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i Esther, b. Apr. 25, 1804, m. Samuel D. Tyler. ii Sarah, b. May 3, 1806. iii Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1810, d. Aug. 30, 1823. iv Levi Chase, b. Apr. 10, 1812. v Cynthia, b. March 24, 1814. vi William, b. June 3, 1818. vii Ephraim H., b. Feb. 14, 1820, d. Sept. 8, 1823. viii Deborah Carlisle, b. March 14, 1822. ix Ephraim H., b. Oct. 6, 1823.
BENJAMIN ANNAS, son of Solomon, married Hannah, daughter of Absalom Farewell. He lived about half way between Bethel Hill
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and Locke's Mills, on part of the old Annas homestead, and still occupied by his son, Jacob Annas. Children :
i Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1813, d. Jan. 25, 1835.
ii Anna, b. May 27, 1814, d. Feb. 24, 1815.
iii Isaac, b. Dec. 24, 1815, d. June 2, 1837.
iv Anna, b. Dec. 15, 1817, d. Jan. 23, 1841.
V Caleb, b. Sept. 4, 1819, d. eleven days old.
vi Lucinda, b. 1821.
vii Lydia, b. May 1I, 1823, d. Jan. 21, 1844.
viii Phebe, b. Feb. 18, 1826, d. Apr. 15, 1833.
ix Eliza, b. Jan. 26, 1827.
[x Jacob, b. Dec. 10, 1827, m. 1st, Hannah Cushman, 2d, Mrs. Hayes.
xi Elon G., b. Feb. 17, 1828, d. Oct. 23, following.
xii Greenleaf, b. May 4, 1831, d. Aug. 24, following.
xiii Bannister Newell, b. Jan. 26, 1834.
xiv Mary Augusta, b. May 17, 1837.
JACOB ANNAS, son of Benjamin Annas, married first, Sept. 11, 1851, Hannah, daughter of Dea. John Cushman. He lived on the homestead of his father on Blake's Hill. He married second, Nov. 21, 1865, Mrs. Angeline R. (Fuller) Hayes of Greenwood. Children :
i Lovinia Augusta, b. May 31, 1853, m. C. H. Barker.
ii Calvin Howe, b. Aug. 26, 1855, m. Jennie L. Stewart.
iii Horace H., b. July 8, 1860.
iv Fred .J., b. Aug. 3, 1864, d. November 1, following.
V George U., b. Sept. 25, 1866.
vi James O., b. Feb. 18, 1870, d. May 7, 1872.
NEWELL BANNISTER ANNAS, son of Benjamin Annas, married Oct. 30, 1856, Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Richard Farewell. He is a farmer at Bethel. Children :
i Ora D., b. Sept. 5, 1857.
ii Rose G., b. March 13, 1859, m. Charles Eames.
iii Lydia J., b. Apr. 1, 1861.
iv Clarence M., b. March 20, 1863.
V Ellis Grant, b. Aug. 24, 1864, m. Grace Stearns.
vi Mary E., b. July 21, 1866, d. Dec., following.
vii Bell V., b. Sept. 16, 1868.
viii Cuvier A., b. May 29, 1871, d. April 17, 1877.
AYER.
JOSEPH AYER, born in Standish, moved to Brownfield and from there came to Bethel. He lived at Bean's Corner and was a black- smith. His wife was Mary Moor. Children :
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i Saniuel, b. , mn. Alice Kilgore.
ii James, b. - , m. Thirza Mason, (M. D. at Newfield.)
iii Jonathan. b. -, m. Nancy Marston of Newfield.
iv Hugh Moor, b. -. He studied medicine with his brother in New- field, and settled in South Carolina.
v Polly, b. -
-. m. Daniel Carr of Rumford.
vi Sally, b. -. She died unmarried' aged 25.
SAMUEL AYER, son of Joseph Ayer, married Alice, daughter of John Kilgore. He lived at Bean's Corner. Children :
i Asa, b. Nov. 10, 1801.
ii Benjamin, b. Dec. 12, -, d. Sept. 25, 1804.
iii Timothy, b. April 9, 1804, d, Sept. 30, following.
iv Eliza, b. May 9, 1805.
v Peter. b. Dec. 11, 1806, m. Betsey Swan ; went to Pennsylvania.
vi Timothy, b. Aug. 13, 1808, m. Ist, Relief Estes, 2d, Mrs. Dorcas F. Park.
vii Benjamin, b. July 20, 1810, d. Dec. 26, following.
viii Sally, b. Jan. 9, 1812.
