Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 33

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896

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in the twelfth century, there is an unbroken succession of memorials, marble slats and brass tablets, from John Barttelot, who died in 1428, down to the present generation. John Barttelot was the one who added the castle to the coat-of-arms. This crest was given him by Edward, the Black Prince, for taking the castle of Fontenoy in France, at the head of the Sussex men. The original coat-of-arms of the Barttelots consisted of a very simple emblem: Sable; three sinister falconer's gloves, argent, arranged triangu- larly, two above, one below, pendent; bands around the wrist and tassels, golden. These were the arms for some centuries. John Bart- telot, as mentioned above, added the first crest, during the fifteenth century; and in the six- teen century the swan crest was introduced to commemorate the right of the family to keep swans on the river Arun, a right granted by William the Conqueror. The arms now have fourteen quarterings on the original shield, which makes it one of the most complicated in the kingdom. It may be mentioned that the Barttelots fought at the battle of Poictiers in 1356, at the battle of Crecy in 1348, and subscribed handsomely to the funds con- tributed to defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The first Bartlett to come to America was Robert, the ancestor of the present line, who settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623. Three brothers, John, Richard and Thomas, migrated to this country in 1634-35, of whom the two former settled at Newbury, and the latter at Watertown. They were born between 1580 and 1590, and were the sons of Edmund Bartlett, whose descent is traced as follows : (I) Adam Barttelot; (II) William; (III) John; (IV) Richard; (V) Thomas; (VI) John; (VII) John; (VIII) Richard; (IX) John; (X) Richard; (XI) Edmund. It is thought that Robert Bartlett must have been related to the brothers, John, Richard and Thomas; but the connection has never been proved. The Bartlett family has been particu- larly distinguished in New Hampshire, no less than seven of the name having been judges in the courts. Governor Josiah Bart- lett, of Kingston, one of the signers of the Declaration, was governor of the state in 1792-93. Rev. Samuel C. Bartlett, D. D., was president of Dartmouth College from 1877 to 1893.

(I) Robert Bartlett, the first American an- cestor, was born in England, and died in 1676, probably at Plymouth, Massachusetts. In July, 1623, he landed in the new world,

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having crossed in the ship "Ann." Plymouth Colony gave him an acre of land for a house lot and garden, and in 1628 he married Mary Warren, daughter of Richard Warren, a "Mayflower" Pilgrim. Eight children are recorded, and if the dates are correctly given and none died young, the eldest was not born till ten years after the parents' marriage. The children were Benjamin, 1638; Joseph, whose sketch follows; Mary, married Richard Fos- ter, September 10, 1651, and Jonathan Morey, July 8, 1659; Rebecca, married William Har- low, December 20, 1649; Sarah, married Sam- uel Rider, of Yarmouth, December 23, 1656; Elizabeth, married Anthony Sprague, of Hingham, December 20, 1661; Mercy, born March 10, 1650, married John Ivey, of Boston ; Lydia, born June 8, 1647, married James Barnaby and (second) John Nelson, of Mid- dleboro.

(II) Joseph, second son and child of Robert and Mary (Warren) Bartlett, was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1639; the date of his death is unknown. He settled at Manomet Ponds or South Plymouth, a pleasant farming village about seven or eight miles from the town proper. The place is situated directly on the seashore and of late years has been a summer resort of some note. Joseph Bartlett married Hannah Fallowell, daughter of Ga- briel Fallowell, and seven children are re- corded: Robert (2), whose sketch follows; Joseph, born in 1665; Elnathan; Benjamin ; Hannah, married Joseph Sylvester; Mary, born 1673, married John Barnes; and Sarah, married Elisha Holmes.

