BARTLETT

Most of the history of the Bartlett family in England is from the wonderful research done by Peter Bartlett
of Wauchope, NSW, Australia which can be viewed at: http://www.bartlett.to/pend3.htm

1. JOHN-

b.c.1445
m. OLIVE ARTHUR
d. 1493

Issue-

2I. WILLIAM
 II. John- m. 7 Oct. 1501 Piddleton, Edith Mason

Ref:

Parish Registers- Puddleton, Dorset

2I. WILLIAM (JOHN 1)-

b.c.1466
m. ALINE COVERT
d.c.1532

William was listed in the Subsidy rolls for Piddleton parish in 1525 for £30 which indicates that he was a
substantial landholder there. He was also liable for a payment of £25 for Sock Dennis Manor which is
situated between Ilchester, Somerset and the Dorset border. William owned a half-share of Sock Dennis.
He must have also paid tax on Fordington Manor which was inherited by Robert about 1530 when Richard
was left the share of Sock Dennis.

Issue-
 I. Robert-
 3II. JOHN-- m. AGNES HANCOCK, bur. 15 Dec. 1558 Piddleton
 III. Richard- m. Margaret ______
 IV. Edmund- bur. 1 Jan. 1540 Piddleton

Ref:

Parish Registers- Puddleton, Dorset

3II. JOHN (JOHN 1, WILLIAM 2)

m. AGNES HANCOCK
bur. 15 Dec. 1558 Piddleton

After his marriage to Agnes, John is often referred to as John Bartlett, alias Hancock, probably because he
obtained property from his wife's family upon their marriage.

John was appointed investigator of monasteries in 1535 in the reign of Henry VIII by Thomas Cromwell
and was part of a wealthy group of Dorset landowners living around Puddleton who had banded together to
defraud the Crown. Among the letters and papers of Henry VIII are found letters written by John to

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Cromwell pleading innocence after being accused of extracting large sums of money from senior
churchmen whom he had caught in compromising situations.

"JOHN BARTELOT TO CROMWELL.

Pleas it your honourable mastership to be advertisid, that in the tyme of Lent last past your contynuell
oratour John Bartelot, with other to the noumber of v personez of good conversation, ffound the prior of the
Crossid Fryers in London at that tvme beyng in bedde with his hoore, both nakyd, abought xj of the clok in
the for none, upon a Fryday, at which to tyme the said priour; to thentent his mysdemeaner and shamfull
facte shuld not be knowen wherby he shuld susteyn opyn shame, knelid upon his kneez, and not only
desyrid vour said oratour and his cumpany to kepe secret his said acte and not to disclose in any wise the
same, but also for the same entent frely of his owen mocion yaf amonges theym about xxxli which he then
was possessid of, of the which summe your oratour hadde by the said yef (gift) abought vijli.

And also the said priour promysid to yef amonges the said company xxxli more by a certen day. And after
by mediacion of ffrendes of the said priour, the said xxxli was releasid to the summe of vjli which vjli. the
said priour bound hym self to pay to your oratour by his bill obligatorie at a certen day in the same lymittid.
Yet this notwithstonding, for because your said oratour for nonpavment of the said vjli. did arrest the said
ffryer, he hath so heynously enformed the lord chauncellour ayenst your oratour, that he not oonly will put
hym to suertie, making the premisses a heynous robery, sayeng opynly that your oratour is worthy to be
hangid, but also vill by his high auctorite compell your oratour to repay ayen to the said ffryer the summe
of xxxli., oonles your moost charitable goodnes be therin othenvise shewid. Yt may therfor pleas your good
mastership, of vour aboundaunt goodnes, to provyd that the premissez may be duly examyned according to
equite, for this is the very and hole truth in the same. And your said oratour shall pray to God for your
honour and preservacion long to endewer.

By your humble to his pour duryng his lif,

JOHN BARTELOT

To the right honourable master secretory" (1)

His transgressions were overlooked as he had become part of the plan to obtain the property of the
monasteries who had been found by their investigation to have been acting improperly. Many of the sales
of the confiscated church property where made to John's fellow partners in crime. Sir John Tregonwell of
Piddleton was Chief COmmissioner in control of the sale of this property and the head of the group who
acquired church lands under favorable terms.