JONATHAN AYER married Nancy Marston of Newfield. He did not long remain in town. Children :
i Tristram Currier, b. July 4, 1809, d. 5 days after. ii Tristram Cur- rier, b. Aug. 12, 1810. iii Nancy, b. Nov. 25, 1813.
PETER AYER, son of Samuel Ayer, married Betsey, daughter of Elijah Swan. He moved to Woodstock, and later in life, to Penn- sylvania, where he died. Children :
i Alice Kilgore, b. Feb. 10, 1830. ii George B., b. May 1, 1832.
TIMOTHY AYER, son of Samuel Ayer, married first, Relief, daugh- ter of Stephen Estes, and second, widow Dorcas F. Parks, daughter of Solomon Annas. Children :
i Caroline Coombs, b. July 11, 1831, m. - Dunham of Paris.
ii James Cullen, b. March 15, 1833, d. in the army.
iii Thirza Mason, b. Apr. 29, 1835.
iv Andrew Jackson, b. Jan. 5, 1836, m. Harriet M. Harding.
Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 7, 1844.
BALLARD.
FREDERICK BALLARD, son of Dr. Jonathan and Priscilla (Farnum) Ballard of Andover, Mass., came to Bethel and here married Han- nah, eldest daughter of Abraham Russell. He was by occupation a
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hatter, and settled in Wakefield, N. H., where his children were born. He returned to Bethel in 1827 and then lived at Greenwood. He died in Newry, Nov. 28, 1851, aged 89, his wife having died Apr. 3, 1848. Children :
i Frederick L., b. Dec. 8, 1796, m. Mary Folsom, d. Jackson, N. H.
ii Jonathan, b. Aug. 28, 1798, drowned at Wakefield in 1820.
iii Pamelia, d. young.
iv Sherebiah, b. July 25, 1801, m. Elsie Tuttle, d. in Georgia.
v Putnam, b. - He was insane and mysteriously disappeared.
vi John S., b. Oct. 21, 1805; he was a sailor ; d. Holmes' Holl, Martha's- Vineyard, aged 22.
vii Joseph Warren, b. Apr. 16, 1808, m. 1st, Mary Cummings of Albany, b. May, 1808, d. March 5, 1850; r. Upton, Me.
viii Sarah, b. March 6, 1810, m. Aaron Smith of Newry.
ix Mary, b. Jan. 9, 1812, m. March 2, 1832, Capt .. Isaac B. Littlehale ..
x Abraham Russell, b. Apr. 30, 1814, d. Apr. 19, 1844.
xi Alpheus, b. Sept. 7, 1816, m. 1850, Rebecca B. Purrington of Bath ..
BARTLETT.
The name of Bartlett has been very prominent in this town, and the family numerous. They are descended from Joseph Bartlett of Cambridge Village, now Newton, Mass., and were connected with the Clarks and Segars ; they were among the earliest settlers in Bethel.
EBENEZER BARTLETT, son of Joseph, Junior, was of Newton, Mass., and married first, June 24, 1736, Ann Clark, and second, Anna Ball. Children :
i Eunice, b. Oct. 29, 1735.
ii Sarah, b. Jan. 13, 1738, d. 1748.
iii Mary, b. July 5, 1739, d. young.
iv Enoch, Aug. 8, 1741, d. an infant.
v Enoch, b. Sept. 27, 1742, m. 1st, Elizabeth Segar.
By second wife :
vi Jonathan, b. March 16, 1746, m. Mary Shaw.
vii Anna, b. June 27, 1748, d. young.
viii Mercy, b. Jan. 26, 1750, m. 1st, Asa Barton, 2d, Oliver Fenno.
ix Elisha, b. Feb. 15, 1753, m. Sarah Beals.
x Esther, b. May 21, 1755, m. Enoch Perry.
xi Moses, b. Nov. 13, 1756, m. 1st, Mary Barbour of Gray, and 2d, Esther Beal.
xii Thaddeus, b. Jan. 20, 1759, m. Sybil Powers.
xiii Mary, b. March 12, 1761, m. James Sprague.
xiv Sarah, b. June 10, 1763, m. William Cheney.
