1~HE BARTLETTS.

Ancestral, Genealogical, Biographical,

His tori ca 1.

CO~ll'RISING ,\:'I ,\CCOUNT Or THE

AMERICAN PROGENITORS OF THE BARTLETT FAMILY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DESCENDANTS OF

JOHN BARTLETT,

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WEY~IOUTll AND CU~IIIERl.i\ND.

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THOMAS EDW AH.D BAHTLETT. Sl!W 11.\\'l!S, CONN,: l'llF.!.S Of' TIii! ~"l',\l'lt111:t1 l'IUNTING co .• St'.i-9u CIWWN !;'l'IUrnT. " Happy who, with bright regard looks back Upon his father's fathers ; who with joy Recounts their deeds of grace, and in himself Values the latest link in the f.tir chain Of noble sequences; for nature loves Not at one bound to achieve her topmost tyj,c, But step by step she leads a family on· To demigod or devil ; the rare joy Or horror of the world."

MEMORIAL.

THIS work, the imperfect result of much loving labor, was inspired by grateful remembrance of the tender, patient, noble-minded Eber Bartlett, father of the Author and Com­ piler. It is very likely, an unimportant tribute to a man whose unselfish life was very rich in benefit to his children and all others, even of alien households, but there is a com - fort of a peculiar kind, founded upon most grateful recollec­ tions of one of the kindest of parents, in thus dedicating to him the result of very many days pleasantly and perhaps not quite unprofitably, occupied. With reverential affection has the writer ever borne in mind the gentle, courageous, forbearing ancestor, whose virtues are herein altogether too indifferently commemorated.

THE BARTLETT NAME.

Of names distinguished in the colonial town and slate annals of our American Union, none is of more uniformly honorable record than that of Bartlett. The name frequently appears in connection with momentous events of New Eng­ land's early days, the actors in which will be remembered for the greatness of their deeds, the strength of their patriotism, and for the tenacity of their adherence to principle. Some who have borne the name, while not perhaps eminent for the splendor of their public career, arc properly entitled to grate­ ful remembrance for their exemplary conduct and successful endeavor in good citizenship, and as friends of their fellow men. Many of the immediate descendants of John Bartlett of 'Weymouth and Cumberland appear to have been Quakers. This society at that early period, required excessive plainness in dress and the utmost simplicity in all the affairs of life. They were opposed to war and were exempted from military duty, and .the payment of taxes for war purposes, and their disapproval of office-holding and political controversy, pre­ vented a public recognition of the worth and virtue that was so conspicuously apparent in the lives of many of its members. That so many of the Bartletts-although Quakers-did accept positions of honor and trust in the administration of the gov­ ernment, notwithstanding the incompatibility of their religious 8 1'11E ;,A',n'l,ET'l'S. environments, is suggestive of the esteem in which they were held by their neighbors. It is impracticable in a work like this, circumscribed in scope and necessarily brief in details, to trace the Bartlett lineage since the elate when the name first appears in colonial and plantation archives. The intention of the compiler has been, simply by patient research and labor, to preserve for the use of biographers, who, in future, may cilfer a fuller account of the Bartletts, an accurate transcript of existing data, gathered from numerous reliable sources. The notes from which this compilation has been made were taken, as opportunity per­ mitted, during a period of some years, and they are placed in a form to assist any student of the Bartlett records in a com­ prehension of some of the interesting information collected. The want of continuity and completeness of much of thi.: documentary matter in the public records of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and the defective registration of the earlier vital statistics, has rendered necessary a long and patient research. All available advantage has been taken of extant writings, published histories, biographies, and genealogies, as found in various public and private libraries. Most of the information thus obtained has been corroborated by deeds and wills, found at different places and in other ways. It should not be surprising if here and there an error were dis­ cernible or suspected, and indeed the public records in many instances have not been infallible; but it is believed that the important features of this work are well established by suffi­ cient evidence of truth, notwithstanding there should be a lapse, or mistake, caused by copying, or error in Lhe date of a birth, or death. No attempt has been madt: to present a work of a biographical character, as the voluminous amount accessi­ ble would in itself make a book many times larger than this; but instead to ascertain whatever was essential as an aid in connecting the different families of the name during the first hundred years of the settlement 1Jf the Bartletts in this coun­ try; for, at the outset of the labor of compilation, there was an uncertainty in regard to tne headship of families to which many persons of the name distinguished in widely different walks of life, belonged. 'l'llls ilARTLETTS. 9

No small exercise of patience is required to coliate facts concerning the separate families of any name, so as to illumine the history of some ancestral founder, and this is peculiarly the case touching the Barllctt families, they having been so numcrnus at the time of the early settlement of the country. Had there bee·n :i less number of collateral progenitors, the labor of compilation would have been less difficult. Some of the problems connected with the history of this branch of the Bartlett family, arc satisfactorily settled by the facts now made known in these pages, and thus has been prepared a starting point, from which can be pursued the succession in families, and it is believed that alI, who belong to this branch of the Bart­ lctts, can without difficulty find their place upon the family tree. If this book should have the effect to promote and strengthen an interest in whatever is connected with the name of Bartlett, it will not have been u~elessly printed. It has been prepared with affectionate remembrance of a loving father whose interest in kindred, unselfish devotion to his family, and adherence to principle, endeared him to his children. THOMAS ED\\',\J{I) BARTLlffT.

THE BARTLETT ANCESTRY.

All persons in this country, named Bartlett, are without doubt nf Norman ancestry. There is a large estate at Stop­ ham, Sussex, England, consisting of some thousands of acres, which has been in possession of the Bartletts for hundreds of years. From junior members of this family in former times, came the first settlers on these American snores. The Ancestral Mansion was built in 1309, and is a noble building of stone. N car it, stands the old Norman Church, built by the family in the Thirteenth century, and on the stone floor, along the aisles of the church, are marble slabs with inset figures of brass, showing a regular succession of Bartletts, from John, who died in 1428, to Colonel George Bartlett, or Barttelot, as the name was spelled in early times, who died in November, 1872, aged 84 years. Here have the Bartletts lived since the tiri1e of the Norman invasion. The first of the family was Adam Barttelot, an esquire in the retinue of Brian, a Knight, and they came into England with William, the Conqueror, and fought at Hastings. Both were granted lands. In the Fifteenth cen­ tury, a castle appears as the crest of the coat of arms which was granted by Edward, the Black Prince, to John Barttelot, for taking the castle of Fontenoy, in France. In the SixtP.enth ce11tury, a swan was added, and granted, by the Garter King of Arms. Since that time, the crest is double a castle, and swan. The original coat of arms of the family was three open, left-hand, falconer's gloves, with golden tassels a.bout the wrist. The coat of arms now in use is very elaborate, representing different coats of arms of families who have inter-married with the Barttelots. The quarterings of Smith. Musgrave ancl Boldero, were added in 1875, when Sir Walter B, Barttelot, the present representative, of the family, was created a baronet. 12 TIIE DARTLE'l'TS.

The family lineage with the succession from the Nornu,n ancestor to the present time, may be found in Sir Bernard Burke's "Genenlogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peer­ age and Baronetage," which in England is the authoritative book of tihtlar genealogical reference; almost every public library in this country has a copy amongst its standard wm ks of reference. The name is spelt in many different ways in the family' record, B-a-r-t-t-e-1-o-t occuring most frequently in the older rlocuments. At the present time-with _few exceptions-the spelling is B-a-r-t-1-e-t-t. It appears that, in former times, many of the younger members of the family, who were obliged to seek their fortunes elsewhere on the accession of their elder brother to the entailed inheritance, adopted a different spelling of the name. It is quite evident that this change in spelling was not, origina11y, wholly the result of caprice or accident. The intention may have been that it should be designative, to denote the diminutive, or lesser, of the Barttelots. Sir \Valter, like most of his predecessors who were incumbents of .-the ancestral estate, uses the ancient Norman orthography. The origin of the name does not appear to be known. Its existence at such a remote period would seem to prevent any intelligent supposition as to the way it first originated. The derivation from Bartholemew, as presented by a writer on sur­ names, appears labored and "far-fetched," and without cor­ roborative reforence, will fail to satisfy the enquirer. JOHN RARTLETT

OF WEYMOUTH AND CUMBERLAND.

The earliest record, to this time disccvered, concerning the progenitm of the Weymouth and Cumberland Ilartlt!tts, is found in the town records of Weymouth, Mass. There is only one entry. It reads: "John Bartlett, son or John Bartlett and Sirah his wile. Born February 11, 166(,," Whence came the father of the boy whose birth is recorded, or in what relationship he stood to the others of similar sur­ name, then living in this c·ountry, future en~1uiry may reveal. In order to more clearly understand the conditions, and sur­ roundings, of the subject of this sketch, and his descendants at that early period and to prevent confusion in fixing the pl~ces where they located, it appears convenient to mention in proper connection, as nearly as possible, some of the leading features of the ir:corporation, and settlement, of the towns in which they resided, and with the history of the foundation of which, they arc identified. As new towns were frequently set off and divided from the older ones, the personages herein mentioned will appear as residents of different towns, although their location was not changed.

'Ne learn from the historian, that in 1622, Thomas Weston, a wealthy merchant of London, who had been interested in the Plvmouth Colony, procured a patent for a tract of land on Massachusetts bay and immediately fitted out at his own expense two ships with fifty or sixty men each, for the pur­ pose of settling a plantJtion. On arrival at Plymouth, many of them being sick, they remained there most of the summer and were treated, it is said, with great kindness by the inhabi- THE llARTLETTS. tants. While convalescing, frequent excursions were made by the more able of the company into the adjacent country, fort-he purpose of finding a suitable place for settlement. They fina11y concluded to occupy a place on Massachusetts bay, named by the Indians, Wessagusett, and early in the fa]I the entire company removed thither and started a plantation. The company proved, however, to be disorderly, many of them being, as reported, 11 profane and badly governed," and by their extravagance the colony became reduced to want, thereby causing much suffering. In their intercourse with the Indians they had incurred their enmity by taking their corn and otherwise ill-treating them, and but for the timely assistance uf the famous Captain Miles Standish and his little company from Plymouth, they would undoubtedly have been destroyed. The danger being so great from the continued hos­ tilities of the natives, it was deemed advisable to abandon the plantation, and this was accordingly clone. This disastrous termination of the settlement was unfor­ tunate, as Mr. Weston's designs were said to be philanthropic __and but for the mismanagement, of his agents, would have proved successful. Mr. Weston, who was in London, on being informed of the condition of things in the colony, started at once for the scene of disorder and lost his life while trying to reach the coast." It appears there were a few inhabitants there in 1624, but whether they were of the original party, is not known. It is stated that at this time, 1624, " The few inhabitants of Wessa­ gussett received an accession to their number," among the arrivals being Captain Robert Gorges (Georges) and Rev. William Morrill, from Weymouth, England, and the place is supposed to have been called II Weymouth" after this date.t Tl:c town was incorporated September 2, 163 5, and the same year, Mr. Hull, a minister from England, and twenty­ one families joined the settlement. This town, with many others, suffered during King Phillip's war. and there were seven or eight houses burned by the Indians.

•The ,•;,ricn1-. vcr!tions hy dilforcnt writer:- to111.:hinl{ l\h-. \Vl.!:--loll'!t motives in !>Ctltin~ tlic pl:rntati,m, and tlic time :rnU manner nf his death, i:,, nut important III this c1111ncctiu11. tNcxl to Plymouth, it wa:-. the c:nlic!.t :,,cttlcd town in the Statc, THE TIARTLETTS. 15

Some time after the birth of their eldest son, John Bartlett and his wife appear to have removed from Weymouth to Men­ don, Mass. The latter place had already been settled by people from Weymouth ancl Braintree and was, probably, incor­ porated as a town before his arrival.

Mendon, next to Lancaster, is the oldcst·town in \Vorccster County and at that time was not the contracted town of to-day, but included a part of Bellingham, all of ;\lilford and Blackstone, a large part of Upton and Northbridge and all Uxbridge. Bellingham was incorporated as a town November 27, 1719, from parts of ;'\lendon, Dedham and Wrentham. · ;'\Iii ford [the Indian name .was "Wopo1vage, "] was incorporated April 11, 17S0, from the cast precinct of Mendon. Blackstone was incorporated March 25, 1S45, from l\lendon. Upton w,1s incorporated June q, 1735, from a part of ;\Tendon, Sulton, Uxbridge, and Hopkinton. Northbridge was incorporated July q, 1772, from the north part of Uxbridge; parts of Sutton were annexed February 17, 1801, and l\larch r6, 1844. Uxbridge (Indian name, "\Vacuntug,") was incorporated June 27, 1727, from Mendon. The original grant for ;'\lcndon was for cigh1 miles square, but the grantees took possession of nearly double that extent of terriroq•. At a General Court holden in Boston, October 16, 1660, "in further answer to Braintry's petition, the Court declare they judge mecte and proper to grant a plantation of eight miles square and that the persons named have liberty to enter upon and make a beginning thereat." This tract was purchased from the Indians for "twenty-four pound sterl­ ing," and a deed was given "Ana1vassanauk alias John Quashoamait alias William, of Blue Hills; Great John Namsconont alias Peter, and Upann­ hohqucen alias Jacob of Natic," to l\loscs Payne and Peter Brackett, "both of Brai1tre." The deed was dated April 22, 1662, and witnessed by John Elliot, Sr., John Elliot, Jr., and Daniel Weld, Sr. At the time of the above grant the Court ordered "that Major Atherton, Lieut. Roger Clapp, Elezur Lusher and Deacon Parke, or any three .of them, shall be and arc hereby empowered to make a valid act there.·• These were denominated the Com­ mittee of Nipmug, which was the original name of the town. This was the Country of the Nipmug (sometimes called Nipnet and Nip- 111110.k), Indians whose headquarters was said to have been at what is now Oxford, !\lass. October 30, 1663, this commillce ordered that all persons who had accepted allotments of land in the plantation should remove there with their families by the middle of No\'cmbcr, 1664, "upon pcnaltie o[ forfeiture of all the grants there." The first settlers from Braintree were, John ~loore, Ge'lr~e Aldrich, Daniel Lovett, Josiah Chapin, Fcrdinamlo Thayer, John Scammcll, Nathan­ iel Haseman, Alexander Plumley, Matthias Pulfer, John Woodland, John llasber, Jose1>h Penniman and John Gurney. Those from Weymouth were, c;oodman King, Sr., Walter Cook, William llolbrook, Joseph White, 1;oodnnn Thomson, Goodman John Raynes, Goodman Uolter, Sr., Abraham 16 THE RARl'LETTS.

Swples, Samuel Pratt and Thomas Bolter, nil of which had land allotted them prior to their removal to the town.· At a General Court held in Boston, l\lay 15, 1667, the plantation· of Nip. mug, now called Qulnshepauge, was incorporated by the name of l\lendon, taking its name probably from the to1vn of J\Iendham, County of Suffolk, England. l\lendon was attached to the County of l\liddlcsex, l\lay 12, 1670, The original inhabitants settled in what is now called the North Parish. Matthias Pulfer erected the second mill in 1681, near where the first one stood, which belonged to Benjamin Albee. Sergeant Josiah Chapin built the first saw mill. It 11·as on l\Indd,r Brook, some distance above where the present road to Milford crosses it. Joseph and Angell Torry, soon after, built a saw mill on School Brook, n_car where Obidiah Wood's and Lyman Keith's mill stands. Joseph Ste,•ens was the first blacksmith and James Bick the second. At a town meeting, October 22, 1730, it was voted to provide "a Harrel of Rhum" toward the raising of the new meeting house. According to Metcalf's "Annals of Mendon," John Bartlett was supposed to be the contractor for building the minister's (Grindal Rawson) house. For it was voted, November 14, 1681, that a note for£ 16 "deu to John Bartlett should be made to be paid ; the one half in Indian corn, att two shillings a bushel and the other half in pork att 2 pence a pound," this being the same that was to be paid when the house was finished.· The first appearance of the name o( John Bartlett upon the Mendon records is as follows : " At a town meeting held January 1, 1671-2, their was granted to John Bartlett a twenty Acor house latte with all the rights and privileges that other 20 acor. lattes have only this accepted that he stay for his Meadow until! all ye inhabitants that came before be satisfied." At a town meetTng, March 18, 1671-2," It was voted and granted that John Bartlett shall pay £10 for his lot and take it up by the side of the Mill land." The location of this lot which was soon after laid out to him is described as being on the "west side of Mill river, just above the mill pond, and butted and. bounded as followeth: Butted northerly upon Common land with a line of marked trees and stakes. Bounded southerly upon C"ummon land with a line of marked trees and stakes. Westerly, partly upon the land of John Dike and partly upon the land of Albee*, and easterly upon Common

'Prohahlr Uc11j:1111in Allicc, who huilt the lir:-,l ~ri:\t mill in l\lcru.lon, :at this place, 1t wa!-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 )~~~~~'t/"~l~c\: ~~/:: 1:,i~7l{;,t i'1~r:•~~ s~~~•t,\~cJ1:, :~i~~t:v~;~:t11~:~ \:~•~~~\;i'~J11~~~~ cJ);; :\~l;~;~;c :!'l, c~ so 1.h:sirc!I. The record !<>hows that John suhl hi:, liou!iC Jot April 31 1679, hut lit wl~om it i~ nut st:\tt.?U. 'J'llE IIAlffLETTS, land with a line of marked trees and stakes with a by-way of ten rod wide r,1rning through the sci land, the whole sum being twenty acors more or less." · The next month, April 14, 1671-2, at a drawing for meadow, John drew lot No. 9, which was situated "below Meadfield road on the Mill Plain and on the edge of 2nd bridges* plain," and "on both sides of Beaver pond brook," and also on the "north side of Charles river," and was on the east side of .Caleb's hill.t The birth of two of the children of John Bartlett and his wife Sarah are recorded in Mendon, viz: Mary, born January 1, 1679, and Noah, born January 29, 1680. The others, with the exception of Daniel, who was bo1 n January 24, 1684, and re­ corded in Rehoboth, were probably all born between the time of the birth of the eldest son, John, Jr., at Weymouth in 1666, and Mary, born in Mendon, 1679, but no record of their birth has been discovered. Neither is it known where they resided during the Indian troubles, or the time of King Phillip's war, from 1675 to 1680, which caused the desolation of the town of Mendon. It is presumed, however, that they went with the others who are said to have returned to \Veymouth and Braintree; although it is possibh: they- may have gone to the island of Rhode Island, where many of the settlers sought refuge during that even1ful period. The last entry in the Mendon records, before the burning of the town by the Indians, was a record of transactions at a town meeting holden May 6, 1675. The next town meeting, after the close of the war and the return of the inhabitants, was held January 3, 1680. During this interval of about five years, there was no entry made on the town books.

This war, commonly called "King Phillip's War," which desolated the country for several years and came near dnviug the white settlers from New England, is spoken of in Hubbard's Narrative as follows: "On the 2,tth of June, 1675, was the alarm of war first sounded in Ply­ moutli Colony, 1\'here eight or nine were slain in and about Swansea." By the same authority we are told that the first blood spilled in the .Massachu­ setts Colony, was at Mendon. In 1671, a son o( .Matoonus, one of the Nipmuck, or Nipnetl Indians, had been executed at Worcester settlement, for the murder of an Englishman,

•2nd bridi;cs was the name for one of the hrancht:s of Charles Rh·cr. t1'his wn~ in what is now l\lilford, THE fJARTLE'l"tS,

and his head was placed on a pole, where it remained a long lime, a ghas1ly warning lo evil-doers. The fa1her, a grave and sober Indian, who had been cons1ablc of Pakachoag.by Gookin, allhough professing Chrislian­ ity, had no doubt been brooding over 1he death of his offspring, and with the vindictive principles, so deeply cherished by his people, had only waited for an opporlunity to revenge himself. This he did by making a raid on the defenseless settlers at i\lendon, July 10, 1675, which resulted in the killing of five nf the inhabitants, It is relatrd in John W. Barber's His10- rical Collections that Richard Post, according to tradition, was the first victim, and was killed near where the office or William Hastings stood. Post lived on the road leading from i\Iendon 10 Sherburn, now discontinued as a highway, but stil! called " Post's Lane."

John Bartlett, then of Mendon, June 6, 1682, bought of William Sabin, fifty acres of land on the Pawtucket River, now callee! the Blackstone River, in Rehoboth, at a place called by the Indians, "Shu11asetaconet," and described in the deed as lying" between the ancient bounds of Rehoboth and the line between the governments." This deed was recorded in the Cumberland records in I 748, nearly sixty-seven years after­ ward.

The ancient boundary of Rehoboth was the Pawtucket River, which divided it from Providence on 1he wcsr, and i\Iass:1chusetts Colony on the north. Rehoboth was first called Seacunck, or Scakonk, and was gra111ed to people of Hingham and purchased of the Indian chief, i\Iassasoit, in 1641, but the real set1lemen1 did not probably commence until 1643, when Rev. Samuel Newman moved there with the majorily or his church, from \Vey. month. The first meeting of the original planters on record is dated at "Weimouth, the 24th or the 8th month, 1(,43." The.first tract was called eight miles square, but at the present day it would easily measure ten, The old-fashioned method of defining boundaries by an occasional perambula­ tion by town officers w:is advantageous to the settlers, It is not to be sup­ posed that these pious functionaries rntendcd lo cheat the Indians, but thu acres were of liberal size as measured by them. The first addition to the territory of the town was made in 1645, when that tract of land called Wannamoiset, which joined the original grant on the south and which included what is now a part of Swansey, Barrington, and Warren, R. I., was purchased and annexed. The next purchase and grant, and also the last one, was called the North Purchase, and was mac.le in 1661, of Wamsilla, then Sachem or Pokanoket,* and comprised that terri­ tory which was afterward At1leboro and Cumberland, R. I. Allleboru was set off from Rehoboth and incorporated October I

•\Vamisiua's original uamc wa~ )[oo:imurt, hut wa!'i co1111no11ly c.1tlcd Alexander He w:1s 1 a sun o{ :'olassasoit a11d cider brother 0£ King- P1111lip. [Hlis!'i History c,I Rcholioth, "J tWoonsockct wa:. taken partly from Cumbcrlaml, January 31, 1867. !:Prior to 174G, the lioumlary line between Rhode Jsland am! )la!'Jsachusctts had not been ~cttle

The place where many of the descendants of John Bartlett had settled was within the disputed territory and near the line of the present boundary between Rhode Island and Massa­ chusetts. There was great inconvenience in not knowing to what town or state their holdings should be rated. This vexa­ tious question was at last settlecl, howe\·er, and January 27, 174G-7, the gore of !and belonging to Attleboro was annexed to Rhode Island and incorporated as the town of Cumberland, its name being taken from Cumberland, Englancl, which it is said to resemble, it being like the latter town, rich in mineral wealth. Old cleccls which had remained unrecorded for years, owing to the interested parties ncit knowing in which town their possessions lay, were then brought forward ancl duly re­ corded. In Arnold's History of Rhode Island, Vol. I I., there is a copy of a map which was sent to England during the bound­ ary controversy, which represents the whole territory-the •· Gorc,"-between Abbot's Run and the Pawtucket River as being "Senechataconett.""' It is possible that the whole of that section had become at that late period, known by that name, but from the wording of numerous conveyances, there can be little doubt that at the early time when John Bartlett bought his land and took up his residence there, the name hacl a local significance and applied directly to this place, now known as Manville, R. I. This appears more probable be­ cause there is an island here which was called Senechetaco-

•sh1111:1i..ct:1co11ct, where Juh11 U:ullctt lucatcll i11 Rchnhoth, is, like roust Indian names, .~pcllcd mauy tlillCrcut w;1)'s1 hut the spellin!,! here :uloptc,I appc;1r~ to ha\'c hccu the most c11111 .. 1111111, The very di\'cn,1fieli 11rth11i.:r:1phr, fouml i11 the c:1rlr town rceords, has hcen 11crplcxi11i;. It w;1s tliou;.:lit 111.:!->t, whc11 pr:u;ti..:ahlc 1 to reproduce thl! ,,rigin:d i c~pct.:i:1llr w!il!II spclliug the 11a111c~ .. r 111.:rsous. :?O THE flAllTLETTS. nett Island. It being also one of the principal fording places and the only one in that vicinity, at that time, it would give the locality that importance which would require a name. Had not this place been called and known by the name of Senechetaconct, the laud which John Bartlett here bought of \Villiam Sabin would have been described in the deed as "the fording place."

