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Richard Bartlett was born BARTLETT in Wiltshire, England, 1575. He was a shoe- maker by trade. He was one of the earliest settlers of the old town of Newbury, Mass- achusetts. The family name in England is ancient and distinguished ; it was formerly spelt variously Bartlet, Bartlot and Bartholet. Richard Bartlett was living in Newbury before 1637, and died there May 25, 1647. His family Bible-one
of the famous "Breeches Bibles," so-called from the trans- lation of the word for the original garment worn by Adam and Eve), is now owned by William Bartlett, of Lowell; he received it from his father, Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, late president of Dartmouth College. The rec- ords of his children's births are given, and the statement "Richard Bartlett bought this book Anno Domini 1612." Richard Bartlett was the progenitor of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, of New Hampshire, signer of the Declaration of Independence, foremost citizen of that state. His oral will, proved September 29, 1647, stated that John had already received his share; bequeathed to Christopher, Joane and her four daughters, to Richard and John
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who received the "Great Bible." Children : I. Joane, born January 29, 1610; married William Titcomb. 2. John, born November 9, 1613. 3. Thomas, born January 22, 1615. 4. Richard, born October 31, 1621, mentioned below. 5. Christopher, born February 25, 1623. 6. Anne, born February 26, 1625.
(II) Richard Bartlett, son of Richard Bartlett (I), was born in England, October 31, 1621. He was called a shoemaker and yeoman on various records. He resided first in Oldtown, Newbury, Massachusetts, remov- ing finally to Bartlett's Corners, near Deer Island, on the Merrimac river. He was reputed to be a facetious, genial and intelli- gent man. He represented the town in the general court. His will was dated April 19, 1665, and proved July 18, 1698. He married Abigail , who died March 8, 1686-87. Children : I. Samuel, born February 20, 1645-46, mentioned below. 2. Richard, born February 21, 1648-49. 3. Thomas, born Sep- tember 7, 1650. 4. Abigail, born March 14, 1653; married, May 27, 1700, John Emery ; died 1723. 5. John, born June 22, 1655. 6. Hannah, born December 18, 1657; unmar- ried. 7. Rebecca, born May 23, 1661 ; mar- ried, September 5, 1700, Isaac Bagley ; died in 1723.
(I11) Samuel Bartlett, son of Richard Bartlett (2), was born at Newbury, February 20, 1645-46. He was, like his father and grandfather, a cordwainer (shoemaker) by trade. He settled in Newbury and was a zealous opposer of the royal governor, An- dros, and at the crisis in the English rebellion he rode to Boston in order to help put Sir Edmund Andros in prison. He died May 15, 1732, aged eighty-six years. He married, May 23, 1671, Elizabeth Titcomb, who died August 26, 1690. Children : I. Elizabeth, born May 13, 1672; married Joshua Brown. 2. Abigail, born April 14, 1674; married Abraham Merrill Jr. 3. Samuel, born March 28, 1676. 4. Sarah, born July 7, 1678; un- married. 5. Richard, born February 23, 1679-80. 6. Thomas, born August 13, 1681, mentioned below. 7. Tirzah, born January 20, 1683-84; married, January 22, 1687, Joseph Sawyer. 8. Lydia, born November 5, 1687; married, December 27, 1722, Matthias Plant, of Newbury; died October 8, 1753.
(IV) Thomas Bartlett, son of Samuel Bartlett (3), was born in Newbury, August 13, 1681. He learned the tanner's trade, and settled in Newbury. He died May 4, 1744, leaving an estate valued at four thousand ii-2
eight hundred and thirty pounds. He owned land at Falmouth, now Portland, and Narra- gansett, No. I, now Buxton, Maine, and Kingston, New Hampshire. The signer of the Declaration of Independence resided at Kingston. He owned also Deer Island, in the Merrimac river, bought in 1727. He mar- ried, February 14, 1710-1I, Sarah Webster, of Salisbury, who died January 17, 1726-27. Children: 1. Israel, born April 30, 1712, mentioned below. 2. Tabitha, born in No- vember, 1713; died unmarried, 1779. 3. Enoch, born April 5, 1715. 4. Dorothy, born February 23, 1717; married, December, 1737, Cutting Moody ; died September 1, 1741. 5. Nehemiah, born February 21, 1719; died August 24, 1741. 6. James, born April 30, 1721 ; died August 24, 1741. 7. Thomas, born September 16, 1723. 8. Sarah, born June 13, 1725; married John Coggswell, Jr., trader, March 19, 1752, at Haverhill; died September 12, 1799.