"37 Henry VIII...The Manor of Muston alias Musterton alias Piddle Musterton and its farm, in Piddle
Hinton and Piddleton, pasture for 100 ewes, 4 rams and their lambs, the stock and moiety of hay on the
farm belonging to Cerne Abbey, value £10.10.4.; lands in Rumford near Worth, and Eastworth parcel of
Tewkesbury Abbey; lands in Tarent Rawson parcel of Tarent Abbey; Chipmans Coppice in Milborne
St.Andrew; the site of the Priory of Hinton co. Somerset; to John Bartlett alias Hancock and his son Robert
and their heirs for the sum of £710.5/-." (2)

The Manor of Muston was comprised 610 acres of land, the manor house and farm house; Eastworth was a
manor at Cranborne, Dorset, and made up of two manor houses (according to Hutchins both included in
this one sale grant) named "Eastworth" and "Holwell", as well as tithing and hamlet one-and-a-half miles
east of Cranborne itself, which casts considerable doubt upon the price paid by the Bartletts without
considering all the other components it included! The Priory of Hinton - also known as Hinton Abbey and
Hinton Charterhouse - was of considerable size, stretching from Hinton to the next village of Wellow
(where Dorothy Popham nee Bartlett was buried, 1614, in a tomb bearing the crescent blazons of the
Bartelots of Stopham) and might have been expected to fetch such a price on its own.

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After Henry VIII's death John seems to have retired to Piddleton probably at the instigation of the Protector
Edward Seymour, Earl of Herford who threw out all the earlier Court favorites.

In his will John provided for his wife Agnes, and also had bequests to his son Robert, as well as to another
Robert who was perhaps his grandson or nephew and to Roger who was perhaps his son or his nephew, son
of his brother Edmund.

Issue-
 I. Richard- m. 20 Jan. 1541 St. Mary's, Puddleton, Alice Hames
 4II. ROBERT- m. 20 July 1542 St. Mary's, Puddleton, ALICE PROWTE
 III. Thomas- m. 11 Nov. 1542 St. Mary's, Puddleton, Edith Skottes, moved to Pendomer, Somerset
 IV. William- lived on the Ilsington estate
 V. ? Roger-

Ref:

(1) MS. Cotton. Cleopat E. IV. fol. 134

(2) Hutchins vol.11, p.803

Parish Registers- Puddleton, Dorset

4II. ROBERT (JOHN 1, WILLIAM 2, JOHN 3)

m. 20 July 1542 Puddleton, Dorset, ALICE PROUT (d. 10 Mar. 1599 Puddleton)

Rev. Thomas Genge, vicar of St. Mary's wrote the following obituary in the church records at Alice's death
in 1599:

"Alice Bartlett, ye onlie wyfe of Robert Bartlett deceased, kepte great hospitalitie in this parish fifty years,
eight months and eight dayes, all of which time the poore wanted no necessarie sustenance either in
sickness or health. She departed this life the 10th daye of March to the griefe of many in this world but to
the joy of many in Heaven, in the year of Our Lord as above written."

Issue-
 5I. ROBERT- b.c.1568
 II. Richard- b.c.1570
 III. John-

Ref:

Parish Registers- Puddleton, Dorset

5I. ROBERT (JOHN 1, WILLIAM 2, JOHN 3, ROBERT 4)

b.c.1568
m. 16 Oct. 1589 Puddleton, Dorset, ALICE BARKER

Issue- all bpt. at St. Mary's, Piddleton, Dorset

 I. Lydia- bpt. 2 Aug. 1590, bur. 8 Nov. 1612 Puddletown

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 II. Ruth- bpt. 22 Apr. 1591
 6III. RICHARD- bpt. 17 Mar. 1592, m. JOAN ______ d. 25 May 1647 Newbury, will 21 May- 28
Sept. 1647
 Mary- bpt. 4 Mar. 1593/4
 Edith- bpt. 23 Jan. 1595/6
 IV. Martha- bpt. 5 Nov. 1598
 V. Robert- bpt. 27 May 1603, m. Mary Warren (d. 27 Mar. 1683 Plymouth,MA), will 19 Sept.-29 Oct.
1676 Plymouth, MA
 John- bpt. 1 Feb. 1605/6, m. Joan _____ (d. 5 Feb. 1679 Newbury, MA), d. 13 Apr. 1678 Newbury
 Elizabeth- bpt. 10 Jan. 1607/8