XV Stephen, b. Apr. 24, 1765, m. Dorcas Barbour.
xvi Abigail, b. June 26, 1766, m. Samuel Lovell.
xvii Peregrine, b. - , m. Sally Merrill of Andover.
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ENOCH BARTLETT, son of the preceding, came to Bethel and settled on the Dr. Carter farm at Middle Interval. After a few years he moved to Newry. He was twice married and reared a large family. His first wife was Elizabeth Segar, and his second a Miss House. He had 21 children, ten by the first and eleven by the second mar- riage.
The first three only are recorded on Newton records :
i Nancy, b. Nov. 4, 1766.
ii Reuben, b. Apr. 17, 1768, m. Lydia Frost.
iii Relief, b. May 2, 1769, m. Stephen Estes.
Of the others : Submit, m. Silas Powers ; Anna, m. Asa Foster; Betsey, m. Richard Estes; Burry, m. Ephraim Colby of Rumford; Elisha, m. Sarah Barker; Jonathan, m. 1st, - - Barker, 2d, Triphenia Horr; Thankful, m. Charles Stearns; Lucy, m. Jonathan Powers; Olive, m. Nathaniel Frost ; Enoch, Jr., m. Sarah Hinkson ; Polly, m. 1st, Willough- by Russell. 2d, Urban York; Patty, m. David Sessions ; Naomah, m. Rev .. Mr. Tripp ; Apphia, m. Joseph Chase ; Lydia, m. Joseph Knapp; Lorana, d. unmarried.
JONATHAN BARTLETT, brother of the preceding, came to Bethel' with Segar in 1779, and afterwards came and settled on the south side of the river below Bean's Corner, where his grandson, the late. Elias S. Bartlett lived. He married Mary Shaw of Fryeburg, and died April 14, 1798. Children :
i Anna, b. Apr. 22, 1786, d. unmarried.
ii Elijah, b. Oct. 30, 1788, m. Nancy Graham of Rumford.
iii Elias, b. Aug. 10, 1791, m. 1st, Eliza Adams, 2d, Judith Farnum.
iv Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1794, m. Sarah Wardwell, r. Rumford.
MOSES BARTLETT, brother of the preceding, married first, Mary Barbour of Gray, and second, Esther Beal of Newton, Mass. He settled on the north side of the river in what is now Hanover. He died January 16, 1818 ; his first wife died Dec. 18, 1790. Children : By first marriage :
i Moses, b. March 13, 1785, d. March 20, 1795.
ii Barbour, b. March 7, 1786, m. Julia Twitchell.
iii Sylvia, b. Feb. 29, 1788, m. Sylvanus Porter, No. Yarmouth.
iv Elhanan, b. March 1, 1790, d. Sept. 18, following.
By second marriage :
v Esther, b. Apr. 2, 1792, m. James Hodsdon.
vi Moses, b. Nov. 13, 1798, m. Huldah Powers.
vii Mary, b. June 11, 1801, m. Nathaniel Brown of No. Yarmouth.
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THADDEUS BARTLETT, brother of the preceding, married Dec. 4, 1782, Sybil, daughter of Amos Powers, who was born Oct. 27, 1765. He lived on the south side of the river near Bean's Corner. His wife died July 29, 1830. Children :
i Fanny, b. Apr. 7, 1784, m. George W. Wheeler, Littleton, N. H.
ii Charlotte, b. July 8, 1786, m. Jonas Willis.
iii Sybil, b. Dec. 11, 1788, d. Sept. 29, 1805.
iv Clara, b. Feb. 9, 1791, m. Sylvanus Jackson of Paris.