(V) Israel Bartlett, son of Thomas Bart- lett (4), was born at Newbury, April 30, 1712. Ile followed the family vocation of tanner, and resided in his native town except between the years 1738 and 1746, when he resided in Nottingham, New Hampshire. His farm there is still known as the Bartlett place ; it is on the north side of the common. He was a magistrate, and was widely known as "Squire" Bartlett. He died May 17, 1754, at the early age of forty-two. He had a pew in Queen Anne's Chapel, and his estate shows that he owned a negro man and girl. His widow married second, Joseph Lunt. Ile married, May 7, 1738, Love Hall, a descend- ant of Governor John Winthrop and Gover- Children : nor Thomas Dudley, of Massachusetts.
I. Joseph Hall, born March 7, 1739, in Nottingham. 2. Sarah, born No- vember 25, 1741, in Nottingham; married Colonel Windborn Adams, who was killed at Saratoga ; married second, Colonel Hobart, of Exeter, where she died in 1823. 3. Thomas, born October 22, 1745, mentioned below. 4.
Israel, born May 8, 1748, in Newbury. 5. Mary, born in Newbury, August 17, 1751. 6. Josiah, born March 13, 1753.
(VI) Thomas Bartlett, son of Israel Bart- lett (5), was born in Newbury, October 22, 1745 ; married, August 19, 1773. Sarah Cilley, (laughter of General Joseph Cilley, Thomas Bartlett was lieutenant-colonel of a regiment under Stark at Burgoyne's surrender: was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treason ; was speaker of the house of representatives
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of New Hampshire, and judge of the court of common pleas ; died June 30, 1805. He was judge from 1790 to the time of his death. He was a selectman of the town of Notting- ham, New Hampshire, where he lived, from 1782 for some years; was justice of the peace in 1781. His son Bradbury was appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1832. The New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls give this abstract of his military service. He was sergeant in Captain John Willoughby's company, Colonel Chase's regiment, sent to assistance of northern army in the fall of 1777 ; lieutenant-colonel in Colonel Steven Evans'regiment, 1777 and 1778; muster master in 1777, raising troops to join Stark, and later in the war was colonel of his regiment. He lived in what is known lately as the David Lucy place. Children, born in Nottingham : I. Israel, born 1774; married Sarah Butler, daughter of Zephaniah and Abigail (Cilley) Butler ; ancestor of General Benjamin F. But- ler (See Butler family). Abigail Cilley was a sister of General Joseph Cilly; they re- sided in Nottingham. 2. Joseph, born March 22, 1776; was a school teacher ; died in Lee, New Hampshire, 1805. 3. Thomas, born April 24, 1778; mentioned below. 4. Jona- than, born July 2, 1780; resided in Mt. Ver- non, New Hampshire ; married Lovy Laskey, of Lee. 5. Hon. Bradbury, born January 21, 1783, was representative to state legislature; senator; judge of court of common pleas ; general of state militia; married Molly True, daughter of Benjamin and granddaughter of Abraham True, deacon. 6. Sarah, born July 26, 1785. 7. Hon. Josiah, born March 31, 1787; lieutenant in war of 1812; married Hannah, daughter of Benjamin True. 8. David, born April 29, 1789, resided at Epping, New Hampshire ; married Susannah, daughter of Major Greenleaf Cilley. 9. Enoch, born July 6, 1791 ; died December 20, 1818, unmarried. 10. Betsey, born August 6, 1793, died unmarried. II. Jacob, born June 16, 1796; died unmarried. 12. Patty, born November 7, 1798, died young.