6III. RICHARD (JOHN 1, WILLIAM 2, JOHN 3, ROBERT 4, ROBERT 5)

bpt. 17 May 1592 St. Mary's Puddleton, Dorset

m. JOAN ______ d. 25 May 1647 Newbury
will 21 May- 28 Sept. 1647

Richard came to Newbury about 1635. In the Colonial Records for 1639: "Richard Bartlett petitioned the
general court and was granted twenty poinds according to his petition."(1)

He bought a "Breeches Bible" in 1612 and is mentioned as still in existence in Hoyt's book. All his
children's births are given in the family bible.

Issue-

 I. Joanne- b. 29 Jan. 1610, m. before 1640 William Titcomb (m.2. 1654 Elizabeth Stevens), d. 28 June
1653 Newbury
 II. John- b. 9 Nov. 1613, m. Joan _____ (d. 13 Apr. 1678 Newbury), d. 5 Feb. 1678/9 Newbury
 III. Thomas- b. 22 Jan. 1615, probably d.s.p.
 7IV. RICHARD- b. 31 Oct. 1621, bpt. 1 Nov. 1621 Fordington, Dorset, m. ABIGAIL ______ (d. 1
Mar. 1686/7 Newbury), will 19 Apr. 1695-18 July 1698
 V. Christopher- b. 25 Feb. 1623/4, m.1. 17 Apr. 1645 Mary _____ (d. 24 Dec. 1660 Newbury), 2. Dec.
1663 Mary Hoyt (m.2. Richard Martin), d. 15 Mar. 1669/0 Newbury
 VI. Anne- b. 26 Feb. 1625, probably d.s.p.

Ref:

"A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury"- p.30
"Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury"- pp.54-5

7IV. RICHARD (JOHN 1, WILLIAM 2, JOHN 3, ROBERT 4, ROBERT 5, RICHARD 6)

b. 31 Oct. 1621 Ernley, Sussex

m. ABIGAIL ______ (d. 1 Mar. 1686/7 Newbury, MA)
will 19 Apr. 1695-18 July 1698 Newbury

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Josiah Bartlett's arms- attributed to his great-grandfather Richard of Newbury

Richard took the oath of allegience at Newbury in 1678 and was a representative to the General Court from
Newbury in 1679. He made a proposition to the town of Haverhill about land in Amesbury near the
Haverhill line. He was mentioned as being from Amesbury that year, however, he was listed as being from
Newbury in his will and in 1668 when he bought land in "Jemaica" (West Amesbury). Richard was a
shoemaker and was made a freeman in 1654.

Newbury was having continued problems with its minister in 1670 as to whom controlled the church: "We
whose names are here underwritten do consent to the writing, which do declare an act of the church laying
Mr. Parker under blame, and suspending him from all official acts in the church. Dated sixteenth of March,
1670... Richard Bartlett."(1) The debate over Mr. Parker's beliefs continued as did the flood of paper going
to the General Court from his proponents and his detractors. Edward Woodman's party of 41 people, who
were against Parker, was sentenced on 29 May 1671 for its activities against Parker. Richard was fined four
nobles (a noble was 6/8). This was not the end of it for these disgruntled souls as at a meeting of the
selectmen on 31 Mar. 1679 deacon Abraham Merrill was ordered "by the selectmen to bee a tithing man to
have inspection into and look over these families that they attend the publick worship of God, and do not
break the sabbath, and further you are to attend as the court order declares. The names of the families are...
Richard Bartlet."(2) The family's displeasure with the established ministry in the town continued as we find
the following in the town records for 21 Dec. 1694: "John and Samuel Bartlet, Abraham Morrill and John
Emery and Joseph Bailey were bound over and admonished for opposing their ordained minister, Mr. John
Richardson."(3) In 1711 they went as far as starting to build their own meeting house: "Samuel Bartlett...
John Bartlett, Nathan Bartlett, Richard Bartlet... and Skipper Lunt, their carpenter, and several others have
cut and halled timber in order to build a meeting house and intend to raise said meeting house within one
fortnight and set it at or near the east end of the west precinct in Newbury as they inform us... "July 19th,
1711. The Court advised and directed for the preservation of the peace of the town of Newbury that the
persons herein named and others concerned, desist their proceeding to the raysing their meeting house until
there be a hearing of the matter before the court."(4) As can be imagined they did not follow the order and a
subsequent cease and desist order came from the court.