V Bathsheba, b. March 22, 1793, m. Sylvanus Jackson of Paris.
vi Abigail, b. Aug. 5, 1795, m. Asa Kimball of Bethel.
vii Ball, b. Dec: 28, 1797, m. Marina Bartlett.
viii Mary P., b. Feb. 5, 1800, m, George Kimball.
ix Thaddeus Powers, b. Apr. 8, 1802, m. Sophronia Blake of Sandwich, N. H., d. Waltham, Mass.
x Ephraim C., b. July 23, 1804, m. 1st, Mary A. Humphrey, 2d, Julia Richards, 3d, Kate E. Marble, and 4th, Abbie M. Lowring.
xi Eleanor Douglass, b. Jan. 22, 1807, m. James Crocker Bean.
xii Sybil Gibbs, b. May 9, 1809, m. Wm. P. Frost of Boston.
STEPHEN BARTLETT, brother of the preceding, married Oct. 23, 1787, Dorcas Barbour of Gray, who was born July 19, 1769. He settled on the north side of the river in what is now Hanover. He died Feb. 14, 1832, and his widow Oct. 28, 1841. Children :
i Ebenezer, b. June 6, 1788, m. Lois Powers.
ii Elhanan, b. Sept, 2, 1791, m. Joanna Willis.
iii William, b. June 6, 1794, m. Elsie Russell.
iv Beulah, b. Aug. 19, 1797, m. Asa Foster of Newry.
V James Armenas Swan, b. Dec. 6, 1801, m. Betsey Foster.
vi Dorcas, b. Feb. 20, 1804, m. Eli Foster.
vii Saralı, b. May 26, 1807, mn. Reuben B. Foster.
viii Sophia Clark, b. March 30, 1811, m. Stephen Kenney of No. Yarmouth. .
PEREGRINE BARTLETT, brother of the preceding, married Sally Merrill of Andover. He lived on the north side of the river in what is now Hanover, near Bartlett's Ferry. He died Dec. 18, 1832, and his wife died Sept. 14, 1831. Children :
i Nathan, b. Aug. 3, 1793, d. May 25, 1801.
ii Ruby, b. March 1, 1796, m. Aaron Mason.
iii Freeborn, b. Oct. 4, 1797, d. in Mississippi unmarried.
iv Maria, b. Sept. 30, 1799.
V Salina, b. March 28, 1802, m. Bela Williams of Carratunk.
vi Ezekiel Merrill, b. Apr. 20, 1804, went South.
vii Elijah, b. Jan. 26, 1806, d. March 11, following.
viii Elisha, b. Jan. 26, 1806, d. Feb. 13, following.
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ix Marina, b. Feb. 7, 1807, m. Ball Bartlett.
X Stephen, b. July 19, 1809, m. Martha Stearns.
xi Solon, b. Nov. 22, 1811.
xii Lenora Emeline, b. March 19, 1814, d. March 2, 1817.
xiii Socrates Plato, b. Jan. 1, 1816, d. Feb. 26, 1817.
xiv Sylvanus Porter, b. Jan. 1, 1816, went South.
xv Mary, b. - d. 1832, unmarried.
REUBEN BARTLETT, son of Enoch Bartlett, married Lydia Frost. He lived on the north side of the river opposite Middle Interval. Children :
i Sally, b. Jan. 30, 1792, m. William Estes.
ii Betsey. b. Feb. 20, 1794, m. Joshua Bean.
iii Asa, b. Dec. 4, 1795, m. Ist, Mary York ; 2d, Betsey E. Rowe.
iv Aaron, b. Apr. 20, 1800, never married.
v Nathan, b. Sept. 5, 1802, m. Joanna Daniels of Paris.
vi Enoch, b. May 15, 1805, d. June 15, 1828.
vii Lydia. b. May 22, 1807, m. Isaac B. Littlehale.
viii Esther, b. March 22, 1810, d. May, 1811.
ix Fanny. b. Feb. 26, 1812, m. Elijah Powers.
ELIAS BARTLETT, son of Jonathan Bartlett, married first, Eliza, daughter of Nathan Adams, and second, Judith, daughter of David Farnum of Rumford, who survived him, and married Rev. Dan Perry. Children :
By first wife :
i Eliza. b. March 3, 1815, m. Enoch Knapp.