(VII) Thomas Bartlett, son of Colonel Thomas Bartlett (6), was born in Notting- ham, April 24, 1778: married, August 25, 1805, Mehitable Ford. He removed to Hav- erhill about 1830, and died there September 29, 1842. He was a farmer and lawyer, like his father and grandfather. He was a prom- inent citizen of Nottingham. Children : I. Joseph, born February 21, 1807. 2. Alice, January 27, 1809. 3. Thomas, December 29,
1810. 4. Mehitable, February 8, 1813. 5. John F., January 26, 1815. 6. Bradbury C., March 22, 1817 (twin). 7. Jacob C. (twin), March 22, 1817. 8. David G., July 10, 1819. 9. Sarah J., October 30, 1822 (twin). IO. Emily A. (twin), October 30, 1822. II.
Betsey, September 28, 1825.
(VIII) Thomas Bartlett, son of Thomas Bartlett (7), was born in Nottingham, De- cember 29, 1810. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He was a keen student and close observer. He acquired a liberal education and a thorough knowledge of law. While he was a farmer all his life, he also practised law. Indeed, from the time of Israel Bartlett (5), born 1712, his ances- tors had combined the profession of law with the occupation of farming. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were law- yers, and many of their sons as well. These country squires were distinguished for their common sense and excellent judgment. The law library of Thomas Bartlett (8) is now in the possession of his son, Albert L. Bartlett, and contains many ancient volumes of inter- est to antiquarians as well as lawyers. He was a Whig in politics and he and his wife were members of the Christian church. He died October, 1857, in the prime of life. He married March 4, 1844, Patience Hawkins, born 1819, died September 2, 1891, daughter of Joseph and Nabby (Jenness) Hawkins. Children : I. Thomas S., born January 14, 1846. 2. Horace E., born August 1, 1847, graduate of Dartmouth College, 1869; prin- cipal of Haverhill high school, later of Law- rence high school ; was an attorney, and part- ner of Hon. William H. Moody. 3. Albert Leroy, mentioned below.
(IX) Albert Leroy Bartlett, SON
of Thomas Bartlett (8), was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, June 1, 1851. He attended the public and high schools of his native place, and graduated in 1872 from Dartmouth College with the degree of A. B., receiving in 1875 the degree of Master of Arts from his alma mater. He took up the profession of teaching, and began in 1872 in the Sawin Academy at Sherborn, Massachusetts. From 1875 to 1882 he was a teacher in the public schools of Bradford, Massachusetts, and from 1882 to 1888 was sub-master of the Haverhill high school. He resigned to accept the position of superintendent of public instruction in the city of Haverhill, a posi- tion he filled with distinguished ability and success until 1897 when he resigned to devote
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all his time to literature and lecturing. From 1895 to 1897 he was lecturer on English language and literature in the New Hamp- shire summer normal school. In 1900 he was a lecturer at the Massachusetts summer nor- mal school, held at Martha's Vineyard, and in 1901 at the summer normal school of Vir- ginia. He is the author of "History of the Haverhill Academy and High School" (1900) ; "Essentials of Language and Gram- mar" (1900); "A Golden Way" (1902) ; "The Construction of English" (1903) ; "The Elements of English Grammar" ( 1906) ; and of articles in various magazines from time to time. Mr. Bartlett is one of the leading authorities in educational matters in New England. He has a national reputation through his books and addresses, and num- bers among his friends many of the dis- tinguished teachers and American men of letters.
Mr. Bartlett has never married. He is a member of Mizpah Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Haverhill; member of the Worth Congrega- tional Church; trustee for many years of the Haverhill Public Library; and for a number of years chairman of the Haverhill Park Commission. In 1907 Mr. Bartlett donated to the city of Haverhill the land upon which the city built a school building at a cost of $50,000, and which was named the Albert L. Bartlett school, in recognition of his valuable gift.