(III) Robert (2), the eldest child of Jo- seph and Hannah (Fallowell) Bartlett, was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1663 ; the date of his death is unknown. He was twice married, but the children appear to have been all by the second marriage. In 1687 he mar- ried (first) his cousin Sarah, daughter of Ben- jamin Bartlett. In 1691 he married (second) Sarah Cooke, daughter of Jacob Cooke, and eleven children are recorded : Hannah, 1691, married Eleazer Churchill; Thomas, 1694, married Abigail Finney; John, 1696; Sarah, 1699, married John Finney ; James, 1701 ; Jo- seph, 1704; Elizabeth, 1707, married Thomas Sears; William, 1709, married Sarah Foster ; Ebenezer, 1710; Robert (3), whose sketch follows; Lemuel, 1715.

(IV) Robert (3), sixth son of Robert (2) and Sarah (Cooke) Bartlett, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1713. In 1733 he married Rebecca Wood, and they had ten chil- dren : Robert, 1735; Ephraim, 1737 ; Rebecca,

1739, married Ephraim Darling; Caleb, 1740; Isaac, 1742, married Lois Harlow ; Lazarus, 1744; Joshua, 1747; James, 1749; Susanna, 1750; and Josiah, whose sketch follows.

(V) Josiah, seventh son and youngest child of Robert (3) and Rebecca (Wood) Bartlett, was born in 1753 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and died at Norway, Maine, some time after 1800. He was a sea captain in early life, and moved to Norway about the beginning of the nineteenth century. He married Martha Holmes, and they had nine children: Tilden, Josiah, Malachi, whose sketch follows; Syl- vanus, Lemuel, Isaac, Martha, Abigail and Ezra.

(VI) Malachi, third son and child of Jo- siah and Martha (Holmes) Bartlett, was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in October, 1789, and died aged ninety-four. When a child he moved with his parents to Norway, Maine, where he served in the war of 1812. About 1823 he moved with his wife and two chil- dren from Norway to Abbot, Maine, where he was one of the early settlers. He was a man of standing and reputation, and served many years as one of the town and county officers. He was a deacon of the Free Baptist church for more than sixty years, and two of his sons became ministers of the Gospel. 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. Deacon Mala- chi Bartlett married Joanna Cobb, of Carver, Massachusetts. They had eight children : Orin, Eunice, Martha D., Frank, whose sketch follows, Josiah, Abigail, Lydia P. and Edwin M. Rev. Orin, the eldest child, born in 1820, became a Free Baptist minister. He preached thirteen years in Harrison, several years in Cornish and Gardiner, and seven years at Vinalhaven. He was a member of the Maine state legislature one term, is now retired from the ministry and lives in Wisconsin. Eunice, the second child, was born in 1822, married Benjamin Gordon, had two children, Martha and Anna, and died in Abbot in 1872. Martha D., the third child, born in 1824, was married to Joshua Buck, of Stillwater, Maine, had two children, Mary and Martha, and died about 1856. Rev. Edwin M., the youngest child, was born in Abbot, Maine, in 1837. At the age of thirty he was ordained pastor of the Baptist church in Bethel, Maine, going from there to Livermore Falls and Bath; and in 1872 to Amesbury, Massachusetts, thence to Athol and Holyoke in that state. He has

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been active in temperance work, was one of the lecturers of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars in Massachusetts, and has delivered many addresses and poems on special occa- sions.

