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Mr. Crane was for several years one of the di- rectors of the Worcester Board of Trade; for three years president of the Builders' Exchange; several years president of the Sons and Daughters of New Hampshire; president of the Worcester County Mechanics' Association, in 1890 and 1891; and for many years has been one of the board of trustees for the Worcester County Institution for Savings.
Mr. Crane married, in 1859, Miss Salona A. Raw- son, daughter of George and Lois (Aldrich) Raw - son. They have one son, Morton Rawson Crane.
LOTHROP FAMILY. Mark Lothrop (1), the immigrant ancestor of Fred Joseph Lothrop, of Leominster, Massachusetts, was born in England. He was a kinsman of Thomas Lothrop, who settled in Salem and Beverly; was town officer, deputy to the general court, etc., died in the war of 1675, leaving no issue.
Mark Lothrop also settled in Salem before 1642 when his name appears on the list of proprietors. He was formally accepted as an inhabitant of Salem December II, 1643, by the vote of the selectmen. He had a grant of land May 17, 1852. In 1657 he was one of the proprietors of the town of Bridge- water, Massachusetts, and he had been living there a year or more. He took the oath of fidelity in 1657. He was a constable in 1658, and for twenty- five years thereafter was a prominent citizen, acting on the jury, the grand jury, as surveyor of high- ways and on committees to lay out new roads. He died at Bridgewater, October 25, 1685, and his son Samuel was administrator. His three sons were all admitted freeman in 1682.
The children of Mark Lothrop were: Elizabeth, married Samuel Packard, Jr., son of Samuel Pack- ard, who came from Wymondham, Norfolk county, England; Samuel, of whom later; Mark, Jr., born 1660, died in the Phipps Expedition to Quebec in 1690, without issue; his will is dated July 14, 1690; Edward, died unmarried 1682.
(II) Samuel Lothrop, son of Mark Lothrop (I), was born about 1660 in Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts. He was reported of age and proprietor of Bridgewater in 1682. He was impressed for service in 1675, but was not called upon to fight in the war, the constables who impressed him being fined instead because he was unfit for duty-probably under age. His will was dated April II, 1724, and he calls himself "old." He bequeathed to Mary Keith, Josiah's wife; to his sons, Samuel, John, Mark and Joseph, also Edward, executor.
Samuel Lothrop married Sarah Downe and their children were: Mary, born at West Bridgewater, October 28. 1683, married, January 6, 1703, Josiah Keith; Samuel, Jr., of whom later; John, born Oc- tober 15, 1687, married, May 23, 1716, Mary Edson ; Mark, born at Bridgewater, September 9. 1689, mar- of Hon. John Alden, of the "Mayflower :" Sarah, ried, March 29, 1722, Hannah Alden, a descendant
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(twin) born June 5, 1693, married, November 16, 1715, Solomon Packard; Joseph (twin), born June 5, 1093, married Mary Snow; Edward, born July 7, 1697, married Hannah Wade, of Bridgewater. (1]]) Samuel Lothrop, Jr., son of Samuel Lothrop (2), was born in Bridgewater, May 17, 1683. He married, November 14, 1710, Abial Las- sell, daughter of Isaac Lassell; she was born June 25, 1688, and died November 3, 1749. He married (second), 1751, Lydia Hayden. Hle died January 13, 1772. His home was at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The children of Samuel and Abial Lothrop were: Samuel, Jr., born September 23. 17II, married, April 3, 1735, Elizabeth Keith; Isaac, born December 21, 1714, of whom later; Sarah, born September 15, 1717, married, November 17, 1737, Eliezer Edson; Daniel, born May 2, 1721, mar- ried, 1744, Rhoda Willis, daughter of Thomas Wil- 'is; major of Colonel Croft's regiment; died at Leeds, Maine, March 18, 1817; Abiel, born Decem- ber 7, 1729, married at Bridgewater, May 28, 1747, Israel Alger, Jr., died May 3, 1755.