Richard evidently kept a journal which was in existence when Coffin wrote his history of Newbury. He
quotes from it: "In 1676, turnips one shilling pere bushel, hemp and butter sixpence per pound. In 1687,
cotton wool was one shilling and sixpence per pound."(5)

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Issue- All children born in Newbury

 I Samuel- b. 20 Feb. 1645/6, m. 23 May 1671 Newbury, Elizabeth Titcomb (d. 26 Aug. 1690
Newbury), d. 15 May 1732 Newbury
 II. Richard- b. 21 Feb. 1648/9, m. 18 Nov. 1673 Newbury, Hannah Emery, living in 1712
 III. Thomas- b. 7 Sept. 1650, m. Nov. 1685 Newbury, Tirzah Titcomb (m.2. James Ordway, d. before
Oct. 1699), d. 6 Apr. 1689 Newbury
 IV. Abigail- b. 14 Mar. 1652/3, m. 27 May 1700 John Emery, living in 1712
 8V. JOHN- b. 22 June 1655, m.1. 29 Sept. 1680 Newbury, MARY RUST, 2. 13 Nov. 1710 Dorcas
Phillips (d. 18 Jan. 1719), d. 24 May 1736 Newbury
 VI. Hannah- b. 18 Dec. 1657, living in 1695
 VII. Rebecca- b. 23 May 1661, m. 5 Sept. 1700 Isaac Bailey

Ref:

(1) "A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury"- p.83
(2) Ibid- p.122
(3) Ibid- pp.160-1
(4) Ibid- pp.179-80
(5) Ibid- p.140

"Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury"- pp.55-7, 875

8V. JOHN (JOHN 1, WILLIAM 2, JOHN 3, ROBERT 4, ROBERT 5, RICHARD 6, RICHARD 7)

b. 22 June 1655 Newbury, MA

m.1. 29 Sept. 1680 Newbury, MARY RUST
2. 13 Nov. 1710 Dorcas Phillips of Rowley (d. 18 Jan. 1719)
d. 24 May 1736 Newbury
will 11 Apr. 1733- 7 June 1736

John was a tanner and took the oath of allegience at Newbury in 1678 and was made a freeman in May
1684.

Issue- All children born in Newbury

 I. Mary- b. 17 Oct. 1681, d. 29 Mar. 1682

 II. John- b. 24 Jan. 1682/3, m.1. 25 Nov. 1702 Newbury, Prudence Merrill, 2. Frances Kendrick, living
in 1733
 III. Mary- b. 27 Apr. 1684, m. July 1700 John Bailey, d. 19 Mar. 1707/8
 IV. Nathaniel- b. 18 Apr. 1685, int. 22 Sept. 1705 Meribah Littlefield of Kittery, living in 1733 Exeter,
NH
 V. Dorothy- b. 23 Aug. 1686, m. 6 June 1707 John Ropes, living in 1733
 VI. Sarah- b. 27 Nov. 1687, m. Dec. 1707 Ipswich, Joseph Fowler of Ipswich, d. 8 Jan. 1721/2
 VII. Hannah- b. 13 Mar. 1689, m. 1 Jan. 1732/3 Newbury, Nathaniel Brown of Wenham, living in 1733
 9VIII. NATHAN- b. 23 Dec. 1691, m. 10 Mar. 1714/5 Kittery, SHUAH HEARD
 IX. Abigail- b. 12 Aug. 1693, m. 6 Nov. 1717 Samuel Goodhue of Exeter, living in 1733
 X. Alice- b. 18 Mar. 1695, probably d.s.p.
 XI. Mary- m. 29 Apr. 1723 Joseph Jacobs of Ipswich
 XII. Seth- m. 19 Nov. 1728 Sarah Merrill, bur. 23 Feb. 1759 St. Paul's, Newbury
 XIII. Gideon- b.c.1703, m. 16 Dec. 1725 Abigail Emery, d. Sept. 1793 Newton, NH
 XIV. Elizabeth- m. 13 Apr. 1725 Josiah Bartlett