(VII) Frank, second son of Deacon Mala- chi and Joanna (Cobb) Bartlett, was born April 28, 1826, in the town of Abbot, Maine, and died September 10, 1905, in the city of Auburn. His early education was gained in the schools of his native town and at Monson Academy, after which he taught at Abbot vil- lage and at Monson. In 1851 he came to' Au- burn and taught in the old Jordan district in Durham. In the spring of 1852 he entered the employ of Jeremiah Dingley (2) and Nelson Dingley in the grocery business, and later be- came a member of the firm. In 1881 he started in the dry goods business with A. K. P. Jor- dan under the firm name of Bartlett & Jor- dan. From its establishment till the present time, this business has been one of the most successful in the city. Some years after its founding Mr. Bartlett's son, Frank L., was admitted to the firm, and after Mr. Jordan's retirement, the house became Frank Bartlett & Son, as it is at present. Three years after this arrangement, Mr. Frank Bartlett retired from the business, and Frank L. assumed the entire management. Under the lines laid down by his father, who practically founded the firm, the business has continued to increase and prosper. For more than forty years Mr. Bartlett was directly connected with the finan- cial and business life of Auburn. In 1865 he became director of the Auburn Savings Bank, and at the death of former Mayor George H. Woodman, he succeeded to the presidency, holding both offices till his own death in 1905. Mr. Bartlett was a Republican in politics, and served in both branches of the city govern- ment. For eleven years he was a member of the Auburn water board, and several times its chairman. It was due to his advocacy and per- sistent effort that the construction of the Web- ster grammar school was brought about. For many years Mr. Bartlett was one of the most active and conscientious workers in the Court Street Baptist Church; and when he died the city of Auburn lost one of her most highly respected and useful citizens. On September 2, 1856, Frank Bartlett married Sarah Mit- chell, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Penley) Mitchell, of Auburn, who was born August 29, 1830. They had five children : George E., born April 28, 1857; Frank L., whose sketch follows; Alice, July 17, 1865;

Etta, April 2, 1868; Nellie, September 14, 1869.

(VIII) Frank L., second son and child of Frank and Sarah (Mitchell) Bartlett, was born August 3, 1861, at Auburn, Maine. He was educated in the schools of his native city, and at the age of twenty entered into partnership with his father in the dry goods business. In 1884, three years later, Frank L. assumed the management of the business, and in 1902 bought out his father's interest, still keeping the firm name of Frank Bartlett & Son. Mr. Bartlett is a Republican in politics, and like his father, has served in both branches of the city government. While in office he was instru- mental in obtaining a paid fire department for the city, and devoted much time to placing it on its present efficient basis. Mr. Bartlett at- tends the Baptist church, and is a member of Tranquil Lodge, No. 29, A. F. and A. M .; Knights Templar, and has held all the chairs. He also belongs to the Knights of the Golden Eagle and to the East Auburn Grange. On October 7, 1885, Frank L. Bartlett married Nellie Yeaton, daughter of William and Lucy (Davis) Yeaton, of Minot, Maine. She died September, 1898, leaving one child, Harold West, born August 8, 1889, who graduated from the Edward Little high school in 1908. On November 2, 1900, Frank L. Bartlett mar- ried (second) Annie Stevens Young, daughter of Albert A. and Melissa (Stevens) Young, of Auburn. There is one child by this mar- riage, Howard Russell, born October I, 1901.

BARTLETT The following line does not appear to be related to the Bartletts of Norway, Maine, who are descended from Captain Josiah Bart- lett, who was in the fourth generation from Robert, the original immigrant, who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623. If there is such connection, it has not been established, though the fact that Levi Bartlett, the first of the following line of whom we have definite knowledge, was born at Plymouth and after- wards moved to Norway, Maine, would seem to lend it some credence.

(I) Levi Bartlett was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1772, and died in 1818 at Norway, Maine. It is probable that he is a descendant of Robert Bartlett, the first Amer- ican ancestor. In 1795 he moved to Norway, Maine, and engaged in blacksmithing. He built a large shop, with a trip-hammer, and carried on a considerable business for those days. In 1796 his name appears on the list

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of those assessed for the state tax, and he is the only Bartlett mentioned, showing that he must have come to town before his congener, Captain Josiah Bartlett. There were forty-eight names from Norway on the state tax list in 1796, and the total assessment was thirty- eight dollars and fourteen cents. Of this sum Levi Bartlett paid seventy-nine cents, which happens to be the exact average. Levi Bartlett was twice married, but his four chil- dren were all by the first wife, who was Polly or Mary Tinkham, daughter of Ichabod and Mary (Gorham) Tinkham, of Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts. She was born in 1773 and died in 1802 at the age of twenty-nine. Levi Bart- lett's second wife was Abigail Gorham, prob- ably a relative of his first wife. The children of Levi and Polly (Tinkham) Bartlett were : Ichabod, whose sketch follows; Mary; Isaac, born in 1800, died August 1, 1818; Martha, born 1802, died August 28, 1818. The fact that the father, Levi Bartlett, and the two youngest children all died during the same year would indicate the prevalence of some kind of contagious disease.