(IV) Isaac Lothrop, son of Samuel Lothrop (3), was born December 21, 1714. He married Bethiah Howard, daughter of Major Edward How- ard. He married (second), April 13, 1742, Pa- tience Alger, daughter of Joseph Alger. He died November 25, 1774. His widow died August 16, 1779. The children of Isaac and Patience were : Bethia, born March 20, 1743-4, married, September 3, 1767, Samuel Willis; Edmund, born February 15, 1745-6, married, September 29, 1774, Bettie Howard and settled in Easton; Isaac, born June 10, 1748, married, August 31, 1775, Sarah Bailey ; Zephaniah, born March 30, 1750, married, September 2, 1779, Sarah Packard, daughter of Captain Nathan Pack- ard; Abigail, born October 14, 1752, married, No- vember 24, 1768, Lemuel Keith; Nathan, of whom later; John, born October 12, 1757, married, De- cember 7, 1780, Sarah Cook; Keziah, born Septem- ber 23, 1767, married, August 11, 1785, Simeon Lothrop.
(V) Nathan Lothrop, son of Isaac Lothrop (4), was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, June 10, 1755. He married (first) Charity ( second) Widow Phebe Beach, daughter of Seth Johnson, of Hardwick. She was born September 29, 1764, and died at Worcester April 1, 1861. The children of Nathan Lothrop by his first wife were: Abijah, born May 21, 1778; Nathan July 31, 1780, died in Essex. December 28, 1846, leaving no issue; Caleb, October 6, 1782, married Pinney; Olive, June 15, 1786; Charity, August 16, 1789. The children of Nathan and Phebe Lothrop were: Keziah, July 2, 1791, married Fisher Mann; Charles, May 21, 1793, died August 11, 1818; Otis, March 25, 1795, mar- ried Mary Darling, daughter of Rev. Darling, of Keene, New Hampshire: Palace, April 30, 1797, died December 2, 1822; Sophila, June 5, 1799, mar- ried Asa Farnsworth, of Alstead, New Hampshire; she died April 2, 1868; Orville, of whom later ; Chauncey, July 16, 1804, married Relief Ann John- son; died in Ware, Massachusetts.
(VI) Orville Lothrop, son of Nathan Lothrop (5), was born at Pittsford, Vermont, May 21, 1801. He married Sarah Fitch, of Leominster, who died soon after her marriage August 30, 1823, aged twenty-three years. He married (second), January 20, 1825, Lucy Johnson, of Hardwick. He resided in Shrewsbury and Worcester, Massachusetts. His only child was Philip, of whom later.
(VII) Philip Lothrop, son of Orville Lothrop (6), was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, Oc- tober 23, 1825. He married, January 1, 1850, Susan Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Joseph and Sally
Whitney, of Westminster. He settled in Leomin- ster, was connected with the Whitney Carriage Company there. He died December 23, 1902. The chil- dren of Philip and Susan Elizabeth Lothrop were: I. Frank Orville, born January 1, 1851, was educated in the public and high schools of Leominster, was a partner in the Whitney-Reed Company during his active business life; he retired a few years ago and resides in a handsome home in Leominster ; married, October 29, 1873, Susie Emily Damon, of Cohoes, New York. 2. Ella Juliette, born February 4, 1857, married, June 6, 1878, Charles Henry Graves, of Ludlow, Vermont, and they have one child, Louis Whiting Graves, born July 24, 1880. 3. Fred Jo- seph, born February 19, 1859, of whom later.
( VII) Fred Joseph Lothrop, son of Philip Lothrop (7), was born at Leominster, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 19, 1859. He was educated there in the public and high schools and began his business career as clerk in the Leominster National Bank, with which he has been connected in various capacities to the present time. He has been cashier since 1901. He is treasurer of the Leominster board of trade and treasurer of the sinking fund of the town of Leo- minster. In politics he is a Republican. He mar- ried (first) Nellie Louise Peirce, of Westminster, December 13, 1882. She was born October 19, 1859, and died at Leominster, July 4, 1884, leaving one son. Mr. Lothrop married (second) Sarah Lewis Richardson, daughter of Thurston and Har- riet (Butterfield) (Adams) Richardson. She was born March 21, 1864. The only child of Fred Jo- seph and Nellie Louise Lothrop was: Alfred Peirce, born at Leominster, June 25, 1884, graduate vi Oberlin College. The children of Fred Joseph and Sarah Lewis Lothrop were: Everett Winfred, born December 14, 1890, at Leominster, Massachusetts ; Ernest Orville, May 11, 1892, at Leominster ; Nellie Louise, born at Leominster, December 9, 1893; Esther, born December 2, 1898, at Leominster.
