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PREFACE. 
 
 This family history is the result of an effort com- 
 menced in 1886 to assuage grief by keeping the mind 
 occupied. At first it was undertaken without any 
 thought of publication, but as it has developed to such 
 an extent as to embrace substantially everything of 
 interest connected with the two families, it has seemed 
 best to put the record into such form as would preserve 
 it for the use of the present and future generations. It 
 is not published for general but private distribution. 
 The writer cannot hope that the work is devoid of errors, 
 although great care has been exercised to make it accu- 
 rate and trustworthy. Whoever has had anything to do 
 with deciphering and copying manuscripts, will readily 
 understand the difficulty of handling so many names 
 and dates. 
 
 It has been said that the three most important events 
 in a man's life are his birth, marriage, and death. 
 Besides these points the following pages will give some- 
 thing of the occupations, professions, religious and 
 political beliefs, and whatever will help to show what 
 kind of lives these men and women have lived. It is 
 believed that the work is so arranged that no descendant 
 will have difficulty in tracing his ancestral pedigree back 
 to the founder of his family. The figures at the left 
 and a little above the names indicate the generation 
 from the American pioneer of the family. In compil- 
 
6 PEEFACE. 
 
 ing the Lawrence history the writer is under obligations 
 to Rev. B. F. Lawrence, Cyrus R. Lawrence, Mrs. Ach. 
 sah Lawrence, Mrs. William D. Berry, and Mrs. Rozil- 
 lah Lamb. 
 
 This work does not undertake to give the history of 
 the entire family of Bartletts a very numerous one and 
 scattered over the whole country but it gives an 
 account of Robert Bartlett, 1623, and some of his most 
 prominent descendants, tracing the ancestral line down 
 through six generations to John Bartlett, who emigrated 
 to Maine in 1793, and then giving a full account of 
 John's numerous descendants, and embracing in its 
 entire scope the history of ten or eleven generations of 
 the Bartletts. It also gives a brief account of the 
 Wadsworths and Bisbees with which the family is con- 
 nected. A short space is devoted to the English Bart- 
 letts, showing the probable connection of Robert Bart- 
 lett with the English stock. 
 
 In collecting the Bartlett history the writer is under 
 obligations to Rev. Charles P. Bartlett, WiLliam C. 
 Bartlett, Horace B. Bartlett, Nathaniel Bartlett, Capt. 
 L. C. Bisbee, Benjamin P. Cary, Jacob Bartlett Shaw, 
 F. M. Shaw, Dr. J. Blake Robinson, Rev. Danville A. 
 Dearborn and his two brothers, John and Daniel, Oscar 
 Hayford, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Benson, and Mrs. Helen S. 
 Thomas. If this little book shall contribute in any way 
 to perpetuate the names and virtues of these two families, 
 the compiler will consider that his labors have not been 
 in vain. 
 
 H. B. Lawrence. 
 
 Holyoke, Mass., Oct. 13, 1888. 
 
PART I. 
 
 tAWRENCE MEMORIAL 
 
 WITH INDEXES 
 
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 A nearly complete history of the Lawrence family, 
 which first settled in Sandwich, Mass., is given in the 
 following pages. It is not known whether the two 
 brothers who settled on Long Island lived and had 
 descendants. A majority of the Lawrences have been 
 farmers. Four are graduates of Colleges, four have 
 fitted themselves for the Christian ministry, two have 
 had a knowledge of the law, one being admitted to the 
 bar, three have made teaching their profession, one had 
 a knowledge of medicine, one is a missionary in India, 
 several have been fine scholars, and quite a number have 
 been ingenious mechanics. It is believed that no one of 
 the family has ever been addicted to the use of intox- 
 icating drink. Almost all have been members of the 
 Baptist church. The first four generations are 1 Robert, 
 2 Joseph, 3 Joseph, Jr., and 4 James. James's sons, 
 5 Joseph, 5 Asa, and 5 Peter, will be considered under three 
 great divisions, and their descendants will be regarded 
 as branches under their respective divisions. 
 
 Our forefather's name was Robert Lawrence. 
 He with two of his brothers in the capacity of soldiers 
 was sent by his Britannic majesty, probably Charles II, 
 and between the years 1664 and 1667, to Holland. The}^ 
 left the army and came to America. Two stopped at 
 
10 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 Long Island, but Robert settled in Sandwich, Barnstable 
 County, Massachusetts, on a piece of land near Fal- 
 mouth line, with the salt water and marsh on the 
 west. Robert was married to Sarah Barlow. They had 
 a son, 3 Joseph Lawrence, who was married to a 
 Miss Chadwick. 
 
 Joseph had a son, 8 Joseph Lawrence, Jr., who was 
 born in 1706, and died July 15, 1768, aged 62 years. He 
 was married to Betsey Paddock. He lived in Plymouth 
 Mass., at the time of his death, and he and his wife were 
 members of the Congregational church. They had six 
 children : Justis, Seth, Hannah, Penninah, Patty, and 
 James. Justis was married to Deborah Garret. He fol- 
 lowed the sea, but finally settled in Swanzey, New 
 Hampshire. Seth was a soldier and died in the war of 
 the Revolution. Hannah was married to Seth Barlow. 
 Penninah, born June 7, 1738, taught school in Pocasset 
 where she died May 3, 1755. Patty, born September 1, 
 1741, died of consumption, October 3, 1767. 
 
 4 James Lawrence, our great grandfather, was 
 born November 27, 1745. He was married, January 1, 
 1769, to Abigail Ewers, who was born March 13, 1749. 
 James was a soldier in the war of the Revolution a part 
 of the time. They had six children : 5 Joseph, 5 Asa, 
 Temperance, Rufus, 5 Peter, and Betsey. They lived 
 in Sandwich, on Cape Cod, Mass. August 10, 1786, 
 they moved to New Sandwich, since called Wayne, 
 Kennebec County, Maine, and settled on a tract of land 
 in the extreme eastern part of the town, on what is now 
 called the old road from Wayne to Winthrop. They 
 felled trees and cleared a portion of this land, and built 
 a log house in which was their home for several years. 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 11 
 
 They had many obstacles to dishearten them, limited 
 means, sometimes poor crops, and often sickness. Rufus, 
 born Jnly 27, 1778, died of fever, March 26, 1790 ; Abi- 
 gail, the mother, died of consumption, April 28, 1790, 
 aged 42 years ; Betsey, born June 22, 1785, died April 
 23, 1804 ; and Temperance, who was born November 1, 
 1770, died about 1860. 
 
 James died of dropsy, in Wayne, July 3, 1811, in the 
 66th year of his age. Rev. B. F. Lawrence says, "James 
 Lawrence, our great grandfather, I have heard my father 
 say, was a man of more than ordinary scholarly tastes 
 and attainments for history. At the time of the first dis- 
 covery of electricity by Dr. Franklin, James manufac- 
 tured an electrical machine, which was the wonder of 
 his whole neighborhood. A man, who knew him well, 
 declared him to be a born orator and a man of great 
 learning for his times." He was formerly a member of 
 a Congregational church, but feeling somewhat dissatis- 
 fied, he was finally baptized by immersion, united with 
 others and formed the first Baptist church in Wayne. 
 The Lawrences for the most part, have been professors 
 of religion, and nearly all of them have been members 
 of the Baptist church. Joseph, the oldest son of James, 
 wrote as follows: "My great grandfather, grandfather 
 and grandmother, father and mother were people that 
 feared Grod." 
 
 5 JOSEPH LAWRENCE DIVISION. 
 
 Joseph, son of James, was born in Sandwich, Mass., 
 October 29, 1769, and died in Jay, Me., July 5, 1852, 
 aged nearly 83 years. He made a brief genealogical his- 
 
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 tory of his forefathers, and it is to his efforts we are 
 chiefly indebted for the account of the first four genera- 
 tions. He relied upon old family records and the testi- 
 mony of members of the families then living. Rev. B. 
 F. Lawrence says, "My grandfather, Joseph, inherited 
 much of his father's love for learning, but his early ad- 
 vantages gave him no opportunity for an education. He 
 attended a public school for only six weeks. Later in 
 life, however, he gave himself to study, employing at 
 one time a lady teacher for several weeks. He also stud- 
 ied medicine and for several years his medicines and his 
 medical advice were much in demand." 
 
 Joseph lived on a farm for a time in Wayne and 
 Winthrop, but afterwards moved to Jay. He was mar- 
 ried to Joanna Floyd, who was born June 5, 1766, and 
 died September BO, 1823, aged 57 years. His second 
 wife was Betsey Boardman. His third wife was Rebec- 
 ca Faunce. By his first wife he had eight children : 
 Abigail, Noah, Sally, Francis, Manasseh, Phcebe, Rufus, 
 and James. Abigail died of heart disease, December 31, 
 1859, aged 65 years ; Sally died June 12, 1837, aged 40 
 years ; and Phcebe died about 1842 at the home of her 
 brother Francis. 
 
 6 NOAH LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 Noah, son of Joseph, was born in Wayne, June 3, 
 1796, and died in Lexington, Me., December 21, 1852, 
 aged 56 years. He was a farmer in Jay. December 25, 
 1824 he was married to his cousin, Philenia W., daugh- 
 ter of Asa. She was born in Wayne, July 18, 1801. 
 They had one child, Mercy, who was born July 12, 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 13 
 
 1826, and died the following December. Philenia died 
 of consumption, in Jay, July 25, 1829, aged 28 years. 
 
 April 5, 1830 Noah was married to Beulah Leach, a 
 widow, whose maiden name was Rowell. She was born 
 May 25, 1799, and died at North Wayne, June 15, 1879. 
 By his second wife he had three children : Sarah M., born 
 in Jay, March 25, 1831 ; Betsey R., born October 17, 
 1836, lived twelve days ; and Prentiss M., born Novem- 
 ber 25, 1839, lived ten days. 
 
 January 1, 1856 Sarah M. Lawrence was married to 
 Silas L. Lincoln, a farmer at Dead River, Me. Sarah 
 was baptized by Rev. C. Parker, and joined the Baptist 
 church of Wayne. They had four children : Fremont, 
 born July 1, 1857, is living but in poor health ; Ida M., 
 born July 20, 1859, was married, October 15, 1882, to 
 Almon O. Houston of Detroit, Maine, and died February 
 15, 1886. She was a devoted Christian and a member 
 of the Methodist Episcopal church of Kents Hill ; Xoa 
 E., born April 12, 1861, is living in Weld. She is 
 spoken of as an excellent young woman ; and Mason, 
 born April 28, 1863, died August 20, 1864. 
 
 6 FRANCIS LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 Francis, son of Joseph, was born in Wayne, Decem- 
 ber 29, 1799, and died from the effects of an abscess in 
 the throat, in Jay, April 18, 1858, aged 58 years. He 
 was able, ingenious, a worthy member of the Oriental 
 Star Masonic Lodge, No. 21. an honest man, and deacon 
 of the Baptist church of Jay. 
 
 Rev. B. F. Lawrence says, "My father, Francis Law- 
 rence, was a blacksmith by trade, and as an edged- tool 
 
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 maker he acquired quite a renown, his axes and draw 
 shaves being cash articles in every logging camp. He 
 represented the town of Jay in the Maine Legislature in 
 1843-44, and held every town office at different times. 
 He was a Justice of the Peace and did a great deal of 
 writing deeds and wills, and giving legal advice the last 
 of his days. He held the office of County Commission- 
 er at the time of his death. I think we owe what abil- 
 ity for scholarship we have as a family to both parents. 
 My father was, probably, the best scholar in his own 
 family a careful, an exact, but slow thinker. My 
 mother came from a family that learned from observa- 
 tion, and took in an idea at a glance. We are a cross 
 between." 
 
 Francis Lawrence was married to Susan N. Winslow, 
 who was born in Livermore, and died in Portland, Aug- 
 ust, 1872, aged 65 years. They had eleven children : 
 Susan T., Deborah N., Deborah N, 2d, Benjamin F., 
 Melinda B., Clarinda T., Thomas E., Clara T., Sarah B., 
 Mary F., and Isabel. 
 
 Susan T., born August 5, 1827, died of consumption, 
 September 27, 1850. She was a young woman of unusu- 
 al maturity of mind, decision of character, and active 
 piety. She was a school teacher of considerable local 
 renown ; Deborah N., born February 9, 1829, died 
 August 13, 1830 ; Deborah N. 2d, born February 28, 
 1831, died October 10, 1850, living two weeks longer 
 than Susan. She gave promise of superior scholarship ; 
 Melinda B., born May 26, 1834, died December 19, 1858 ; 
 Clarinda T., born September 19, 1835, died January 9, 
 1858 ; Thomas E., a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 15 
 
 in the 5th Regiment, Maine Volunteers, was killed in 
 the battle of the Wilderness, May 11, 1864. He belonged 
 to the order of Masons ; Clara T., born June 8, 1842, is 
 living at St. Cloud, Minn.; and Sarah B., who died 
 October 16, 1867. 
 
 7 Rev. Benjamin Franklin Lawrence, son of 
 Francis, was born in Jay, April 14, 1835. He fitted for 
 college at the Farmington Academy, and graduated 
 from Waterville College in 1858. He had considerable 
 experience in teaching both before and after graduation, 
 being Principal of Litchfield Liberal Institute and 
 Corinth Academy in Maine. He was for two months in 
 the war of the Rebellion, having enlisted in the Rhode 
 Island Second Regiment of Volunteers. The regiment 
 was in the first Bull Run fight and about a third of the 
 men were killed or wounded. He was then honorably 
 discharged in consequence of nervous prostration and 
 the pressing need of his services at home. 
 
 He graduated from the Newton Theological Seminary 
 in 1860, and was married to Belle S. Church of Farming- 
 ton, January 16, 1862. They have had no children. 
 Their adopted daughter, Mary Belle, is quite accom- 
 plished both in music and painting. In 1885 she was 
 married to W. E. Davis by whom she had a son, Bercy. 
 On account of her husband's extreme cruelty, she 
 procured a divorce. November 24, 1887 she was 
 happily married to E. W. Ladd. 
 
 Rev. B. F. Lawrence is a Baptist clergyman, and has 
 been settled in York, Dexter, Brunswick, Me., Gfroton, 
 Mass., Meriden, N. H., and East Jefferson, Me., and is 
 now pastor of the Baptist Church at South Pueblo, 
 
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 Colo. While pastor at Brunswick he was a member of 
 the village Board of Education three years, being chair- 
 man of the same two years. He was Supervisor of 
 schools one year while at Meriden. For the purpose of 
 a change and a rest about eight or ten years ago, he 
 spent a year in the West, a part of the time superintend- 
 ing the development of a silver mine. Rev. Mr. Lawrence 
 is a gentleman of liberal culture, an eloquent preacher, 
 and an earnest and faithful pastor. 
 
 7 Mary F. Lawrence, Francis's daughter, was a grad- 
 uate of the Portland High School, and a teacher in the 
 same for a number of years, taking high rank as a 
 linguist. She was married to Rev. A. K. Gurney, a 
 missionary to Sibsagor Assam, India. She came home 
 from the mission field some five or six years ago, bring- 
 ing her two children, Lawrence E. and Bessie K., then 
 five and two years of age. She left the children at the 
 Mission Home, Newton Center, Mass. Before she 
 returned, her services as a missionary speaker were much 
 in demand. She frequently writes able and spicy 
 articles for the religious newspapers. 
 
 7 Isaeel Lawrence, youngest daughter of Francis, 
 was born in Jay, August 31, 1853. She graduated from 
 the High school of Portland in 1868, and from the Oswe- 
 go Normal school in 1872. She occupied the position 
 of Critic teacher in the Oswego school, and of Primary 
 principal in Yonkers, N. Y. After going West she had 
 charge of the Psychology and Practice in the Normal 
 school at Whitewater, Wis., and since 1878 she has held 
 a similar position in the State Normal school at St. 
 Cloud, Minnesota. She is an author and is one of the 
 
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 most distinguished teachers in the country, and a lady 
 of superior culture. 
 
 President Thomas J. Gray of the Normal school of 
 St. Cloud speaks of her as follows : "Miss Isabel Law- 
 rence, as a teacher of methods and educational psycholo- 
 gy, has no rival in the West. She is strong in all of her 
 work. I can speak advisedly, both from my long 
 acquaintance with her and from my knowledge of the 
 Normal schools of the country. In her scholarship 
 she shows wide reading, exact information and liberal 
 culture. Especially in the extent and character of her 
 reading, the true stamp of a scholar, including the stand- 
 ard works in philosophy and literature, all mark her 
 mind as of no ordinary mould. The family may well 
 be gratified in her." 
 
 6 MANASSEH LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 Rev. Manasseh Lawrence, son of Joseph, was born in 
 Winthrop, Me., October 4, 1801, and died of heart 
 disease, in North Paris, Me., August 3, 1860, in his 59th 
 year. In Zion's Advocate, September 28, 1860, a writer, 
 probably a clergyman, who signs himself "H," has the 
 following article upon the life and labors of Rev. 
 Manasseh Lawrence: "At the recent session of the 
 Oxford Association, the writer was appointed to write 
 an obituary of Bro. Lawrence for publication in the 
 Advocate. Although he would have preferred that an 
 older man and one longer acquainted with Bro. L should 
 have been selected for this work, he has fulfilled it 
 according to his ability, using such materials as he 
 could collect from the different sources within his reach. 
 
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 "He was bora in Winthrop, October 4, 1801, and his 
 parents moved to Jay in March, 1807. From the records 
 of the Baptist church in Jay, as communicated by the 
 Clerk, we iind that he was baptized April 18, 1824. This 
 was in his 23d year, but he had for some years been the 
 subject of serious impressions, and had passed through 
 a period of much painful anxiety, during which he 
 feared he could not obtain mercy. He was married 
 August 6, 1826, to Miss Rebecca Moore of Jay, 
 by whom he had eight children. Seven of these are 
 living, and six of them are members of Baptist churches. 
 We hope the little girl thus excepted will also be brought 
 into the fold of Christ. 
 
 "After a time Bro. L. began to feel that it was his 
 duty to preach the gospel, but having had only a com- 
 mon school education, he did not believe himself quali- 
 fied for the work. Probably from the same cause, he 
 felt a great unwillingness to engage in any public relig- 
 ious exercise, and he has often related that on one occa- 
 sion when he could not well avoid praying in public, he 
 mentally promised the Lord that if he would assist him 
 this time, he would never pray in public again. After 
 a time, however, he yielded to a sense of duty, and in 
 1830 he began to preach, receiving a license from the 
 church in Jay, September 15th of that year. In Millet' s 
 History of the Baptists in Maine, we find him spoken of 
 as a minister whom the church in Jay had employed to 
 their benefit. He also preached in Dixfield and Liver- 
 more. 
 
 "In March, 1833 he moved to Sumner, and on June 
 26th of that year he was ordained pastor of the Baptist 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 19 
 
 church in that place, Revs. James Hooper, Nathaniel 
 Chase, Nathan Mayhew, Ephraim Harlow, and William 
 Wyman taking part in the services. The three former 
 of these have passed away. By his connection with the 
 church in Sumner, he became a member of the Oxford 
 Association, where he has since been well known, having 
 attended all the meetings of the Association since that 
 time except two, viz : 1840, 1856. In 1844 he undertook 
 a mission to the Aroostook region, but had hardly 
 reached his proper field of labor ere he was attacked by 
 disease and was obliged to return. It is thought by his 
 children that he fulfilled this service the following year. 
 In the fall of 1846 he was the subject of severe sickness. 
 Neuralgia, heart disease, and a general nervous affection 
 entirely prostrated him. He was unable to preach for 
 six months, and he never fully recovered his health so 
 as to be able to walk as before, but he became able to 
 ride and preach constantly, and during the last summer 
 of his life, he appeared to enjoy better health than 
 usual. In March, 1854, he sustained a severe loss in the 
 death of his wife; and on August 25th he married Mrs. 
 Arvilla G. Scholl, who now survives him. 
 
 "He continued pastor of the church in Sumner till 
 March, 1858, after preaching in the mean time to neigh- 
 boring churches. Canton and Harrison thus enjoyed 
 his labors. These were much blessed to the church in 
 Canton, and under them it received enlargement and 
 encouragement. The church in Sumner enjoyed consid- 
 erable prosperity during his pastorate. When he com- 
 menced his labors there, the church numbered only 51 
 members. During his pastorate 115 were baptized, and 
 
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 he saw the members increased to 133. As a number of 
 the members lived in the western part of the town, he 
 was accustomed to preach part of the time in tbeir 
 vicinity, and a short time before he resigned the pastorate, 
 a number of members were dismissed to form the West 
 Sumner church, leaving 94 in the original church. 
 
 "When Bro. L. left Sumner, he commenced to preach 
 at North Paris and Bryant's Pond, dividing his labors 
 equally between them, and residing at the former place. 
 In both these places his labors were much blessed, and 
 he believed that the providence of God had directed 
 him thither. On July 29, 1860 he spent the Sabbath in 
 Sumner, in exchange with the Congregational minister, 
 and on August 2d he was called to preach the funeral 
 sermon of Mrs. White to whom be was formerly pastor. 
 In connection with this service he gave out hymn 1113 
 in the Psalmist, commencing, 
 
 'Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell ; ' and remarked 
 that it contained his views and feelings with reference to 
 the heavenly world, and that he should like to have it 
 sung at his funeral. On the next day he was up stairs 
 with his wife, and left her to go to the barn. He 
 descended the stairs quickly, and Mrs. L. hearing a 
 noise as if he had remained in the house, descended after 
 him, and found him lying on the floor of the room, 
 within five minutes of his leaving her, quite dead. So 
 suddenly had he passed to that world where, in the 
 language of the hymn already referred to : 
 
 'The Father of eternal light 
 
 Will there his beams display 
 Nor shall one moment's darkness blend 
 
 With that unvaried day.' 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 21 
 
 "The church in Sumner at their Conference meeting 
 on the day succeeding his death, passed the follow- 
 ing resolutions : 'Whereas, We have heard with regret 
 of the sudden death of our late pastor, Manasseh 
 Lawrence, who spent with us almost twenty-five of the 
 twenty-seven years of his pastoral life ; therefore 
 Resolved, 1. That we hereby express our affection and 
 esteem for him, as a Christian minister, and our grateful 
 remembrance of his useful labors among us, and also 
 tender to our bereaved sister and the other members of 
 the family, our heartfelt sympathy in their painful 
 circumstances ; and express the hope that the God of 
 all consolation will grant them those blessings which at 
 the present time they specially need. 2. That as an 
 expression of our esteem for Bro. Lawrence, we will 
 suspend our usual services to-morrow, and as many of 
 us as possible will attend his funeral.' 
 
 "His funeral was attended on Sabbath, August 5th. 
 A very large congregation was present, including ten 
 ministers of the gospel of different denominations. 
 
 "The Oxford Association met this year at North Paris. 
 A few days before his death Bro. L. had sent to the 
 Advocate a list of places of entertainments ; but when 
 the delegates met, he who had been longer in the Associ- 
 ation than any other minister, was missing. Many refer- 
 ences were made to him during the meeting of the AssOci- 
 tion. 
 
 "Since the death of Bro. L. the writer has met with 
 many ministers who knew him. The general impression 
 respecting him seems to be, that he was a good man and 
 a useful minister. In preaching he was able to arrest 
 
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 and keep the attention of his auditors. In his early- 
 years he suffered much from spiritual darkness, and 
 when delivered from this, he considered himself espec- 
 ially qualified to instruct those who were in such circum- 
 stances. He is said to have been a fair exponent of Bap- 
 tist doctrines, and especially loved to set forth Christ as 
 the foundation of the hope of the sinner, who believing 
 in Him becomes like Him. It is also said of him that 
 he never forgot a favor received by him. Let us follow 
 him so far as he followed Christ." 
 
 Rev. B. F. Lawrence says of his uncle, Manasseh, 
 "He was a man of unusual power in the pulpit, and had 
 he been trained in early life and found a wider field, he 
 would have doubtless taken a higher rank. His retentive 
 memory, which made him master of the Bible, positive 
 convictions, vivid imagination, ready wit, and com- 
 manding presence made him a most interesting preacher. 
 I retain a vivid recollection of a sermon he preached in 
 my father's house when I was a mere boy." 
 
 August 6, 1826 Manasseh Lawrence was married to 
 Rebecca Moore, who was born November 29, 1801, and 
 died March 10, 1854, aged 53 years. In August 1854 he 
 was married to Mrs. Arvilla Gt. Scholl (Briggs), who is 
 still living. By his first wife he had eight children : 
 Joanna F., who died in infancy, Joanna F. 2d, Emily A., 
 Andrew B., Ephraim M., Etta R., Cyrus R., and 
 Lizzie R. 
 
 7 Joanna F. Lawrence, second daughter of Manasseh, 
 and born in Jay. January 27, 1829, was married to 
 William D. Berry, who was born in Paris, Me., Novem- 
 ber 17, 1823. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebel- 
 
LA WHENCE MEMOKIALS. 23 
 
 lion, and was seriously injured, and hence he is a 
 pensioner. Although deprived of his sight for many 
 years, he is always cheerful and is a prosperous farmer. 
 This family are Republicans and Baptists. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Berry have reason to be proud of their children 
 and grandchildren. They have had ten children, all 
 born in West Sumner : Addie S., Eugene M., Emma 
 R., John E., Henry H., Villa S., Henry H. 2d, George 
 R., Anna M., and Edith E. 
 
 Addie S. Berry, born October 21, 1851, graduated from 
 the Farmington Normal School in 1873. A.fter teaching 
 in country schools some time, she taught in the city of 
 Portland ten years. She was married to J. R. Remick. 
 They have had one child, Anna L., born in January, 1887. 
 
 Eugene M. Berry, born January 13, 1854, died March 
 28, 1885. He was married, May 2, 1878, to Susie A. 
 Cartland, who was born April 2, 1858. They had four 
 children : Willie E., born February 7, 1879 ; Stephen 
 C, born October 5, 1880 ; Jessie W., born June 6, 1882 ; 
 and Annie F., born January 28, 1884. 
 
 Emma R. Berry, born May 31, 1855, was married, 
 May, 1874, to Charles G Cushman, who was born July 
 4, 1848. He is a member of the Congregational church. 
 They have had four children : Fred E., born November 
 7, 1875; Albert S., born May, 1878; Willie G., born 
 September 5, 1879 ; and Addie E., born April 20, 1880. 
 
 John E. Berry, born July 6, 1857, was married, Sep- 
 tember 11, 1883, to Josie G. Noyes, who died June 18, 
 1884. He was married to his cousin, Izella F. Lawrence, 
 November 23, 1887. Henry H. Berry, born March 25, 
 1859, died July 27, 1861. Villa S. Berry, born January 
 
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 27, 1861, graduated from Hebron Academy in 1883, and 
 is now a teacher. Henry H. Berry 2d, born January 28, 
 1864, is a machinist. 
 
 8 Gteorgb R. Berry, grandson of Rev. Manasseh 
 Lawrence, and born October 15, 1865, fitted for college 
 at Hebron Academy, graduated from Colby University 
 in 1885, and is how pursuing a full course of study in 
 the Theological Seminary, Newton, Mass. In boyhood 
 even he was a remarkable scholar, and in college he 
 received the Junior first prize for scholarship, and the 
 Senior prize for excellence in composition. May he 
 greatly prosper. Anna M. Berry, born May 27, 1867, 
 and Edith E. Berry, born October 23, 1872, are the two 
 youngest children. All are good scholars, and nearly all 
 have been teachers. 
 
 7 Emily A. Lawrence, daughter of Manasseh, was 
 born in Jay, June 11, 1831. She has never married. 
 She was a tailoress, and by energy and perseverance 
 acquired means for a comfortable home. She resides at 
 46 Cross St., Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 7 Andrew B. Lawrence, son of Menasseh, was born 
 in East Sumner, May 16, 1833, and died of heart dis- 
 ease, in Lawrence, May 30, 1884, aged 51 years. He 
 belonged to the Masonic order, and was a police officer 
 for several years. February 17, 1858 he was married to 
 Mary E. Langley : They had three children : Alroy A., 
 born March 29, 1862, and now in the employ of the 
 American Express Company in Lawrence. He is a 
 young man of good ability and worthy of prosperity ; 
 Agnes May, born November 5, 1863, and now in the em- 
 ploy of Jordan & Marsh, Boston ; and Cora E., born 
 September 6, 1866. 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 25 
 
 7 Dea. Ephraim M. Lawrence, son of Manasseh, was 
 born in East Sumner, March 27, 1837, and died of brain 
 trouble, in Woodstock, January 17, 1886, aged 48. He 
 was a farmer. He belonged to the Masonic order, was 
 deacon of the Baptist church, and was greatly respected. 
 In 1860 he was married to Eunice R. Ricker, who was 
 born September 6, 1835, and died August 16, 1885, aged 
 nearly 50 years. She was a devoted wife and mother, 
 and a faithful Christian. They had two children : Izella 
 F., born March 27, 1861, and married to her cousin, John 
 E. Berry, November 23, 1887 ; and Georgie E., born 
 November 14, 1864. She graduated from Hebron 
 Academy in 1887, and was valedictorian of her class. 
 
 7 Etta R. Lawrence, daughter of Manasseh, was born 
 June 24, 1838, and died November 17, 1873, aged 35 
 years. Her first husband was George W. Ricker, who 
 died July 15, 1864, aged 29 years. In 1866 she was 
 married to William Goldthwait. By this second mar- 
 riage there were two children : Ethel A. , born October 5, 
 1870, and Etta R., born October 30, 1873, the latter being 
 adopted by her aunt Emily, and the former living with 
 her father, who is a teacher in Goshen, N. Y. 
 
 7 Cyrus R. Lawrence, son of Manasseh, was born 
 September 23, 1840. He taught school in Maine, was in 
 the army from 1861 to 1864, lived in Wisconsin five 
 years, but has been a resident of Massachusetts since 
 1870. He has completed the Chautauqua course of 
 reading. He is connected with a provision store in 
 Lawrence, Mass. In 1865 he was married to Eliza A. 
 Chase, daughter of Rev. Sibley Chase, a Methodist 
 clergyman. They have had two children : Maud, born 
 
26 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 August 29, 1868, died October 12, 1869 ; and Bertha E., 
 born May 8, 1878. 
 
 7 Lizzie R. Lawrence, youngest daughter of Manas- 
 seh, was born March 18, 1848. On June 19, 1869 she 
 was married to Dustin B. Ricker, born June 28, 1841, 
 and son of Rev. David Ricker, and brother of George W. 
 and Eunice Ricker. The Rickers are all natural musi- 
 cians. They have had one child, Millie L., born Febru- 
 ary 5, 1871. All of Rev. Manasseh Lawrence's children 
 were members of the Baptist church. 
 
 6 RUFUS LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 Rufus, son of Joseph, was born in Jay, February 19, 
 1806, and died of liver trouble, in Sumner, August 24, 
 1851, aged 45 years. September, 1827 he was married to 
 Charlotte Davenport, who was born January 15, 1806, 
 and died December 21, 1865, aged nearly 60 years. They 
 had nine children: Jenet D, Martha T., Mary D., 
 Silas, Leonard, Dudley, an infant unnamed, Leonard 
 2d, and George T. 
 
 Jenet D., born July 19, 1828, died July 8, 1869 ; Mary 
 D., born December 19, 1831, died in 1854 ; Leonard, 
 born in June, 1834, Dudley, born in 1835, and an infant 
 unnamed, born in 1840, all died in infancy. Martha T., 
 born September 18, 1830, was married to George T. Pen- 
 dleton, who was born in Camden, Me. , June 19, 1825. 
 
 7 Silas Lawrence, son of Rufus, is a farmer, who 
 was born in Jay, February 16, 1833. He was married, 
 October 28, 1856, to Lucy A. Davenport, who was born 
 in Winthrop, April 30, 1831. They have had two chil- 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 27 
 
 dren : Izora A., born October 31, 1858, died June 10, 
 1882 ; and Charles born in Sumner, November 1, 1865. 
 He is a farmer and mechanic, and is a young man of 
 good habits. May he prosper. 
 
 7 Leonard Lawrence 2d, son of Rufus, and a farmer, 
 was born in Sumner, June 22, 1842, and was married, 
 October 16, 1864, to Emeline J. Hood, who was born in 
 Turner, November 2, 1841. They live at Turner Center. 
 They have had one child, Walter, born in Turner, Decem- 
 ber 19, 1865. He is a tin-smith, and is a worthy young 
 man. May prosperity be his. 
 
 7 George T. Lawrence, son of Rufus, was born in 
 Sumner, May 15, 1843. He is a jeweler. Having 
 worked at his trade at Sumner Village, South Paris, and 
 Norway, he then established a business for himself at 
 Bethel Hill, Me. He is an ingenious and skillful work- 
 man. He belongs to the Odd Fellows Lodge at Bethel. 
 October 8, 1865, he was married to Joanna P. Field, who 
 was born in Sumner, January 12, 1844. They have had 
 three children : Lottie A., born in Sumner, December 
 29, 1866, is a good scholar and has taught school several 
 terms. February 5, 1887 she was married to John P. 
 Burnell, of Cumberland Mills ; Allie L , born in South 
 Paris, September 21, 1869, is a machinist, and is in the 
 employ of A. Holt & Co., 38 Beach St., Boston ; and 
 Water F., born in Bethel January 11, 1878. He will 
 probably follow the business of his father. Both sons 
 are worthy and capable. May prosperity crown their 
 efforts in life. 
 
28 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 6 JAMES LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 James, youngest son of Joseph, was born in Jay, 
 November 20, 1807, and died October 18, 1866, of heart 
 disease. January 6, 1834 he was married to his cousin, 
 Achsah, daughter of Asa, and born January 22, 1809. 
 They had one child, Frances R., who was born Decern 
 ber 12, 1838. After their marriage they lived in Jay for 
 some over a year, then moved to Sumner where they 
 lived on a farm for eighteen years, and afterwards they 
 sold, and purchased a grist mill at West Sumner. James 
 had great mechanical ingenuity. After his death his 
 widow and daughter moved to Wayne Village. They 
 were all members of the Baptist church at West 
 Sumner. 
 
 5 ASA LAWRENCE DIVISION. 
 
 My grandfather, Asa Lawrence, son of James, was 
 born in Sandwich, Mass., October 26, 1771, and died of 
 kidney disease, in West Sumner, Me., April 9, 1851, 
 aged 79 years, 5 months, and 14 days. He was a large 
 man, and possessed of extraordinary strength and endur- 
 ance. Mentally he was well balanced, being frequently 
 engaged to give his judgment as to the rights and pecu- 
 niary interests of his neighbors. He came into possession 
 of his father's farm, consisting of 100 acres and situated 
 in the eastern part of the town of Wayne. He was mar- 
 ried to Desire Allen, who was born in Rochester, Mass., 
 in 1767, and died of consumption, May 1, 1835, aged 68 
 years. They were both professors of religion, but never 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 29 
 
 united with any church. They had five children : 
 Philenia W., Oliver A., Owen, Achsah, and Rachel A. 
 
 6 Philenia W. Lawrence, daughter of Asa, and born 
 in Wayne, July 18, 1801, died of consumption, in Jay, 
 July 25, 1829, aged 28 years. She expressed a hope in 
 Christ. December 26, 1824 she was married to her 
 cousin, Noah Lawrence, who was born in Wayne, June 
 3, 1796, and died in Lexington, Me., December 21, 1852, 
 aged 56 years. They had one child, Mercy, who was 
 born July 12, 1826, and died December 27th of the same 
 vear. 
 
 6 OLIVER A. LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 My father, Oliver Allen Lawrence, son of Asa, was 
 born in Wayne, July 8, 1803, and died instantly of 
 apoplexy, or heart disease, at Augusta, Me., July 14, 
 1881, at the age of 78 years and 6 days. He was a 
 farmer, and owned and cultivated the eastern half of the 
 old homestead farm. When his children were old 
 enough to assist him, he purchased other lands, so that 
 the farm contained about 100 acres. My father had an 
 iron constitution, inherited much of his father's physical 
 strength, and was very ingenious in the use of tools, 
 making anything he chose out of wood or iron. His 
 opportunities for an education were limited. He held 
 no office in town except that of tax collector and school 
 agent. 
 
 He was married to Jenet Davenport, who was born in 
 Winthrop, March 10, 18(8, and died March 3, 1836, 
 aged nearly 28 years. They had one child, 7 John Oliver 
 
30 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 Lawrence, who was born in Wayne, February 3, 1836, 
 and died of chronic dysentery, in Jay, September 11, 
 1864, at the age of 28 years, 7 months, and 8 days. 
 After his mother died he was taken to Jay and brought 
 up by his uncle, George T. Davenport, until he was 
 twelve or fourteen years of age when he returned to 
 Wayne to live. He had a common school education, and 
 taught one winter. But farming was his business. 
 December 7, 1863 he enlisted in Co. C, Twenty-ninth 
 Regiment, Maine Volunteers. In the army he contracted 
 the disease of which he died. He was a member 
 of the Baptist church of Wayne. December 29, 1863 
 he was married to Mary E. Wright of Jay. She was 
 born March 16, 1839. They had one child, Lizzie E., 
 born in Jay, September 29, 1864. She is unmarried and 
 lives with her mother, who has been established as a mil- 
 liner atKennebunk, Maine, since 1870 
 
 March, 1837 my father was married to Lemira Bartlett 
 of Hartford, Me. She was born April 17, 1804, and died 
 in Wayne, December 26, 1872, aged 68 years, 8 months, 
 and 9 days. My father and mother were members of 
 the Baptist church. My father's third wife was Mrs. 
 Ann Austin, sister of Lorrin Wing, to whom he was 
 married in 1874. She died August 19, 1886. 
 
 My mother, Lemira Bartlett Lawrence, was the daugh- 
 ter of Nathaniel Bartlett, who was born in Pembroke, 
 Mass., December 6, 1777. See Memorials of the Bartlett 
 Family. She was a woman of good mental capacity, of 
 a large and generous heart, and universally loved and 
 respected. She gave her life for her children. Blessed 
 Mother, may we be worthy to join thee by and by. This 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 31 
 
 note appeared in the Advocate: "In Wayne, Me., 
 December 26 (1872) Mrs. Lemira Bartlett Lawrence, wife 
 of Oliver A. Lawrence, 68 years, 8 months, 9 days, She 
 was a consistent and esteemed member of the Baptist 
 church in W. Though modest, retiring, and thoroughly 
 domestic in her nature, she was known and respected 
 for her sterling qualities of both head and heart. She 
 will be sadly missed, as she was, indeed, a faithful wife, 
 a kind mother, a loving sister, and a sympathizing 
 Christian friend." The following hymn was sung at 
 mother's funeral : 
 
 "Mother, thou hast gone before us, 
 And thy smiling face we miss, 
 But thy spirit hovers o'er us, 
 Beckoning us to realms of bliss. 
 
 "Thou art gone who was so cherished, 
 Whom we oft in friendship met ; 
 But thy memory has not perished 
 And our hearts cannot forget. 
 
 "Pleasant were the ties that bound us 
 All that shared thy friendship know, 
 And the sadness that surrounds us, 
 Speaks a heavy tale of woe. 
 
 "But we will not mourn despairing 
 Thine' s the joy that angels love ; 
 May we for that world preparing 
 Meet thee in those realms above." 
 
 By his second wife, Lemira Bartlett, my father had 
 three children : Hiram. B., Horatio B., and Abbott N. 
 
32 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 7 Hiram Bartlett Lawrence, son of Oliver A., was 
 born in Wayne, Kennebec County, Maine, March 8, 
 1840. His boyhood was spent on the farm, and to this 
 experience he largely owes his good health and vigorous 
 constitution. A few weeks of school during the winter 
 after he was old enough to be of assistance on the farm 
 in the summer, was all that he enjoyed. Later, how- 
 ever, having attended parts of several terms at the 
 Wayne High school and Towle Academy, Winthrop, he 
 taught two winters in Hartford, and one at Canton Vil- 
 lage. He remembers with kindly and grateful emotion 
 the teachers, who had much to do in shaping his future 
 course : Miss Mary L. Lampson, who was married to 
 Edward G. Dexter of Wayne ; George W. Walton of 
 Wayne, a most successful teacher ; A. R Dickinson, 
 Principal of the High school of Wayne ; and Charles 
 K. Hutchins, Principal of Towle Academy, Winthrop, 
 and a graduate of Bowdoin College. 
 
 Having read two books of Virgil, four books of Csesar, 
 four orations of Cicero, and thirteen pages of the Anab- 
 as is, he then spent one year at Maine State Seminary, 
 Lewiston, and entered Bowdoin College in August, 1862. 
 He was enabled to do this through the kindness of 
 friends, who loaned him money. 
 
 Graduating August 1, 1866, he entered the law office 
 of N. M. Whitmore 2d, Esq., of Gardiner, Me., Sep- 
 tember 12, but later pursued his studies with Hon. F. E. 
 Webb of Winthrop, and was admitted to the Kennebec 
 bar, August 11, 1868. Mr. Webb was a graduate of 
 Bowdoin and a tutor in the same for one year. He was 
 favorably mentioned as a candidate for governor. The 
 following letter he addressed to Mr. Lawrence): 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 33 
 
 "WlNTHROP, Oct. 8, 1869. 
 
 Friend Lawrence, I have had the good or ill for- 
 tune to be elected to the Legislature, and I have been 
 thinking for some time that I should arrange with some 
 one so that I can be relieved from so much office work. 
 I can think of no one with whom I would prefer to make 
 this arrangement more than with you, besides you know 
 most of our people in this section. There is considerable 
 law business to be done in this vicinity. I could do 
 much more than I have done if I wished. Now what do 
 you say ? Do you feel disposed to come into my office 
 and form a copartnership on equitable terms? Please 
 write me how this proposition strikes you. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 F. E. Webb." 
 
 Soon after this flattering offer was made, Mr. Webb 
 died very suddenly of heart disease. 
 
 At the graduating exercises of Maine State Seminary 
 in 1862, Mr. Lawrence was orator of the Philomathean 
 Society. Subject of oration, John Quincy Adams. In 
 1865 when a Junior in college, he was selected to give an 
 oration at the anniversary exercises at Towle Academy. 
 Subject of oration, The Shame and Glory of our Country. 
 In college he was president of his class the first year, and 
 class orator at the graduating exercises in 1866. Subject 
 of oration, Alexander Hamilton as a Soldier and States- 
 man. The subject of his commencement part was, The 
 American Statesman. 
 
 In college he belonged to the secret society of Psi 
 Upsilon. April 30, 1868 he joined the Ionic Lodge of 
 Masons, Gardiner, Me. While pursuing his collegiate 
 
34 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 course, he taught one winter in Canton, one in the city 
 of Augusta, and was Principal of the Brunswick High 
 and Grammar schools a greater part of the Junior year. 
 
 July 25, 1862 he was baptized by Rev. O. B. Cheney, 
 now President of Bates College, and united with the 
 Free Baptist church of Lewiston. November 2, 1873 he 
 united with the Second Congregational church of Hol- 
 yoke, Mass. He was superintendent of the Sabbath 
 School of this church during 1877 and 1878, and teacher 
 of a young men's class for several years. 
 
 The obstacles which Mr. Lawrence had to overcome in 
 pursuing his education were many and serious. He paid 
 for some of his school books by chopping wood at fifty 
 cents a cord. His summer vacations were spent with 
 farmers in securing the hay crops. At the end of the 
 Sophomore year, there seemed to be no hope of his 
 completing his college course. 
 
 After spending in vain three weeks in Boston and vicin- 
 ity trying to find something to do, the grateful infor- 
 mation came to him that he had been elected Principal 
 of the Grammar school of Brunswick ! Thus continued 
 defeat and discouragement gave place to sunshine and 
 success, for with that position he was enabled to join 
 his class and keep up two studies, making up the third 
 during vacations. When he graduated in 1866, he was 
 $2,000 in debt. These were some of his discouragements, 
 some of the beauties of poverty. 
 
 While studying law at Gardiner, Mr. Lawrence was 
 elected Principal of the High school of that city, Janu- 
 ary 14, 1867. He resigned his principalship, April 
 5, 1869, and on the following year he was elected Princi- 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 35 
 
 pal of Penacook Academy, Fisherville (now Penacook), 
 New Hampshire. At both of these institutions he lit ted 
 young men and women for college. While at Fisherville 
 he abandoned the hope of practicing law, and turned his 
 attention wholly to education. This change of his plans 
 was a great disappointment, but sickness of dear friends, 
 poverty, and the force of circumstances compelled it. 
 Mr. Lawrence is a strong Republican, and a great 
 admirer of James G. Blaine. 
 
 Since 1872 he has been Principal of the Appleton 
 Street School, in Holyoke, Mass. He has ten assistants 
 and a salary of $1,800 per annum. He has taken an 
 active part at teachers' conventions, being president for 
 two years of the Teachers' Association of Hampden 
 County. The following article appeared in one of the 
 local newspapers: "H. B. Lawrence is the veteran 
 among male principals of the city. He came here in 
 August, 1872, and when the summer term of 1888 ends, 
 he will have served 16 straight years without a break. 
 Appleton street school was the only fully graded Gram- 
 mar school in the city during the first years of Mr. 
 Lawrence's service. It was a school that needed a mas- 
 ter, and it found one. 'Do you know whom the new 
 Grammar school teacher reminds me off asked one of 
 the school committee of another, soon after the new 
 teacher's advent. The second one at once named a 
 prominent military general. The generalship of the 
 principal, and the care in selecting his assistants, has 
 brought the school up to a pretty nearly model standard. 
 Hundreds of pupils have graduated from it and many 
 of them are occupying positions of honor and useful- 
 
36 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 ness. Mr. Lawrence is a strict disciplinarian, as a 
 teacher needs to be who has charge of hundreds of 
 children of the frisky transitional age, midway between 
 the innocence of infancy and the aspirations of young 
 gentleman-and -ladyhood. Boys and girls soon 'size up' 
 a teacher, and find it out quickly if there is one whom 
 they can manage. The Appleton street boys and girls 
 know they will not get ahead of their principal. Teach- 
 ing is Mr. Lawrence's life business, natural history is his 
 hobby. The museum of curiosities that have been col- 
 lected by this school was the pioneer of many others, 
 and the school has won much prominence and credit in 
 this line. Principal Lawrence is a man of strong, ath- 
 letic physique, broad shoulders, capable voice, large 
 head and ample brain. He came from the 'State of 
 Maine' and graduated from Bowdoin College." 
 