(II) Ichabod, eldest child of Levi and Polly (Tinkham) Bartlett, was born at Norway, Maine, January 19, 1797. He was in trade many years at the village, but was better known as a stock-drover. Stock-driving, be- fore the days of railways, was an important business, requiring capital, judgment and fore- sight. During the last of August the drover travelled through the county, purchased the sheep and cattle that were fitted for market, marked them, and arranged to have them driven to a certain point on a given day, where the drove was started on its journey to the Brighton markets. The business was usually quite profitable, but steam cars have changed all this, and droves of cattle are now rarely seen blocking the dusty highway. Mr. Bartlett was not only a man of enterprise and activity in a commercial way, but he was a strong supporter of religion and reforms. Dur- ing his entire life he was one of the pillars of the Universalist church in Norway. He was an early Abolitionist and a prominent worker in the temperance cause. He held many town offices, and for three consecutive years was a member of the Maine legislature. He was twice married, and there were four- teen children in all, seven by each union. About 1819 he married Eunice Woodman, of New Gloucester, who was born March 29, 1797, died June 28, 1835. In 1836 he mar- ried Lorana Woodman, who was born in New Gloucester, May 11, 1805, died July 17, 1874.

The children of Ichabod and Eunice (Wood- man) Bartlett were: Levi, born May 23, 1820, married Julia Wilkins; David Wood- man, January 17, 1821, died at the age of seven years; Martha, October 9, 1823, died at ten months; Isaac, May 2, 1825; Martha, April 21, 1827; Rosamond, August 27, 1829; David Woodman, April 17, 1831, died 1850. The children of Ichabod and Lorana (Wood- man) Bartlett were: Eunice Woodman, born December 13, 1836, died 1855; Lucius Icha- bod, whose sketch follows; Susan Emma, Oc- tober 13, 1839, married David Gurney; Ellen Maria, May 4, 1841, married Jeremiah Wood- bury ; Marcus Channing, April 6, 1843, killed at the battle of Antietam; Kenneth S., Decem- ber 19, 1844, killed at the battle of Cedar Mountain ; Marion Smith, October 13, 1846.

(III) Lucius Ichabod, eldest son of Ichabod and wife Lorana (Woodman) Bartlett, was born at Norway, Maine, March 18, 1838. He attended the schools of his native town, after which he learned the trade of shoemaking. In common with several of his brothers, two of whom gave their lives for their country, he fought in the rebellion, enlisting in Company G, Tenth Maine Volunteer Infantry, and serving for two years. After receiving his discharge, he went to California, where for two years he engaged in placer mining. He returned to Norway and worked at his trade, going to Weymouth, Massachusetts, for a while, but he did not remain there long. Upon his final return to his native town he en- gaged in various enterprises, and served as postmaster for four years, being appointed by President Harrison. On September 5, 1866, he married Sarah Shackley, daughter of Eben- ezer Crocker and Syrena (Hall) Shackley, who was born in Norway, January 19, 1843. They had two sons: Frank T., born Novem- ber 14, 1868; and Charles S., whose sketch follows. Frank T. Bartlett married, 1891, Linnie R. Swan, daughter of Jonas W. and Rowena (Farewell) Swan, of Norway. She was born in Greenwood, Maine, July 4, 1869. Two children were born to Frank T. and Lin- nie R. (Swan) Bartlett: Carroll, July 12, 1894 ; and Francis, January -, 1899. Frank T. Bartlett, following the example of his kins- folk, promptly responded to his country's call, and served in the Spanish-American war as captain of Company D, First Maine Infantry. Like his two uncles, Marcus Channing and Kenneth S. Bartlett, he laid his life on the altar of his country, dying at Chickamauga, July 3, 1898.