DR. LOUIS KENT CROSS. Robert Cross (1), the immigrant ancestor of Dr. Louis Kent Cross, of Winchendon, Massachusetts, was born in England. He may have been the nephew and it is very prob- able that he was a near relative of John Cross, of Ipswich, who was born in England about 1580 and came to New England with his wife Anne in the ship "Elizabeth" of Ipswich, sailing April 30, 1634; he left only one child, a daughter Hannah, wife of Thomas Hammond.
Robert Cross came to Ipswich about the same time as the older immigrant of this name. He was a proprietor as early as 1635 and served in the Pequot war. He had a case in the Ipswich court which was referred to the general court, December 1, 16.40. The date of his death is not known, and until re- cently his records and those of his sons have been almost hopelessly confused. His son, Stephen Cross, deposed in 1663 that he was sixteen and a half years old; his son Robert at the same time testified that he was aged about twenty-one years. He deeded land probably on his death bed, February 13, 1674-75, to his son Stephen and his wife Elizabeth to be given them at his death. The name of his wife is not known. His children were: Robert, Jr., born 1644, married, 1664, Martha Tredwell and had children : Robert, born January 21, 1665; Timothy, born No- vember 29, 1667; Martha, born March 15, 1670; Abel, born April 5, 1676; Stephen, born April 27, 1678; John, mentioned in will. Stephen, born 1647- 48, settled in Ipswich. A daughter, who married William Nelson. Martha, married, 1664, William Dirkee. Peter, born 1653, died April 9, 1737, aged eighty-four years.
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(II) Peter Cross, son of Robert Cross (1), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1653. He was one of the pioneer settlers at Windham, Connecti- cut, and some of his children were born there. He died April 9, 1737, aged eighty-four years, at Mans- field, Connecticut. He married at Ipswich, Mary , who died December 9, 1695. His two young- est children were by the second marriage. As given by Hinman, his children were: Mary, born April 20, 1679; Stephen, see forward; Elizabeth, born June 14, 1683; Peter, Jr., born November 8, 1685, married at Mansfield, Connecticut, March 30, 1719, Dorothea Royce; Daniel, born March 8, 1688, mar- ried at Mansfield, Connecticut, November 5, 1712, Desire -; Experience, born December 1, 1691; Abigail, born June 23, 1694; Mary, born December 9, 1695, died same day. By the second wife Peter Cross had: Mary, born 1697; Wade, born December 15, 1699, settled in Willington, Connecticut; mar- ried Rebecca and had children there: Re- becca, born 1733; Elenor, Mary, Peter.
(III) Stephen Cross, second child of Peter Cross (2), was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 15, 1681. He went with his father's family to Wind- ham, Connecticut. He settled in that part later called Mansfield. He married at Mansfield, Mary November 30, 1703. Their children : Stephen, born October 20, 1704; Jonathan, born July 18, 1706, married Lydia Hale, January 30, 1730-31; Noah, born April 5, 1708, died December 1, 1713; Betty, born 1709-10; Ebenezer, born January 18, 1711-12; a son, born October 20, 1714, died Novem- ber 20, 1714; Peter, see forward; Mary, born April 15, 1718; Noah, born April 17, 1720, married, January 10, 1737-38, Mary Chamberlain, daughter of Ed- mund Chamberlain; Mary, born August 17, 1722; Hannah, born July 1, 1723; John, born July 10, 1726.
(IV) Peter Cross, seventh child of Stephen Cross (3), was born in Mansfield or Windham, Con- necticut, April 16, 1716. He settled in Mansfield. He married there, June 23, 1736, Mary Fuller, daughter of Jonathan Fuller. She died January 8, 1739-40. He married again, according to the records, Octo- ber 2, 1740, Mary Fuller, at Coventry, Connecticut, the adjoining town to Mansfield. His children : Daughter, born at Mansfield, April 10, 1737, died April 29, 1737; Elizabeth, born June 18, 1739, at Mansfield; Ellither, born March 27, 1742; Aaron, born September 6, 1743, at Coventry; Solomon, was in the same company with Stephen and may be his brother; Stephen, see forward; Peter, Jr., born at Windsor, December 17, 1756; Mary, born June 3. 1759, at Windsor, Connecticut. There were prob- ably other children. According to the records both his wives were named Mary Fuller. Possibly the first was Mary - - and the second only was Mary Fuller. The records may be correct, how- ever.