On the west side of the Blackstone River, in what was kna1vn as Provi­ dence Plantations, several changes took place, which it will be well lo men­ tion, as the lhrtletts occupied considerable terri1ory or what w,1s' afterward Scituate, Smithfield and Glouceslcr, R. I. The town founded by Roger \Villiams in 1(136 and named Providence, "in gratitude to his Supreme Deliverer," originally included the whole of the norlh part of the Slate of Rhode Island west of the B'ackstonc River, and no division was made until February 20, 1730-1. At this date, an act was passed "for erectini:: and incorporating the ou1lands of the town of ProviProvidence Plantations. As John Bartlett had removed to Rehoboth, and within the jurisdiction of Plymouth, according to the custom of those times, he was obliged to take _the oath of allegiance, or "fidel­ ity," to th,,t government. This he clicl, as we find the follow­ ing in the l'lymouth Colony Court Records, J unc 6, 1683:

"This Court, Captain Richmond, of Liltle Compton, and John Bar1lett. or Rehoboth, took the oath or fidclitie to this i::overnancnt. "* John Bartlett and his wife did not long enjoy their new possessions. The Rehoboth records have this: t·• John Bart­ lett buried 17th August, 1684. Sarah, wife of John Bartlett, buried 17th January, 1684-5." After her husband's death,

•Prccha:ly cmc yc:1r frn111 the tl.1tc of thC

tit was the custom at that time, in ltchuhoth 1 to rccor(l the d:llc of lmrial instc;ul of thu time tlf death. Thi:- was al~o the methud in a few 11thcr t•JWIIS in cntly times, The dates arc 1 111111 1 111 1 11 1 1 1 1 ~~~\~ ~~~::~1~;.~:-dc: , 11 C!~::~~;~1'l,~11rt)~1 ;::i~•,~; 2 ~:r. 1\1t~ :d ;:~~1:: l:1~- ~l!ct•~a~::~ ~.'1t:~1~1i:: ~1·1~ :~1!~fi\~ were 11111111,crctl a .. well as 11:1111cd, Uy the c.h:1111:c £rum the Oltl Style lo the New ~tylc ol

rcckonin~. the tlatc1 April 15, 1h38, 0. S., wnnld currc~pun.J in lhc uew c:1lcmlar. with A11ril

25th, 1888 1 as to the tlay 111 the ye:tr, The 0. S, wa~ u-.etl iu Eu;.:laull until 175-;i, when the Gregorian rear, or New Styh:, ,,·;i,. :uln1•t(:1L Sec \Veli~tcr'i,; l>icti•111.try-wonJ u ~t)·lc.'' • TJIE llAlffLE'l''l'S. 21

Sarnh had petitioned the General Court at Plymouth for Jct­ ters of administration, but before they reached her, she, too, hacl died. The case was again taken under advisement, at a c11urt held in Plymouth, March 5, 16S4-5, ancl the following order was_passed: "vVhcreas, administration wa~ grantecl to Sarah Bartlett, relict of John Bartlett, late of Rehoboth, ancl an order to the Wors11 Mr. Daniel Smith to take her oth to the inventory, hut before there was oppcrtunity for soc cloeing, said Sarah died, the Court therefore requests the Wors11 Mr. Daniel Smith, together with the cclcct men of Rehoboth, to make enquiry for a fitte person to take out letters of adminis­ tration on the estate, and that the younger children, by the said Mr. Smith, and the cclcct men of the towne, be disposccl as may be most for thcire good & least charge to the estate, and the estate be according to theire best judgment secured ancl improuccl for the bcncfitt of the orphancs, ancl that they giuc accounpt of thcire actings and all matters relating to said children and estate to the next Court, and for thcire confcirma­ tion, and further settlcing the children that ma chuse thcire guardians, be sent to the General Court for approbation. And if a meete psn pscnt himself that will giue boncl to adminnes­ tration to the: saicl pson, and giue oth to the inventory, and that hee make a return of his cloeings to the next Court." The estate was "inventoried and apprised by the Proprie­ tors," February 26, 1684, and a copy sent to Plymouth, which is on record there. The following articles were mentioned in the inventory:

'/'/IE /1.-IN'J'LETT h\'/"EN'J'ON V. "Wearing apparel, lle<.lding, Wife's appl,rel an<.! Linnen, Wanning pan & pew1er, Iron l'olls & l'ossnetl, Spinning Wheel CarJs and Lealher, Chesls, Box & Linnen, Rumlells, !'ails, and 01her Cooper's Wares, Trays, Dishes & l~ronchors, c;1a$S Bottles & Spoons, l 1 inchcrs, Knives, Awls, ILunmcrs & (;imhlctts, Trowt'lls, Toun~cs, Bdlows & Chairs, Two l;uns, Sword, Sickle, a S111001hing Iron, Yarn & Cloath, Earthen Pois, Bcd<.ling in the chamber, Saddle & l'illian, A Hux Salt & a Chcsl wilh Carpenters' Tools, \Vei<.lges, Rings, Bridles, llallers, Axes,\: Hoes, Sulkies with their lackling and forks, Carl, Plow & Chains all, A Trapp on son by Information, A Ra1v 1lidde, ~w111c, Two O:

£1301, 17s, 3p, "This is n jml apprisemenl of the abm·e said estate ac­ cording lo our understanding." 1'1rr1m l·luwrn. "John Bartlett & i\lary Aldrich made oath lo !his Inventory the l

l'.01'\" OF ,\r11UmMJ;:>;'(', "Whereas, John llartlelt & Sarah llartlett, sometime of Rehoboth, de­ ceasrd in the year 1(1S.1, anti leaving eight children behin,lc them & an eSlalc undisposed on in lands & cha1tels, the children heing under age & this estate not yell settled, We, the said children being severall of us, con!e to lull age; & being desirous to be invested o/ our gencrall rights fo that estate of our said /athl'rS, II ave /or and in Consideration of fifty acors of Land and afifticth part of aright in Comonage, and fourteen pounils on shilling in Lawfull mouy in hand already well and truly paid; to us by our cider brother John Bartlett, the rcscipt whereof we doc own and ac­ knowledgd, & therewith doc rest our selves ffully sa1tisfied, Contented '& paid, and doc hy these presents for our selves, our hciors, cxecutours & assignes ffnlly & freely & absnlutely cxhonurate, aquitt & discharge our said Brother, John ll:trtlctt, his hc1ors, cxccutours & administratours & asignes & every of them off and fromc every part & parclc of lands and monys; before expressed these Children that ha,·c thus jointly & severally Agreed with thcr Brother John Bartlett; arc Samuell B.ut!ctt, Moses Hart­ lcll, Jacob Hartlcll, Vallinetinc Whiteman and Sarah Whiteman, his wife and l\lary Bartlett; Samuel Bartlett hath Agreed /or the fifty nears of land and~cth part of aright in Comonage-: and Moses Bartlett, /or four pnunds, one shilling in many, and Jacob Bartlett, /or lour pounds in many and Vallintinc Whiteman and Sarah, his wife, for three pounds in 1110.1y, and :'llary ll.1rtlett, for three pounds; lfor and in Cunsider.1tion of said l,uals & rnony, we, the s,I children before named, 1-lauc Given, Granted, ll.lr­ ~aincd and sold, And don by thcs presents, Give, Grant, Bargainc, sell, alicu enfeoffc, rattific & Confirrnc unto our said Brother, John Bartlett, his heiors &. executors, administratours and asigncs /or ever: all an singuler our rights, titles, interests, claimcs or demands whatsoever that ever we had or have in or to the estate of our said father, John Bartlell, ueccascd : ln wittness of the premises we hauc jointly and seucrally sett 10 our hands and scales, this second day of Januarr, IU

fol!N llAR'l'l.l\'I', [Seal,] Signed, Scald & deli\'cred SAmmL BARTi.ET. [Seal.) .I ,\COIi B,\RTI.(,;'(', [Seal.) in prc~cnts of us: i\!11SES JlAP.TU:TT. [Seal.]

1 VAJ.l:>;TINI•: \VIIITMA:>; JONATll~·N' S1 IL\1;1:1,: 1 in behalf of [Seal.] .c\NTIIOXY St•RAt:UE. SARAI! \V111n1AN, his wife i\L\R\' BAR'l'J.I\T, [Seal,)" 'I'll E BA R'J'LET'l'S,

l'JRST Hllllllls ISLANll Sln'Tl.EH, Senechataconnet (Man\'ille), ·where John Bartlett located when he removed from Mendon to Rehoboth, was only about four miles from William Blackstone's residence at Study Hill, so that John was near the home of the first known settler of Rhode Island. The river, on the bank o[ which William Blackstone established himself, bears his name.* Anything concerning the town of Cumberland, or Rehoboth, would be incomplete without mention of this !;ingulnr man, who had also been the first settler of Shawmut (Boston), and who shunned the intolerance and bigotry of the puritanical polity, as something more to be dreaded than Indian treachery, or the hardships of the wilderness. His biography is in no way connected, so far as known, with that of the personages of the Bartlett genealogy. But there is a prop1 iety in intro­ ducing a few points o( interest regarding the man whose character m'i1st have markedly impressed itself upon his neighbors. Some account of his residence will be of interest:t . During the summer of t 877, the writer chanced to be in the vicinity of this historic place and spent some time in looking over the ground. The hill \\ here vVilliarn Jllackstone hacl fitted up a place for study, and by him denominated'' Study Hill," is very near the depot of the l'roviclence and Worcester railroad, at Lonsdale, a few steps south. Very little of the original hill remains, the railroad being located nearly through its center. It must have been a beautiful site. The river here makes a graceful bend, flowing near the base of the hill, with picturesque effect. A few rods (;ast of the hill is the place where his house is supposed to have stood, although the spot is not ascertained with precision. A little brook of clear, sparkling water, is very near, and a fine, level piece of 1and in proximity could have served him as a lawn, over which he passed in going to, and coming from, his study un the hill. Several apple-trees now stand near the site of the house and they arc, no doubt, the offspring of those he planted ..

•There were, at tlirTcrcnt ti rues, other mimes 1::ivcn to it, hut liuallr it w:1:.; pcnn:i.ncutly named 1 the lllackstonc, Some pf the c.irlicr natncs were "Pawtncki.:1 1 ' ••(;real Hivcr,"" Knttatuck,'' 11 11 11 1 Nip1111n;k, "Scaconck, • Sc11ct.hat.1co1111ct/' ancl there were otlu:r:t. ·tThis place where Mr. J:1,,ck!.tu11c livctl W.t~ .callc

His grave is pointed out in a spot very near, ancl between the house and the hill, but it is not certain that his bocly was buriecl there. The supposccl grave is markccl by two stones, their oval tops showing above the ground, and at the usual distance between head-stones and foot-stones. It is apparent that these stones were placed there for a purpose, because there arc no other stones of any kind near the place. The following is copied from the Rehoboth records :

"Sarah Bl:ixton, wife of William, buried about the middle of June, 1673. William Blaxton, buried 28th llfoy, 1675." A few clays after his death the Indian war commenced and his dwelling house was burned. The records at Ply1i10uth contain an inventory of his estate, including 184 books, which constituted his library. Among them may have been manu­ scripts, which; if preserved, would give information concerning his life and observations, of which little is known. After his removal to Cumberland-then Rehoboth-it appears, by the Boston town records, that: "Mr. vVilliam Blackstone was mar­ ried to Sarah Stevenson, widow, the 4th of July, 1659, by John Endicott, Governor." She was the widow of John Stevenson, ·by whom she had several children. One son, John Stevenson, Jr., lived with his mother in Cumberland after her marriage; with Blackstone, and the Court at Plymouth, in consideration of "his services to his parents," granted him a part of Mr. Blackstone's land "during the remainder ol his life." It is not known whether this marriage with Mrs. Stevenson was his first, or not. By her, he had one son-John-who resided on his estate until 1692, when he sold his land to Daniel Whipple ancl rcmovecl to Proviclcncc, where, it is saicl, he followed the occupation of a shoemaker. The town records of Providence show that he had born, while living there, a son named John Blackstone, Jr., who was aclopted by Richard Wicks. There is a tradition that a son of John, and grand­ son of William Blackstone, while serving in the French war, as Lieutenant, was killed, at the taking of Louisburg If correct, the Lieutenant may have been this adopted child. It has been stated, by some writers, that the Connecticut Blackstoncs arc dcscendetl from William, but the records do 26 Tllr: IIARTLETTS.

not show such relationship. After the settlement of Provi­ dence by Roger Williams, Willian:i Blackstone often went there to preach. and it is related that, in old age, he made the journey on the back of a tame, white bull. "This novel b11!gi11c" is said to have created much amu~cmcnt for the younger part of the population, to whom on such occasions he orten distributed apples (quite rare in those clays) which he brought from his farm-the produce of the trees he had planted. I-Jis removal from Boston was the occasion of the remarks, often quoted, which reveal his desire for independence. " I came from England," he said, "because I did not like the Lords' Bishops, but I cannot join with you because I would not be under the Lord's brethren." ·· The difficulty which he found in living with the Lorcls' Bishops of England, and which he gave as the reason for corning to this country, and again, the difficulty he mentioned of living at p~ace with the Lord's brethren at Boston, appears to have dominated at Study Hill, and the cc,urt records tell of many misunderstandings with neighbors, who, he persist­ ently imagined, were trying to encroach upon him and deprive him of his rights. The testimony points to the fact that William Blackstone, with all his really commendable traits of character, which, very likely, were in advance of the age in which he lived, had a very quarrelsome and turbulent temper. He certainly manifested bacl judgment in so conspicuously differing with every one with whom he came in contact. The Lords' Bishops and Lord's brethren, who appear to have been so obnoxious to him, not only controlled the church, but also state affairs, and there was such a blending of religious and civic interests that an offence against- either called for the exercise of the executive department of law. We hear much of the intolerance and bigotry of those rulers who banished Roger Williams, caused Quakers and witches to be hung, and sensitive women to be whipped for their religious opinions, but when we consider the fanatical zeal with which the ignorant and superstitious intruded their diversified ideas of religious duty upon society, it is apparent that a rigid, legal restraint was necessary for the preservation of the morals of the community. Only one i11ustration will TllF: llAiffLF:'l"l'S. show the necessity of prompt and severe action by the authorities. At Salem, a .1·m.l'iti11c Quaker woman conceived it to be a religious duty to dispense with the use of clothing, and she exhibited herself in nudity upon the streets. The teachings or the Pilgrims at Plymouth hacl borne fruit. The religious liberty of which they were the exponents, was construed with such liberality that transgressors or the law, under the guise or religion, sought to shield themselves by eccentric behavior, ancl doctrine, from the penalty of their crimes. Had Roger Williams, in the unsettled state or society, been actuated with a desire to promote. the peace, and good orrler, of the colony, he could have clone much good in directing and influencing the public mind, but, wilh a selfish disregard of the welfare of Lhe community, he laborecl to intensify the feeling or religious speculation and controversy It has been the custom to extol ancl eulogize the man, and write contemptuous things touch­ ing the commonwealth whic!1 chose to protect itself by banishing its mischief makers, but it is reasonable to believe that had he not happened to be the nucleus or a subsequent colonization, he would never have been heard of, except in con­ nection with other offenders, who sulfei-ecl punishment for their incontumacy and crimes, committed, as his was, in \'iolation or true religious principles and the interests of society, and in defiance of the customs, usages, and laws, of the government to which he had sworn allegiance. While this introcluctory matter, and its interpolations, is somewhat discursive, an excuse for digression from the main feature of the work is found in the circumstance that most of the men, especially those of promi­ nence herein mentioned, had no doubt been met on different occasions by John Bartlett, and he was certainly familiar with the controversies, and suffered by the wars and adversities which affiicted the early inhabitants. Therefore, anything which agitated and alarmed the public mind, during his life, was to him a personal matter, and, as such, may assist the im­ agination in its conception of his character and surroundings. There being so little known concerning him, it has been taken for granted that these things, although indirect, will, in this connection, be interesting to his descendants. The tra­ dition that he was in London during the great fire c,f Septem- 28 TIIE Jl,\R'l'l,ET'l'S,

ber, 1666, (0. S.,) would appear not improbable, as it was five months after that elate when he was in 'Weymouth. The destruction of his home by the fire may have been the immediate cause of his emigration to this country, but this, together with many othe,: things ..:oncerning him, and his wife, Sarah, and their antecedents, which it would be a grati­ fication to know, must for the present be left to conjc.;ture; but it is hoped that a future sdon of the stock will be fortu­ nate in learning all that is now in obscurity regarding the personal history and career of this pioneer.

EXPLANATION.

The simplest possible plan has been adopted to facilitate the tracing of lines of descent. The number placed at the left, and preceding the name of a child, signifies that the person will appear on a subsequent page as a parent, designated by the same number. The notes and record transcripts for this book were com­ piled in I 879, but, in a few instances, there arc records of a later date. GENEALOGICAL.

JOrIN BARTLE'FT.

John Bartlett and his wif.: Sarah were at Weymouth, Mass., before 1666. In 1671 he had removed to Mendon, Mass., and was there in 1679 and 1682. June 6, 1682, he bought land and removed to the place called Senechetaconnet, which, at that time, was in the town of Rehoboth and under the juris­ diction of the Plymouth Colony, but now known as Manville, in the town of Cumberland and State of Rhode Island.­ where he died August 17, 1684. Sarah, his wife, died the fol­ owing January, 1684-5.

CII/L/JNt::N OFJOIIN B.-JNTU,TT. I. Juns, b. Feb, rr, r(,(i(,, in Weymouth. S,BIUH, b. --; m. Sarah lntllan, Dec., 19, r(HJ5• 3. JACOII, h. --; m. Sarah--. -I• 1\losiss, b. --; m. Deborah (widow of Al,raham) I-larding. SAltAJI, h. --; m. Captain Valentine Whitman, Jr., Dec. 19, r6

Providence, viz.: ,":J',1r,1h 1 U. June 2(,. t6\,C,, d. ICuJS; J,,hn, b. Feb. 20, 169S; //m1J', b. Jan. 1(1, 1 ;oo; .-//,ial,, h. Jan. -1, 1;c,;-S;

R11l1t-rl, h. ~lay :!. tjI2; .H,·11j,rmi11, U. July ::?2 1 1715; 4\"'oall. b. Dec. 31, 1717; and a dt11~:.,,,ht,·,-. llARY, l.J. Jan. 1, Jfi/

"Valr:nlinc \Vhitman. Sr., wa-. in Pnwi1lr:11cc hcforc 1650; w:1:-. cho:o.cn sun·r:ror, 1ti5(,; he l\';h co1111ni-.-.ioncr to treat with the lmlians, 1f157; cunstahlc, 1659j iu 1661, was clm,;cn to di,•itlc 1!1•: bpd. lie was vr:ry pron.1i11cnt in the affairs of t.hc tnw.u and :q1j1c:m:d to h1.; the )l ilcs S1a1icll',h of the colour, cspccmlly :1s f!,!latcd tn th~ lnd1:111-., with whom 1c ai:tctl a,; 1111ci:prc1cr, awl w;1-; often called 11po11 tn ~cl tic d1ff..!rcm::cs with thc111, lie wa-. elected tn the Lc~i;-;bturc in 11,7_~ :ind 1685. He died, Jan11ary261 1701. Jij.;. wife, :\l:iry, died )lay 31, 1718. lie aud his 11·11,: ,\far\' h:td .1/,rn•, h. 165;: 1 111, John Inman j Hli:.:.il•1•flt, h. 1651j ,";us,1111111, h. 1fi5S, 111, 1683, Ju11c~ ll;~llo11 i I ',i/,':11tl11,·,jr,, Ii, 161i8, m. Sarah Banlctt, · 30 TIIE 11,\ RT LETTS.

(1,) Jom, B,\l{'('l.ETT~ (':/0/1111)

He was b. Feb. 11, 1666, in Weymouth, Mnss., and was the eldest son ; m. Alice--. He cl. Nov. 8, 1732. She cl, the same year. In 1708-9, he purchased of William Sabin*, one of the original proprietors of the Rehoboth, North Purchase, 200 acres of land. He was allotted land also, 1714, and 1727, by the " Proprietors."-t "These additions to the estate which he had purchased from his brothers and sister&, in the settlement of his father's estate, 1698, made him an extensive land-owner, even for those times; for he had, altogether, nearly a thousand acres, nearly all of which abutted the Blackstone river, on the west, and lay between what is now Manville and Cumberland Hill, R. I. He was surveyor of highways, con­ stable, member of the town council, etc.+

C/1/LDNE,\',

ALIC!,, b, Oct. 1(1, 1f1SS; m. John Cass. S,}R,\ll, b. Oct. 25, 1690; m. John Balcom, whom she outlived. She died Nov. IC), 1;5(1. In her will she mentions "my cousin Caleb, son of my brother, John; Alice, wife of John Cass; my brother, Jeremiah Bartlett; Ebenezer Darling, son of my sister, 11artha; mr sister, l\lrs. Hannah Staples; cousin. Martha,

•The same from whom John Uart)ctt, Sr., purchased his first laml at Shunnasctaconet, now l\tnn1-'i\lc, R. I., June 6, 16M2. tPro1irietors' rec., Attldloro, tAttleboro town rec. ~Smithfield rec. !:The first four children :,re rcconl-.:d in the Rehoboth rec., the other!, in Attlcbnro11gh. T!rn IIARTLF.TTS, 31

(2.) SAMUEi. BAR'l'l.l;TT:.l ('70/1111), Born --; m. Mary, dau. of John -and Mary* (Whitman) Inman, Dec. 19, 1695. Mmlc his will, Feb. 24, 1742-3; cl. about 1743. He was surveyor of highways, 1702; constable, 1706; his tax in 1707 was the larg-est of any one's in town, with one exception. [ilttlcboro records.] He bought of Sam­ uel Shrouds, or Shorecls, July 1, 1697, a parcel of land on l'eetar's River, in Dedham, lying between Mendon and Attle­ boro. In 1714, his brother John gave him Janel .tcljoining his own at Shunnasetaeonnet, now Manville, R. I., and he also bought se\·eral tracts of fifty and twenty-five acres each, abut­ ting that given him, so that he had quite a snug farm at that place. In addition to other public office held by him at dif­ ferent times, he was a justice of the peace.

C/1/LDREN. 10. SA~IIIEt., I>. Ocl. . Jan. 5, 1708-

(3.) JACOB BARTLE'IT2 (:Jo/ml).

Born -- ; m. Sarah --. He bought, Oct. 29, 1696, a "nine cows' commonage," from James Albee, of Mendon, de­ scribed in the deed as being between Mendon and vVrentham, adjoining the Plymouth line,t and was an undivided right in the common lands. Jacob had been living in Providence prior to· this time, and it is probable that he very soon after the pur­ chase of this land, settled on it. The Bellingham recordst

•~tar)', wife n( Johu Inman, was ~i:-.tcr n( Captain Valentine \Vhiuu:111 Jr., who married !--.,rah 11.mletl. John 111111:111 ;11ul hi:-. wifc, ;\lary (\Vhitman) Inman, had ,l/,11·.1-. wlu, married 1l1c aliuvc Samuef l:a1 Lh:ll; John, 1 ·,,1i-11tim•, l)d,or11l1, 1~1/,illt,1, aml./11111111,1, who nc,·cr mar­ l 11.:d, :111,l flied :1l the lii1w.c t•f V.1lc11ti11c \\'hit111:111. There was also one daughter, who married - ;\l:it1hcw:.1111, 1 lt will he rcmcmhcrcd that, C11111hcrl:1111.I, al th:ll time, was partly scttlul and hcluu~c

•The lani<.lcuts d1J 11ol know whethCr they were in Uelliu~h:un ur Attleboro, the pre!'>eut tuwu of Cumhcrland at that time hclo111-:i11J;· h• Alllcl.uro, and t:allc were cstahli!->hell, mu.1 J.u{, ~1, 1746-7, the town w:is incor/1or:1tcd, liciug named alter C11111bcrl:11u.l, E11gla11cl, It was :umexccl to l'ro't·i .. tlcucc C..:ount)', •:cb. 17, 17-16-7, Tim 11A R'rl. !!'!'TR, 33

This Janel was clcscribccl as being near the Iron Rock Meadow, and bounded by land of Nathaniel Jillson, ancl -­ Ingalls, and on the south by Francis Inman. These were, probably, his last conveyances, ancl perhaps he livccl after­ ward with his son, J oscph, to whom he gave his house, etc., for he was at this time advanced in years. It is not known at what time he died. He was a Qnaker, and so were his sons, and this circumstance explains why there were nu grave­ stones founcl with inscriptions, in the old Bartlett burying ground. The society of Friends, or Qnakcrs, cli<:f not allow anything of that kind, it being a principle with them not to distinguish one person more than another. Some modifica­ tion has taken place in the rules then prevailing, for, at the present time, they permit the friends of a deceased person to erect very plain stones, with brief inscriptions. A few persons of other than the Bartlett name were buriccl in the Bartlett burying ground. It is situated on the cast side of the lane leading from the old Livin Bartlett place, now ( 1879) owned by Lepre let Miller, on the Woonsocket road, to the homestead house, where Joseph, son of Jacob, lived and died, and which Jacob, probably, built when he settled there in 1696. The house is still standing, in a good state of pre­ servation, a11CI, with its huge timbers and substantial work­ manship, will defy the ravages of time for many years. The house and farm arc now ( 1879) owned by George Waterman, who kindly allowed the writer while on a visit to the place, to take from one of the doors the old hinges and wooden latch which I have attached to a board, ornamented and painted for the purpose, and deposited them in the headquarters of the Society of Antiquity, Worcester, Mass. The hinr;es arc very old style, and show the wear of nearly two centuries of use. They were, perhaps, made at Jacob's establishh1ent, as he was a manufacturer of hardware ancl edge-tools, as well as a farmer. The burying ground is fast disappearing, and in a few years the encroachments which arc being maclc, year after year, will have oblitcratccl every object which marks the last rest­ ing place of these plain, virtuous, Christian saints. There can ~till be seen about two dozen rough grave-stones,-Qi1aker­ f,1shion,-althr>ugh nearly obscured by shrubs. and grass. It 34 TJIE 11,\HTI.E'l'TS. is probable that Jacob was buried in· this ground, as well as many of his descendants. CllllDREN (OC Jncoh' nm1 Sarah U:ntlcll). DA~IIIIIAII,+ b. --; 111. Obadiah Ballou, Jan. S, 1717-18. She died Let ween 1738 and 1740. [l'r,,vid,·11.-,· r,·,·,,rd.r.] lllusa,:s, b. --. lie was admillcd frc,:man of Glo11ces1er, 173fl. He had land on lhe branci1 of the Pawtucket River, in Smilh­ field, side of his brother, Abner. Sold ii 10 his Uncle Moses, of Providence, Jan. 30, 1735-6. Jacob, Jr., owned land al lhc same i1lace. 12. AnNER, b. --; 111. Abigail Arnold, April 30, 1734.f 13. JACOH, JR., b. -- ; m. first, Sarah -- ; second, Lydia l\luu.y, Oct, 20, 1742; daughter of James llluzzy, of l\lcndon, !\lass. q. Jusi;1•11, b. -- ; m. Abigail Aldrich, Nov. 7, li.j~.