The surname Parker is de- PARKER rived from the Latin parcar- ius, park keeper or shepherd. Danes, Saxons and Normans in England all seem to have had the name in use as a sur- name at an early date. Parcus and de Parco are found in the Domesday Book. As early as 900-925 in the reign of Edward I, a Jeof- frey Parker is mentioned, though before the days of common use of surnames. At first the prefix Le (the) was common, and it is altogether likely that many Parker families had their origin like other families named for occupations in many different lines, distinct and unrelated. The coat-of-arms of the Brownsholme family of Parker, the pedigree of which is traced to William Le Parker of Extwistle, Lancashire, before 1400, and which seems most likely that to which the American line belongs: Vert, a chevron between three stags' heads, caboshed or. Crest : a leopard head affrontes erased or ducally gorged gu. Motto: Sepre ande
(Dare to be just). This coat-of-arms has descended through the Park Hall and Staf- fordshire lines and is now used by Sir Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield, Eng- land. It is similar to the earlier coat-of-arms of the Parker family of Extwistle, and doubt- less modified from that design.
(I) Thomas Parker, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in England in 1609. He came to America in the ship "Susan and Ellen," sailing from London March II, 1635, in charge of Sir Richard Saltonstall, with whose family tradition connects that of Parker. He settled at Lynn, Massachusetts, and was ad- mitted a freeman May 17, 1637. He was one of the first settlers in Lynn Village or Read- ing, and on his homestead in the eastern part of that town he and his descendants lived until 1822, when Deacon Parker, the last of the family to occupy it, died. He was a very active and prominent citizen, a man of ability and substance. He was appointed a commis- sioner to try small causes in 1636; was select- man in 1661 and five other years, and often honored with positions of trust. The "Park- er Genealogy" locates his house within thirty rods of the present town hall of Wakefield, formerly the south parish of Reading, and on the cast side of the common, adjoining the estate of Rev. Samuel Haugh. Parker was deacon of the Reading church. He gave his age as thirty when he left England; was seventy-eight when he died in 1683. His wife died January 15, 1690. His will dated August 3, 1683, bequeathed to his wife Amy ; sons John, Thomas, Nathaniel, and Hananiah ; daughters Mary and Martha; grandchildren Samuel and Sarah Parker; to John "a great Bible that Boniface Burton gave me." Chil- dren: I. Thomas, born at Lynn, in 1638; married Deborah - -; died July 17, 1699. 2. Hananiah, mentioned below. 3. John, born 1640; married, November 13, 1667, Hannah Kendall; sergeant. 4. Joseph, born 1642, died 1644. 5. Joseph, born 1645; died 1646. 6. Mary, born December 12, 1647; married Samuel Dodge, of Beverly, son of Richard (1). 7. Martha, born March 14, 1649. 8. Nathaniel, born May, 1651.
(II) Lieutenant Hananiah Parker, son of Thomas Parker (I), was born in 1638; mar- ried, September 30, 1663, Elizabeth Browne, twin sister of Joseph Browne. She was born in Reading, December 10, 1647, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Browne. Her father was a native of Inkberrow, Worcestershire. England, son of Edward Browne. Hananiah
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Parker settled on land adjoining his father's farm. He was admitted a freeman October 15. 1679. He was chosen ensign of the Reading military company in 1680; lieutenant in 1684. He was one of a committee chosen by the general court to locate the highway between Woburn and Reading. He was selectman, town clerk, and deputy to the gen- eral court seven years. In 1707 he and Cap- tain John Brown were appointed a committee to provide a school master for the town and they engaged John Webb, of Braintree, to teach "Reading, writing, casting accounts and the Latin and Greek tongues." His wife Elizabeth died February 27, 1697. He mar- ried second, December 22, 1700, Mary (Bur- sham) Bright, of Watertown, daughter of William Bursham, and widow of Deacon John Bright, of Watertown. He died March IO, 1724; she died January 4, 1736, aged eighty-seven years. His will was dated May 20, 1703. Children: 1. John, born August 3, 1664; mentioned below. 2. Samuel Park- er, born October 24, 1666; married Martha Brown, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 3. Elizabeth, born June, 1668; married, Novem- ber 17, 1685, Samuel Cowdrey, of Reading. 4. Mary, married Samuel Poole, of Boston. 5. Sarah, born February 20, 1672; died Octo- ber 2, 1677. 6. Hananiah, born November 2, 1674; died January 3, 1677. 7. Ebenezer, born February 13, 1676; married Rebecca Newhall. 8. Hananiah, born April 30; died August 7, 1681.