(V) Stephen Cross, son of Peter Cross (4), (no record of birth or baptism found) born in or near Windsor, Connecticut, April 15, 1755, died Sep- tember 16, 1838. He enlisted, May 9, 1775, in the Third Connecticut Regiment in the revolutionary war with volunteers from the eastern towns of the colony. He was in the same company with Captain Roger Enos, of Windsor, and Captain Elijah Rob- inson, of Stafford. He was a farmer and a car- penter by trade. He settled after the revolution in Monson, Massachusetts. He was a Whig in politics in later life. He married, 1778, Sarah Vinton, born at Stoughton, Massachusetts. July 6, 1763, died July II. 1847. She was the daughter of David and Ruth (Dorman) Vinton, who are mentioned below: Children of Stephen and Sarah Cross were:
llannah, born August 26, 1779; infant son, born March 10, 1782, died young; infant daughter, born March 7, 1783, died young; Polly, born February 26, 1784; Stephen, born June 26, 1787, died April 2, 1833; was soldier in the war of 1812; Amos, born October 29, 1789, died May, 1791 : Sarah, born February 16, 1792; Lyman, born November 9, 1794, was soldier in the war of 1812; Cyrus, born April 16, 1797; Lucinda, born January 17, 1800, died February 28, 1875; Porter, born July 15, 1807, ditd 1894, see forward.
(VI) Porter Cross, youngest child of Stephen Cross (5), was born at Monson, Massachusetts, July 15, 1807. He received a common school educa- tion, and worked during his spare hours on his father's farm. He learned his father's trade and followed it as an occupation through his active life. In the forties he removed from Monson to Wor- cester, and was engaged there in the building moving business. He removed to Charlestown, Massachu- setts, now Boston, and later was in the house mov- ing business in Springfield, Massachusetts. He also was a resident of Wilbraham, Massachusetts, for several years, and was prominent in town affairs. He served on the Wilbraham board of selectmen for many years. He was a trustee of Wilbraham Academy (Wesleyan). lle died in Springfield, 1894. He was a Republican in politics, and an active mem- ber and trustee of the Wilbraham Methodist church.
He married (first), November 29. 1827, Sophia Amidon, born at Wilbraham, June 27, 1807. died August 23, 1846. Her father was a soldier in the revolution. He married (second) Mary Babcock, of Tolland, Connecticut, .February 2, 1847. She was born in Tolland, November 2, 1814. Children of Porter and Sophia Cross were: Eli Porter, born at Monson, November 5, 1828, died at Charlestown, Massachusetts, August 23, 1846; Hollis Gilbert, born at Manlius, New York, December 20, 1830; Ellen Mahalin, born at Monson, September 5, 1823, died at Wilbraham, March 2, 1837; Lauretta Jennette, horn at Wilbraham, November 26, 1835, died at Springfield, Massachusetts, August 5, 1903: Ellen Cordelia, born at Wilbraham, November 14. 1837; Candace Cornelia, born at Monson, September 21, 1839; Cyrus Wesley, see forward : Lucius Harrison, born at Palmer, March 21, 1844. Children of Porter and Mary Cross were: Eugene Ferdinand, born in Charlestown, January 29, 1848; Jane Sophia, born at Wilbraham, March 22. 1850, died April 1, 1852; Endora Eliza, born at Wilbraham, December 1, 1851 ; Albert Orlando, born at Wilbraham, November 18, 1853. died September 24, 1861.