 December 29, 1875 Hiram B. Lawrence was married to 
 Mary J. Day, daughter of Horace R. Day of Holyoke. 
 She was born March 2, 1852. They have had three 
 children : Ray, born in Holyoke, April 6, 1880, died 
 May 29, 1880, at the age of 1 month, 23 days ; Genevieve, 
 born in Holyoke, April 26, 1884 ; and Vera B., born in 
 Holyoke, Jnne 19, 1888. Genevieve was christened 
 Easter Sabbath, April 5, 1885, by Rev. M. W. Stryker, 
 pastor of the Second Congregational church. She died 
 of dysentery, at the Howard House, Niantic, Conn., 
 July 19, 1886, at the age of 2 years, 2 months, 23 days. 
 Wednesday, July 21st Rev. Wm. H. Hubbard, now 
 pastor of the Presbyterian church of Auburn, N. Y., 
 conducted the service and spoke tender and beautiful 
 thoughts. 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 37 
 
 My wife was a graduate of the Holyoke High School 
 in 1870, and was the valedictorian of her class. She was 
 a successful teacher, and a graceful and interesting 
 writer, being frequently appointed to give an address or 
 a poem on public occasions. Much of my success in this 
 city is due to her. As I pen these lines, the words of a 
 poet appropriately come to my mind : 
 
 ' 'Wise, noble, loved, and loving wife, 
 These heartfelt songs, a gi ft I bring 
 To thee, whose deeds, thy muses sing 
 The poem of a perfect life." 
 
 Those who have never lost children cannot fully realize 
 the bitter experience of parents from whom their loved 
 ones have been taken. We are both passionately fond 
 of children. We devotedly loved ours. In our little 
 Gfenevieve our hearts were wrapped up. A complete 
 history of her every day life had been kept. From that 
 book the following passages are taken : 
 
 "Although we always got good pictures of Baby, yet 
 they never flattered her in fact never looked so beauti- 
 ful as she did. She had clear white skin, light com- 
 plexion, large, beautiful blue eyes, golden hair, fine and 
 curly. When she smiled, or laughed, she had a pecu- 
 liarly fascinating expression. She was a very handsome 
 and beautiful baby.* She was so affectionate, so amiable, 
 and so happy. Her perceptive faculties were large. She 
 had a remarkable memory. She understood as if by 
 
 *Our city photographer, Mr. Miles, secured for us a life sized crayon portrait of her. 
 It is the work of the artist Bailey, of Concord, N. H., who sent the following sentence 
 to Mr. Miles : "I am not given to compliments, but would like to have you say to your 
 customer that the artist thinks this subject the handsomest child he ever saw." 
 
38 LAWKENOE MEMOBIALS. 
 
 intuition what was said to her. Her mind was much 
 beyond her age." 
 
 "This book was purchased and these facts were 
 recorded to be given to Baby when she should reach 
 womanhood. But, alas ! she is gone, and yet she lives 
 and her record is kept in the Lamb's Book of Life." 
 
 O, our Darling Baby Genevieve, you are an angel now 
 in Paradise. Can you look down from your happy 
 celestial home and see how much we mourn for you % 
 how much we miss you % We tried to make yon happy 
 while we had you. We pray to be forgiven for all neg- 
 lect of proper attention and care. We tried to do our 
 best. May God forgive us if in anything we failed. 
 We did not fully realize how much we loved you, and 
 how happy we were with you until you were taken from 
 us. You were always a good baby. What joy it gave 
 us to care for you and make you comfortable and happy ! 
 What blissful years were those two ! O, our precious 
 little Daughter, you were the sweetest flower on earth. 
 But you are not with us now, and we are so sad and 
 lonely. Our home has lost its sunshine. When we 
 return home, no longer do we see your bright sunny face 
 at the window. Your clothes are unworn. Your high 
 chair and your rocking chair are unoccupied. Your 
 books and playthings are where you left them. In vain 
 do we look into your empty crib to find the cherub form 
 of our lovely Veva. We have now only j^our beautiful 
 pictures to look at a great comfort to us. But we shall 
 never forget you. While time and eternity shall last, 
 we shall never cease to cherish your precious memory, 
 O, our Darling Baby. We ought not to wish you back. 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 39 
 
 You cannot come to us, but we can go to you. God 
 grant that we may so live that we may be found worthy 
 at last to join you in that heavenly home on high." 
 
 The following letter was received from our former and 
 beloved pastor, Rev. J. L. R. Trask : 
 
 "Lawrence, Mass , Aug. 30, 1886. 
 My Dear Mr. Lawrence, Only on Saturday last 
 did I find the lovely picture of your dear daughter, and 
 the papers containing an account of your great loss. * 
 * * And what shall I say to comfort you in this your 
 second great bereavement % I know how tenderly you 
 have loved both of your children, and that nothing has 
 been left undone which could contribute to their welfare. 
 And I can easily see with what heaviness of heart you 
 will go to your saddened home after your long, grind- 
 ing, and unsatisfactory day of work in the school room, 
 because this lovely light no longer shines for you on 
 earth. My dear friend, you have had many a trial in 
 life. I know something of the struggle you underwent 
 to obtain your education, and how events which went 
 contrary to your expectation have annoyed and even 
 galled you ! And lo, you are buffeted still ! Your 
 desires are thwarted, your hopes vanish. You have 
 tilled your garden with excellent care, but the flowers, 
 where are they % Well, the only word of comfort is 
 that they bloom elsewhere. You wanted them in your 
 own window to cheer the gloom of winter and to add new 
 fragrance to summer. But others are enjoying their 
 beauty, and it may be that parents to whom on earth 
 was denied the pleasure of offspring of their own are 
 caring for yours to-day, enjoying their sweet society, and 
 
40 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 holding them in tender love and protection until their 
 own father and mother come. Be assured they are 
 nursed and tended. The divine love which rocked their 
 cradle here is Mother to them where they are. When 
 you look heavenward, you must fancy that you can still 
 see their faces and that their little dainty hands are 
 beckoning you onward. Heaven is richer in our estimate 
 in proportion to the loved ones we have there. If 
 you had good reasons for wishing to go to Paradise, you 
 have larger reason now. Your own flesh and blood call 
 to you from the skies. Please regard me as full of sym- 
 pathy for you and your afflicted wife. May your garden 
 still bear flowers. 
 
 Your old and constant friend, 
 
 J. L. R. Trask." 
 
 And now we have another daughter, 8 Vera Bartlett 
 Lawrence, to comfort us. May heaven's choicest bless- 
 ings be hers through a long life. July 5, 1888 Rev. 
 Charles P. Bartlett sent congratulations and said, "I hope 
 the new comer will prove, in part at least, a compensa- 
 tion for the lamented 'Genevieve.' Our prayer is that 
 she may be spared to you, and become the light and joy 
 of your home all the days of your life." 
 
 My brother, 7 Horatio Bartlett Lawrence, son of 
 Oliver A., was born in Wayne, December 19, 1.841. 
 Several severe sicknesses in early life unfitted him for 
 manual labor, and he gave himself to study when his 
 health would allow. He had the reputation of being one 
 of the best scholars in his native town. He early 
 accepted Christ as his Saviour and was baptized by Rev. 
 C. Parker, pastor of the Baptist church of Wayne. He 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 41 
 
 fitted for college at the Wayne High School and Towle 
 Academy, Winthrop. Entering Bowdoin College, 
 August, 1861, he soon took a high stand in scholarship, 
 and was given one of the highest literary parts at the 
 Junior exhibition. While in college and since gradua- 
 tion, he has enjoyed robust health. Graduating in 1865, 
 he was Principal of the Gardiner High School two years. 
 "He then pursued a course of theological study in the 
 Seminary, Newton, Mass., and graduated in 1870. He 
 however has exercised the Christian ministry only 
 occasionally ; declined a call to settle at Fall River, 
 Mass., and never received ordination." 
 
 He has given his attention, for the most part, to educa- 
 tion, having had charge of High Schools and Academies 
 in Massachusetts and Vermont. He is now Principal of 
 Leland and Gray Seminary, Townshend, Vt. He is a 
 fine linguist, a thoroiigh scholar in all branches, and an 
 apt and faithful teacher. December 1, 1874 he was 
 married to Adelia M., daughter of Ethan L. Brown, 
 West Sutton, Mass. She is a graduate of Mt. Holyoke 
 Seminary, South Hadley, Mass. They have had no 
 children. 
 
 My brother, 7 Abbott Nelson Lawrence, son of 
 Oliver A., was born in Wayne, October 5, 1846, and died 
 in Wayne, June 13, 1871, at the age of 24 years, 8 
 months, 8 days. He was nearly fitted for college when 
 he met with an accident by which he lost the sight of 
 one eye. This changed his whole course of life. He had 
 taught school one winter in Topsham. His intention 
 had been to study medicine after completing his college 
 course. We dearly loved our brother, who was always 
 so amiable and genial, and such a promising scholar. 
 
42 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 Soon after his death the following obituary appeared 
 in one of the newspapers : "Wayne June 13, Abbott 
 Nelson Lawrence, youngest son of Oliver A. and Lemira 
 Lawrence, aged 24 years, 8 months, 8 days. The 
 deceased was for several terms a student of the Edward 
 Little Institute, Auburn, where he was fitting for Bow- 
 doin College. In May, 1866 he lost by an accident the 
 sight of his right eye. Thus obliged to lay aside his 
 books the entire reversion of his future plans was too 
 much for his ambitious and sensitive nature to bear. 
 Nervous dyspepsia, which, not being removed by medical 
 treatment, invited that insidious disease, consumption, 
 to set in with it and at length terminated his earthly 
 career. But he had sought and found the Great Physi- 
 cian, so that death was no terror to him but only a 
 joyful surprise. A quick and promising scholar, an 
 original thinker, though eminently practical, an affec- 
 tionate and dutiful son and brother, his early loss is 
 deeply felt by his parents and brothers and a wide circle 
 of other relatives and friends." 
 
 6 OWEN LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 Owen, son of Asa, was born in Wayne, November 17, 
 1805, and died from the effects of a great tumor on his 
 neck, February 12, 1856, aged 50 years. He was a 
 farmer and came into possession of the western half of 
 his father's farm. He was married to Mehitable Sinclair, 
 who was born in Lisbon, Me., November 26, 1808, and 
 died in 1886, aged 78 years. 
 
 They had three children: Matilda F., who was born 
 
LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 43 
 
 January 8, 1832. She was unmarried and went out West ; 
 Hannah, who was married to a Mr. Lord, a carriage- 
 maker of Wayne. They had two children. Both 
 Hannah and her children died several years ago ; and 
 7 William Owen Lawrence, born March 3, 1849. He 
 is unmarried and lives on the old homestead in Wayne. 
 It is the western half of the farm which our great 
 grandfather, James Lawrence, occupied and possessed 
 in 1786. 
 
 6 Achsah Lawrence, daughter of Asa, was born in 
 Wayne, January 12, 1809. She was a good scholar and 
 taught five terms of school. She has always been active 
 in social and religious meetings. January 6, 1834 she 
 was married to her cousin, James Lawrence, youngest 
 son of Joseph. They had one child, Frances R., who 
 was born December 12, 1838. She is unmarried and 
 lives with her mother in Wayne Village. 
 
 6 Racrel A. Lawrence, daughter of Asa, was born 
 in Wayne, May 27, 1811, and died of paralysis, July 12, 
 1885, aged 74 years. December 8, 1833 she was married 
 to Lorrin Wing, who was born in Wayne, January 7, 
 1809. They were both members of the Baptist church. 
 They had five children : Tillotson, born October 28, 
 1834, is now at work in Hartford, Conn. He has been a 
 farmer, a teamster, and an overseer in cotton mills in 
 Lewiston, Me , and Chicopee, Mass. He has been 
 married twice and had several children. His daughter, 
 Lucy, married in Springfield, Mass.; Achsah J., born 
 May 27, 1837, died August 22, 1842; Nelson C, born 
 July 22, 1839, died August 22, 1840 ; Lucy F., born 
 June 6, 1844, died October 28, 1848; and Abner K, 
 born August 31, 1850. 
 
44 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 Abner N. Wing is a farmer in Fayette, Me. March 30, 
 1871 he was married to Annie M., born in 1852, and 
 daughter of Edward G. Dexter of Wayne. They have 
 had five children : Elmer E., born June 29, 1874 ; 
 Frankie B., born October 8, 1879; Earl, born August 
 21, 1881 ; Ruhamah L., born September 25, 1883 ; and 
 Everett N., born March 10, 1886. 
 
 5 PETER LAWRENCE DIVISION, 
 
 Peter, son of Joseph, was born in Sandwich, Mass., 
 March 29, 1782, and died in Jay, April 7, 1871, aged 89 
 years, 9 days. He was a farmer and cooper. He 
 indulged a hope in Christ early in life, but did not make 
 a public profession of his faith till December 18, ,1853, 
 when he was baptized by Rev. Hugh Dempsey, and 
 joined the Baptist church in Jay, of which he remained 
 a consistent member till his decease. 
 
 His first wife was Melatiah Davenport, to whom he 
 was married December 13, 1804. She died in Jay, 
 January 17, 1817, aged nearly 37 years. His second 
 wife was Eunice Felch. They were married November 
 17, 1817. Eunice died of consumption, in Jay, April 6, 
 1846, aged nearly 72 years. His third wife was Sarah C. 
 Weld, to whom he was married January 29, 1847. She 
 died in Jay, of consumption, July 31, 1879, aged 93 
 years. By his first wife Peter had four children : Seth ; 
 Mary C, who was born June 30, 1811, and died of 
 dropsy, June 21, 1838; Peter, Jr., who was born July 
 23, 1813, and died of typhus and lung fever, in Newton, 
 Mass., December 8, 1836 ; and Hannah. 
 
LAWRENCE MEMOEIALS. 45 
 
 6 SETH LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 Seth, son of Peter, was born in Jay, August 28, 1809, 
 and died in Weld, Me., May 17, 1882, aged 72 years, 8 
 months, 19 days. His early advantages for an education 
 were limited, but by great perseverance and self denial 
 he succeeded in becoming a good scholar in those 
 branches usually taught in the common schools. He 
 taught school in Weld, Carthage, Canton, and Sumner. 
 He expressed a hope in Christ and was baptized June 2, 
 1840, but did not unite with the Baptist church in Jay 
 until June 18, 1843. In 1833 Seth and his father bought 
 Rev. Manasseh Lawrence's farm in Jay, where they 
 lived together until 1854 when Seth moved to Weld, 
 disposing of his interest in the farm in the course of two 
 years. 
 
 February 27, 1834 Seth was married to Elvira Barrett, 
 who is now an invalid and lives with her daughter, Rozil- 
 lah. They had two children : Isaac Peter, who was born 
 May 24, 1837, and died of throat distemper, October 
 1, 1837; and Rozillah. 
 
 7 Rozillah Lawrence, daughter of Seth, was born 
 in Jay, March 2, 1839. She taught school five summers, 
 and, when seventeen years of age, united with the Baptist 
 church. March 15, 1874 she was married to Rev. Elliot 
 S. Lamb. After her marriage she united with the free 
 Baptist church. Mrs. Rozillah Lamb, who is probably 
 the only surviving member of the Peter Lawrence family, 
 lives in Weld, Me., on the farm formerly owned and 
 occupied by her father. Her husband was a carpenter 
 
46 LAWRENCE MEMORIALS. 
 
 by trade. He worked at this business summers and 
 taught school winters, but spent much of his time labor- 
 ing in revivals of religion. He preached in various 
 towns until his health failed him three years ago. He 
 died June 17, 1888. 
 
 6 HANNAH LAWRENCE BRANCH. 
 
 Hannah, daughter of Peter, was born in Jay, Septem- 
 ber 26, 1815, and died October 12, 1861, aged 46 years. 
 Hannah was a member of the Baptist church of Bidde- 
 ford, where she woiked several years in a cotton factory. 
 October 11, 1840 she was married to Oliver Wright, Jr., 
 who died of heart disease, November 17, 1845, aged 
 nearly 46 years. They had two children : Oliver Wright 
 3d, who was born in Jay, July 17, 1841, and Philander 
 Young Wright, who was born in Jay, July 21, 1845, and 
 died in Wilton, July 13, 1864. Oliver Wright 3d 
 enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment and was in active 
 service during the war for the Union. Coming out of 
 the army without a wound, he went West and was 
 engaged in mining. There has been a report that he 
 was killed. It is not known whether he had a family. 
 
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Index to Christian Names, 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 Abbott, 
 
 
 31, 41, 42 
 
 Leonard, 
 
 Abigail, 
 
 
 . 11, 12 
 
 Lizzie E., 
 
 Achsah, 
 
 
 28, 29, 43 
 
 Lizzie R., 
 
 Agnes, 
 
 
 24 
 
 Lottie, 
 
 Alroy, 
 
 
 24 
 
 Manasseh, 
 
 Allie, 
 
 
 27 
 
 Mary B , 
 
 Andrew, 
 
 
 22, 24 
 
 Mary C, 
 
 Asa, 9, 
 
 10, 12, 28, 
 
 29, 42, 43 
 
 Mary D., 
 
 Benjamin, 11 
 
 12, 13, 14 
 
 15, 16, 22 
 
 Mary F., 
 
 Bertha, 
 
 
 26 
 
 Maud, 
 
 Betsey, 
 
 
 10, 11 
 
 Martha, 
 
 Betsey R., 
 
 
 13 
 
 Matilda, 
 
 Charles, 
 
 
 27 
 
 Melinda, 
 
 Clara, 
 
 
 14, 15 
 
 Mercy, 
 
 Clarinda, 
 
 
 14 
 
 Noah, 
 
 Cora, 
 
 
 24 
 
 Oliver, 
 
 Cyrus, 
 
 
 22, 25 
 
 Owen, 
 
 Deborah, 
 
 
 14 
 
 Patty, 
 
 Dudley, 
 
 
 26 
 
 Peninnah, 
 
 Emily, 
 
 
 22, 24, 25 
 
 Peter, 
 
 Ephraim, 
 
 
 22, 25 
 
 Peter, Jr., 
 
 Etta, 
 
 
 22, 25 
 
 Phebe, 
 
 Francis, 
 
 12, 13, 
 
 14, 15, 16 
 
 Philenia, 
 
 Frances, 
 
 
 28, 43 
 
 Prentiss, 
 
 Georgie, 
 
 
 25 
 
 Rachel, 
 
 George, 
 
 
 26, 27 
 
 Ray, 
 
 Genevieve, 
 
 . 36, 
 
 37, 38, 40 
 
 Robert, 
 
 Hannah, 
 
 . 10, 
 
 43, 44, 46 
 
 Rozillah, 
 
 Hiram, 
 
 
 31, 32, 36 
 
 Rufus, 
 
 Horatio, 
 
 
 31, 40 
 
 Sally, 
 
 Isabel, 
 
 
 14, 16, 17 
 
 Sarah B., 
 
 Isaac, 
 
 
 45 
 
 Sarah M., 
 
 Izella, 
 
 
 23, 25 
 
 Seth, 
 
 Izora, 
 
 
 27 
 
 Silas, 
 
 James, 
 
 . 9, 10, 11, 
 
 12, 28, 43 
 
 Susan, 
 
 Jenet, 
 
 
 26 
 
 Temperance, 
 
 Joanna, 
 
 
 22 
 
 Thomas, 
 
 John, 
 
 
 29 
 
 Vera, 
 
 Joseph, 9,10, 
 
 11,12,13,17 
 
 26,28,43,44 
 
 Walter, 
 
 Joseph Jr., 
 
 
 . 9, 10 
 
 Walter F., 
 
 Justis, 
 
 
 10 
 
 William, 
 
 12,17 
 
 29, 31, 32 
 
 9, 10 
 
 21,22 
 
 10, 11 
 
 
 86, 
 
 27 
 30 
 
 
 22, 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 24,25,26,45 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 44 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 
 14, 
 
 16 
 25 
 26 
 42 
 
 14 
 
 
 12, 
 
 29 
 
 12, 
 
 13, 
 
 29 
 
 40, 
 
 41. 
 
 42 
 
 
 29, 
 
 42 
 10 
 10 
 
 44, 
 
 45, 
 
 46 
 
 44 
 12 
 
 12, 
 
 13, 
 
 29 
 13 
 
 
 2!), 
 
 43 
 36 
 
 
 9, 
 
 10 
 45 
 
 12, 
 
 86, 
 
 27 
 12 
 
 
 14, 
 
 15 
 13 
 
 10, 
 
 44, 
 
 45 
 26 
 14 
 
 
 10, 
 
 11 
 
 14 
 
 
 86 
 
 40 
 
 27 
 27 
 43 
 
Index of Surnames 
 
 OF PERSONS INTERMARRIED, OR CONNECTED, 
 OR OTHERWISE MENTIONED. 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Adams, 
 
 33 
 
 Hood, 
 
 Allen, 
 
 28 
 
 Hooper, 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Austin, 
 
 30 
 
 Holt, 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 Bailey, 
 
 37 
 
 Houston, 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 Barlow, 
 
 10 
 
 Hubbard, 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 Barrett, 
 
 45 
 
 Hutchins, 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 Bartlett, 
 
 . 30, 31, 40 
 
 Ladd, 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 Berry, 
 
 . 22, 23, 24, 25 
 
 Lamb, 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 Blaine, 
 
 35 
 
 Lampson, 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 Boardman, . 
 
 12 
 
 Langley, 
 
 
 
 24 
 
 Briggs, 
 
 22 
 
 Leach, 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 Brown, 
 
 41 
 
 Lincoln, 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 Burnell, 
 
 27 
 
 Lord, 
 
 
 
 43 
 
 Cartland, 
 
 23 
 
 Mayhew, 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Chadwick, . 
 
 10 
 
 Millet, 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 Charles II, . 
 
 9 
 
 Miles, 
 
 
 
 37 
 
 Chase, 
 
 19, 25 
 
 Moore, 
 
 
 
 18, 22 
 
 Cheney, 
 
 34 
 
 Noyes, 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 Church, 
 
 . .. 15 
 
 Paddock, 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 Cushman, 
 
 . ". 23 
 
 Parker, 
 
 
 
 13, 40 
 
 Davis, 
 
 15 
 
 Pendleton, 
 
 
 
 26 
 
 Davenport, . 
 
 26, 29, 30, 44 
 
 Remick, 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 Day, 
 
 36 
 
 Ricker, 
 
 
 
 25, 26 
 
 Dempsey, 
 
 44 
 
 Rowell, 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 Dexter, 
 
 32, 44 
 
 Scholl, 
 
 
 
 .19, 22 
 
 Dickenson, . 
 
 32 
 
 Sinclair, 
 
 
 
 42 
 
 Ewers, 
 
 10 
 
 Stryker, 
 
 
 
 36 
 
 Faunce, 
 
 12 
 
 Trask, 
 
 
 
 39, 40 
 
 Felch, 
 
 44 
 
 Walton, 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 Field, 
 
 27 
 
 Webb, 
 
 
 
 32, 33 
 
 Floyd, 
 
 12 
 
 Weld, 
 
 
 
 44 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 11 
 
 White, 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 Garret, 
 
 10 
 
 Whitmore, 
 
 
 
 32 
 
 Goldthwait, . 
 
 25 
 
 Wing, 
 
 
 
 30, 43, 44 
 
 Gurney, 
 
 16 
 
 Winslow, 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 Gray. 
 
 17 
 
 Wright, 
 
 
 
 30, 46 
 
 Hamilton, 
 
 33 
 
 Wyman, 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 Harlow, 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 
 
PART II. 
 
 BAE1WT MEMORIAL 
 
 WITH INDEXES. 
 
B&rllell Hemori^I^. 
 
 In compiling the history of the Bartlett family, I have 
 believed that all who bear this name, or have Bartlett 
 blood in their veins, will be interested to learn all that 
 is possible, at this day, of their forefathers. This 
 desire seems to be implanted in the hearts of all man- 
 kind. Thacher in his history of the town of Plymouth 
 says, "It has been the anxious desire of all nations in 
 all ages of the world, that genealogies from their orig- 
 inal foundations should be correctly recorded and trans- 
 mitted to future generations. Posterity love to trace 
 back their progenitors in an uninterrupted line to the 
 earliest periods. In no instance do we recognize a people 
 who have a more peculiar interest in the transactions 
 of their ancestors than the descendants of the puritan 
 fathers of New England ; nor are the descendants of any 
 people furnished with more abundant data for the pur- 
 pose of tracing the founders of a nation. When the 
 Saxons came over and settled in England, the British 
 surnames were emerged, and all record of the original 
 inhabitants by their surnames vanished from the page 
 of history. But in our country the reverse of this is 
 our happy destiny. By far the largest proportion of 
 our surnames are those which were precious to our 
 puritan fathers, and ever will be to their posterity. The 
 spreading branches of the genealogical tree from the 
 
52 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 stock of the pilgrims will ever command admiration and 
 respect, and it would be exceedingly gratifying could 
 we be able to delineate the descendants through their 
 generations by family genealogies ; but although so 
 early as 1646, the court ordered that in each town a 
 clerk should be appointed whose duty it should be to 
 record all marriages, births, and deaths, yet no one was 
 appointed in this town (Plymouth) till 1679, and the 
 records prior to that time were very imperfect." 
 
 In tracing back my maternal ancestry through seven 
 generations, imperfect town records, the correction of the 
 discrepancy in names and dates, the obscurity of past 
 events, and the vexatious delays of correspondents, have 
 proved a most arduous task. At this point it is proper 
 to introduce a few words from the pen of the venerable 
 John Howland, former President of the Rhode Island 
 Historical Society : "Unaccountable as it may appear, it 
 is unhappily true that very few of those men who lirst 
 arrived from England, and commenced the settlement of 
 the New England colonies left any memorials for the 
 information of their descendants respecting the place of 
 their birth or residence in the country they left, or any 
 account of those branches of their respective families 
 which they left behind." * * * "And most of the 
 emigrants who arrived in the Mayflower, and began the 
 settlement of the first Colony, as well as those who came 
 after, seem to have literally obeyed the advice and 
 injunction of the Royal Prophet, in the 45th Psalm 
 " 'Forget also thine own people and thy Father's house ; 
 instead of thy Fathers shall be thy children.' " So far 
 as relates to historical or family records, their descen- 
 
BABTLETT MEMORIALS. 53 
 
 dants seem to have been as forgetful as their parents ; 
 it is therefore at this day a work of time and great labor 
 to trace the genealogical time of a family from the 
 Pilgrims, even though their ancestors were in their day 
 men of renown " 
 
 As we shall learn in the following pages, our American 
 progenitor was Robert Bartlett, who was the earliest 
 settler of the name in New England. He came in the 
 ship Ann, July, 1623, and settled in Plymouth, Mass. 
 
 The three Bartlett brothers, John, Richard, and 
 Thomas, came to America in 1634-5, the two former 
 settling at Newbury and the latter at Water town. 
 Their descendants are very numerous in New England 
 and in other states of the Union. Many of them have 
 distinguished themselves as generals, judges, statesmen, 
 congressmen, lawyers, clergymen, doctors, college pro- 
 fessors, and merchants. 
 
 It is believed that Robert, John, Richard, and Thomas, 
 were born in England, and that they sprung from the 
 English Bartletts, or Barttelots, whose progenitor was 
 Adam Barttelot, esquire, who came with William the 
 Conqueror, and seated himself in Sussex County, 
 England. Adam died in 1100. 
 
 But at present it is not known what relation Robert* 
 sustained to the three brothers, John, Richard, and 
 Thomas. Mr. Levi Bartlett, author of "Genealogical 
 
 Since writing the above, I have examined, through the kindness of Chas. H. Bartlett, 
 Esq., (See Part III), Bangor, Me., the genealogy of the Bartlett family prepared by his 
 father, Ichabod D. He says, "John Bartlett, England came to Beverly, Mass., in 1637. 
 There was a Robert Bartlett at Plymouth in 1623, and a Thomas Bartlett at Dedham 
 in 1636, probably both sons of John. He brought with him his son Richard, and a 
 grandson of the same name. The Bartletts who came to this country were Puritans, 
 most of them strict Calvinists." 
 
54 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 and Biographical Shetches of the Bartlett Family in 
 England and America," believed that these four Bart- 
 letts sprung from the same English stock. It is hoped 
 when genealogical investigation has made greater pro- 
 gress, the facts will corroborate this belief. 
 
 These were the generations of the English Bartletts : 
 x Adam Barttelot, 2 William, 3 John, 4 Richard, 5 Thomas, 
 6 John, 7 John, 8 Richard, Mohn, 10 Richard, "Edmund 
 whose sons were John, Richard, and Thomas. "These 
 three, born between 1580 and 1590, no doubt came to 
 America, John and Richard locating at Newbury ; 
 Thomas at Watertown." 
 
 These seem to be the favorite Christian names of both 
 the Newbury and Plymouth Bartletts : Abigail, Dorcas, 
 Margaret, Charles, Christopher, Daniel, John, Joseph, 
 Josiah, Nathaniel, Robert. Hence the inference that 
 Robert of Plymouth was in some way a connection of 
 the three Bartletts who came to America in 1634-5. 
 
 July 4, 1888 there was unveiled at Amesbury, Mass., 
 a statue to the memory of Grov. Josiah Bartlett. The 
 Boston Herald said, "The unveiling of the statue of 
 Josiah Bartlett at Amesbury, to-day, will be an event 
 toward which many patriotic eyes will turn, for Bartlett 
 was one of the most active figures in the Revolution, 
 and the first voter for the Declaration of Independence. 
 His best service was given his country in New Hamp- 
 shire, but Amesbury was his birthplace, and in that 
 town very many of his descendants now live. The 
 family name can be traced back eight centuries, to Adam 
 Barttelot, or Bartlett, who went over from France with 
 William the Conqueror, and was in the battle of 
 
BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 55 
 
 Hastings in 1066, and in the pavements of an old stone 
 church on the ancestral estate in Sussex, the Bartletts 
 can read their genealogy." 
 
 "The town of Amesbury had a most suitable July 4th 
 celebration, when there was unveiled the statue of Josiah 
 Bartlett, the first signer, after John Hancock, of the 
 Declaration of American Independence. He was a 
 doctor, a chief justice, and a man of note, and he signed 
 that immortal document when, for aught he knew, it 
 meant a hempen noose around his neck." 
 
 Congressman Davis said in his address at the unveiling 
 of the statue, "The names of over 70 Bartletts who 
 served in the war of the Revolution, in the war of 1812 
 and ' 15 and in the Mexican war are on the pension rolls 
 of the United States. Doubtless an examination of the 
 pension records will show a very large number of names 
 of the same family who served in the war of the Rebel- 
 lion. In proof of the intelligence and position of this 
 family in England, the catalogues of Oxford and 
 Cambridge show the names of 33 Bartletts who gradu- 
 ated at those universities, and more than 100 Bartletts 
 have graduated from the colleges of our own country, 
 and seven of that name have been judges in the courts 
 of New Hampshire. Sprung from such a family, Josian 
 Bartlett proved himself worthy of his lineage." 
 
 5 Gov. Josiah Bartlett ( 4 Stephen, 3 Richard, 2 Richard, 
 a Richard) was born November, 1728, and died May 19, 
 1795. He was the first governor of New Hampshire, 
 and was elected to that offiee in 1792 and 1793. Gov. 
 Bartlett had three sons, Levi, Josiah, and Ezra, who 
 were all eminent physicians. Believing that all will be 
 
56 BAETLETT MEMOEIALS. 
 
 interested to know something more of the English 
 Bartletts, I will quote from Levi Bartlett's History. He 
 says, "In April, 1873, I had some correspondence with 
 Prof. S. C. Bartlett of the Theological Seminary, Chicago, 
 111. In a letter I received from him, he writes, 'I am 
 expecting to leave early in June on a visit for a year or 
 more in Europe and Asia. While in England I shall 
 visit the old hive of the Bartlett family, at Stophatn, 
 Sussex County.' " 
 
 "I wrote him, if he visited the family at Stopham, I 
 should very much like to receive an account of his visit 
 there. Prof. B. left Boston on the 3d of June, and 
 arrived safely in England. On the 25th of the following 
 August, I received a letter from him mailed in London, 
 August 11th. From his letter I make some extracts : 
 'You requested me to write you if I saw the old family 
 in England. I have but a few moments to give to it in 
 the hurry of leaving for the Continent. But I was 
 invited down to Stopham, Sussex, and had a very 
 pleasant visit of a single night. The present representa- 
 tive of the family there is Col. Walter B. Barttelot, M. 
 P., born October, 1820. He has six children,* by a former 
 wife. His father, George Barttelot, died last November, 
 aged eighty-four years.' " 
 
 " 'The estate is a large one, some 7000 or 8000 acres. 
 The house is a large three- story stone building, perhaps 
 150 or more feet long, quite an establishment. He has 
 six or eight fine horses, and as many colts growing up ; 
 fine Jersey, Sussex, Devonshire, and Durham cattle, 
 
 Major Barttelot, who was recently murdered in Africa while seeking Stanley, was 
 the eldest son of Sir Walter B. Barttelot. 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 57 
 
 etc. A large amount of ground about the residence is 
 simply ornamental. The farming portion is on a large 
 scale, and everything well kept and in good condition. 
 But, while gaining some satisfaction, I did not succeed 
 in all I would like. Col. Barttelot is satisfied that we 
 come from some of the junior members of the family in 
 former times, and so am I.' " 
 
 " 'From London to Pulborough station, by rail, is two 
 hours and fifteen minutes. The distance from the station 
 to Col. B.'s mansion is about three-fourths of a mile. In 
 going from the station to his residence, the river Arun is 
 crossed by a stone bridge built by the family in 1309, 
 565 years ago. From the front of the large stone 
 mansion there is a beautiful out-look upon the South 
 Downs, and a fine range of hills ; beyond them the 
 ocean. On two hills in sight, the old Romans had left 
 marks of their fortifications, and three or four miles 
 away south-east a portion of the estate of the Earls of 
 Arundel (Arundale) could be seen. Near the old Nor- 
 man church, built by the family early in the 13th 
 century, is an English yew tree planted about the time 
 the church was erected, which is, a foot from the 
 ground, seven and a half feet in diameter ; there are, 
 also, several large and aged cedars of Lebanon.' " 
 
 " 'On the stone floor, along the aisles of the church, 
 are marble slabs with inlaid figures of brass, with a reg- 
 ular succession of Barttelots, inscriptions, names and 
 dates, from John Barttelot, who died in 1428, down to 
 Colonel George B., who died Nov. 28, 1872, aged 84 
 years, (the father of Colonel Walter B.). Here there is 
 no mistake or sham, for, while scores of families of 
 
58 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 past nobility have run out over and over, or as Macaulejy 
 has it: " 'Many illustrious houses have disappeared 
 forever from history,' " the Barttelot family have 
 steadily held the possession of the original grant (with 
 large additions) for eight hundred years, from Adam 
 Barttelot, the progenitor of the family, down to its 
 present representative ; and an accurate pedigree of the 
 line has been kept from 1069, down to Ada Mary, the 
 youngest daughter of Col. Walter B., who celebrated 
 her twelfth birth day in August, 1874.' " 
 
 Mr. Levi Bartlett further says, "In October, 1873, I 
 forwarded a letter to Col. B., containing, in part, what 
 I have copied from Prof. B.'s letter. On the 2d day of 
 December, I received a long letter from him, in answer 
 to mine of October. His letter is dated 'Stopham, 
 Sussex Co., Eng., November 15th, 1873.' A portion of 
 his letter 1 here copy : ' "I was very glad to receive your 
 letter, and am very proud that my kinsmen in America 
 have so distinguished themselves, and made the name 
 so respected out there. I can assure you that it gives 
 me great pleasure to render what information I can, and 
 it would give me greater pleasure, should you come to 
 England, to see you here, and show you what we have 
 that is worth seeing.' " 
 
 u 'I was very glad to see Prof. Bartlett. He was very 
 kind as to his description of all he saw here. I shall 
 send with this a short copy of the pedigree to 1428, and 
 later, under three families, or rather five, viz : Barttelot, 
 Stopham, D'Oyler, Lewknor, Tregoz, and an extract 
 from the Ford pedigree. The Fords lived at Stopham 
 before the Conquest, the old Saxon proprietors. Brian, 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 59 
 
 a knight, who came over with William the Conqueror, 
 is on the Battle Abbey roll with his esquire, Adam 
 Barttelot ; both, of course, being officers and gentlemen. 
 Both received grants of land Stopham, Sussex, being 
 the principal grant of which we suppose, Brian got tb e 
 largest share, and AdamB. a smaller one; the Saxon Fam- 
 ly of Fords still retaining possession of a large part of 
 the estate. The Fords lived on this spot before the Con- 
 quest, and there is still a room, said with more or less 
 truth to have been here before the Conquest. Brian, 
 the Norman knight, assumed the name of Brian de 
 Stopham. He was succeeded by his son, Richard de 
 Stopham. After several generations the male issue of 
 the Ford family failed, and the estate fell into the hands 
 of a daughter of the Fords. John de Stopham, as you 
 will see in the Stopham pedigree, married the heiress of 
 the Fords, and got their share.' " 
 
 " 'In the fourteenth century, John Barttelot married 
 the daughter and heiress of the Stophams, and came into 
 possession of the whole property, the male line of the 
 Stophams having failed. You will see, by the charts of 
 pedigree which I send, that the Barttelots and Stophams 
 have been members of Parliament for the county from 
 the earliest dates. You will also see that John Barttelot 
 had one of our crests the castle given him by Edward, 
 the Black Prince, for taking the castle of Fontenoy, in 
 France, in command of the Sussex men. I also send you 
 our coat of arms. The plates I send you are my arms 
 quartered with those of my first wife, who was a Mus- 
 grave, of Cumberland ; also, one of the oldest families in 
 England. My arms' quarterings 1, Barttelot ; 2, Stop- 
 
60 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 ham ; 3, Lewknor ; 4, D'Oyley ; 5, Tregoz ; 6, Camoyes ; 
 7, Walton ; 8, Syheston. I send you the pedigree down 
 to the time when the Barttelots married the heiresses of 
 the Waltons and Syhestons.' " 
 
 At this point Levi Bartlett adds a foot note, which is 
 as follows : "The original coat of arms of the Barttelot 
 Family were three opened falconer's left hand gloves, 
 with golden tassels about the wrist. Crest, a swan ; 
 2d crest, a castle, as already said, bestowed by Edward, 
 the Black Prince. In heraldry, there are what are 
 termed 'Arms of Alliance.' They are such, as when an 
 heiress marries, her issue quarters her arms to show the 
 maternal descent. By this means, the memory of many 
 ancient and noble families, extinct in male line, is 
 preserved and conveyed to posterity, which is the prin- 
 cipal reason for marshalling several coats in one shield." 
 
 Col. Barttelot continues his letter and says, ' "We 
 had the old right of keeping sivans on the river, a right 
 which very few had. The Barttelots have lived here 
 ever since the Conquest, fought at the battle of Poictiers, 
 1356, and at the battle of Crecy, 1348, and subscribed 
 handsomely to the funds, contributed to defend England 
 against the attack of the Spanish Armada, in 1588. The 
 records in the church are complete from John Barttelot, 
 who was born early in 1300, down to the present date. 
 There are some very curious and handsome coats of 
 arms in the windows, bearing the family names, and the 
 names of those with whom they married ; also, old 
 memorial windows of Stopham and Barttelot, the date 
 of the oldest figures 1273. If I can at any time give you 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 61 
 
 more information, I shall be glad to do so. With every 
 kind wish, I am 
 
 Truly yours, 
 
 Walter B. Barttelot.' " 
 
 Col. Barttelot says in another letter, " 'I have always 
 supposed that my American relations must have 
 descended from Edmund Barttelot of Ernly in Sussex.' " 
 Again he says, "I may here mention, that upon the 
 record of the pedigree of the family, that a Richard, 
 John and Thomas Barttelot, who lived here, were born 
 1580 and 1590 (sons of Edmund B.), and there their 
 record ends ; they having gone, and very likely, to 
 America ; and John Barttelot, living at Ernly, did get 
 rid of his property there in 1634 ! * * * Our name 
 is spelled in all sorts of ways, so I am not surprised that 
 it is differently spelled in America.' " 
 
 Levi Bartlett at this point remarks, "From the state- 
 ments made in Col. Barttelot' s letters, I think there 
 can be no doubt that Richard and John Bartlett of 
 Newbury, were sons of Edmund Barttelot of Ernly and 
 Stopham, and that they 'sold back' their lands to the 
 then heir of the Stopham estates, and thereby had the 
 pecuniary means to come to this country, and make a 
 fair start in their new homes ; and that they were men 
 of ability and influence. * * * The orthography of 
 the name has varied in the course of time. In England 
 at the present time it is most commonly spelled as it is 
 here, 'Bartlett,' though Sir Walter of Stopham retains 
 the ancient form of spelling used by his early Norman 
 ancestors." 
 
 In conclusion Mr. Bartlett says, "I cannot close these 
 
62 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 biographical notices without giving some extracts des- 
 criptive of the old home. Mrs. Goddard, of New York, 
 a granddaughter of Caleb Bartlett, of Pembroke, and 
 niece of Hon. Richard Bartlett, of Concord, N. H., 
 being in Europe for some years, superintending the 
 education of her children, had a natural desire when in 
 London, June, 1875, to visit the old home of the family 
 in Sussex County. Sending a letter of introduction to 
 Sir Walter B. Barttelot, then in London (Parliament 
 being in session), he called on her and arranged for her 
 visit to Stopham, some fifty miles south from London. 
 She enjoyed the visit very much, and wrote to the 
 compiler (Levi Bartlett) of these pages a long and inter- 
 esting account of it, from which I make a few extracts." 
 
 " 'Sir Walter sent a carriage to the R. R. station for 
 us, and a quarter of an hour's drive brought us to a 
 pretty grey stone lodge, and in sight of a long, three- 
 story stone house, at the door of which stood Lady 
 Barttelot. She welcomed us kindly and Jed us into the 
 library, a most comfortable room of good size, with two 
 bay windows, well lined with books, etc' " 
 
 ' 'The dining room was hung with dark paper, and 
 many pictures some very valuable ones ; one of Charles 
 the First, with a full and a side face said to be very 
 good.' " 
 
 "Of the stone church belonging to the estate, over six 
 hundred years old she says : 'It is a most interesting 
 little church, filled with the dependents of the family, 
 and a few school children.' " 
 
 " 'Sir Walter showed us the brasses in the floor, 
 which he had had uncovered that we might see them. 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 63 
 
 These are more numerous than in almost any private 
 church in England now, and exceedingly well preserved. 
 The stained windows are pretty ; one over the altar 
 contains the armorial bearings, with the different 
 quarterings ; the opposite side is modern, and one on the 
 other side is very old ; and two are memorial windows 
 to the father and first wife of Sir Walter. The walls are 
 set with tablets of the different members of the family 
 who have passed away.' " 
 
 " 'While there, we visited one or two cottages ; the 
 farm, yard, chickens, calves, etc. Sir Walter has 
 twenty-six horses, consisting of hunters, coach, light 
 carriage, saddle and farm horses ; about one hundred 
 head of cattle, of different breeds ; many sheep, and so 
 on ; all in the nicest order The stables were well aired 
 and well kept in every way. After a most interesting 
 visit to these animals, including some very fine pigs, we 
 stopped at the house for tea, and then went for a longer 
 walk about the place ; to visit the hunters at some 
 distance from the house ; the cows still farther off ; a 
 second settlement of calves ; and, lastly, the pheasant 
 copse, where there are many hundreds of pheasants.' " 
 
 "'The land about, as far as one can see, is all Sir 
 Walter's, and also for a long distance by rail. It is a 
 very interesting country and the views are lovely. The 
 large old trees ; the river Arun coursing through the 
 estate ; and the old stone bridge that spans the river, 
 built by the family five hundred years ago ; the neatly 
 trimmed hedges, and lovely lawns ; all combine to 
 make a charming picture.' " 
 
64 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 The following is a letter from Lady Barttelot : 
 
 " June 9, 1875. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett, Dear Sir : You take such a kind 
 interest in the 'old family at home' that you will, I 
 am sure, learn with pleasure that the Queen has been 
 pleased to confer the dignity of a Baronet on my 
 husband. This is, of course a very gratifying event, as 
 a recognition of the good service he has done his county 
 and country, in Parliament, and in various other ways, 
 for he is a very hard working man, and never lets his 
 own pleasure interfere with anything he thinks his duty. 
 The kind letters of congratulations which have poured 
 in upon him so occupy his time, that he has requested 
 me to inform you of the interesting event. * * * 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 Margaret Barttelot.' " 
 
 THE BARTLETT ARMS. 
 