(4.) MosEs BARTI.ETT~ (:fo/ml).

Was born --; married Deborah, widow of Abraham Hard­ ing. He lived in Providence, R. I. At a meeting of the town council of Providem·e, held March 3, 1695-6, letters of admin­ istration were granted to Deborah Harding, widow of Abra­ ham, deceased, to administer to his estate, '' and whereas she had lately changed her name and condition by marriage with Moses Bartlett," it was asked that they might jointly admin­ ister the said estate, and it was granted "that said Moses and Deborah should jointly administer untill the clay of their next meeting, and then to appear before said counsel and render their accounts an·d give bonds for further administration." Moses made oath to an inventory, 1694. He: was constable, 1696. He had laid out, in I 706, by the "Proprietors," qn the original right of Benjamin Smith, 110 acres on the west side of the seven mile line at Nipgachuck. In 1708, he had 30

"It is sintular th:tt none nf J:1coh's children have their hirtlis recorded in the town rci.:or1k Ami it docs not appear that the datc~of their hirlh:i arc k1111w11, \\'hethcr this ahscncc uf n:i:mtl was owiug- to the unpcrfcct manner in which the records uf the town were kept, or w.1s the rc .. ull of t!1e W11akcr c~pric\011s!1ess i11 ~uch matter~, which 11rcv:lil~tl :1.t th:1t c:uly period. c;u11m_lt..lic conJcclured, Ills he111g 11t,thct!1sp11tcil_tcrr1tory, 11ut k11nw111g 111 ~,·Inch town lie hclo11J.,te1~11-

-a-111-a-r-i-s." !Ahner Hartl~u, hcin;.: a Uuakcr. was exempt from l:1xatio11, Augu~t :.t:z, 173.1, A Ja~uli Jlartlc1t was/111l,l1~hcd tn Charity l11111a11 1 Au;;. 2fJ, 17,11. Jac11h llartlctt, heiu,.: au Auahaptbl1 was exempt rum taxes for 111i111:itcrial pnrpo::ic:.., July 18, 1734. li'i.:lli11slwm r,·,·urds,j 'J'llf( 11,IR'l'l.ET'J'S, 35

acres more laid out to him, adjoining the 110 acres before laid out. Scptcm her ?.7, r72 r, there were two acres on the cast side of the.seven-mile line, at Huckleberry Hill," adjoining a great cleft of rocks," laid out to him. [Profrid,11:1·' rctord.r, l'roviclence.] He had, previously, March 14, 1719-w, bought of /\nclrew Harris, Janel at "1-Iuckleberry 1-lill," 20 acres on the "northward and eastward," part of the Iiill near the" great common," and on the north side of the road, and" nine and one­ half acres" on the south side of the road. [Prm1id1·11rc Rt:i;. of dtcd.r, Book 4, page 143] His land conveyances lire very numerous. He was often buying and selling. His residence is described as being one and a half miles from the center of the town, the center being then, as now, \Veybossett bridge. It was on the cast side of the" seven-mile line,''* bordering 011 the" stated common and at the junction of the Plainfield and Killingly roads "-between those roads. He was a very face­ tious and intelligent man, of very positive opinions, and fear­ lessly advocated what he believed to be right. He was, undoubtedly, a strong temperance man, for he sold land in 1725, and stipulated in his deed that "there shall be no house of entertainment, nor any strong drinks sold upon the premises forever." This being at a time when prohibition had not been heard of, and when nearly all men used alcohol in some form, indicates that he was in advance of his neighbors, anti was an original and independent thinker, who acted accord­ ing to his convictions. He was a Quaker for many years, but the tight-jacket creed of that sect, at the time, did not harmon­ ize with his impulsive and aggressive nature, and in 1741, he took a "new departure," on account of entertaining religious opinions which the stern and rigid old Quakers Iookecl upon with consternation and holy horror. He issued a challenge, Nov. 9, 1741, to the Baptists and Quakers, to meet him anct argue their doctrines, or else lie under the charge of " preach­ ing the doctrines of the devil." This challenge appeared in the Bos/011 Ga:;d/1· of that datc.-t

•Thi-. sc\'t!ll-tnilc liuc wa,; cstahlishcd in 1666. It w:1~ the wc:-.tcrn hn1111dary or the early 1li'"i~i11n or the Pnwidcncc tnwn l:uuls; ahcrward-. the~· iliviilctl on tlic wc,t ~idc. '1'111.: line run on what is 110w tl1cc:1:-otcrn l101111d,1r~• or Scituate, (ilonccstcr', and Jlurrill\'illc.

t,\rnold's llistory or Rhmlc Isl;11ul 1 \'ol, I I., pp. 137-8. TIIE IJAH"l'LE'l'TS.

It appears from the records or the Smithfield Monthly Meet­ ing of Quakers, to which he belonged, that expostulation clirl him no good, and he did not " succeecle" in converting them to his belief, nor they in convincing him that they were just right. So he was finally excommunicated from that society, 30th 2nd mo., 1741. He appears to have sold all his land before 1750, and gone to live with hi~ brother, Daniel, in Gloucester.* He had attained an age of nearly four score years, and had doubtless settled up his b~1siness, well knowing­ that his stewardship on earth was nearly at an encl. He died in Gloucester, Jan. 25, 1753. His will was made, 25 Dec. 1752. In his bequests, he gives his cousin [nephew], Jacob Bartlett, £ 1279, his cloak, china-ware, etc. "To brother Daniel Bartlett, all my wearing apparel, except my cloak." -" To my cousin [nephew], Daniel Aldrich, grandson to my brother, Daniel Bartlett, all my silver money and bound books." "To my brother Daniel Bartlett's two daughters, Joanna Aldrich, and Sarah Inman, all my beds and bedding." To Moses Bartlett, son of his nephew, Job Bartlett, he gave all his plate 'marked with the two letters of his name-M. B. He Imel, before this-Oct. 9, 1751-made a deed, which was recorded in Cumberland, giving Job's son, Moses, the plate marked with his initials, as mentioned in the will-and "one great silver pot," and "one pint silver cup, with two handles, two tea spoons, and three silver spoons, one Job has in his possession already ; one spoon, the bowl of gold." All these were to be taken into custody, after his death, " by the owner of said child," and if the said child did not live to be of age, these things were" to be given to the next of Job's posterity," who should "bear the name of Moses." He, probably, had no children living at the time of his death, and it is not known that he ever had any, as none are mentioned in his will, and it is conjectured that his wife cliecl several years before; it may be, about the time of his removal to Gloucester. His wife had a son, John Harding, by her first marriage with Abraham Harding.

•Jlc abo 1h·c

(5,) Di\NIEI, BARTLET'!'~ ('70/1111). Born Jan. 24. 1634.* [N.do/Joth rccor1b·.] He lived ii1 Mendon, Mass., nncl nfterwarcl, in Gloucester, R. L He was aclmittccl freeman or Gloucester, 1738. He married, first, Mary -- ; second, Abigail Tucker, Sept. 25, 1749:r He sold his right in the uncliviclccl lands or Attleboro, to his brother, John, Feb. 14, 1722; he was then living in Wren­ tlnm, Mass. He made his will, Feb. 8, 1759, and died, June, 29, 1762, in Gloucester. His will mentions his claughter, Joanna, wife of Jacob Aldrich, ancl his dnugher, 1i\far_v, wife of Job Bartlett; also, Sarah Inman, wife of Abraham Inman. These nre, probably, nil the children he hacl. His will was witnessecl by Abner Bartlett.

C//1/./JNEN. JorrANNAII, b. March rS, 1713, by wife, Mary. [,lfr11,/,,,. r,wnl.r,l · Johannah 111. July 3, 1;31, Jacob Aldrich, of Uxbridge, llla~s. They had one son-D;iniel-.rnd, perhaps, others. ;\L\lt\', b. March 8, 1715, by wife, l\lary. l.Jlmd,111 ,.,.,.,,,.,ls,l Mary married her cousiu, Job B.utle11, May 27, 1733. SAitAII, b. --; 111. Abraham Inman, Aug. 13, 173(,.

(5.) Ji>IIN BARTLE'LT:1 (."foh11'J; '70/ml).

Born June 8, 1694; 111. Sarah Aldrich, Oct. 15, 1738, and diecl about 1754. His wife survived hin1 some years .

. C/1//./JN/iN. SARAI!, b. March 15, 173S; m. William Emerson. CAt.1m, b. Julr 2-1, 17-1r. Ile was a farmer, and lived some time in Providence, R. I. He owned land in Cumbcrlaml, both sides of the Mendon road, at a point where the \Vrcntharn road leads ont of it. [C11ml,,·rl,111tl ,.,.,.,.,.,t,r,] ANNA, b. Aug. 28, r7.j6; d. July 2;, 17./(). There may have been other children.

[In the S111Tt.1lk rc~istcr of l'rnliatc, is thi:.: 0 Jo~111 B.1rtlclt, Jci;•.!a.;ctl, wifo, Sarah, letters of a,h11111i'itr;1tiun i;:rantcd to hi,; son, l'd.:r, lie died h:for.: 1751. I[: h:ul :1 -.nu,f,,/Jn, and 1111,i/1, 1111, /!"/i.;,1," d.u1~htcrs 1 ,1ft1ry, ,"iar,rh, //, 1 ,I Ab1j;.1i/1 HJ;/,~tr, anti This uny he tlu: b1111ly uliove. 'l'. E. B.]

•lie was ahuut !iix month~ old when his (larcnts tlicd, h\ D:rnicl Bartlett 111:irriccl P,1ticncc1

the other towns of the Stat~, immediately arter its incorpora­ tion. He made his will, Aug. r 5, r 765, and died the next year. His widow survived him for some years. His son, John, was administrator of the estate.

Cllll/JN/0\T, 15, Jou:-:, b. ;\lay I.I, 173-1; m. Deborah Phillips, lie was a surg-eon g-enernl In the Revolution. J_,m, h, Feh,, 2,J, 1735-(,; d, young. DANIEi,, h. Feb, 2, 1737-8. I IANNAII, h. Nov. 8, 1731J--1n; d. young, JEMIMA, h. July 2, 17.12; m. Samuel Chamhcrlin. 1(1. Jou, h, June I), 174-1; m. l\lolly R:unsdr,II, ~ l\lA1t'J'11,1, h. April 11, 17-1f1: m. Uriah Carpenter, of Gloucester. 11,INNAJJ, h, Feh, .J, 17'!7: never married, ;\los1,:s, h. ll!arch 2.1. 17.J1J-50. 1'1n:1m, h. April 22, 1753; never marrie,1.

(8.) JE1rnmAII BAR'l'l.1'1"1':l ('701!11~; '70!,111), Born May 9, r 70 r ; m., May 15, 1730, Margret Tower. He was chosen assessor at the first town meeting of Cumberland, Feb. 10, 1746, and, at different times afterward, held other imFortant offices.· His land adjoined his brother John's, at Scnechataconnctt (Manville). He died June 18, 1750, intes­ tate. His wife, Margret, was administrator.*

Cl/I /,/JN/:'N. A 1.1,1s, u. April 23, 1731 ; 111. John Cass, SARAII, I,, Dec. 18, 1733. l\!Ai:1:1tF.T, h, July 3;, 1735, 17. JJ.:1n:~IIAJJ, b. Aug. 1(,, 17.p. SUSANNAH, b. Oct. 2(1, 17.J3. An11:,111., b, June JO, 17-15.-1'

(9.) EZRA BARTLETT:, (Yo/in~; '70/ml).

Born April 4, 1703; 111. Jane, daughter of Richard Lewis, of Providence, Sept. 9, r 728. Ezra and his wife were "Friencls,"-Quakers-and were ·married while in that asso-

•Ire wn,; 1 prohahty, l111ri1:cl i11 the old l111rying ~ru111ut, :ili,mt hair way hctwccn 1\lan\·illc a11,l C11111hcrl;1111l Bill. There i-; :1 -;tone llicrc, w1lh the iuscriptiun just t!isccrniblc, and on it: 11 J. H .. 1750,11 lie was a Unakcr. ·1 One uf the daughters marricll Stephen St:,plcs. 'l'IIE llARTL!sTT:'i, ciation. He was made a freeman of Providence, R. I., May 6, r 729. He bought, of William Hawkins, June 7, 1728, twenty acres of Janel on the Providence side, on the west of the seven-mile line, and had, also, Janel laid out to him by the Proprietors of Providence, the same year, near "Levill Plain ;" and some years afterward, had I.and laid out to him on the northeast side of Mantore's Lake, which may have been in what was afterward Gloucester,* for this was the town in which he afterward lived and died. He carried on tf1e busi­ ness of blacksmithing, as well as farming. He was often elected to office, being, at different times, town sergeant, sur­ veyor, councilman, etc. He died, August 30, 1778. His will mentions one daughter, who married a Harencleen, and another also married a -- Coomans.

CJ/fl.lJREN. E1.1u, b. August 30, 1729; m. Amey Thornton, No\', !!5, 1750, and d. l\lay 17, 1755. His wife, Amey, was administrator. Al.ICE, b. Oct, q, 1733, ANNIE, b. Aug, <,, 1736; m. Zcbedi~h l\litchell, Dec. 29, 175.1. 18. R1c11A1tD, b, Feb, !!S, 173S; m. Kezia --. DANIEi., b. Dec. 2, r;.p. A gr.mdson, Daniel, was living in Eastford, Conn., in rSn. l\[ARTIIA, b, --,

(10.) SAMUEL BARTI.ETT:i (Samuc/2; 'Jo/ml), He was born October 9, 1696; m. Mary Aldrich, Dec. 8, 1717. At the first town meeting of Cumberland, he was ~hosen town treasurer, and held the office until his death, about 175 5. He was also a constable and justice of the peace. [Attleboro records.] He was electecl to the General Assembly - Legislature-of Rhode Island several terms, serving in that body, with Job Bartlett, in looking. after the town's interests He was an extensive farmer, and also did a large blacksmithing business. t His homesteacl ,vas near the

•Gloncc~tcr was taken from Pro\·idcncc :md ini:orpur:,tctructivc work, is produced hy the rii'· A Ll:1cksm1th was ohlii;cd to make from crude mntcri:ils-c,•cn from the ore itsc\£-:ilmust c,·crythinJ,: o( iron ucc

C//'IL/Jf..'EN. CIIAIU,ES, h, Sept. 2r, 1727, Was a freeman of Cumberland, 17-l•J· He was a soldier at Fort William Henry, Lake George, and died there, in January, 1756, l\L11tY, h. --; m., Feb. 2, r;r,-1, John Fisk, of Cumberland.

(1 r.) NoA!I BARTLETT:! (Samuel':!; :fo/m1).

Born April 22, 1700; m. Susannah Lovett, Sept. 19, 1722. He bought, of John Inman, Sept. 9, 1721, eighty acres of Janel on the Providence side, and "on the cast side of the seven­ mile line, and north of the river called Comstock branch, a little down the stream from where the Oxford road crosses the stream, and lying on the side of the stream." This land he sold to Joseph Smith, Feb. 26, 1722-3. [Smitltjicld rcconi.r.] He also had Janel at Shunnascttaconnett. He made his will Sept. 25, 1752. His wife was appointed administrator. She became delirious in 1762, and was placed under the guardian­ ship of her son, Israel, and James Cargill. Noah held cliff.:r­ ent town offices.

CIIILIJRE,V.

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•Christopher h:111 JJ,,:•id, J. :ct, 67; Chri's1t,;,lur d. a!t, 56; s,,mu,•{d. a:t. ,18; Hlia.r d, a!t, Ui; l.frt1d: Sal/it! d. :ct. 29; l/,11111ah '1. :ct, :ZJi .11,,ry d. ;cl, 4Ji Lu,:,• d. a:t. 9r. LJ•iwn 1Jw;•l1I J. J:,,rlldl, ,if /'rt'IIJ' ,Ut1rslt, .:Ut. JJ,•s,•rl, ,lfr.J 42 '1'111, llAl{'J'l,E'l"l'S.

(12.) AnN1m BARTLET'l'a Cfaco/J'!.; :fo/1111), Marriecl Abigail, claughter of John Arnolcl, April 30, 1734. She was, probably, of Uxbriclge, where they inheritecl land from the woman's father, which they solcl to John Harris, Oct 17, 1760. [ Worcester Co1111(1• Rl'g.. of deeds.] Abigail was b. 1711 ; cl. 1815, at the age of 104 years.'~ Abner Bartlett located first in Bellingham, Mass., his place adjoining that of his father, and there was a highway laid out on this land, March 22, 1737. [Bclli11glmm rcc1mb·.] He soon removed to Gloucester, ancl had land bought of Joseph Buffum, at the Branch, and which abutted Edward Inman's mill at that place. He was admitted a freeman of Gloucester, May 4, 1742. Was selectman from 1743 to 1750, and member of the town council; also surveyor of highways. He was a farmer, and carried on blacksmithing, and· belonged to the Society of Friends­ Quakers. He made his will, 23d Nov., 1784, and died the 13th of the following month, Dec. 13, 1784, leaving his est::ite to his wife, Abigail, and their three sons.

C/1/LIJRF:N. 22. Ruvtis, b. Nov. 16, 173,J; m. Margaret Smith. 23. EI.ISIIA, b. Sept. 7, 17-12; m. Ruth Arnold. 2.J. CAI.Ell, b, Jan. II), 17.15; m. Susannah Wilson. ANNII~. h. - ; no issue.

(13.) JACOIJ BARTLETT, JR.,a (:facob'2; :fo/m1). Married first, Sarah --; second, Lydia, dau. of James Muzzy, of Mendon, Oct. 20, 1742. His cousin [uncle] Moses, of Providence, gave him, April 24, 1734, his homestead land, "where I now dwell, with all the housings thereon, and one acre nearer the town, where the highways part," and another piece on the north side of "Huckleberry Hill." He did not stay long with his uncle. Sept. 22, 1737, he sold the prop­ erty back to him, and returned to Cumberland and Belling­ ham, and bought, Nov. 24, 1737, for £50, a part of his father's homestead, and carried on the business of making scythes, and

11 Joh11 Arnolit, father 0£ Ahner'~ wifo, w:1s s1111 of Rid1:trtl Arnold, who d, 17101 and gr:11u.J. :,;011 of 'l'li11111:1s Arnold, who tl, 8cpt. 167,1, LNusu/1 ,1h•111tJrl11I.J TIiis BAl!'l'l,E'l''J'S. 43 other things connected with an extensi\'.e general blacksmith­ ing industry, in which he was associated with Peter Darling, at the Muddy Brook water privilege, a "short distance south from the highway that leads to Wainsocket." 111 At the incorporation of the town of Cumberland, 1746, he was chosen member of the town council, and filled other posi­ tions of public trust. Aug. 21, 1747, at a meeting of the town, John Bartlett was chosen viewer of fences, in place of Jacob, Jr.,'' moved out of town."t He and his ~vtfc, Lydia, sold, March 30, I 758, their part of their d1!censed father Muzzy's estate, situated on the Colony line in Mendon, to Daniel Southwick. Jacob, and his wife, Lydia, were members of the Society of Friends-Quakers-and were married according to the pecu­ liar method of that sect. He asked the society for a certifi­ cate of bis appointment, 30: 7: 1731. He was delegated to visit the quarterly meeting on Rhode Island, 29: 4: 1738; was appointed to attend the marriage of Joseph Southwick and Bethia Callum, 26: 2: 1739. He was appointed to settle dif­ ferences between Hannah Comstock and James Muzzy, 30: 5: 1741. His intentions of marrige with Lydia Muzzy were made known, 29: 8: 1742. With others, he was appointed, 27: 11: 1742, "to draw up something" concerning the keeping of slaves, and" bring it to the next monthly meeting." He repaired the meeting house at Providence, 29: 3: 1753. A complaint against Jacob, by Daniel Bartlett, to the Preparative meeting, 27: 12: 1759, led to the appointment of a committee to examine the merits of the case. This committee reported that" Jacob never did make any covenant with Daniel relating to the complaint.":j: Jacob is often mentioned in the reco, els of the Smithfield monthly meeting, to which he belonged, and was repeatedly chosen representative to the quarterly and monthly meetings. J\ complaint was made against him 30: 9: 1762, for sitting

'The place in 1878 was owned an~I opcr:ttcJ l,y Olney Burlingame. 111 t tloc:, 1111t appear to wh:at/1lacc he rcmo\'ctl. It i:-. ccrl;liu, lm\\'C\'cr, that lie w.i!. not far away 1 a11d he mal' h;,vc liccn in i\ cntluu.-:f. E. B.J (ktobcr 81 17.17 1 he suld tu Cli:irlcs Caprun 1; :11:rcs, lm1111dct 11orth hy tlu: \V1mn'im:kct ru;ul j c;1st1 hy the Rchulioth ruail, :tt the vartiu~ uf tlic roads, 111..'ar his house, where he tlu:11 dwelt, the property 1Jci111-: buu11dcd hy Jo:-cph H:irt­ ktt's laud ;rn

with his hat on during prayers, and a committee was ap­ pointed to" labor" wit!, him. The committee made a report at the next monthly meeting, and presented a paper in writing from said Jacob. The case was laid over until the next monthly meeting, at which it was again referred to the next meeting, as the paper he sent "was not satisfactory to the meeting." At the ensuing meeting it was once more referred, nncl for several successive monthly meetings the matter wns brought up and deferred, until i_t appeared to be dropped altogether, as no mention of the disposal of the case finally was subsequently made. Jacob Bartlett, blacksmith and farmer, appears to have been an excellent man in all that constitutes a good citizen nm! exemplary Christian. He died, Ap~il Ii, Ii68, and was, probably, interred in the old Bartlett burying ground. Lydia, his wife, died Nov. 10, r786. In his will, made Nov. 19, 1760, he gives his daughter, Amey Cass, his "Pewter, etc.;" to his son, David, his wear­ ing apparel, except the cloak, which was his uncle Moses'; to his daughter,· Sarah, beds, bedding, etc., and to his wife, Lydia, whom he made his sole executrix, all the rest of his estate, money and otherwise. The will is recorded in Cum­ berland. CIIIJ.IJREN {Ul Jacoh, Jr.) A~ll-:Y, h. - ; m. - Ca~s. !),\\'II>, b. -· SA0 RAII, b. -. She was pulilishcu to A111hony Razcc, of Cum­ licrlanu, April 12, 171ain "down cast," -T. E. B.]

(14.) JosEPIJ BARTLETT:! ('Yacob2; ,Yo/ml). Married Abigail Aldrich, Nov. 7, 1744, William Arnold, Justice of the Peace, officiating. His father, Jacob, gave him, 6th Feb., r737-8, his homestead, and two other tracts of land TIIE IIAJ{'l'I.ETT8, 45 already described-see Jacob~. The I st of March, 1 745-G, his uncle, Moses, gave him his homestead, where the latter then dwelt, consisting of forty acres, etc., "about a mile from said town of Providence, bounded by the Killingly road, and the l'lainfield road, at the parting of the two roads," etc., with all the buildings. He was admitted a freeman of Providence, May 1746. He appears not to have been more prospered on the estate than had been his brother, Jacob, who had pre­ viously had an experience there, and, May, 25, 174~, J1e sold, for £ 500, the same Janel to Moses which the latter had for­ merly given him, and returned to Bellingham and Cumber­ land,* and lived without further change, so far as ascertained, on .the old homestead given him by his father, Jacob. This place, owned, in 1879, by George Waterman, and before res ferrecl to, is situated in the lot, a short distance west from the Mendon road, not far from the school house, where the old Boston turnpike, as it was formerly denominated, intersects with it, and is at about an equal distance from the \,Voo11- socket road, on the south, and the residence of Joseph's son, Livin, now owned by Leprelet Miller. The homestead house stands on a little knoll, facing the south, the barn being a· few rods to the westward, and just back from the house, is the old well-sweep, where the "old oaken bucket" is still suspended, and seems to invite the thirsty pilgrim to partake of the clear, sparkling water in the well beneath, and over which it seems to hang, like a protect­ ing arm. Near the well, is a large elm tree, under which, no doubt, several generations of the Bartletts have refreshed themselves, and been shielded from the hot rays of the sun in midsummer, by its widely spreading branches and thick foliage. ·About half way between the house and the Woon­ sucket road, is the old Bartlett burying ground, where a num­ ber of the generations of the Bartlett's have found rest, very near the scenes of their labors. Between the house and the Mendon road, on the east side, stands the house that was occupied by Joseph's son, Joseph,

•The lwundarr Jin~ hctwccu the :.wtc~ lia

Jr. It was owned, 1879, by Alexander Bartlett, a lineal descendant.* Joseph, and his wife, Abigail, were Quakers, and members of the Smithfield Monthly Meeting. They were married in that society, and Joseph was frequently caHecl upon to serve the society in different concerns. He was a member of the town council, and identified with the town's interests in various affairs. He was interested in the blacksmithing establish­ ment on Muddy Brook, although confined principa)ly to farm­ ing. It is handed down by their descendants that J oscph and his wife were a very pious couple, and took great pains with the education of their children in the ways of religion. Joseph was of a rather poetical turn of mind, and composed several poems, among which is one ·entitled, "A Father's Exhortation to his Children," and another, "To Such as arc at Ease in Their Sins." He died, Dec. 1, 1791. His sons, Jacob and Abner, were administrators of his estate. Abigail, his wife, · died about 1804. Both were buried in the old Bartlett bury­ ing ground. Many persons have been eulogized for their great and good deeds, yet few have improved their opportunities as well, and left behind them such an enviable reputation for probity of conduct and purity of mind, as is accredited to the good, earnest, pious old Quaker-J oscph Bartlett.