By second wife :
ii Sylvia Porter, b. Feb. 15, 1817, d. June 8, 1836.
iii Mary, b. May 9, 1819, m. Mighill Mason.
iv Elias Shaw, b. Nov. 26, 1823, m. Hester Ann Bartlett.
v Jonathan Madison, b. March 13, 1826, m. Olive Needham.
vi Harriet, b. Nov. 15, 1829, d. Aug. 25, 1847.
ELIJAH BARTLETT, son of Jonathan Bartlett, married Nancy, daughter of Joshua Graham of Rumford. He lived in Bethel, in the Chandler neighborhood. He is remembered for his charitable deeds, and was very kind to the poor. Child :
Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1810, m. Abial Chandler.
BARBOUR BARTLETT, son of Moses Bartlett, married Julia, daugh- ter of Dea. Ezra Twitchell. (See page 114.) Children :
i Julia Ann, b. July 2, 1813, m. June 29, 1842, George E. Smith of Hanover.
ii Eli Leland, b. July 25. 1814, m.
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iii Curatio 'Twitchell, b. Apr. 10, 1816, m. Laura Ann Pressey.
iv Moses B., b. July 12, 1818, m. Sarah E., daughter of Abner B. Thompson of Brunswick.
v Sylvanus Porter, b. Feb. 23, 1820, d. Aug. 14, 1823.
vi Lucia Kimball, b. June 7, 1821, m. Oct. 2, 1845, Isaac Adams, Jr.
vii Miranda Jane, b. Nov. 14, 1822, d. Aug. 31, 1823.
viii Sylvanus Porter, b. July 24, 1824.
ix Edwin Wallace, b. Sept. 12, 1826.
x Spencer T., b. Jan. 24, 1830, m. Caroline P. Adams of Brunswick.
xi Jane Crombie, b. Nov. 13, 1831, d. July 2, 1833.
MOSES BARTLETT, JR., married Huldah Powers. He lived in that part of Bethel now Hanover, but left town many years ago. Children :
i Lucy Ann, b. Sept. 28, 1827.
ii Orson Powers, b. Oct. 5, 1829, d. March 31, 1830.
iii Esther Beal, b. Feb. 25, 1831.
iv George, b. Dec. 3, 1833.
V Mary A., b. Apr. 22, 1836.
vi Alfred, b. Apr. 12, 1839.
BALL BARTLETT, son of Thaddeus Bartlett, married March 16, 1830, Marina, daughter of Peregrine Bartlett. He was a farmer and tavern-keeper at Bean's Corner. He died Apr. 18, 1865. Children :
i Infant, b. Apr. 12, 1832, d. young.
ii Abigail Rawson, b. March 23, 1833, d. June 3, 1851.
iii Martha M., b. July 16, 1836, d. Aug. 7, 1858.
iv Ezekiel Merrill, b. Sept. 1, 1838, m. Alma J. Colby.
V Charles Solon, b. July 19, 1840, d. March 7, 1871.
vi Ephraim C., b. Nov. 25, 1843, m. Rose Powers.
vii Fanny M., b. Feb. 5, 1848, d. Nov. 20, 1871.
viii Thaddeus G., b. Feb. 7, 1855, d. May 31, 1883.
ix Harry P., b. Oct. 14, -, m. Saralı Stark.
EBENEZER BARTLETT, oldest son of Stephen Bartlett, married Lois, daughter of Silas Powers. He lived a few years on Howard's Gore and then moved to a farm on the road between Locke's Mills and the Androscoggin. He was a farmer and pump-maker. Children :
i Joanna Willis, b. Feb. 6, 1815, d. July 28, 1836.
ii Silas Powers, b. Feb. 3, 1817, m. Martha M. Morse of Jay. Dr. Bart- lett is a natural scholar, aud particularly proficient in mathematics. Hle taught school winters while he was obtaining his education
DR. SILAS P. BARTLETT.