 Mr. Bartlett says on page 99 of his history that letters 
 from Sir Walter Barttelot enable him to give a fuller 
 description of the family arms. "The original arms of 
 the family in England were : Sable ; three sinister 
 falconer's gloves, argent, arranged triangularly, two 
 above, one below, pendant ; bands around the wrist, 
 and tassels, golden. These were the arms for some 
 centuries. Near the close of the 15th century, one of 
 the crests, the castle, was granted to John Barttelot, 
 who, in command of the Sussex troops, captured the 
 castle of Fontenoy in France. In the 16th century, the 
 swan crest was introduced, to commemorate the right of 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 65 
 
 the family to keep swans upon the river Arun, a right 
 granted by William the Conqueror. The family in 
 England have now eleven quarterings upon the original 
 shield, representing the arms of families whose heiresses, 
 the male issue having become extinct, have married 
 successive heirs of the Barttelot estates. All these 
 coats quarterly, and crests, were confirmed and granted 
 under the hand and seal of William Segar, Garter King 
 of Arms, Oct. 27, 1616, 14th year of King James. These 
 arms were borne by Col. Walter until June 1, 1875, 
 when he was created a Baronet, and his arms, with three 
 more quarterings for Smith, Musgrave, and Boldero, 
 are now as represented." A picture of the coat of arms 
 is given in Mr. Bartlett's history. 
 
 Since I have quoted so fully from Mr. Bartlett's 
 history, I desire to speak briefly of him. Levi Bartlett, 
 author of the "Sketches of the Bartlett Family," was 
 born in Warner, N. H., April 29, 1793, and died October 
 29, 1885, aged 92 years, 6 months. This was his lineage : 
 7 Levi, 6 Joseph, 5 Simeon, 4 Stephen, 3 Richard, 2 Richard, 
 1 Richard. It will be seen that he sprung from the same 
 ancestry, although three generations later, as Gov. 
 Bartlett, Levi's great grandfather, Stephen, being the 
 governor's father. This fact will give a clue to the 
 proper appreciation of the nobility of his character. 
 Mr. Bartlett "at the age of twenty -one, engaged in the 
 tanning business, (in Warner) which he carried on quite 
 extensively till 1838, when he sold the tannery, and 
 engaged in farming, his favorite pursuit. For the past 
 thirty years he has been a regular correspondent of 
 various agricultural papers." Mr. Bartlett was over 75 
 
66 BARTLETT MEMOEIALS. 
 
 years of age when lie commenced writing his history, 
 which he published in 1876. His mental and physical 
 faculties were well preserved until the very last, his 
 memory being wonderfully tenacious. To his worthy 
 son, William K. Bartlett, born July 21, 1816, and a 
 resident of Warner, I am indebted for the loan of a copy 
 of the history, the present of his father's portrait, and 
 pictures of the Bartlett Coat of Arms. 
 
 It is proper also to state that Albert L. Bartlett, Supt. 
 of the schools of Haverhill, Mass., has materially 
 assisted me by the loan of books, and valuable papers 
 and manuscripts. He also sent me the portrait of Sir 
 Walter B. Barttelot. Supt. Bartlett is of the twentieth 
 generation from Adam Barttelot, 1100, 788 years ago. 
 
 We are now prepared to take up the history of 
 Robert Bartlett, our American progenitor, 1603, and 
 trace his descendants down to the present time. 
 
 The following abstract indicates the direct line of our 
 ancestry, and will serve to make clearer the history that 
 follows : 
 
 Robert Bartlett, 
 
 born 
 
 in 
 
 England, 
 
 1603. 
 
 2 Benjamin " 
 
 t< 
 
 n 
 
 Plymouth, 
 
 1638. 
 
 3 Ebenezer " 
 
 << 
 
 a 
 
 Duxbury, 
 
 
 4 Ebenezer, Jr." 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 
 u 
 
 1694. 
 
 5 Nathaniel " 
 
 u 
 
 (i 
 
 it 
 
 1723. 
 
 6 John 
 
 (( 
 
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 a 
 
 1752. 
 
 CHILDREN OF JOHN BARTLETT. 
 
 Nathaniel Bartlett, born in Pembroke, 1777. 
 'Margaret " " " " 1779. 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 67 
 
 r Betsey Bartlett, born in Pembroke, 1782. 
 
 r John " " " " 1784. 
 
 7 Ira " " " " 1787. 
 
 7 Daniel " " " " 1789. 
 
 7 Joseph " ' " " 1791. 
 
 7 Polly " u " Hartford, Me. 1794. 
 
 Our forefather was Robert Bartlett, the earliest 
 settler of the name in New England. Winsor says he 
 was born in England in 1603. He came to Plymouth in 
 the ship "Ann," July, 1623. It was customary for the 
 Plymouth Colony to grant land to the new settlers for a 
 house lot and a garden. Ninety-five acres were granted 
 to those who came in the Ann. Robert Bartlett received 
 one acre. (See "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," 
 page 52, by Wm. T. Davis). In 1628 he was married to 
 Mary, daughter of Richard Warren, a Mayflower 
 pilgrim. He died in 1676, aged 73, and his wife survived 
 a few years. They had eight children, two sons and six 
 daughters : Benjamin, born 1638 ; Joseph, born 1639 ; 
 Mary, who was married to Richard Foster, September 
 10, 1651, and to Jonathan Morey, July 8, 1659 ; Rebecca, 
 who was married to William Harlow, December 20, 
 1649 ; Sarah, who was married to Samuel Rider of Yar- 
 mouth, December 23, 1656 ; Elizabeth, who was married 
 to Anthony Sprague of Hingham, December 20, 1661, 
 and died February 7, 1712 ; Mercy, born March 10, 
 1650, was married to John Ivey of Boston, December 25, 
 1668 ; and Lydia, born June 8, 1647, was married to 
 James Barnaby, and to John Nelson of Middleboro'. 
 Now, before considering Benjamin's history, we will 
 speak briefly of Joseph and some of his descendants, 
 
68 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 and we cannot do this better than by introducing the 
 letter of Dr. T. B. Drew, a descendant of Robert 
 Bartlett : 
 
 ''Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, June 14, 1888. 
 
 Mr. H. B. Lawrence, Dear Sir : A few years ago 
 while Mr. Levi Bartlett was writing his account of his 
 family, I corresponded with him and he called on me 
 here at Plymouth and talked the matter over in regard 
 to the probable connection between the Newbury and 
 New Hampshire Bartletts and Robert of Plymouth. 
 He thought that all of the name came from one English 
 source, and that the name of Barttelot of the time of 
 William the Conqueror was the same as that of Bartlett 
 of the present day. The orthography of many names 
 has changed more than that in even two hundred years, 
 as for instance, Dotey and Doten, Polen and Paulding, 
 Besbeech, Besbidge, and Bisbee are the same family 
 names. Winsor in his history of Duxbury states that 
 the Bartletts of Newbury are a distinct family from 
 Robert's of Plymouth, meaning probably that they 
 descended from different ancestors, who emigrated to 
 New England, and not pretending to know but that they 
 might have been connected in some way in the old 
 country. All the Bartletts in the Old Colony whom I 
 know anything about, descended from Robert Bartlett, 
 who arrived in the Ann, 1623. He married Mary, 
 daughter of Richard Warren and Elizabeth his wife. 
 
 "Their eldest son, Benjamin, settled in Duxbury and 
 married Sarah, daughter of Love Brewster, so that most 
 of the Bartletts of Duxbury and Kingston until the 
 present time descended from him. 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 69 
 
 "Joseph, the younger son, settled in Pond's Parish, 
 Plymouth, now known as Manomet Ponds, or South 
 Plymouth. It is a pleasant farming village about seven 
 or eight miles from the town proper, and for the past 
 thirty years has been a summer resort of considerable 
 note, as it is situated directly on the sea-shore. There 
 successive generations of the descendants of Joseph 
 have lived and died, besides many of the family who 
 have emigrated from time to time to other parts of the 
 country and world. Some of the descendants of Benja- 
 min have also lived in Plymouth. The family as a 
 whole has always been very respectable, and although I 
 think of but few who have risen to eminence, yet many 
 have proved to be good worthy citizens such as any 
 community would desire to have. 
 
 " 6 Dr. Zacheus Bartlett ( 5 Zacheus, 4 Joseph, 8 Joseph, 
 2 Joseph, 1 Kobert) was born in 1765, graduated from 
 Harvard College in 1789, and was a practicing physician 
 in Plymouth many years, dying in 1835. His son 
 Sydney now (1888) the oldest member of the Suffolk 
 County Bar, aged about ninety years, graduated at 
 Harvard, 1818, another son, George, graduated in 1827. 
 A daughter, Margaret, still living in Plymouth, married 
 Dr. Winslow Warren, who graduated at Harvard in 
 1813. He died in 1870. 
 
 "Dr. Isaac Bartlett, a brother of Dr. Zacheus, was a 
 physician for a' time in Kingston, where he died in 1816, 
 aged 46 years. His son, Erastus H., was also a physician 
 and died in 1846. 
 
 "Joseph Bartlett, who graduated at Harvard, 1782, 
 was born in Plymouth, 1761, and has been styled an 
 
70 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 adventurer. He studied law in Salem, and some time 
 after visited England. Once while attending the theater 
 in London, he witnessed a play wherein the former 
 occupations of some American officers were much ridi- 
 culed. The British army was represented in gorgeous 
 array while the Americans appeared on the stage with 
 implements of their respective .trades, representing 
 barbers, tailors, tinkers, etc. Bartlett, who was some- 
 what under the influence of liquor at the time, soon 
 became wrought up to a high pitch to see his countrymen 
 so burlesqued, and amid the applause which was repeat- 
 edly given, arose in his seat and exclaimed, 'Hurrah for 
 his Majesty, King George the Third, whipped by bar- 
 bers, tailors, and tinkers.' This created a great sensa- 
 tion, and it was doubtful for a moment what effect 
 would be produced, but the scale soon turned in his 
 favor, and he was applauded for his daring spirit in 
 making such a speech. A poem of his entitled 'Physi- 
 ognomy', which he delivered at Cambridge in 1799, was 
 published in Boston, 1823, accompanied by a number of 
 aphorisms, and dedicated to John Quincy Adams. He 
 resided in Maine after 1820, and at one time represented 
 the State in the Legislature. Being greatly addicted to 
 the use of liquor, 'Lawyer Joe', as he was termed by his 
 acquaintances, led a strange life and finally died in 
 Boston in 1827. 
 
 "William L. Ashmead Bartlett of England, who mar- 
 ried in 1881 the Baroness Burdett Coutts, was the son of 
 Ellis Bartlett, who was born in South Plymouth, 1817. 
 The grandfather was also named Ellis, and he descended 
 from 5 John, 4 Nathaniel, 3 Benjamin, 2 Joseph, Robert. 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 71 
 
 "John Bartlett of Cambridge, author of 'Familiar 
 Quotations', was born in Plymouth, 1820, and came 
 from 7 William, Joseph, 5 Samuel, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel, ben- 
 jamin, 1 Robert. He is now senior partner of the firm of 
 Little, Brown, & Co., publishers, Boston. 
 
 "Abner Bartlett, who graduated at Harvard, 1799, 
 descended from 6 Abner, 5 Sylvanus, 4 Joseph, 3 Joseph, 
 2 Joseph. iRobert. He was born in Plymouth, 1776, but 
 lived in Medford, Mass. His daughter, Lucretia, was 
 the first wife of Rev. George W. Briggs, D. D., now of 
 Cambridge, Mass. She died in 1847. 
 
 "Joseph Bartlett, who came from Duxbury to King- 
 ston, about 1750, was the ancestor of all the Bartletts 
 who have been living in Kingston the past thirty years. 
 He was of 3 Ichabod, 3 Benjamin, Robert, and married 
 Dorothy, daughter of Dea. John Wadsworth of Dux- 
 bury, 1729. His grandson, Dea. Lysander Bartlett, was 
 a ship-builder in Kingston many years, and died, 1858, 
 aged 81 years. His son of the same name is still Mving 
 in Kingston, aged 83 years, and like his father was a 
 well known ship-builder. 
 
 "Joseph, brother of Dea. Lysander Bartlett, died in 
 Kingston, 1851, in his 82d year. He was father of 
 David B., a well known house-builder, who moved from 
 Kingston to Neponset not long before 1850, where he 
 died, 1866; Cornelius A., who had an extensive knowl- 
 edge of the early history of his town ; and Walter S. 
 The daughters were, Betsey B,, who married Anthony 
 G. Glynn, and died in Washington, D. C, 1830 ; Nancy 
 who married Nathaniel D. Drew; and Lucy F., a well 
 known school teacher in Kingston forty years ago, who 
 married Peter Trott of Boston. 
 
72 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 "Uriah Bartlett, who was born in Kingston, 1789, 
 lived until past the age of ninety. He was another 
 grandson of the first Joseph of Kingston, and was the 
 father of Dr. Frederic W. Bartlett, now of Buffalo, N. 
 Y.; Ichabod, who died in California a few years ago, 
 much lamented ; and Robert B., an early friend of mine, 
 now living in San Francisco. 
 
 "My descent from the Bartletts is as follows: My 
 great grandfather, Maj. Seth Drew, an officer in the 
 Revolutionary army, was son of Cornelius and Sarah 
 (Bartlett) Drew. She was daughter of Ichabod Bartlett 
 (the son of Benjamin, the son of Robert) and was a half 
 sister of the first Joseph of Kingston. 
 
 " 4 Samuel Bartlett, born 1696, ( 3 Joseph, 2 Joseph, 
 1 Robert), who was town clerk of Plymouth from 1742 to 
 1765, was father of Elizabeth, who married Gen. Peleg 
 Wads worth of Revolutionary fame, and their daughter, 
 Zilpha, was mother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
 
 "One of the earliest grave stones in the ancient burial 
 hill here in town is to the memory of Joseph Bartlett, 
 son of Joseph, son of 1 Robert. The inscription on the 
 stone is as follows : 'Here lies the body of Joseph 
 Bartlett, who departed this life April the 9th, 1703, in 
 the 38th year of his age.' 
 
 'Thousands of years after blest Abel's fall, 
 'Twas said of him, being dead he speaketh yet ; 
 From silent grave methinks I hear a call, 
 Pray, fellow mortals don't your death forget ; 
 You that your eyes cast on this grave, 
 Know you a dying time must have,' 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 73 
 
 "^Joseph, who was chosen deacon of the church of 
 Plymouth, 1745, was probably son of 3 Joseph ( 2 Joseph, 
 Robert). 
 
 "I find nothing in the records to establish the state- 
 ment made by your Kingston correspondent that portions 
 of land were given by the Warrens to the husbands of 
 the daughters before marriage. Richard Warren, the 
 pilgrim, died in a few years after his arrival in the 
 country, but his widow, Elizabeth Warren, gave from 
 time to time lands to her daughters' husbands. The 
 following extract from the early records will show 
 all I know regarding the gift of lands from Mrs. 
 Warren I mean this is a sample of several similar 
 records : 'Memorand The seavnth Day of ffebruary 
 1637 That Mrs Elizabeth Warren of the Eele river 
 Widdow for and in consideracon of a Marriage already 
 solempnized betwixt John Cooke the yeonger of the 
 Rockey Noocke and Sarah her daughter doth acknowl- 
 edge that shee hath given granted enforffed and 
 confirmed unto the said John Cooke one lot of land 
 lying at the Eele River containeing eighteene acrees or 
 thereabouts and lying on the north side of Robert 
 Bartletts lot formly also given said Robert in Marriage 
 w th Mary another of the s d Mrs Warrens daughters w ch 
 said lott is to begin at the heigh way and so to goe in 
 lengh e breadth w th the said Roberts lott together 
 w th a heighway from the said lott to the water side if it 
 be demanded or requested To have and to hold the said 
 lott of land w th all e singuler the apprtences thereunto 
 belonging unto the said John Cooke his heirs and 
 assignes forever to the onely hher use and behoofe of the 
 said John Cooke his heires e assignes for ever.' 
 
74 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 "These lands that were owned by the early Warrens, 
 still bear the name of 'Warren's Farm.' The Clifford 
 House at the head of Plymouth Beach is on a portion 
 of said farm, and it is a delightful summer resort. 
 
 "Although the locality of many of the first homes of 
 the pilgrims can be traced, and the first burial place also 
 known, yet no particular grave can be designated, and 
 the thought of this brings the words of Dr. O. W. 
 Holmes to mind : 
 
 'The weary pilgrim slumbers 
 
 His resting place unknown ; 
 
 His hands were crossed, his lids were closed, 
 
 The dust was o'er him strown ; 
 
 The drifting soil, the mouldering leaf, 
 
 Along the sod were blown ; 
 
 His mound has melted into earth, 
 
 His memory lives alone.' 
 
 'Yea, when the frowning bulwarks 
 
 That guard this holy strand 
 
 Have sunk beneath the trampling surge 
 
 In beds of sparkling sand, 
 
 While in the waste of ocean 
 
 One hoary rock shall stand, 
 
 Be this its latest legend, 
 
 Here was the Pilgrims' land ! ' 
 
 Yours very respectfully, 
 
 Thomas Bradford Drew." 
 
BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 75 
 
 Rev. Edwin M. Bartlett ("Malachi, 5 Josiah, 4 Robert, 
 3 Robert, 2 Joseph, Robert) is pastor of the First Baptist 
 church, Holyoke, Mass. For his history see part III. 
 
 2 Benjamin Bartlett, son of Robert, was born in 
 Plymouth in 1638, and settled in Duxbury, where he 
 was one of the most prominent citizens. He was chosen 
 constable for 1662. "This was an office of high trust 
 and responsibility, and none were elected to it, but men 
 of good standing." In 1666-7 Christopher Wadsworth, 
 Josiah Standish, and Benjamin Bartlett were selectmen. 
 We find that Benjamin Bartlett was on the board of 
 Selectmen eighteen years, being chairman of the same 
 in 1690-91. He was representative to the General Court 
 in 1685. He was married, 1656, to Sarah, daughter of 
 Love Brewster. In 1678 he had a second wife, Cecilia, 
 who died about 1691. He died also in 1691, leaving a 
 farm valued at 140 pounds, and other property amounting 
 to 250 pounds. His will gives his Indian servants, Robin 
 and wife, 20 shillings apiece. He had six children : 
 Benjamin, Jr. ; Samuel ; Ichabod ; Ebenezer ; Rebecca, 
 who was married to William Bradford, 1679 ; and Sarah, 
 who was married to Robert Bartlett, 1687. 
 
 3 Ebenezer Bartlett, son of Benjamin, was born in 
 Duxbury, and died probably before 1712. He inherited 
 land at Little Compton. He was married to Hannah 
 , and had one child, Ebenezer, Jr., 1694. 
 
 4 Ebenezer Bartlett, son of Ebenezer, was born in 
 Duxbury, 1694, and died in 1781, aged 87 years. We 
 find Mr. Bartlett spoken of in the town records as a 
 reliable gentleman. At a town meeting, October 21, 1768, 
 he and others were appointed a committee to prepare a 
 
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76 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 draught and to give their reasons why the town would 
 not accept the obnoxious Stamp Act. October 8, 1720 (?) 
 he was married to Jerusha Sampson, who died January 
 2, 1778, aged 73 years. Their children were Nathaniel, 
 1723, Jerusha, and perhaps Lydia. Jerusha, born Janu- 
 ary 9, 1732, was married to James Robinson, and their 
 daughter, Jerusha Bartlett, was married to Wait 
 Wadsworth, 1774. Lydia was married to Lemuel 
 Delano, 1741. 
 
 Nathaniel Bartlett, son of Ebenezer, Jr., was 
 born in Duxbury, January 31, 1723, and died in Friend- 
 ship, Me., about 1802. He was married to Zenobe, 
 daughter of Christopher Wadsworth (1685), June 10, 1742. 
 She was born in Duxbury, April 24, 1723, and died 
 in Hartford, Me., about 1812. She was a small sized 
 woman, but "smart as steel." She is said to have 
 journeyed twice from Massachusetts to Hartford, Me., 
 to visit her son, John, once on horse back, and once on 
 foot after she was over 80 years of age. Since our great- 
 great grandmother, Zenobe, was the great granddaughter 
 of Christopher Wadsworth, the pioneer of the family, 
 and the second cousin of Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, who 
 was the grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 the poet, we propose in this connection to show some- 
 thing of the standing of the Wadsworth family. The 
 following diagram will make clearer the relationship of 
 the above families : 
 
BAETLETT MEMOKIALS. 
 
 77 
 
 CHRISTOPHER WADSWORTH, 
 
 Born in England. 
 
 Dea. 
 
 Dea. John, 1638. 
 
 ! 1 
 
 John, 1671. Christopher, 1685. 
 
 Dea. Peleg, 1715. Zenobe, 1723. 
 
 
 ..--'' Married Nathaniel 
 ..." " Bartlett, 1723. 
 
 
 
 Gen. Peleg, 1748, m. Elizabeth, 1753. 
 
 Daughter of Sam'l Bartlett of Plymouth. 
 
 Zilpah, 1778, in. Stephen Longfellow, 1776. 
 
 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807. 
 
78 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 Winsor says the family of Wadsworths is a York- 
 shire family, and of some antiquity. In Burke's 
 Heraldry the Wadsworth Coat of Arms is given as 
 follows : "Gules three fleurs de lis stalked and slipped 
 argent." "Three silver or white lieurs de lis with stem 
 and leaves on a red shield." The motto of the family is 
 "Aquila not captat muscas," the eagle does not catch 
 flies the application of which is evidently, "The 
 Wadsworths do not stoop to small things." The follow- 
 ing extracts from "The Wadsworth Family in America," 
 published in 1882, were kindly furnished me by Rev. 
 Wm. S. Heywood, formerly of Holyoke, but now of 
 Dorchester : 
 
 "THE NAME." 
 
 "What does Wadsworth mean? It is evidently a 
 Saxon name not Celtic ; we are not of the old British 
 stock which fought the Romans ; nor are we of Norman 
 or French extraction ; our name is not found in the 
 roll of Battle Abbey nor in the Peerage list, but we are 
 interloping Saxons (carpet baggers), who came into 
 England about the 5th century, before the Normans 
 certainly but long after the Celts. It is a compound 
 name composed of two syllables and formed from two 
 original words, each of which has its own distinct and 
 separate meaning." 
 
 "From Tower's Essay on Family Nomenclature the 
 derivation may be had : Wade, meaning a meadow or 
 ford ; Worth (the modern signification of this syllable 
 is of course eminently characteristic of the family in all 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 79 
 
 ages), but Tower says that no less than six origins have 
 been sought for it, and it has been made to stand for a 
 possession, a farm, a court, a place, a fort, an island. 
 Arthur gives substantially the same definitions of the 
 two parts of the name, but also gives the name and 
 meaning in full, Wads worth same as Woods worth 
 the farm or place in the woods. Therefore it may safely 
 be assumed that those who first bore the name were 
 foresters, or woodsmen, denizens of the 'Merrie green- 
 wood' as the Robin Hood ballads have it, and perhaps 
 friends and contemporaries of the great outlaw. This 
 meaning of the word, probably, denotes the occupation 
 as well as the residence of our ancestors ; their business 
 was with and in the woods they were not townsmen or 
 farmers but woodsmen." 
 
 "THE FIRST SETTLERS." 
 
 ' 'The ship Lion cast anchor in Boston harbor Sunday 
 evening, September 16, 1632. 'She brought,' says 
 Winthrop, 'one hundred and twenty three passengers 
 whereof fifty were children, all in good health.' They 
 had been aboard 12 weeks, and 8 weeks from Land's 
 End. The ship first made land at Cape Ann, and it 
 being foggy, could move only by using the lead. She 
 was 5 days in Massachusetts Bay before coming to 
 anchor before Boston. The vessel had made several 
 trips to America before this one, and had each 
 time brought over a few passengers and a load of 
 supplies. Of the 123 passengers on the trip only the 
 names of about 30 are preserved and of these the name 
 
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 of Wm. Wads worth heads the list, stating his family to 
 consist of 4 persons. It was customary for the ship, 
 Capt. Pierce master, to return to England by the way of 
 Jamestown, Virginia, when the English had effected a 
 settlement in 1607. This was his intention on this trip, 
 but while on her way there, she ran on a shoal in Vir- 
 ginia Bay and was lost. Of the crew all perished save 
 ten ; and there were on board 900 beaver and 200 other 
 skins that had been obtained at the N. E. settlements. 
 This was on November 4, the ship having remained in 
 Boston harbor several days, and the Captain during her 
 stay had made an overland trip to Plymouth, accom- 
 panied by the Governor of Massachusetts Colony and 
 others. The exact date of Christopher Wadsworth's 
 arrival or how he came is not known. Some of our 
 people think they have seen a statement that he landed 
 at Duxbury on the 15th of September, 1632, or one day 
 earlier than the anchoring of the ship Lion before 
 Boston. This is not an improbable statement, for if he 
 was aboard the Lion, he might easily have been taken 
 off by some fishing boat, while the ship was searching 
 about for an entrance to Boston harbor. At any rate, it 
 is very evident that these men landed about the same 
 time. There are strong reasons for believing, however, 
 that Wm. Wadsworth had made one trip to America 
 before coming for a permanent settlement." 
 
 "SKETCH OF CHRISTOPHER WADSWORTH'S 
 LIFE." 
 
 "Christopher Wadsworth settled, lived and died in 
 Duxbury. He early took a prominent position among 
 
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 his townsmen, though such veteran pilgrims as Miles 
 Standish, Elder Brewster, and John Alden were his 
 neighbors. He is described as being quite young when 
 he arrived among them. His wife was Grace Cole, but 
 whether he was married when be arrived at Duxbury is 
 not known. Christopher Wadsworth, or as it is early 
 spelled 'Xtopher Waddesworth,' was one of the earliest 
 settlers and the first constable of the town ; an office at 
 that time to which none but the most faithful and honest 
 were elected. His name appears upon almost every 
 page of the town's history while he was there in active 
 life. He repeatedly held the positions of deputy select- 
 man and surveyor. A perusal of the town records 
 assures us of his worth and respectability. His name 
 first appears in the records of the town in 1633. He had 
 land in 1638 at Holley Swamp and in 1655 bought 
 land of John Storr and Job Cole. The house where he 
 lived is now standing about a mile west from Captain's 
 Hill near what is called the new road to Kingston. His 
 lands there ran down to the bay, or what was formerly 
 known as Morton's Hole. Joseph F. Wadsworth, a 
 gentleman of some note and a descendant, lived on the 
 place till about 1855, when he died leaving no children, 
 and the place was sold to strangers." 
 
 "Christopher was elected Constable of Duxbury for 
 1634. This was the highest office of the town. The 
 constable was a sort of high sheriff. He was to serve as 
 jailor and keep such as were committed. He was to 
 execute punishments and penalties, and to give warnings 
 of marriages approved by the civil authorities. He was 
 to act as sealer of weights and measures and surveyor of 
 
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 land according to government orders. In his oath he 
 swore loyalty to the king and promised to promote the 
 welfare of his people and see that the peace was not 
 broken. The will of Christopher Wads worth bears 
 date, July 31, 1677, and was filed at the Court in 
 September of the following year, so that his decease 
 occurred between those dates. He gave his home place 
 to his son John, after making suitable provisions for his 
 wife Grace, and his Bridgewater grant and other lands to 
 his son Joseph. His only other legatee mentioned is his 
 daughter, Mary Andrews. That his son, Capt. Samuel 
 of Milton, or his heirs, had received a share of his 
 property previous to this, is evident by the fact that 
 Samuel was possessed of a portion of these Bridgewater 
 lands, and after his decease, these lands were taxed to 
 Widow Wadsworth and later to Timothy Wadsworth of 
 Boston, son of Capt. Samuel, who was the last non-resi- 
 dent person to dispose of these original grants." 
 
 "There is no evidence to show that Christopher had 
 more than 4 children, three boys, Joseph and John, who 
 lived and died in Duxbury, Capt. Samuel, who early 
 moved to Milton and was killed fighting the Indians at 
 Sudbury, 1676, and Mary, who married an Andrews. As 
 there has been some question in regard to Capt. Samuel 
 being a son of Christopher, we might add that researches 
 establish the fact beyond a reasonable doubt. Capt. 
 Samuel' s wife was Abigail Tindall. This girl was born 
 and brought up in Duxbury, her father living in the 
 neighborhood of Christopher Wadsworth. And to 
 further establish the fact, the will of Grace Wadsworth 
 places the children of her deceased son Samuel among 
 her legatees." 
 
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 "In the address of Dr. M. Edward Wadsworth of 
 Harvard University, made at a Family Re-union, 
 September 13, 1882, is the following passage concerning 
 Christopher Wadsworth who is, he says, 'the common 
 ancestor of the Maine and Massachusetts Wadsworths, 
 as William is of the Connecticut and New York 
 branch.' " 
 
 "I regret exceedingly that my information regarding 
 Christopher is only limited. I can obtain no trace of 
 him prior to his settlement in Duxbury in 1632, but this 
 is not to be wondered at when so many ships were at 
 that time arriving at the Massachusetts Bay and Plym- 
 outh Colonies, and such imperfect records were kept of 
 their passengers. In the ship in which William came, 
 out of 123 passengers we know the names of but 33 ; but 
 Christopher being the younger would not so naturally 
 be mentioned as the former. Suffice it to say that in 
 1632 3 we find Christopher settled in Duxbury near the 
 residence of Capt. Miles Standish a blunt, honest, 
 energetic, peppery man a man who not improbably 
 came from a neighboring district and who would present 
 many points in his character naturally attractive to the 
 true Wadsworth blood." 
 
 "We find Christopher's name in the first record of 
 freeman in Plymouth Colony in 1633, and he is taxed 
 under date March 25th of the same year. His name is 
 appended to a will as a witness with Wm. Bradford, the 
 second Governor of Plymouth Colony, under date of 
 September 16, 1633. The same year he was constable of 
 Duxbury. In 1636 he was chosen as one of eight to 
 raise the ordinances of the Colony, and served during 
 
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 many years as representative and in other places of 
 trust." 
 
 "The Wadsworths were a prominent and somewhat 
 numerous family in Yorkshire, England, being especially 
 prominent in ecclesiastical affairs. This country fur- 
 nishes a large number of Puritan men of prominence 
 like Wm. Bradford and Sir Richard Saltonstall. Some 
 Wadsworths were prominent Dissenters or Puritans in 
 the 17th century and were imprisoned in the Castle of 
 York for non-conformity." (The writer, Dr. Wads- 
 worth of Harvard, then quotes facts to prove that both 
 William and Christopher Wadsworth were true Puri- 
 tans, concluding as follows :) "Never would Christopher 
 have been so soon after his arrival a freeman and a 
 constable never would he have been appointed to revise 
 ordinances of the Plymouth colony, unless he had been 
 in perfect accord with the people of that time a time 
 when none but church members could be freemen and 
 take part in colonial affairs. Our Puritan fathers had a 
 way of dealing with those not in unison with them, the 
 absence of which in this case proves beyond a doubt that 
 William and Christopher Wadsworth were not opposed 
 to them. They were of one spirit and one mind or they 
 would not have been what they were nor where they 
 were." 
 
 "A good story comes to us from Geo. P. Wadsworth 
 of Boston concerning old Christopher of Duxbury. He 
 says, 'Christopher or Xtopher as they used to write it in 
 those days, was a great man in his time, and according 
 to tradition very eccentric and extremely passionate. 
 In Duxbury where I was born, when any of the name got 
 
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 passionate or unreasonable (as they are apt to do at 
 times) it was a saying that they had got a large share of 
 old Christopher in them. They tell an anecdote of him 
 which perhaps is not new to you. One summer he had 
 got all his hay into his barn-yard and was about to pitch 
 it in when there came a terrible tempest and the light- 
 ning set his hay on fire and consumed it. The next year 
 when he had his hay in exactly the same position, 
 another fearful tempest arose and the clouds looked 
 dark and threatening. The old man ran into the house 
 and brought out a fire brand and set fire to the hay, 
 swearing that he meant to get ahead of God Almighty 
 this time.' " 
 
 Winsor in his history of Duxbury speaks of Christo- 
 pher Wadsworth as follows, "He was one of the earliest 
 settlers, and the first constable of the town, an office, at 
 that time, to which none but the most faithful and honest 
 were elevated. Also a deputy and selectman ; and a 
 perusal of the records will at once assure us of his 
 worth and respectability, which his descendants of 
 every generation have well retained ; and no family 
 of the town presents a greater array of honored men, 
 men who have been distinguished in the civil and religious 
 government of their native town, who have held a high 
 rank in the literary institutions of New England, and 
 whose names stand with honor on the muster-rolls of the 
 Revolution." 
 
 Gren. Peleg Wadsworth, a second cousin of our fore- 
 mother, Zenobe, was of the fifth generation from 
 Christopher. Winsor speaks of the general as follows : 
 "Gren. Peleg Wadsworth was a son of Dea. Peleg 
 
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 Wads worth. He graduated at Harvard College in 1769, 
 and it was the intention of his father that he should be 
 educated in the ministry. However, he unknown to 
 him opened a private school in Plymouth. At the same 
 time Gen. Alexander Scammel, famous in the Revolu- 
 tionary annals was also teaching there. They had been 
 very intimate friends throughout their college course. 
 Gen. W. afterwards kept a store in Duxbury, and soon 
 after moved it to Kingston. In 1775 when minute 
 companies were formed and manual exercise arrested 
 general attention, he devoted much of his time to the 
 instruction of young men in the use of fire arms, 
 and instilling into the minds of youth a true sense and 
 value of Liberty and Freedom. He had at this time the 
 command of a company of minute men in Kingston ; 
 and immediately after the battle of Lexington, joined 
 Col. Cotton's regiment. In September he joined the 
 army at Roxbury, and was employed as an engineer ; 
 but afterwards as Gen. Ward's aid- de-camp. In 1776 he 
 was, appointed Captain in Col. Bailey's regiment. In 
 1777 he received the appointment from the State, of 
 Brigadier General, and had command over the whole 
 district of Maine. In the spring of 1778, while he was in 
 Boston, General Lovell was appointed to command an 
 expedition against the possessions of the British on the 
 Penobscot ; and General W. was chosen second in 
 command. Capt. Saltonstall was charged with a fleet to 
 co-operate with them. They landed and made an 
 attack ; but failed of complete success. At this time 
 Samuel Alden of Duxbury was mortally wounded. 
 A British fleet now hove in sight, and their ships were 
 
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 run up the river, and set on fire ; and soon after they 
 marched off their men through the forests. Gen. W., 
 in 1780, had the command of a detachment of State 
 troops at Camden, Me., and here he was assaulted and 
 captured by a host of the enemy, and in the affair was 
 wounded in the arm. He was at first treated with great 
 humanity; but soon confined in prison, to await his 
 removal to England to be tried as a rebel of consequence. 
 He however escaped from his confinement. After this 
 he was a very successful merchant in Portland, and 
 built the splendid mansion, since occupied by his son- 
 in-law, Stephen Longfellow, Esq. He took as pay for 
 his services from the State 7000 acres of land on the 
 Saco river (town of Hiram), which was then valued at 
 the rate of 12 1-2 cents per acre. He afterwards moved 
 and settled on this tract, and was considered the 
 patriarch of the settlement. Here he built him a house, 
 and passed his old age, and died in 1829, aged 80. He 
 was for eight years, while he resided in Portland, a 
 member of Congress. Gen. W. was very energetic in 
 his nature, and quick and rapid in his motions, and of 
 restless activity. Mr. Ward of Boston, who was fellow 
 aid-de-camp with him in Roxbury, used to say of him, 
 'It makes no difference what you do with Peleg 
 Wadsworth. If he were a porter, he would have the 
 office respectable.' " 
 
 Austin in his life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
 says, "The Peleg Wadsworth, Jr., of Military fame, 
 was born at Duxbury, May 6, 1748; graduated at 
 Harvard in 1769 ; and married in 1772, Elizabeth Bart- 
 lett (daughter of Samuel Bartlett) of the same town 
 
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 (Plymouth). Their children, through their mother and 
 grandmother Wadsworth, who was Susanna Sampson, 
 inherited the blood of five of the Mayflower pilgrims, 
 including Elder Brewster and Capt. John Alden." 
 
 Gen. Peleg Wadsworth had eleven children ; his 
 oldest daughter, Zilpah, who was born in Duxbury, 
 January 6, 1778, was married to Stephen Longfellow, 
 Esq. Their son was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the 
 Immortal Poet. 
 
 Now returning to the period of history we were con- 
 sidering when we branched off on to the Wadsworth 
 family, we have learned that ^Nathaniel Bartlett, son of 
 Ebenezer, Jr., was married to Zenobe Wadsworth. 
 They had five children, all born in Duxbury ; Zenobe, 
 born April 2, 1743; Nathaniel, Jr., born March 30, 
 1745 ; Mary, born August 9, 1746 ; Elizabeth (according 
 to Winsor, but the town record says Lydia), born 
 December 3, 1749 ; and John, born in the early part of 
 the year 1752. Neither the town records nor AVinsor 
 give John's name, or date of birth, but his son, Rev. 
 Daniel Bartlett, has left a testimonial which fixes beyond 
 doubt the place and year of his birth. 
 
 Nathaniel Bartlett, son of Ebenezer, together with his 
 family, settled at Meduncook (now Friendship, Me.), 
 somewhere about 1752-7. His name occurs on the town 
 records of Friendship but once and then (1787) only to 
 give the "mark of Nathaniel Bartlett' s sheep." James 
 H. Varney, register of deeds at Wiscasset, finds in book 
 29, page 8, a copy of Mr. Bartlett' s deed of 50 acres of 
 land to Charles Samson. The deed was dated July 13, 
 1792, and recorded August 2. The following extract is 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 89 
 
 given, "Nathaniel Bartlettof a place called Meduncook 
 without the bounds of any town, but in the county of 
 Lincoln, yeoman, in consideration of thirty pounds paid 
 by Charles Samson of Waldoborough." 
 
 Rev. Charles P. Bartlett of Sedgwick, Me., says, "I 
 do not know where he (Nathaniel, his great grandfather) 
 was born, but he lived and died in the town of Friend- 
 ship, Me., at the head of the Muscongus Bay. It was 
 formerly called Meduncook, the name of a river that 
 constitutes its eastern boundary. A few families had 
 settled near the mouth of the above mentioned river 
 before the French and Indian war, as it was called. 
 When that broke out, fearing that the 'Meduncook 
 Settlement', as it was termed, would be destroyed, they 
 built a sort of stockade on a small island a short distance 
 from the mainland, and with the exception of two fami- 
 lies, moved into it, staying there nights, and working on 
 their farms by day. The two remaining families had 
 made arrangements to move on to the island the next 
 day, when the Indians came upon them in the night, 
 killing several persons and carrying off two boys (Brad- 
 ford), both of whom, by the way, after several years of 
 captivity, found their way back to their native place and 
 there spent the remainder of their days. The morning 
 after the massacre the bodies of the killed were taken to 
 the island in a boat. My grandfather, John Bartlett, 
 always recollected seeing them. He used to say while 
 relating the above circumstances, that he was then 
 about five years old. Soon after the massacre his 
 mother (Zenobe) got on board a coasting vessel and 
 returned to Massachusetts, taking the little boy, John, 
 with her." 
 
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 It is quite probable she took the other four children 
 with her as the oldest could not have been more than 
 thirteen or fourteen years of age. The father, Nathaniel, 
 remained, died, and was buried there. It is believed 
 by some of his descendants that a daughter lived with 
 him until she was married or died, and that he finally 
 gave his property to a Mr. Cook, who took care of him 
 the rest of his days Dea. Cornelius Bradford of 
 Friendship, a descendant of one of the boys carried 
 away by the Indians, informed Rev. Charles P. Bartlett 
 in 1840 that Nathaniel lost a leg before his death and 
 wore an artificial one, and that Mr. Bartlett' s farm 
 joined his. Mr. Bradford also pointed out his grave. 
 
 We have no means of knowing at this period where 
 Zenobe Bartlett and her children lived after they 
 returned from Friendship, but it is most likely that they 
 were well cared for either at her father, Christopher 
 Wadsworth's home, or at the home of some other 
 Wadsworth, for they, as we have seen, were a numerous 
 and influential family in Duxbury. 
 
 There were, as before stated, five children : Zenobe, 
 Nathaniel, Jr., Mary, Elizabeth, or Lydia, and John, 
 enobe was married to Barnabas Briggs ; it is thought 
 thalh one of the other daughters was married to a Mr. 
 Abbott of Andover, and that they had a daughter who 
 was married to a Mr. Blake ; it is believed that the other 
 daughter was married to a Col. or Gen. Anderson ; it is 
 probable that Nathaniel, Jr., died in the service of his 
 country in the war of the Revolution ; and John settled 
 in Pembroke. 
 
 Zenobe Bartlett, daughter of Nathaniel and Zenobe, 
 
BAKTLETT MEMORIALS. 91 
 
 was born in Duxbury, April 2, 1743. She was married, 
 April 12, 1768, to Barnabas Briggs. He was born in 
 Halifax, Mass., March 27, 1746. They had a family of 
 seven children. To get away from the "Red Coats" in 
 the war of the Revolution, they left Halifax and joined 
 the Shakers at Portland, Me. 
 
 June 21, 1888, Mr. Z. K. Harmon, the principal man 
 of the Shakers, now located at West Gloucester, Me., 
 wrote me as follows : "Upon examining old records and 
 interviewing some aged members of the Shaker Family, 
 I learn as follows, Barnabas Briggs and wife, Zenobe 
 (whose name was changed toZenobiah, and subsequently 
 to Naome, by which name she appears on the records), 
 came to Maine at the time of the Revolutionary War, 
 from Halifax, Mass. They landed at North Yarmouth, 
 from whence they with their goods were polled up 
 Royals river on a raft to New Gloucester. In 1784 the 
 whole family joined the Shakers. Barnabas Briggs died 
 here July 9, 1822, aged 76, and his wife, Zenobe, alias 
 Naome, died April 17, 1816, aged 72 (73). Their 
 children were Nathaniel, Bartlett, Barnabas, Jr , Mercy, 
 Olive, Samuel, and Lyman. All the boys left, but the 
 girls remained Shakers. Olive died September 25, 1847, 
 aged 74, and Mercy died July 15, 1859, aged 89." 
 
 From other sources we learn that Nathaniel lived in 
 Hebron and Jay ; Bartlett and Barnabas, Jr., in 
 Belfast ; and Samuel and Lyman in Hartford and Sum- 
 ner. Nathaniel was married to his cousin, Tabitha 
 Briggs, at Paris, November 18, 1802. They had seven 
 children, one of whom is Thomas Briggs, who was born 
 in Buckfield, March 30, 1812, and now lives at Harrison. 
 
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 He has had five sons : Thomas Briggs, Jr., who carries 
 on the wholesale and retail confectionery business, 379 
 Congress St., Portland, Me.; Augustus and Francis 
 deceased ; and William and Lewis, who live in Har- 
 rison. 
 
 6 John Bartlett, son of Nathaniel and Zenobe Bart- 
 lett, was born in Duxbury in 1752, and settled in 
 Pembroke. He was an iron smelter, and it is said that 
 he was a master workman and very ingenious. He is 
 represented to have been a genial, whole-souled man, 
 possessed of a strong mind, a fine form, and a head 
 crowned with beautiful, dark brown, thick curly hair. 
 He owned at Pembroke a farm of 100 acres on which 
 there were a house and barn. The house is still stand- 
 ing, and has been visited by his great grandson, William 
 C. Bartlett of Canton, Me, John Bartlett was a hero in 
 the war of the Revolution, and died in Hartford, June 
 10, 1847, aged 95 years. 
 
 In Zion's Advocate, August 3, 1847, there appeared 
 the following memorial article written by his son, Rev. 
 Daniel Bartlett: "Another Revolutionary hero gone. 
 Died in Hartford, June 10th, Mr. John Bartlett, aged 
 95 years, He was born in Duxbury, Mass., and when a 
 small boy his parents moved into Meduncook (now 
 Friendship) in this state. He was in the garrison when 
 the Mills family and the Bradford family were either 
 killed or carried off" by the Indians. 
 
 "He returned with his mother while young to Massa- 
 chusetts. In the revolutionary struggle which separated 
 this from the mother country, he was among the first to 
 engage in the service, and was present at the bloody 
 
BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 93 
 
 scenes of Bunker Hill and Concord was in the city of 
 New York when Independence was declared was in the 
 engagement and near to the generals, Sullivan and 
 Sterling, when they were taken, and saw most of the 
 bloody battles in the Northern and Middle States, but 
 escaped without a wound. 
 
 "About hall* a century since he moved into this state 
 and settled in the town of Hartford, where his body now 
 slumbers in ihe silent grave. Here it pleased God, who 
 had carried him through many dangers, by sea and land, 
 to arrest his attention and call him from the silence and 
 pollution of moral death into the light and liberty of 
 the gospel. He with his companion united with the 
 First Baptist church in Buckfield. When a church of 
 the same faith was constituted in Sumner, he was one of 
 its members, and when a church was gathered in Hart- 
 ford, he was one of the number. In the church he 
 remained a worthy member till death separated him 
 from the church militant and called him to join the church 
 triumphant. He lived to see the last of his children 
 (eight in number) and all their companions, and many 
 of his grandchildren rejoicing in the truth. He had a 
 robust constitution, a strong intellect, and a remarkably 
 retentive memory. 
 
 "He was a lover of the Sabbath, the Sanctuary, and 
 the Bible. And though by loss of eyesight he had not 
 been able to read for a long time, yet he retained an 
 unusually large portion of scripture in his memory, 
 which was a source of consolation to him, when he had 
 outlived all earthly comforts. As a man he had some 
 eccentricities of character, and as human he must have 
 
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 had some imperfections ; but let those dwell upon his 
 failings, who loved him less than I did. D. B." 
 