Cll/L/JREN (Of Joseph antl Ahii,:ail (A ldri,:h) Bartlett). 25. Emm, b. Sept. 7, 17,15; m. Zibiah Razee. A111s1., b. April 18, 17,18; 111. Sarah Callum, dau. of Daniel :,nd Lydi:i Callum, of i'llendon, Mass., July 3, 178S. lie: may ha\'e been married previously. Ile bought of Uriah Alverson, of Smithfield, ;\larch -1, 1785, land lying a part in Cumberland, and a part in Bellingham, on the north of Joseph Bartlett's land, and on the west side of the Mendon road. Ile and his wife were Quakers. and belonged to the Smithfield l\lonthl)' ;\leeting. They, probably, had no children. lied. Nov. 14, 1789, and his widow 111. Daniel, son of Daniel and ~lcrc.1· Smith, of Smithfield, June 7, 17118, Abel made his will, 211th Oct., 17811, and mcnti?ns his four brothers, Jacob, Abner, Joseph, and Livin. C111.01-:, b. Aug. .j, Ij,l

•These j,lar.cs :ire rc:u.lily itlcntilicll. TIIE IJARTLF.TTS. 47

i\letling. They had eleven children, n,,mcly: Lu,-;•, b. April 22, 1767; Nb,•r, b. Nov. 27, 17fi8; l'hi/,11/dflu'n, h. April 5, 1770;

jflh1t, LJ. Aug. ~HJ, r·,•71; R11oth, b. June 71 r776: A11111.ra, h. Match 5, 177S; C/,toe, b. Dec. l.j, 1779; /Vail, b, J:in, w, 1782; (;t,11-gt', h. Feb. 2S, 17S ➔ ; l~,·11i11,1, b. Jan. 2<,, 17S<,; .IJ,111frl, lJ. Nuv. 11, li

Ile was born May 13, 1734; m. Deborah Phillips, Feb. 29, 1756. He was admitted a freeman of Cumberland, 1756. [!is homestead was at Manville, it being the same that fell to him from his father Job. He was an eminent physician, with a large practice. He was appointed Surgeon and Brigade Director of the Rhode Island Hospital, 1776, and was pt·o­ moted to the rank of Surgeon General and served through the Revolutionary war. He was administrator of his father's estate. Job, his father, was no exception to the rule that law­ yers seldom make correct wills, and, although in his lifetime he had made many binding instruments for others, his own will was not admitted to probate, and owing to some legal de­ fect, was declared void. His son, John, being the eldest, was declared the legal heir to bis estate. But John did not avail llllrn;clf of this technicality. He carried out the provisions of the will, and gave his brothers and sisters just what the 'l'IIE DAR'l'LETTS.

will allowed them, and what his father wanted them to have.'~ He died Dec. 14, 1784, and his wife was appointed guardian of John and Freelove, who were under age.

ClfIIJJA'EN,

30. DANIEi., b. April 11, 1756; m. Phebe Arnold,

(16) Jon 13ARTLETT'l (Yob:!; _7o/m2; '70/ml).

Horn June 9, 1744, in Cumberland ; m. Oct. 29, 1775, Molly (daughter of Moses,) Ramsdell, of Mendon. He was an ardent patriot during the Revolution, a'nd was actively en­ gaged in raising troops.

CIIILIJA'EN.

32. B1rnJA~m,;; b. June 29, 177(1; 111. Mary Tucker. 33. El.lJAII, b, April 3, 177S; m. S:1lly l:lartlcll,

( I 7.) JEl(EMJAII 13AHTLETT~ (.7crc111iah:J; JIJfill'.!.; JOHii I).

He was b. Aug. 16, 1741; m., March 25, 1762, Rebecca Lapham, Justice of the Peace Nathaniel Cook officiating. Lived in Cumberland, and, during the American Revolution, - -· -- ·-··------, • R:1rcly in these mun: modern tl.irs, when the c..lnllar ap11car!'t to m·crcumc tlic natural tc11~ tlcncics ur con~:111J.!11ity, i, there a cm;c of ~imil.ir thsintcrc:..tc

CII/J./J/,'l:'Y.

jo,INNAll, b. Sept. W, 17(,2, JIL1RCY, h. June W, t7(q, R1-:1mcc,111, b. Nov. 15, 17C,r.; probably m, Silas Clark. Se,·cral· children. · %1,:1•11,1:,:1,111, b. Sept. 2(,, 176S. lie li\'cd in Cu111berlaud, aud had a son, Amos, and, probably, other children. A mus, in 1857, was living in ,vebster, l\lass., aged about SrJ, l'J:tSCJLl.A, b • .Jan. 12, 1771. R,,t.:IIAJ-:L, b. Jllay 2S, 1773. 3.). J l\lll\MJAi1, I • . I \ ·1 ( - SUSANNAH, f tWIJJS, J, I pn ,, in,, Jeremiah 111. Jcrusha Jeffers, l\l;1r 22, 17,j(,, and went tu liar mar, Ohio, 1805. 35. A~,o~, b. March 17, 1777. Went tu llnrmar, Ohio, 1803, Li,:1·1, h. July 26, 177,J; 111. I lannah (daughter of Caleb) Jcllcr,, of C11111bcrla11d, No,•: 2S, 1798,

He was b. Feb. 28, 1738; m. Keziah --. According to the Killingly, Conn. records, Richard, of Gloucester, R. I., July 19, 1784, bought of Royal and Jonathan Mathewson, of Scituate, four tracts of land in Killingly, consisting of 180 acres, with all the buildings, etc.; April 3, 1785, he bought So acres on the "Rhode Island line," on the "Chestnut Hill road that leads to Providence." He bought, Dec. 19, 1785, from Richard Tucker, land in Killingly; also, June 1, 1794, he bought of Andrew Brown, of Killingly, a saw and grist mill; also, of Peltiah Mason, June 20, 1797, more land, and he had numerous other transactions in real estate at different times. He probably lived at Chestnut Hill, a short time, and appar­ ently removed to Killingly about 1782. On the farm once owned by him arc three cotton factories and their villages, containing seven or eight hundred souls. The house which 50 Till•: IIAlt'l'I.E'l''l'S, he built still stands, in the center of the place, and in it five generations o( the Bartlett:; have lived.*

C/1//,/JN/\',\', S,IHAII, h, !Ila}' H, 1j(13; 111. Nathan (son of Thomas Hurllni,:ame,) ~lay 13, 1782, BElt'l'lll,I, h. Fch, 27, 17(15; 111, -- Taft, Luc1rnT1,1, t,, !\larch 27, 17(,7; 111, -- ~lilchcll. SusANN,\H, b, 1\Iay ~q, I7fHJi 111, -- Seamans. l{ICll,\UU, b. Nov. 10, 1771. J1,:1rnM1,111, t,, --; Ill, - Smith. E,11.1,:z1m, b, •-. R1•:IJI1EN, h. --; 111. Pully (dau!lhtcr of <,idcon) Burgess hcforc 1800 l.rtt' /,'111:;~,·.r.r r,·,.11,..,tl,~;~l'.I, anti hat.I a su11, \ValUu, arHJ ullwrs. Waldo has a sun, llcnry W. llartlctl, living- iu l'utoam, Conn.

(19,) NoAII BAlffLI•:TT•I Noa!t:J; Sa11111cl'.!; ')'0/1111). Born March 9, 1723; m. Elizabeth Phillips, of Smithfield, July 14, 1776. He bought the farm of Edward Salisbury, March :?8, 1771.

;\L11,r, I,,--: 111. Walter (sun of Joli) l'hct1aplacc, 1\lay 15, 1792.

(20.) ls1UEL UART!.ETT"I (Noa/,::; Sa11111c/'2; 7o!tnl). Ile was b. April 5, 1737; m, Caroline Balcom, Nov. 12, 1781. He was guardian of his mother, who, after his father's death, became tlclirious. He asked the council to relieve him,

1763 1 as he was going eastward:!· Removed to Mt. Desert, Mc., probably, about I 785. He was a soldier in the French war, and served as lieutenant and captain d iring the Revolu­ tionary war.

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~LlltY, h. April l

•Edward llartlctt, 0£ Killi11gly 1 • Rid1.trd.-'1'. E. H. llC:u111l•,•rl1t11,I n·c:ords.] 'J'JIE ll,\H'l'Lr:T'l'R, 5 I

(21.) J 1-:110 B,1 H'l'!.tn"r I; (Noah:I; S1T1111tcl~; 'Jt,/1111),

He wash. in Cumherlancl, June 1G, 1739; m. Sarah 1-Iacl­ way, Sept. 13, r 76 r. Removed from Cum herlnncl, R. I. to the south part of Sutton, Mass., about 1780. He d. Nov. 1G, 1794.

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1111.oTIIA, I,, Feb. 11, 17(12; 111. Lieu 1. Jonathan llurdcn, of Sullon, Nnv. 21, 1782. lie was f.:Oing- ai:rllSS the fields to g-ivc i11for111- ation Ill the dcalh of his brother-in-law, Ensi!{n llarllctt, who had been crushed by fall in!{ under the wheels of his cart, and, it is supposed, /ell backward as he was !{Citing- over the lcni:t:, and wJ1s killed by the fall, illay 8, 1817, [//is/,11;1• 1'.f S11//1•11, ,l/11.rs,] PtllNEll,IS, h. April 12, 17(,3; m. Kczinah -- and removed wilh his father to Sutton, 1760, Ile, or his father, Jchn, owned the place where George C. Allen now (187>J}, lives. lie sold it to John Allen, who came from Ilofley, Vt., and probably re11101·cd to lloylstonc, lllass. Ile may have had a second wile, Eunice, and may have lived i11 Holden. I le left lloyleslone 1801, and went to Ohio, where he died. L11.1.11-:s, h .. l\la.1· 27, 17(,(,; 111. Elijah Sibley of Sutton, Nov, 21, 1872. SAR.Ill, b, .illarch 19, 17(18, S1Jtrllrn, h. J:m. 26. 1770, ls1t,IEI., h. July 25, 1773. T11AN1'Flll. 11,wg, t twins· I ~, I ( ( l\lARI', I ' ,. ' arr. I 2 ,, 177 ,. llt-:Nltlt-:TTA, b. June 111, 1777. 36. Jci11s II., b. No,•, 18, 177

(22.) RUFUS BARTI.ETT·l (A/1110~1; 'Jt1ro/J~; '7oh11I),

He was born in Gloucester, R. I., Nov. 16, 1739; 1n. Mar­ iiret Smith. He soon removed to Cumberland, where he was a tavern keeper, carried on blacksmithing, and was surveyor of highways, etc. He was appointed by the I~egislaturc i11 177G, to raise arms for the town of Cumberland. He, together with Jonathan Holman, of Sutton, bought from John Dale, Aug. 5, I 779, ninety acres of land at Diamond I !ill, with the 52 TIiis IIAl!'l'l,E'J"l'S. privilege of one-quarter part of nil the iron orc dug up on the lnncl, the other three-quarters to belong to Dale, together with nil the privileges necessn ry to carry on the mining busi­ ness. He cl. June, 1798. · She cl. March, 1794, :et Go.

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ANNrn, b, Sept. HJ, 17(,3; 111. George Jlallo11, of C::11111hcrlanc.l, Sept, I~, 171J.1,I· Ar.l'IIA, b. Sept. 8, 17rq; m. Whipple A. 1.nv"tt, f'llll,,ll>1•:l.l'IIIA, h. Jan. 7, r7M1; 111, llr. Lnmh, of Graf1011, ~lass. MARY, h. Aug. 7, 17(17; c.l, yo1111g, Ju11e Ill, 177"• 1\11N1q1, h, Sept. 17, 1771. NA'l'll,1!'1, h,--, 37. SMl'l'II, h, April ~I, 1780, RtJFlls, h. -; cl. Jan. ~-1, 1770, in his 3d rear. llis grave in the olc.1 l..111rylng ground at Manville, R, I., is markL•c.l hy a stone. l'llLI.Y, b-;

(23.) Eus11A BARTLETTI (ilbnrr:t; 'fircob~; '70/1111).

He was b. in Gloucester, R. I., Sept. 7, 1742 ; m. Ruth, clau. of Stephen and Ruth Arnold, of Smithfield, Sept. 25, 1769. He was appointed, 1780, to raise recruits for Glouces­ ter. In I 787, was assistant to the Governor. He had laid out to him by the" Proprietors" of Providence, Sept. 9, 1771, " 14½ acres within the grand purchase of Providence," de­ scribed as situated on the west side of the" seven-mile line," and adjoining the farm which he then lived on. He bought, "at a place callecl the Fork, where the Branch runs into the Pawtucket River," and also three-quarters of an acre of Iancl at the Branch bridge, and situated on the '' north side of the highway and running down stream, commencing al the briclge, together with the stream of water and all the privileges thereo(" It was here that Abner, his father, owned land, and several of the Bartletts had previously bought and sold.:j: The

•A1111ie, Alp1ia, Philatlclphia and M:try :arc recorded :is horn in (;l,mccstcr, The ·others arc recorded in Cumlierlaml. [t/,'111/11u, ,:01t•,,I,~,:;•,] !Thi~ 1,lacc )rns always been known hy the name of "The Brauch,'' 'f'l(g 11/\ H'l'l,E1"J'S, 53

water privilege was extensive, and Elisha, and afterward his son Otis, carried on a very extensive business, making scythes ancl edge tools, greatly to their pecuniary advantage. The old homestead house where Elisha lived is still standing on the cast side of the road, a little south from the bridge, and by the side of it, quite a spacious one of more moclcrn construction, probably built by Otis, ancl within which his son, Dr. Elisha, was born and died. During the time Dr. Elisha resided on the premises, he had a very fine nursery of fruit trees, etc,, and two large peach orchards, which he caused to be set out on the place, were marvelous objects for that community. The writer has yery pleasant recollections of his boyhood on several occasions, at that place, with the enjoyment of the delicious peaches which grew there. None have since seemed so palatable, years having dulled the keen sense of youthful taste, Investigation has not been thorough as to the first of the Bartletts who had possession of this water privilege, and it is very probable that it was here where the first John had his "half of grist mill and five acres of Iancl adjoining on the Provideoce side," which is mentionecl in his inventory, 1684. The mills and the rights in the stream arc now (1879) owned by the Blackstone company, ancl Jerome Howard owns the farm and two houses, the older one of which in I 879, was unoccupied. The elate of Elisha's death was not ascertained. His wife, Ruth, cliccl Feb. 25, 1784.

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,\r.l'IIA, b, Dec, 2, 1771; m. Caleb Aldrich. PATIENCI•:, Dec, 5, 1773; Ill, Daniel Jenks, and had //,·m:1', '1/,11;1•, A111dit1, .._\'arah, G',•orJ,rt•, John an<.1 a girl. [Jli.r/,11-;• o.f 1r,,011- s,1c/:d,] MARY, b. April 15, 177(,; m. Comstock l'assamorc, and had t;t'o1;t:t', Tl'illi11111. Jo,1111u1h, /oh11, Hli:11/,t'fh, and Oti.r. 38. OTIS, I twins· 111, 1_s1, Wairy Buffum; 2d, Wail)' Allen. 01.ll'ER, f ' m. Sarah llowe, GtCOROE, b, -. A111mv, b, -. AlllGAII., I,,--; u, Jan. 2S, 17S~, in her 2d year. [ G'ra<•~•slv1u.] S4 'l'1rn nA1n1.ETTs.

(,?4.) CA1.irn BARTLETT•! (A/J11n-:i; 7t1co/i'!; ')'0/1111). I-le was b. Jan. 19, 1745, in Gloucester; m. Susannah, clau. of James Wilson, March ·2r, 1773. lle was a farmer, ancl resided in what is now Burrillville, a town taken from Glou­ cester and incorporated Oct. 29, 1806, its name being in honor of Hon. James Burrill. Caleb made his will Jan. 1 5, 1 So 1, and died four days after­ ward. His brother, Elisha, was administrator of the estate. I !is children arc all mentioned in the will, except Benedict and Ruth, probably not at that time living.

Cl/ I /.DNE,\", WILI.IAM. I,, )lov. 3, 1774. EsT111m, h. Fcu. 6, 1777. j,IMllS, b, -. 39. STF.l'lll\l(, b. -; m. Lavina Sayles. LircY, b. -; m., April 10, 1823, Luke, Jr., son of Luke and Sarah Aldrich, of i:llendon. Shed. Fch. r,, 185,J, :L·I r,8 years, 24 days. He died Aug-us! 16, 18(17, :cJ 87 years, 4 1t1ns. and ~5 days. Their memorial stones arc in the \)uaker hnryingground, Smiihlield. They were Quakers and were married in 1h:11 Socie1y. J>,JI.1.1',b,-. RUFUS, b.-. JA~ll•:s, h, -. B1•:N~:111cT, b. -. RPTII, IJ. -. PIJILAIJI•:1.1•111A, b. -.

(25.) EnEI{ BARTLETT·' (7tm'/'//l; ')'11toM; ')'0/1111).

He was b. in Cumberland, Sept. 7,·1745; m., Jan. G, 1771, Zibiah Razcc, who was b. Oct. 13, 1746, and died about 1821- 22. She was dau. of David Razee aml his wife Freelove. Eber and wife were joined in matrimony by Nathaniel Cook. After marriage, Eber lived awhile with his father, Joseph, and built the house which stands on the cast side of the Mendon road, directly opposite the Woonsocket road where it leads out of the Mendon road. The house and farm arc now occupied by Miss Alpha Bartlett, dau. of Ebcr's son, David. Eber died· at this house in the bedroom next to the road. During his sickness, which was brief, he was most of the time delirious. 1'11 F. II,\ Wl'LE'fTS, 55

He is described as of medium height, very finely built·nncl very active and gentlemanly. After his death, his wife, Zibiah, removed to the log house which stood near the present residence of William L Follet,* on the new rond to Diamond Hill from 'Woonsocket, and lived there some years and worked at tailoring and maintained herself nnd four children, the old­ est only ten years of nge nncl the youngest only nine months, at the time of the death of her husband, Eber. It is said of her that she was one of the best tailors in those parts, and all who could srcure her services considered themselves very fortunate. She is described as being very straight and unusually smart and afraid of nothing. It will not be doubted that she was smart. Had she not been so, she could not have brought up and educated her children in the excellent manner she did. In old age she was kindly cared for by her son, Bani, with whom she lived until death. The elate of Zibiah's death is not known. She was burie:I in the burying grou11cl, opposite the old Elder Ballou meet­ ing house, on the lot purchased by her son, Bani, and her grave is closely contiguous to his. Eber died Sept. 13, I 7S 1, ,ct 36 years and G clays, nncl was buried in the "old Bartlett burying ground," near the homestead pince of his father, Joseph. CI/I/./JN£.\. (0{ Ehcr ~ntl ZiLiah (R:11.cc) 11:irtlctt.) .Jo. IJAl'lll, b. Aui,r. 3, 1771; m. llannah Joslyn . .JI. BA:-1, b. Dec, t,J, 17i2; m. Philadelphia Pickerinl-(. C::111.0", b. April 21, 17ii; m. Reuben Cook,i' S,11,"MA, b. Doc. 18, r;So; never married. She was a typical old maid of cxcessirn 1wa1ncss, and had a 1-(real fondness /or huff color in dress, always wcarini,r something- of that color. She was a favorite with children, and was o/ a kind, hcnc,·olenl disposition. She died al her brother, Bani's, house, on the new Woonsocket and Diamond Ilill road, June 30, 183(,, in in her 56th year, t and is b'uried in the Elder Ballou mcetini,r house burying !,!round. In person, Saloma was of a tall, erect ligurc, and her mannci-s were in accordance with her amiable temper and good heart.

•The hou..,c in which \Villi:1111 I. Fullct was liviug :,~ rcccutl}• as 1778, was l111ilt h)• Ehcr's """• H:ml, nc.-r wln:rl! the fir~t lo~ hon:,e :-.tom\. t Reuben Conk was :t wcll-c1ll11:atcd man. llcforc 111:11 ri:1i,:c, lie l:IHJ.;lit school ~n111c. lie and his wife rc111ovc1l tu llcklu.:r111w11, J\ta!'i.-.. They have had :-.i.x or :,.cvcll cl11ldrc11, t'l'hc i.:ra,·c .. stouc says," 57th yc:1r,''-a mi ... t:tkc. 56 TllF. ll,\R'rLE'l'TS.

(26.) JAcou BARTl.ETTI (']'oscph:l; ']'atoll!; :foh11l).

He was b. Feb. 24,1751 1 in Cumberland, R. I.; m., 1st.Judah Cook; 2d, Anna Cook, both wives being ,laughters of Samuel Cook, of Smithfield, R. I. [C11111hcrla11d rccoril,·.] For the account of the Danby fami)ics, I am largely inclcbtccl to N. L. Baker, Esq., of that town. He married Sophronia, dau. of Jacob's son, Joseph; there arc also some extracts from the Vnwo11t llistorical Ga::dlccr. Jacob ancl his brother, Abner, removed from Cumberland to Danby about 1795. They settled near the present home­ stead oi Willard Baker, in Danby. Jacob's house was near the old road, now discontinuccl. He was a Quaker. He was the first one in the town to carry on blacksmithing; this he followed many years. Some of the work clone in his estab­ lishment in 1797, is still to be seen. He died in Granville, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1837, ,ct 86. His wife, Anna, died in 1846, n:!t 96. Cllll/Jl.'EN. (By first.wi£c.) Ji,~IDIA, b. -. ANNA, b. -; , m. Augustus Rogers. Settled in Ferrisburg. \'t. NAmll, b. -; m. Albert Mead. Scltlcd in Ji'crrisburg, \'1, SARAII, b. -; 111. Richard Barnes. Lives in Saratoga, N. Y. GEORn~ ~ -; d.youn~ (By !l>Ccoml wifo.) JuntTII, b. lllay 28, 178S; m. Enoch Colvin, Settled in Danby, \'1. ]Acou C. (5), b. July 5, 1789; 111. Cyn1hia (dau. ol Deliverance and Judith) Rogers, Nov. 2, 1815. Shed. July 12, 1871. lie died Aug. 2,1, 1873. They ·had only one child, ,/ 11.ro11 (6). [Sec Anson's descendants below.] 42. Jos1,1'11, b. Aug. 2, 1791; d. in 187(,, :ct S5. DANIEi., b, Feb. II, 179,1; Ill, Eli,a Potier.

ANSON BARTLETTII (']'acoh C.ii; ']'acobl; ']'oscp/t!l; ')'acoh'2; ']'ohn1). Anson Bartlett; the only child of Jacob C. Bartlett, was b. in Danby, Vt., Oct. 21, 1816; m. Esther (dau. of John and Lcvina) Rogers, also of Danby, Oct. 31, 1837. In 1838, he removed to Munson, Geauga County, Ohio, where he pur­ chased land and resided many years. In 1875, he located in TIIE 111\lffl,l•:TTS, 57

Cnllinwoocl, Ohio, whe·rc he died, May 29, 1891, in the 75th year of his age. The funeral services, which were attended by a large number of his neighbors, friends, nnd fellow towns­ men, were very impressive, being conducted by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a member. The Collinwood Times, of June 4, 1891, contained a worthy tribute to Mr. Bartlett's memory. His blameless and honorable life was rich in use­ fulness to his fellow men. In early life he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was the inventor of numerous ap­ pliances used in making cheese by machinery, and was the first in the State to engage in this industry by the factory process. He was President of the Ohio Dairymen's Associa­ tion, and Vice-President of the National Association. He frequently lectured in different parts of Ohio, and New York, in the interests of the farming communities. He was for twelve years the county surveyor of Geauga County. After his death, his remains were taken to Munson, where they arc interred in the Maple Hill Cemetery.

