Edward "The Pilgrim" Bumpas (Irwin side)

Not a lot is known of the life Edward lived before stepping aboard the ship Fortune heading for the new world. He was a single young man who must have been searching for adventure. Edward was likely born in either Holland or England about 1605. That made him just 16 when he boarded the ship. I question why such a young man would leave his family and home,but for now that remains a mystery. I hope maybe one day someone will figure it out, but for now all we can really know is what happened after he got to Plymouth. 

Edward arrived in Plymouth  November 19, 1921 a year after the Mayflower and just weeks after the first Thanksgiving. The settlers were glad to have the helping hands of the strong, young men that arrived, but they didn't have enough food as it was and had to only get half rations to make sure everyone was fed. 

Despite everything the settlement thrived as did Edward Bumpas. He found a wife in 1630, her name was Hannah and sadly nothing is known of her. There is no record of her parents or life before marrying Edward. Together they went on to settle parts of Massachusetts that are still there today such as Marshfeild and  Middleboro. 

Edward was a guard during the Pequot war. It must have been such a horrible thing to have witnessed so much death and just atrocities that happened during that war. I'm sure that must have effected him the rest of his life. 

Together he and Hannah had 12 children who are as follows: 

 • Sarah was born on March 9, 1631/2. She married Thomas Durram in Marshfield on March 31, 1659.There is no further information. 

• Elizabeth was born on March 9, 1633/4. She married Joseph Rose in Marshfield on June 6, 1653, and had at least seven children.They both died sometime after January 29, 1710/1. 

• John was born on June 2, 1636. He married Sarah _____ by 1671, and had nine children. He died in Rochester shortly before March 7, 1715/6. 

• Edward was born on April 15,1638.He died in Marshfield on April 3, 1693, unmarried. In July 1679, he was whipped for “striking and abusing his parents,” but his punishment was reduced “in regard hee was crasey brained.”

 • Joseph was born on February 15, 1639/40. He married Wybra Glass by 1669 and had eight children. He died in Middleboro on February 10, 1704/5. She died in Middleboro on December 27, 1711. 

• Isaac was born on March 31, 1642.There is no further record. 

• Jacob was born on March 25, 1644, in Marshfield. He married Elizabeth (Banks) Blackmer/Blackmore on January 24, 1676/7, in Scituate and had three children. He died in Rochester before September 5, 1720. 

• Hannah was born on April 3, 1646, in Marshfield. She died sometime after March 4, 1672/3, when she was described as “a distracted person.” 

• Philip was born in Marshfield about 1648. He married Sarah Eaton by 1686 and had eight children. He died in Plainfield, Connecticut on January 24, 1724/5. She died after Februry 24, 1725/6. 

• Thomas was born in Marshfield about 1650. He married Phebe Lovel in November 1679 in Barnstable and had ten children. He died before 1724. 

• Mary was born in Marshfield about 1652. She married Daniel Crocker on January 2, 1682, in Marshfield and had four children. She died after his death on February 5, 1692. 

• Samuel was born about 1654. He died, unmarried, at Pawtucket on March 26, 1676, fighting in King Philip’s War.