 John Bartlett bought a tract of land of Jacob Soule 
 of Middleborough. The piece of land contained 90 
 acres, and was located in the town of East Butterfield, 
 afterwards called Hartford, Maine. Forty-five pounds 
 were paid. The deed, which is in the possession of 
 Lysander Bartlett of Hartford, is dated April, 1793. 
 John Bartlett and family, consisting of his wife and 
 seven children, moved in the month of May, 1793, from 
 Pembroke, and made their home on this piece of land. 
 They came from Massachusetts on a coasting vessel, and 
 landed at North Yarmouth. There they stored their 
 furniture for awhile, and stopped a week with a Widow 
 Gray. They then proceeded on horse back through the 
 wilderness and set up housekeeping in a log house, 
 which had been previously built, probably by Mr. 
 Bartlett and his oldest son, Nathaniel. At this time it is 
 said there were but five families in the whole township. 
 A black cow had been purchased, and during the first 
 night after the family arrived, it is said by a descendant, 
 the cow's ears and tail were bitten off by the bears. Mr. 
 Bartlett soon built a commodious and substantial house, 
 which is now owned and occupied by a descendant, Mrs. 
 Elizabeth A. Benson and family. They also own and 
 cultivate the old farm. Apple trees are still standing, 
 which were planted by Mr. Bartlett. 
 
 6 John Bartlett had eight children, all of whom 
 were born in Pembroke, Mass., except the youngest: 
 Nathaniel, 1777 ; Margaret, 1779 ; Betsey, 1782 ; John, 
 Jr., 1784 ; Ira, 1787 ; Daniel, 1789 ; Joseph, 1791 ; and 
 
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 Polly, who was born in Hartford, 1794. As all these 
 children lived, married and had families, they will be 
 considered in the following pages under eight great 
 divisions, and their offspring will be treated as branches 
 under their respective divisions. Keeping in mind this 
 arrangement and observing the figures at the left of the 
 names, every descendant of John Bartlett will be able 
 to trace back his lineage to the progenitor of the family, 
 Robert Bartlett. 
 
 'NATHANIEL BARTLETT DIVISION. 
 
 My grandfather, Nathaniel Bartlett, son of John, was 
 born in Pembroke, Mass., December 6, 1777. He was a 
 farmer and settled in Hartford, Me. He was sick a great 
 many years with consumption and died November 16, 
 1845, aged nearly 68 years. He was married at Sumner, 
 March 28, 1802, to 7 Susan Bisbee ( 6 Elisha, 5 Charles, 
 4 Moses, 3 John, 2 Elisha, Thomas). My grandmother 
 was a very energetic and capable woman. She was born 
 in Pembroke, Mass., March 26, 1780, and died in 
 Hartford, May 24, 1860, aged 80 years. For the follow- 
 ing brief abstract of the Bisbee family, I have had 
 access to the Family Records of the Bisbees, published 
 in 1876, and compiled by William B. Lapham, secretary 
 of the Maine Genealogical and Biographical Society. 
 
 u1 Thomas Besbedge, the common ancestor of the 
 New England family of Bisbee, was one of those persons 
 who came to New England soon after the landing of the 
 Mayflower pilgrims, in order that they might enjoy 
 more perfect religious freedom. There are many circum- 
 
96 BARTLBTT MEMORIALS. 
 
 stances which go to show that he was a man of some 
 wealth and position in the old country, and a man of 
 influence in Plymouth Colony. The records show that 
 he sailed from Sandwich, England, in the ship Hercules, 
 John Witherly master, with his wife, six children and 
 three servants, and that he landed at Scituate Harbor in 
 the spring of 1634. He had certificates from Thomas 
 Warren, Rector of St. Peter's at Sandwich, and from 
 Thomas Harmon, Vicar of Hedcorn, of his conversion 
 and conformity to the orders and discipline of the church, 
 and that he had taken the oaths of allegiance and 
 supremacy. He became a member of Lothrop's cjiurch, 
 the first gathered at Scituate, and was chosen one of its 
 first deacons. He remained in Scituate but a short time, 
 for in 1638 he bought a house of William Palmer in 
 Duxbury and moved there. In 1634 he was chosen 
 Representative from Duxbury to the General Court. 
 He was one of the grantees of Seipicon (now Rochester), 
 but the grant was not accepted, and Mr. Bisbee subse- 
 quently moved to Marshfield, where his name appears on 
 a petition to the General Court. He afterwards moved 
 to Sudbury, where he lived several years and died 
 March 9, 1674. His will, dated November 25, 1672, 
 bequeaths all his houses and lands in Hedcorn and 
 Frittenden, Old England, to his grandson, Thomas 
 Brown, and makes two other grandsons, William and 
 Edward Brown, executors. The name of the wife of 
 Thomas Bisbee does not appear upon the records of 
 Plymouth Colony, which are equally silent respecting 
 three of his children. They may have died unmarried, 
 or perhaps there may be an error in the record which 
 gives the number six." 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 97 
 
 The only children of Thomas Bisbee whose names 
 appear upon the records are Elisha, Alice, and Mary. 
 
 3 Elisha Bisbee, son of Thomas, in 1644 kept a ferry 
 in Scituate, where Union Bridge now stands. His house 
 stood near the bridge, on the west side of the river and 
 on the south side of the way. His house was a tavern. 
 His children were Hopestill, 1645, John, 1647, Mary, 
 1648, Elisha, 1654, and Hannah, 1655. 
 
 3 John Bisbee, son of Elisha, was married to Joanna 
 Brooks, September 13, 1687. He was married at Marsh- 
 field but moved to Pembroke and died there, September 
 24, 1726. His children were Martha, 1688, John, 1690, 
 Elijah, 1692, Mary, 1693, Moses, 1695, Elisha, 1698, 
 Aaron, and Hopestill, 1702. 4 Moses Bisbee, son of 
 John, moved to East Bridgewater. His children were 
 Abigail, Miriam, 1724, Charles, 1726, Joanna, 1729, 
 Mary, 1733, and Tabitha, 1735. 
 
 " 5 Chaules Bisbee," son of Moses, "was born in 
 Bridgewater, Mass., in 1726. He was married toBeulah, 
 daughter of Rowse Howland of Pembroke, probably a 
 descendant of Arthur Howland of Marshfield, and 
 subsequently moved to Pembroke. At the close of the 
 Revolutionary war, in which the father and his two 
 oldest sons, Elisha and Charles, had taken part, there 
 was an extensive emigration from the Old Colony towns 
 to the wilds of Maine, or to the 'Eastward,' as it was 
 then called, and Charles Bisbee, senior, was among the 
 number of those who emigrated. He bought land of 
 Benjamin Darling of Hanover, Mass., in a township in 
 Maine, then called Sharon, afterwards Butterfield, and 
 finally incorporated in 1798 by the name of Sumner. In 
 
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 the summer of 1783 he visited his land and put up a 
 cheap tenement for his family. Buckfield had then been 
 settled about seven years, but Sumner was a wilderness. 
 Mr. Bisbee returned to Pembroke and spent the winter 
 and in the following spring set out with his family for 
 their new home. They sailed from Scituate harbor in a 
 packet, and landing at Yarmouth, proceeded through 
 the wilderness to Sumner on horseback, arriving on the 
 5th day of June, 1784. He selected his land with good 
 judgment, and with the aid of his seven stalwart sons he 
 soon cleared him a good farm. He suffered all the 
 privations and hardships incident to pioneer life, lived 
 to see his children comfortably settled around him, and 
 to enjoy the fruits of his toil, and departed this life June 
 5, 1807, it being the twenty-third anniversary of the 
 arrival of the family in town. His wife, Beulah, died 
 September 1, 1816. The nine children of Charles 
 Bisbee grew up to man and womanhood and all of them 
 were married and had families. Their children settled 
 in Sumner and the adjoining towns, and their grand 
 children are widely scattered, many of them having 
 made their homes in the far West." 
 
 Charles Bisbee' s children were Elisha, 1757, Charles, 
 1758, Mary, 1760, Moses, 1765, John, Solomon, 1769, 
 Calvin, 1771, Rouse, 1775, and Celia. 
 
 6 Elisha Bisbee, our great grandfather and oldest 
 child of Charles, was married in Duxbury, Mass., in 
 1779, to Mary Pettingill of that town. He went to 
 Sumner with the rest of the family, where his children, 
 all except the two oldest, were born. His ten children 
 were 7 Susan, our grandmother, Sally, Anna, Elisha, Jr., 
 
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 Daniel, Hopestill, Molly, Thersea, Hulda, and Horatio. 
 Sally was married to Gad Hayford and had five 
 children, one of whom, Cyrus, was married to Arvilla, 
 daughter of Dea. Ira Bartlett ; Anna Bisbee, sister of 
 Susan, was married March 24, 1805, to Stephen Drew of 
 Turner. They had a son, Jesse, born September 21, 
 1808, who was married, May, 1884, to Hannah T. Phillips 
 of Turner. Jesse's son, Col. Franelin Mellen Drew, 
 was born July 19, 1837. "He is a graduate of Bowdoin 
 College, and by profession a lawyer. He has been 
 clerk of the Maine House of Representatives ; was 
 Captain, Major, and Brevet Colonel of the 15th Maine 
 Regiment in the war of the Rebellion ; served four years 
 as Secretary of State, and has been twice appointed 
 United States Pension Agent," and elected Judge of 
 Probate. He was married to Araminta Blanch Wood- 
 man of Naples. They had a son that died in infancy. 
 Col. Drew now resides at Lewiston, Me , and as a 
 lawyer has a lucrative practice. 
 
 Elisha, Jr., was the grandfather of Joanna B. Reed, 
 wife of Oscar Hayford of Canton ; Daniel was married 
 to Sylvia Stevens of Sumner ; Hopestill was the father 
 of Martha J., wife of M. Chauncey Osgood of Hartford ; 
 Molly had two husbands, Nehemiah Bryant and Lemuel 
 Dunham ; Thersea was married to Barney Howard ; 
 Hulda was married to Sampson Reed ; and Horatio 
 was the father of Hon. Horatio Bisbee, Jr. He, born 
 May 1, 1839, is a graduate of Tufts College, and by 
 profession a lawyer. He was Lt. Col. of the 9th Maine 
 Vols., and after the war was over he moved to Florida 
 and was made U. S. District Attorney. He has served 
 
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 one term in Congress.' He was married April 5, 1863, to 
 a lady of Florida, and has had several children. He 
 resides at Jacksonville. 
 
 Mr. Lapham says, "As a race the Bisbees are 
 distinguished for their mechanical ingenuity, and 
 especially for their skill in working iron and steel. A 
 larger per cent, of them are blacksmiths than of any 
 other family I know, except perhaps the family of 
 Leonard." 
 
 Our grandfather, 7 Nathaniel Bartlett, who was 
 married to Susan Bisbee, had eight children, all of 
 whom were born in Hartford : America, Lemira, 
 Fidelia, Hiram, Hiram, 2d, Sarah H., Horatio, and 
 Susan B. Hiram, born April 21, 1810, lived only 28 
 days ; Hiram, 2d, a carpenter and farmer, was born 
 November 1, 1811, and died May 13, 1839. He was 
 unmarried ; Horatio, born November 2, 1816, died 
 April 23, 1842 ; Susan B., born February 13, 1819, died 
 October 11, 1841. All the children, except the oldest 
 son, inherited weak lungs, and the five youngest died of 
 consumption. 
 
 8 AMERICA BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 America Bartlett, son of Nathaniel, was born April 
 18, 1803, and died in Caribou, Maine, March 21, 1886, 
 aged nearly 84 years. My uncle was a farmer and for 
 some years a merchant in Hartford. He was greatly 
 interested in politics and was a prominent citizen, being 
 at one time one of the County Commissioners of Oxford 
 County. He moved to Forestville in 1863, took up land, 
 
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 established a comfortable home, and was soon appointed 
 local land agent. His interest in political matters con- 
 tinued to the end, his ]ast vote being for James Gr. 
 Blaine in 1884. In one of the local newspapers the 
 following notice appeared: "Mr. America Bartlett of 
 Caribou, died Sunday, 21 ult. Had he lived until the 
 17th of April, he would have been 84 years old. Mr. B. 
 formerly resided in Hartford, where he was a prominent 
 and respected citizen and at one time was one of the 
 county commissioners of Oxford County. He also very 
 early joined the abolition or free soil party of which he 
 was an active member until the formation of the repub- 
 lican party, and since then he has been an ardent 
 republican. Mr. B. came to Forestville, now a part of 
 Caribou, in 1863 and at once developed an interest in all 
 that he thought tended to develop the resources of his 
 new home and surrounding country, and was soon 
 appointed local land agent by Hon. I. R. Clark and 
 later by Hon. P. P. Burleigh, state land agent. Mr, B. 
 was a member of the Baptist church. He leaves a widow 
 and three children, two sons and a daughter. Another 
 son, his name sake, America, died in the service of his 
 country, in the war of 1861. Mr. Bartlett will be missed 
 by a large circle of friends and acquaintances." 
 
 May 31, 1830 America Bartlett was married to Lydia 
 Hayford, sister of Zeri Hayford of Canton. She was 
 born in Hartford, May 27, 1804, and died October 6, 
 1854. She was a member of the Baptist church and a 
 most excellent woman. His second wife was Cynthia 
 Osgood, who was born in Buckfield, February 10, 1822. 
 She was a teacher and was married April 6, 1856. She 
 
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 has been a true companion and a faithful mother. By 
 his first wife he had four children : Nathaniel, born in 
 Hartford, June 10, 1832 ; Adelia F., born September, 
 1834, died January 13, 1838 ; A. Fairfield, born October 
 
 28, 1838, died July 12, 1839 ; America F., born October 
 
 29, 1840, died of chronic diarrhea in the city of Wash- 
 ington, D. C, January 16, 1864. He was a member of 
 Co. C, 19th Maine Vols. He was a patriotic and worthy 
 young man. By his second wife Mr. Bartlett had two 
 children : Lydia, a good scholar and successful 
 teacher, born in Caribou, December 28, 1856 ; and 
 9 Osgood, a farmer, born in Caribou, February 5, 1858. 
 The widowed mother and her two children own and live 
 upon a valuable farm some two miles from the village of 
 Caribou. 
 
 "Nathaniel Bartlett, son of America, was educated 
 in the common schools and at the Seminary at Kents 
 Hill. He is a natural musician. Some of his relatives 
 still hold in grateful remembrance the days of long ago 
 when his violin and songs held them .spell-bound. He 
 resides at Caribou and is an agent of the American 
 Express Company. He owns a good farm and other 
 valuable real estate. May 22, 1865 he was married to 
 Ruth A. Hall, daughter of Winslow Hall, who was a 
 very able and successful business man. He was born in 
 Buckfield, June 19, 1798, and died in 1883, aged 85 
 years. She was a fine scholar and a very prominent 
 teacher. Mrs. Bartlett carries on the millinery business 
 with great success. They have had one child, 10 Roy F. 
 Bartlett, who was born in Caribou, October 26, 1869. 
 He is a very promising scholar and a young man of good 
 
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 health and excellent principles. He has just entered 
 Bowdoin College. May he be the embodiment of all 
 that is best in the Bartlett and Hall families. 
 
 8 LEMIRA BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 My mother, Lemira Bartlett, daughter of Nathaniel, 
 was born in Hartford, April 17, 1804, and died in 
 Wayne, December 26, 1872. She was a member of the 
 Baptist church and a most estimable woman. March, 
 1837 she was married in Wayne, to Oliver A. Lawrence, 
 who was born July 8, 1803, and died July 14, 1881. 
 They had three children: Hiram B., Horatio B., and 
 Abbott N., who was born October 5, 1846, and died June 
 13, 1871. 
 
 9 Hiram Bartlett Lawrence was born March 8, 
 1840. He was married to Mary J. Day, December 29, 
 1875. She was born in Hoi yoke, March 2, 1852. They 
 have had three children : Ray, born April 6, 1880, died 
 May 29, 1880 ; Genevieve, born April 26, 1884, died July 
 19, 1886 ; and 10 Vera Bartlett, who was born June 19, 
 1888. 
 
 9 Horatio Bartlett Lawrence was born December 
 19, 1841. He was married to Adelia M. BrOwn, 
 December 1, 1874. She was born in Leicester, Mass. 
 They have had no children. For fuller particulars of 
 Lemira Bartlett' s family see Lawrence Memorials, page 
 30. 
 
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 8 FIDELIA BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Fidelia Bar tie tt, daughter of Nathaniel, was born in 
 Hartford, September 11, 1805, and died in Canton, 
 December 9, 1886, aged 81 years. November 10, 1832, 
 she was married to Zeri Hay ford, son of Zeri Hay ford, 
 senior, son of William Hayford, who came from Pem- 
 broke and settled in the northern part of Turner near 
 the Hartford line about 1777. My uncle Zeri was born 
 in Hartford, March 18, 1807, and hence is now 81 years 
 of age. By untiring labor, great perseverance, and 
 excellent judgment he acquired a comfortable fortune. 
 He has been a kind and faithful husband and father, a 
 good citizen, and a consistent Christian. He is a member 
 of the Free Baptist church of Canton as was also his 
 wife. My aunt Fidelia was highly esteemed for her 
 noble qualities. At her death the following memorial 
 appeared in the local newspaper : "Mrs. Fidelia 
 Hayford, wife of Mr. Zeri Hayford, died on the 9th inst. 
 after a long and painful sickness. She was eighty-one 
 years old last September. She was born in Hartford, 
 Me., and a daughter of Nathaniel Bartlett. There were 
 seven (eight) children in her father's family and she was 
 the last one. Her only brother died last March in 
 Aroostook Co. Mr. and Mrs. Hayford were married 
 fifty-four years ago and began their married life on the 
 same place on which they lived at the time of her death. 
 Mr. Hayford with his father began on the place when he 
 was nine years old ; cleared the land and erected a good 
 set of substantial buildings. They have raised a family 
 
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 of three children, two of them, one son and a daughter, 
 passed away in early man and womanhood. Mr. Oscar 
 Hayford, their only son, has always lived at home and 
 he and his faithful wife have carefully cared for their 
 aged parents for many years. One thing remarkable 
 and uncommon is, that they have sat down to 54 
 Thanksgiving dinners under the same roof together. 
 Mr. and Mrs. H. in early life became interested in the 
 Christian religion and for many years have been consis- 
 tent members of the Free Baptist church, and as we lay 
 this good Christian mother in her last resting place, let 
 us mingle our tears with this aged brother who is left so 
 lonely, and remind him to still continue to look to the 
 One who has blessed him and his companion so many 
 years." 
 
 Zeri and Fidelia Hayford had three children, all of 
 whom were born in Canton : Oscar ; Asia, a good 
 scholar and a noble young man, born April 28, 1838, 
 died March 1, 1863; and Susan B., an amiable and 
 worthy young lady, born November 29, 1844, died July 
 22, 1865. She was married to Albert M. Austin, April 
 1, 1865. Mr. Austin is now a successful business man 
 in Portland, Me. 
 
 9 Oscar Hayford, son of Zeri, was born October 31, 
 1833. He inherits many characteristics of his father, 
 and is an intelligent and worthy citizen. He owns one 
 of the largest, most valuable, and best cultivated farms 
 in Oxford County. He is a member of the Free Baptist 
 church of Canton, where he resides, and belongs to the 
 order of Masons. March 27, 1864 he was married to 
 Joanna B. Reed, daughter of Freeman El. Reed. She is 
 
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 a worthy and faithful companion and a good mother. 
 She was born in Canton, December 12, 1843. They have 
 had four children : 10 Susan A. Hay ford, born December 
 3, 1866, was married, February 1, 1886, to Dr. Henry T. 
 Tirrell, a dentist, who was born April 5, 186 L. They 
 have had one child, "Arthur Lawrence Tirrell, my 
 namesake, born July 14, 1888 ; 10 Asia P. Hayford, 
 born February 6, 1870. He is a capable and enter- 
 prising young man. May the fond anticipations centered 
 upon him be fully realized ; Carrie F., born November 
 17, 1876 ; and Myrtie B., born March 4, 1879. 
 
 8 SARAH H. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Sarah H. Bartlett, daughter of Nathaniel, was born in 
 Hartford, September 29, 1814, and died at Charles- 
 town, Mass. , April 19, 1861. She was married February 
 8, 1844, to Dennis Kilbrith, who was born in Hartford 
 August 5, 1820, and died at Charlestown, June 1, 1887. 
 They had one child, Eddie, who was born about 1848, 
 and died of heart disease at the age of ten or twelve years. 
 
 r MARGARET BARTLETT DIVISION. 
 
 Margaret Bartlett, daughter of John, was born in 
 Pembroke, Mass., November 26, 1779, and died in 
 Sumner, Me., March 5, 1863, aged 83 years. She was 
 married to Asa Robinson, a farmer, who was born 
 September 1, 1765, and died March 24, 1844. They had 
 fifteen children, all of whom were born in Sumner : 
 Deborah, born February 2, 1796, died March 21, 1796 ; 
 
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 Lucy, 1797 ; Orrin, 1799 ; Sumner, 1800 ; Sabrina, 1802 ; 
 Sophronia, 1804 ; Livonia, 1807 ; Ervin, 1809 ; Susanna, 
 1811 : Wealthy, born March 9, 1813, died May 25, 1813 ; 
 John, born March 12, 1814, died March 13, 1814 ; Daniel 
 B., 1815 ; Adoniram J., 1817; Lucius, 1820 ; and George 
 D. B., 1823. 
 
 8 LUCY ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Lucy Robinson, daughter of Asa and Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born May 7, 1797, and died 
 March 9, 1 880, aged nearly 83 years. She was married 
 to Dr. Bethuel Gary of Turner, September 11, 1817, by 
 Rev. Joseph Palmer. Dr. Gary was a regular practicing 
 physician in Sumner for over 50 years, was postmaster 
 and town clerk a great many years, and represented the 
 towns of Sumner and Hartford in the State Legislature. 
 He was a Republican and a member of the Baptist 
 church. He died at his residence at East Sumner, 
 September 2, 1866, aged 73 years. They had six 
 children: Lucy A. ; William R. ; Benjamin F., Bethuel, 
 Jr., Cynthia T., and Sarah D. 
 
 9 Lucy A. Cary, daughter of Dr. Cary and first 
 grandchild of Asa and Margaret Bartlett Robinson, 
 was born in East Sumner, May 13, 1818. She was 
 married to Eleazer, son of Dea. Stephen Ellis of Sumner, 
 March 6, 1836. He settled in the town of Guilford, 
 moved to Woodstock, and finally settled on the place of 
 his birth, and died September 6, 1868. They had seven 
 children: Lucy A., born July 29, 1836, died September 
 4, 1836 ; Abby C.; Bethuel C, born May 16, 1842, died 
 
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 June 28, 1855; Lucy C; Ella F., born September 29, 
 1851 ; Lizzie R., born June 30, 1854 ; and Clara M., born 
 October 15, 1857. 
 
 10 Abby C. Ellis, daughter of Lucy A. (Cary) Ellis, 
 was born in Sumner, September 10, 1838. When she 
 was a small child, she was held in the arms of her great- 
 great grandfather, John Bartlett, there being present at 
 the time five generations of the family, a picture which 
 very few families can present. Miss Ellis was married, 
 May 1, 1859, to Edward. G. Cole, who was born in 
 Hartford, August 23, 1832. Mr. and Mrs. Cole are 
 Second Adventists, and their children are favorably 
 inclined to the same religious views. Mr. Cole and two 
 of his sons are carpenters by trade. They are all 
 Republicans, the father being a Mason and an Odd 
 Fellow. They have had three children : u Edwakd H., 
 born July 11, 1861, and married, November 25, 1883, to 
 Dora Knight, who was born November 22, 1862. They 
 have had one child, 12 Ellis Cary Cole, who was born 
 December 3, 1884 ; Arthur E., born September 22, 1863, 
 is now a dentist at Portsmouth, N. H. ; and Afred T., 
 born September 4, 1867. 
 
 10 Lucy C. Ellis, daughter of Lucy A. (Cary) Ellis, 
 was born in Sumner, December 16, 1849, and was 
 married to Daniel J. Russell, January 1, 1867. They 
 have had five children: Albert J., born November 28, 
 1867, died June 27, 1880 ; "Nellie W., born March 20, 
 1870, was married to Rosco G. Stephens, February 17, 
 1887. They have had one child, 12 CarlM., born October 
 3, 1887; Ellis P., born April 29, 1872 ; Ernest L., born 
 July 9, 1874 ; and Albert J., born July 20, 1881, died 
 October 3, 1881. 
 
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 9 William R. Cary, son of Dr. Cary, was born July 
 8, 1820. He was a farmer in Hartford, was extensively 
 engaged in the wood trade, and later in breeding horses 
 and Jersey cattle. April 17, 1841 he was married to 
 Mary B. Clark. They have had three children : Sarah 
 S., born September 28, 1844, was married to George E. 
 Barrows, November 29, 1866. She died August 10, 1872. 
 They had one child, George C, born August 1, 1872, 
 and lived 28 days; Mary E., born October 2, 1852; 
 and 10 Lydia F., born December 25, 1856, was married to 
 George M. Parks of Taunton, August 16, 1881. They 
 settled in Dorchester District, Boston. They have had 
 one child, "Lillian F., born October 30, 1883. 
 
 9 Benjamin Franklin Cary, son of Dr. Cary and 
 grandson of Margaret Bartlett Robinson, was born in 
 East Sumner, Me. , November 23, 1822. He is a farmer and 
 a Republican, and belongs to the order of Masons. He 
 was married to Sophia Howland Robinson, April 19, 
 1846, by Bethuel Cary, Esq. She was born in Sumner, 
 November 6, 1823, and died in Hartford, September 1, 
 1883. Mr. Cary settled in Hartford. He served as one 
 of the superintending school committee for several 
 years, and one of the selectmen nine years, five years in 
 succession, and in 1859 was elected to the state Legis- 
 lature to represent the district composed of Hartford 
 and Turner. Mr. Cary has been a gentleman of large 
 experience in public affairs and is highly esteemed. He 
 now resides in East Sumner. They had three children : 
 Bethuel, 1852; Leonard R., born August 10, 1860, died 
 January 1, 1872; and Lizzie E., born April 6, 1868. 
 10 Bethuel Cary, son of Benjamin F. Cary, was born in 
 
 or thjs 
 
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 Hartford, September 28, 1852. He is a carpenter by 
 trade, a Republican, and a member of the Congregational 
 church. November 25, 1874 he was married to Luella 
 F. Foye, who was born in Canton, September 28, 1 853. 
 
 9 Bethuel Cart, son of Dr. Cary, was born in East 
 Sumner, May 19, 1825, and died August 29, 1852. He 
 settled in Abington, Mass., and was a boot-maker by 
 trade. He was married to July A. Farrar, who was born 
 in JBuckfield, June 6, 1827. 
 
 9 Cynthia T. Cart, daughter of Dr. Cary and grand- 
 child of Margaret Bartlett Robinson, was born in East 
 Sumner, January 4, 1830. She was married to Charles 
 B. Bonney, September 30, 1855. He is a farmer in East 
 Sumner, a Republican, and a Baptist. They have had 
 four children : Tolman C, born October 25, 1856, died 
 July 9, 1862; Sadie D., born July 9, 1866 ; Hattie M., 
 born April 20, 1869 ; and Charles A., born July 10, 
 1875. 10 Sadie D. Bonney was married to Frank W. 
 Palmer, July 26, 1884. They have had two children : 
 "Howard S., born January 13, 1885, and Bessie, born 
 September 16, 1887. 
 
 9 Sarah D. Cary, daughter of Dr. Cary and grand- 
 daughter of Margaret Bartlett Robinson, was born May 
 16, 1832. She was married, May 28, 1854, to Isaac 
 Bonney, who was born May 14, 1826. They had three 
 children: Mary J., born April 9, 1856, died March 14, 
 1869 ; 10 Henry W., born September 4, 1868; and Myrtie 
 L., born July 6, 1875. 
 
BAETLETT MEMORIALS. Ill 
 
 8 ORRIN ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Orrin Robinson, son of Asa and Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born January 23, 1799, and died October 
 29, 1876. He was a farmer, a Republican, and belonged 
 to the order of Patrons of Husbandry. April 3, 1822 lie 
 was married to Martha Barrows, who was born March 
 18. 1802, and died October 9, 1887. They settled in 
 Hartford, and were members of the Baptist church at 
 East Sumner. They had seven children, all born in 
 Hartford: Sophronia S ; Sarah S. ; Martha A. ; Orrin B. 
 Jr.; Emily A.; Sumner 0., born December 29, 1838, died 
 January 22, 1859 ; and Lucius M. 
 
 9 Sophronia S. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born January 23, 1823. She 
 was married to Thomas Jacobs. They had two children : 
 Asa R., and Nathaniel. 
 
 9 SarahS. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret Bart- 
 lett Robinson, was born August 22, 1825. She was 
 married, May 2, 1847, to John Thomas, who was born in 
 St. John, N. B., March 10, 1824. He is a blacksmith 
 and a Republican. They have had three children, all 
 born in Roxbury, Mass.: Melvina M.; John S., born 
 October 29, 1857, died February 29, 1880 ; and William H. 
 10 Melvina M. Thomas was born June 5, 1850, and was 
 married, September 6, 1868, to Henry C. Williams, who 
 was born November 29, 1844. They have had three 
 children, who were born in Roxbury : Walter H., born 
 August 30, 1870; Ida M., born August 31, 1872; and 
 John T., born November 22, 1882. 10 William H. 
 
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 Thomas, a mechanic and Republican, was born October 
 10, 1859. He was married, October 25, 1887, to Edith L. 
 Packard, who was born December 26, 1866. 
 
 9 Martha A. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born November 16, 1827. She was 
 married to her first husband, Danville Bisbee, January 10, 
 
 1847. He was born December 3, 1818, and died Novem- 
 ber 16, 1858. Alonzo Pomroy is her second husband, to 
 whom she was married August 2, 1862. He was born 
 April 16, 1836. By her first husband she had three 
 children: Martha A.; Daniel, born June 4, 1851, died 
 December 31, 1851 ; and Mary E. By her second hus- 
 band she has had two children : Lucius M., born in 
 Boston, Mass., November 4, 1866 ; and Horace W., born 
 in Hartford, Me , April 14, 1871, and died February 4, 
 1872. 
 
 10 Martha A. Bisbee, born in Canton, January 27, 
 
 1848, was married, October 19, 1869, to Horace K. 
 Richardson. He is a mechanic, and was born October 
 31, 1848. They have had four children, all born in 
 Medford, Mass.: Lura E., born April 1, 1872; Horace E., 
 born March 8, 1874, died May 15, 1874; Pearl C, born 
 September 19, 1876 ; and "Horace K., Jr., born May 6, 
 1880. 10 Mary E. Bisbee, born in Buckfield, July 14, 
 1853, was married to Arthur B. Briggs, July 16, 1871. 
 Mr. Briggs, a farmer and a Baptist, was born July 21, 
 1852. They have had three children, all born in Sum- 
 ner : "Arthur M., born August 8, 1872; Frank W., 
 born June 10, 1883 ; and Carl B., born May 13, 1886. 
 
 9 Orrin B. Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born June 1, 1831. He is a farmer, a 
 
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 Republican, and a Baptist. December 2, 1855 he was 
 married to Clara F. Keen, who was born December 18, 
 1833. They had two children, both born in Hartford : 
 Myron S., and Clara A., born August 16, 1863. 10 Myron 
 S. Robinson, born August 17, 1856, was married to 
 Alice T. Kingsley, September 23, 1878. She was born 
 December 4, 1861, and died September 23, 1883. His 
 second wife was Sadie L. Conant, to whom he was mar- 
 ried in 1884. She was born in Turner, April, 1868. By 
 his first wife he had two children, both born in Auburn : 
 "Florence E., born January 22, 1880 ; and Nellie W., 
 born August 20, 1881. 
 
 9 Emily A. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born March 9, 1835. She was 
 married March 15, 1859, to Nathaniel H. Stow, who was 
 born in Grafton, Mass., May 8, 1833, and died August 5, 
 1886. He was a life-long Democrat, and in 1874 was 
 elected Representative to the Maine Legislature. He and 
 his wife were members of the order of Patrons of 
 Husbandry. Mrs. Stow is still a member, and belongs to 
 the Baptist church in Sumner. They had one child, 
 10 Marietta Heywood Stow, born in Sumner, March 
 18, 1868. 
 
 9 Lucius M. Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born May 21, 1841. He was a farmer and 
 a Baptist. April 14, 1864 he was married to Lizzie 
 Hurlin, who was born in London, England, June 10, 1840. 
 He was sergeant in the first Me. cavalry, and was killed 
 in action at "Deep Bottom" near Richmond, Va., 
 August 16, 1864. "He was a noble fellow with a valor- 
 ous record." 
 
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 8 SUMNER ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Sumner Robinson, son of Asa and Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born December 24, 1800, and died in 
 Tonica, 111., October 28, 1887. His occupation was that 
 of a farmer. He was a Baptist, a Whig, an Abolitionist, 
 and a Republican. His first wife was Lydia F. Clark, 
 to whom he was married May 2, 1822. She was born in 
 Livermore, October 19, 1798, and died June 26, 1836. 
 He was married, July 15, 1837, to his second wife, 
 Louisa Clark, who was born in Livermore, September 17, 
 1804. By his first wife he had three children : Sumner, 
 Jr., Sabrina, and Mary C. By his second wife he had 
 two children : Adrian Gr., and Lydia F. 
 
 9 Rev. Sumner Robinson, Jr., grandson of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born in Sumner, May 11, 1823. 
 He is a Baptist clergyman and now resides in Kansas. 
 March 2, 1847 he was married to Cordelia Wormell, who 
 was born in Peru, September 11, 1826. They have had 
 eight children : Clara H.; Sabrina A., born September 
 1, 1850, died March 23, 1852; Hattie L.; George D., 
 born February 22, 1857, died July 19, 1862; Mary V., 
 born August 17, 1860, died September 1, 1862 ; AbbieL.; 
 Lizzie H., born August 6, 1864, died October 13, 1865 ; 
 and Elon Gr., born March 21, 1869. We were disap- 
 pointed in not receiving the full record of Rev. Mr. 
 Robinson's life. 
 
 10 Clara H. Robinson, born in Peru, June 22, 1848, 
 was married, March 8, 1868, to Albert L. Daniels, who 
 was born in Woodbury, Vt., January 26, 1844. They 
 
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 have had five children : Lula M., born in Ludlow, 111., 
 February 1, 1869; Erta L., born in Lake Fork, 111., 
 Oetober 30, 1871 ; Fred E., born in East Bend, 111., 
 September 11, 1873 ; Cordelia C, born in East Bend, 111., 
 November 22, 1879 ; and Walter A., born in Deer Creek, 
 Kansas, June 20, 1882. 
 
 10 Hattie L. Robinson, born in Tonica, 111., October 
 19, 1853, was married, September 13, 1877, to Frederick 
 H. Clark, who was born in Lowell, Mass., March 1, 1854, 
 and died in El Dorado, Kansas, November 28, 1878. 
 They had one child, Albert F,, born in Payne, Kansas, 
 June 26, 1878. Her second husband is Augustus W. 
 Arnold, to whom she was married April 25, 1882. He 
 was boin in Brimfield, 111., January 9, 1854. They have 
 had one child, Louisa A., born in Murdock, Kansas, 
 August 28, 1883. 
 
 10 Abbie L. Robinson, born in Tonica, 111., September 
 21, 1862, was married, September 21, 1880, to Lafayette 
 Baird, who was born in Valley Crusis, N. C, Septem- 
 ber 5, 1852. They have had two children : Carroll S., 
 born in Benton, Kansas, July 26, 1881 ; and George A., 
 born in Payne, Kansas, October 5, 1883. 
 
 9 Sabrina Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born in Sumner, December 16, 
 1825. She was married, January 23, 1846, to Daniel 
 Walker, who was born in Peru, February 13, 1817. Her 
 second husband is William H. Walker, to whom she 
 was married, May 25, 1856. He was born in Peru, 
 January 7, 1824. They have had two children : Charles 
 S., born in Peru, March 9, 1857 ; and Daniel H., born 
 February 8. 1859, died September 23, 1860. 10 Charles 
 
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 S. Walker was married, August 21, 1880, to Lizzie M. 
 Hazelton, who was born in Springfield, N. H., June 4, 
 1860. They have had one child, Iola A., born in 
 Peru, December 14, 1882. 
 
 9 Mary C. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born in Sumner, March 7, 1832. 
 She was married to Jonathan G. Haskell, June 19, 1853. 
 They have had four children, all born in Illinois : Estella 
 S., born February 3, 1854 ; 10 Nellie M., born February 
 12, 1856, and married to Carroll C. Dart, January 3, 
 1877. They have had two children : u Ethelyn, born 
 October 7, 1879, and Ruby L., born June 5, 1884 ; Abbie 
 L., born September 16, 1859 ; and George W., born 
 August 1, 1869. 
 
 9 Adrian G. Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born in Peru, April 12, 1839. He is a 
 farmer, a Republican, and a Baptist. May 15, 1861 he 
 was married to Anna M. Crane, who was born in 
 Middleton, N. Y., April 6, 1838. They have had four 
 children, all born in Tonica, 111., Vesta A., born 
 November 26, 1866, died August 28, 1868 ; Gertie L., 
 born August 11, 1869 ; Maggie C, born March 3, 1873 ; 
 and 10 Ernest B., born December 25, 1876. 
 
 9 Lydia F. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born in Peru, July 22, 1843. She 
 was married, January 1, 1866, to David J. Stanford. He 
 is a county surveyor in Chatsworth, 111., and was born 
 October 15, 1836. They have had five children, all born 
 in Chatsworth, Illinois: Alice L., born March 27, 1867; 
 10 Albert D., born June 21, 1869 ; Fred C, born October 
 3, 1871 ; Eva, born June, 15, 1876 ; and Mary M., born 
 July 3, 1879. 
 
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 8 SABRINA ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Sabrina Robinson, daughter of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born September 28, 1802, and died July 
 26, 1887, aged nearly 85 years. In 1824 she was married 
 to Levi Bryant, who was born in Plympton, Mass., 
 February 6, 1793, and died in Sumner July 13, 1863. 
 They had eight children, all born in Sumner : Lydia B. ; 
 Levi, Jr.; Margaret, born April 18, 1832, married to 
 Adoniram J. Freeman, and died December 16, 1868 ; 
 Marcia; Sabrina R. ; Sophronia R., unmarried, born 
 April 13, 1840; Susan M., unmarried, born April 12, 
 1842, and Arvilla D., born December 18, 1846, died 
 January 19, 1847. 
 
 9 Lydia B. Bryant, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born August 14, 1826, and was 
 married to William Packard, February 28, 1847. He 
 died January 26, 1867. They had nine children : Lydia 
 W., born in Abington, Mass.; Susan A., born February 
 2, 1850, died September 19, 1851; Herbert A., born in 
 Abington, August 19, 1851 ; Albree L., born in Abing- 
 ton, September 9, 1853, was married to Sarah S. 
 Packard ; 10 Martha A., born in Abington, September 
 4, 1856, was married July 7, 1886 to Edward W. Bragg 
 They have had two children: j1 Archie E., born June 
 20, 1887, and Ermon P., born June 23, 1888 ; Addie E., 
 born in Sumner, December 5, 1858, was married to Lewis 
 H. Humphrey. They have had three children : Agnes 
 L., born November 1, 1883, Herbert L., born August 24, 
 1885, and Earl, born May 26, 1887 ; George H., born in 
 
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 Hartford, April 21, 1862, was raarried June 28, 1884, to 
 Linnie H. Young, who was born March 12, 1866. They 
 have had one child, James H. , born in Hartford, June 
 13, 1885; Fred S., born in Hartford, June 9, 1864; and 
 Frank L., born in Hartford, September 15, 1866. 
 
 9 Levi Bkyant, Jr., grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born April 15, 1829. He was married to 
 Sylvia M. Maconney, May 2, 1852. She was born in 
 Abington, Mass , May 26, 1831. Mr. Bryant is a farmer 
 and carpenter, a Republican and a Baptist. They have 
 had six children, the first two born in Abington, and the 
 others in Sumner: Levi S., born April 18, 1855, died 
 October 28, 1858; John F., born October 23, 1857, died 
 August 8, 1863; 10 Charles 0., born July 27, 1860; 
 Nettie F., born May 25, 1865; Mary E., born October 
 3, 1868 ; and Willie L., born March 5, 1872. 
 
 9 Marcta Bryant, granddaughter of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born August 1, 1835, and was married, 
 June 9, 1855, to Amos S. Purkis, a farmer, who was born 
 in Scarborough, September 25, 1835. They have had 
 five children: 10 Walter H., born in IS". Bridgewater, 
 now Brockton, April 14, 1860, and married, February 23, 
 1884, to Avoline R. Forbes, who was born in Buckfield, 
 August 30, 1855; Amos L., born in Brockton, April 6, 
 1863, and married March 12, 1888, to Anna E. Irish, who 
 was born in Hartford, June 13, 1866 ; Alice M., born in 
 Hartford, August 9, 1869 ; Arthur L., born in Hartford, 
 March 3, 1872 ; and Mattie C, born in Sumner, 
 December 8. 1873. 
 
 9 Sabrina R. Bryant, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born April 2, 1838, and was 
 
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 married July 21, 1859, to John H. Robinson. He is a 
 farmer, a Republican, and an Universalist, and was born 
 in Sumner, March 25, 1838. They have had four 
 children, all born in Sumner: 10 H.enry M., born 
 December 16, 1860; Sophia H., born August 31, 1866; 
 Leonard C, born April 27, 1873; and John P., born 
 October 13, 1879. 
 
 8 SOPHRONIA ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Sophronia Robinson, daughter of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born October 12, 1804, and died August 
 6, 1873. She was married to Bacheus Stephens, who 
 was born in Sumner, June 14, 1801, and died November 
 1, 1864. He was a farmer, a Republican, a Mason, and 
 a Baptist. They had five children, all born in Sumner : 
 Phoebe C, born May 5, 1822, died February 15, 1825 ; 
 Phoebe C. 2d; Thomas J.; Bathsheba J. H.; and 
 Roscoe G., born February 10, 1842, died November 
 15, 1861. 
 
 9 Phoebe C. Stephens, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born November 27, 1826, and 
 died January 10, 1868. She was married by Rev. 
 Manasseh Lawrence, to Nabum Moore, October 27, 
 1847. Mr. Moore was born in Sumner, April 2, 1824. 
 He has been a farmer, a merchant, and a R. R. conduc- 
 tor. He has ever been a true Republican. They had 
 four children : George H,, born in Sumner, December 
 26, 1848; John E.; Eugene H., born in Abington, 
 Mass., December 20, 1852, died October 24, 1854; and 
 Charles S., born in Abington, January 4, 1855, died 
 September 24, 1872. 
 
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 10 John E. Moore, a clerk and a Republican, was born 
 in Dover, N. H., September 15, 1850. He was married, 
 June 17, 1871, to Sarah E. Atwood, who was born in 
 Buckfield. They have had five children : "Charles 
 N., born in Portland, May 4, 1872; Emily M , born in 
 Buckfield, February 17, 1875 ; Sarah P., born in 
 Auburn, December 6, 1877; Bessie L., born in Deering, 
 May 16, 1882 ; and Ethel H., born in Buckfield, April 
 7, 1884. 
 
 9 Thomas J. Stephens, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born December 9, 1828. He is a farmer, 
 a Republican, a Mason, and has faith in the Advent 
 doctrine. May 1, 1853 he was married by Rev. Manas- 
 seh Lawrence, to Emeline W. Ricker, who was born in 
 Hartford, November 15, 1832. They have had five 
 children, all born in Sumner: 10 Mary E., born March 5, 
 1854, was married to Henry C. Field, July 2, 1876. He 
 was born in Sumner, January 7, 1850. They had one 
 child, "Percy C, born March 16, 1878 ; Esther M., born 
 August 26, 1856, died April 27, 1858; Sarah R., born 
 June 7, 1860, died April 19, 1867 ; Roscoe G., born July 
 31, 1866, was married in 1886, to Nellie W. Russell. 
 They have had one child, Carl M. ; Stella A., born 
 August 17, 1868, died April 13, 1871 ; and Mabel A., 
 an adopted daughter, born in Stoneham, Mass , January 
 3, 1875. 
 
 9 Bathsheba J. H. Stephens, granddaughter of 
 Margaret Bartlett Robinson, was born April 13, 1834, 
 and died June 19, 1866. She was married to Daniel B. 
 Bonney, who was born in Sumner, April 1, 1824, and 
 died October 14, 1878. They had three children, all 
 
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 born in Sumner : Herbert E., and the twins, Fred W. 
 and Frank W . 
 
 10 Herbert E. Bonney, born December 3, 1854, was 
 married to Emma F. Bonney, October 5, 1878. She was 
 born in Buckfield, August 19, 1857. They have had one 
 child, u Mary A., born in Hartford, August 30, 1881. 
 Fred W. Bonney, born March 5, 1857, was married, 
 January 1, 1880, to Carrie M. Keen, who was born in 
 Buckfield, April 15, 1862. They have had one child, 
 Ida M., born in Buckfield, July 26, 1880. Frank W. 
 Bonney, born March 5, 1857, was married, March 9, 
 1884, to Ellen M. Hewett, who was born in South 
 Livermore, January 22, 1863. They have had two 
 children, who were born in Hartford : Crystal C, born 
 March 26, 1885, and Wilbur F., born November 26, 1886. 
 
 sLITONIA ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Livonia Robinson, daughter of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born January 2, 1807, and died Decem- 
 ber 17, 1875. She was married, January 16, 1831, to 
 Samuel Palmer, a farmer in East Sumner, who was born 
 in Cornville, August 15, 1805, and died June 14, 1886. 
 They had three children : Daniel R., born October 10, 
 1832, died June 25, 1837; Emily D., born August 8, 
 1835, died June 28, 1837 ; and Daniel R. 2d, born July 
 7, 1838. 
 
 9 Daniel R. Palmer, a farmer and a member of the 
 G. A. of the Republic, is Noble Commander of the 
 Golden Cross. May 19, 1859 he was married to Frances 
 
122 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 E, Field. They have had four children : 10 Fred S., a 
 mechanic and carpenter, born November 12, 1861. He 
 belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows and the Golden 
 Cross ; Winnie E., a member of the Golden Cross, born 
 May 30, 1864 ; Joseph F., a carpenter and a member of 
 the Gfolden Cross, born April 25, 1866 ; and Martha J., 
 born October 25, 1870. This family are Republicans, 
 Good Templars, and members of the Baptist church. 
 