C/f/LDll'/0\" (Of Anson Bartlett.) JnnN R .. Ii. June 5, 183,J, d. Auµ-. 21, 1S3,J. illAHCIJS, h. June 2(,, ,s.p, d. Aug. I, ,s.p. S11.As R., h. Sepr. 2S, 18.p; m. illallha A. llndgcs, Aug. II, 1S(,2. had sc\'cn c:hildrcn, dz.-.Jli,111i,· l:'li:,r--: Ii. Aug. 7, 18(,3, d. June, ISi'J; Ja,-,,b C!,rr/4-e, Ii. June 27, 1S65, m. Ida Ballles, has one son, Gordon l\lt,rl; Johll I.'., h. July 27, 1867; /:'.r/h<'I' ,lf.. b. Jan. IO, 1S(HJ, m. Edward Mic.lc.lleron and has one child living. illinnic ,\., h. l\lay I 1, 18S5; l)'lllhi,r !,,.,, £11., b. Dec. 17, 1870; .·/1111;1,l/., h. Aug. 15, 1S73 d.Junc, 1S7ard, Feb. 13, 1S(q. She died Dec. 27, 1S(q, and left one child, .l/,11:1• Ii'.· JonN J., b. i\Iarch 12, 1S,1f,, rl. Sept. f,, 1S,1(,. E1.1.1-:N, h. illay r,, 1S.17, d. June 1f,, 1S,17. NANCY, b. July 8, 18.jcJ, d. Sept. 30, !S.jcJ. L,1c1us ANSON, h. Aug. 16, 1850; m. Angeline Corning, Jan. ·I, 1871, and had Ida!, Nuth, Nov. 2(1, 1871 ; c;ra,·,• J .. Feb. 3. I S73 ; /J;,•igltt C., ;\lay 13, I 876 ; ,l/,u:1• _f,, A Ilg', 3, ISSI ; Ila/Ii,·, July 19, 1S85, Evri Err*, h. Aug. 11, 1S5-1: m. Forrest 0. Snow, Feb. 25, 1S75. She has one child, R,~~,·r JJ,, h. Nov. ::?2, 1879. EsT111m MA1.1.rn, b. Jan. 7, 1S5,J, d. Dec. 13, 18(,5.

'To Mrs. E\'c Ett (D:trllctt) ::inuw, Secrclnry of the lbrtlctt Rc1111i1111 Assnci:1tio11, I am indebted for the account 11{ the clcsccmlants ur J:1c11h C. U:trllctt mul his sun, Au~on, She rc­ !>Hli:s in Collinwoml, Ohio,-'J'. E.. B, 58 TIIE llA RTLETTS.

(27.) AnN1rn BA1ffr.1cTT•I ('Yosrplt!I; '711co/J2; 'Jo/ml). H c was b. in Cumberland, R. I., April 9, 1752 ; m. Drusilla, (clau. of John) Smith, of Smithfield, Sept. 27, 1781. Hoth were Quakers. He removed to Danby, Vt., about 1795. Soon after, his brother Jacob, went thither. The followin~ year, he built a house on the hill, cast of Nelson Kelly's, which is still standing. He died, 1801. The births of all the children except Jeremy, arc recorded in Cumberland, R. 1.

C//1/JJA'EN. DEXTF.11, L. Sept. 22, 17S2; m. Rach:wl, (dau. of Jonathan) Staples. lie inhcri1ctl his fa1hcr's homcs1ead. Removed 10 lloll11ntl Purchase, N Y., in 1840, anti d ictl there, , sr,r,. A~ll\\', h. Juli· 12, 17S4; m. Levi Tafl • .J3, SAl'JP, h. Nov. 5, 17S7; m. Prusia Allen. S~ll'J'll, b. April 11, 1790; m. Sally Allen . .J•I• Aum., b. June 25, 1793; m. Hannah Boomer.

LYl>1,1, / 1 · . b A 'I 0 • • l\lAU\', i IVtnS, , p11 -o, 179, . .JS, D,1:-;m1., b. April S, 1798 ; m. Ruth Rogers. J1m1;~1Y, b, 1Soo; m. Rhoda, (dau, of Stephen) \Y.h££l£r, and se11led on the Prince Allen farm, Danby, Vt. He succeeded his brother Abel, after Abel's death i11 1821, in manufacturini: scythes, hoes, rakes and other implements,' at the old es1ahlish­ mcnt. Herc, the first trip-hammer in town was construclcd hy Savid Bartlell and Isaac Southwick, near the residence or Henry B. Kelly, in 1Sw. Jeremy removed to Collins, N. Y., in 1S,15. He died 1Sr,;, :ct (17.

(28.) JOSEl'IJ BARTLETT, JR:I (')i1scf'lt:I; '711cob~; '7olt1tl). Was b. Nov. 9, 1758, in Cumberland, R. I.; m. 1st, Phebe Sayles, of Smithfield, by whom all his children w~rc born. She died about 1810, and was buried in the Bartlett burying ground, south of the old house. He m. 2d, Widow Elizabeth Earl, of Leicester, Mass. Her name before marriage was Chase, and she was a sister of Job Chase. She lived a few years and was buried in the Quaker burying ground, at Smith­ field. He then m. 3d, Amey, (dau. of Richard and Amey) Clemens, of Smithfield, Oct. 9, 1822. They were married in the Friends' meeting-house, in Burrillville, the wedding re­ ception taking place at the house of Buffum Chase, which TIIE IIARTLETTS. 59 stands on the Batty farm, and where Amey made her home She was a woman of good abilities and had a kind, amiable disposition and was an excellent step-mother. In stature, Joseph was of medium height and rather slen­ der; oflight complexion. His manners were engaging. He was noted for a benevolent and truly Christian character, and he had no enemies that were ever heard of-every one liked" Uncle Jose," as he was called; for he had a pleasant word !or all. He was one of the genuine sort of Quakers who always give four pecks to the bushel. He lived in the house owned, in 187S, by Alexander Bartlett, a great grand-son, situated between the old homestead and the Mendon road, and which was built for him by his father, Joseph. During the few latter years of his life, he was very feeble and troubled with trembling so much that he was almost helpless. He

(29.) L,v,~ BARTLETT'' (ros,-pll:l; :faco!i~; :foll11I).

He \~as b. May 6, 1763, in Cumberland, R. I.; 111. Nancy (dau. of William) Gaskill, Feb. 1S, 1786. He lived on the Woonsocket road and had a good farm. His land abutted that of his father, Joseph, on the north, and a drive-way con­ lll.!cted the two places. His house and farm arc now owned hy Leprclet Miller. Uncle Livin, as he was callecl, was a \'l'ry diligent attendant at the Friends', or Quakers' meeting, although he did nut belong to that :;ociety. 60 Tim nAWl'LETTS.

In stature, he wns not quite of medium height, and rather spare. He wns not much of a talker, but still, quiet, nnd unobtrusive in hnbit, nncl was respected ns nn honest, upright man. He died,--, nncl was buried in the old Bartlett bury­ ing ground, between his house and his father Joseph's. His wife is also buried there, together with his sons, Lemuel nnd Livin, Jr. C/11/.DA'EN. l'JIIL,I, b. April 15, r786, ./IJ, G1,:01:c:i;, b. Sep1. 2, 1789; m. ;o.;ancy Cook. L1:11u1,1., b. Dec. 22, 17')1: no issue. N,1r-:cv, b, Jan. 12, 180,1; 111. - Bourn. Sou,e <.lesccuuanls live in l'rovi<.lencc, R. I. Ln·rn, b. Dec. 2, 1S0(,; no children.

(30.) D,\NIEL BAruLETT" ('Johnl; yob!); yoh11'2; yoh11I).

·· He wns b. April r r, 1756, in Cumberland, R. I.; m. Phebe (dau. of Jacob) Arnold, of Smithfield, May 22, 1782.

CIJIf.lJNl:'N. \Vu.1.1,111, b. Nov. 2,1, 1782, Sus,1:-;r,;,111, b. June 9, 17S,1. DANIEi., b. July 10, 17SCi. L~:.11um., b. April I, 178S,

R110H\', b. Nov. 101 Jj8•J· D1wou.A11, h. Jan. 8, 1i'J2, Row1rn,1, o. Feb. 7, 179,1. l'oLJ.Y, h. Dec. 31, 171J7.

Born in Cumberland, R. I., Sept. 2, 1757; m. Patuna --. He wns a farmer, and owned a part of the first cotton factory built at Manville, R. I. He always lived at, or near, Manville. C/111.DRl:',F. S,11.1.v, b. Aug. 18, 1781; m. Elijah (sun of Joi,) Banltll, ,\1.1•11,1, b. May 3, 178S; was 2d wife of Elijah Bar1Ie11, her sister Sally's husband. J ,\)ll!S, l,, Nov. 23, I ilJO, ·r·,rn ll,\l

(32) B1rnJAMIN HARTL1n"l'" (.'J'vbl; yofl; 7olu1'2; Yt1h11I). He was born June 29, 1776; m. Mary (dau. ol Morris) Tucker, Feb. 5, r 797. Both were born in Cumberland, R. I.

C/l/£/Jl.'/0\'.

HENJ,l~IIN, b. July 281 17<)8; d. l\larch 13, 185S. Jou, b, 3epl. -1, 1801. lllARY ANN, h. Dec. 22, 1S02.

(33.) ELIJ,\11 BARTLETT;; ('7flbl; yob:I; '7oh11'2; yoh111). He was b. April 3, 1778; m. Sally (clau. of Asa) Bartlett. She was b. Aug. 18, 1781. He rliecl of old age. June 24, 1863, rvt 85 years and 3 months. His and his wife's parents were of Cumberland. Elijah m., 2d, Alpha, b. May 3, 1778. She was sister of his first wife.

C/1/LIJA'HN (By fir'1 wife), 50. ARNul.J>, b. about 1805; m. Sally Beebe.* Ile d. in Cumherland, 18J

1 eny, FcU. :?r, 1871. Gt•or,,1,,-,· l i·t111ds 1 U. Jan. HJ, 1872; tl. young. /Villi11111 .1/ahtrl, h. Jan, 9, 1874; d. roung. [IM/1011 (;m,·11l,i;:i-.] {By second wife,) Al.\'IN, b, --; m. Arney Ann (dau. o( Patience and Elkhannah) Whipple. Shed. in Cumberland, Aug. 11, 1S5,J, :cl -1S. lie d. about 1831-2. Their chil,Jren were C,'OI;,;,· an,.l Ulis, who live in Attleboro, lllass., .·ls,1, who lives in \Vounsockct. R. I .. and a daughter, .-J/,1,.-y. The three sons have children.

(34.) JEREMIAH;; ('7crcmiakl; 7crc111ia/1:J; '70/ll/'2; Yt1h11I). He was b. in Cumberland, R. I., April 6, 1775 ; was a twin brother of Susannah. He m. Jerusha, dau. of Caleb and Jcrusha (Dyer) Jeffers, May 22, r 796. She was b. in Cum­ berland, Nov. 8, 1776. I am indebted to Dr. J. C. Bartlett, of Marietta, Ohio, a grandson, for the following interesting account of them and their descendants.

'Sally BC:d1t: Wa!> dau. of l\trs. Grace llcclic, Ii. 179:? 1 wluJ!ic (:Uhcr 1 Gcor;.;c C. Claghorn n;i:i lJuildcr of the Uuitc

Jeremiah went with his family to Harmar, Ohio, in the foll of 1805, his brother, Amos, having preceded him. He bought land of the Ohio Comp;iny's survey, about three miles above Harmar, on the left bank of the Muskingum. After building a house, he took his family there in the fall of 1806. In IS I 3, he bought eighty acres of land, in \Vesley township, Washing­ ton County, Ohio, near what is now Bartlett Post Office. While at this place, he was taken sick, but was able to be about the house until until the clay he died in 1813. He was buried in the Harmar burying gromid, near the center of the plot. He was a strong man, five feet, nine inches high, and weighed one hundred and eighty pounds. His wife, Jerusha, was of medium size, strong and sprightly. She cl. April 20,

1868 1 at the house of her son, Levi, whose farm included the land first bought by his father at Harmar, in 1806. She was buried by the side of her husband.

C/l/1.DNEN. Liv,,*, b. l\Iay I.J, 1;97, in Cumberlanu, R. I.; m. in lllariella, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1817, Robert Gibson, b. in \Vcstmorclanu County, Pennsylvania, ;\larch 7, l7

l\L\RY, b. 1\Iarch 9 1 1Sr2; m. in Harmar, June r, 1852, ~tu~l's Rardine, P. 0., Brown's i\lills, Washington Co., Ohio. J1ml,MIAII, h. Illa)' 20, 181.j; d. Oct. 15, 1814.

•H,ccurdcd iu C11111licrl:md, R. 1.-u Eh•ira.'' '!'!IE IL\RTl,ls'l'TS, 63

(35.) A~rns BARTLWI"l''; ("fcrmiia!t-1; '7crc111i11/t:I; '70/111-J; 7r,/t11I),

He was b. in Cumberland, R. I., March 17, 1777. He was tall, of sallow complcxioi1, quiet in deportment, and had a good faculty for business and money making. He wns a tanner. \,Vent to Harmar, Ohio, in 1803, and on the bank of the Muskingum, directly opposite the foot of Washington street, Marietta (then a stocbde fort), built a house and tan­ nery. The house (1880), with additions, is in good repair, i. c., the first story, which is of stone. In 1811, he sold the prop­ erty and went to Parkersburg, Va. (now \,Vest Virginia), where he also carried on business as a tnnncr until his death, lrom pulmonary disease, Sept. 29, 1815. He was buried in the I-farmnr, Ohio, burying ground, by the s;cle of his brother, Jeremiah. The horizontal sandstone slab, with its inscription nearly obliterated, was, in 1880, well fixed in its place, and a large sycamore tree encroaches upon the grave at its foot. Hem. in Harmar, Ohio, Sept. 16, r8o6, Mary Rcardin. She m. again after his death.

C/f/LIJA'/0V. IL1N:-:.111, b. July w, 1S07, in Ilar111ar, Ohio; 111. Dec. 17, 18Z

SI•:1.1:-;Iu, h. i\ug. 13 1 tSUcJ, in llarmar; 111. 1 i\lay ::q, 18:24, James l'elly. They went to Iowa alioul i::,40. They hatl.J,1m,·.,· .·//,·.r· a11,h·r, Cl,·m,·11/i11,· (who 111. James Samuels), ~J/,n:1· (111. David l!uytl), A',-b,-d·,1 J. {m, James Redpath), .·/1110.r /!,, /.llt')' (111, Thomas Bulwl), (,'1~t7;_ir.f II., f,i•4111,-i.1· /0,11,1 (m. D:1vidsun), 1~•,~l'al llad,·n, all of whom were living, in 1Sj5, 11car Peoria, ~Iahaska Countr, Iowa. 53. ,\~tos, b, July 1(,, 1811, in Harmar, Ohio; 111., Nov. 18, 1S30, Eli,abcth Gerrard. \Vcut lo Iowa in 1S,10; 111., ~d, his cousin, Susan Roop, widow, a dau. of his uncle, Jeremiah 11.lnlclt. JACflH, b. June 1(,, 181,1, in Parkersburg, W. Va.; 111. in Washing­ ton Count)", Ohio, April ~5, 1837, i\largarel Rubel. They went to Iowa. They had four children. S11s1111, /.11,:1·, ,\~•liud,1 and Vil'1'1/, who, in tSi4, was in Yankton, Dakota. Till\ IIAR'l'Ll\'l'TS,

(36,) Jo11N I-I. BAJ('l'LisTT;; (7dtul; Noah:1; ,'i'1111111d'2; 70/111I), He was b. in Cumberlnnd, R. I., Nov. 18, 1779. His father removed to the south part ·of Sutton, Mass., the year after the child's birth. Hem. Ha11nah Marsh, May 15 1 1803; d. May 5, 1817, his death being caused by falling i11 front of his heavily loaded cart, the wheel of which passed over his heacl, crushing it in a horrible manner. His wife, Hannah, died at Uxbridge, Mass., April 23, 1815. CIIII.IJN/0\T, C\'NTlll,I, I,, April 8, 1Su~. LI/CINA, h, April 15, 1809, i'IIINl-:JIAS, I,, Oct, 17, 1811,

(37.) s~tITII BARTLETT:; (R11ji1s•I; .llh11cr:I; Jll(O/l2; ']'0/111I).

He was born in Cumberland, R. I., April 21 1 1780; 111. Nancy (clau. of John) Russell. She was born in Providence, R.l.,July 17, 1782,and cl.at Kingston in the Dominion of

Canada, Feb. 11 1 1819."' John Russell, her father, was in the fifth generation from John Russell, Sr., who settled in Woburn, Mass., about 1640. Smith Bartlett m., 2d, Mrs. Sarah Glad­ ding, widow of Benjamin Gladding, sister of his first wife. The latter was born in Providence, R. I., May 22, r 780, and died at Cape Vincent, Oct. 41 185 1. Smith Bartlett d. at Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1867, in his 87th year, He was a merchant, ancl removed to Canada in 1806. Cl!I f,JJNRN. W11.1.1,1M R11ssm.1., h. Dec, 7, 18u3; in l'rovi,Ience. Jo1n{RussELt, b. Oct. 23, 1805, in Provillcncc, R. I. lie was a . June r,, 1810; d. Oct. 24, 18(,5. G1,:0RG!s Fi:,1i-c1s, l>. J\ u~. 23, 1812. Ro111mT Co1.1rnAN, b. i\lay IO, 1815;

*The Upper Canada lft-r,r/d, at her death, paid a ;,;lowiu;.; trihutc tu her 111c11111ry, The f1111cral sermon was preached hr Rev. Alcxamlc1· Flctcl1cr, :ind Wa!-i pr111tcd at Kin~--1011, For 1 11 1 1 1 1 11 ~IJ~:~ 0:rJ~I::: \t1~s~~~l1 'J'i ;~:~rc~: :~t\i,~~s~::~l:~11~i i:~~ !:~11~~:~i·~~ ii:;: i~I '~l:~clu :~~~~, "s;.~· l~~llt~~~:, \~~ the Russ,:// c;,,•n,•,rltJgJ't hy 11011. John R. llarth:tt. '1'111<: lli\J(TI.J-:'J"l'S,

(38,) OTIS BAWl'l,J-:'l"l'" (Hli.1·ha•I; ,//J11,·r:I; :Yac/1/J'!; '7/ilt11I),

Born Feb. 20, 1778, in Smithfield, R. I. (Hrancli Village.) Married, rst, Waity (dau. of William) Buffum; 111., 2d, Waity (clau. of Mehitable and Walter) Allen, Sept. 7, 1826, Waity Buffum was b. Sept. 29, r 783. Wai Ly Allen was b. May 9, 1793, Otis carried on the scythe 111a1n1facture ancl a farm at the Branch Village, I le and both wives were Quakers, mem­ bers of the Smithfield Mo1-1thly Meeting. He was in stafurc of medium height and rather spare. He was possessed of the perseverance and industrious habits characteristic of the Jlartletts, ancl was influential in the community.

C/1//,JJJ.'f:.V, (fly lirst wife,) E1.1s11,1,* b, (kt. (1, 180.1; graduated frC1111 Bro1Vn Univcrsily, rc­ ccivinl,( the degree of 111. D., in 182(1; 111. Eli1.abcth (dan. of John) Slater, Ile d. July 18, 1855. A distinguished author and physician. I le was a profc~sor in various colleges, anu 1Vas clcclcd lllayor of Lowell, l\lnss. C,11:01.1Ng, 1,, l\larch 11, 1Sof,; 111. I, Brown, of l'rovidcncc, R. I. AIIEl,IA, I,, Jan I, 1808. REIIECCA, b. Scpl, I, I Sw; 111. J. I), Brown, of I'rnvidcncc, I{ I. RU'l'II, b. June l.J, 1812. 01.1v1m, b, Oct. 17, 1815, c;,-:u,rnr,;, b. Sept. 23, 1817. Wll.l.lAM Os11011N, b. April 3, 1820,

SARAH EARi.i•:, l,, Aug. ::!8 1 182:?, (ny M.:Colld wife,) WAI.Tim UT!s, I,, Ocl, 18, 183(1,

(39.) STEPHEN BARTLETT" (Cale/JI; .Ab11cr:I; 'Jacob~; J/1/111I),

Born in Burrillville, R. I.; m. Lavina Sayles. His homestead was on the old Burrillville road, about two miles from Slatcrs­ rille. He was an extensive farmer, and also carried on black­ smithing. He was a large, well-proportioned man of portly

•JJr. Elisha i11lu:ritcll his father's prnpcrty :1l the Ilram:h. [ ha,·c nu rccunl of auy cl11l- 1li,:11,-'1', E. ll, G6 Till!: 11All'1'1.l•:•.t"l'8, nncl commanding nppcnrnncc, HiH son, Elisha, in 1879, was living on the old place. Clllf./Jl,'l!N, 1'1111,APEl,l•IIIA, h, --; 111. Willln111 11. Andrews, of \Vounsockct, R; I. They llvctl on the Gloho side, l\l1NIIHVA, b. -; never nrnrrlc,I, E1.1s11,\ ((,), b, !\lay 30, 1811H; 111. Sarah Ballou (h, 11ch, 15, 18111), July, 3, 1831, They had ..J/wd/(7), h, Dec. 22, 1833; 111., Sept, 3, 1853, Cnroli1w Elizahclh Ballou, who was I,, Nov, 2,1, 1833, In Hurrillvllle, R, I. .~i'fl,i,r /., 111is11, b, Ot:l, 2, 1835: 111. Benjamin Joslyn, f.i,ydh· E,,r/(7), m. II, F. Reynolds, Oci. 26, 1865.*

ATWEU, BAln'LE'l"l'7 (ElisftaH; Stcpltm"; Caleb-I; All/lc1•l; JllCOb~; 7,,/1111), Born in Burrillville, R. I., Dec. ::i2, I 833 ; d. Feb. 17, 1871, :ct 37 years, I month, 2G days. C/ll/.l!J,'h'N. ERWIN A'l'WJ.:LI., b, l•cb, 13, 1855, J\J>l'l!R, b. flee, 21, 18(,r. (;J.:11RGI•: E1.1SIIA, I,, Dm:, 27, 18(13, SARAII LAVINA, b. Dec. 25, 1%8,

FAYETTE EAl

Born in Burrillville, R, I., Nov. 1 2, I 840; 111. 1-1. F. Reynolds, Oct. 26, 1865. CII/LJJNEN. FRANCIS FAl'ET'l·E, I,, April 2<), 18(17; d. young. Sol'IJI,\ LoUSIA, t,, >lov. I.I, 1868. l\lAlS, h. :\lay 2, 187-1. ll[ARCl\1.1.A l\llNJmVA, 1>. Ang. 8, 1877.

(40.) DAVID BARTLETT" (Eberl; 7{).1·cp/1:l; 7ac()/J'!; 70/111 1). Born Aug. 3, 1771, in Cumberland, R. I.; m. Hannah Jos­ lyn, at Warren, R. I., Aug 25, 1798. They lived awhile in the Zcbina Cook house, which stood a little distance in the

•Etish:l's (6) chihlrcn anU their tlcsccullants me taken (ro111 t.hc /,'a/1,.m c;t•1tealo,K)', 'l'IIIC IIAH'f'J.g'J'TS, rear ol' the present (1879) rr•:;idence or Darwin Cook. J\flcr­ wards, when his brnther, lla11i, had built a new J'esiclcnce and hncl removed thither, he moved into thnt house which was vacated by llani, and where he, David and h.iH wife, Hannah, died, and which is now owned and occupied by his daughter, l\fas J\lpha Bartlett. This was the house where his father, Eber, lived and died, and it stanr.ls opposite the intersection of the old Woonsocket road with the Mendon and Providence roacl. In appearance and stature, David was large and portly, and of very engaging manners. He held many positions of trust in the town government, and was several years High Sheriff of the County of Providence, cluring which time he and his family lived in Providence. I-f c was for many years one of the "deputies," ancl wns considerecl a good business man ancl suc­ cessful farmer. He ti. Sept. 3, 1842, ;et 71 years, I month, ancl was bmicd where lie his wife and son, in n small inclosure a few rods west, 011 the opposite sicle of the stream from the shop now owned by Olney Burlingame. His wife cl, May I 11 1852, ;ct 79 years, 7 months. They hacl only two children, neither of the latter having married.

Cff/£/JRHN, Al.l'IIA, b, Nov, 30, 17')S; single. Was living a~ recently as 1S711, SJ.:'1'11, b, lllarch 17, 1Ho~. Ile was drowned, IJcc, .J, 1S-1~. by hrcaking through 1hc ice on Peter's River, while returning from Woonsocket.

(,p.) B,1N1 BARTLETT" (/!'/Jeri; 7oscfl1:I; .7aco/J2; 70/ml).

Born in Cumberland, RI., Dec. 19, 1772; m. Philadelphia Pickering (youngest clau. of Samuc:I* ancl Sarah (Ballou) Pick­ ering, or Bellingham, Mass.), Jan. 27, 1802 (pub. Dec. G, 1801).

