph and Benjamin served in Captain James Davis’ and Captain Elisha Nye’s companies in defense of the seacoast.
Captain Benjamin Lumbart died May 15, 1777, at the village of Chequaquet (present-day Centerville) at Barnstable, at the age of 48 years. He was buried at the cemetery he helped establish. His wife, Mary Davis Lumbard, died September 28, 1782, at the age of 51 years, and was buried beside her husband.
References:
1. Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 2, Pg. 201-203.
2. Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 3, Pg. 106.
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