 8 ERVIN ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Ervin, son of Asa and Margaret Bartlett Robinson, 
 was born January 4, 1809. He is a farmer and resides 
 at North Turner. February 28, 1831 he was married to 
 Ann H. Tilson, who was born in Hartford, October 22, 
 1803, and died March 24, 1873. They had five children, 
 all born in Sumner: Algernon W., Asa, Albion W., 
 Ann H., and Albert E. 
 
 9 Algernon W. Robinson, grandson of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born September 11, 1832. He 
 was married, September 29, 1851, to Augusta M. Conant, 
 who was born in Sumner, November 16, 1833. They 
 had one child, 10 Charles S. Robinson, who was married 
 to Mrs. Lizzie Wilson, May 25, 1883. They have had 
 three children, all born in Medford, Mass. : "Augusta 
 M., born February 22, 1884; Algernon W., born 
 February 1, 1886, died August 2, 1887 ; and a son born 
 May 10, 1888. 
 
 9 Asa Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett Rob- 
 inson, was born August 28, 1835. He was married, 
 
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 August 20, 1865, to Irene K. Hodgdon, who was born in 
 Peru, February 18, 1840. 
 
 9 Albion W. Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Eobinson, was born July 14, 1837, and died August 14, 
 1882. He was married, January 4, 1857, to Vendramins 
 Bosworth, who was born in Hartford, December 19, 1838, 
 and died January 22, 1862. His second wife was Mary 
 A. Heald, to whom he was married June 1, 1866. She 
 was born in Sumner, July 20, 1840. By his second wife 
 he had one child, Lillie E., born in Sumner, June 5, 
 1869. By his first wife he had also one child, 10 Albion- 
 Lincoln Robinson, who was born in Sumner, July 1, 
 1861, and married to Betsey A. Mitchell, May 14, 1881. 
 She was born in Etna, Me., June 5, 1860. They have 
 had one child, "Harry E., born in Poxboro', July 1, 
 1882. Four years ago Mr. Robinson moved from Foxboro' 
 and settled in Turner, Me. He is an engineer in C. F. 
 Willard's box shop. 
 
 9 Ann H. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born November 29, 1843. She 
 was married to John L. Hodgdon, May 26, 1872. He 
 was born in Peru, February 20, 1845. They have had 
 one child, 10 Ralph L., born in Sumner, August 27, 1878. 
 
 9 Albert E. Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born July 6, 1851. He was married July, 
 1874, to Eveline F. Russell, who was born in Sumner, 
 March 24, 1854. They have had one child, 10 Maud E., 
 born in Hebron, November 26, 1882. 
 
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 8 SUSANNA ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Susanna Robinson, daughter of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born March 31, 1811, and was married, 
 January 1, 1832, to Ira Palmer, a farmer in East Sumner, 
 who was born February 18, 1807. They had twelve 
 children : Horace S., born October 15, 1832, died Decem- 
 ber 20, 1837 ; Betsey, born August 9, 1834, died Decem- 
 ber 19, 1837; Ira, Jr., born November 17, 1836 ; Horace 
 S., 2d, born April 24, 1839, died March 8, 1842; Betsey, 2d, 
 born March 21, 1841, was married to Asia Ricker, 1873. 
 They have had no children ; Lucy C, born July 22, 
 1843, died February 15, 1875 ; Lucius R., a machin- 
 ist, born July 16, 1845, died November 7, 1884. His first 
 wife was Emma Hall, to whom he was married October 
 
 13, 1869. His second wife was Emma Ladd. They 
 were married February 6, 1884 ; Horace S., 3d, born July 
 9, 1848. He is a farmer. He was married to Ella F. 
 Ellis, December 24, 1870. They have had one child, 
 Roy Bertram ; Dana B., a machinist, born December 
 
 14, 1851, and married to Clara Lockwood. No children; 
 Charles H., born March 15, 1853, died May 3, 1853 ; 
 Susanna, born February 15, 1855, lived five days ; and 
 Lester F., born May 1857, died March 28, 1862. 
 
 9 Ira Palmer, Jr., grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, and a farmer, was born November 17, 1836, 
 and married to Harriet Hurlin, June 13, 1863. They 
 have had three children: Frank W. ; Arthur L., a 
 clerk, born July 3, 1869 ; and L. Gertrude, born Janu- 
 ary 15, 1871. 
 
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 10 Pkank W. Palmer, a mechanic, born February 13, 
 1866, was married to Sadie D. Bonney, July 26, 1884. 
 She was born July 9, 1866. They have had two children : 
 "Howard S. Palmer, born January 13, 1885 ; and 
 Bessie, born September 16, 1887. 
 
 8 DANIEL BARTLETT ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Daniel Bartlett Robinson, son of Asa and Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born in Sumner, March 26, 1815, 
 and died December 2, 1886, aged nearly 72 years. He 
 was a farmer, a Republican, and a Baptist. April 20, 
 1840 he was married to Roana Cary Ricker of Hartford, 
 at East Sumner Baptist church by Rev. Manasseh 
 Lawrence. They had five children, all born in Sumner : 
 Henry T., born May 25, 1842, died September 27, 1843 ; 
 James B.; Henrietta R.; Henry T. 2d, born August 1, 
 1854, died March 28, 1857 ; and Elizabeth R. 
 
 9 Dr. J. Blake Robinson, grandson of Asa and 
 Margaret Bartlett Robinson, was born in Sumner, Me., 
 March 16, 1844. He was educated at the common and 
 High schools and Hebron Academy ; enlisted in the U. 
 S. Navy in 1864 and served till the close of the war ; 
 studied medicine with Dr. J. H. Barrows of Gardiner, 
 Me.; attended medical lectures at Bowdoin College and 
 New York Homoeopathic Medical College, receiving the 
 degree of M. D. from the latter in 1869 ; commenced 
 practice in Gardiner, but subsequently moved to New 
 York city where he practiced several years. He was 
 appointed lecturer in N. Y. Homoeopathic Medical 
 College and in the Women's College, and physician to 
 
126 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 Hahnemann Hospital and to Chapin Home. He is 
 unmarried, is a Republican, and attends the Episcopa- 
 lian church. Dr. Robinson possesses talents of a high 
 order and has made his mark in the medical profession. 
 
 Henrietta R. Robinson, sister of Dr. Robinson, was 
 born May 2, 1849. She was educated at the common 
 and High schools and at Hebron Academy. May 12, 
 1866 she was married to Alvan S. Robinson, son of 
 Adoniram Judson Robinson, by Rev. Allen Barrows. 
 They have resided in Lawrence, Mass., for some twenty 
 years. They have no children. Mrs R. is a Baptist. 
 Her husband is a Republican. 
 
 9 Elizabeth Rickek Robinson, sister of Dr. Robin- 
 son, was born April 4, 1859. She was educated at the 
 High school and Hebron Academy. January 20, 1883 
 she was married by Rev. James McWhinnie to Walter 
 Franklin Robinson, son of Benjamin Franklin Robinson. 
 Mrs. R. is a Baptist and her husband is an Episcopalian. 
 They have had two children, 10 Helen Franklin 
 Robinson, born July 11, 1885, and Shirley Robinson, 
 born July 5, 1888. 
 
 ^ADONIRAM J. ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Adoniram J. Robinson, son of Asa and Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born November 2, 1817. He is a 
 farmer, a Republican, and a Baptist, and resides in East 
 Sumner. November 30, 1837, he was married to Abigail 
 Bonney, who was born in Sumner, July 1, 1814. They 
 had ten children, all born in Hartford except the oldest : 
 Elizabeth, born in East Sumner, November 30, 1838, 
 
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 died the next day ; Sarah E. ; Alvan S. ; George D. B.; 
 born August 7, 1844, died in Florida, May 2, 1862 ; 
 Mary K.; Rosanna ; Adoniram ; Asa; Abbie F.; and 
 Amanda, married to Henry F. Bifley. 
 
 9 Sarah E. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born May 10, 1839, and died in 
 Sumner March 27> 1884. She was married to Sidney S. 
 Monk, July 21, 1860. They had ten children, all born 
 in Sumner : Elfreder E., born May 19, 1861 ; Georgianna, 
 who was married to Carroll Morrill ; Katie L., born June 
 7, 1864 ; Alice G. ; Hattie L., who was married to Wm. 
 H. Wheeler, April 19, 1884. He was born in Derby, Vt., 
 December 31, 1849. They have had two children : Nor- 
 man E., born in Lawrence in March and died in May 
 1885, and Lola N., born in Lowell October 11, 1887 ; 
 Ernest L., born December 5, 1871 ; Alice I., born Janu- 
 ary 29, 1875 ; James A.; Inez E , born March 11, 1880 ; 
 and Sadie A., born August 5, 1881. 
 
 9 Alvan S. Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born November 9, 1841. He is a carpen- 
 ter and house-builder by trade, and a Republican in 
 politics. May 12, 1866 he was married to Henrietta R. 
 Robinson, sister of Dr. J. Blake Robinson. She was 
 born May 2, 1849. They have resided in Lawrence some 
 twenty years. They have had no children. 
 
 9 Mary K. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born April 17, 1846. She was 
 married, August 13, 1869, to James A. Barrows, who 
 was born in East Boston, Mass., July 28, 1841. He is a 
 farmer, a Republican, and a Baptist. They have had 
 two children, both born in Peru : Abbie A., born March 
 
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 29, 1873, and 10 Alvan S. Barrows, born February 28, 
 1875. 
 
 9 Rosanna Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born in Hartford, and died in 
 Paris, Me., March 31, 1883. She was married July 5, 
 1872, to Hiram H. Berry, who was born January 28, 
 1843, and died April 13, 1885. He was a merchant, a 
 Republican, and a Baptist. They had five children, all 
 born in Sumner except the youngest, who was born in 
 Paris: Rosa M., born April 25, 1875 ; Edith Gr., born 
 May 12, 1876 ; Hiram P., born January 20, 1879, died 
 February 29, 1880 ; 10 Percy Garfield, born June 11, 
 1881 ; Henrietta R., born September 3, 1882, died 
 March 14, 1884. 
 
 9 Asa Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett Rob- 
 inson, was born in Hartford, Me. He is a farmer by 
 occupation, and mechanic by trade. He believes in the 
 Republican party. In 1879 he was married to Betsey O. 
 Benson, who was born in Sumner. They have had six 
 children, all born in Sumner except one: 10 George V., 
 born October 2, 1879 ; Lucius, born April 10, 1881 ; 
 Roscoe, born in Hartford, December 16, 1882 ; Alta B., 
 born April 26, 1884; Victor, born June 1, 1886; and 
 Leslie, born May 18, 1887. 
 
 9 Abbie F. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born March 29, 1857. She was 
 married to Charles H. Berry, July 28, 1873. He is a 
 farmer, a Republican, and a Baptist, and was born in 
 Paris, September 4, 1846. They have had five children, 
 all born in Hartford : Adoniram J., born August 9, 1874 ; 
 
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 Herman R., born February 13, 1876; Leroy A., born 
 January 16, 1879 ; Leon M., born March 28, 1882; and 
 10 Charles H., Jr., born May 14, 1885. 
 
 8 LUCIUS ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 Lucius Robinson, son of Margaret Bartlett Robinson, 
 was born June 26, 1820. He resides in Foxboro', Mass., 
 and is a farmer, a Republican, and a Baptist. August 
 14, 1842 he was married to Ann P. Bonney, who was 
 born in Peru, Sept 3, 1818, and died in Foxboro', August 
 26, 1887. They had four children, all born in Hartford 
 except the oldest, who was born in East Sumner : Julia, 
 Alson B., Maria W., and Flora B., born September 13, 
 1859. 
 
 9 Julia A. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born June 27, 1846. She was 
 married to Edward Payson, July 2, 1868. He was born 
 in Foxboro', September 2, 1844, and is a mechanic, a 
 Republican, and a Baptist. They have had one child, 
 10 George E., born in Cambridgeport, February 21, 1870. 
 
 9 Alson B. Robinson, grandson of Margaret Bartlett 
 Robinson, was born May 2, 1849. He resides in Fox- 
 boro', and is a mechanic, a Republican, and a Baptist. 
 October 18, 1871 he was married to Helen A. Ripley, 
 who was born January 11, 1849, and died January 26, 
 1873. Their child, 10 Fanny E., was born January 20, 
 1873. He was married to Mrs. Abbie F. Grover- Wash- 
 burn, July 24, 1882. She was born in Foxboro', Octo- 
 ber 7, 1842. 
 
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 9 Maria W. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born May 31, 1853. She was 
 married, November 15, 1876, to Erastus W. Pettee, who 
 is a mechanic, and was born in Foxboro', January 3, 
 1855. They have had seven children, all born in Fox- 
 boro', Mass.: 10 Gertrude E., born September 26, 1877 ; 
 Fred W., born September 7, 1879 ; Bertha A., born 
 May 9, 1881 ; William A. , born October 7, 1882 ; Bessie 
 E., born October 4, 1884 ; Bernard A., born October 18, 
 1886 ; and Alice G., born March 8, 1888. 
 
 8 GEORGE D. B. ROBINSON BRANCH. 
 
 George D. B. Robinson, son of Asa and Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born April 25, 1823, and died 
 August 1, 1857. He was a carpenter and house-builder. 
 He believed in the Whig party and the Baptist church. 
 August 22, 1847 he was married to Lydia Briggs, who 
 was born in Sumner, December 29, 1823. They had 
 three children, all born in Newton Center, Mass. : Ella 
 L.; George F., born November 28, 1851 ; and Annie E., 
 born February 3, 1853. 
 
 9 Ella L. Robinson, granddaughter of Margaret 
 Bartlett Robinson, was born in Newton Center, Mass., 
 February 2, 1849. She was married to George Myers, 
 December 25, 1872. He is a house-builder, and was born 
 in Cropaud, Prince Edward Island, February 13, 1842. 
 They have had two children, both born in Somerville, 
 Mass.: 10 Annie A., born August 1, 1875; and Bertha 
 A., born January 28, 1877. 
 
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 7 BETSEY BARTLETT DIVISION. 
 
 Betsey Bartlett, daughter of John, was born in Pem- 
 broke, Mass., March 11, 1782, and died in Hartford, 
 October 8, 1872, aged 90 years. She was married, March 
 29, 1806, to Elisha Stetson, who was born in Pembroke, 
 November 1, 1780, and died at Hartford, May 10, 1866. 
 They both belonged to the Baptist church. Mr. Stetson 
 was a farmer and came f jom a good family in Massachu- 
 setts. They had five children : Lydia, Elizabeth, 
 Syrena, Betsey B., and John B. They were all born in 
 Hartford. Lydia was born December 20, 1806, and died 
 in Livermore, December 8, 1881. She was married to 
 George Doten, June 1, 1834. They had no children. 
 Elizabeth was born May 22, 1807, and is still living. 
 She has never married. 
 
 8 SYRENA STETSON BRANCH. 
 
 Syrena Stetson, daughter of Elisha, was born October 
 18, 1809, and died at Canton, May 13, 1882. She was 
 married, January 6, 1835, to Samuel Kilbrith, son of 
 Daniel. He was a shoe -maker by trade, and was born 
 in Buxton, Me., December 7, 1808. They had three 
 children: Elizabeth A., Cynthia M., and Lucius L. 
 All were born in Hartford. 9 Elizabeth A. Kilbrith, 
 born September 19, 1837, was married, May 3, 1856, to 
 America B. Benson, who was born in Paris, October 21, 
 1832. .Mr. Benson is a farmer and stock-raiser in 
 Hartford, and owns and occupies the farm upon which 
 
182 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 our great-grandfather, John Bartlett, settled in 1793. 
 Mrs. Benson carries on the millinery business at Buck- 
 field. They have had six children, all of whom were 
 born in Hartford: Clarence, John M., Benjamin Y., 
 Sophia H., Arthur E., and Stanley M. 
 
 10 Cla hence Benson, born January 31, 1858, was 
 married in Holbrook, Mass., July 9, 1878, to Mattie M. 
 Decosta, who was born in Stoughton, Mass., May 10, 
 1861. Mr. Benson is a sole-leather cutter and resides in 
 Brockton. They have had three children : "Marshall 
 N., born in Holbrook, November 22, 1881 ; Grade F., 
 born in North Weymouth, April 5, 1883 ; and Clytie I., 
 born in Brockton, August 23, 1885. John M. Benson, a 
 shoe-maker at North Weymouth, was born December 
 
 19, 1861. Benjamin Y. Benson, a farmer in Hartford, 
 was born January 3, 1863. He was married, January 
 
 20, 1887, to Lillian M. Irish, who was born in Hartford, 
 April 8, 1868. Sophia H. Benson was born May 1, 1868, 
 Arthur E. Benson was born February 27, 1873, and 
 Stanley M. Benson was born August 16, 1875. 
 
 9 Cynthia M. Kilbrith, born July 12, 1839, was mar- 
 ried to Gilbert Tilton, May 30, 1858. Mr. Tilton is a 
 carriage- maker in Bucklield. They have had two 
 children: Ardon F., born May 29, 1859, in Livermore, 
 and Gilbert W., born in Sumner, July 29, 1871. 10 Ardon 
 F. Tilton, a carpenter by trade but now Superintendent 
 of the Buckfield Creamery, was married to Camille M. 
 Pulsifer, September 4, 1878. They have had two children: 
 "Charles C, born in Sumner, April 9, 1880, and 
 Merton E., born in Buckfield, March 21, 1883. 9 Lucius 
 L. Kilbreth, a farmer in South Livermore, was born 
 
BAETLETT MEMOEIALS. 133 
 
 April 29, 1843. He was married, October 7, 1866, to 
 Clara A. Swan, who was born in Hartford, February 3, 
 1846. They have had three children, all born in Hartford: 
 Estella S., born November 15, 1867, and married to 
 Abram Marston, March 2, 1885 ; 10 Maueice De Witt, 
 born July 9, 1873 ; and Willie, born August 3, 1875. 
 
 8 BETSEY B. STETSON BRANCH. 
 
 Betsey B. Stetson, daughter of Elisha, was born July 
 28, 1812, and died January 25, 1854. She was married 
 by Rev. Walter Foss, May 19, 1833, to Hannibal 
 Bisbee, who was born January 12, 1811, and died March 
 20, 1879. The descendants of this family are strong 
 Republicans and teetotalers. Mr. and Mrs. Bisbee had 
 eight children: L. C. Bisbee, Mary A., Huldah R., 
 Elisha S., Hannibal, Jr., William H., Roland E., born 
 May 22, 1849, died May 21, 1885, and Betsey S. 
 
 9 Capt. L. C. Bisbee, son of Hannibal, was born June 
 7, 1834. He served 35 months in the war of the Rebel- 
 lion as private, 1st Lieutenant, and Captain in Co. I, 16th 
 Maine Vols. He was made prisoner at Gettysburg 
 where nearly the whole regiment was taken, it being 
 detached from the division and ordered to hold a certain 
 position as long as a man was left. He was confined in 
 Libby prison ten months, then in Danville, Macon, 
 Savannah, Charleston, and Columbia, and exchanged at 
 Wilmington, March 1, 1865. Capt. Bisbee was a brave 
 soldier and an efficient officer. He is now a very able 
 and prosperous contractor, and builds dwellings, business 
 blocks, school-houses, flour mills, and grain elevators, 
 
134 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 often employing over one hundred men. He resides at 
 2929 Washington avenue, North, Minneapolis, Minn. 
 His family are Baptists and he belongs to the order of 
 Masons. April 15, 1855 he was married to Martha Brett 
 Staples, who was born June 6, 1835. They have had 
 five children: Luella M.; Llewellyn M. ; James A., 
 born September 29, 1860, died July 31, 1871 ; Ansel S., 
 born October 18, 1868; and Dellie V., born April 
 12, 1874. 
 
 10 Luella M. Bisbee, born May 27, 1856, was married 
 to William A. Petreen, September 4, 1876. Mr. Petreen 
 is a Presbyterian and is very prominent in the Christian 
 Workers Mission in the city of Minneapolis. They have 
 had four children : Mirriam V., born June 12, 1878 ; 
 Ethel M., born October 30, 1880; "Richard B., born 
 July 9, 1882 ; and Florence M., born April 26, 1886. 
 
 10 Llewellyn M. Bisbee, born July 14, 1857, was 
 married to Lillias M. Hall, November 23, 1877. She was 
 born April 13, 1857. They have had one child, "Fred 
 W. Bisbee, who was born November 20, 1879. 
 
 9 Mary A. Bisbee, daughter of Hannibal, was born 
 November 20, 1836. She was married, October 3, 1860, 
 to Charles C. Pratt, who was born September 9, 1835. 
 This family are Free Baptists. They have had two 
 children : Frank, born January 15, 1863, died December 
 10,1879; and Herbert M., born May 27, 1868, died 
 June 17, 1868. 
 
 9 Huldah R. Bisbee, daughter of Hannibal, was born 
 December 23, 1838. She was married to William Har- 
 low, November 20, 1860. He was born May 30, 1834. 
 He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion and was in 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 135 
 
 the 18th Maine Regiment. They have had two children : 
 10 Elisha B., born November 20, 1866; and Annie L., 
 born March 24, 1874, died June 7, 1887. 
 
 9 Elisha S. Bisbee, son of Hannibal, was born Feb- 
 ruary 14, 1841. He was a gallant soldier. He enlisted 
 and served his time in the 1st Maine three months Regi- 
 ment ; commissioned as 1st Lieutenant in Co. F, 9th 
 Maine ; promoted to Captain in the same company ; was 
 discharged but re enlisted as a veteran in the 4th Maine 
 Reg. ; was killed at a charge on North Anna bridge, May 
 23, 1864, while leading his company as 1st Sergeant, his 
 company's officers having all been killed or disabled. 
 
 9 Hannibal Bisbee, son of Hannibal, was born Decem- 
 ber 9, 1842, and died January 25, 1879. He was married 
 to Lucy A. Bicknell, February 10, 1866. She was born 
 in 1843 and died December 26, 1872. Mr. Bisbee served 
 about four years in the war of the Rebellion as a mem- 
 ber of Co. G, 1st Maine Cavalry. He was in thirty 
 engagements and was never off duty during his service. 
 He was a brave and gallant soldier. They had two 
 children: 10 Lucius H., born June 12, 1867; and Mary 
 B., born July 4, 1870, died December 9, 1872. 
 
 9 William H. Bisbee, son of Hannibal, was born July 
 16, 1846. He was married, April 20, 1868, to Kate Star- 
 ritt, who was born May 12, 1847. They have had four 
 children: 10 GrEORGE M., born March 8, 1869 ; Millie C, 
 born December 26, 1870 ; Albert M., born April 18, 1873 ; 
 and My r tie S., born September 28, 1880, died May 21, 
 1885. 
 
 9 Betsey S. Bisbee, daughter of Hannibal, was born 
 February 1, 1852. She was married to William C. 
 
136 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 Haney, July 3, 1868. He was born in 1848. This 
 family are Free Baptists. They have had six children : 
 10 Ernest H., born March 14, 1870; William L., born 
 April 23, 1873 ; Alice M., born August 8, 1876 ; Charles 
 B., born February 26, 1879 ; Frank B., born July 25, 
 1882 ; and Bessie M., born October 7, 1885. 
 
 8 JOHN B. STETSON BRANCH. 
 
 John B, Stetson, son of Elisha, was born November 6, 
 1815, and died in Hartford, March 28, 1887. He was a 
 farmer and belonged to the Free Baptist church. Jan- 
 uary 1, 1841 he was married to Miranda Childs, who was 
 born in Liver more, January 7, 1818, and died September 
 23, 1883. She belonged to the Methodist church. They 
 had six children, all born in Hartford : Helen S., born 
 May 22, 1845; Walter H., born January 18, 1848, died 
 May 28, 1864; Lewis C, born August 11, 1851; Clara 
 E., born July 23, 1854 ; Charles M., born April 16, 1857 ; 
 and Francelia, who is unmarried and was born July 23, 
 1860. She has taught school nine terms, and belongs to 
 the Free Baptist church. 
 
 9 Helen S. Stetson, a member of the Methodist 
 church, was an excellent scholar and taught school 
 seven terms. September 12, 1867 she was married, at 
 Fayette, to N. Thomas, Jr., who was born in Hartford, 
 December 22, 1843. Mr. Thomas is a farmer and a 
 member of the Free Baptist church. They have had five 
 children, all born in Hartford : 10 Humbert C, who was 
 born July 30, 1868, and has taught school one winter ; 
 Walter H., born April 11, 1870 ; Almira M., born 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 137 
 
 October 25, 1872; Jennie M., born October 26, 1877; 
 and Nedella C, born November 23, 1881. Mrs. Thomas 
 has part of a dress, the cloth of which her great-grand- 
 mother, Molly Bonney, spun and wove before she went 
 to Maine, and a looking glass she carried with her. 
 
 9 Lewis C. Stetson is a farmer and lives on the old 
 Stetson place in Hartford. April 6, 1879 he was married 
 to Martha P. Alley, who was born August 4, 1855. They 
 have had two children : 10 Elisha L. Stetson, born 
 March 7, 1883 ; and Floyd A., born April 12, 1885. 
 9 Clara E. Stetson, a member of the Free Baptist 
 church, has taught school ten terms. She was married 
 to Edward K. Butler of Auburn, May 16, 1888. 9 Charles 
 M. Stetson lives at Mechanics Falls, and is engaged in 
 the ice business. January 1, 1881 he was married to 
 Marie L. Ryerson, who was a teacher and born in 
 Boston, April 2, 1858. They have had four children : 
 Gertrude L., born in Auburn, February 23, 1882 ; 10 How- 
 ard C, born in Auburn, November 19, 1883; Hattie 
 B., born in Mechanics Falls, July 1, 1885 ; and Leary, 
 born in Mechanics Falls, October 17, 1887. 
 
 'JOHN BAETLETT, JR., DIVISION. 
 
 John Bartlett, son of John, was born in Pembroke, 
 Mass., November 25, 1784, and died in Hartford, Me., 
 September 12, 1874, aged nearly 90 years. August 31, 
 1812 he was married to Abigail Proctor, who was born 
 August 31, 1789, and died January 8, 1819. His second 
 wife was Dorcas H. Kilbrith, who was born in Buxton, 
 
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 138 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 September 30, 1804, and died in Hartford, June 21, 1871. 
 Mr. Bartlett was a farmer in Hartford. By his first wife 
 he had two children : Charles P. and Abigail P. By his 
 second wife he had four children : Lysander ; Phebe S., 
 born November 26, 1826, died August 3, 1859. She was 
 married to Samuel McKenney, October, 1847. They 
 had one child, Adelbert A., born June 18, 1849 ; John 
 H.; and Lewis C, who was born April 18, 1837, and 
 died at the U. S. General Hospital, Philadelphia, August 
 19, 1864. He enlisted August, 1861, in Co. F, Me. Vols., 
 and re enlisted March 1864. He was married to Hannah 
 M. Mendal, March, 1864. 
 
 8 CHARLES P. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Rev. Charles Proctor Bartlett, son of John Bartlett, 
 Jr., was born in Hartford, Me., May 29, 1813. After 
 much urging I have prevailed upon Mr. Bartlett to write 
 a sketch of his life which he has consented to have pub- 
 lished. It is as follows : 
 
 "Mr. Hiram B. Lawrence, 
 
 My dear Cousin, The following sketch of my life, 
 written by your request, but with no view to publica- 
 tion, or publicity of any kind, I herewith forward to 
 you, with my sincerest regards for yourself, as a worthy 
 son of a noble mother, a dear relative of mine, whose 
 memory I fondly cherish, hoping to meet her, with all 
 her loved ones, in the blest mansions of the righteous in 
 heaven. I have dwelt mainly upon that portion of my 
 life, that has been devoted to the Gospel ministry, which 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 139 
 
 I regard as my life-worlc. Apart from what I have done, 
 or endeavored to do, with the view to promote the 
 interests of the Redeemer's kingdom, and the spiritual 
 welfare of my fellow-men, there is little in my history, 
 worthy of especial notice. 
 
 "I was born, May 29, 1813, in Hartford, Me. The 
 names of my parents were John and Abigail. The most 
 impressive scene of my childhood was the death of my 
 dear mother, who exchanged an earthly home for an 
 heavenly, on the 8th of January, 1819, a few months 
 before I was six years of age. To me, at the time, it 
 was a very sad event, as I most distinctly remember ; and 
 the recollection of it has been, as it were, the shadow 
 upon my life ever since. 
 
 "My time, during minority, was mainly occupied in 
 farm-work on the old homestead in my native town. 
 Between the ages of twelve and twenty- one, but little 
 respite was granted me from the daily routine of agri- 
 cultural life. Before completing my sixteenth year, I 
 became, as I trust, a subject of renewing grace, and since 
 that time have cherished hope in the pardoning mercy 
 of Grod. In the month of March, 1835, I was baptized, 
 by the Rev. Daniel Bartlett, into the fellowship of the 
 Baptist church in China. 
 
 "In the fall of 1836 I entered Waterville College, but 
 on account of feeble health and lack of funds, I remained 
 only a part of one year. After leaving college I engaged 
 in teaching and business pursuits, as health permitted, 
 until yielding to convictions of duty, which had followed 
 me several years, I decided to devote the rest of my life, 
 or so much of it as the Lord might seem to require, to 
 
140 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 the work of the Christian ministry. Having obtained 
 license from the First Baptist church in Rockland, of 
 which I was then a member, I entered at once upon the 
 work. 
 
 "My first attempt at preaching was in the town of 
 Friendship, early in September, 1842 ; and on the 5th 
 day of April, 1843, I received ordination at the hands of 
 an Ecclesiastical Council convened for that purpose. 
 With the Baptist church in Friendship and the one in 
 Cushing, an adjoining town, I labored three years, 
 preaching on alternate Sabbaths in those towns respec- 
 tively. 
 
 "Early in January, 1846, I moved to St. George, 
 having accepted a call to the pastorate of the First 
 Baptist church of that town. In less than three months 
 from the date of this settlement, I experienced the great 
 affliction of my life. My beloved wife was suddenly 
 taken from me by death. It was a terrible blow. Thus 
 bereft of the companion of my youth, among compara- 
 tive strangers, with two little children to care for, the 
 youngest less than three weeks old, it did seem, for a 
 time, that I must sink under the load. My fears how- 
 ever proved groundless. He, whom I served, soon came 
 to my help. His arm sustained me, and I was made to 
 feel that though He had most deeply afflicted me, He 
 was still my friend and support. But even with this 
 comforting assurance, I could not be contented to long 
 remain where my dearest earthly prospects had been so 
 sadly blighted, and with so much to remind me of the 
 loss I had sustained. 
 
 "Accordingly in the spring of 1847, I resigned my 
 
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 charge in St. George, and accepted a call from the 
 Baptist church in Corinth to become their pastor. With 
 this church I labored continuously for eleven years, or 
 till the close of April, 1858, when by reason of overwork, 
 I felt compelled, contrary to the wishes of the people, 
 and my own, to seek a change. On the first Sabbath in 
 May of that year (1858), I took the pastoral oversight 
 of the First Baptist church in Sedgwick, hoping that a 
 residence on the sea-board might serve to recuperate my 
 jaded energies. The hope was not a vain one. Bene- 
 ficial results were soon apparent. Under the influence 
 of a bracing atmosphere my drooping spirits speedily 
 revived, and I seemed inspired with new life and vigor, 
 which, with the marked cordiality of the people and 
 their hearty co-operation with me in my work, induced 
 me to think that Sedgwick might be my home and field 
 of labor for several years to come. Meanwhile, the 
 church in Corinth, which still lay near my heart, 
 remained pastorless. They had made strenuous efforts 
 to obtain a man to their liking, but without success. At 
 length, disheartened by their repeated failures, and 
 threatened moreover with divisions among themselves, 
 they unitedly addressed to me an appeal to return to 
 them at the close of my present engagement with the 
 Sedgwick people, alleging that on my decision depended 
 largely their welfare, if not their existence, as a Christian 
 church. I could not well resist the appeal. Conse- 
 quently, May 1, 1859 I again became their pastor, with 
 the understanding that I should remain with them, at 
 least, five years. The five years proved to be six. 
 
142 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 "May 1, 1865 I entered upon the pastorate of the 
 Baptist church at Cape Neddick in the town of York, 
 situated in the southwestern part of the state. At the 
 close of two years' service at the Cape, I responded to 
 an urgent call to return to my former charge in Sedg- 
 wick. 
 
 ''Accordingly the first Sabbath in May, 1867, found 
 me on the field of labor from which, just eight years 
 before, I had somewhat reluctantly retired. My second 
 term of service in Sedgwick continued until May 1, 1880, 
 when I resigned the pastoral care of the church, but 
 continued to labor with them, as stated supply, seven 
 months longer, when my successor took charge, thus 
 relieving me from further responsibility and care. It 
 was indeed a relief. The field was a large one, embrac- 
 ing two small villages three miles apart, and a wide 
 extent of rural territory besides. 
 
 "On this wide field I had labored incessantly I might 
 say excessively for upwards of thirteen consecutive 
 years, with no vacations, unless two instances of severe 
 sickness be reckoned as such, which the Lord suffered to 
 come upon me, perhaps as a rebuke for my temerity. 
 During those years upwards of two hundred persons had 
 been added, mostly by baptism, to the church, so that 
 enrolled 'on its records were the names of almost three 
 hundred members regarded as in good and regular stand- 
 ing. So large a membership, scattered over a wide 
 extent of territory, demanded, on the part of the pastor, 
 an amount of time and labor correspondingly large. 
 This demand I was no longer able to meet. I had over- 
 worked, and must have rest. 
 
BAETLETT MEMOEIALS. 143 
 
 "Besides, when my successor came upon the held in 
 the fall of 1880, I was well advanced in my sixty-eighth 
 year, a time of life when one can hardly be expected to 
 perform a very large amount of hard work. All things 
 considered, I regarded my life-work as virtually done. 
 For a period of time bordering hard upon forty years, I 
 had endeavored, to the best of my ability, to preach the 
 gospel of Jesus both publicly and from house to house. 
 During all that time I had been constantly engaged in 
 the Master's service, and with the exception of a very 
 few months, had held the relation of pastor to some 
 church. Regarding, therefore, my age and worn condi- 
 tion, it is by no means strange, that I should have felt 
 no more work was required of me by the Great Head of 
 the church. And when, in the early summer of 1881, I 
 moved to Deering, I even supposed that my public 
 labors, as a Christian minister, were at an end. But 
 this conclusion was somewhat premature. I have 
 preached, more or less, since that time. In 1886, after 
 returning to Sedgwick, during a break in the pastorate, 
 I supplied the church regularly for seven months ; and 
 since then have occupied the pulpit as occasion required. 
 
 "As to the character and fruits of my ministry, I 
 would say that it has been my constant aim to ' hold 
 forth the word of life' ; exhibiting the truth as it is in 
 Jesus. Believing, as I most firmly do, that the Bible is 
 God's own word, and the one standard of faith and 
 duty, I have uniformly endeavored in all my labors to 
 keep to its teachings as closely as possible. A ' Thus 
 saith the Lord' has ever been to me an end of all 
 questioning. 
 
144 BARTLETT MEMOEIALS. 
 
 "As to success in my work, some assurance is given 
 me that I have not lived and labored wholly in vain. 
 Entering the ministry under many disadvantages, it was 
 with much fear and trembling that I assumed its onerous 
 and responsible duties. Under the circumstances, it 
 seemed to me hardly possible that even a small degree 
 of success could attend my efforts. But the Lord was 
 better to me than all my fears. From first to last He 
 has given me strength according to my needs. In all 
 my trials and labors, in every emergency and season of 
 darkness and doubt, He has wonderfully sustained me. 
 His grace has always been sufficient for me. Nor has 
 He wholly withheld His blessing from my feeble efforts 
 to promote the interests of His church on earth. 
 
 "With two exceptions the churches with which I have 
 labored were materially enlarged and strengthened by 
 my instrumentality. And the two excepted churches 
 gave evidence of considerable improvement spiritually 
 during my connection with them. To the churches in 
 Friendship, Cushing, and Corinth, large accessions were 
 made. Of the church in Sedgwick I have already 
 spoken somewhat in detail. And I am happy in being 
 able to say that no serious troubles ever sprung up in 
 any of the churches while under my pastoral care. If 
 I have reason for especial gratitude to God for anything 
 pertaining to my ministry, it is that He he has enabled 
 me to keep myself from collisions with the people of my 
 charge, and the brethren from divisions among them- 
 selves. 
 
 "Both justice and duty require that I should here 
 refer to the precious boon, which a kind heaven has 
 
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 conferred on me, in the person of my present companion 
 
 in life, who, for much the longer portion of my ministry, 
 
 has been my fellow-laborer, and whose counsels and 
 
 prayers have been so helpful to me in my work. A 
 
 willing sharer in all my trials, ever ready to hold up my 
 
 hands in times of discouragement, she has with much 
 
 self-sacrifice heartily co-operated with me in my labors. 
 
 Of her, as of her name-sake of old, it may be truthfully 
 
 said, ' She hath done what she could '. 
 
 "In conclusion I would say that this paper has been 
 
 written in no spirit of self-adulation, for I realize as 
 
 fully as any one can that I have nothing whereof to 
 
 boast nothing which I have not received. Whatever of 
 
 success may have attended my labors, as a servant of 
 
 Christ, must be attributed to the effectual workings of 
 
 divine grace, and to the God of grace must be ascribed 
 
 all the praise. 
 
 Charles P. Bartlett." 
 
 "Sedgwick, Me., Aug. 1, 1888." 
 
 Rev. Mr. Bartlett has served as pastor in Friendship 
 and Cushing, three years ; in St. George one year and 
 four months ; in Corinth, seventeen years ; in Cape 
 Neddick, two years ; in Sedgwick, fourteen years, and as 
 stated supply in the same town, one year and two 
 months. Thus it appears that he has been pastor for 
 nearly forty years, besides serving as occasional supply 
 to several of the above mentioned churches. This is a 
 record which only a few pastors have made. He has 
 abundant reason for great satisfaction in his eminently 
 successful labors, and justly have his people revered and 
 loved him. 
 
146 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 In one of the Bangor papers, in the spring of 1859, 
 appeared the following : 
 
 "Baptist Church at Corinth. We learn that Rev. C. 
 P. Bartlett, at the earnest request of the parish, is about 
 to return to take charge of the Baptist church at East 
 Corinth. Mr. Bartlett had been connected with that 
 church upwards of ten years, which he was compelled to 
 leave last summer on account of failing health. He is 
 not only an able and educated preacher, but possesses 
 eminent social qualities, and this church and the com- 
 munity generally are to be congratulated on his return." 
 
 The following was published in York county paper in 
 March, 1867 : 
 
 "Donation visit at Cape Neddick. The friends of the 
 
 Rev. Mr Bartlett of Cape Neddick, made him a visit on 
 
 the evening of March 12th, somewhat unexpectedly, and 
 
 left a good sum of money considering the inclement 
 
 state of the weather at the time. The visit was a very 
 
 pleasant one, spent in a social manner, interspersed with 
 
 lively music, and between 9 and 10 o'clock the party left 
 
 after listening to some appropriate remarks, and a 
 
 prayer, from their pastor. Mr. Bartlett leaves this field 
 
 of his labor in a month, where he has been officiating for 
 
 the last two years in a very acceptable manner to the 
 
 people of his charge, for Sedgwick, Hancock Co., 
 
 Maine. The people there will obtain a good preacher, 
 
 and a gentleman in every respect, and we sincerely 
 
 regret to part with him." 
 
 Signed, "G, M. P." 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 147 
 
 Rev. A. R. Crane, D. D., pastor of the Baptist church 
 at East Winthrop, Me., has kindly sent me the follow- 
 ing letter : 
 
 "Squirrel Island, Me., August, 1888. 
 
 My Dear Sir, I just begin to realize what a rash 
 thing I did when I promised to write something about 
 my honored friend, the Rev. C. P. Bartlett, during the 
 month of August, the season of the year when I am 
 accustomed to take my annual rest at the sea-shore, for 
 I have never been able to do any literary work in my 
 summer vacation. I will however redeem my promise 
 though I am aware I shall do it very imperfectly. 
 
 "As you requested me to give my impressions of Mr. 
 Bartlett, both as a preacher and a man, I will attempt 
 that and nothing more nothing of the nature of a 
 biographical sketch or an exhaustive analysis of his 
 character only the impressions I received of him, years 
 ago, during a brief acquaintance, at a single sitting, as 
 painters would say. Those impressions were distinct, at 
 the time, for our relations were intimate and very 
 pleasant, he being pastor of the Baptist church and I 
 the principal of the Academy in the beautiful village of 
 East Corinth, Maine; and they are still quite distinct, 
 scarcely dimmed by the lapse of more than thirty years 
 although during all the time we have rarely met. 
 
 "Well do I remember the first time I saw him and 
 how he impressed me. It was on a pleasant Sabbath 
 morning in September, 1856, as he stood before his con- 
 gregation. He was apparently about forty years of age, 
 above medium height, dressed in a full suit of black, 
 with a high, broad forehead, full eyes, noseapproximat- 
 
148 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 ing the Grecian type, and with a very expressive counte- 
 nance. He stood erect, though his bearing was not like 
 that of a soldier, but of a student accustomed to bend 
 over his books. At first he seemed somewhat diffident 
 and this was uniformly the case when he began to 
 speakbut all signs of embarrassment disappeared as 
 he led his flock in prayer ; and during the delivery of 
 his sermon his mind seemed to be too much absorbed 
 in his subject to allow him to think of himself. He 
 spoke with ease and earnestness, sometimes eloquently, 
 always attractively, and held the undivided attention of 
 his auditors. 
 
 "His sermon on this occasion, which I distinctly 
 remember, may be taken as a sample of all I heard from 
 him. The theme of his discourse, which was designed 
 to set forth the Spirit's work in regeneration, was clearly 
 stated, carefully explained, illumined by many passages 
 of scripture and aptly illustrated, and the duties 
 suggested by it briefly but impressively urged upon the 
 attention of his hearers. His language was simple, his 
 style his own, and the entire discourse bore the impress 
 of his own personality. It never occurred to me that 
 he was ambitious to preach a great sermon, nor do I 
 remember to have heard from him a poor one. He was 
 studious, and his sermons had in them the vital element 
 of truth. If the true idea of preaching is to expound 
 the word of God, so as to inform the minds, quicken the 
 consciences and move the wills of men, and to pursuade 
 them to accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour, and having 
 accepted him to honor him by holy living, then I must 
 regard Brother Bartlett as a true, faithful, and able 
 preacher of the gospel. 
 
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 "I probably saw him at his best. He was in his prime 
 had a large and intelligent church they were wor- 
 shiping in a new and elegant house, and there were 
 manifest tokens of the presence of the Spirit. He was 
 himself aroused, and preached with great directness and 
 earnestness. A glorious revival followed and large 
 numbers were added to his church. In the prayer 
 meetings, as well as in the pulpit, he was thoroughly in 
 earnest and perfectly at home, and exhibited rare tact 
 and wisdom in guiding inquiries to a knowledge of the 
 way of life. 
 
 "As a man and a citizen he was respected and beloved. 
 Pure in his life, earnest in his work, strong in faith, and 
 possessing a genial and sympathetic nature, he easily 
 won the hearts of his people and exerted a beneficent 
 influence in the community in which he lived. Gold- 
 smith's description of a village preacher, 
 
 'A man was he to all the country dear, 
 And passing rich on forty pounds a year,' 
 is true of Bro. Bartlett, in part and only in part, for his 
 church was one of the richest in rural towns and gave 
 him a good support. His home was one of refinement 
 graced by one of the noblest of women, and enlivened 
 by the presence of a bright boy and a lovely girl in 
 which the members of his flock were sure of a cordial 
 greeting and strangers found hospitable entertainment. 
 
 "This is not an eulogy, for Mr. Bartlett was at last 
 
 accounts living Serus in caelum redeat but a tribute 
 
 from one who for a brief season sat under his ministry, 
 
 enjoying his companionship, and has ever since felt 
 
 himself a debtor to him. 
 
 A. R. Crane." 
 
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 Our honored and highly esteemed relative, now in his 
 seventy- sixth year, is apparently in robust health, and 
 although he withdrew some years since from the respon- 
 sibilities and arduous duties of a pastorate, he is still in 
 great demand as a preacher, being able to ride many 
 miles and preach two sermons on the Sabbath, attend 
 the Sunday school and lead at the prayer meeting in the 
 evening. Finally, it may be said: Overcoming great 
 obstacles in early life, studious, persevering and earnest, 
 possessed of a noble heart and a large brain, whether in 
 the pulpit or elsewhere giving the impression of reserved 
 power, and faithfully, heartily and successfully doing 
 his Master's service for some forty years, he may justly 
 and truthfully be regarded as one of Nature's noblemen. 
 
 May 6, 1840 Rev. Charles P. Bartlett was married to 
 Nancy Harmon Churchill, who was born in Hartford, 
 Me., May 9, 1816, and died at St. George, Me., March 18, 
 1846. His second wife, still living, was Mary Ann 
 French, to whom he was married October 14, 1847. She 
 was born in Epping, N. H., March, 1813. By his first 
 wife he had two children : Charles C. and N. Maria. 
 
 9 Charles C. Bartlett, son of Rev. Charles P. 
 Bartlett, was born in Friendship, Me., July 18, 1843. 
 He was educated at the public schools and Corinth 
 Academy. He has been a wholesale grocer in Portland. 
 He belongs to the order of Odd Fellows, and has served 
 several years as chairman of the board of trustees of 
 the Ancient Brothers' Lodge, Portland. January, 1885 
 he was married to Sarah A. Smith, who was born in 
 New Sharon, January 5, 1848. She was educated in the 
 public schools and is a graduate of the Farmington 
 
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 Normal school, and a member of the Congregational 
 church, Woodfords, Me. They have had one child, 
 10 Edee Maria, born in Deering, October 2, 1885. 
 