•Samnd l'ickcriug wa-. a near rdati\'c of the patriot, Timothy Pickering, :,1111 ,lic,I May .P, 1807, ;cl 7';,. year.;, tl mnnths. I lis wife (Sarah llallo11) was one uf the tir!\l mcmhcrs or the " Elth:r 11:dlou Church" i11 C11111licrla11d. 'l'hcy livctl i11 BcllinJ.:h:Un, un the l\lcmlon aml 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 ;~ 1~; J\'.:\:: :~=.. ~u,\\:\~. j,:•\~'~I~: ;i; ~~~ :~s~t~J~~~t t I~~\~~; .. ';,:r~1/t~ J:u~-.:w1{/:~1 :~Si':~t 1;~~ !~J;'/,t!\:as ;!i~-,:: ::~;

After living here manv years, he gave up his manufacturing, and his brother, David, took the house and farm, and he went back to live on his old place,'t on the hill, where he and his

~This shnp has loui,,: ~im:c i.:ouc to decay, am! there is not much tn :,,hm~ .where it sto0tl, A 1orl1011 of t_ht: tl:1111 can bt: 111;1dc out nnd :ll~o _the place where the sh'.'JI stootl, TIier,! is 111111:h 1css water ,11,1 tins lirook than forlllc~I}•, :11111 It IS 11nw u~c~l for a ,,·atcrllltt pl;u;c where it crus-.cs the road. I he shop stornl liy the sale 0£ the mad al tins waterin~ pl:tce and on tile uorth sit!e nf thl! lironk, tWilliam FfJllct owuctl tlie place in 188o, 'J'IIF. IIAR'J'l.fi:'l'TS,

wife died. In stature, Bani was above medium height, very straight and of excellent proportions, and was spoken of gen­ erally as being a very handsome man. His complexion was rather light, and in his advancer! years he was quite bald 011 his head. His wife was of medium height, rather dark complexion, fair and plump, and had beautiful dark eyes, and was of very charming appearance and of a delightful disposition. She was a Hiving mother and a real helpmate as a wife, being gifted with unusual qualities of heart and mind. Her quick­ ness of perception and reinakable activity, united with a sym­ pathetic nature, made her presence a pleasure wherever she went, and she hall the admiration and love of all who knew her. Shed. April 4, 1837, in her 58th year, and is buried by the side of her husband in the ""Elder Ballou" burying ground, where Bani had purchased a lot and caused his mother, Zibiah, to be buried after her death. Bani was a man of few words and of very even disposition, and in his intercourse with others was characterized by his firmness and dignity and good sense. He was always self­ possessed and never allowed himself to exhibit passion or feeling, and it is said of.him, and his wife, that there was never heard an unkind or a scolding, harsh expression, escape from the lips of either. He was for more than twenty years Deputy Sherilf of Providence County, and in the performance of the delicate duties connected with that office, he probably made as few enemies as would have been possible for any one to have done. And the few old people who remember him, speak of him as a man who was universally respected in the community where he lived. His name frequently appears on record in connection with the settlement of deceased persons' estates, and he was often appointed administrator, a circumstance which indicates the great business capacity he was known to possess, as we!! as attests the general confidence and es_tcem in which he was held by his friends and neighbors. He died July 24, 1835, in his 63d year, his death being caused by the use of the water which came to the house through a lead pipe. He is buried by the side of his wife, and mother, in the '' Elder Tim llARTLE'l"!'S,

Ballou" burying ground, From the rand, nncl facing the burial pince, his lot is on the right-hand side, about half way across the ground nncl is next to the driveway, and wall, which extend around the grounds. In approaching his lot from the ronrl, the first grave is that of his mother, Zibinh. At its head nncl foot arc rough memorial stones, having no inscription. The next grave by its side hns n plain, unpretending stone, in­ scribe·d ns follows :

"IN MEMOR\' OF MR. BANI BARTLETT, WIIO DIED }ULV 24, 1835, lN 111S 631J \ EAR." The third grave, and by the side of the grave of Bani, is that of his wife,'* the inscription on the stone rending: "IN lVhrnoR\' or, MRS, PHILADELPHIA, 'WtFE 01' BANI R\RTLETT, WHO DIED APRIL 4, 1837. fa mm 56T11 VEAR."

The next and fourth grave, by the side of that of his mother, is that of Eber, son of Bani, and on the granite headstone is cut the following: "EBER BARTLETT, SoN or, BANI ,\ND PlltLAllELl'IIIA, BORN SEPT, 18, 1805. Dllm ]AN. 6, 1876."

-H the 1btc of lier liirth as n.:cordcd iu the J;,-/ll111,.-ft,w1 N, .. ,·,,r,I~· is correct, she w:1s in her 58th year at the time 11f her tlcath. 'l'IIE IIA R'J'l.ET'!'S, 71

There is a vacant space-room for one more grave-and then comes the little grave of Edwin S., infant son of Bani's daughter, Sarah, who married George Tingley. Next to this, the grave of the mother, Sarah, who cliecl July 4, 1841, in her 34th year. The next, and on the other side of the grave of the mother, is that of her little daughter, Phila, rct 2 months and 15 clays. The next and last grave in the family lot is that of Bani's sister, Saloma, who died June 30, 1836, in her 57th year. CI/JLJJREN (Of Bani :ind Philadelphia (Pickering) nartlctt.) W11.r.,11u,, b. Oct. 22, 1802; d. Dec. r,, 1SorJ. He was buried in the" Old llarllell Burying l;rouncl." l\1,11:1,1, h. April 20, 180-1. She was of lhe same lovely disposilion lhal characterized her sis1er's, She m. Anlhony Swee!,* of Cumberland, Aug. 18, 1825. They have Jived in Blackston~, l\lass,, many years. 1-Jcclicc.l there. She, in 1S7rJ, was slill living. They had nine children, vi,.: St,-n:1•, b. June 28, 182(,; m, Carry Swee!, a coi1sin of his uncle, Burrill Bartlell's wife. They have Jivec.l many years in Olnerville, R. I. They had five children. A11,lr.•w J,1.-!.-.,·t111, b. July q, 1828; namec.l by his grandfa1hcr, Bani Banlctt. Lived many years in Pro,·idence, R. I. lie m. Cordelia Hewet, and had three children. ·She died some years ago. S,,,.,,1, ,1/,rri,,, b. Feb. r, 1830; m. -­ ;\[:trlin, and went to Vermont and died there. They had ~ix children. l:'li:tt/,,•th, b. Ocl. f,, 1832; m. -- l\lartin, brolher of her sisler, Sarah's, husband, Went lo Vermonl and ·died there. They had 1hree children. Ell,·11, h. Dec. r, 183,J, m. Jerome Bolsler, of Uxhridge. They lived in Blackstone, and had lwo children. She is living, a widow. Nichttrd, b. April 1f,, 1837; m. Mary--, and lives in Ashton, R. I., where he was postmasler and merchant. He had two boys. ,11,rr.rdl,r, b. Feb. 10, 18.10; 111. -- Talbot, and lives at Norwood, m:1r Boston. He is a farmer. The}' have had one child, if not more. /l,11111<1h, b. April 18, 18-13; m.· William Cates. They live in Blackstone, and have tw~ children. ,1l11ri11111111, b. Oct. 22, 18,15. \Vas the first wife of her sis1er, 1 lannah's, husband, William Cates. She died soon after her marriage. 5.J. E111rn, b. Sepl. 18, 1805; 111. Deborah Brownell. SARAH, b. Feb. 29, 1808. Sally, as she was calli,d, m. Ccorgc Tingley, of Cumbcrlanr.l, a farmer. They had two children, who died young. She was of a lovely Christian character and a great favorile, and was very much beloved by all the family. Shed. July .j, 18,11, in her 3.Jlh year, firm in the belief of a

•Anthony Sweet was a hruthcr o( Sylvester Jillson's mother. Syl\'cstcr Jillsun's sccoml wi£c was Maria's sister, l,avi11;1 Bartlett. 72 'fllE 11,\ R1'LET'l'S.

hlessctl Immortality,* George Tingley m., sccunt.l, Nancy JIiison, first r.ouslu or Anthony Swe,•t, who 111, 1\larla, sister or Sarah Bartlett. Both were living In 1879. I le is a wealthy and rcspectet.l farmer, and resides al Diamond 1-1111, where he owus a beautiful residence and fine farm. V,111N1JM, h. lltay ro, 1Srn; never marrii,d. lie owned hi!/ Cather's farm on the hill and carried it on for a time. Aftenvard, he en!(agcd in tho hoot and shoo business at Blackstone, lllass., an,I carried it on there many years. Ile lived with his sister, Maria, and died at her house. I le was or quiet, modest habits, anti ,vas greatly respected by all who knew him, Mc d. Aug, l.j, 1S71, and was buried in the cemetery at !llackstone, LAVINA, b. June 16, 1814; 111. Sylvester W. Jillson,!· Feh, 18, 1857, She was his second ,virc, They lived at Warwick, Mass,, where he owns a farm. Lavina has had no children. Before her marriage, she taught school and, like her sister, Sally, early espoused the cause or religion, and has invariably been esteemed for her benevolent 11isposition anti consistent Chris­ tian character. She has always been <.leeply interested in the Sunday school, an

(42.) Jns1,Pn BARTr.ETTii (Jt1cobl; '7oscplifl; yaco/J·!; 7t,h11l). Born in Rhode Island, probably in Cumberland, and when about three years of age, went with his father to Danby, Vt. His first wife was Pheby (dau. of Stephen) Colvin. She cl. 1823, xt 29, and he m his brother, Daniel's, widow, whose maiden name was Eliza Potter. He m., third, Mary (widow of Phillips) Potter, dau. of Ebenezer Smith. She was but three years younger than he and outlived him. He was over eighty when he died in 1876. He retained his great mental and physical vigor with little impairment to the encl of his life. He was during all his career a very industrious, active man, and resided all his • Jife in Danby. He was a natural and ingenious mechanic, and built a great many houses, much of

• Buried in the Ehler Ballou Uuryi11i;:: Grn11111l. tSylvc•:h:r Jill-.on's lirsL wifo ~\·as Mary (dau. o{ Jonathan) Kendall, of llnhh:mlstown. f;hc 11. Mardt r.i, 1856. 111! was a chair 11m1111£actttrcr 111 (;anlncr, Mass .• until 1851 1 when he rcmovc1l to \Varwick, By his first wire, he h:ul J11.rl11s, /J,,un• :111d Rmma. Justus was £nr sumc yc:1rs Stale St1pcri11tcn

(43.) SA VII> BARTLETT" (11 bncrl; 'Jo.,·tfft:l; JITCob~; 'Jo/tul). Born Nov. 5, 1787, in Cumberland, R. I., and went with his father to Danby, Vt., when about seven years old. He m. l'rusia (clnu. of Prince) Allen. He became an enterprising and influential man and was a worthy citizen. I-le carried on the business of making machinery and edge tools. He built a trip-hammer in 1810, near the High britlge, for the manu­ racture of edge tools, which business he concluctecl for more than thirty yenrs, a blacksmith shop being operated in con- 74 Tills !JARTLF.TTS.

nection with the manufactory. He was called, and sustained the reputation of being, the manufacturer of the best scythes in the country. Many of his scythes and axes arc111 exist­ ence. He was a selectman from 1821 to 1824, and filled various positions of trust ancl honor. In 1840, he removed with his family to Holland Purchase, N. Y. He cl. in 1856. His wife cl. in 1868, in advanced years.

C/I/LIJREN. AllNRR. PHINCI-:. Ru·m. SM!TII. DA\'IJI. i\L\l!CUS, m. Fanny (dau. of Azel Kelly. Settled in Danhr, Vt., a while, being a professional school teacher. \Vas the first superintendent of puhlic schools. Removed to Collins, N. Y., and was assistant assessor of internal revenue for the Gov­ ernment, but in 1SjS, was living in Buffalo, N. Y. PI.YN, m. Susan (tlau. of Ephraim) Chase. Lives in Collins, N. Y. Ile has on his place a valuable horse, brought from Danby. It is valued at $5,000.

(44.) AllEL BARTLETT•i; (Abner!; 'Joscpl!:1; ',Yacob?.; ',Yo/ml). Born in Cumberland, R. I., June 25, 1793, and went with his father to Danby, Vt.; m. Hannah Boomer. He was a blacksmith and worked in the shop with his brother, Savid. He was burned to death in 182 1, while burning a coal pit on the farm now owned by Josiah Southwick. A cabin which stood near the coal pit, and inside of which he was sleeping, in company with two persons, caught fire, and before he could escape, he inhaled the flame and survived only a short time. He was about 27 years old at the time of his death. His widow is living in Danby, with her daughter, Ann, and is over eighty years of age. Abel and wife hacl two children. Cfllf.JJREN. ANN, never married. A1rn1., m. J\lary i\lcLaughlin and resides in Spuyten Duyvil, N. Y. I-le is inventor and patentee of several useful things, among which is the Bartlett Polar Refrigerator, extensively known. lie is also a landscape painter and an artist of pure taste. I-Jc has acquired a large fortune. He has two children, Ch,rrl,·s and Ada. TJIE'. n,\RTLETTS, 75

(45) DANrnr. llARTt.lffTi'i (Ab11crl; '.Yoseph:!; .'J'ac~b'2; '70/1111), Born April 8, 1798, in Danby, Vt.; m., first, Ruth (dau. of Deliverance) Rogers; m., second, -- --., from Rhode Island. He represented the town in the Legislature several years following- 1834, and was selectman a few years. His occupation was that of a farmer, am! he owned a very large farm, on which he kept forty cows besides other stock. I-I e was justice of the peace from 1825 to 1841, and a leading man in the town. After his second marriage, he went West and there died. Some of his children arc living in Ohio at this time, 1878. C//lf.D/,'l:.'N. Ll/cl!Js succccd«I his cousin, i\!arcus, in the supcrintcnclcncy of schools. W11.a:. Jnm,, D1-:1.1\'lm,1Ncf(. l\lARY, 111. Frc<:m:in l'acJcJock, or West Dorset, Vt., ancJ resides them. L Yl>IA, l\LlltTIN. DA 1·11,.

REMARKS. December, 1877, I received a lengthy, interesting letter from N. L. Baker, Esq., of Danby, Vt., a few points from which c.leserve attention. Mr. Baker is a wealthy and influen­ tial citizen of Danby, and married Sophronia (dau. of Joseph) Bartlett, son of (Yacobl, ':foscp1t:i, ',Yacob~, ':fo/1111). Mr. Baker kindly forwarded me a copy of the History of Danby, a book now very rare, and from it I have obtained some items of information respecting the descendants of Jacob and Abner, who migrated from Cumberland, R. I., t.o Danby, about 1795. Mr. Baker, in writing of the history, says: "I think it quite a valuable and reliable book, and I do not know where I could get another. It is one father Bartlett owned, and the cover and binding arc his own work, when he was seventy-eight years old." * * ~' "I have been acquainted with the families of Hartlctts for fifty years and my wife has 1 always lived in this town." *' * * ' " Our youngest son, Sum­ mner W., diccl in June, 1876. He was 18 years and 6 months nm llAR'l'Lt•:T'l'S. olcl when he clicd, and a boy of great prnmise. Our son, Henry S., is now in River F'alls, Wis. Our three girls are well married, and we have no reason to complain. So we ~;e ldt without any children at home. Our son, Henry S., has been County Superintendent of Schools in Pierce County, Wis., for two years and at the November election was electecl for two years more.* His salary is quite large. He owns a house. and an academy building, which he rents to a man who gradu­ ated at the same college with himself, (Middlebury College.) He also holds a local preacher's license in the M. E. Church. His wife is a daughter and only child of Samuel Williams of that place, (formerly of Herkimer County, N. Y.") * $ ~ * "A few more items in regard to the Bartletts and I am clone. There i:.; no male of the nam_e now in town. As I stated at first, l have known them many years, and I have never heard of a single perso·n, old or young, bearing the name of Bartlett, who was ever concerned in any dishonorable or even unmanly act, which is saying something for a name that is so widely known in all this part of the country. At one time, nearly all these Bartlett families were here. They were good citizens and most of them great readers and men of intelligence and greatly resper.ted by their neighbors."

(46.) EnER BARTLET'f5; ('joscp!t-1; 'joscp/,:i; 'jacob~; 'jo/ml). Born in Cumberland, R. I., Feb. 19, 1785; m. Patience, (dau. of Samuel) Scott, of Bellingham, Mass., Nov. 27, 1810, Was the ·inventor of one of the best cooking stoves of the time. In the latter years of life, he was partially insane. His wife was also insane and died in the hospital.

lllAIJISON, b. Sept. S, 1SI1, JULIA ANN, b. l\lay 26, 1613. Emm, b. Oct. 15, 1615. MARY, b. Jllay I.J, 1S17. PATUNA, b. Sept. 11), 1620. SA:-otom., b. June 22, 1822. Jo11N, b. Aug. 1f,, 1S24. P1rnl1E, L. Dec. 1(,, 1625.

"lie was fin,t put up as :111 i11dcpcmh:11t candillatc :uul ch.:ctcc.l 1,y a large majority 1wc1· th..: rc!;ular candidates of. the two political p:trlic~.-T. E, B, · Tllli IIAln'l,ETTS, 77

(47.) E1,1s11A BAH'l'LE'J"J'ii (')'o.1·tpkl; ')'o.1·1th:l; ')'11c,1b~; 70/ml),

Born in Cumberland, R. I., July ::?9, r 78G; 111. Martha (dau. of Francis) Inman, of Cumberland, Feb ::?J, r 808 ; cl. Feb. 5, 1849, .ct 6:?, and is buried in a burial place situated on the Providence and Menclon road, nearly opposite the present residence of Richarcl Bartlett.

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SUS,INN,111, b, April l

(48.) BI{INT<>N BAiffLE'l''l'·i; ('7os,pkl; ')'os,'J'lt:l; ')'acob~; '70/t11I).

He was born in Cumbcrlancl, R. I., March 19, 1788; 111. Bula Jillson, Nov. 5, 1815.

C//I/./J/,'1,'N, ,vE1.co~rn J1usm:, b. Fcl,. (,, 1S111: 111. Nancy i\tlanrn. They livetl in ,voonsockct antl had onlr one child h, there. l:'ldora 1lfari11, h. i\lay 27, 18-1(,; d, Sept. (,, 18.17. STEl'llt.N, b, L1,:.1N1J1m, b. ----, u.-; 111.-lla111ilto11, 'l'I IR 11,\ R'1'Ll\'1"1'S,

(49.) G1m1wl\ llAR'l'Li': 01°r0; (l/7,i,rl; 7oup!,a; 711co/,~; 711/1111),

Horn in Cumberland, R, I., Sept. :i, 1789; m. Nancy, '(dau. or Zebina and l'rusin) Cook. CII I/JJ I.' /0\f,

Plitt.A, b, Jan. l

(50.) A1rnor.n BARTLETTfl; (Elija//i; 711bl; 7ob:l; 711/111~; 70/1111 ). He was b. about 1805 ; m. Sally, (dau. of -- and Grace) Beebe. She cl. in Smithfield, 1845. He cl. in Cumbcrla11d, 1839. They had eight children.

C//f/,J)N/:'N.

IIENRY A1t:-WJ.11, b, July 15, 1827, in Uxbridge, lltass, lie Ill, Charlollc Grow, clau. of Russell Grow, of Wcstforu, Vt. They reside in Philadelphia. !·Jc has made a large fortune iu the manufacture of blacking and other enterprises, and has a large establishment on North Front street, l'hiladelphia, llu is an example of a self-made man, I !is two sons live at ho111c, viz: //m1J' ,l.rh/1:1•, b, in Milbury, illass., 18.J

(5 1,) S~l l'l'IJ B,, Wl'l,ETTII; ( 'Yt·rc111ialt~; Jt'l'l'lllilllt I; 7t·rc111i11lt!I; 7t1/111'!; 7't1/111l),

Was b. March 221 1800 in Cumberland, R. I.; 111. in Wash• ington County, Ohio, June 19, 1825, Mary Willis. She was b. May, 1800. At the time or their marriage, he bought land adjoining on the north side of that which his father bought in 1806, on the Muskingham river. On the farm, he reared a family of five children. After the death of his wife, January 27, 1867, he WL!nt to Harmar and lived with his son, John W., and ti. there Nov. 18, 1870, and is buried by the side of his wife in the Harmar burying ground. The grave is directly south of that of his father and Uncle Amos.

Clflf.lJA'/0\', LUt:INl>A, b, Sept, 12, 1825; m. June 8, 18.15, James I,. Wells, son of Ilartnessan

twins-b. Nov. 101 1875; (/,•111:!..,"i111w, b. Oct. 22, 1878.

(5 2.) LEVI BARTLETTli ( 7,.·rcmialt\ Jt-'rl'!lliakl; '7crcmialt:I; '7olt11'.!; '70/ml). \Vas b. in Cumberland, R. I., July 20, 1805. Two months later, his parents started fur Ohio, his mother carrying him on · her lap on horseback most of the way, reaching Harmar late 80 Till-: 11/\H'J'LE'l"l'fl, in October. He was n stmng, nclivc mnn, live feet, nine inches high, weighing auout two hundred poul1ds. With his love fur books and study, he was prepared 011 reaching the age of twenty, to take n country school, ,Lncr for Lhe next twelve yenrs was a tcncher most of the time. He wns county surveyor, and in 185:?, n Reprcscntntive in the Legislntun:. At the time of his death, he owned, including that bought by his father in 1806, one of the finest farms in the state, He was injured by being thrown from his buggy, hiH horse having been frightened, nnd three dnys nfterwards, May 18, 1879, he died, nncl is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Maricttn, Ohio. He m. Mnrin Dickey, clau. of Solomon Dickey, Oct. :?6, 1837. She was b. in Harmar, Nov. 13, 1816, nnd d. at the Bartlett farm, April 19, 1846, and is buried by the sick of her husband in Onk Grove Cemetery, Marietta. She was of medium size and had a pleasant disposition. He m., second, Phebe, (dau. of E~ekicl) Cnnficld, Nov. 11, 185 I. She was the widow of Leonard Gunn. Dr. J. C. Bartlett of Marietta, Ohio, hns a complete record of the descendants of Soloman Dickey, the father, and John Dixon, the grandfather, of Maria Dickey.

Cl/ll.lJR/0\T, h:1rnrnA11 C .. I,, Sept. 23, 183S; 111. Jan. 27, 1870, i\!ary F. llarl, 1,, in llar111ar, Jan. 27, 1S50, dau. uf IJr. II. I'. llarr• and Sally 1\1. Alcock. Ile studied at the University of Ohio, al Athens; grac.luatcd from the i\lc

•fur an account 0£ this family, si.:c 11:trt Gcncaloi;y, pnhlishLil hy Austin Hart, New Uritain, Co1111., 1875. Till! 11,llfl'l.J('J"J'H, 81

tho ri,1fl111t111t11l llnlf thrno ruarH, waH 11ovor 11i,so111 fro111 duty or Hick, AH hlH c11111rndos ux1irusH0

,1/, C., I,, Supt, 8, 1H7(1, nnd ,l/1111,/,1 /,;, h, Nov, 18 1 1H77, (lly 11ci:0111I wlfo,} E1,r.A, h, Alllf, 28, 1852; Ill, Sept. 15, 1H75, l'ror. w, II. Ca111puull. Thuy wcro llvln!( 111 rHHo, In Cliarlusto11, Mo,, whcru ho has chargu ol an ,\cadun1y, Thuy have lf,1r1:1• /I, and /Villi,1111 C, l>ANIEI, C,, I,, Feb, 25, 185.j, L1w1, Ii, Nov, r,J, 1855, As.1, h, Supt. 17, 1857. i\llllA A., h. Nov. (1, 185,J, ANNA M., h. Jllay 2.1, 18(12, J!!NNIII P,, h. Feh, 22, 18(,,j, N1-:·1"1'11': II., h. Fell, 27, rsr,r,. l'l

(53.) AMOS llARTLETT11 (A1J10.1•r.; ')crc111ial1-I; 7t·rc1111ir/i:I; J/ih11'J; JOll/1 I). Born in Harmar, Ohio, July 16, 1811; m. there, Nov. 18, 1830, Elizabeth Gerrard, b. 18 15. They went to Io•va about

1840, whc1·c she died in Mahaska County, March 161 1848. He 111., second, at Harmar, June 9, 1851, Susan Roop, widow of John Roop, and daughter of his uncle, Jeremiah Bartlett. !Ie cl. at Pella, Mahaska County, Iowa, Oct. 11, 1873. She was living, in 1880, at Peoria, Mahaska County, Iowa.

