John Bartlett (1696 - 1773)

Born 13 Apr 1696 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Cobb) Bartlett — married 4 Apr 1723 (to 28 Sep 1731) in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Lewis) Bartlett — married 1 Oct 1734 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Sarah (Seabury) Bartlett — married 19 Mar 1770 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1773 at age 76 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

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John was a innholder.

John Bartlett, son of Robert Bartlett, was born 13 April 1696 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[1]

In 1727, John was mentioned in his brother, James Bartlett's estate settlement.^[2]

Died 6 February 1773.^[1][3]

Marriage (1) Plymouth, 4 April Sarah Cobb. She was b. plymouth 15 April 1702, d/o Ebenezer and Mercy (Holmes) Cobb. She died 28 Sept 1731.^{[1] [4][5]}

Marriage (2): Falmouth, Massachusetts 1 Oct 1734 Sarah (Lewis) Gray. She was b. Barnstable 24 June 1713, d/o Nathan and Sarah (Arey) Lewis. Her first husband was Benoni Gray (married 1 Sep 1732, Falmouth). Child b. Benoni Gray. She died 23 Dec 1767.^[1]

Marriage (3) Duxbury, Plymouth Colony 19 Mar 1770 Sarah Seabury. She was b. Duxbury, 21 July 1718, d/o Samuel and Deborah (Wiswall) Seabury. She married (2) Kingston 22 Sep 1774 Joseph Bartlett. She died Kingston 4 Nov 1802. She was a descendant of John Alden.^[1]

Children of John and Sarah (Cobb) Bartlett b. Plymouth^[1]

1. Jerusha 1724-1732
2. Sarah 1726 m. Thomas Faunce
3. Hannah 1727 m. Stephen Doten
4. Daughter (1729-1729)
5. Mary 1730-1748

Children of John and Sarah (Lewis) (Grey) Bartlett b. Plymouth^[1]

1. Jerusha 1735-1754
2. John 1638
3. Jennie 1740-1749
4. Lewis 1743
5. Abigail 1745
6. Mariah 1748 m Richard Babb
7. Michael bp 1750
8. George bp 1751
9. Charles bp 1754
10. Priscilla bp 1754

In 1767, John and his son Lewis are mentioned in the will of George Haydon of Plymouth, mariner. John is an innholder.^[6]

Probate

The will of John Bartlett of Plymouth, innholder was dated 14 November 1772 and proved on 1 March 1773 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Sarah, and his children, John Bartlett (executor), Charles Bartlett, George Bartlett, Abigail Bartlett, Sarah Faunce, Hannah Doten, Jerusha Peckham, and Maria Babb, and his brother, Joseph Bartlett.^[7]

His inventory was taken on 5 March 1773 in Plymouth. He was a slaveholder. His inventory included an enslaved black woman named Violet, an enslaved black boy named Allex, aged about 8 years, and an enslaved black girl named Jem, aged about 6 years.^[8]

In 1791, with the estate still not settled and his son John Jr. now dead, John Jr.'s widow Dorothy was granted the administration of his estate.^[9] An account of his estate by Dorothy Bartlett was recorded which included debts received, funeral expenses, debts paid, personal estate delivered to the widow and heirs, taxes, and administration fees.^[10] The estate of John Bartlett was divided between his two sons, John and Charles Bartlett (both deceased. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>. p. 47 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48785/46/1417087037
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-F4P6 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 122 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ Source: #S1516939457
4. ↑ Source: #S1517565335
5. ↑ Source: #S1517565314
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-JQ9W : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 275 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-8HF3 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 146 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-8H7Y : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 147 of 827; State Archives, Boston.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-X72J : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1778-1794 vol 26-27 > image 539 of 549; State Archives, Boston.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-8CL5 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1785-1792 vol 30-31 > image 586 of 639; State Archives, Boston.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-8CYD : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1785-1792 vol 30-31 > image 587-588 of 639; State Archives, Boston. Starts at bottom of right hand side of image and goes to next page.

• Bowman, George Ernest (editor) "The Will of John Bartlett of Plymouth, Mass.," The Mayflower Descendant : a Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History, (Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899), p. 125; digital images, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1920mass/page/n803/mode/2up : accessed November 2023)
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