 9 N. Maria Bartlett, daughter of Rev. Charles P. 
 Bartlett, was born in St. George, March 3, 1846. She 
 was married, November 11, 1875, to John Moseley, who 
 was born in England, April 20, 1849. They have had 
 three children, all born in Needham, Mass.: 10 Charles 
 Bartlett, born March 27, 1877 ; Willie C, born March 
 12, 1880; and Mary Gr., born April 2, 1886. Mr. Mose- 
 ley is a manufacturer of woolen hosiery in Needham. 
 He is deacon of the Baptist church, and has been its 
 treasurer for fourteen years. Mrs. Moseley was educa- 
 ted at the public schools and Corinth Academy, and is a 
 member of the Baptist church. She taught one year at 
 York, Me., and three years in the High school in Need 
 ham. She is accomplished in music, having as a student 
 and teacher devoted much time to that branch of study. 
 
 8 ABIGAIL P. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Abigail P. Bartlett, daughter of John Bartlett, Jr., 
 and sister of Rev. Charles P. Bartlett, was born in Hart- 
 ford, May 27, 1817, and was married to Barnum J. Hines, 
 March 20, 1842. Her second husband is Eliphalet 
 Davis, to whom she was married November 20, 1877. 
 By her first husband she had three children, all born in 
 Hartford : Orman, Eusebia, and Charles. 
 
 9 Orman Hines, born September 6, 1843, was married 
 to Cynthia E. Young. They have had six children : 
 
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 Emma M., Ellsworth, Lee, Abbie, Bertie B., and 
 Carl. 9 Eusebia Hikes, born October 29, 1846, was 
 married to William W. Gammon. They have had two 
 children: William P., and Edgar H. (deceased). 
 9 Charles Hines, born March 31, 1852, was married to 
 Kate Winslow. They have had four children : Lena 
 M., Orman E., Eusebia, and Charles B. 
 
 8 LYSANDER BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Ly sander Bartlett, son of John Bartlett, Jr., and half 
 brother of Rev. Charles P. Bartlett, was born in Hart- 
 ford, May 2, 1822. He is a farmer and lives on the farm 
 on which his father lived for more than thirty years, and 
 where both his father and grandfather died. He enlisted, 
 September 21, 1861, in Co. E, 10th Me. Vols., and was 
 discharged January 19, 1862, on account of broken 
 health. He is a pensioner, and is loyal to the Republi- 
 can party. October 28, 1847 he was married to Eunice 
 W., daughter of Col. Aaron Parsons of Buckfield. She 
 was born May 14, 1827. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett are 
 Baptists. They have had four children, all born in 
 Hartford: 9 William C. Bartlett, born May 25, 1850, 
 was married, September 26, 1877, to Sylphira E. Forbes, 
 who was born in Buckfield, October 12, 1849, and died 
 November 29, 1877. Mr. Bartlett is a carpenter and a 
 farmer, believes in the Republican party, is commander 
 of the order of the Golden Cross, located at Canton, and 
 is a reliable and energetic man ; Gertrude M., born 
 April 17, 1857, died November 28, 1857 ; 9 Prank F., 
 formerly a passenger brakeman, B. and A. R. R., but ( 
 
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 now a farmer in Hartford, was born January 20, 1862. 
 He was married, March 7, 1885, to Blanch A. Abbott, 
 who was born in Rumford, November 3, 1864. They 
 have had one child, 10 Lillian A., born November 13 , 
 1886 ; and Fred C, a farmer, born February 5, 1867. 
 
 8 JOHN H. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Rev. John H. Bartlett, son of John Bartlett, Jr., and 
 half brother of Rev. Charles P. Bartlett, was born in 
 Hartford, June 25, 1835. He was a farmer's boy and 
 was educated in the common schools. In early life he 
 received strong religious impressions, and December, 
 1855 he accepted Christ as his Saviour. On the follow- 
 ing June he was baptized by Rev. Gideon Perkins, and 
 joined the Free Baptist church in Hartford. In 1870 he 
 was licensed to preach. May, 1873 he commenced 
 preaching in Temple. June 30, 1874 he received ordina- 
 tion at the Farmington quarterly meeting, the council 
 consisting of the following elders : Revs. Seth Perkins, 
 S. P. Morrill, Wm. Toothaker, and Cyrus Campbell. 
 Rev. Mr. Bartlett has been pastor over churches at 
 Temple, New Portland, New Sharon, Mt. Vernon, East 
 Livermore, Vienna, North Wilton, Stark, and Farming - 
 ton Falls. January 28, 1859 he was married to Sarah T. 
 Olebham of Peru. They have had eight children : Rose 
 E., born December 31, 1860, was married to E. D. Mor- 
 rill, January 19, 1885. They have had two children, 
 both deceased ; 9 Charles C, born April 4, 1862 ; Dana 
 H., born August 2, 1863, was married to Clara Jeffers, 
 February 7, 1888 ; Abbie H., born April 1, 1865, died 
 
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 March 12, 1871 ; Chester P., bora September 8, 1868 ; 
 Anna M., born June 30, 1874; Mary A., born Decern 
 ber 2, 1875 ; and Bertie A., born January 10, 1877. 
 Rev. Mr. Bartlett is at present settled over the Free 
 Baptist church at Farmington Falls where all of his 
 children reside. He is an earnest preacher, a hard-work- 
 ing and faithful pastor, and a sincere and sympathetic 
 friend and brother. 
 
 7 IRA BARTLETT DIVISION. 
 
 Dea. Ira Bartlett, son of John, was born in Pembroke, 
 Mass., March 23, 1787, and died in Hartford, Me., 
 February 10, 1871, aged nearly 84 years. He was a 
 carpenter and farmer, and was a man highly esteemed. 
 For many years he was deacon of the Baptist church 
 of Hartford. He believed in the principles of the 
 Republican party. April 1, 1810 he was married to 
 Lydia Stetson, who was born in Sumner, January 7, 
 1791, and died February 10, 1868. She was a member 
 of the Baptist church. They had nine children : 
 Arvilla ; Harvey ; Horace, born October 6, 1815, died 
 February 22, 1817 ; Horace 2d ; Ira, Jr. ; Hezekiah, born 
 January 27, 1824, died July 5, 1824 ; Lydia S. ; Mary F. ; 
 and Orsamus. All were born in Hartford. 
 
 8 AR VILLA. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Arvilla Bartlett, daughter of Dea. Ira, was born 
 September 22, 1812. She was married, May 6, 1833, to 
 Cyrus Hayford, who was born in Hartford, January 22, 
 1807, and died February 18, 1869. In religious belief 
 
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 they were Universalists. Mr. Hayford was a carpenter 
 and farmer, and resided in Hartford. In politics he was 
 a Democrat. Mrs. Hayford has been a very capable 
 woman. They had four children : Christina L. ; Juliette, 
 born January 29, 1841, died October 9, 1843 ; Josephine ; 
 and Lydia B., born May 9, 1847, died August 31, 1869. 
 All the children except the oldest were born in Canton. 
 
 9 Christina L. Hayford, daughter of Cyrus, was 
 born in Hartford, October 12, 1834, and died at Yarmouth, 
 January 26, 1862. She was married, April 12, 1854, to 
 Edward Davis, who was born in Albion, December 26, 
 1828. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were members of the Con- 
 gregational church. He is a manufacturer of tin ware, 
 Rochester, N. H., and in politics a Democrat. They had 
 two children : Charles A., born in Belfast, July 30, 1855 ; 
 and Cyrus H., born in Belfast, March 19, 1857, died in 
 Yarmouth, December 7, 1861. 10 Charles A. Davis 
 was married, October 10, 1882, to Ida E. Junkins, who 
 was born in Kittery, October 2, 1862. Mr. Davis, a 
 Democrat and an Odd Fellow, is a candy manufacturer 
 at Rochester, N. H. He and his wife are members of 
 the Baptist church. They have had one child, "Emily 
 C, born in Rochester, September 13, 1883. 
 
 9 Josephine Hayford, daughter of Cyrus, was born 
 December 27, 1844. She was married, December 26, 
 1863, to Hervey B. Russell, who was born in Hartford, 
 August 15, 1842. He is a cellar builder, a concreter, and 
 keeps a livery stable at North Abington, Mass. He is a 
 Democrat and an Odd Fellow. He and his wife are 
 Unitarians. They have had one child, 10 Cyrus H. He 
 was born in Canton, January 9, 1865, and was married, 
 
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 May 1, 1886, to Amy C. Clark, who was born in North 
 Abington, May 15, 1869. Mr. Russell keeps a confec- 
 tionery and eating saloon at North Abington. 
 
 8 HARVEY BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Harvey Bar tie tt, son of Dea. Ira, was born March 30, 
 1814, and died May 14, 1880. Mr. Bartlett was a car- 
 penter and a farmer in Hartford, and voted the Repub- 
 lican ticket. May 15, 1836 he was married to Mary 
 Bicknell, who was born November 29, 1817, and died in 
 1864. His second wife was Aurelia Osgood to whom he 
 was married December 25, 1866. She was born August 
 20, 1829, and died February 20, 1887. Mr. Bartlett and 
 his wives entertained the Universalist belief. By his 
 first wife he had one child, 9 Elizabeth Bartlett, who 
 was born in Hartford, February 3, 1840. She was 
 married, July 29, 1858, to Paschal Barrell, Jr., who was 
 for a time a farmer in Aroostook County, Maine. He 
 was injured in the war of the Rebellion and finally died 
 from the effect of his wounds. November 4, 1865 
 Elizabeth Bartlett Barrell was married to Cyrus S. 
 Ricker, who was born in Buckfield, Me., April 26, 1839. 
 Mr. Ricker is a banker at Aurora, Dakota. They had 
 three children : Ernest B., born August 25, 1866, died 
 September 26, 1867; 10 George E., born December 25, 
 1868 ; and Edgar B., born April 25, 1874. Mrs. Ricker 
 died October 23, 1875. 
 
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 8 HORACE BARTLETT, 2d, BRANCH. 
 
 Horace Bartlett, 2d, son of Deacon Ira, was born July 
 12, 1817, and died in Hartford, July 10, 1878. He was 
 married, December 12, 1844, to Mary R. Page, who was 
 born in Belgrade, November 12, 1820. He was a carpen- 
 ter and farmer, and a Republican. He and his wife 
 were members of the Baptist church. They had two 
 children : Gratia M., born October 5, 1852, died Decem- 
 ber 12, 1856 ; and 9 Willi am P., who was born in Bel- 
 grade, June 30, 1855. He is a farmer in Hartford and 
 in politics a Republican. March 6, 1875 he was mar- 
 ried to Anna B. Bartlett, daughter of Orsamus. She 
 was born in Hartford, June 19, 1855. Both are Univer- 
 salists. They have had two children: 10 Percy L., born 
 May 31, 1875 ; and Cecil O., born January 6, 1879. 
 
 8 IRA BARTLETT, JR., BRANCH. 
 
 Ira Bartlett, Jr., son of Deacon Ira, was born in Hart- 
 ford, October 11, 1819. He is a farmer and carpenter, 
 and resides at North Paris. He believes in the Republi- 
 can party. December 28, 1846, he was married to Mary 
 A. Rice, who was born in Buxton, May 12, 1824. In 
 religious belief they are Methodists. 
 
 8 LYDIA S. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Lydia S. Bartlett, daughter of Dea. Ira, was born 
 August 6, 1827, and was married to Lucius B. Alley. 
 He was born in Hartford, February 22, 1823. He is a 
 farmer in Hartford, believes in republican principles, 
 
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 and is an Universalist. His wife's religious belief is 
 found in the Baptist church. They have had five 
 children, all born in Hartford: Albert A., Lucius M., 
 Hattie L., Lydia M., and Mary B., born May 1, 1864. 
 
 9 Albert A. Alley, born July 10, 1852, was married 
 to Lizzie M. Woodard, May 1, 1875. They are Metho- 
 dists. Mr. Alley is a Republican and carries on the 
 ice business at Dresden. They have had two children : 
 10 Fred G., born in Winthrop, September 26, 1877; 
 and Vinton L., born November 19, 1878, in Hartford. 
 
 9 Lucius M. Alley, born October 30, 1853, was married 
 to Mira M. Greene, April 29, 1877, at Revere, Mass. In 
 religious belief they are Methodists. Mr. Alley is an 
 oil-cloth stamper at Winthrop. He is a Republican 
 and an Odd Fellow, and belongs to the order of the 
 Golden Cross. They have bad one child, 10 Leroy E., 
 born in Winthrop, May 29, 1878. 
 
 9 Hattie L. Alley, who was born June 8, 1855, was 
 married to George E. Barrows, November 30, 1876. 
 They are members of the Congregational church. He is 
 depot master at Sumner, and is a Republican. 9 Lydia 
 M. Alley, born January 18, 1858, was married to Harri- 
 son S. Howard, March 16, 1878. He is a farmer in 
 Hartford. They have had two children : 10 Merton W., 
 born June 20, 1879 ; and Bessie M., born October 13, 
 1884. 
 
 8 MARY F. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Mary F. Bartlett, daughter of Deacon Ira, was born 
 November 18, 1829. She was married, December 12, 
 1858, to John T. Glover, who was born in Hartford, 
 
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 March 7, 1832. They are Spiritualists. Mr. Glover is a 
 farmer, a Democrat, and an Odd Fellow. They have had 
 one child, 9 Agnes F., born March 30, 1869. 
 
 sORSAMUS BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Orsamus Bartlett, son of Deacon Ira, was born Sep- 
 tember 5, 1831. He is a farmer in Hartford, and believes 
 in the principles of the Democratic party. January 6, 
 1855 he was married to Dorcas Russell, who was born 
 in Hartford, October 19, 1831. Both believe in the 
 doctrine that all mankind will finally be saved. They 
 have had two children : Anna B., born June 19, 1855 ; 
 and 9 Horace B. Bartlett, born in Hartford, December 
 20, 1857. Like his father, Orsamus, he is a farmer, a 
 Democrat, and an Universalist. 9 Anna B. Bartlett, 
 born June 19, 1855, was married March 6, 1875, to 
 William P. Bartlett, son of Horace, who was born in 
 Belgrade, June 30, 1855. They have had two children : 
 10 Percy L., born May 31, 1875, and Cecil O., born 
 January 6, 1879. 
 
 'DANIEL BARTLETT DIVISION. 
 
 Rev. Daniel Bartlett, son of John, was born in Pem- 
 broke, Mass., April 9, 1789, and died in China, Me., 
 May 5, 1862. Rev. Charles P. Bartlett has written, at 
 my request, the following able article upon the life and 
 character of his uncle : 
 
 "Daniel Bartlett, the fourth son of John and Molly 
 Bartlett, was born in Pembroke, Mass., April 9, 1789. 
 
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 When he was about three years of age, his parents 
 moved to Hartford, Maine, where amidst the privations 
 incident to new settlements in those days, he grew up to 
 manhood. He seems to have felt the disadvantages of 
 his situation in more than an ordinary degree, almost 
 from the first, deploring most of all the lack of adequate 
 means for acquiring an education such as he ardently 
 desired. The means, however, which lay within his 
 reach were improved to the best of his ability. He 
 availed himself of all the facilities which the public 
 schools of his time afforded ; and these he supplemented 
 by close application to study during leisure hours at 
 home. Thus, without the aid of academical instruction, 
 and largely by his own unassisted efforts, he acquired 
 what would now be regarded as a good English educa- 
 tion. 
 
 "In early manhood Mr. Bartlett became a subject of 
 renewing grace, and united with the Baptist church in 
 Hartford. Witnessing the zeal and ability with which 
 he performed his religious duties, the more discerning 
 of his brethren were led to predict that the Lord would 
 require of him some special work in his vineyard. And 
 so it proved. Not long after he united with the church, 
 his attention was turned to the work of the Christian 
 ministry. But while duty seemed urging him to devote 
 his life to the sacred calling, he was sharply confronted 
 by a consciousness of utter unfitness for it. A severe 
 mental struggle ensued. At length, however, the 
 impulse of duty prevailed, and the conflict ceased. 
 
 "In 1821 having submitted his case to the church he 
 was licensed to preach. The question of duty being 
 
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 now settled in his own mind, and the church approving, 
 he went forth in search of a field of labor, where as an 
 ambassador of Christ, he might proclaim the 'glad news' 
 with reasonable hope of success. Such a field he soon 
 found in Piscataquis county, then but sparsely settled, 
 and to a large extent destitute of gospel preaching. 
 After spending the year 1822 in Guilford and adjacent 
 neighborhoods, he was offered a settlement in Sanger- 
 ville, an adjoining town, where a Baptist church had 
 recently been 'reorganized with thirty-four members.' 
 
 "Here in 1823 he was ordained as Town's Minister, 
 which included, of course, the pastorate of the church. 
 As this settlement was by a vote of the town, it is 
 presumed that Mr. Bartlett, as the first settled minister, 
 obtained a title to the ministerial land, so called, as 
 compensation, in part, or in full, for his services. He 
 labored here five years, during which the membership of 
 the church was more than doubled. 
 
 ' 'In 1828 he became pastor of the Baptist church in 
 Warren, Lincoln county. In Warren, as in Sangerville, 
 he labored five years, and with marked success, ninety 
 members being added to the church as the fruits of one 
 revival. Several of these new members were persons of 
 the highest social standing in the community. 
 
 "In 1833, feeling that the special work for which God 
 called him to Warren was accomplished, he accepted a 
 call to the pastorate of the Baptist church in China. 
 The China church had, in former years, been one of the 
 most efficient and prosperous of the churches in the 
 Waldo association, but was now suffering from the 
 consequences of spiritual apathy and neglect of personal 
 
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 religious duty on the part of many of its members. Mr. 
 Bartlett, with characteristic ardor, entered upon his 
 work, and soon had the satisfaction of witnessing the 
 success of his efforts. The delinquent members renewed 
 their vows of loyalty to Christ, and were again found at 
 the post of duty. There came still richer blessings. In 
 the spring and early summer of 1834 or 5, occurred the 
 most remarkable out-pouring of the Spirit the church 
 had ever witnessed. As the result of this single revival 
 nearly five score souls were added to the church, the 
 writer (Rev. C. P. Bartlett) of this article being one of 
 the number ; and before Mr. Bartlett' s pastorate closed, 
 some two years afterwards, the church had regained, 
 and even exceeded, its former efficiency with an aggre- 
 gate membership of three hundred. 
 
 "During the remaining twenty-five years of his minis- 
 try, Mr. Bartlett served as pastor, for different periods 
 of time, and with varying success, the following Baptist 
 churches, namely : Dexter, 1st West Thomas ton, 2d 
 Camden, 1st Bluehill, 1st Jefferson, Union, and South 
 Waldoboro', besides serving as stated supply, one year 
 or more, the Friendship and Cushing churches. 
 
 "Mr. Bartlett naturally possessed those qualities 
 which are especially needed in the ministerial office. 
 He had a remarkably active mind. It seemed never to 
 rest. It is said that 'Nature abhors a vacuum.' With 
 equal truth, it may be said that Daniel Bartlett depre- 
 cated listlessness. One of his elder brothers, speaking 
 of him as a boy, would say, 'Daniel was never still 
 except when asleep, and not always then.' Activity 
 was a prominent trait throughout his entire life. He 
 
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 was always doing something. When by ill health, or 
 other disability, he was incapacitated for active effort in 
 the Master's service, he would be making what mental 
 preparation he could for his work, when again permitted 
 to resume it. 
 
 "He was likewise characterized by earnestness. This 
 was innate, and hence was continually asserting itself. 
 He could hardly tell a story, though in itself of but 
 small moment, without indicating, in word or manner, 
 that he regarded it as of considerable importance. For 
 this reason, it may have possibly seemed to some that 
 his narratives were occasionally a little too highly 
 embellished. But it was all seeming. It were difficult 
 to find a man who places a higher estimate upon the 
 simple, unadorned truth than he did. Shams of every 
 kind were his special abhorrence. An earnest spirit was 
 his birth-right, and could not but manifest itself in all 
 his efforts, religious, as well as secular. It characterized 
 his sermons, his exhortations, and his prayers, and 
 whatever else he attempted for God and humanity. He 
 put his whole soul into his work. 
 
 "Mr. Bartlett was a man of decision. Though unas- 
 suming, and even retiring in demeanor, he had opinions 
 of his own, and they were firmly established, and he had 
 the courage of his convictions. Having once taken his 
 stand, he was not easily removed from it. Yet he was 
 no bigot. He kept his mind open to conviction, but he 
 must be convinced before he would yield the ground he 
 occupied. Planting himself on the revealed will of God 
 as he understood it, the heavens might sooner fall than 
 he would seek new standing ground, unless shown that 
 
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 he had interpreted the divine Guide-book erroneously. 
 A 'Thus saith the Lord' was with him the end of all 
 questioning and doubt. 
 
 ' 'Another characteristic of the man was perseverance. 
 Having once committed himself to an enterprise he 
 would prosecute it despite all opposition. It was thus 
 in his religious work. When he enlisted as a soldier of 
 the Cross, it was for life-service. And when called of 
 God to occupy the highest position in that service, it 
 was the same. He took upon himself the vows of con- 
 secration to the Gospel ministry with the view to make 
 that ministry his life-work. And he did it. Seasons 
 of darkness, discouragement, and trial fell to his lot, 
 but in none of them was he ever known to falter, or even 
 express a desire to be relieved from the arduous and 
 responsible duties of his calling. Onward was his 
 motto, and onward he pressed to the end of a protracted 
 life ; and when, at last, the end came, it found him 
 still at his post. He only laid off his armor when called 
 to take his crown. 
 
 "Mr. Bartlett was a good man. True he had his 
 infirmities, the same as other men. Probably no one 
 ever claimed, certainly he never himself claimed, that he 
 was exempt from human frailties. He was a good man 
 nevertheless ; and such doubtless he would have been, 
 as the world counts goodness, had he never experienced 
 the refining influence of sanctifying grace. But under 
 that influence his native goodness was materially devel- 
 oped and strengthened. His kindly sympathies took a 
 wide range, embracing the entire human family. He 
 saw in every man a brother, and his heart yearned to do 
 
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 him good. He was, therefore, a warm friend of 
 Christian missions, of moral reform, of education, of 
 civil and religious freedom, of charitable institutions, 
 and of every effort which tends to elevate and bless 
 mankind. 
 
 "Daniel Bartlett, both as a man and as a Christian 
 minister, made an excellent record. Consecrating him- 
 self, body and soul, to the highest and holiest of callings 
 on earth, and working wisely and well in his chosen 
 sphere of action, he made life a success. With less of 
 mental culture than some of his ministerial brethren 
 possessed, with less profound conceptions of abstract 
 truths and less ability to hold them up to the admiring 
 gaze of men, and with no prestige but that of his own 
 creating, he made his mark, not on the wide world of 
 humanity at large, nor yet upon the narrower world of 
 letters, but upon many precious, immortal souls of his 
 own time and generation, who, through his instrumen- 
 tality, were made wise unto salvation, and who shall 
 shine as stars in the kingdom of Ms God and their God, 
 forever and ever. As a popular preacher he had few 
 equals, especially during the first half and more of his 
 ministry. He had the rare faculty of gaining and 
 holding the attention of his hearers, without abatement 
 of interest. In the prime of his days before bodily 
 infirmities and the weight of years began to tell on his 
 energies, he usually spoke with a pathos that was well 
 nigh irresistible. Feeling himself the attraction of the 
 Cross, he was enabled to make others feel it. 
 
 "He was a much beloved and successful pastor. Judi- 
 cious in his counsels, of upright deportment, and untir- 
 
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 ing in his efforts to win souls, and establish the church 
 in the doctrines of the gospel and in obedience to its 
 precepts, he won for himself the affectionate regards of 
 his brethren, thereby securing their co-operation with 
 him in church work. In the course of his ministry, 
 which embraced a period of forty years, he held the 
 relation of pastor to ten different churches, nearly all of 
 which were materially strengthened and enlarged during 
 his connection with them, while several of them received 
 very great accessions to their membership. He died in 
 China, May 5, 1862, at the advanced age of 73 years." 
 
 "C. P. B." 
 
 Rev. Daniel Bartlett's first wife was Susan Brown, who 
 was born in Canton. His second wife was Mary T. Eells. 
 By his first wife he had one child, Hannah P.; by his 
 second, two children: Ann M., and Kendall W. 
 
 8 HANNAH P. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Hannah P., daughter of Rev. Daniel Bartlett, was 
 born in Warren, November 4, 1818, and died in Rock- 
 land, January 13, 1874. She was married to Jacob 
 Shaw, who was born in Albion in 1813, and died in 
 Rockland, January 24, 1874. He was a farmer, a mer- 
 chant, a Republican, and deacon of the Baptist church. 
 They had six children, all born in Albion, Me. : Jacob 
 B., Adoniram J., Eliab W., Francis M., E. Melville, and 
 Charles E., born July 2, 1846, and died in Roxbury, 
 Mass., January 22, 1883. 
 
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 9 Jacob Bartlett Shaw, grandson of Rev. Daniel 
 Bartlett, was born June 23, 1837. He fitted for college 
 at Waterville Academy and graduated from Colby 
 University in 1860. While in college he was president 
 of a Republican club, and led the choir in the Baptist 
 church at Waterville. He was a good scholar and a fine 
 singer. Before entering and while in college he taught 
 school, being principal of the High schools of St. 
 Albans and Dexter. After graduating he lived in 
 Washington, D. C, during the war. He was promoted 
 twice while serving in the Interior Department, and 
 when he resigned, he had been an examiner of pensions 
 for the states of Massachusetts and Ohio, and the District 
 of Columbia, for two years. He afterwards engaged in 
 the coal business in Cambridgeport, Mass. ; was super- 
 intendent of a corporation called the Cambridge Fruit 
 Preserving Company ; and is now treasurer of a corpor- 
 ation for manufacturing machines for sewing shoes by a 
 new process. Mr. Shaw is a member of the Baptist 
 church. The Sliaws have good blood in their veins. 
 Mr. Jacob B. Shaw' s great grandmother was a Benson, 
 sister of Dr. Benson of Winthrop, and aunt of Hon. 
 Samuel P. Benson, formerly a member of Congress. 
 
 Mr. Shaw was married, October 23, 1860, to Harriet E. 
 Dunn, who was born in Fayette, Me., October 23, 1840. 
 She is the daughter of R. B. Dunn. He has helped 
 many a poor man out of trouble, has educated boys, 
 and endowed many churches and some colleges. Mr. 
 Shaw says, "I gave you a few matters regarding my 
 honored father-in-law, Reuben Barnes Dunn. If you 
 desire to say anything further regarding him, you can 
 
168 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 have these points : He is the most extensive scythe 
 manufacturer in the United States, having carried on the 
 business for fifty years (he being now in his 86th year); 
 he has been extensively engaged in railroads, and was 
 for some years president of the Maine Central R. R.; 
 and he is now one of the largest owners of the Somerset 
 R. R., and was the chief promoter of it. He is the 
 largest owner of the Lock wood (cotton) mill of Water- 
 ville the original structure of which he built and is 
 now president of the corporation. He has been a life- 
 long Methodist, and always active and liberal in church 
 and school matters. He has been a man of extensive 
 business, of great enterprise and indomitable energy. 
 He is a personal friend of James Gr. Blaine, and has been 
 called by him the most energetic business man in the 
 state." 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have a beautiful home in Cam- 
 bridge. They have had four children: 10 Elmer B.,a 
 clerk in the R. R. office at Kansas City, Mo., was born 
 in China, March 31, 1862; Wallace H., born in Water- 
 ville, October 5, 1863, is married, and engaged in the 
 business of stereopticon advertising at Portland, Me.; 
 Carrie E., born in Cambridge, Mass., March 12, 1869, died 
 September 15, 1869 ; and Mable H., born December 5, 
 1870, died in Cambridge, February 18, 1878. 
 
 9 Adoniram J. Shaw, grandson of Rev. Daniel Bart- 
 lett, was born June 13, 1839. He was married, January 
 25, 1871, to Georgiana F. Litchfield. They have had 
 one child, 10 Harry J., born in Rockland, September 3, 
 1872. 9 Eliab W. Shaw was born June 3, 1841, and 
 died in Rockland, April 23, 1872. He was married to 
 Eliza R. Wiley. They had one child, 10 William W. 
 
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 9 Francis M. Shaw, grandson of Rev. Daniel Bartlett, 
 was born October 14, 1842. Mr. Shaw was born and 
 brought up on a farm. In 1860 he moved to the village 
 of China, and with his father entered into the business 
 of general merchandise. His father was appointed 
 postmaster, and he an assistant, the office being held by 
 them four years In 1864 they moved to Rockland and 
 formed a partnership with A. J. Shaw in the dry goods 
 business. Mr. Francis M. Shaw was a merchant ten 
 years, and manager of the Singer Manufacturing Co.'s 
 business in that part of the state eleven years, and has 
 since been a real estate broker and agent in Rockland, 
 where he is a member of the Baptist church. He was 
 superintendent of its Sunday school fifteen years. De- 
 cember 31, 1874 he was married to Minnie G. Atkins. 
 They have had two children, both born in Rockland : 
 10 Agnes L., born October 13, 1877 ; and Anna M., born 
 August 23, 1883, died September 13, 1884. 
 
 9 Rev. E. Melville Shaw, grandson of Rev. Daniel 
 Bartlett, and twin brother of Francis M., was born 
 October 14, 1842. He was married to Carrie M. Burpee, 
 October 7, 1873. She was born in Rockland, January 
 21, 1850. They have had two children: Winifred M., 
 born in Antrim, N. H., May 3, 1875 ; and 10 Lewis E., 
 born in Rockland, August 14, 1881. Mr. Shaw gradu- 
 ated at Colby University in 1870, and at the Theological 
 Seminary, Newton, Mass., in 1873. As a Baptist 
 clergyman he has had two settlements, one in Antrim, 
 N. H., of about six years, and the other in Beverly 
 Farms, Mass., of about three years. September 13, 
 1888 he wrote me as follows : "I do not find anything 
 
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 in my life of sufficient interest to merit a place in the 
 record you are preparing. I began with a good deal of 
 ambition, courage, and devotion, and as it seemed to me, 
 with a bright prospect of doing something in the world. 
 But in the second year of my ministry my health began 
 to fail, developing troubles which I had contracted in 
 the army, and as the years went on I was much of the 
 time laid aside from my work. In the spring of '84 I 
 was forced to give up preaching again, and have not 
 since sufficiently recovered to resume the ministry." 
 
 Rev. Charles P. Bartlett speaks of Mr. Shaw as fol- 
 lows : "He is in the very prime of manhood, well 
 educated, a fine scholar, an excellent preacher, a good 
 pastor, and yet unable to use his abilities in the way he 
 desires." If Rev. Mr. Shaw's physical strength and 
 health were equal to his scholarship, talent, and 
 ambition, he would be one of the most brilliant preachers 
 in New England. 
 
 8 ANN M. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Ann M. , daughter of Rev. Daniel Bartlett, was born 
 in Sangerville, Me., November 18, 1828. She is a mem- 
 ber of the Baptist church. June 18, 1848 she was 
 married to William A. Hale, who was born in Norridge- 
 wock, Me., December 19, 1821, and died in Moulton, 
 Iowa, August 11, 1888. They had eleven children : 
 Ann M., born May 24, 1849, died May 3, 1850 ; William 
 O.; Melvin B.; Mary E., born in Union, Me., January 
 27, 1856. She believes in the Presbyterian church, and 
 is a medical student ; Charles P.; GreorgeP.; Anna E., 
 
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 a Methodist, born October 10, 1861, was married to 
 Jacob A. Steininger, May 16, 1888. They reside at 
 Creston, Iowa ; Fred G , a telegraph operator at 
 Moulton, Iowa, was born September 1, 1866 ; Frank 
 W., a druggist at Unionville, Mo., was born September 
 1, 1866. He and Fred G. are twins; Isabella M., a 
 Baptist, born November 16, 1869 ; and John A., born 
 August 1, 1871. 
 
 9 Rev. William Otis Hale, grandson of Rev. Daniel 
 Bartlett, was born in Union, Me., April 1, 1852. He is 
 pastor of the Advent church at Brockton, Mass. April 
 13, 1873 he was married to Sarah J. Arnold. They have 
 had one child, 10 Willie A., born in Worcester, Mass., 
 February 8, 1875. Rev. Mr. Hale is represented to be a 
 good scholar, and a fine speaker. We expected to receive 
 a fuller account of his life. 
 
 9 Melvin Bartlett Hale, grandson of Rev. Daniel 
 Bartlett, is a Baptist, and a telegraph operator. He was 
 born in Lincolnville, Me., May 9, 1854. He resides at 
 Orrick, Missouri. April 27, 1874 he was married to 
 Arabine J. Frohock. They have had seven children : 
 Fannie A , born in Lincolnville, Me., May 4, 1875 ; 
 Jennie F., born in Lincolnville, Me., June 29, 1876; 
 Nellie M., born in Sedan, Iowa, September 25, 1880, died 
 August 12, 1881 ; 10 Harry Bartlett, born in Sedan, 
 Iowa, June 9, 1882 ; Floyd F., born in Tingley, Iowa, 
 February 25, 1884; Annie B., born in Creston, Iowa, 
 February 21, 1887, died in Orrick, Mo., July 9, 1888 ; 
 and Alice, born in Orrick, August 24, 1888. 
 
 9 Charles Proctor Hale, grandson of Rev. Daniel 
 Bartlett, is a merchant and resides at Norwich, Iowa. He 
 
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 was born in Lincolnville, Me., August 9, 1858. He was 
 married to Mary E. Martin, April 23, 1882. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Hale are Methodists. They have had four children 
 Bertha M., born in Corydon, la., January 30, 1883 
 10 Earl M., born in Norwich, la., February 19, 1884 
 Clara M., born in Norwich, October, 8, 1885 ; and 
 Florence M., born February 11, 1888. 
 
 9 Gteorge Parker Hale, grandson of Rev. Daniel 
 Bartlett, was born in Lincolnville, March 24, 1861. He 
 is a telegraph operator and resides at Tingley, Iowa. 
 February 5, 1882 he was married to Kittie Hughes, who 
 is a Baptist and was born May 10, 1861. They have had 
 children: Arthur A., born in Humeston, la., July 26, 
 
 1882 ; 10 Mabel Blaine, born in Dean, la., December 23, 
 
 1883 ; and Gerty and Alice. 
 
 8 RENDALL W. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Rendall W., son of Rev. Daniel Bartlett, was born in 
 Albion, December 19, 1836. He was married, August 
 21, 1858, to Eliza M. Bachelder, who was born in Union. 
 They have had no children. Mr. Bartlett is a merchant 
 and resides in Union, Me. 
 
 ^JOSEPH BARTLETT DIVISION. 
 
 Joseph, son of John Bartlett, was born in Pembroke, 
 Mass., October 28, 1791, and died in Peru, Me., March, 
 1877, aged 85 years. He was a farmer and settled in 
 Hartford, but in 1830 he moved to Peru. He was 
 
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 married to Fanny Tillson, who died in Peru in 1863. 
 They had five children : Fanny T., Lydia L., Christo- 
 pher W., Joseph W., and Josiah A. 
 
 8 FANNY T. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Fanny T. Bartlett, daughter of Joseph, was born in 
 Hartford, October 8, 1817, and died at South Paris, May 
 7, 1888. She united with the Free Baptists when she 
 was some eighteen years of age. April 28, 1846 she was 
 married to Benjamin B. Goodwin, who was born in 
 Billerica, Mass., June 1, 1822. He is a cabinet maker 
 by trade. He united with the Congregational church in 
 1843. He now resides at South Paris, and belongs to 
 the Republican party. They had two children : 9 Mar- 
 cellus B., born in Reading, Mass., November 5, 1848, 
 was married, October 27, 1871, to Hattie H. Briggs of 
 Plymouth, Mass. Mr. Goodwin is a cabinet maker by 
 trade, a Republican, a member of the Legion of Honor, 
 and resides at Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. Goodwin is a 
 member of the Methodist church. They have had one 
 child, 10 Frank W., born in Plymouth, August 16, 1872; 
 and 9 Belle B. Goodwin, born in Peru, August 25, 
 1851, resides at South Paris. She became a member of 
 the Congregational church in 1873. 
 
 8 LYDIA L. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Lydia L. Bartlett, daughter of Joseph, was born in 
 Hartford, April 21, 1821, and died October 25, 1858. 
 She was married to Martin Ellis, December 25, 1845. 
 
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 Mr. Ellis resides at Woburn, Mass., is a mover of 
 buildings, and is a member of the Woburn Royal Arch 
 Chapter. They had three children, all born in Melrose, 
 Mass.: Charles H., born March 24, 1847, died June 30, 
 1847; Albert M.; and Frank M., born April 31, 1854, 
 died March, 1873. 9 Albert M. Ellis, born May 23, 
 1845, was married to Elmira J. Carter, January 20,1866. 
 They have had one child, 10 Edith A., born in Stoneham, 
 Mass., April 9, 1870. Mr. Ellis resides at Maiden, and 
 is a mover of buildings. He is a Mason, a Knight- 
 Templar, and belongs to the Lodge 29 of I O. O. F., 
 Stoneham and Middlesex Encampment. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER W. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Christopher W. Bartlett, son of Joseph was born in 
 Hartford, September 6, 1823. Mr. Bartlett belongs to 
 the order of Masons. He was named for Christopher 
 Wadsworth, father of our fore-mother, Zenobe. He is 
 president of Winter's Gap Coal Co., and resides at 379 
 Broad St., Knoxville, Tenn. December 7, 1857 he was 
 married to Hannah R. Ripley. They had two children : 
 Lydia L., born September 17, 1858, died December 27, 
 1862 ; and Abbie B., born June 7, 1869, died December 
 25, 1862. Both died of diphtheria. Since writing the 
 above, we have learned that Mr. Bartlett went to San 
 Francisco in 1852. His course was from New York via 
 Isthmus Panama, and he was 66 days in leaching his 
 destination. In California he was sick with fever and 
 ague, and suffered much from the privations of a 
 pioneer's life. He worked in the gold mines and often 
 
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 made large sums of money per day. He returned to 
 Maine in 1855 and settled in Peru. He lived five years 
 in Paris, and then on account of ill health went to Ten- 
 nessee in 1871. He has greatly prospered in business in 
 Knoxville, and now lives in affluence and independence, 
 being honored and respected as a man and citizen by all 
 who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. 
 
 8 JOSEPH W. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Joseph W. Bartlett, son of Joseph, was born in Peru, 
 July 9, 1834. He was married to Elizabeth A. Dwinell, 
 in Melrose, Mass., in 1856. They have had three 
 children: 9 Helen E., born September 8, 1856, was 
 married to John J. Curley, April 4, 1875. They had one 
 child, 10 Helen Elizabeth, born in Maiden, November 
 13, 1877, died July 29, 1878 ; Abbie E., born June 3, 
 1859, was married to Frank A. Waitt, March 8, 1881 ; 
 and Joseph W., Jr., who died October 20, 1877. 
 
 8 JOSIAH A. BARTLETT BRANCH. 
 
 Josiah A. Bartlett, son of Joseph, was born in Peru, 
 November 23, 1841. He was married to Laura J. 
 Brackett, December 25, 1862. Being divorced from her 
 in 1870, he was married to his second wife, Hattie E. 
 Burgess, June 4, 1871. By his first wife he had one 
 child, 9 Emerson P., born December, 1869. By his 
 second wife he has had two children: Alton A., born 
 in Stoneham, March 26, 1874, died October 8, 1874 ; and 
 9 Frank M., born in Woburn, September 6, 1877. 
 
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 7 POLLY BARTLETT DIVISION. 
 
 Polly Bartlett, daughter of John, was born in Hart- 
 ford, Me., June 29, 1794, and died March 2, 1864, aged 
 69 years. In 1817 she was married to Benjamin Dear- 
 born, Esq., who was born in Scarborough (or Limerick 
 as some believe), May 8, 1795, and died August 24, 1865, 
 aged 70 years. He was a trial justice twenty -eight years 
 and held many prominent offices in the town of Hartford. 
 They had eight children : Florena, born October 21, 
 1817, died August 27, 1867. She did not marry ; Mary 
 B.; Danville A.; John C, born March 17, 1827, died 
 October 21, 1829 ; John C, 2d ; Daniel B.; Clarrissa T.; 
 and Thurza. All the children were born in Hartford. 
 
 8 MARY B. DEARBORN BRANCH. 
 
 Mary B. Dearborn, daughter of Benjamin, was born 
 September 14, 1820. She was married to Peleg B. Has- 
 kell, April 2, 1849. He is a prosperous farmer in 
 Wayne, and was born October 10, 1818. They have 
 had two children : Charlotte B., and Ida F., both born 
 in Wayne. Charlotte B. Haskell was born January 21, 
 1850, and was married December 20, 1873, to Benjamin 
 H. J. Ridley, who was born in Wayne, April 20, 1847. 
 He is a blacksmith by trade and now resides in Wayne. 
 They have had five children: Leon S., born in Wayne, 
 March 8, 1874; James A., born in Wayne, August 29, 1876; 
 Grade E., born in Turner, March 27, 1878 ; Archer B., 
 born in Turner, August 30, 1885 ; and K. Magnus, born 
 
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 in Wayne, March 26, 1888. Ida F. Haskell, was born May 
 23, 1855, and was married to Charles A. Foye, who was 
 born August 6, 1853. They have had one child, Lena F. 
 
 8 DANVILLE A. DEARBORN BRANCH. 
 
 Rev. Danville A. Dearborn, son of Benjamin, was born 
 in Hartford, Me., January 24, 1823. He was married to 
 Jane, daughter of Daniel Sanford of South Boston, 
 March 26, 1863. Mr. Sanford and his son William were 
 engaged in business in Cambridge for many years. They 
 were tallow chandlers. Mr. and Mrs. Dearborn had one 
 child, a son, that died in infancy. Rev. Mr. Dearborn 
 was ordained a minister of the gospel by a council 
 called by the Baptist church in the town of Bronson, 
 Berlin County, Ohio, April 24, 1861. After laboring as 
 an evangelist a few years, he was settled as pastor over 
 the churches in the following towns of Massachusetts : 
 North Leverett, one year and three months ; Southwick, 
 six years ; Manchaug, a village in the town of Sutton, 
 four years ; Granville, six and one-half years ; and 
 Russell, four years. He was thus settled sixteen and 
 one-half years in the three towns, Southwick, Granville, 
 and Russell, which join one another. He has retired 
 from the active ministry on account of poor health. He 
 resides at Springfield, Mass., No. 44, Myrtle street. 
 Rev. Mr. Dearborn is a self-educated and self-made 
 man. He has labored for the salvation of his fellow 
 men with great success, and has been highly esteemed 
 by God's people. The following resolutions were 
 passed at the close of his pastorate in Granville, 1881 : 
 
178 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 "Whereas our beloved pastor, Rev. D. A. Dearborn, is 
 about to leave us, after a successful pastorate of six 
 years and six months ; and whereas both he and his 
 wife have been incessant in their efforts to promote both 
 our temporal and spiritual advancement and the well- 
 being of the community, therefore, 
 
 1. "Resolved, That we tender them our most sincere 
 regards, our unfeigned gratitude and our best wishes for 
 their prosperity and happiness. 
 
 2. "Resolved, That we render to God devout praise 
 for the success which has attended their labors, and that 
 we fervently pray the Great Head of the church soon to 
 permit our Brother, with renewed strength and vigor to 
 occupy some other portion of the vineyard. 
 
 3. "Resolved, That a copy of the above be placed in 
 the hands of the retiring pastor, and that one also be 
 sent for publication to The Watchman. 
 
 "Adopted by the Baptist church in Granville, Mass., 
 in covenant meeting, April 29, 1881." 
 
 "John A. Root, Church Clerk." 
 
 JOHN C. DEARBORN, 2d, BRANCH. 
 
 John C. Dearborn, 2d, son of Benjamin, was born 
 November 3, 1828. He is a farmer in Canton, is a lover 
 of music, and has been active for years in the Baptist 
 church of which he is a member. He is a Republican. 
 He was married to Amanda M. Puller, daughter of 
 Ezra Fuller of Hartford. They had one child, 9Mabel 
 F., who was born June 5, 1858. She attended school 
 four terms at Hebron Academy, and one year at the 
 
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 Classical Institute at Waterville, when she was obliged 
 to leave on account of ill health. She was a fine scholar 
 and a successful teacher. She was married to Rev. W. 
 H. Wyman, a Baptist clergyman. She died of consump- 
 tion, October 25, 1881. 
 
 8 DANIEL B. DEARBORN BRANCH. 
 
 Daniel B. Dearborn, son of Benjamin, was born April 
 16, 1831. He is a farmer in Canton and belongs to the 
 Second Advent Christian church. In politics he is a 
 Republican. December 17, 1858 he was married to 
 Celestia J. Lowe, daughter of Moses Lowe. She was 
 born February 9, 1838. They have had five children, 
 all of whom were born in Canton : Josephine O., born 
 March 15, 1860; Wilson, born February 22, 1862; 
 Florentine B., born October 29, 1865 ; Percy E., born 
 June 30, 1873 ; and Lucien L., born May 12, 1875. Jose- 
 phine O. Dearborn was married to Henry E. Coolidge, 
 April 26, 1883. They have had one child, 10 Charles 
 W., born January 23, 1884. Mr. Coolidge is a graduate 
 of Bates College, class of 1881, and has been for six 
 years principal of the High school, North Berwick, Me. 
 Florentine E. Dearborn was married to Warren W. 
 Moses, March 5, 1888. Dr. Moses is a dentist and is 
 located at Jay Bridge. 
 