(IV) Charles Simming, second son and

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child of Lucius I. and Sarah (Shackley) Bartlett, was born in Weymouth, Massachu- setts, November 10, 1872. When a child he removed with his parents to their native town of Norway, Maine, where he was educated in the public schools, including the Norway high school, and graduated from the University of Maine in 1897, with the degree of Ph. G. He paid for his education out of his own earnings received from teaching school during the in- tervals of his studies. After graduation he filled several positions as compounding drug- gist, and when the Spanish-American war broke out, he enlisted with his brother Frank T. in Company D, First Maine Volunteer In- fantry, serving as sergeant. After receiving his discharge, he returned to his native state, and in 1905 bought the drug business of Will- iam B. Kilbourn, of Auburn, which he is con- ducting at the present time. Mr. Bartlett is a Republican in politics and attends the Uni- versalist church. He is much interested in fraternal organizations and societies, belong- ing to the Masons, the Sons of Veterans, the Royal Arcanum, the Spanish-American War Association, the Grange and the State Militia. On June 9, 1903, Charles Simming Bartlett married Bertha C. Minard, daughter of Tris- tram and Bulah Minard, of Norway, Maine. She was born in Shelburne, New Hampshire, June 5, 1878, and died May 7, 1906, leaving. one child, Bertha Lucille, born April 22, 1904, died April 19, 1906.

WARREN Warren has been a distin- guished name in both Great Britain and America for gen- erations. Sir Peter Warren, born in 1703, was an Irish admiral; Sir John Borlase War- ren, G. C. B., born 1754, was a distinguished naval commander and M. P .; Henry Warren, born 1798, painter and author, and Samuel Warren, novelist, born 1877, were English- men ; James Warren, born at Plymouth, Mas- sachusetts, 1726, was a prominent American patriot, and Major-General Joseph Warren, who fell at Bunker Hill, is said to have been the ablest and most prominent man in New England at the time of his death.

That one family of the name of Warren in New England is descended from an immi- grant ancestor who settled in Maine is the conclusion reached by Orin Warren, of West Newbury, Massachusetts, who wrote "A Gen- ealogy of the Descendants of James Warren," some account of one branch of whose descend- ants is given below.

(I) James Warren was in Kittery, Maine,

before 1656. Whether he was born in Scot- land or England is a disputed question. An authority states that : "When Cromwell gained a victory over the royal troops at Dunbar in the North, and not knowing how to dispose better of his prisoners, he banished them from the realm of England and sent them to Amer- ica. From Boston they were dispatched down the coast to find fellowship in the more con- servative royalist colony planted by Gorges, and were given lands in what is still known as Scotland parish, in the upper part of York." Tradition has it that one of these prisoners was James Warren. He settled in that part of Kittery now South Berwick. Cowcove, the name of an inlet to the Great Works river, is so named, says tradition, from the first cows brought to Maine and New Hampshire, being landed there, and Cow cove was the river front of the farm of James Warren in 1656. James Warren first had a grant of land on the hill which was very poor land. He had other grants near Warren's pond. He was a man of substance and in- fluence in the town, and held among other offices that of selectman for several years. He died in 1702, leaving a will made December 9, . 1700, which was probated December 24, 1702. He gave to his son Gilbert forty acres of land bought of John Davis, and to son James all other lands in Kittery or elsewhere, including the homestead at Cowcove, which was granted to him July 15, 1656. His wife's Christian name was Margaret, and she was a native of Ireland. She survived her hus- band and took property under his will. Her will was made December 13, 1712, and proba- ted October 15, 1713. Children : Gilbert, James, Margaret, Grisel and Jane.

(II) James (2), second son and child of James (I) and Margaret Warren, was born in 1658; the date of his death is not known. He was a foremost man among his towns- men, held various town offices, and was se- lectman in 1701-02-03; was one of a commit- tee of six in 1713 to confer with a like com- mittee of Kittery on the boundary line be- tween the two towns; and in 1719 was a surveyor to run the division line. He mar- ried, in 1691, Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Foss, or Frost, of Dover, New Hampshire. Children: Mary, Margaret, James, Rachel, Gilbert, and John, whose sketch follows.