(III) John Parker, son of Hananiah Parker (2), was born in Reading, Massachusetts, August 3, 1664. He married, October 2, 1689, Deliverance Dodge, daughter of John and Sarah Dodge, of Beverly, Massachusetts. She was born March 10 or 15, 1661. They set- tled soon after marriage on part of the orig- inal Deacon Thomas Parker place in the cen- ter of the town, his farm adjoining that of his father, Hananiah. Three of the deeds of John Parker and a record of his marriage in his own handwriting have been preserved. In 1699 he purchased of John Poole, land on the north end of the Great Pond, Lake Quanapowit. He bought and sold many other lots of land in the vicinity. He was a con- stable of Reading. In the spring of 1712 Parker removed with his family to Lexing- ton, then Cambridge Farms, and settled on the homestead still occupied by his descend- ants. He was fence viewer in Lexington in 1714: tithingman in 1714 and 1721. He must have been a man of character and dignity, for
in seating the meeting house in 1731 he was placed on the second seat with Ensign John Mason, Thomas Mead, and other leading cit- izens. His wife Deliverance died at Lex- ington, March 10, 1718; he married second, Sarah Parker was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and he built a shop in which he made farm implements, furniture and use- ful things. He taught his trade to his sons, and they in turn to theirs for many genera- tions. He died January 22, 1741, aged sev- enty-eight. Children of John and Deliver- ance Parker, all born in Reading: 1. Sarah, born July 5, died July 9, 1690. 2. Hananiah, born October 10, 1691; died 17II, a soldier in Queen Anne's war in Annapolis, Nova Scotia expedition. 3. Andrew, born Febru- ary 14, 1693, mentioned below. 4. Josiah, born April II, 1694; married Anna Stone, of Lexington. 5. Mary, born December 4, 1695; died 1709. 6. John, born and died in 1696. 7. Edie, born August 19, 1697; died 1709. 8. John, born November 8, 1703; married Ex- perience Cloyes or Clayes, of Framingham.
(IV) Andrew Parker, son of John Parker (3), was born in Reading, February 14, 1693, and was nineteen years old when he removed with his father to Lexington in 1712. He was a husbandman and wood worker, ener- getic and industrious, of strong physique and great size. He was fence viewer in 1725; constable. He died April 8, 1776, at the age of eighty-three. He and his wife joined the church at Lexington, November 4, . 1724, when three of their children were baptized. He married at Lexington, August 2, 1720, Sarah Whitney, who was baptized April 22, 1703, daughter of Isaiah and Sarah Whitney, of Lexington. Eleazer Whitney, father of Isaiah, settled in Cambridge Farms in 1693. He was the son of Thomas, born April 7, 1662, and grandson of the immigrant, John. (See Whitney family). Children of Andrew and Sarah Parker: I. Sarah, born February 9, 1721 ; married, June 21, 1739, Jabez Ken- dall, of Woburn. 2. Jonas, born February 6, 1722; married, 1745, Lucy Monroe, of Lexington. 3. Amos, born July 27, 1723; married, 1745, Anna Curwen Stone, of Lex- ington. 4. Elizabeth, born 1725; died young. 5. Thomas, born December 24, 1727; men- tioned below. 6. Abigail, baptized July 27, 1729. 7. Lucy, baptized April 4, 1731 ; mar- ried, May 24, 1750, Joshua Mead, of Lexing- ton. 8. Elizabeth, baptized June 22, 1735. 9. Andrew, baptized April 6, 1738; married, No- vember 29, 1759, Abigail Jennison, of Water-
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town. 10. Keziah, baptized June 1, 1740; married, June 1, 1759, Joseph Wyman, of Lunenburg. II. Ebenezer, born 1742, died young. 