 8 CLARRISSA T. DEARBORN BRANCH. 
 
 Clarrissa T. Dearborn, daughter of Benjamin, was 
 born May 26, 1833. She was married to Uriah A. 
 Proctor, January 29, 1856. Mr. Proctor was a farmer 
 
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 and was born December, 1830, and died in Yerndale, 
 Minn., January 23, 1882. They had five children : Ernest, 
 Mary F., Emogene, Harry, and Claud. Ernest Proctor, 
 born September 5, 1856, was married, January 23, 1881, 
 to Mary Clark, who was born May, 1866. They have 
 had three children : Almon, born June 10, 1882 ; Win- 
 nie, born March 11, 1884 ; and Mertie, born December 3, 
 1887. Mary F. Proctor, born January 29, 1858, was 
 married, April 18, 1878, to Charles Erlich, who was born 
 August 27, 1856. She died December 10, 1887. They 
 had one child, Ethel M., born February 8, 1881. Emo- 
 gene Proctor, born October 29, 1861, was married July 
 23, 1882, to Silas Rosebrook, who was born September 3, 
 1859. They have had two children ; Cecil, born Decem- 
 ber 15, 1884, and Mirle, born October 8, 1887. Harry 
 Proctor was born July 1 5, 1870, and Claud Proctor was 
 born June 8, 1878. 
 
 8 THURZA DEARBORN BRANCH. 
 
 Thurza Dearborn, youngest child of Benjamin, was 
 born January 22, 1836. She was married to Eliab 
 Bisbee, son of Eliab, December 25, 1857. Mr. Bisbee 
 was a blacksmith. He was born October 1, 1831. From 
 him Mrs. Bisbee obtained a divorce, and, October 30, 
 1877, was married to Charles Crockett, a farmer in West 
 Sumner, who was born July 27, 1827. By her first 
 husband she had four children: 9 Benjamin F., born 
 June 7, 1864, is in business at Norway; Fannie F., 
 born July 26, 1866, died January 6, 1868 ; Carrie E., 
 born January 6, 1870 ; and Minnie M., born February 
 11, 1872. 
 
PART III. 
 
 BARTWT MEMORIAL 
 
 CONTINUED. 
 
B&rlMl Memori&Is. 
 
 The following history was received after Parts I and 
 II had been sent to the press : 
 
 7 Rev. Edwin M. Bartlett, pastor of the First 
 Baptist church, Holyoke, Mass., has the following 
 lineage : 6 Malachi, born 1789, Mosiah, 1753, 4 Robert, 
 1713, 3 Robert, 1663, 2 Joseph, 1639, Robert, 1603. Rev. 
 Mr. Bartlett' s grandfather, Josiah, was born in Plym- 
 outh, Mass., and was married to Martha Holmes. Their 
 children were, Samuel, Robert, Sylvanus, Malachi, 
 Martha, and Abigail, and perhaps other daughters. 
 About the year 1800 Mr. Josiah Bartlett moved from 
 Plymouth to Norway, Maine, where he died. 
 
 Rev. Mr. Bartlett' s father, Malachi, was born in 
 Plymouth, October, 1789. He was a soldier in the war 
 of 1812. "After the birth of his second child he moved 
 from Norway to Abbot, Me., of which town he was one 
 of the early settlers. He was a prominent man, serving 
 many years as one of the town and county officers. He 
 was a life long Abolitionist, and was a candidate of that 
 party for the state legislature, at which time his name 
 gave rise to the campaign jest, that they tore up the last 
 book of the Old Testament for the party-ballot. He was 
 a deacon of the Free Baptist church more than 60 years.' 
 He was married to Joanna Cobb, who was born in 
 
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 Carver, Mass. They had eight children : Orin, Eunice, 
 Martha D., Frank, Josiah, Abigail, Lydia P., and 
 Edwin M. 
 
 7 Rev. Orin Bartlett, born in 1820, and ordained in 
 Abbot, is a minister of the Free Baptist denomination. 
 He preached thirteen years in Harrison, several years in 
 Cornish and Gardiner, and seven years in Vinalhaven. 
 He was a member of the Maine State Legislature one 
 term. He has retired from the ministry, and now resides 
 in Wisconsin, where live two of his children, Decatur 
 and Marietta. His oldest son, 8 Da:ntel C, is a lawyer 
 in Boston. He was married to Kate Wilder of Bridgton, 
 Me. They have had three children : 9 Fred, Daniel and 
 Raymond. ^Eunice, born 1822, was married to Benja- 
 min Gordon. They had two children, Martha and Anna. 
 She died in Abbot, 1872. 7 Martha D., born 1824, was 
 married to Joshua Buck of Stillwater, Me., and died 
 about 1856. They had two children, Mary and Martha. 
 
 7 Frank Bartlett, born 1827, was married to Sarah 
 Mitchell of Auburn, Me. They have had five children : 
 7 GeorgeE., Frank, Etta, Alice, and Nellie. Mr. Bart- 
 lett and his two sons are dry-goods merchants in 
 Auburn. 7 Josiah, born 1829, was married to Jane Hill- 
 man, and died in 1863. They had two children, Eva 
 and Chester. 7 Abigail, born 1831, was married to 
 Edward Bray of Harrison. They have had two children, 
 Nellie G. and Flora D. 7 Lydia P., born 1833, was 
 married to George Cobb of Abbot. 
 
 7 Rev. Edwin M. Bartlett, born in Abbot, Me., 1837, 
 was married, August 5, 1860, to Julia E Reynolds of 
 Auburn. They have had six children: Edith M., born 
 
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 December 16, 1861 ; Ada C, born August 15, 1863, was 
 married to Emil H. Bemis of Holyoke, May 29, 1888 ; 
 8 Walter Reynolds Bartlett, born December 15, 
 1867, entered Amherst College, 1886 ; Carleton Parker^ 
 born November 17, 1869, died March 22, 1870 ; Alice M., 
 born July 24, 1874, is a member of the Holyoke High 
 School ; and Howard Edwin, born June 24, 1879, died 
 August 29, 1881. 
 
 Rev. Edwin M. Bartlett "was ordained as pastor of 
 the Baptist church in Bethel, Me., June 26, 1867. After 
 serving this church two years he was called to the church 
 in Livermore Falls, where he remained two years. 
 Those pastorates though short were prosperous, and the 
 relation was severed only because Providence seemed to 
 call to wider fields. From Livermore Falls, in response 
 to a call which came unsought, he moved to Bath, Me., 
 and took the pastorate of the Elm street Baptist church. 
 In the fall of 1872 he settled at Amesbury, Mass. This 
 pastorate continued nearly four years, and at its close 
 the following item appeared in the local paper : " 
 
 "We are well aware that mention has already been 
 made in your paper that Rev. E. M. Bartlett is to leave 
 us ; yet we feel that too much regret cannot be expressed 
 at his departure. We consider that community fortu- 
 nate that has him for a member, and that church will be 
 likely to prosper with him as pastor and G-od's blessing 
 to crown their work. He has been with us almost four 
 years, and during that time has gained many warm 
 friends. Not only do his own church and society 
 express great regret, but every one we meet. As chair- 
 man of the school committee he will be missed. We 
 
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 fear it will be long before we can fill his place in the 
 Good Templar's Lodge where he has done a noble work. 
 In the community at large he has always been ready for 
 every good word and work. But upon the Baptist 
 church his loss falls most heavily. We understand that 
 every member regrets his departure. The farewell 
 sermon was delivered last Sabbath and will be long 
 remembered by the large number present. Doubtless it 
 will be well reported by your correspondent who was 
 busily writing during its delivery. We feel that we but 
 express the thought of every heart, when we wish him 
 and his beloved family a hearty God-speed." 
 
 "The church also passed some very strong resolutions, 
 and what was yet more pleasant, the large Congrega- 
 tional church of the village, at its annual meeting, passed 
 a series of very hearty resolutions, inscribing them in its 
 records and presenting a copy to Mr. Bartlett by their 
 clerk. Expressions of regret, in resolutions and local 
 items, have been made in every church and community 
 in which he has labored. The Athol pastorate continued 
 from July 1876 to December 1880, and from March, 1877, 
 he was a member of the school board, and made the 
 annual reports." 
 
 "In the cause of temperance his labors have been 
 abundant, and at one time he was one of the lecturers of 
 the Grand Lodge of Good Templars of Massachusetts. 
 He delivered a Memorial address on the death of Henry 
 Wilson in Amesbury, and has given addresses on many 
 occasions, one being in Holyoke at the Memorial service 
 for President Garfield. He also read a poem in the city 
 hall Memorial day, 1881, a service performed by request 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 187 
 
 of G. A. R. posts, for several years in succession. He 
 wrote a poem that was read at a complimentary dinner 
 to Secretary Flint, at the Parker house, Boston, by Hon. 
 Geo. B. Loring. He also wrote the dedicatory hymn 
 for the church where he is now pastor. His present 
 settlement dates from January 2, 1881." 
 
 Rev. Mr. Bartlett says, "Traces of the poetic gift 
 still exist in different families of the present generation. 
 Most notable among these is Miss N. Grace Bray, 
 daughter of Edward and Abbie Bartlett Bray of Harri- 
 son, Maine, who has written many poems of great merit, 
 and has won a place in 'The Poets of Maine', a book 
 but recently published." 
 
 J. S. Bartlett, of Bangor, Me., is a traveling agent 
 for J. M. Childs & Co., Utica, N. Y. He writes that his 
 father, Webber Bartlett, who died September, 1875, 
 aged 77 years, 8 months, was a native of Elliot, Me. It 
 is thought this family are descendants of the Plymouth 
 Bartletts. There were eleven in his father's family: 
 Jeremiah, Ballard, Enoch, Eben, Rufus, Ivory, John, 
 Webber, Abigail, Hannah, and Lydia. Mr. J. S. Bart- 
 lett' s brothers are, Thomas, Eben E., William, Enoch, 
 Jeremiah, Ephraim, and his sister is Mrs. H. M. Staples. 
 The children of these families are very numerous. 
 
 10 Charles H. Bartlett ( 9 IchabodD., 8 James, Uoseph, 
 6 Richard, 5 Richard, 4 Richard, 'Richard, 'Richard, Mohn) 
 is a lawyer in Bangor, Me., and has a distinguished 
 ancestry. His father, Ichabod Daniel Bartlett, was born 
 
188 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 in Dover, N. H., November 25, 1823. He graduated at 
 Bowdoin College in 1843. He was married to Elizabeth 
 F. Hammath at Bangor, 1857, "where he was in the 
 practice of law as a member of the firm of Rowe & Bart- 
 lett, which had a large and successful practice. He 
 died, July 27, 1861, at Bar Harbor, Me." His only 
 child, Charles H. Bartlett, was born at Bangor, Decem- 
 ber 4, 1858. "He graduated from Phillips Academy, 
 Exeter, June, 1878. He entered Harvard in the fall of 
 the same year (Class of 1882), where he remained two 
 years, leaving there at the beginning of his Junior year 
 to begin the study of law. After reading law in the 
 office of Wilson & Woodard of Bangor for two years, 
 October, 1882, he entered the Harvard Law School, as a 
 special student, where he remained a year, and after 
 reading a few months more in the same office, he was 
 admitted to the Penobscot bar, November 10, 1883, at 
 Bangor, where he has ever since been in practice. June 
 3, 1885 he was married to Virginia D. Hight." 
 
 Mames A. Bartlett, President of the Marine Insurance 
 Company of St. Louis, Mo., was born in Boston and 
 sprung from Robert of Plymouth. This in brief is the 
 history of his ancestry : Robert Bartlett, born in 
 England, arrived in the ship Ann and settled at 
 Plymouth in 1623. ^Joseph, his son, was born in 
 Plymouth in 1639, and was married to Hannah Fallowell. 
 They had a son, 'Benjamin. Benjamin had a son, 
 ^Nathaniel, who was born in Plymouth in 1703, and 
 married to Abigail Clark. They had a son, 5 Andrew, 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 189 
 
 who was born in Plymouth in 1738, and married to 
 Lydia Churchill. Most of the Bartletts in Plymouth 
 were farmers, but Andrew's son, 6 Henry, born in 
 Plymouth in 1768, and married to Clarissa Harlow, was 
 a sea captain. He had three sons : 7 Hosea, the father 
 of James A.; Seth, who died in Duxbury a few years 
 since ; and Henry, who was taken prisoner in the war of 
 1812, and subsequently settled in New York. Hosea 
 Bartlett was born in Plymouth, Mass., December 26, 
 1796, and died at St. Louis, Mo., August 20, 1876. He 
 was married to Abigail Tilden, who was born in Boston, 
 Mass., in 1801, and died at Roxbury, Mass., September 
 13, 1849. They had six children : Charles Henry, born 
 April 7, 1828 ; Thomas Tilden, born November 30, 1829 ; 
 Frances Burns, born September 14, 1831, died at St. 
 Louis, December 31, 1856; James Alfred, born September 
 11, 1834 ; Mary Cushing, born October 14, 1837 ; and 
 Hannah Tilden, born November 24, 1839. 
 
 Charles H. Bartlett is now living on a farm at Godfrey, 
 about 30 miles from St. Louis. Thomas T. Bartlett, who 
 served during the war of the Rebellion as Lieutenant 
 and Quartermaster of Kit Carson's celebrated regiment 
 of Indian fighters, is living in New Mexico. Mr. James 
 A. Bartlett settled in 1851 in St. Louis, where he mar- 
 ried in 1857. He has five children. He has a line record 
 as a citizen and business man. 
 
 ADONIRAM BARTLETT. 
 
 We have thought that Adoniram sprung from Robert 
 of Plymouth, but it appears now that he descended from 
 
190 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 the Newbury family. Rev. Wm. S. Heywood, who is 
 engaged in writing an important historical work, and 
 who has looked up the history of the Bartletts to some 
 extent, writes me as follows : "The History of the Bart- 
 letts (by Levi Bartlett) says nothing whatever of the 
 Brookfield branch, and none of the books (in the Boston 
 Genealogical and Historical Society) that I could find 
 give any clue to their origin." ***** 
 " Adoniram was son of Thomas and Mary (Bartlett) 
 Bartlett, born September 10 (?), 1735, and published to 
 
 Miriam Marsh of November, 1760. Thomas the 
 
 father, was born July 25, 1697 parentage not given. 
 He married Mary Bartlett, March 12, 1719, and died 
 December 7, 1774. She, Mary, died January 15, 1751. 
 Adoniram was in the French and Indian war in 1755-7. 
 This was all I could find about him, and this I learned 
 from Temple's History of North Brookfield. 1 am sorry 
 I could not do more for you, but there is many a genea- 
 logical thread that cannot be followed to the skein 
 whence it came, as you have long ago found." 
 
 Dr. T. B. Drew, who is a thoroughly reliable authority 
 on the genealogical records of Plymouth families, says, 
 "I feel convinced that Adoniram Bartlett could not have 
 descended from Robert of Plymouth, for he had only 
 two sons, Benjamin and Joseph, and I have looked at 
 their family records and find no Thomas, born 1697. 
 When you get beyond those generations, you are too far 
 along to find anyone born before 1700. Robert, son of 
 Joseph (above) had a son, Thomas, born 1694, but our 
 record says he married Abigail Finney. Mr. Davis 
 (Wm. T., author of Landmarks of Plymouth) says he 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 191 
 
 feels almost sure those Brookfield Bartletts came from 
 the Newbury family." We will now give the history of 
 the descendants of Adoniram so far as we are able. 
 
 Adoniram Bartlett, was born September 16, 1735, 
 and died September 23, 1805. He came from West 
 Boooktield, Mass., and settled in Conway, Mass., about 
 1788. He was married, February 4, 1761, to Miriam 
 Marsh, who was born January 18, 1743, and died 
 January 27, 1822. They had twelve children : Amos, 
 born May 28, 1762, died December 11, 1834 ; Jeduthan, 
 born December 15, 1763, died October 21, 1H45 ; Miriam, 
 born October 14, 1765 , died September 22, 1811 ; Josiah, 
 born August 11, 1767, died October 18, 1847 ; Calvin, 
 born May 29, 1770, died April 28, 1853; Sarah, born 
 February 27, 1772, died July 14, 1854 ; Samuel, born 
 April 15, 1774, died May 19, 1845 ; Hannah, born April 
 15, 1774, died September 3, 1842 ; Lydia, born February 
 29, 1776, died September 13, 1777 ; Lydia, 2d, born July 
 27, 1778, died August 15, 1803 ; Luther, born May 29, 
 1782, died January 16, 1855; Adoniram, born September 
 12, 1785, died August 6, 1862. 
 
 Luther Bartlett, son of Adoniram, was born in 
 West Brookfield, May 29, 1782, and died January 16, 
 1855. He was a much respected citizen, filled many 
 offices of public trust in the town, was noted for his 
 integrity and power of reasoning, was a great student 
 of the Bible, and a life-long Democrat. He was married 
 to Anna Nims. They had nine children : all born in 
 Conway : Lyman ; Franklin ; Julia Elma, born Septem- 
 ber 21, 1810, died January 24, 1815 ; Edwin ; Julia 
 Elma, 2d ; Luther ; Alfred, born March 28, 1819, died 
 
192 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 April 14, 1825 ; Dares, born August 15, 1821, went to 
 Illinois and then to California, where he died December 
 29, 1849 ; and Alfred, 2d. 
 
 Dr. Lyman Bartlett, son of Luther, was born 
 November 21, 1807, and died June 6, 1865. He was a 
 practicing physician in New Bedford, Mass., for some 
 thirty years. He spent two years in Europe studying 
 surgery. He was considered at the head of the medical 
 profession in his city. His first wife was Rebecca E. 
 Gooding. His second was Elizabeth Swain by whom he 
 had three children : Frank, William (deceased), and 
 Halleck. 
 
 Franklin Bartlett, son of Luther, is a farmer in 
 Deerfield, Mass., and was born March 27, 1809. He is 
 an esteemed citizen of the town. He was married to 
 Esther Anderson. They have had six children : Matilda, 
 Julia Elma, Elizabeth Anderson, Anna Nims, Ella Delia, 
 and Luther. 
 
 Edwin Bartlett, son of Luther, is a successful 
 farmer in Ontarioville, 111. He was born October 6, 1812. 
 He was married to a Miss Hamilton for his first wife, by 
 whom he had four children : Imogene, Nettie, Ada and 
 Julia. His second wife was Mary Smith, by whom he 
 had seven children : Edwin, Alfred, Irving, Hettie, Efiie, 
 Hamilton, and Lizzie. 
 
 Julia Elma Bartlett, daughter of Luther, was born 
 August 19, 1814, and died in South Deerfield, February 
 16, 1879. She was married, March 26, 1843, to Rev. 
 William Wilcox, who was born in Lempster, N. H., 
 April 11, 1812, died at Jamaica, Vt., October 9, 1854. 
 They had six children : Lyman Bartlett Wilcox, born 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 193 
 
 June 25, 1845, is a carpenter in Elgin, Illinois ; William 
 Fenelon, deceased ; Luany Brooks, born May 26, 1849, 
 died January 15, 1864 ; Charles Sumner, born March 18, 
 
 1851, died in 1854; Frederick Oberlin, born October 18, 
 
 1852, died in 1854 ; and Julia Elma Wilcox, born in 
 Jamaica, Vt., November 17, 1854. She was educated in 
 the public schools of Deerfield and at the State Normal 
 school, Westfield, Mass., where she graduated as valedic- 
 torian of her class. She taught six years in Whitinsville, 
 Mass., three years in Holyoke, and has taught four 
 years in Philadelphia, where she is now located. Miss 
 Wilcox is a lady of culture, a fine conversationalist, and 
 a first class teacher. 
 
 Luther Bartlett, son of Luther, was born July 21, 
 1817, and died June 25, 1882. He was a farmer and a 
 most honorable man. He lived in Bartlett, 111., the 
 town taking its name from him on account of his gifts 
 and the public interest he took in its welfare. 
 He was married to Sophia Bartlett. They had nine 
 children : Cora, Bascom Scribner, Carrie, Chester, Ella, 
 Luther, Frances, Ira, and Elma Julia. 
 
 Alfred Bartlett, son of Luther, was born October 4, 
 1827, on the old homestead in Conway where he now lives. 
 He was one of the assessors and selectmen for many years. 
 Kind and thoughtful towards all, he is a man highly 
 respected and honored by a host of friends. His home 
 is always one of cordial hospitality. He has been a life- 
 long Democrat. January 31, 1850 he was married to 
 Lydia Sherman, a kind and worthy companion. They 
 have had four children : Dares Emery ; Emily Sherman, 
 born August 18, 1854 ; Edwin Luther ; and Anna Caro- 
 
194 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 line, born November 14, 1863. The sisters were educated 
 at the State Normal school at Westfield, Mass. They 
 are successful teachers and worthy young ladies. 
 
 Dr. Dares Emery Bartlett was born in Conway, 
 April 3, 1852. After practicing dentistry in Iowa several 
 years, he settled in Holyoke, Mass., in 1884. He was 
 married to Hattie J. Field, daughter of George Field of 
 Conway, November 11, 1876. Dr. Edwin Luther 
 Bartlett was born in Conway, November 29, 1856. 
 In 1879 he commenced the study of dentistry, and 
 attended the Baltimore Dental College. He is in 
 company with his brother, Dares. The Bartlett brothers 
 have the reputation in Holyoke of doing good work in 
 their profession, and of standing well in society. 
 
 In speaking of the characteristics of these Bartletts 
 (Adoniram and descendants), a relative says, " So far as 
 I know, it is true that they have been to the last man 
 or woman, honest and virtuous. I have yet to hear 
 of the first one addicted to strong drink. They have 
 been farmers largely, but I think it is true of my grand- 
 father and uncles that they have mostly been men of 
 more than usual intelligence for their walk in life. 
 They have been as a family noted for their dry, good- 
 natured wit and great love for music." 
 
 In concluding these Memorials, the compiler desires 
 to express the hope that he has been able to save from 
 oblivion a few important facts and dates which will be 
 of especial interest to the families, whose history has 
 been briefly told. He trusts the time is not far distant 
 when united action will be taken by the different 
 branches, and the history of the great Bartlett Family 
 of America will be fully and ably written. 
 
 _rnir*THHHBB"^___ 
 
Index to Christian Names, 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Abbie B., 
 
 
 174 
 
 Carrie, 
 
 
 193 
 
 Abbie E., 
 
 
 175 
 
 Cecil, 
 
 
 157, 159 
 
 Abbie H., 
 
 
 153 
 
 Charles, 
 
 
 54 
 
 Abigail, 
 
 54 
 
 183, 184, 187 
 
 Charles C, . 
 
 
 150, 153 
 
 Abigail P., 
 
 
 138, 151 
 
 Charles, H., 
 
 
 53, 187, 188, 189 
 
 Abner, 
 
 
 71 
 
 Charles P., 
 
 89, 
 
 90, 138, 145, 146, 
 
 Ada, 
 
 
 192 
 
 147, 150, 151, 
 
 152, 
 
 153, 159, 162, 166, 
 
 Ada C, 
 
 
 185 
 
 
 
 170 
 
 AdaM., 
 
 
 58 
 
 Chester, 
 
 
 . 154, 184, 193 
 
 Adam, 
 
 53, 
 
 54, 58, 59, 66 
 
 Christopher. 
 
 
 
 54 
 
 Adelia, 
 
 
 102 
 
 Christopher 
 
 w., 
 
 
 173, 174 
 
 Adoniram, 
 
 189 
 
 190, 191, 194 
 
 Cora, 
 
 
 
 193 
 
 Albert, 
 
 
 66 
 
 Cornelius, 
 
 
 
 71 
 
 Alfred, 
 
 
 191, 192, 193 
 
 Dana, 
 
 
 
 153 
 
 Alice, 
 
 
 184 
 
 Daniel, 54, 67, 88 
 
 , 92, 94, 139, 159, 
 
 Alice M., 
 
 
 185 
 
 162, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 
 
 Alton, 
 
 
 175 
 
 
 
 171, 172, 184 
 
 America, 
 
 
 100, 101 
 
 Daniel C, 
 
 
 184 
 
 America F., 
 
 
 102 
 
 Dares, 
 
 
 
 192 
 
 Andrew, 
 Ann, 
 
 
 188, 189 
 166, 170 
 
 Dares E., 
 David, 
 
 
 
 193, 194 
 . 71 
 
 Anna B., 
 
 
 157, 159 
 
 Decatur, 
 
 
 
 184 
 
 Anna C, 
 
 
 193 
 
 Dorcas, 
 
 
 
 54 
 
 Anna M., 
 
 
 154 
 
 Eben, 
 
 
 
 187 
 
 Anna N., 
 
 
 192 
 
 Eben E., 
 
 
 
 187 
 
 Arvilla, 
 
 
 99, 154 
 
 Ebenezer, 
 
 
 
 . 66, 75 
 
 Ballard, 
 
 
 187 
 
 Ebenezer, Jr 
 
 ., 
 
 
 66, 75, 76 88 
 
 Bascom, 
 
 
 193 
 
 Edee, 
 
 
 
 151 
 
 Benjamin, 61 
 
 , 67, 68, 
 
 69, 70 71, 72, 
 75, 188, 190 
 
 Edith, 
 Edmund, 
 
 
 
 184 
 . 54, 61 
 
 Renjamin Jr 
 
 , 
 
 75 
 
 Edwin, 
 
 
 
 191, 192 
 
 Bertie, 
 
 
 154 
 
 Edwin L., 
 
 
 
 193, 194 
 
 Betsey, 
 
 
 67, 94, 131 
 
 Edwin M., 
 
 
 7 
 
 5, 183, 184, 185 
 
 Betsey B., 
 
 
 71 
 
 Effle, 
 
 
 
 192 
 
 Caleb. 
 
 
 62 
 
 Elizabeth, 67 
 
 , 72, 
 
 77 
 
 , 87, 88, 90, 156 
 
 Calvin, 
 
 
 191 
 
 Elizabeth A. 
 
 
 
 192 
 
 Carleton, 
 
 
 185 
 
 Ella, 
 
 
 
 193 
 
iye 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 
 
 PAGK 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Ella D., 
 
 192 
 
 Ichabod D., . . 53, 187 
 
 Ellis, 
 
 70 
 
 Imogene, . . . 192 
 
 Elraa, 
 
 193 
 
 Ira, 67, 94, 99, 154, 156, 157, 158 
 
 Emerson, 
 
 175 
 
 159, 193 
 
 Emily, 
 
 193 
 
 Ira, Jr., . . 154, 157 
 
 Enoch, 
 
 187 
 
 Irving, . , . 192 
 
 Ephraim, 
 
 187 
 
 Isaac, 
 
 69 
 
 Erastus, 
 
 69 
 
 Ivory, 
 
 187 
 
 Etta, 
 
 184 
 
 James, 
 
 187 
 
 Eunice, 
 
 184 
 
 James A., . 
 
 188,189 
 
 Eva, 
 
 184 
 
 J. S., 
 
 187 
 
 Ezra, 
 
 55 
 
 Jeduthan, 
 
 191 
 
 Fanny, 
 
 173 
 
 Jeremiah, 
 
 187 
 
 Fidelia, 
 
 100, 104 
 
 Jerusha, 
 
 76 
 
 Frances, 
 
 193 
 
 John, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 61, 64, 66, 70 
 
 Frances B. . 
 
 189 
 
 71, 76, 88, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 106 
 
 Frank, 
 
 184, 192 
 
 108, 131, 132, 137, 154, 159, 172. 176 
 
 Frank F., . 
 
 152 
 
 187 
 
 Frank M., . 
 
 175 
 
 John Jr., 67, 94, 137, 138, 139, 151 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 .191, 192 
 
 152, 153 
 
 Fred, 
 
 .153,184 
 
 John H., . . .138, 153 
 
 Frederic, 
 
 72 
 
 Joseph, 54, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72,73 
 
 George, 
 
 . 56, 69 
 
 75, 94, 172, 173, 175, 183, 187, 188 
 
 George B., . 
 
 57 
 
 190 
 
 George E., . 
 
 184 
 
 Joseph W., . . .173, 175 
 
 Gertrude, 
 
 152 
 
 Josiah, 54, 55, 75, 183, 184, 191 
 
 Gratia, 
 
 157 
 
 JosiahA., . . .173,175 
 
 Halleck, 
 
 192 
 
 Julia, . . .192 
 
 Hamilton, 
 
 192 
 
 Julia E., . . .191,192 
 
 Hannah, 
 
 .187,191 
 
 Lemira, . . .100,103 
 
 Hannah P., . 
 
 166 
 
 Levi, 53, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 65 
 
 Hannah T., 
 
 189 
 
 68, 190 
 
 Harvey, 
 
 154,156 
 
 Lewis, . . .138 
 
 Helen, 
 
 175 
 
 Lillian, 
 
 153 
 
 Henry, 
 
 189 
 
 Lizzie, 
 
 192 
 
 Hettie, 
 
 . . 192 
 
 Lucretia, 
 
 71 
 
 Hezekiah, 
 
 154 
 
 Lucy, 
 
 71 
 
 Hiram 
 
 100 
 
 Luther, . .191, 192, 193 
 
 Horace 
 
 154, 157, 159 
 
 Lydia, 67, 76, 88, 90, 102, 187, 191 
 
 Horace B., . 
 
 159 
 
 LydiaL., . . .173,174 
 
 Horatio, 
 
 100 
 
 Lydia P., . . . 184 
 
 Hosea, 
 
 189 
 
 Lydia S., . . .154,157 
 
 Howard, 
 
 185 
 
 Lyman, . . .191, 192 
 
 Ichabod, 
 
 71, 72, 75 
 
 Lysander, . .71, 94, 
 
 138, 152 
 
INDEX. 
 
 197 
 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Malachi, 
 
 . 75, 183 
 
 Robert, 53, 54, I 
 
 Margaret, 54, 66, 69, 94, 106 
 
 72, 73, 75, 95 
 
 , 183, 187, 188, 189,190 
 
 Margaret, Lady 
 
 64 
 
 Robert B., 
 
 72 
 
 Mary, 
 
 
 67, 88, 90, 190 
 
 Rose, 
 
 153 
 
 Mary A., 
 
 
 
 154 
 
 Roy, 
 
 102 
 
 Mary C, 
 
 
 
 189 
 
 Rufus, 
 
 187 
 
 Mary F., 
 
 
 
 .154, 158 
 
 Samuel, 71, 
 
 72, 75, 77, 87, 183, 191 
 
 Marietta, 
 
 
 
 184 
 
 Sarah, 
 
 . 67, 72, 75, 191 
 
 Martha, 
 
 
 
 183 
 
 Sarah H., 
 
 .100, 106 
 
 Martha D.. 
 
 
 
 184 
 
 Seth, 
 
 189 
 
 Matilda, 
 
 
 
 192 
 
 Simeon, 
 
 65 
 
 Mercy, 
 
 
 
 67 
 
 Sophia, 
 
 193 
 
 Miriam, 
 
 
 
 191 
 
 Stephen, 
 
 . 55, 65 
 
 Nancy, 
 
 
 
 71 
 
 Susan, 
 
 100 
 
 Nancy M., 
 
 
 
 .150, 151 
 
 Sydney, 
 
 . 69 
 
 Nathaniel, 54, 66, 
 
 70, 76, 77, 88, 89 
 
 Sylvanus, 
 
 . 71, 183 
 
 90, 92, 94, 95, 100, 
 
 102, 103, 104, 106 
 
 Thomas, 
 
 53, 54, 61, 187, 190 
 
 
 188 
 
 Thomas T., 
 
 189 
 
 Nathaniel, Jr., 
 
 . 88, 90 
 
 Uriah, 
 
 72 
 
 Nellie, 
 
 
 184 
 
 Walter B., 
 
 Sir, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61 
 
 Nettie, 
 
 
 
 192 
 
 
 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 
 
 Orin, 
 
 
 
 184 
 
 Walter R , 
 
 185 
 
 Orsamus, 
 
 
 
 . 154, 157, 159 
 
 Walter S., 
 
 71 
 
 Osgood, 
 
 , 
 
 
 .102,156 
 
 Webber, 
 
 187 
 
 Percy, 
 
 
 
 .157, 159 
 
 William, 
 
 54, 71, 187, 192 
 
 Phebe S. 
 
 
 
 138 
 
 William C, 
 
 . 92, 152 
 
 Polly, 
 
 
 
 67, 95, 176 
 
 William K., 
 
 66 
 
 Prof S. C, 
 
 
 
 . 56, 58 
 
 William L., 
 
 70 
 
 Raymond, . 
 
 
 
 184 
 
 William P., 
 
 .157, 159 
 
 Rebecca, 
 
 
 
 . 67, 75 
 
 Zacheus 
 
 69 
 
 Rendall, 
 
 
 
 .166, 172 
 
 Zenobe, . 
 
 . 88, 89, 90, 92 
 
 Richard, 
 
 53, 
 
 5 
 
 4, 55, 61, 62, 65 
 
 
 
 UNIVF 
 
Index of Surnames 
 
 OF PERSONS INTERMARRIED, OR CONNECTED, 
 OR OTHERWISE MENTIONED. 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Abbott, 
 
 - 90, 153 
 
 Bragg, 
 
 - 
 
 117 
 
 Abel, 
 
 - 72 
 
 Bray, 
 
 - 
 
 184, 187 
 
 Adams, 
 
 - 70 
 
 Brewster, 
 
 - 
 
 68, 75, 81, 88 
 
 Alden, 
 
 81. 86, 88 
 
 Brian, 
 
 - 
 
 - 58, 59 
 
 Alley, 
 
 - 137, 157, 158 
 
 3riggs, 71, 
 
 90, 91, 92, 
 
 112, 130, 173 
 
 Anderson, 
 
 - 90, 192 
 
 Brooks, 
 
 - 
 
 97 
 
 Andrews, 
 
 82 
 
 Brown, 
 
 71 
 
 , 96, 103, 166 
 
 Arnold, 
 
 - - 115, 171 
 
 Bryant, 
 
 - 
 
 99, 117, 118 
 
 Arthur, 
 
 - - 79 
 
 Buck, 
 
 - 
 
 184 
 
 Atkins, 
 
 169 
 
 Burgess, 
 
 - 
 
 175 
 
 Atwood, 
 
 120 
 
 Burke, 
 
 - 
 
 78 
 
 Austin, 
 
 105 
 
 Burleigh, 
 
 - 
 
 101 
 
 Bachelder, 
 
 172 
 
 Burpee, 
 
 - 
 
 169 
 
 Bailey, 
 
 86 
 
 Butler, 
 
 - 
 
 137 
 
 Baird, 
 
 115 
 
 Camoyes, 
 
 - 
 
 60 
 
 Barnaby, 
 
 - - - 67 
 
 Campbell, 
 
 - 
 
 153 
 
 Barrell, 
 
 156 
 
 Carson, 
 
 - 
 
 189 
 
 Barrows, ] 
 
 L09, 111, 125, 126, 127 
 
 Carter, 
 
 - 
 
 174 
 
 
 128, 158 
 
 Cary, 
 
 107, 
 
 108, 109, 110 
 
 Bemis, 
 
 185 
 
 Charles I., 
 
 - 
 
 62 
 
 Benson, 
 
 - 94, 128, 131, 132, 167 
 
 Childs, 
 
 - 
 
 136, 187 
 
 Berry, 
 
 128 
 
 Churchill, 
 
 - 
 
 150, 189 
 
 Bicknell, 
 
 135, 156 
 
 Clark, 101, 
 
 109, 114, 
 
 115, 156, 180 
 
 Bifley, 
 
 127 
 
 
 
 188 
 
 Bisbee, 68, 
 
 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 
 
 Cobb, 
 
 - 
 
 183, 184 
 
 
 112, 133, 134, 135, 180 
 
 Cole, 
 
 - 
 
 81, 108 
 
 Blake, 
 
 90 
 
 Conant, 
 
 - 
 
 113, 122 
 
 Blaine, 
 
 101, 168 
 
 Cook, 
 
 - 
 
 - 73, 90 
 
 Boldero, 
 
 65 
 
 Coolidge, 
 
 - 
 
 179 
 
 Bonney, 110, 120, 121, 125, 126, 
 
 Cotton, 
 
 - 
 
 86 
 
 
 129, 137 
 
 Coutts, 
 
 - 
 
 70 
 
 Bosworth, 
 
 123 
 
 Crane, 
 
 - 
 
 116, 147, 149 
 
 Brackett, 
 
 - 175 
 
 Crockett, 
 
 - 
 
 180 
 
 Bradford, 
 
 - 75, 83, 84, 89, 90, 92 
 
 Curley, 
 
 - 
 
 175 
 

 
 INDEX. 
 
 199 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Daniels, 
 
 - 
 
 114 
 
 Gray, 
 
 94 
 
 Darling, 
 
 - 
 
 97 
 
 Hale, 
 
 - 170, 171, 172 
 
 Dart, 
 
 - 
 
 116 
 
 Hall, 
 
 102, 103, 124, 134 
 
 Davis, 
 
 - 55, 67, 
 
 151, 155, 190 
 
 Hamilton, . 
 
 192 
 
 Day, - 
 
 - 
 
 103 
 
 Hammatt, 
 
 188 
 
 Dearborn, 
 
 176, 177, 
 
 178, 179, 180 
 
 Hancock, 
 
 55 
 
 Decoster, 
 
 - 
 
 132 
 
 Haney, 
 
 136 
 
 Delano, 
 
 - 
 
 76 
 
 Harlow, 
 
 - 67, 134, 189 
 
 Doten, 
 
 - 
 
 - 68, 131 
 
 Harmon, 
 
 - 91, 96 
 
 Dotey, 
 
 - 
 
 68 
 
 Haskell, 
 
 - 116, 176, 177 
 
 D'Oyler, 
 
 - 
 
 - 58, 60 
 
 Hayford, 99, 101 
 
 , 104, 105, 106, 154 
 
 Drew, 
 
 68, 71, 72, 74, 99, 190 
 
 
 155 
 
 Dunham, 
 
 - 
 
 99 
 
 Hazelton, 
 
 116 
 
 Dunn, 
 
 - 
 
 167 
 
 Heald, 
 
 123 
 
 Dwinell, 
 
 - 
 
 175 
 
 Hewett, 
 
 121 
 
 Earls, 
 
 - 
 
 57 
 
 Heywood, 
 
 - 78, 190 
 
 Eells, 
 
 - 
 
 166 
 
 Hight, 
 
 188 
 
 Ellis, 
 
 107, 108, 
 
 124, 173, 174 
 
 Hillman, 
 
 184 
 
 Erlich, 
 
 - 
 
 180 
 
 Hines, 
 
 151, i52 
 
 Fallowell, 
 
 - 
 
 188 
 
 Hodgdon, 
 
 123 
 
 Farrar, 
 
 - 
 
 110 
 
 Holmes, 
 
 - 74, 183 
 
 Field, 
 
 - 
 
 120, 122, 194 
 
 Howard, 
 
 - 99, 158 
 
 Finney, 
 
 - 
 
 190 
 
 Howland, 
 
 - 52, 97 
 
 Flint, 
 
 - 
 
 187 
 
 Hughes, 
 
 172 
 
 Forbes, 
 
 - 
 
 118, 152 
 
 Humphrey, - 
 
 117 
 
 Ford, 
 
 - 
 
 - 58, 59 
 
 Hurlin, 
 
 113, 124 
 
 Foss, 
 
 - 
 
 133 
 
 Irish, 
 
 118, 132 
 
 Foster, 
 
 - 
 
 67 
 
 Ivey, 
 
 67 
 
 Foye, 
 
 - 
 
 110, 177 
 
 Jacobs, 
 
 111 
 
 Freeman, 
 
 - 
 
 117 
 
 Jeffers, 
 
 153 
 
 French, 
 
 - 
 
 150 
 
 Junkins, 
 
 155 
 
 Frohock, 
 
 - 
 
 171 
 
 Keen, 
 
 113, 121 
 
 Fuller, 
 
 - 
 
 178 
 
 Kilbrith, 106, 
 
 131, 132, 133, 137 
 
 Gammon, 
 
 - 
 
 152 
 
 Kingsley, 
 
 113 
 
 Garfield, 
 
 - 
 
 186 
 
 Knight, 
 
 108 
 
 George III. 
 
 , 
 
 70 
 
 Ladd, 
 
 124 
 
 Glover, 
 
 - 
 
 158, 159 
 
 Lapham, 
 
 95, 100 
 
 Glynn, 
 
 - 
 
 71 
 
 Lawrence, 68. 103, 119, 120, 125 
 
 Goddard, 
 
 - 
 
 62 
 
 
 138 
 
 Goldsmith, 
 
 - 
 
 149 
 
 Leonard, 
 
 100 
 
 Gooding, 
 
 - 
 
 192 
 
 Lewknor, 
 
 . 58, 60 
 
 Goodwin, 
 
 - 
 
 173 
 
 Litchfield, - 
 
 168 
 
 Gordon , 
 
 - 
 
 184 
 
 Little, 
 
 71 
 
 Greene, 
 
 - 
 
 158 
 
 Lockwood, - - 
 
 124 
 
200 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Loring, 
 
 187 
 
 Pulsifer, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 132 
 
 Lothrop, 
 
 96 
 
 Purkis, 
 
 
 - 
 
 - '118 
 
 Longfellow, 
 
 72, 76, 77, 87, 88 
 
 Reed, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 99, 105 
 
 Lovell, 
 
 86 
 
 Reynolds, 
 
 
 - 
 
 184 
 
 Lowe, 
 
 - 179 
 
 Rice, 
 
 - 
 
 
 157 
 
 Macaulay, - 
 
 58 
 
 Richardson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 112 
 
 Maconney, - 
 
 118 
 
 Ricker, 
 
 - 
 
 120 : 
 
 , 124, 125, 156 
 
 Marsh, 
 
 -190, 191 
 
 Rider, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 67 
 
 Marston, 
 
 133 
 
 Ridley, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 176 
 
 Martin, 
 
 172 
 
 Ripley, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 129, 174 
 
 McKenney, - 
 
 138 
 
 Robinson, 
 
 76, 
 
 106, 
 
 107. 109, 110, 
 
 McWhinnie, 
 
 126 
 
 111, 
 
 112, 
 
 113, 
 
 114, 115, 116, 
 
 Mendall, 
 
 138 
 
 117, 
 
 118, 
 
 119, 
 
 120, 121, 122, 
 
 Mills, 
 
 92 
 
 123, 
 
 124, 
 
 125, 
 
 126, 127, 128, 
 
 Mitchell, 
 
 -123, 184 
 
 
 
 
 129, 130 
 
 Monk, 
 
 127 
 
 Root, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 178 
 
 Moore, 
 
 119, 120 
 
 Rosebrook, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 180 
 
 Morey, 
 
 67 
 
 Rowe, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 188 
 
 Morrill, 
 
 127, 153 
 
 Russell, 108, 
 
 120, 
 
 123, 
 
 155, 156, 159 
 
 Moses, 
 
 179 
 
 Ryerson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 137 
 
 Moseley, 
 
 151 
 
 Saltonstall, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 84, 86 
 
 Musgrave, - 
 
 - 59, 65 
 
 Sampson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 76, 88 
 
 Myers, 
 
 130 
 
 Samson, 
 
 
 - 
 
 - 88, 89 
 
 Nelson, 
 
 67 
 
 Sanford, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 177 
 
 Nims, 
 
 191 
 
 Scammel, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 86 
 
 Olebham, 
 
 153 
 
 Segar, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 65 
 
 Osgood, 
 
 - 99, 101, 156 
 
 Shaw, 
 
 166, 
 
 167, 
 
 168, 169, 170 
 
 Packard, 
 
 112, 117 
 
 Sherman, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 193 
 
 Page, 
 
 157 
 
 Smith, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 65, 150, 192 
 
 Palmer, 96, 107, 
 
 110, 121, 124, 125 
 
 Soule, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 94 
 
 Parks, 
 
 - 109 
 
 Sprague, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 67 
 
 Parsons, 
 
 152 
 
 Standish, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 75, 81, 83 
 
 Paulding, 
 
 68 
 
 Stanford, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 116 
 
 Payson, 
 
 129 
 
 Staples, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 134, 187 
 
 Perkins, 
 
 153 
 
 Starritt, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 135 
 
 Pettee, 
 
 130 
 
 Steininger, 
 
 - 
 
 
 171 
 
 Pettingill, 
 
 98 
 
 Stephens, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 108, 119, 120 
 
 Petreen, 
 
 34 
 
 Sterling, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 93 
 
 Phillips, 
 
 99 
 
 Stetson, 
 
 131, 
 
 133, 
 
 136, 137, 154 
 
 Pierce, 
 
 80 
 
 Stevens, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 99 
 
 Polen, 
 
 68 
 
 Stopham, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 58, 59, 60 
 
 Pomroy, 
 
 112 
 
 Storr, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 81 
 
 Pratt, 
 
 134 
 
 Stow, 
 
 - 
 
 
 113 
 
 Proctor, 
 
 - 137, 179, 180 
 
 Sullivan, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 93 
 

 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 
 
 
 
 201 
 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Swain, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 192 
 
 Ward, 
 
 - 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 - 86, 87 
 
 Swan, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 133 
 
 Warren, 
 
 
 87, 
 
 68, 
 
 80, 
 
 73, 74, 96 
 
 Syheston, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 60 
 
 Washburn, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 129 
 
 Temple, 
 
 
 - 
 
 190 
 
 Wheeler, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 127 
 
 Thacher, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 51 
 
 Wilcox, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 192, 193 
 
 Thomas, 
 
 - 
 
 Ill, 112, 136, 137 
 
 Wilder, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 184 
 
 Tilden, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 189 
 
 Wiley, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 168 
 
 Tilson, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 122, 173 
 
 Willard, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 123 
 
 Tilton, 
 
 - 
 
 
 132 
 
 William the Conqueror, 
 
 53, 54, 59, 
 
 Tindall, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 82 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 65, 68 
 
 Tirrell, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 106 
 
 Williams, 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 111 
 
 Toothaker, 
 
 
 - 
 
 153 
 
 Wilson, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 122, 188 
 
 Tower, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 78, 79 
 
 Winslow, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 152 
 
 Tregoz, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 - 58, 60 
 
 Winsor, 
 
 - 
 
 
 67, 
 
 68, 
 
 78/ 85. 88 
 
 Trott, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 71 
 
 Witherly, 
 
 - 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 96 
 
 Varney, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 88 
 
 Winthrop, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 79 
 
 Wadsworth, 
 
 n, 
 
 72, 75. 
 