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and was a popular teacher. He studied the medical profession with Dr. Thomas Roberts of Rumford, graduated from the Maine Medical School, practiced for a short time in Bethel and then set- tled at East Dixfield, where he has lived for more than forty years, engaged in practice and in farming. He has been one of the principal contributors to the Maine Farmers' Almanac, and delights in devising and working out problems in the higher mathematics. He is a genial, companionable man, and deservedly popular.
iii Stephen, b. Jan. 11, 1819, m. Cyrene How, r. Lowell, Mass.
iv Ebenezer Nimrod, b. March 14, 1821, m. Elizabeth Kimball, and died in New Orleans. He and his son enlisted from Lowell, Mass., and both died.
v Lusylvia, b. Feb. 9, 1824, m. Adams Twitchell, r. Milan, N. H.
vi Artemas Powers, b. July 3, 1826, m. Julia Hodgkins, r. Lowell, Mass.
vii Warren, b. Apr. 3, 1832, m. Isabelle Huston, resides West.
ELHANAN BARTLETT, son of Stephen, married Joanna, daughter of Jonas Willis. He lived, and died Apr. 13, 1883, on the home- stead of his father. He was a prominent man in town and often in town office. He was also a thrifty and prosperous farmer. Children .:
i Zenas Willis, (M. D.) b. Aug. 10, 1818, m. Leona Roberts and settled in Rumford.
ii Susanna, b. Apr. 1, 1820, d. Nov. 2, 1843.
iii Cyrus, b. June 18, 1822, m. Caroline Smith ; lie d. Apr. 23, 1875.
iv Beulah Foster, b. Dec. 10, 1824, m. James Roberts, d. Jan. 23, 1881.
v Hester Ann, b. Nov. 24, 1827, m. Elias S. Bartlett.
WILLIAM BARTLETT, son of Stephen Bartlett, married Elsie, daughter of William Russell. He lived on the hill, east of Jacob Kimball. Children :
The oldest two died in infancy ..
i Jonas Willis, b. June 15, 1819, m. Lusannah A. Lapham.
ii Leonora, b. Dec. 27, 1820, d. Nov. 17, 1840.
iii Henry Russell, b. July 11, 1822, m. Sophronia Glines, d. May 4, 1885. iv Sebra Dunham, b. Feb. 28, 1825, m. Nancy Adams, r. Massachusetts.
v Emma, b. Nov. 13, 1827, d. Nov. 14, 1833.
vi Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 29, 1829, m. Hannah Goss, d. in Texas in 1864.
vii Mehitable, b. Nov. 25, 1831, m. Joshua Bean, Jr. ; both dead.
JAMES A. S. BARTLETT, son of Stephen Bartlett, married Betsey, daughter of Asa Foster of Newry. He lived in the neighborhood of his brother, Ebenezer, where his son Asa afterwards lived, and
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died January 10, 1873. His widow died July 10, 1882. Children :
i Asa Foster, b. Dec. 24, 1823, m. Jane Moody of Paris, d. 1891.
ii Anna, m. Vincent G. Chapman.
D. Sept. 6, 1825.
iii Dorcas, ) m. 1st, Malachi Haines, 2d, Edwin Farrar.
iv Cyrene, b. March 31, 1828, m. Washington Crooker.
V Lucretia, b. Nov. 29, 1829, m. 1850, Albert Haines; both dead.
vi James Armenas, b. May 15, 1832, m. Mary Hutchinson, r. Massachu- setts.
vii Sophila, b. May 27, 1836, m. George Gallbraith ; both dead.
viii Betsey F., b. Dec. 13. 1838, m. 1861, William H. Corliss.
ASA BARTLETT, son of Reuben Bartlett, married first, Mary, daughter of Peter York, and second, Betsey E. Rowe of Newry. He lived on the homestead of his father. Children :
i Mary Ann. b. Oct. 21, 1820, m. Elijah B. Goddard.
ii Freeland, b. Oct. 11, 1824, m. Betsey Morse of Grafton.
iii Dolly, b. Aug. 15, 1828.
By second wife :
iv Asa Warrington, b. Feb. 4, 1839.
ELIAS SHAW BARTLETT, son of Elias and Judith (Farnum) Bartlett, was a farmer and lived on the old homestead. He married Hester, daughter of .Elhanan Bartlett. He was one of the select- men for several years and held other town offices. Children :
i Elhanan P., b. Aug. 9, 1848, m. Sarah Stevens.
ii Mary E., b. July 15, 1851, m. Chas. M. Kimball.
iii James M., b. Sept. 23, 1853, m. Etta M. Bartlett.
iv F. Dayton, b. Apr. 30, 1856, m. Martha V. Brown.