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 XIV. Rebecca- m. 15 July 1725 Daniel Coffin, living in 1753

Ref:

"Old Families of Salisbury & Amesbury"- pp.55-7, 617, 876-7

"A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury"- p.295

9VIII. NATHAN (JOHN 1, WILLIAM 2, JOHN 3, ROBERT 4, ROBERT 5, RICHARD 6,

RICHARD 7, JOHN 8)

b. 23 Dec. 1691 Newbury, MA

m. 10 Mar. 1714/5 Kittery, SHUAH HEARD
d. 1775

Nathan was a tanner and moved to Kittery in 1713 (I wonder if it was because of the ecclesiastical
controversy his family was involved in!).

"In the Name of God Amen. I Nathan Bartlett of Kittery in the County of York and Province of the
Massachusetts Bay gentleman being of a sound mind and memory and Considering my frailty and
mortality, do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament But first of all I commit my Soul to God
who gave it, beging for the Pardon of all my Sins and eternal Salvation thro the merits and mediation of the
Lord Jesus Christ my Great Redeemer and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the
discretion of my Executor hoping (thro the mighty Power of God) I shall receive the same again in a
Glorious resurection to eternal Life- and as for the worldly Estate that a bountifull God has been pleased to
bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as follows Vizt

I order that my just Debts and funeral Charges be paid out of my sd Estate as soon as may be after my
Decease-

I Give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Shuah Bartlett all my Plate and China ware for to use and
dispose of as She shall See meet and if she does not dispose of the same then my Will is that the said plate
& China ware shall be equally divided to and amongst my six Daughters-

I also Give my said wife Shuah my Riding Chair and Horse I also give to my said wife one third part of all
my other Personal Estate with out any deduction for debts Legacies or Funeral Charges out of the same

I also Give and bequeath unto my said wife Shuah the use and Improvement of all that part of my Estate
that was set of and assigned to her in the real Estate of her late father Capt. John Heard Decd during her
natural Life and also one half of my Dwelling House and Barn and one half of all my lands adjoining to
said House also Barn all the said lands and buildings she my said wife is to use and Improve during her life
I also give to my said wife the use and Improvement of one third part of all my other real Estate if she shall
see cause to call for the same for her better support and I do order that my said wife shall have all the
firewood she shall have occation for during her life to be Cutt and haled to her and I shall hereafter order in
this my Will and I do hereby order that my son John Heard Bartlett shall Cutt and hale the one half part of
the said wood from my lands herein given to him the s d John and the other half part of said wood for my
said wife I do hereby order that my grandson James Bartlet shall Cutt and hale from my lands given to him
the said James Bartlet-

I Give and bequeath unto my son John Heard Bartlet all that my tract of land whereon he now Dwells at the
third Hill so called in Kittery with the Houses Barns and other buildings Orchards & appurtenances
thereunto belonging which said tract Contains one hundred & twenty nine acres of land or be the same
more of less; I also Give to my said son John Heard Bartlet all that my tract of Land which I bought of

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Josiah Bridges Containing forty nine acres or be the same more or less which said tracts of land buildings
and appurtenances to Hold to him my said son John Heard Bartlet his Heirs and Assigns forever-