(VII) Dr. Cyrus Wesley Cross, seventh child of Porter Cross (6), was born in Monson, Massa- chusetts, April 10, 1842. At an early age he moved with his parents to Worcester and later to Charles- town, where he attended school until he was fifteen years old, when his parents settled at Wilbraham and he entered the Wesleyan Academy, where he graduated with high honors. When the civil war hroke out he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-seventh Massachusetts Volunteers, in July, 1862, under Colonel Oliver Edwards. He served through the war and was mustered out June 2, 1865. His regi- ment was in the Sixth Army Corps. Among the important battles and engagements in which he took part were : Fredericksburg. December 13. 1862; Chancellorsville, April 27, to May 5. 1863; Gettys- burg, July I to 3. 1863: Cold Harbor, May. 1864. His regiment was in the thickest of the fight at Bloody Angle and at Spottsylvania in the same month. He was at Cedar Creek. October 19. 1864; at Petersburg and Richmond December, 1864, and at the battle of the Wilderness. He was in the
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Appomattox campaign and at the surrender of Lee. Here his regiment was one of two left to keep order, the only two that entered the city. He returned to Wilbraham after the war and com- meuced the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. Joseph Gould, of Palmer, and continued later with Dr. J. N. Gould, of East Douglass. After fitting himself for his profession, he opened an office in Palmer, where he practiced until his death, June 25, 1895. Dr. Cross was a member of the Second Congregational Church of Palmer. He was a Re- publican in politics. He was a member of Thomas Lodge, Free Masons, of Palmer, and its secretary for twelve years. Also a member of Hampden Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Washington Council, Royal and Select Masters of Palmer, and Springfield Com- mandery, Knights Templar. He was a member of the Connecticut Valley Dental Association, L. L. Merrick Post, Grand Army, of Palmer, and served as its commander, and the Cyrus W. Cross Camp, Sons of Veterans, was named after him.
Dr. Cross married (first), 1866, Anna Maria Cooley, of Springfield, who was born September 15, 1846, died January 9, 1873. He married (second ), 1874, Charlotte Ellen Kent, of Wilbraham. She was the daughter of William and Laura ( Smith ) Kent. Her father was a carpenter and builder. Children of Dr. Cyrus Wesley and Anna Maria Cross were : Alice Sophia, born March 4, 1868, died March 30, 1874; Chester Winfield, born March 10, 1872, now at Springfield, Massachusetts. Children of Dr. Cyrus Wesley and Charlotte Ellen Cross were: Louis Kent, see forward; Bertha May, born October 31. 1880, resides with mother in Palmer ; Laura Blanche, born April 12, 1884, resides with mother in Palmer.
(VIII) Louis Kent Cross, son of Dr. Cyrus Wesley Cross (7), was born at Palmer, Massachu- setts, February 11, 1877. He attended the public schools of his native town until he was seventeen years old, when he commenced the study of den- tistry in his father's office. A year later he entered Boston University School of Medicine, graduating in 1899 with the degree of M. D. He subsequently entered the Massachusetts Hospital of Homeopathy, where he remained for a year. He then began practice in Winchendon, locating first in the Pres- cott block, and after two years removed to hand- somely furnished and well equipped offices on Front street, where he is at present enjoying an extensive and lucrative practice. Dr. Cross is a member of the Second Congregational Church of Palmer. In politics he is a Republican. He is active and well known in Masonic circles; he was a member of Thomas Lodge, of Palmer, and was a charter mem- ber of the Cyrus WV. Cross Camp, Sons of Veterans, of Palmer. He is now a member of Artisan Lodge, of Winchendon; North Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and has held a number of the highest offices. He is also a member of the Avon Club of Winchendon.
He married at Winchendon, October 2, 1902, Grace Atherton Converse, daughter of Morton E. and Harriet ( Atherton) Converse. ( See Converse sketch.) Dr. and Mrs. Cross are the parents of one son, Kemp Converse, born September 20, 1904.
(I) John Vinton, one of the immigrant ances- tors of Dr. Louis Kent Cross through the wife of his revolutionary ancestor, Stephen Cross, was born in England, is believed to have settled in 1643 at Salem, was in Lynn 1648, probably removed to Malden. Children of John and Ann Vinton, all born in Lynn, were: Elcanor, born May, 1648, married Isaac Ramsdell; John, see forward: William, born April, 1652; Blaise, born April 22, 1654; Ann, born
April 4, 1656; Elizabeth, born January, 1657-58; Sarah, born September 16, 1662.