V Olivette, b. Apr. 3, 1859.
vi Zenas Willis, b. Apr. 19, 1861, m. Carrie M. Swan.
vii Flora E., b. Nov. 18, 1866, m. W. S. Wight.
viii Elias S., b. June 19, 1870.
ARTEMAS POWERS BARTLETT, son of Ebenezer and Lois (Powers) Bartlett, lived on the homestead of his father a few years, then sold out and moved to Lowell, Mass. He was a farmer and carpenter. He married Julia H. Hodgkins of Lewiston. Children :
i George Forrest, b. July 22, 1850. ii Sarah Luetta, b. Oct. 26, 1851. iii Charles Warren, b. June 19, 1853. iv Lusylvia Twitchell, b. March 10, 1855. v Flora Elmetta, b. Dec. 26, 1856. vi Ebenezer Powers, b. Sept. 19, 1858, d. Dec. 25, 1862. vii Jonathan II., b. Apr. 28, 1860. viii Angie Davis, b. March 7, 1862. ix Lois Powers, b. Apr. 15, 1864. x Odell Dumon, b. Jan. 30, 1866.
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CURATIO TWITCHELL BARTLETT, son of Barbour Bartlett, married Laura Annie Pressey, who was born in Mercer, Aug. 25, 1816. He was a farmer and resided on part of the homestead of his grand- father, Eli Twitchell. He died Aug. 25, 1881. Children :
i Eli Leland, b. May 30, 1842, m. July 5, 1881, Jenny Taylor of Nova Scotia. He lives at the old homestead in Bethel.
ii James Cleveland, b. April 1, 1844, m. in Texas in 1875, Almonte Huling ; he died January 28, 1891.
iii Frances J., b. March 17, 1846, m. 1876, John Kittredge of North Andover, Mass.
JONAS WILLIS BARTLETT, son of William Bartlett, a farmer and brick-maker, married Feb. 24, 1850, Lusannah, daughter of Deacon John Lapham. She died Feb. 2, 1869. He lives in the lower part of the town on a farm adjoining the Foster farm. Children :
i Lovisa Ellen, b. July 18, 1852, m. George A. Armitage, r. Lawrence, Mass.
ii William Barbour, b. January 11, 1854, resides in Woburn, Mass., un- married.
iii Lucetta E., b. Oct. 18, 1856. She is in the dress-making business in Lawrence, Mass.
iv Gardiner Morrill, b. Apr. 17, 1858.
V Elias Russell, b. Feb. 14. 1860.
vi Aurilla, b. Dec. 18, 1864.
HENRY RUSSELL BARTLETT, brother of the preceding, farmer, married April 29, 1843, Sophronia, daughter of Timothy Glines, who was born in Rumford, Aug. 8, 1819. Henry R. Bartlett died May 4, 1885. Children :
i Helen Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1843.
ii Althea Sarah, b. Sept. 12, 1845, d. Feb. 1871.
iii Henry Edson. b. April 12, 1847. He is a brick and stone mason and farmer. He married Feb. 4, 1874, Lizzie, daughter of Daniel Coburn of Lowell, Mass., and has :
1 Walter Edson, b. Nov. 13, 1874.
2 Elsie, b. May 23, 1878.
3 Blanche, b. Aug. 28, 1880.
4 Amy, b. May 19, 1886.
ASA FOSTER BARTLETT, son of James A. S. Bartlett, a farmer, lived on the homestead of his father adjoining the Eli Foster farm, and died there in August, 1891 He married Dec. 26, 1852, Jane, daughter of Benaiah Moody, who was born in Paris, Dec. 22, 1822. Children :
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HISTORY OF BETHEL.
i Emery W., b. JJanuary 1, 1856. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1880, engaged in journalism and is now on the staff of the Boston Herald.
ii Judson F., b. March 7, 1857.
iii A. Ezbon, b. Nov. 21, 1859, m. Annie Whitman.
iv Nelson M., b. Dec. 8, 1861.