(III) John, youngest child of James (2) and Mary (Foss or Frost) Warren, was born December 16, 1705. He owned real estate of considerable extent, and the house in which

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he resided was standing in 1898. He was a member of the grand jury, and also of the petty jury at York in 1730-37, and held vari- ous offices in Berwick up to 1762. His will was probated February 24, 1769. He mar- ried Mary, born June 10, 1709, daughter of Tristam and Abigail Heard. Tristam was son of the immigrant John Heard and wife Elizabeth, of Dover, New Hampshire. John Heard was of the Dover combination in 1640. Tristam Heard inherited the garrison hill, Dover, saved to Elder William Wentworth in the massacre in 1689. Elizabeth Heard was the daughter of Rev. John Hull. The children of John and Mary (Heard) Warren, as men- tioned in the will of the former, were: John, Tristam, Nathaniel, Ichabod, Pelatiah, Kesia, Margaret and Mary.

(IV) John (2), eldest child of John (I) and Mary (Heard) Warren, was born March 5, 1731, died January 1, 1807. He settled in Stroudwater, and was a farmer and black- smith. He married Jane, of Falmouth, born June 15, 1740, died November 13, 1809, daugh- ter of John Johnson, who was born in Ireland. He was the son of James Johnson, who came to Spurwink in 1733, but was born in Scot- land, moved to Ireland about 1692, and died in Scarborough, Maine, in 1746. Children : John, who died in the Continental army, May 23, 1776; Polly, David, Elizabeth, Sally, James, Jane, Margaret, John, Robert, Na- thaniel and Nancy.

(V) John (3), ninth child and fourth son of John (2) and Jane (Johnson) Warren, was born May 23, 1776, died September 10, 1845. He was a prosperous trader, lumber- man and farmer, and was called "the old lumber king." He married, November 29, 1810, Eleanor, of Falmouth, born July 5, 1785, died January 13, 1835, daughter of William Lamb. Children, George, William L., and Lewis P., whose sketch follows.

(VI) Lewis Pease, youngest child of John (3) and Eleanor (Lamb) Warren, was born August II, 1817, died June 24, 1900, at West- brook, where he had resided during his entire life. He was an energetic, intelligent and pros- perous citizen, interested in numerous financial enterprises, among which were: The lumber firms of G. and L. P. Warren, Clements, War- ren & Brigham; leather and harness business, Warren & Neal. In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican. He married, February 20, 1844, Sarah, of Otisfield, born May 21, 1818, died April 14, 1896, daughter of Henry and Sally Turner; Henry Turner was son of Henry Turner, revolutionary sol-

dier, and Sally was daughter of Jonathan Moors, revolutionary soldier, and Relief, his wife. They had five children: John W., Al- bert F., Lelia, Edna A. and Cora P.

(VII) John Winworth, eldest child of Lewis P. and Sarah (Turner) Warren, was born in Westbrook, January 16, 1847. After com- pleting his education he was a partner with H. P. Murch, in a grocery store in Westbrook for four years. He then bought and operated what was afterward known as the Warren Warp Mills at Westbrook for about fifteen years. He was also senior member of the firm of Warren & Towle, dealers in lumber. He was prosperous in business and retired with a competency in 1895. He is a member of Saccarappa Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Westbrook. In political sen- timent he is a Republican. He married, No- vember 7, 1872, Martha J., born May 12, 1851, daughter of Ahijah and Louisa (Hawkes) Hawkes, of Medway, Massachu- setts. (See Hawkes VII.) Children: John Clifford and Lewis P.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume IV, Part 33

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe Publication date: 1909 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 896

Author: Little, George Thomas, 1857-1915, ed; Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926; Stubbs, Albert Roscoe
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 896