12. Mary, baptized October 21, 1744. (V) Thomas Parker, son of Andrew Parker (4), was baptized in Lexington, De- cember 24, 1727; married in Lexington, by Rev. Ebenezer Bridge, March 8, 1750, Jane Parrot, then of Chelmsford, born in 1729. He lived on a part of his father's homestead in the south part of the town of Lexington, neighbor of his cousin, the famous hero of the battle of Lexington, Captain John Parker. Thomas was quartermaster of his military company at Lexington in 1774. In 1776 and 1777 he was selectman and an active patriot. At the time of the battle Thomas was home sick. When the British were despoiling and ransacking the houses two of them entered the Parker house and Mrs. Parker was obliged to yield to their demands to see the house. But while apparently allowing them free access to the rooms she had her daugh- ter carry rope to the father's room. Though sick, he was of great size and strength, and when the two soldiers appeared in his room he took them both by surprise, tied them secure- ly and gave them over to the colonial author- ities. His only son Ebenezer was fighting in his company. Parker was shrewd in business and prudent, acquiring a competence. He sold his land in Lexington to his cousins and bought timber land in Shrewsbury, new land in Hubbardston, formerly owned by his brother Amos. He bought a farm in Prince- ton of Elisha Hedge, of Marlborough, Mass- achusetts, and with his son settled in that town in 1777. It was known as the Black Grove Farm. There his descendants are still living. It is an elevated region overlooking water close at hand and the West Sterling valley to the eastward, while at the west Mount Wachusett and picturesque Princeton adorn the landscape. He added several hun- dred acres to his original holding and sold to later settlers. Other Lexington settlers came and bought of him. The small red brick house erected early on this place was followed by a large brick house adjoining it, used as a tavern by Thomas Parker and later by his son Ebenezer, the original house serving as kitchen. He bought of John Brad- ley the meeting house half-pew used so many years by his descendants. He died July 3, 1799; his widow Jane died August 17, 1814, aged eighty-five, both being buried in the family burying ground on the homestead.
Children, born at Lexington : I. Ebenezer, born August 13, 1750; mentioned below. 2. William, born 1751, baptized December 29: died young. 3. Mary, baptized July 13, 1760; married . Jonas Smith, of Waltham. Two other children died in infancy.
(VI) Deacon Ebenezer Parker, son of Thomas Parker (5). was born in Lexington, August 13, 1750, and was baptized August 19. 1Ie married at Lexington, December 3, 1772. Dorcas Munroe, born at Lexington, November 14, 1750, daughter of William and Tabitha (Hobbs) Munroe. Her mother was the daughter of Josiah Hobbs, of Weston, Massachusetts ; married first, Jones, and second, William Munroe, blacksmith, son of Lieutenant John Munroe, of Lexington, who with others had a grant of nine hundred acres of land for their service in the Indian Fight at Lamprey River, June 6, 1690. Ebc- nezer Parker was in Captain John Parker's company of Lexington minute-men, having the rank and duties of corporal. He showed much coolness on the morning of the fight, remaining on the field while the company was obeying the orders to disperse, attempting to dissuade his uncle from remaining in accord- ance with a vow not to run from the British. The enemy were approaching and surround- ing them, however, and, unable to change his uncle's determination, he made his escape. He then joined in the march to Concord, the return and the running raid on the retreating Red-coats. He marched to Cambridge with his company May 6, 1775, and at the battle of Bunker Hill was in Captain John Parker's company assigned to guard the Neck. In 1777 he removed with his father to Princeton, and he and his wife were dismissed by the Lexington church to Princeton, November 9, 1788. His father deeded his real estate to him in 1795, amounting to three hundred acres, and in 1794 Ebenezer had increased his holdings to six hundred acres, besides owning farms in Stamford, Vermont, Rindge and Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, and Barre, Massachusetts. He was active in church and town affairs ; deacon of the Princeton church. He was assessor in 1782 and for almost twen- ty years thereafter. He was selectman most of the time from 1786 to 1805. In 1796, 1797 and 1800 he was representative from his district comprising Rutland and Oakham as well as Princeton. He settled many estates and held many positions of trust. His tav- ern business was large for his time, and he kept as many as ten riding horses, thirty
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