V Ella J., b. Nov. 1, 1864, m. Stephen H. Foster.
TILDEN BARTLETT, son of Josiah Bartlett of Plymouth, Mass., and Norway, Me., of no relation to the other Bartletts in town, moved to a lot in the east part of Bethel previous to 1830, and died there. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John and Abigail (Irish) Buck of Buckfield. Mr. Bartlett's four sons settled in the same neighborhood, and one or more of them are still there. Children :
i Rachel, b. June, 1808, Ximennes Philbrick of Buckfield.
ii Tilden, b. Sept. 1810, m. Sarah Eastman.
iii Martha, ) b. April 1812, m. Adam Knight. twins.
iv Abigail, ) b. April, 1812, m. Joseph Frye.
V Benjamin, b. March, 1814, m. Hannah Brooks of Paris.
vi Sylvia, b. Dec., 1815, m. Ferdinand A. Warren of Buckfield.
vii Sarah, b. Oct., 1817, m. Asa Record.
viii Abijah, b. Aug., 1819, m. Hannah Stevens.
ix Eliza, b. March, 1821, m. William Chase.
x Elmira, b. January, 1824, m. Alfred Harris.
xi Enoch, b. Dec., 1825, m. Louisa Trask.
LEVI NEEDHAM BARTLETT, son of Sylvanus and Mary Jane (Howe) Martin Bartlett, and nephew of Tilden Bartlett preceding, born in Greenwood, Sept. 18, 1845, married May 27, 1875, Rowena, daughter of Learned Whitman of Bethel. He is a farmer on Grover Hill. Children :
i Lizzie Grace, b. July 17, 1876.
ii Maude A., b. July 20, 1878.
iii Earl Alton, b. June 10, 1886.
iv Erva May, b. June 12, 1889.
BARTON.
ASA BARTON of Needham, Mass., married Mercy, daughter of Ebenezer Bartlett of Newton. She subsequently married Oliver Fenno the blacksmith, and came to Bethel, and then moved to Jay. Children :
i Aaron, b. -, m. Sally Smith.
ii Eunice, b. , m. Elijah Swan ; d. Paris.
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HISTORY OF BETHEL.
AARON BARTON, son of the preceding, came to Bethel while yet a boy, with Nathaniel Segar and Jonathan Bartlett. He married Jan. 29, 1793, Sally, daughter of Ithiel Smith. He moved to Jay, and then to Livermore. Children :
i Aaron, b. - , m. Pamelia Foster.
ii Asa, b. - , m. Lydia Chase.
iii Sarah, b. -, m. Elliot Smith of Norway.
iv Lavinia Howard, b. - , m. Elliot Smith of Norway.
v Mercy Barton, b. -, m. Thomas Chase of Livermore. She was the mother of Elizabeth (Chase) Akers Allen, the well known poetical writer.
BARKER.
The Barker families of Bethel descended from James' and Grace Barker, who were early at Rowley, Mass., through Nathaniel? and Mary, James3 and Sarah, James4 and Elizabeth and Jedediah5 and Sarah.
Jedediah Barker5 married Sarah Children :
i John, b. Apr. 21, 1758, m. Mary Jackman.
i James, b. -.
iii Samuel, b. May 15, 1762, m. 1st, Betsey Rogers, 2d, Abigail Blan- chard.
iv Susannah, b. Dec. 21, 1763.
v Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1865.
JOHN BARKER, son of the preceding, came from Londonderry, N. H., to Bethel in 1804, and he and his wife died in this town. Children :
i Mary, b. June 26, 1782.
ii Sarah, b. March 6, 1784.
iii John, b. Aug. 12, 1785, (M. D. at Wilton, Me.) He was the father of Fordyce Barker, the distinguished New York physician.
iv Nancy. b. Jan. 31, 1788.
V Abigail, b. Oct. 29, 1790.
vi Samuel, b. July 6, 1792, m. Hannah B. Clark.
vii Timothy, b. July 1, 1794, m. Eliza Town.
viii Pamelia, b. Aug. 22, 1796.
ix Hannah J., b. July 26, 1801, m. James Walker.
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