Cl// lON/:'X. EI.IZAIIE'J'II, u, Sept. 311, 1S31, in l\l,iriclla, 0!1io; 111., in Mahaska County, Iowa, l\Iay Ir, 18.t

Dec, 11J, 18(17; C11n:1• l',, h, Oc1, 28, 1871J; florrid H, Ii, Ocl, :?2, 1872j No.rto,·, b. June 14, 187(,j ,1/,1111v,·, b.. July 22, 1878; all h, In Iowa, n1,:u111m, b, Ocl, 15, 1S31J, near l\lcArlhur, Vinion Counly, Iowa; m,, Sept, 5, 18(17, R:ichcl Swisher, h, in Ohio,

(54.) Eu1m Bt.RTLJ,:'t"l'll (/11111i;;,; Eberl; ':fo.1·cph:I; '711cob"!; '70/1111), Born in Cumberland, R. I., Sept. 18, 1805; m,, at Burrill­ vi•lle, R, I., Aug. 29, 1830, Deborah Brownell. She was b,

Sept 101 1808, and cl. Nov, 15, 1891. She was dau. of Shatl­ rach Brownell, and grand-daughter of Thomns Brownell. of Westport, Mass. After their marriage, they lived near the Livin Bartlett homestead in Cumberland. While here, Eber was engaged in the mamifacture of scythes, with his father. After a while, he removed to Laurel Ridge, Burrillville, R. I., and, under the firm name of Bartlett & Faxon, carried on an extensive business, manufacturing cotton warp. He after·• wards lived for a time in Smithfield, R. I., on the place since known as the "Edward Hotchkiss farm," a short distance, southwest, of the Quaker meeting house. · It was here their son, Thomas Edward, was born; their daughter being born while they lived in Burrillville. In the fall of 1848, he re­ moved with his family to Fayette, Maine, where he was for some years engaged with R. B. Dunn, manufacturing scythes. While here, his two children, Thomas Edward, and Mary Elizabeth, attended' school at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, about a mile distant from Fayette. After return- Tim JI,\ l!'l'LWl"l'S. 83 ing to Rhode Island, he finally settled in Providence, where he cl. Jan. G, 1876, in the 71st year of his age. He is buried in the Elder Ballou burying ground in Cumberland, by the side of his mother. His father, aunt Saloma, sister Sarah, and grandmother Zibiah, arc buried in the same plot. He re­ tained his youthful activity and vigor, almost unimpaired, to the encl of life. In stature, Eber Bartlett was about mcclium heigii,, erect, and well formed. He had fine, dark-brown hair, dark eyes, light .complexirin, regular features, and a very fair, clear skin, and was called a good-looking man. In disposi­ tion, he was warm-hearted, quick, and impulsive, ancl very generous and sympathetic, always reacly and willing, in sick­ ness, or misfortune, to lend a helping hand. No one, in dis­ tress, ever applied to him in vain for couusel, or rdief. He was a zealous temperance advocate, and his faithful labors, in this ficlci of benevolence, for the benefit of his fellow men, were productive of much good. Like his kinsman, the good, and pious, old Quaker, Moses, of Providence, who, when he sold Janel, stipulated, that there should never be any strong drink sold on the premises, he never enquired whether it would pay, or not, or stopped to count the cost, when con­ tencling with the evils of intemperance. In his family, he was the most kincl, and affectionate of husbands, anti the most lender, and loving of parents ; no sacrifice was considered by him too great to make for the benefit of his children.

" '/'l1t111I..- ,;,,,t,fi,r ,1111· d,•,r,I /rfrud, 1/ "i//J /m·t• ,f/i/1 radi,111/ willt t/J,· 11:1;/tt 1!/ b-uln, ll,.l,11~·1• /,,,.,, n11111•s lad,·11 -;,•ilh t/1,• sc,•11: 1!/ J'llllllr, '/'/1r,111,1.:l1 /;1•e11/J• y,·ars ,if ,l,•,1/lt, 11

C/IILIJNEN . (Or giicr :rnd IJcliornh (/i'r,,wndl) ll:irtktt. J-:1.111 Russm.r., b. in Cumberland, R. I., Jan. ro, 1832; d. Scp1. 13, 1R32, a,1 nine months, in Fall River, while his parents were lherc on a visil. lie was buried al Apponogansell, about five miles from New Bedford, ;\lass., in the !Juakcr burying gnrnnU. l\L\R\' E1.IZAHl,Tll, b. Dec, 11, 1S33, in Burrillville, R. L She taught ·school some years; m. George \V. Nason, and lives in Exeter, N. :1. They have had no children. 57. T1111l1As E11wARP, b. April 17, 1838, in Smilhficld, R. L; m. Emeline O. Llaruour, of lkllingh:un !\lass. •fog llAH'l'l,E'l"l'S,

(55.) Bu1m1u BAR'l'Lt,'l"l'II (/la111'1i; Eberl; ':fosi.'j>/i!I; 'Yt1fo/J'2; '70/ml),

Born Oct. 221 1816, the youngest child; m. Ann Phetta­

plnce, o[ Greenville, R. I., Feb. 201 1845. For Borne years, he was engaged in the grocery trade, but finally establishecl himself as a soap manufacturer on Friendship ~trcet, Provi­ dence, R. I., under the firm name of J'hettaplace & Bartlett, his wife's brothe~ being of the firm. He has accumulated a large fortune; has been honored by his townsmen with many offices of trust, both in the City and State governments, and was a member of the City Council many years. I-le has but two children, one a civil engineer and the other a whole­ sale grocer. Cl/ I l,/JREN.

L1m·1, LELAND, b. March 27, 184S, AsEJ, P1n:·1"1',ll'I.ACE, b. Nov, q, 1852; Ill, l\lary A. l'.dmcr, Nol', 1, 1S7f,. I le has one daughter, Florence, b. Aul-(. 1, 1Si7, and perhaps others.

(56.) ABNER BARTLETTH (Efis/ia1; ':fosc;,li I; 'Ytis,t!t:1; 'Yt1co/J'!; 'Yo/1111).

Born Sept. 12, 1812, in Cumberland, R. I.. and lived on the old Joseph Bartlett, Jr., pince; m. Lucina Esten, Jan. 1, 1834. She was b. Nov. 23, 1806, all(! lives at the same place with her son, Alfred E., who inherited his father's homestead. -Abner, the father, having died April 17, t 856, ;et 44. I-le is buried in the small burial plot on the hill, northwest of the house. C/1/l/JR/:'N,

5S. Al.FREI> E., b, Aul-(. 12, 183(,; 111. Almeda S. l'ickcrin!,(. Au:x,1N1,1m M., b. Dec. 1, 18.1ri.

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(57.) T11m1,\s El>\\'AIW B,,1n1.1sTT7 (Hbcrll; Rt111i;,; Eberl; 70,1·,'j>h:I; 'Ynco/J~; 70/1111), Born in Smithfield, R. I., April 17, 1838; m. Emeline Orinda Barbour, in her father's house in Bellingham, Mass., Oct. 27, 1859, Rev. Mr. Macy officiating.. She was b. July r 5, 1837, and was the clau. of Adams J. Barbour, Sr.,'~ ancl his first wife, Orincla (/lmold) Jfarbour. They lived for a time after marriage in Providence, R. I, where he was in charge of one of the departments in the Providence Tool Co.'s armory. In r 865, ·he went to Ilion, N. Y .. ancl was fore­ man ancl contractor for several years in the Remington Armory. Returning cast in the fall of 1871, he cngagccl in the grocery and provision business at 727-29 Main street, Worcester, Mass., where he remained until 1878, when he removed to Cambridge, Mass., where he will reside during the time his son, Frederic Russell, is pursuing his studies in the Harvard University Medical School. He is at present ( 1880) in charge of the passenger transportation business of the Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co., in Boston. During his father's residence in Fayette, Mc., he attended school at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill; was also several years a student at the Quaker School, Providence. In stature, he is about six feet high, ancl weighs one hundred and eighty pounds; has dark-brown hair ancl dark eyes. In tastes, he is strongly antiquarian; is a corresponding member "of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. Is a great reader, and highly values the use of books.

Cf/lf.JJ/,'l:'N. F1rnli>-:1

•A1la111s J. Jlarh1111r was a lineal d!.!sccmlam or Capt. Ucurg'-! Jlarbour, 0111: ur the urig:inal prol1riclurs u1 U<.:dha111 ;1ml Mcadliclll, i\lass, 86 . TIIE UARTLETTS,

(58.) Ar.rrrnll E. BARTLETT'i (Ab11crll; Eli's/ta"'; :fos1-pkl; '7acob2; '7olt111).

Born Aug. 12, 1836, in Cumberland, R. I.; m. Almeda S. Pickering, March 27, I 8 59. She was b. Sept. 23, I 843. They live on the old Joseph .Bartlett, Jr., place, and his mother, Lucina, lives with them. They are a very happy and pros­ perous family. It was gratifying to find that they had kept an accurate genealogy of their family for several generations.

CIIILJJREN. J·IARHmT A., b. !\larch 28, 1860. Jh:NRV W., b. Dec. 2, 1862. Jl1m111mT A., b. l\larch 2S, 186-1; d. J\larch

MISCELLANEOUS.

A few miscellaneous names of Bartlctts which occur in the notes taken from the records in Cumberland and adjoining towns, their relationship to the others of the same name not havi•ng been established.

CUl\lBERLA:-.:D.

John .._<.;. Rart/dl and wift'. Lury, l111d CAI.ISTA, b. March -1, 1822. W11.I.IAM II., b. April 25, 182(1. JUI.IA ANN, b. April 13, 1828, (B>• second wire, S:11ly.) LnlAN A. S., b. ;\larch 2S, 1S-1.1, lln1

IIAltlUET P. l:IARTl,lnT, m. Gilbert L. Jillson, Oct. 2-1, 18.!i, both of Woonsocket, R. I. They resided in Douglass, Mass. She was b. Nov. 1-1, 182(1. They have had seven children. i\llNEI< llARTI.ETT, wife, Susan, d. Jan. 21), 1807. Smith J. C. (their son) b. Dec. 2, 1806. W11.l.1Ait, son of Benjamin and ;\[argarct Bartlett, d. June 25, 1859, :ct 33. 'l'l IE 11,\l{'rr. r,:T'l'S.

Er>WAllll ,v., son of David and Cella B.irtlell, d. Oct. 5, 18(13, mt 25. J1m1m1A11 B., son of Alvin and Amey Ann Tl.11tlett, d. Au!(, 30, 1S72, rut J.J. L1-:v1, son of Benjamin and l\lar!(aret llartlelt, d, single, April 13, 18(15, Sl'l.l'ANUS BAlt'l'LRTT, son of Noah, of Smithlielcl, R. I.; m. Sarah Mann, Oct. 10, 1780.

KILLINGLY, CONN., l\lARRIAGES.

l.11.1.rris BARTI.F.'l'T m. Sampson fl. Cm•cll, Oct. 20, 1831, i\lr-:1.01u " Elijah Witherby, of Brookfield, l\larch 20, 1837. RICIIARI> " Christina Fisher, April 7, 1S3r. " Sabina Durfee, Nov. 20, 1S30, " Shuuacl Day, Sept. 23, 1830. \V,11.110 " Mary Ann Covell, Sept. 13, 1S32. ls1u1ir. " :llary Grover of Coventry, Feb, rS, 1S21. j0IIN " Pally llartlell, Nov. 2(1, 1820. MAR\' " I'aschael Withey, of Brooklyn, Dec. 2S, 1820. lll-:TIIIA " Shepard Stearns, Nov. r r, 1827.

PROVIDENCE, R. I. RECORDS.

Mos1,:s TIARTl,1•:'l"I', 111. Sarah Pcol, ,\ug 1S, 1805. R11sA1.m " Samuel Drew, Dec. (1, 1815. [S,\AC " Lackey i\l:trsh-St.John'sChurcl1 Records. [Ext. from I~cg. needs.] joSIAII of c;:ulancl, i\le., County of Penobscot. Rr-:ur:EN JOSEl'll "· No1tingham, N. II. IIANNAII the wife of -- C,arlancl. i\[AR'l'IIA -- c;ruJy. A1111;A11. " -- Chace. SAi.i,\' -!July. Deed of Janel, June 12, 1S35, belonging' to their father, Nehemiah Bartlett, witnessed by i\lercr Bartlett and Ebenezer Bart lull. l\10s1is I I. J!ARTl,1-:'l'T, wife Sarah, a carpenter, owned land on Power street, Providence, R I. JosEl'II !lAl

L1-:v1 llAit'l'I.I\TT, wife, Elita, had a son, C/111rks lf.·111:1•, IJ. Nov. 12, 1S.1r; d. April 16, 18.13, llr-:TSE\' BARTLETT, 111. Gcoq.(e Clapp, both of the South Gore, Jan. I, !S27. 88 TII E llA RT LETTS.

E,11,11z1rn T1,11tTJ.IITT, or Fitchburg, n111.I Mlr:un Stowe, of Oxronl, m, Jan, 3, 1835. JAMES 0. BAllTLlr!"I', a member of the 25th Reg. J\lass.. Vol. in the Rebellion; d. ·at Charlestown, l\lass., J\lny ,, 1%(1, of wounds received nt Cold l!nrbor, Vn, (i\lemorin.l tablet. Town llall, Oxford, Mass.] On1tcAs B.\1t'l'LtnT, m. Cnlcb Callum, hoth of lllendon, i\bss,, Jan 1(,, 171JI. [,11,'lldon N,•tord.r.] SAllAII BAllTl,1\TT, m. Joseph Ballou. b. i\ln.y 5, 17-13, in Wren­

tham, 1tnss., 1\lay 15 1 17(16, (Ballou G,·1lt'alo.~~1,.] i\lAR\' llARTl.ln''I', b. Jan. 20, 1;SI); 111, Amariah Ballou, in i\lt, Desert, Mc., Jan. (1, 1825. She was d:lll, or David llartlelt, or i\lt. Desert.

OTHERS OF THE NAME.

The following list of Bartlctts who had arrived in this coun­ try previous to 1700, all of which arc presumed to have emi­ grated from England, has been obtained from original statis­ tics. Subsequently, there were others who came to these shO'rcs. A ·targc field for genealogists is here presented to study the relationship which existed between these early set­ tlers o( the Bartlett name who were not associated in emigra­ tion to New _England.

Ro111mT, arrived in Plymouth, l\lass., in the ship, Ann, 16~3, three years ahcr the landing of the Pilgrims. Ile d. 1(,7(,, aged ;3. His de­ scendants ara very numerous. R1c11,11w, arrived with his family at Newbury, l\lass., before 1(135. lied. in 1(147, :ct about 72, and left many descendants. One or his sons. John Bartlett, has been erroneously stated by 011c writer to he a brother. Jn11N, was in Newport, R. I., an

RnllEllT, brother of Wllllant llarllelt, of New London, Conn., was nt that place in 16.15, am! d. there in 1(,73. No chllclrcn known, N1c11m.,1s, of Scarborough, l\le., and Salem, Mass., was at Scarborough in 1(151, and afterward, in 1(15,J, lived in Salem. llo was living In 170(1, and was then eighty-six years old. lie had a wl!e, Elizabeth, and children. <.1,:01wrs, o! Scarborough and Spurwink, l\lc., 1(,(,3, had a dau. who m. Nicholas Baker, o! Marblehead, l\lass. lie may have had other children. lied. about 1(,7.1. A1.1:x,11-1n1,:11, was probably living at Northampton, illass., illay 27, 1(,7(1, as his wife, Sarah, died there at lhat time. Jos1•:1'11, of Camhri,lge and Newton, ill ass., was al Cambridge about 16(1(1, lie died at Newton in 1702. l\lany descendants. llENJA~IIN, of nrookficld, illass., was there before 1700. lie had a wife, i\lary, and numerous descendants, llis daughter, l\lary, b, i\lay (,, 17m, was the first birth recorded in the llrookfield records. Jn11N, of Weymouth, Mass., 1(1(1(,, had a wife, Sarah. I-le d. in Rehoboth, l\lass., Aug. 1(1S-1; she rlied at the same place in Jan., 1(,S.1-5. Their descendants arc recorded in this book. Rn111mT, of Marblehead, i\lass,; was there before 1(,70, and made a will in i71.J. llas descendants. lie was b, in Frampton, Dorset County, England, Feb . .J, 1638, and was brother of John, Failhful and l\lag­ daline, all being children of William Bartlett, who died at Frampton, Aug. 2(1, 1(157, and his wife, Edith, who died at lhc same place, July 10, 1fi52. J1111N, of illarblehead, brother of preceding Robert, was born in Frampton, l\lay q, 1fq5. In 1711, he state~, in an allidavil, that he had lived in illarblchead lift)' years. lie has descendants, FAl'l'IIFUI., brother of preceding John and RoberJ, was h. in Frampton, Sept, 18, 1(,.12. lie ,vas at Boston, ~lass., in tf17u, .and d. there in 1(173. I le had a wi!e, l\largrct, who administered his estate, and a son, Fai1hful, I,, 1f,;r, and perhaps olher children. l\lag-daline, sis­ ter of preceding- Faithful, John and Robert, was b, in Frampton in 1(121), and lived with her brother's in Marb.lehead. llJo:NNts, was al lllarblchead, illass. llis estate was inventoried in 1f17S. l'ostcrity not I raced. L,\l1RENCE1 was in Boston, i\lass.,in 1(170. Posterity not known. IIENRY, was at l\Iarllwrou,;h, ~Ia~s., in 1f1S0, and has many descendants. illnsEs, d. at l\lamamoit, near Plymouth, illass, 1fi7S. I le had a boa I which belong-ed lo Joseph Pierce, of Huston, illass. Jo11N, of llull, illass., was there before 1(up, lie had a wife, ~larcy, and numerous descendants. T110:\tA!i, of \Vatcrtown, ~'la~s., 1(135, was an original Proprietor of Dedham, l\lass. Ile d. April 26, 165~. In his will he mentions four daughters.

Nearly all of the twenty-three Bartletts enumerated in th\! preceding list arc known to have descendants. That these immigrants, so nearly contemporaneous in their arrival in 1)0 'I'll!( 11,1 ll'l'l.ls'J"l'K,

this country, wero connected by con:;anguity, e,1111wt be doubted, although to this time no elfoetive effort hns been mnclc to pince them on record in their prcci1-1c relationship to each other, owing to the magnitude of the work of examining every discernible record touching the history of each, The writer has in his possession a vast amount of matter which has been collcetccl from various reliable sourr.es, relating to nil the Bnrtletts in this country, nncl it is at the service of any one interested in this line of invl~stignlion. /\s a basis for an enquiry of exceedingly great interest, it is suggested to the student of the name, that nn inspection can be mncle of the popular biographical dictionaries nnd standard local histories of New England towns, In the written records and printed histories of many towns, the name frequently appears in crcclitnble connection with public affairs, during the hundred years since the lnncling of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Roel<. From these, it docs not appear that the early arrived Bartlctts were inclucecl to find homes in the new world, by disappointment in resistance lo priestly, and governmental, domination of private right to per­ sonal religious belief-so much as by the alluring proHpect of f,,unding homes in a Janel where honorable industry might be better compensated than under the multiform vexations too often prevailing in any country where business and religion arc hampered by systems, and proccclurcs, which outlive use­ fulness and destroy the cheerfulness which should accompnny personal enterprise. The Bnrtlctts, like some of the other early settlers who were lnndecl proprietors and owners of estnt<'s, were thrifty, forehanded, peacefully inclined persons, who benefit the community of which they arc members. Most of them were fairly educated, and it is this love of learning ancl respect for good order which is significant of a common ancestry. More than one hundred ancl thirty persons of the name have been graduates of American colleges. The three professions-law, medicine, and divinity-have: abundantly demonstrated the fact that the Bartletts have been influential in society as jurisconsults, judges, statesmen, physicians, teachers, and ministers of religion. l\s generals, nn

BIOCRAPHICAL.

It wns not intended to introduce at1ything of a general biographical character, but a fow abridged extracts from vadous biographical dictionat·ies and cyclopa!dias with refer­ ence to some of the more prominent o[ the Bartlelts, selected, as nearly as practicable, Crom the descendants of each of those who, as progenitors of the name, first settled in this country, may not be unacceptable.

JOSIAH BARTLETT, who was distinguished by being one of the signers of the lJedaration of I ndcpendencc, died in the 66th year of his age, after a noble life spent in the sl.!r­ vice of his fellow-men. I Ie was a physician, with a large practice, in New l·lampshirc, and his political career com­ rm:nced in 1765, when be was chosen Representative for Kingston in the Legislature of what was then the province. 111 1775, he was chosen a dclega•.e to the Continental Con­ gress, and went to J>hilaclelphia. There, in July, 1776, Con­ gress concluded to vote upon the adoption of that instrument which made the people forever free. Josi.tit Bartlett, of New llarnpshire, was the first called who answl.!recl in the affirma­ tive, at the roll-call by States. ! le was the first man, after the !'resident, who put his name to the paper, In 1776, after laborious work for his country as nwmber of the Congress, he was active in the military business of New Hampshire. He

• u The Ollit:ial l~1:;..:ish:r ur \'ulu11tccr fo~·c,: nf the U. ~- ,\nur, 18G1~6si'' 1:nutaim, tht! 11.1111<:-. of ei~hl)'-:,1.x Jl,1rth:u.-, wh11 Wl!r,: t.:11111u11.., .. i1111cd olli,:cr-,, in tlii: ;1r111y d111·111J.!" thl: lat1: \Var ul the Rcl1clli.011. IL w;1,; 1111L a-.i:1:rt;ti11l:d lio,I\' Ill.Ill)' Wt..'l'c olliccrs in the 11;n•y d11ri11g th.it v•~11,1tl, hut it IS \ffi.!Slllllt:d there Wol"> a pr11purt1011,lll! 1111111IJt:1'. 92 TIIE llARTLETTS.

was Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in 1780, and Muster Master in raising troops. In I 788, lie was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1787, he was an actlve member of the convention held in New York, to devise a plan for the government of the Confederation of States. He was Chief Magistrate when New Hampshire adopted a temporary constitution, in 1776, ancl"Governor of the State, 1792-93, He was also a presidential elector. His three sons were all eminent physicians, and bis six daughters were admirable children of their worthy sire.

WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT, son of Charles L., a Boston merchant, was the youngest major-general in the service of his country during the war for the Union. His biography can be found in almost any public library. He was a Harvard student, and in his junior term relinquished his studies to enter himself as a soldier for the war, he being then twenty-two years old. While convalescing after losing a leg in the line of duty, he returned to Harvard to take his univer­ sity degree, in 1862. His promotion by President Lincoln to-be brigadier general, for bravery, was followed by his brevet as major-general. His life reads li\~e a romance of heroism and nobility. He married, Oct., I 865, Agnes, daughter of Seth Pomeroy, of Pittsfield, Mass, a great grand-daughter ot Seth Pomeroy, of the Revolutionary War. He resigned his com­ mission in 1866, and, after a visit to Europe, settled in Pitts­ field, Mass., and was the manager of the West Stockbridge, Mass., iron works, and also of iron works at Richmond, Va. The Alumni Association of Harvard University met after his death and took measures for procuring the memorial in marble which is placed in Memorial Hall, in that institution of learn­ ing. He left three sons and· three daughters. Among the many tributes to the memory of this heroic patriot soldier, are two poems, one by Bret Harte, the other by John Green­ leaf Whittier. The following is copied from a page in Scrib11cr's 11laga::i11c, August, 1878 :

"Pa/fre;1's J.llt.•molr of IVU!iam I·i·ancis h'trrtldt" "\Vhat is the use, ii ma.y be asked, of writing novels and inventing verses while the human race has vitality enough to produce such men as THE DARTLETTS. 93

C.cneral Harllett? A Harvard untler:;raduale, who steps into the ranks a mere boy anti rises by"brnvery anti merit from private in a militia regiment tu brevet major-general in \he army, during a four year's war, at the close of which, he is but reaching his twenty-fifth birthday, is a sufficienlly striking figure. But when one reaJs the story of this stripling officer, how he never lost presence of mind or ready wisdom of decision in such awful carnage as that at Ball's Bluff and Port Hudson, anti how he bore the torture of wounds and the torment of cruel captivity, how he had a leg crushed by a minie-ball, in the Peninsnla, how he was wounded in the head, badly wounded in the hand, hurt in his remaining leg, had his wooden leg crushed in the crater at Petersburg, and how in spite of all, he held the shattered remains of his body to hard and perilous duty, one gains an unwonted faith in human nature, and a higher ideal of manhoc;,d. I-le was never bitter toward his foes; indeed, he was one of the first to appreciate their courage and sincerity, and at the centennial anniversary of the ba•tle of Lexington, made a short speech, full of irresistible fire and persuasiveness, urging a conciliatory policy toward the South. Ile knew how to refuse a large legacy from generous motives, and when one party wanted him to run for lieuten­ ant-governor, and the dominant party would have given him the go,·ernor­ ship, he refused both on some scruple of hone~. though the panic had made him poor and thrown him out of business. "\Vl1i1ticr has made Bartlett the suuject of bne of his finest poems, and Bret I fart sang his requium in these pages, IJut when one has read the lit•le volume that reveals the inner and outer life of the man, written poems seem feeble and adjectives grow weak. If any man falls into skepticism about the country through manifold temptation of New York Tweeds, and South Carolina carpet-baggers, let hin• read this life and find his faith refreshed. Such a man makes the earth wholesome." ·

WASHINGTON BARTLETT, was born in Savannah, Ga:, in 1824; died in Oakland, Cal., Sept. 12, 1887. He re­ moved to California in 1850, settling in San Francisco, where he published the first daily newspaper issued in that city. In 1859, he was elected county clerk. In 1870, appointed harbor commissioner. In 1882 and 1884, was elected Mayor of San Francisco; and in 1886, elected Governor of the State, hold­ ing the latter office at the time of his death.

THOMAS BARTLETT, who died in 1805, was a lieu­ tenant-colonel under General Stark, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was in command of a regiment at West Point, at the time of Benedict Arnold's acts of treason, and was Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representa­ tives. He was also a judge. 94 THR llARTLETTS;

JOHN R. BARTLETT, was born Sept. 26, 1843. He was appointed to the Naval Academy from Rhode Island in 1859, and, in 1861, was on the steamship .Mississippi, which passed Forts Jackson and Phillips, at the capture of New Orleans. He was made ensign in 1863, lieutenant in 1864, and was in the steam sloop, Susquehanna, in both attacks upon Fort Fisher, and was one of the assaulting party at its cap­ ture by Admiral Porter and General Alfred H. Terry, and was particularly mentioner] for his bravery by Commodore­ Gordon and Commander Blake. He was Lieutenant Com­ mander at the Naval Academy in 1867..:.69, and Commander in 1887, and afterwards on duty at the Naval Department in Washington, D. C., as I-Iydrographer.