(II) John Vinton, son of John Vinton (1), an- cestor of Dr. Cross, was born March 21, 1650; married, August 26, 1677, Hannah Green, born February 24, 1659-60, daughter of Thomas and Re- becca Green, of Malden. Her father was son of Thomas Green, the immigrant. (See sketch.) John Vinton was a forgeman, ironworker, and in his will, January 15, 1721-22, calls himself "Gentleman," im- plying his descent from gentle blood. He died No- vember 13, 1727, aged seventy-seven years; his wife Hannah died 1741, aged eighty-two years. They lived in Malden and Lynn. Their children : John, born 1680; Hannah, born January 26, 1681-82; Re- becca, born March 26, 1683; Thomas, born January 31, 1686-87; Mary, born August 20, 1687, died young ; Mary, born January 2, 1692-93; Samuel, born May 3, 1695; Abiathar, born May 10, 1700, at Woburn. (1}}) Captain Samuel Vinton, seventh child of John Vinton (2), ancestor of Dr. Cross, was born May 3, 1695, married, March 22, 1720-21, Elizabeth French, of Braintree, born March 4, 1698-99, daugh- ter of Dependence and Rebecca French. He was a bloomer or blacksmith in iron works. He had land from his father at Woburn in 1720; he bought a share in the iron works in Braintree in 1735-36. He lived in Woburn until 1729, when he removed to Braintree, now Stoneham, where he was high- way surveyor in 1731; he was fined for declining the office of constable in 1734. He was captain of the militia. He died July 17, 1756, aged sixty- one years, and his wife died March 31, 1771, aged
seventy-one years. Their children: Samuel, born 1721-22; Elizabeth, born December 8, 1723; David, see forward; Rebecca, born July 11, 1728, died young. The foregoing were born in Woburn, the following in Braintree: Rebecca, born August 15, 1729; Hannah, born June 12, 1732; John, born Feb- ruary 11, 1734-35; William, born 1737. died young ; William, born January 22, 1738-39, died February 6, 1741; William, died February 7, 1747.
(IV) David Vinton, son of Captain Samuel Vinton (3), ancestor of Dr. Cross, was born at Woburn, March 17, 1725, married Ruth Dorman, No- ember 19, 1747. She was born 1726, and was the daughter of Seth and Sarah (Thayer) Dorman. Her mother was the eldest child of Ephraim and Sarah Thayer, of Braintree, who with their fourteen married children joined at least on one occasion in communion, all the sons and daughters-in-law also being church members. They resided in Brain- tree in what is now Randolph until 1752, when they removed to Stoughton; in 1780 they removed to Willington, Connecticut, where David and his wife resided the remainder of their days and where his wife's brother. Micajah Dorman, also settled. Her sisters lived there and at Mansfield. He died 1791, aged sixty-five, and she died 1810, aged eighty-four. Their children : Mary, born October 27, 1748; Samuel, October 9. 1750; Elizabeth, February 27, 1752; Samuel, September 7, 1754; Seth, June 6, 1756; David, March 18, 1759; Ruth September 21, 1761 ; Sarah, see forward; Naomi, March 17, 1765; Will- iam, January 21, 1767; Asenath, April 1, 1769; Plebe, February 3, 1772.
(V) Sarah Vinton, daughter of David Vinton (4), was born in Stoughton and moved to Willing- ton, Connecticut, where she married Stephen Cross, mentioned above.
BARTLETT FAMILY. Henry Bartlett ( I), the immigrant ancestor of the Bartlett family of Leo- minster, Massachusetts, was born in England about
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1660. He settled in Marlboro, Massachusetts, after King Philip's war, in that part of the town sub- sequently set off as Northboro. The original home- stead was owned lately by William A. Bartlett, of Northboro. From Henry Bartlett came, not only the family of Leominster under consideration, but nearly all of this name in Westboro, Southboro, Sterling. Princeton, Rutland and Northboro, as will be indi- cated in this sketch. The Brookfield Bartletts are descended mainly from John Bartlett, the pioneer at Windsor, Connecticut. An important branch of the Bartlett family in Worcester is descended from the immigrant, John Bartlett, of Weymouth, Massa- chusetts, and Cumberland, Rhode Island. Savage is the authority for the service of Henry Bartlett in King Philip's war under the brave Captain Johnson. Bartlett was probably at Braintree for a short time. The children of Henry and Mary Bartlett, all born at Marlboro, were: Elizabeth, February 27, 1686, married, December 9, 1710, John Prentice; Daniel, April 10, 1691, of whom later; Mary, October 20, 1693; Henry, October 22, 1696, died 1699; Henry and Martha (twins), August 29, 1701 ; Lydia, August 17, 1704. died December 15, 1722.
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