 76, 77, 78, 
 
 Woodard, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 158, 188 
 
 
 79, 
 
 80, 81, 
 
 82, 83, 84, 
 
 Woodman, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 99 
 
 
 85, 
 
 86, 87, 
 
 88, 90, 174 
 
 Wormell, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 114 
 
 Waitt, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 175 
 
 Wyman, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 179 
 
 Walker, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 115, 116 
 
 Young, 
 
 - 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 118, 151 
 
 Walton, 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PART IV. 
 
 GEKEAI<OGICAI< REGISTER 
 
 ob* 
 
 PLYMOUTH BARTLETTS. 
 
B&rllell Memori&fy 
 
 Genealogical Register of Plymouth 
 Bartletts.* 
 
 Bartlett, Abner, son of 1st Sylvanus, m. Anna, d. 
 of Ivory Hovey, 1774, and had Abner, 1776, m. Sarah 
 Burgess ; Anna, 1777, m. Ellis Bartlett ; Betsey, 1779, m. 
 Amasa Holmes ; Martha, 1782, m. Meltiah Bartlett ; 
 Olive H., 1783, m. Samuel Bartlett; Ellen, 1786, m. 
 Thomas Clark ; Fanny, 1790, m. Daniel Montague ; 
 Harriet, 1792, m. Isaac Manchester ; Ivory Hovey, 1794 ; 
 Eliza, 1801, m. Freeman P. Howland. Amasa, m. 
 Hannah Morton, 1787. Amasa, son of 1st William, m. 
 Sarah Taylor, 1788, and had Amasa ; William, m. Sarah 
 Taylor, 1788, and had Amasa ; William Sampson, 1807 ; 
 Hannah, 1792, m. Bourne Spooner ; Sally T. , 1794, m. 
 William Bishop and Schuyler Sampson ; and Mary Ann 
 m. Schuyler Sampson. Amasa, son of above, m. Esther, 
 d. of Nethaniel Spooner, 1833, and had A.masa S. ; Mary 
 Ann, m. James D. Thurber, and Schuyler S. Andrew, 
 son of 1st Nathaniel, m. Lydia Churchill, 1764, and had 
 Andrew, 1765; Caleb, 1767; Henry, 1768; Stephen, 
 1770 ; Hosea, 1772 ; Rebecca, m. Stephen Holmes ; 
 
 *"I hereby give H. B. Lawrence, of Holyoke, permission to use for publication 
 the Bartlett Genealogy contained in Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, published 
 and copyrighted by me. WM. T. DAVIS." 
 
206 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 Lydia, 1779, m. Ezra Finney ; Polly, m. Joseph Prior ; 
 Euphany, m. Nathan Holmes, and Lucy, m. Lemuel 
 Bartlett. Andrew son of above, m. Sarah Holbrook, 
 1790, and had Sarah, m. David P. Reynolds ; Andrew, 
 and Orrin. Andrew, son of above, m. Mary, d. of 
 William Barnes, 1830, and had Victor A., 1841 ; Mary 
 E., 1843 ; Andrew P., 1848. He m. 2d, Phebe J. Tenney, 
 1866. Ansel, son of 2d Judah, m. Elizabeth Churchill, 
 1789 ; and had Ansel ; Charles, m. Ellen Rider ; Lewis, 
 m. Mary Corbin Holmes, and Alexander Dewsbury ; 
 Harvey ; Caroline, m. Marston Sampson, Betsey, m. 
 Zacheus Parker ; Elkanah, and Nancy, m. Zacheus 
 Sherman. Ansel, son of 5th Benjamin, m. Polly 
 Lanman, 1801, and had Polly, 1802, m. Joel Randall ; 
 Thomas Burgess, 1805, m. Bethiah, d. of John Churchill, 
 and Rebecca W., d. of Avery Dean ; Ansel, 1807 ; Jean, 
 1809, m. Alexander V. Harvey; Lucy E., 1813, m. 
 William Packard, and Susan, 1816, m. William H. 
 Inglis. Ansel, son of 1st Ansel, in. Abigail Ripley, 
 1813, and had Kimball R., 1815 ; Abigail W., m. Henry 
 Burgess ; Nancy, m. Samuel Savery ; Rebecca ; and 
 Mary E., m. Sylvester R. Swett. Aruna, m. Remember 
 Holmes, 1796 ; and had Temperance, 1797 ; Aruna, 1799 ; 
 Rufus, 1802 ; Spencer, 1804 ; Remember, 1807 ; Sophia, 
 1809, and Hiram, 1811. Benjamik, son of 1st Robert, 
 m. Sarah, d. of Love Brewster, 1656 ; and had Benja- 
 min ; Samuel ; Ichabod, Ebenezer, who had a wife, 
 Hannah ; Rebecca, married William Bradford ; and 
 Sarah, m. Robert Bartlett. He m, a second wife, Cicily, 
 1678. Benjamin, son of above, m. Ruth Pabodie, 1672, 
 and had Robert, 1679 ; Benjamin ; Mercy, m. John 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 207 
 
 Turner ; Priscilla, 1697, in. John Sampson ; Deborah, m. 
 Josiah Thomas; Ruth, m. John Murdock ; Abigail, 
 1703, m. Gamaliel Bradford ; Rebecca, m. John Brad- 
 ford ; Elizabeth, m. Ephraim Bradford ; Sarah, m. Israel 
 Bradford and William. Benjamin, son of 1st Joseph, 
 m. Sarah, d. of Jonathan Barnes, 1702, and had 
 Nathaniel, 1703, m. Abigail Clarke, Jonathan, 1705, 
 m. Thankful Barnes ; Benjamin, 1707 ; Joseph, 1709 ; 
 Hannah, 1711 ; Sarah, 1713, m. John Cobb ; and 
 Elkanah. Benjamin, son of above, m. Hannah Stephens, 
 1737, and had Stephens, He probably m., 2d, Abigail 
 Morton, 1741, and had William, 1742 ; Priscilla, 1744, 
 m. Samuel Calderwood ; Elizabeth, 1746, m. Nathaniel 
 Ripley. Benjamin, son of 6th Joseph, m. Jemima 
 Holmes, 1759, and had Jane, m. Nathaniel Ellis ; Mary ; 
 Joanna, m. Ichabod Davie ; Jemima ; Nancy, m. Ichabod 
 Davie ; Benjamin ; Elizabeth, m. William Rogers ; 
 Ansel ; Sarah, m. Ansel Holmes ; and Thomas. Benja- 
 min, m. Jean Ellis, 1751, and had Benjamin, 1752. 
 Caleb, m. Adrianna B. Holmes, 1837. Caleb, son of 
 3d Bobert, m. Flizabeth Holmes, 1778 ; moved to Yar- 
 mouth, Me., and had Caleb ; Betsey, Isaac ; Rebecca, 
 m. Isaac Bartlett ; Robert ; Susan ; George ; Charles ; 
 and Holmes. Caleb, son of above, m. Mary Small, and 
 had Isaac ; Elizabeth ; Mary, m. Flavel Bartlett ; and 
 William, 1810, m. Jane Gardner, d. of Truman Bartlett. 
 Charles, son of 11th Joseph, m. wid. Lucinda (Cornish) 
 Bartlett, 1820, and had Charles, 1821 ; Hosea, 1826 ; 
 Lucinda, 1829; Abigail, 1837. David, son of 1st 
 Elkanah, m. Mary Carver, 1796, and had Mary, 1796 ; 
 Dolly, m. I. H. Lucas ; and Abigail. Diman, son of 
 
208 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 3d Ebenezer, m. Lydia Barrows, 1790, and 2d, 1802, 
 Hannah, wid. of James Harlow, and d. of Benjamin 
 Bagnall, and had Lewis, 1803, and Ephraim, 1805. 
 Ebenezer, Duxbury % son of 1st Benjamin, by wife 
 Hannah, had Lydia ; Ebenezer, 1694. Ebenezer, son of 
 above, m. Mary Rider, and had Rebecca, 1719 ; Lydia, 
 1721 ; and Nathaniel, 1723. He tn., 2d, perhaps, Jerasha 
 Sampson. Ebenezer, son of 2d Robert, m. Rebecca 
 Diman, 1732, and had James, 1733; Chloe, 1735; Thomas, 
 1737; Phebe, 1740; Rebecca, 1745. Hem., 2d, Abigail 
 Finney, 1749, and had Ebenezer, 1754 ; Thomas, 1757 ; 
 Diman,'1759; and Abigail, 1762, m.. Consider Robbins. 
 Eleazer Stephens, son of Freeman, m. Betsey Cobb, 
 and had William Stephens. He m., 2d, Eveline G-., d. 
 of Salisbury Jackson, and had Francis J., m. Henrietta 
 C. Shipley ; Mary L. ; and Eveline Stephens. Ellis, 
 son of 4th John, m. Anna Bartlett, 1796, and had John, 
 m. a Dunbar ; Mercy, m. Jonas Keith ; Anna, m. 
 Humphrey Manchester ; Abner, m. Susan Case ; Martha, 
 m. Obadiah Burgess ; Cyrus ; Lewis, m. Sylvia Pierce ; 
 Ellis, 1817 ; and Freeman. Ellis, son of above, m. 
 Sophia Ashmead of Philadelphia, and had Ellis Lehman, 
 1844, and William Lehman Ashmead, 1846, m. Baroness 
 Burdett Coutts. Elkanah, son of 6th Joseph, m. Sarah 
 Atwood, 1768, and had Elkanah, 1769, m. Rebecca 
 Holmes ; David, 1775 ; John, 1777 ; Jonathan, 1782 ; 
 Sally, 1786 ; and Jennie and Joanna, twins, 1792. 
 Elkanah, son of 1st Ansel, m. Mary Morton, 1828, and 
 had Mary E., m. Joseph Lasinby Brown ; and Frank. 
 Elkanah, m. Sarah Code, 1802. Elnathan, son of 1st 
 Joseph, m. Hannah Mansfield, 1712, and had Elnathan, 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 209 
 
 1713 ; moved to New York ; and Hannah, 1714. 
 Ephraim, son of 3d Robert, married Mercy Churchill, 
 1759 ; and had James, 1760 ; Sylvanus, 1762 ; Susannah, 
 1764 ; and Rebecca, the last two of whom m. William 
 Leonard. He m., 2d, Elizabeth Kempton, 1774, and 
 had Elizabeth, 1775, m. Ephraim Whiting ; Ephraim ; 
 Isaac ; and Mercy, 1779, m Finney Leach. Ephraim, son 
 of Diman, m. Martha Cox, 1830, and had William Henry, 
 1832; Martha Ann, 1835, m. George E. Morton. 
 Ephraim, son of 1st Ephraim, m. Abigail, d. of Richard 
 Holmes, 1799. Francis, son of Sylvanus, m. Anna 
 Cornish, 1788, and had Annie, 1792 ; Cephas, 1794 ; 
 Francis, 1797 ; Alfred, 1799 ; Anna Cornish, 1802 ; 
 Marcia, 1805 ; Martha Waite, 1810. Frederick Wil- 
 liam, Buffalo, son of 2d Uriah, m. Adelia, d. of Dr. 
 James Hunter of Whitby, Canada, from Hull, England, 
 and had George Frederick Hunter, 1856 ; Daisy Lillian, 
 1865. Freeman, son of Joshua, m. Sarah Stephens, 
 1797, and had Eleazer Stephens ; Hannah, m. John 
 Ransom ; Sally, m. a Copeland ; Mary ; Elizabeth 
 Thacher, m. William Reed ; and William. George, son 
 of 1st Zacheus, m. Sylvina Holmes, 1793, and had 
 Phebe, m Branch Blackmer ; Margaret, m. Nathaniel 
 Harlow ; Triphosa, m. Robert Fitts ; George W. ; and 
 Jerusha, m. Joseph Doten. George W., son of above, 
 m. Sarah Bartlett, 1825, and had George W., m. Flora 
 A. Holmes. He m., 2d, Melintha Harlow, and had 
 Henry C, m. Emily F. Parker; Winslow, m. Emily, 
 the wid. of his brother ; William L., m. Mary E. Shaw ; 
 and Frank R., m. Anna Bates. George, m. Rebecca 
 Lanman, 1798. Harvey, son of 1st Ansel, m. Nancy 
 
210 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 Holmes, 1828, and had Nancy, 1830; Harvey, 1833; 
 Ansel, 1835 ; Almira, 1837 ; and George. Henry, m. 
 Fanny Churchill, 1817. Henry, m. Prudence Straffin, 
 1811. Hosea, son of 1st Andrew, m. Mercy Bartlett, 
 1798 ; and had Abigail, 1799 ; Hosea, 1801 ; Maria, 1805 ; 
 John, 1809 ; Abigail, 1810. Hosea, son of above, m. 
 Susan Cornish, and had Samuel. He m., 2d, Eliza, d 
 of Aaron Hovey, and 3d, Eleanor, d. of Benjamin 
 Clark, 1840. Ichabod, Marshfild, son of 1st Benjamin, 
 m. Elizabeth Waterman of Marshfield, 1699, and had 
 Ichabod ; Josiah, 1701, m. Mary Chandler ; Nathaniel, 
 1703, m. Abiah Delano ; Joseph, 1706, m. Dorothy 
 Wadsworth ; Elizabeth, 1708 ; and Mercy. Hem., 2d, 
 Desire, d. of Seth Arnold, 1709, and had Sarah, 1710, m. 
 Cornelius Drew ; Josiah ; and Seth. Ichabod, son of 
 above, m. Susannah Spooner, 1721, and had Ichabod ; 
 and Solomon, m., Joanna Holmes. Ichabod, son of 
 above, m. Hannah Rogers, 1753, and had Ichabod, 1754 ; 
 Hannah ; Jerusha ; Mercy ; and Peabody. Ichabod, 
 Honolulu, son of 2d Uriah, m., 1855, Caroline Frances 
 Gould, d. of James Stuart Gould of Maine, and had 
 Carrie Adelia, 1856, m. Thomas A. Mitchell of Oakland, 
 Cal. ; Laura Frances, 1857, m. Noah Kelsey of Oakland ; 
 Lily, 1859 ; and George L., 1865. Isaac, son of 1st 
 Zacheus, m. Mary Bryant, and had Laura Ann ; Mary ; 
 Elizabeth, m. Jason Winnett ; Erastus H. ; and Fayette. 
 Isaac, son of 1st Ephraim, m. Fear Cobb, 1801, and had 
 Isaac, 1801 ; Eliza Ann, 1807, m. Stephen P. Brown ; 
 and Ephraim, 1809. He m., 2d, Rebecca, d. of Caleb 
 Bartlett, and had Robert, 1817 ; and Rebecca, 1819. 
 Isaac, m. Sarah Cotton Banks, 1825, and had Isaac T., 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 211 
 
 1826 ; Catherine C., 1832 ; Lilliston B., 1834 ; Henry I., 
 1836 ; Anna, 1838. Ivory Hovey, son of Abner, m. 
 Betsey Clark, 1814, and had Abner ; Ivory ; George ; 
 William ; Robert ; Catherine ; and Dolor. James, m. 
 Emily Bradford, 1825. James, m. Charlotte Covill 
 of Sandwich, about 1832. James, son of 1st Ephraim, 
 m. Mary Taylor, 1783, and had Mary Taylor, 1784 ; 
 James ; Sylvanus ; Mercy B., 1796, m. Leander Lovell ; 
 Rebecca A., 1798 ; Jane, 1800 ; and Susan, m. Abner S. 
 Taylor. James, son of above, m. 1807, Sarah Witherell, 
 and had Sarah, m. Isaac Brewster; Margaret M., m. 
 Ethan Earle ; Harriet ; Jane Elizabeth, m. Thatcher R. 
 Raymond ; Sylvanus T., 1808 ; James T., 1818 ; Sylvanus 
 Taylor. 1820; James Thomas; Charles T. ; Mary A., 
 1825 ; and Rebecca T., 1828. Jesse, son of 1st Sylvanus, 
 m. Polly Hovey, 1809, and had Sylvanus ; William D.; 
 and Catherine. John, son of 2d Robert, m. Sarah, d. 
 of Ebenezer Cobb, 1723, and had Jerusha, 1724 ; Sarah, 
 1726, m. Thomas Faunce ; and Hannah, 1727, m. Stephen 
 Doten ; Mary, 1731. He m., 2d, wid. Sarah Gray of 
 Falmouth, 1734, and had Jerusha 1735, m. George 
 Peckham ; John. 1738 ; Jennie, 1740 ; Lewis, 1743 ; 
 Abigail, 1745, m. Bleazer Churchill ; Maria, 1748, m. 
 Richard Babb ; Charles, m. Abigail Churchill ; and 
 George, m. Sarah Churchill. John, son of 2d Samuel, 
 m Sarah Bartlett, 1756, and had Sarah, 1759, m. Thomas 
 Morton ; Eunice, 1761, m. William Morton ; John, 1763 ; 
 and Deborah. John, son of 1st John, m. Dorothy 
 Carver, 1768, and had Lewis, 1770, m. Hannah Paty ; 
 Dolly ; John Lewis ; John ; and Henry. John, son of 
 1st Nathaniel, m. Mercy Ellis, 1762, and had Abigail, 
 
212 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 1763, m. Benjamin Washburn ; John, 1766 ; Ellis, 1770 ; 
 Ivory, 1772 ; and Samuel, m. Olive Bartlett. John, son 
 of 3d Joseph, m. Bathsheba Shurtleff, and had Rufus, 
 1771 ; Dorothy, 1774, m. Ellis Bradford ; Sarah, 1776, 
 m. Simeon Chandler ; Betsey, 1779, m. Bradford Holmes ; 
 Olive, 1783, m. Thomas Bates ; John, 1786 ; George, 
 1789 ; Bathsheba, 1793, m. Lazarus Drew ; and Joseph. 
 John, m. Sophronia King, 1802 ; and had Alonzo Sydney, 
 1803 ; and Martha Adelaide, 1806. John, son of 1st 
 Elkanah, m. Rebecca Rider, 1799, and had John ; Eliza, 
 m. Brackly Cushing ; Priscilla, m. a Wadleigh ; and 
 Joseph. He m. a 2d wife, Jerusha, wid. of Robert 
 Davie, and d. of Joseph Trask. John, son of 2d John, 
 m. Polly Morton, 1795, and had John ; Mary, m. 
 Obadiah King ; Rebecca, m. Peter Smith. John, son of 
 above, m. Caroline Lawrence, and had Polly Morton, 
 1823 ; Caroline Augusta, 1829 ; and John Edwards, 
 1836. John, m. Cynthia Lucas, 1820. John, son of 
 7th John, m. Eliza, d. of Ezra Finney, 1829, and had 
 Caroline ; John Bishop, m. Eliza, d. of Stephen Smith of 
 Boston ; Ezra Finney ; Lydia ; James Easdell, m. Adeline 
 Mullikin of Philadelphia. He m., 2d, wid. (Austin) 
 Robinson of Boston. Jonathan, son of 3d Benjamin, 
 m., 1731, Thankful, d. of John Barnes, and had James, 
 1732, m. Elizabeth Bates ; Sarah, 1734 ; Thankful, 1738 ; 
 Jonathan, 1742, m. Mary Doten ; Lucy, 1744, m. Bartlett 
 Holmes ; William, 1747 ; and Thankful, 1750, m. Ansel 
 Harlow. Jonathan, son of 6th Joseph, m. Lydia Ellis, 
 1777, and had Mercy, 1782 ; Jonathan, 1787. Joseph, 
 son of 1st Robert, m. Hannah, d. of Thomas Pope, and 
 had Joseph, 1665 ; Robert, 1663 ; Elnathan, ; Benjamin ; 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 213 
 
 Hannah, m. Joseph Sylvester; Mary, 1673, m. John 
 Barnes; and Sarah, m. Elisha Holmes. Joseph, son of 
 above, m. Lydia Griswold, 1692, and had Joseph, 1693 ; 
 Samuel, 1696 ; Lydia, 1698, m. Lazarus LeBaron ; 
 Benjamin, 1699, m. Lydia Morton ; and Sarah, 1703, m. 
 Francis LeBaron and Joseph Swift. Joseph, son of 1st 
 Ichabod, m. Dorothy Wadsworth, 1729, and had Mercy, 
 1733; Annie, 1735; Ichabod, 1736; Joseph, 1740; 
 Dorothy, 1743, m. William Drew ; Bathsheba ^ Uriah ; 
 Elizabeth, 1747, m. Robert Foster ; and John. Joseph, 
 son of 2d Joseph, m. Elizabeth Bartlett, 1717, and had 
 William, 1718 ; Sylvauus, 1719 ; Jerusha, 1721, m. 
 Joseph Croswell ; Lydia, 1722, m. Jonathan Parker ; 
 Zacheus 1725 ; Betty, 1727, m. Benjamin Rider ; Joseph, 
 1727, m. Lydia Cobb. Joseph, son of 2d Robert, 
 m. Sarah Morton, 1737 and had Sarah, 1737, m. John 
 Bartlett; Joseph, 1738; Thomas, 1742; Josiah, 1744; 
 Martha, 1747, m. a Jackson ; Hannah, 1749, m. 
 Daniel Hosea. Joseph, son of 3d Benjamin, m. Jean 
 Swift, 1735, and had Benjamin, 1736 ; Mercy, 1738, m. 
 Sylvanus Marshall ; Jean, 1741, m. Matthew Claghorn ; 
 Joann, 1742, m. Greorge Atwood ; Joseph, 1745 ; Elkanah, 
 1747 ; and David and Jonathan, 1753. Joseph, son of 
 3d Joseph, m. Laurana Drew, and had Laurana, 1768 ; 
 Joseph, 1770, m. Lucy Bradford ; Seth, 1772, m. Mary 
 Kimball ; Ichabod, 1775 ; Lysander, 1777, m. Harriet 
 Drew ; Sarah D., 1780 ; Charles, 1786. Joseph, son of 
 5th Joseph, m. Mary Bartlett, 1770, and had Joseph ; 
 Frederick, m. Lydia Dunham ; and Mary, m. Nathaniel 
 Bartlett. Joseph, son of 6th Joseph, m. Lucy Holmes, 
 1770, and had Joseph, 1770 ; Zephaniah, 1772, m. Eliza, 
 
214 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 d. of Ebenezer Sampson ; Lucy, 1775 ; Bradford, 1776. 
 Joseph, son of 7th Joseph, m. Lucy Bradford, and had 
 Betsey, 1799, m. Anthony E. Glynn; Lucy P.; Nancy, 
 1804, m. Nathaniel Drew ; David B., 1806, m. Abigail 
 Freeman ; Ichabod, 1809 ; Cornelius A., 1811, m. Isabel 
 Drew ; Lucy F., 1814, m. Peter Trott ; Walter S., 1818, 
 m. Susan A. Soule. Joseph, son of 1st Zacheus, m. 
 Anna Clark, 1784, and had Charles, 1785 ; Joseph, 1786 ; 
 Hannah, 1787, m. Thomas Mayo and Samuel Clark ; 
 Thomas, 1789, m. Lucinda Cornish ; Zacheus, 1793, m. 
 Sylvia Blackwell ; Micah, 1793 ; Isaac, 1796 ; Abigail, 
 1798, m. Seth Clark ; and Clark, 1800. Joseph, son of 
 3d Samuel, m. Rebecca Churchill, 1784, and had William, 
 1786 ; Rebecca ; Susan, 1795 ; Joseph ; Augustus : John ; 
 Samuel ; Benjamin ; and Eliza Ann, 1804, m. Albert 
 Goodwin. He m., 2d, Lucy Dyer, 1821. Joseph, m. 
 Grace Cornish, 1813. Joseph, Duxbury, son of 1st 
 Samuel, m. Lydia Nelson, and had Isaiah, 1716 ; 
 Patience, 1718 ; Hannah, 1721 ; Lydia, 1725. Joshua, 
 son of 3d Robert, m. Mary Harlow, 1772, and had Free- 
 man, m. Sarah Stephens ; and Joshua, m. Elizabeth 
 Goodwin. Judah, son of 1st William, m. Mercy 
 Sylvester, 1788, and had William, 1789, m. Abiah 
 Parsons. Judah, son of 2d Samuel, m. Love Sprague, 
 1763, and had Ansel ; Mary, m. John Cronican ; Nathan- 
 iel ; Roxanna, m. Rufus Bartlett, and perhaps others. 
 Judah, son of 5th Nathaniel, m. Jerusha Holmes, 1824, 
 and had Eliza Ann, 1826. He rn., 2d, wid. Eliza Jane 
 Lucas, 1831, and had Jerusha Holmes, 1832 ; John 
 Franklin, 1835 ; Martha Washington, 1837 ; Amasa, 
 1839, Lazarus, m. Thankful C. Bartlett, 1817. Lem- 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 215 
 
 uel, son of 2d Robert, m. Mary Doty, 1742, and had 
 Lemuel, 1744 ; William, 1746 ; Mary, 1749, m. a Sturte- 
 vant; Jean, 1754; m, aDoten ; Stephen, 1756 ; Rebecca, 
 1760, m. a Holmes ; Rufus, 1762, m. Mercy Churchill. 
 Lemuel, by wife Lucy, had Lucy, 1807. Lewis, son of 
 Diman (see addenda). Lemuel, m. Lucy Bartlett, 
 1807. Lemuel Bradford, m. Mary Holmes, 1785. 
 Nathaniel, son of 3d Benjamin, m. Abigail, d. of 
 Thomas Clark, 1725, and had Thomas, 1725 ; Susanna, 
 1728, m. Elkanah Churchill; Mary, 1730, m. William 
 Bartlett , Nathaniel, 1733. m. Lydia, d. of Lemuel 
 Barnes ; John, 1736 ; Andrew, 1738 ; Abigail, 1740. m. 
 Solomon Holmes ; Hannah, 1743, m. Elkanah Barnes. 
 Nathaniel, son of 3d Samuel, m. Mary Bartlett, 1793, 
 and had Nathaniel ; Harriet, m. Samuel M. Whitten ; 
 Mary, 1800, m. Henry Seymour ; Almira, 1808, m. 
 Nathaniel Churchill ; Sophia, m. William Straffin ; 
 Betsey ; Edward ; Cornelius, m. wid. Marcia (Perkins) 
 Sturtevant. Nathaniel, 1807, son of above, m. Lucia, 
 d. of Barnabas Holmes, 1821, and had Nathaniel, 1822, 
 m. Sarah Soule ; Frederick, 1824, m. Harriet Martin and 
 Elizabeth G. Thrasher; David C, 1827; Lucia A., 1828; 
 Cornelius, 1831, m. Deborah A., wid. of Charles H. 
 Chandler, and d of John H. Hoyt ; and Mary J., 1837. 
 Nathaniel, m. Susan Diman, 1816 Nathaniel, son 
 2d Judah, m. Elizabeth Marshall 1784, and had Susanna ; 
 Nathaniel, 1786 ; Ansel ; Peabody ; Samuel, in. Lydia 
 Bartlett ; Judah, and Amasa, 1804. Nathaniel, 
 son of above, m. Sarah Lucas, 1808, and had Susan and 
 Sarah. Nathaniel, son of 2d Solomon, m. Hannah 
 Faunce, 1787, and had Nathaniel. Nathaniel, son of 
 
216 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 the last, m. Priscilla, wid. of Thomas Pope, 1824 
 Orrin, Brockton, son of 2d Andrew, m., 1841, Sarali 
 Jane, d. of James C. Drake of Grafton, New Hamp 
 shire, and had Cordelia Frances, 1843 ; Henry Murray, 
 1847. Peabody, son of 3d Ichabod, m. Lucy Turner, 
 1793, and had Deborah, 1794 ; Ichabod, 1797 ; Peabody, 
 1799 ; Turner Kimball, 1801 ; Coleman, 1803 ; Lucy, 
 1804; Hannah Rogers, 1806; Deborah, 1809; Jerusha, 
 1812. Robert came in the Ann, 1623, and m., 1628, 
 Mary, d. of Richard Warren, by whom he had Benjamin, 
 1638 ; Joseph, 1639 ; Rebecca, m. William Harlow ; 
 Mary, m. Richard Foster and Jonathan Morey ; Sarah, 
 m. Samuel Rider ; Elizabeth, m. Anthony Sprague ; 
 Lydia, 1647, m. James Barnaby and John Nelson ; 
 Mercy, 1651, m. John Ivey of Boston. Robert, son of 
 1st Joseph, m. Sarah, d. of Benjamin Bartlett, 1687, 
 and Sarah, d. of Jacob Cooke, 1691, and had Hannah, 
 1691, m. Eleazer Churchill; Thomas, 1694, m. Abigail 
 Finney ; John, 1696 ; Sarah, 1699, m.. John Finney ; 
 James, 1701 ; Joseph, 1704 ; Elizabeth, 1707, m. Thomas 
 Sears ; William, 1709, m. Sarah Foster ; Ebenezer, 1710 ; 
 Robert, 1713 ; Lemuel, 1715. Robert, son of above, 
 m. Rebecca Wood, 1733, and had Robert, 1735 ; Ephraim, 
 1737 ; Rebecca, 1739, m. Ephraim Darling ; Caleb, 1740 ; 
 Isaac, 1742, m. Lois Harlow ; Lazarus, 1744 ; Joshua, 
 1747 ; James, 1749 ; Susanna, 1750 ; Josiah, 1753, m. 
 Martha Holmes. Robert, son of above, m. Jean 
 Spooner, 1770. Rufus, from N. H., m., about 1800, 
 Roxanna, d. of Judah Bartlett, and had Rufus, Clark, 
 Nancy C, and Thomas. Samuel, son of 1st Benjamin, 
 m. Hannah, d. of William Peabodie, 1683, and had 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 217 
 
 Benjamin, 1684 ; Samuel, 1688 ; Joseph, 1686, m. Lydia 
 Nelson ; Ichabod ; Lydia, m. Joseph Holmes ; Sarah, 
 m. Nathan Thomas and Jedediah Bourne ; Elizabeth, m. 
 Ephraim Bradford. Samuel, son of above, m. Hannah 
 Churchill, 1725, and had Samuel, William, John and 
 Judah. Samuel, son of above, m., in North Carolina, 
 Betsey Moore, and had Mary, m. Ephraim Finney ; 
 Betty, m. Amaziah Churchill ; William ; John, and 
 Joseph, 1762. He married a second wife in Plymouth, 
 Elizabeth Jackson, 1766, and had Samuel, 1767 ; Nathan- 
 iel, 1769 ; Cornelius, 1771 ; Alexander ; Truman, 1776, 
 and Stephen. Samuel, son of above, m. Zilpha Morton, 
 1794, and had Eliza, m. Joseph Holmes. Samuel, son 
 of 1st William, m. Joanna Taylor, 1783, and had 
 Samuel, Judah, and others, all of whom removed to 
 Maine. Samuel, son of 4th John, m. Olive Bartlett, 
 1801, and had Samuel, 1802 ; Hiram, 1804, m. Euphany 
 Holmes ; Harvey Stetson, 1806 ; Fanny Hovey, 1809, m. 
 Alfred Cole ; Eliza Thomas, 1811, m. Alden S. Simmons ; 
 Bourne, Frances, Ann, Harriet, and Abby. Samuel, 
 m. Marcia Bartlett, 1825. Samuel, m. Abigail Magoon, 
 
 1747. Samuel, son of 2d Joseph, m. Elizabeth, d. of 
 Isaac Lothrop, 1721, and had Lothrop, 1723; Elizabeth, 
 1725; Margaret, 1728 ; Hannah, 1731; Margaret, 1737. He 
 m., 2d, Elizabeth (Lothrop), wid. of Thomas Witherell, 
 
 1748, and had Samuel, 1749 ; Samuel, 1751 ; Elizabeth, 
 1753, m. Peleg Wadsworth; Lothrop, 1755; Hannah, 1757; 
 Isaac, 1759. Seth S., m. Ann C. Bartlett, 1836. Solo- 
 mon, m. Clarissa Lindsey, 1817. Solomon, m. Joanna 
 Holmes, 1749, and had Solomon, 1751, m. Hannah Rogers; 
 James, 1751 ; Benjamin, 1755 ; Nathaniel, and Abigail. 
 
218 BAETLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 Stephen, son of 1st Andrew, m. Polly Nye, 1799, and 
 had Harriet, 1800 ; Stephen, 1801, m. Phebe Reed ; Mary, 
 1804 ; Thomas Nye, 1806, m. Mercy Taylor Wadsworth ; 
 Lorenzo, 1809 ; Lewis L. ; Edward, m. Betsey Beal of 
 Kingston ; and Harriet, m. Charles T. Holmes. Stephen, 
 son of above, m. Phebe Reed, and had Lorenzo ; 
 Elizabeth, m. Ezra Sampson Diman ; and Mercy White, 
 m James Macy. Sylvanus, son of 4th Joseph, m. 
 Martha Wait, 1743, and had Wait, 1744 ; Elizabeth, 
 1749, m. Thomas Bartlett ; Sylvanus, 1751 ; Mary, 1753, 
 m. Joseph Bartlett ; Abner, 1755, m. Ann Hovey ; 
 Martha, 1757; Jerusha, 1759; Joseph, 1761; ni. Anna 
 Mary Witherell ; Francis ; Sophia, m. Benjamin Drew ; 
 and Jesse, 1772, m. Betsey Drew and Mary Hovey. 
 Sylvanus, son of above, m. Sarah Loring, and had 
 Bathsheba, Martha, Sylvanus, Sarah, Isaac, Betsey, 
 Alvin, Joseph, Loring, Ignatius ; Jerusha, m. N athaniel 
 Holmes ; Isaiah, Lydia, Thomas, and Daniel. Thomas, 
 son of 3d Ebenezer, m. Sarah Rider, 1778, and had 
 Ebenezer, 1779 ; Thomas, 1781 ; Sarah, 1784 ; Ezra Rider, 
 1786 ; Seth, 1788 ; Sarah, 1791 ; Lemuel, 1794. Thomas, 
 son of 1st William, m. Margaret James Drew, 1794, and 
 had Elizabeth, 1797; Thomas, 1799 ; William T., 1801 ; 
 Margaret James, 1804, m. George P. Fowler ; Nathaniel, 
 1806 ; Mary, 1809, m. Nathaniel Brown ; and Sarah, 
 1812. Thomas, son of 5th Joseph, m. Betty Bartlett, 
 1765, and had Betsey, m. Solomon Churchill ; Jerusha, 
 Daniel, Thomas, and Deborah. Thomas, son of Rufus, 
 m. Phebe Doten, 1823, and had Phebe T., 1835 ; and 
 Roxanna A., 1838. Thomas Burgess, son of 2d Ansel, 
 m. Bethiah, d. of John Churchill, and had Charles B., 
 
BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 219 
 
 1831 ; Mary A., 1836, m. Charles C. Doten ; Russell T., 
 1840, m. Emeline F., d. of William Savery; and Priscilla, 
 1845. Hem. 2d, Rebecca W., d. of Avery Dean, 1850. 
 Thomas, son of 11th Joseph, m. Lucinda Cornish, and 
 had Thomas Mayo, who moved toPenn., and died, 1818. 
 Thomas, m. Ruth Rogers, 1798. Truman, son of 3d 
 Samuel, m. Experience Finney, 1798, and had William ; 
 Josiah, m. Fanny, d. of Ansel Robbins ; Flavel, m. 
 Mary Bartlett ; Charles ; Stephen ; Truman, 1799 ; 
 Azariah ; Ann ; Lucia, and Angeline. Truman, son of 
 above, m. Mercy Jennings, and had Charles T. ; Mercy 
 Ann, m Alexander P. Atwood ; Jane G., m. William 
 Bartlett ; Angeline, m. Isaac Dunham ; and Caroline. 
 Uriah, son of 3d Joseph, m., 1765, Lois (Doty) Wash- 
 burn, and 2d, Susanna Cook, and had William, 1765 ; 
 Lois, 1768, m. Samuel Spear; Peleg, 1771 m. Jane 
 Adams and a Leach ; Uriah, 1774 ; Frederick, 1779 ; 
 Deborah, 1782, m. Elisha Barker ; Clarissa, 1784, m. 
 Aaron Nash and a Beckley ; Nathaniel, 1786 ; Uriah, 
 1789, m. Olive Holmes ; Susanna, m. a Clark and a 
 Brigham ; Isaac and Polly. Uriah, son of above, m. 
 Olive Holmes, 1823, and had Mahala, 1823, m. Stephen 
 Holmes; Frederick William, 1826; George, 1827, m. 
 Susanna H. Richardson ; Ichabod, 1829 ; Thomas 
 Holmes, 1831, m. Caroline E. Fuller ; Robert Bruce, 
 1833, rn. Elizabeth of San Francisco, where he lives ; 
 and Eugene, 1835. William, son of 2d Samuel, m. 
 Mary Bartlett, 1752, and had Hannah, 1752 ; William, 
 1754, moved to North Carolina ; Samuel, 1757 ; Judah ; 
 Amasa, 1763 ; Mary ; Sarah, 1768, m. Lemuel Drew ; 
 Thomas, 1770 ; Nathaniel, 1772. William, son of 5th 
 Benjamin, m. Rebecca Trask, 1761, and had William, 
 
220 BARTLETT MEMORIALS. 
 
 1761, m. Deborah Holmes ; Zacheus, 1763, m. Hannah 
 Thomas; Thomas, 1766; and Jabez, 1768. William, 
 son of 12th Joseph, m. Susan, d. of James Thacher, 
 1814, and had Susan Louisa, 1815, m. Charles O. Boutelie ; 
 Betsey Thacher, 1818 ; John, 1820 ; m. Hannah Willard 
 of Cambridge ; Eliza Ann, 1825 ; and Mary, 1827. 
 William, son of 1st Truman, m. Lucy Dyer Holmes, 
 and had Lucia, Esther, and Mary. William Sampson, 
 son of 2d Amasa, m. Betsey, d. of Ezra Finney, and 
 had Hannah Bourne, 1832, Elizabeth Holbrook, 1834 ; 
 Abby James, 1835 ; Mary Eliza, 1838 ; Sarah Taylor, 
 1840 ; Leonice Sampson, 1842 ; William Bishop, 1845 ; 
 and Charles Bourne, 1852. William, son of 1st Judah, 
 m. Abiah Parsons, 1809, and had William, m. Mary 
 Phillips of Easton ; Joann, m. Bartlett Holmes ; Abby 
 Washburn ; Judah, m. Wealthy S., d. of Samuel Lewis ; 
 Rebecca, m. William Burgess ; and Nathaniel Thomas, 
 m. Hannah Billings of Boston. Zacheus, son of 4th 
 Joseph, m. Margaret Barnes, 1753, and had George ; 
 Zacheus, 1765 ; Isaac ; Maltiah, m. Patty Bartlett and a 
 Cushman ; Phebe, m. Daniel Perry of Sandwich ; Betsey, 
 m. Elias Nye ; Joseph ; and Mary, m. a Mayhew. 
 Zacheus, son of above, m. Hannah, d. of Samuel 
 Jackson, 1796, and had Sydney of Boston ; Margaret, 
 m. Winslow Warren ; Dr. George of Boston ; and 
 Caroline, m. George Pratt of Boston Zacheus, sou of 
 11th Joseph, m. Sylvia Blackwell, and had Clark, 1825, 
 m. Mary S. Knowles ; Sarah, 1828, m. Paran Bartlett ; 
 Sylvia Ann, 1833 ; Zacheus, 1835 ; James, 1841, m. 
 Sarah A. Briggs ; and John F., m. Emma, d. of Hosea 
 Bartlett. 
 
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 Amasa, son of 1st Amasa, was born in 1805. Andrew, 
 son of 1st Andrew, had Lois, 1791 ; Sarah, 1795, who 
 married David P. Reynolds. He m. second, 1797, 
 Elizabeth Hammond of Rochester, and had Eliza, 17y9 ; 
 Eliza, again, 1802, m. Michael Howland ; Hannah, 1804, 
 m. Algernon S. Sylvester ; Andrew, 1806 ; Winslow, 
 1808; Cordelia, 1812; Orin, 1815. Ansel, son of 2d 
 Judah, had Ansel, 1789 ; Charles m. Ellen Rider ; Lewis 
 m. Mary Carbin Holmes ; Harvey, 1804 : Caroline m. 
 Marston Sampson and Wm. Dewsbury ; Betsey m. 
 Zacheus Parker, Elkanah and Nancy m. Zacheus Sher- 
 man. Allen, Portland, son of 5th William (who will 
 be found in the addenda) m. Feb. 22, 1811, Abigail P. 
 Haskell of Portland, and had Flavel, 1812 ; Washington 
 Allen, 1814, m. Ruth Bud Bloom of N. Y.; Warren 
 Holmes ; John Wesley, 1818, m. Mary Stockman of 
 Rockport ; Abby P. m. Robert Keller of Bangor ; 
 Mercy m. a Thornton ; Francis Asbury m. Ada Webb 
 of San Francisco ; Harriet m. Samuel Warden of Wor- 
 cester. Clement, son of 5th William (in the addenda) 
 m. Fannie Whittemore of West Roxbury, and had Ann 
 Frances, Henry, and Alfred. Flavel, son of 5th William 
 (in the addenda) had a wife, Hannah, and had Allen 
 Smith and Eva. George Fred Hunter, son of Fred 
 Wm. m. Alice Mary d. of Charles W. Evans of Buffalo. 
 
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 Mary, d. of Freeman, born in 1803. Henry, who m. 
 Fanny Churchill was son of Harvey. Henry, son 
 of 1st Andrew, m. 1791, Clarissa Harlow and had Henry, 
 1792 ; Hosea, 1797 ; Abigail, 1794 ; Seth, 1802, m Nancy 
 Bradford of Duxbury. Seth, son of 1st. Ichabod, m. 
 Charity Gulliver. John Wesley, son of Allen, Boston, 
 m. Mary Stockman of Rockport, and had Frank Mada- 
 line, 1847, m. Nathan B. Hoyt, of New Haven ; Horace 
 M., 1849 ; Edith May ; Effie ; Edith Somes, 1856, m. 
 John E. Levy of Milltown, Maine; Louisa F., 1859; 
 Mabel S., 1861 ; Clifton W. A., 1864. John, 1752, 
 Duxbury, son of the last Nathaniel (in the addenda), 
 afterwards of Pembroke and Hartford, Me., m. Molly 
 Bonney, and had Nathaniel, 1777 ; Margaret, 1779 ; 
 Betsey, 1782 ; John, 1784 ; Ira, 1787 ; Daniel, 1789 ; 
 Joseph, 1791; Polly, 1794. The Second Samuel, besides 
 Lucy, 1807 had Paran, 1820. Lewis, son of Diman, 
 m. 1830, Sally Cornish, d. of Nehemiah Savory, and had 
 Martha Ann, 18B0 ; Lewis Thomas, 1833 ; Sarah Ann, 
 1834 ; Mary E., 1837, m. John Fairbanks of Bridge- 
 water. He m. 2d, Achsah H. Kittridge Brown, wid. of 
 Joseph Brown andd. of JobGiddings of N. H., and had 
 Joseph Lewis, 1844 ; Sarah Achsah, 1847 ; Frances 
 Kittridge, 1849 ; Ephraim Diman, 1853, m. Harriet 
 Russell, d. of Jacob Dickson. Another Nathaniel, 
 m. 1759, Rebecca Ellis. Nathaniel, son of 2d Ebenezer, 
 and called the last Nathaniel, m. Zenobe, d. of Christo- 
 pher Wadsworth, and had Zenobe, 1743 ; Nathaniel, 
 1745 ; Mary, 1746 ; Elizabeth, 1749 ; and John, 1752. 
 Rufus, besides children mentioned, had Lizzie, m. 
 Kimball Harlow ; Rebecca, m. George Ellis ; Blackman ; 
 
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 Timothy Allen ; Nathaniel, m. Hannah d. of Samuel 
 Bartlett ; and Clark. Solomon, son of 2d Solomon, m. 
 Abigail Torrey, and Hannah Rogers, and her sister 
 Abigail m. Samuel Sampson. Washington Allen, son 
 of Allen, m. Ruth Bud Bloom of N. Y., and had 
 Frances Amelia, 1839, who m. Don Estaban St. 
 Cruz De Oveda of Havana ; Orelia M., 1841, m. 
 Dr Ditson of Albany ; and Washington Sewell. 
 Charles, son of 1st Truman, born 1814; Stephen, his 
 brother. 1802 ; Lucia, 181 3, and Angeline, 1816, his 
 sisters. Angeline, d. of 2d Truman, m. Isaac T. Dun- 
 ham. William, Norway, Me., called above the 5th 
 William, son of Lemuel, m. Mercy Holmes, and had 
 Esther, 1780; Stephen; Emily, 1785; Allen, 1789; 
 Flavel, 1792. Emily m. John Perry of Norway, Me. 
 Other children were Mercy, 1809 ; Eliza, 1804, m. an 
 Austin ; Jane H., 1800, m. Nathaniel Stevens of Nor- 
 way ; Clement m. Fanny Whittemore of West Roxbury. 
 
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 Bartlett Memorials (Continued), . . . 183 
 
 Indexes, ..... 195, 198 
 
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