BAILEY BARTLETT, born in Haverhill, in 1750. He was a member at different times of both branches of the Mass­ achusetts Legislature, and member of the state convention which adopted the Constitution of the United States ; member of Congress, from 17971 four years, and died iu _1830. He was a personal friend and associate of John and Samuel Adams.

ICHABOD BARTLETT, was a celebrated lawyer. He was born in Salts bury, N. I-1., July 24, 17861 and died at Ports­ mouth, N. H., Oct. 19, 1853. Graduate of Dartmouth Col­ lege in 1808. Admitted to the bar in 18II. He removed to

Portsmouth in 18161 where he achieved high rank in his pro­ fession, having as competitors Daniel Webster and Mason. He was an officer of the state militia, was seven times elected to the Legislaturi;, and was speaker of the House in 1821,

Clerk of the State Senate in 1817-181 Solicitor of Rocking­ ham County in 1819-21, elected to Congress in 1823, twice re-elected, serving until March, 1829. He held ·other honor­ able positions, declining the 1jroffer of the Chief J usticeship of the state.

ENOCH BARTLETT, who died in 1860, was born in Haverhill in 1779. He was a merchant in the truest meaning of the word, and was an extensive importer of foreign mer- TIJE OA RT LETTS, 95 chanclise, cluring the troublous r S 12 period, when merchants sufferccl heavy losses by the depreciations of the enemy on the seas. He it was, after whom the favorite Bartlett pear was named.

EDWIN BARTLETT, of Annandale, N. Y., was engaged in commercial pursuits in the South American States and was Consul at Lima, Peru. He travelecl in many foreign coun­ tries, and established his homestead near Tarrytown, N. Y., naming the place Rockwood. He was one of the six men who originated, organized and founcled the Pacific Mail Steam­ ship Company, and was one of the incorporators of the Panama Railroad Company.

JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT, born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 23, 1805, ancl died there, May 28, 1886. He was educated for mercantile pursuits. For six years ,vas cashier of the Globe Bank, Providence. Was one of the founders of, the Providence Athemcum, and member of the Franklin Society. He was in the book im1:iorting business in Ne1v York in 1837, the firm namc being Bartlett & Welford. Was a member al the American Ethnological Society, and Cor­ responcling Secretary of the New York Historical Society. He was also an honorary member of many of the learned societies of Europe and America. He was appointed by President Zachary Taylor to fix the boundary line between theUnitccl States and Mexico, and while in this service made extensive explorations. On his return, he published a per­ sonal narrative of the places visited. He was delegated by several learned societies to represent them at the Interna­ tional Congress of Archreology at Antwerp, and the Congress of Anthropology and Prehistoric Archreology at Paris. He was one of the United States Commissioners to the Interna­ tional Prison Congress at London. In both Europe and America, he was especially clistinguished in archreology, phi­ lology, bibliography, and as an author of authoritative scien­ tific and literary works, of which he published a large num­ ber. He was for seventeen years Secretary of State of Rhode Island,.from 1855 to 1872. 96 THE DARTLETTS.

WILLIAM HOLMES CHAMBERS BARTLETT, born in Lancaster, Penn., in 1804. Appointed from Missouri to United Sates Military Academy, at West Point. Graduated in 1826 at the head of his class. Professor of engineering and other branches at the Military Academy, was A. M., by New Jersey College at Princeton, N. J., in 1837; L. L. D., by Geneva College, N. Y., in 1847. He retired from active ser­ vice in 1871, with the rank of Colonel. He was the author of many scientific works and a member of difTerent learned societies. WILLIAM PITT GREENWOOD BARTLETT, was born in Boston, in 1837. Graduatld at Harvard in 1858; was an accomplished mathematician when a young m::rn. He was proctor of college in 1859-1862, was one of the corps of computors for the 1Va11tica/ A/111111111c, and a writer upon scientific topics. He died in 1865, at Cambridge, Mass. WILLIAM BARTLETT, one of the found1::rs of Andover Theological Seminary, born in Newburyport in 1748. He was engaged in mercantile enterprises, and, acquiring great wealth, used his means liberallr in advancing the cause of religion, ·assisting the needy, and in the furtherance of various benevolent and philanthropic projects. It is estimated that his benefactions amounted to over half a million dollars, of which the Andover Theological Seminary received $250,000.

WILLIAM C. BARTLETT, born in New York. Grad­ uated at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 186.z, as 2d lieutenant; brcveted 1st lieutenant Sept. 17, 1862, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Antietam ; breveted captain, Nov. 16, 1863, for bravery at Cambell's Station, Tenn.; captain staff, March 19, 1864; brevcted major, Sept. 1. 1864, for gallant and meritorious services dur­ ing the Atlanta campaign ; breveted brigadier general, March 13, 1865. He was in many engagements during the war and his successive promotions were for brave_ry and meritorious services. JOSIAH BARTLETT, son of George Bartlett, of Charles• town, Mass., was born there in 1759. He studied medicine, THE DARTLETTS. 97

ancl practiced as surgeon in ships of war ancl in Charlestown. He was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature as senator, and also as representative ; was a member of the Governor's Council; was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free­ masons; delivered many orations, and published many books upon miscellaneous subjects. He died March 5, 1820..

THOMAS BARTLETT, JH., born in Vermont. He was a lawyer. Was county attorney, 1839-41. President of the Vermont Constitutional Convention of 1850. Was elected to the Vermont Legislature, and served in both houses. \.Vas elected to Congress, and served as representative, 185 r-53.

ELISHA BARTLETT, born in Smithfield, R. I., in 1804, and died there in 1855. Graduated at Brown University in r 826. He practiced medicine in Lowell and Worcester, Mass. Was Mayor of Lowell. Filled the chair of medicine at Dartmouth College, Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., University of Maryland, University of New York, Vermont Medical College, and the chair of Materia Meclica and juris­ prudence, at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. He was author of many valuable medical works, and achieved distinction as author and physician.

SAMUEL COLCORD BARTLETT, a professor of sacred theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary, and a professor of intellectual philosophy and rhetoric, at Western Reserve College, Ohio. He was a pastor of the New England Church, at Chicago, Ill., and also pastor of the Congregational Church, at Monson, Mass.

JOSEPH BARTLETT, born at Plymouth, Mass., in 1763, had a life of adventure. Graduated at Harvard in 1782. He was of an erratic fancy, and although gifted with phenomenal · talent, he may_be said to have been a splendid failure. Play­ wright, poet, lawyer, orator on occasions, a free-thinker, a captain in Shay's rebellion, a representative in the Maine Legislature, and nearly elected to Congress, only lacking a few votes. In London, he was an actor, and afterwards a merchant and :rnffered shipwreck on Cape Cod, having sailed TIJE IIARTLETTS.

for these shores with a cargo of merchandise obtained on credit in England. In 1799, he delivered a poem at Cam• bridge, before the Phi Beta Society, and produced various desultory writings, which gave evidence of a strong satirical faculty. He died in 1827.

WASHINGTON ALLEN BARTLETT, born in 1820; cliecl in 187r. Was Alcalde at San Francisco in 1846. He had been a·lieutenant in an American vessel and was sclcctecl for the position on account of his knowledge of the Spanish language. He afterwards_ served in the U. S. navy. I-I is daughter, Frances Aurelia, married Sig. Orvicdo, a rich Cuban. A poem, written by Steelman, entitled, the "Diamond Wed­ ding," appeared after the marriage ceremonies and attracted great attention in society. Sig. Orviedo died in a few years after their marriage, and his widow, Frances Aurelia, then became the Countess Von Glumcr, having married Count Von Glumer, a gentleman well known in Mexican military circles. They reside in the City of Mexico. ·

HENRY A. BARTLETT, born in Rhode Island, a son of John R. Bartlett, and was appointed Lieutenant of the Marine Corps, Oct. 16, 1861 ; Captain. Nov. 29, 1867. From July, 1362 to .I\ ug., 1864, he served in the iron-clad "New lron­ si

WILLIAM LEHMAN ASHMEAD BARTLETT, a de­ scendant from the Plymouth Bartlctts, is prominent as a pri­ vate secretary and almoner for Baroness Burdett-Coutts, whose husband he became Feb. 12, 1881, He was son of Ellis Bartlett, an American merchant, and was born at New Brunswick, N. J., in 1851. He went to England, 1861. Was educated at Uppingham School :ind Kcble College, Oxford, where he held a scholarship. He graduated at Christ Church, and studied law. He was private secretary for the Baroness, during the Russian War, 1877-78, and her; almoner in con­ nection with the Turkish Compassionate Fund, and took a part in journalism. He published a book on the Turko­ Russian War.. In r 886, was elected to Parliament and was TIil, nAR'l'LETTS, 99 re-elected by an increased majority. By Royal license, he ass .med the name, "Burdett-Coutts." His brother, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, was born in Philadelphia, Penn.; gradu­ ated at Christ Church College, Oxford, England, and dis­ tinguished himself as a scholar. He became a member of parliament and was appointed to office in the Admiralty.

TRUMAN H. BARTLETT is the widely known sculptor. A description of his studio in Boston was published in the S1mdt1J' ffcm/d, of that city, May 8, 1880, the article giving some account of the career of this famous artist. He was born in Dorset, Vermont, Oct. ;!5, 1836. He worked in boyhood under the tuition of Robert E. Launitz, of New York. His iirst bust in marble was made in Waterbury, Conn., in 1863. He also made busts of some of the prominent men of- New Haven, and Hartford, of the same State, and being assisted by a wealthy merchant of Hartford, David H. Clark, he went to Rome, and thence to Paris, doing monumental work. His statue of Horace Wells, the discoverer of the an.csthetic properties of nitrous-oxide gas, is placed on the capitol grounds at Hartford. He has designed some of the noblest monuments in the country. He has a son, Paul, who bids fair to make a reputation as a sculptor equal to that of his father. JOSEPH J. BARTLETT, was born in 1820, was appointed Brigadier General, Oct., 1862, and promoted to brevet Major General in I S64. From I S67 to I S69, he was United States Minister to Sweden :md Norway, and recently an officer in tbe Pension Bureau at Washington, D. C.

JOHN BARTLETT. There was a John Bartlett, born in the 16th century, in England, eminent as a musician. He published a book of "Ayres, with a triplicate of Musicke, whereof the First is for the Lute or Opharion and Viole de Gamba, and 4 Parts to Sing. The Second Part is for 2 Trebles to sing to the Lute and Viola. The Third Part is for the Lute and one Voyce, and the Viola de Gamba." The work was published by John Mullet in 1606, and was dedicated to "the Right Honourable, My singular good Lord 100 TIIE DARTLETTS, and Maister, Sir Edward Seymore." The author took the degree, B. M., at Oxford in 1610.

WILLIAM HENRY BARTLETT, author and artist, born at Kentish Town, London, 1809. Many of the finest drawings in Britto11s Cathedral Antiquities of E11gla11d, were executed by him. In 1832, in conjuction with Dr. Beattie, he published an illustrated work in Switzerland. This was fol­ lowed by a large number of similar works. The number of plates they contain, engraved from his drawings, is nearly a thousand. He visited• this country four times between 1834 and 1853. In 1844, appeared his Wirlks About '.7erusalc111, the precursor of a number of works illustrating the Orient. He undertook a sixth journey to the east in 1855, to study the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, and, escaping the clangers of pestilence and robbery, was successful. He died on his passage homeward from Malta. His labors resulted in the posthumous publication, yemsa/cm Rcilisitcd. He was amiable, generous, instructive as a writer, and an artist of great ability.

RICHARD BARTLETT, born in England in 1469, and died in 1556. Was eclucatecl at All Souls' College, Oxforcl. He studied medicine, and was a physician of great eminence. Was President of the College of Physicians. [Cooper's Hiog. Dictio11a 'J'·]

REMINISCENCES.

The occasion for a gathering of notable men in Boston, in 1879, was a dinner given to Hon. Sidney Bartlett, by I-Ion. John B. Alley, of Massachusetts, when were present Vice­ President ~]er, Chief Justice Wait, Secretary Evarts, Senator Dawes, and other gentlemen distinguishecl in gov­ ernmental life. Hon. Sidney Bartlett was' probably as pro­ found a student of the Constitution of the United States as any lawyer in the country. As counsellor in great enter- TIIE IlAR'fLF.TTS. IOI

prises, he had no equal in influence or knowledge of legal principles, and his work in connection with the most import­ ant railroad projects, and the like, was greatly appreciated by the leading men of different parts of the country. As a law­ yer, he made no errors, and his great capacity and forecast gave to his opinions a character which was never distrusted.

The unveiling of the statue erected at Amesbury, Mass., in honor of Governor Josiah Bartlett, will long be remembered by thousands of people who participated in the ceremonial, July 4, r 888. The newspapers of the country published accounts of the proceedings at that time. The statue was a gift to the state of Massachusetts, from Jacob R. Huntington. There was a large parade of military and civic bodies, the Lieutenant Governor and Legislature being guests of the town. The statue was unveiled by John S. Poyen, Jr., a lineal de­ scendant of Josiah Bartlett. i\s a part of the exercises, a poem by Whittier was read, in which ir. the quatrain :

"Amid those picked and chosen men, Than his, who here first drew his brc~th, No firmer fingers hel

There is a murial tablet in the Park Congregational Church, at Norwich, Conn., to the memory of Prof. D. E. Bartlett. It is of white marble and bears this inscription : "The deaf mutes' memorial of their friend and teacher in the gospel, David Ely Bartlett, b.orn Sept. 29, 1805 ; died Nov. 29, 1879. The cars of the deaf shall be unstopped and the tongue of the dumb shall sing." The ceremonies at the memorial services were of great interest, a hundred and b·;cnty-fivc deaf mutes taking part. Hcv. L. W. Bacon prcachcti a scholarly discourse on the occasion, which was interpreted for the deaf mutes by Prof. Abel S. Clark, of the American Institute, Boston, Mass. TII E IIA RTL ET'l'S,

CONCLUSION.

Many women born to the Bartlett name, have had their full share of the love and respect of the communities in which they have lived. To them, must loyal honors be paid for the great part they have performed as partners in the founding of families and establishing happy, well-ordered homes. Their clescepclants are the most worthy citizens of this republic, ancl to their influence is doubtless due the fact that rarely has the name of Bartlett been mentioned in connection with anything of an unfortunate nature. Eliza Bartlett was an exemplar of the spirit which actuated the women of New England in the clays of our forefathers. She, with her young son, sailed, in 1712, from England in the ship Mary, for a Massachusetts port. A voyage of such length in those ciays was not without such hardships and peril as daunt any but a resolute person, but the early history of New England gives evidence of the self-sacrifice and heroism of women of t'he Bartlett name, not more nor· less noteworthy than that exhibited in the adventure of Eliza Bartlett. At the family reunions, whenever they have been held at any place, the Bartlctts have assembled from all parts of the United States, and these assemblages have been of great in­ terest to all who love the history of this country. Old tr:i­ ditions of the origin of the race arc rehearsed, but recently there has been no going further into the subject than that in connection with the first of the name who came into England from Normandy. This little book, will, it is thought, correct some errors which, arising from conjecture, have obtained some credence. INDEX.

INDEX TO CHRISTIAN NAMES.

Abbe)'. - 53, 6r Brinton, 59, 77 Abel, -16, 5S, 7-1 Burrill, ;r, 72, 8-! A bigail, • • 37, 3

Edward W., 87 Harvey, - 7S Erlwin, 1)5 H attic, Si· Eldora lllaria, 77 Henrietta, 51 Elias, - -F Henry, 73 S9 Elijah, -1S, 60, (11 llcnry Arnold, 7S Elisha, .J:?, 50, 53, 5-1, 51), 65, fili .•77 I lcnry Ashley, 7S 1)7 llenry C., So Elit1 Russell. 83 llcnry W., 50, Sr, Eli1.a, 37, 10~ Ilcrbcrl A., sr,, 9s Eli,a R., So Herman, sr, ElizaLelh, s, llorace S., S6 Ella, St Ichabod, 1)-l Ellen, 5i, ,s Ida, Sc Ellis, 1;S ldah Ruth. 57 Ellis Ashmead, <)() Ira. 73 Elvira, (1~ Isaac, S; Enoch, 'H Israel, - .p. 50, 51, 87 Erastus, 7ll Jacob, 23, 31, J:?. 33, 3-l, 3(,, -12; ,13 Erwin Atwell, r1r, -l-l, -15, ./f1, -17, 56, 5S, 63, 75 Esther, 37, 5-1 Jacob C.. 5r,, 57 Esther ~I., 57 Jacob Clark, 57 Esther :Mallie, 37 James, 5-1, r,o Eve Ett, 57 James A.. Sr Ezra, 30. 3'J, ~o James 0., S3 Faithful, S,J Jay S., 57 Fnycttc Earl, • (,(, Jcho, -11, 51 Fearing, (,2 Jcmima, - JlJ. 5!, Florence, S.1 Jennie P., S, Frances Aurelia, IJS Jcremiah. 30, JIJ, .1s, -IIJ, 50, r, r, (1~ Frnncis, ;S C,3, So, Sr, 82 Francis Faycllc, r,r, J cremiah B., S7 Franl: Arnold, 78 J crcmiah C.. (>1, So Frank ll., <;1 J crcrny, - 5S Frederick Russell, J erusha, 31 Frec)o\·c, Job, 30, 3(1, 37, 3S, Ji), -10, -17, 4S, f,o George, r 1, SJ, 5(), (JO, C,1, 65, 73, 7.S (11 S2, SS, S

Joseph, 32, 33. 3-1, ·13, -1-1, -15, -16, -17 l\lary F.. 7!J 5-1, 55, 5(1, 5S, 51), 6o, 72, 75 l\Tary J., 57 77, S2, S,1, 86, 87, 811, 'Ji l\larr R., 57 J nscph J.. • 'J'J ill. C., Sr Josiah, 87, Philadelphia, - - sz, 5-1, r,6, 70 lllarcus, - 57, 73, 7-1, 75 l'hinehas, 51, (q Marcy, • -IIJ Plynn, 7-l lllargret, 3

Roscoe, • 82, SC, Thomas, 89, 93, 97 Rowena, - 60 Thomas Edward, 9, 82, 83, 85 Rufus, -12, s r, 52, 5-l Thomas W. D .. 8(1 Ruth, • . .JI, 5-l, 65, 7-l Truman II., Sallie, .JI Varntim, - 72 Sally, • -18, Gu, 61, S7 Viola, 82 Saloma, 55, 71 Waldo, 50, 87 Samuel, 23, 29, 31, 32, 40, ..If,;(, Waldo Raynolds, 6(, Samuel Colcord, • 97 Walter B.. 11 Sarah, 13, 17, 21\ 21, 23, 2S, 29, 30 Walter Otis, • • 65 31, 37, 39, -l-l 50, 51, 5(1, 71 Washington, • 93 72, 77, ss Washington Allen, • 98 Sarah A,, 7'J Welcome C., • 78 Sarah Earl, h5 Welcome Jillson, • 77 Sarah Lavina, C,6 Willard, 71 Savid, 5S, 73, 7-l William, 5-l, Go, <,1, 77, 78, Sr, S2 Selinda, • r,3 86, 88, S9, 96 Seth, C,;, 78 William C., Sr, 96 Sidney, • • 100 William Francis, <~Z Silas R., 57 William H., . SC, Smith, 52, 5S, 62, C,-1, i-1, 79, S; William Henry, 100 Smith J. C., • Sr, William Herbert, • (Jl Sophia Lotlisa, • 66 William Holmes Chambers, 96 Sophronia, 56, 73 William Lehman Ashmead, • •JS Squire, 51 William Lewis, 7S Stephen, 5-l, 5'J, (,5, 77, 78 William 0., 7S Susan, 62, C,3 William Osborn, 65 Susannah, 30. 3•J, .jl, -19, 50, (,o, (11 William Pitt Greenwood, 1/1 77 William Russell, (>.j Sylvan us, • S; Willis, 7S Sylvester, 79 Wing, · 75 Sylvia, • 5'J Zephaniah, • -l'J Thankful Hope, 51 INDEX TO SURNAMES

OF /'El/SONS l.VT/iA',1[, 1/,'t.'I HIJ, OA' cJ Tl/l,A' WISE ,lfH. VT/0.VED.

Adams, 77, 9-1 Brown, -IIJ, 65 All.ice,' . 16, 31 Brownell, 7r, 82, S3 Alcock, . So Bubcl, 63 Aldrich, rs, 22, 31, 32, 3-1, 36, 37 Buffum, . -12, 53, 65 -10, -1-1, -17, 53, 5-1 Burden, 51 Alexander, 18 Burdett Couts, 9S, 99 Alley, - 100 Burke, 12 Allen, rfi, s r, 53, 5S, 65, 73 Burlingame, ..JJ, sot r,7 Alverson, -16 Burgess, . 50 Anawasanauk, 15 Burgoyne, 93 Anurcws, 66 I.lurrill, 20. 5 ➔ Arnold, 19, J-1, 35, 37, ,p, -1-1, -1S, 52 Callum, -13, .j&, ss 60, 61, 67, 85, 93 Campbell, Sr ,\thcrton, 15 Canfield, 62, So Bacon, . IU! Capron, 32, .J3 B.~lcom, . :JO, .jf, 50 Cargill, . ·/I Ballou, ZC), 3-1, 52, 6!, 66, 67, 88 Carpenter, 39, 73 Baker, 56, 73, 75 Cass, JO, JI), .j.J Barber, 18 Cates, 7 [ H.1rbour, 83, 85 Charles, zz Barnes, . 56 Chamberlin, 39, i3 B:111Jes, . 57 Chapin, . 15, 16 Bartholomew, l:! Chase, 5S, i-1, 87 /icauic, - . 100 Claghorn, ()I Beebe, 61, 76 Clapp, 15, 87 Bick, 16 Clark, -19, 99, IOI Billings, 67 Clemens, -Ii, 58 Blnckstonc and Blaxton, 2.j, 25, z(i Coloin, · sot jzt 73 Blnkc, 9-1 Coomans, -10 Bliss, 18 Comsrock, -13 Boldcro, 11 Cook, 15, 30, 37, -17, 48, 5-1, 55, 56 Bolster 71 C.o, 66, 67, 77, 78 l.loltcr, rs, r(, Cooper, 100 Boomer, 58, 7-1 Corning, 57 Bourn, 60 Covell, S7 Bowen, 7S Cro111wcll, 00 Boyd, G3 Daily, 79 Brackett, 15 Dale, 51, 52 Bri,tn, ll l):,r!ing, 30, ./3 I 10 INDllX TO SURNAMES.

Davidson, 63 Harcndccn, -10 Davis, 73 Harper, - S1 Dawes, 100 Ilarris, 35, _.\Z Day, S7 !fort, Su Dickey, - 6z, So Harte, 1p, 1)3 Dike, 16 Hasbcr, - 15 Dixon, So Jlasema11, 15 Doherty, (Jl Hastings, 18 Drcwt S7 Hawkins, .jU Dunn, s~ Haywood, So Durfee, - 87 Hewet, ;1 Dyer, 61 Hill, 85 Earl, -H, 57 Hodges, 57 Edward, the rnack l'riucc. II Holbrook, 15 Eldridge, 65 H'olm:m, 51 Elliot, 15 Hotchkiss, Sz Emerson, 37, 73 Howard, 53 Endicott, ZS Howe, 53 Es1cn, 77, S-1 Hubbard, 17 Hull, Eyans1 - JOO 1-1 Faxon, 82 Huly, - S7 Fisher, 87 Hunte, ~" Fisk, - .jl Huntington, - IOI Fletcher, (q lngnlls, - 33 Follct, 38, 55, 6S Inman, 21), JI, 33, 3-1, 3(1, 37, .p, -IZ Fuller, 73 -17, S'J, 77 Garland, 8.7 Jacobs, 15 Gaskell, -17, 5'J J cffors, -1•1, (,1 Georges, l.j Jenks, SJ, 73 Gerrard, (,3, 81 Jillson, 30, 32, 33, .p, -17, Setty, 63 Sprague, 23 Phcttaplace, 50, 72, S4 Standish, I.j, 31 Phillip, - - 14, 17, 18, :?:? Staples, 16, 30, 32, 3

Thornton, - .jO Whipple, 25, 61, 7S Tingley, 71, i2 White, 15, i7, 7S Torry, 16 \Vhitman, 23, 21), 31 To\vcr, 39 Whittier, 9z, CJJ, IOC Tucker, - 37, 48, -19, 61 Wicks, 25 Upannbohqueen, 15 Wilcox, 67 Von Glumer, - 98 Willard, 73 Wait, - 100 William, 15 Wamsitta, ,s William, tl-e Conqueror, II

\Vaterman, 33, -15 Williams, - 201 26, 27 I j6 Webster, 20, 94 Willis, 62, iCJ Weed, Wilson, -12, 5-1 Weld, 15 Withcrby, 87 Welford, 95 Withey, - 87 Wells, 79, CJIJ Woodland, 15 \Veston, 13, l.j Wood, 16 Wheeler, 58, 100'