I Give and bequeath into my Grand son James Bartlet all the my Farm whereon I now dwell Containing
forty five acres of Land be the same more of less bounded Northerly partly by Nathaniel Clarks land and
partly by land belonging to the Heirs of my son Nathan Bartlet Decd. Easterly by Jane Tuckers land
Southerly partly by the High way and partly by Doctor Edmund Coffins land and westerly partly by the
High way that goes to a place Called the Ceeders and partly by Nathaniel Clarks land with my Dwelling
House and Barn and the land being about one acres where the said Barn stands with all the buildings on
said land I also Give unto my said Grand son James Bartlet that tract of land a t Stony Brook which I
bought of William Gowen (Excepting what I have sold) and I also Give unto my said Grand son James
Bartlet my lot of meadow or Marsh lying near the Head of Stirgeon Creek which was set of to my wife as
part of her share of her father John Heards Estate all which several tracts of land and buildings to Hold to
him the said James Bartlet his Heirs and Assigns forever Excepting the use and Improvement of such part
of said lands and buildings as I have ordered for my wifes use during her life and also reserving the use and
Improvement of such part of said land and buildings as I do hereafter order in this my Will for my
Daughter in law the said James Bartlets mother during her her life-

I Give and bequeath unto my Grand son Nathan Bartlet all that my Farm lying at the Adjoining to Stirgeon
Creek which I bought of Peter Wittum John Wittum Richard Chick & others Commonly Called the Wittum
Farm to hold to him my said Grand son Matthew Bartlet his Heirs and Assigns forever only reserving my
wifes dower during her life and such part thereof as I shall order to my said Grandsons mother during her
life.

I Give to my Daughter Shuah Coffin Eight pounds lawfull money or to the value thereof in Cattle or other
personal Estate at cash price and to be paid to her my said Daughter within one year after my Decease the
said Eight pounds I order my said Grandson James Bartlet to pay to my said Daughter which sum is in full
with what I have Given to her before for her portion of and in my Estate-

I Give to my Daughter Mary Lord twenty pounds lawfull money or the value therof in Cattle or other
personal Estate at cash price and to be paid to the said Mary by my son John Heard Bartlett within two
years after my Decease.

I Give to my Daughter Phebe Dennet twenty pounds lawfull money or to the value thereof in Cattle or other
personal Estate at Cash price and to be paid to the said Phebe by my son John Heard Bartlet within three
years after my Decease-

I Give unto my Daughter Abigail Hanscom Twenty pounds Lawfull money or the value thereof in Cattle or
other Personal Estate to be paid to her by my Grandson James Bartlet within four years after my Decease-

I Give to my Daughter Hannah Cutt Twenty pounds Lawfull money or the Value thereof in Cattle or other
personal Estate at Cash price and to be paid to the said Hannah by my Grandson James Bartlet within five
years after my Decease

I Give to my Daughter Sarah Wentworth Twenty pounds Lawfull money or the Value thereof in Cattle or
other personal Estate at Cash price and to be paid to her by my son John Heard Bartlett within six years
after my Decease

I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter in law Sarah Bartlett (being the widow of my son Nathan Bartlet
late decd) the use and Improvement of all that part of my Estate which I have Given to my two grandsons
namely James Bartlet and Nathan Bartlet until they the said James and Nathan arrive to the age of twenty
one years and after that time the said Sarah Bartlet is to have the use Improvement and profits of only one
third part of the Estate (Given to the said James & Nathan) during her life and it is to be understood and is

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my Will that the said Sarah Bartlet is not to have any part of my Estate which I have Assigned to my wife
Shuah until she my said wife is deceased-

I Give to my Grandson James Bartlett all my utensils of Husbandry and all my tools used in and about
Tanning & Currying

I Give and bequeath unto my son John Heard Bartlet and my Grand son James Bartlet all such real Estate
that I have or ought to have in any place or places other then such Estate as I have disposed of in and by
this my Will to be equally divided between them their Heirs and Assigns-

I also Give unto my son John Heard Bartlet and my Grand son James Bartlet all such Personal Estate as I
have not otherwise disposed of in any by this my will that is to say all such personal Estate as shall remain
after what I have already given away and my Just Debts & funeral Charges are paid to be equally divided
between them the said John and James-

It is my will and I do hereby Order that if it shall so happen That the time of payment of any of the
Legacies I have ordered in this my Will for my Grandson James Bartlet to pay when he the said James shall
not then be twenty one years of age it is my Will that the Guardian who shall be appointed for the said
James shall have full power to sell and convey so much of the Estate that I have Given to him to the said
James as shall be sufficient to pay such Legacy or Leavies as shall be then due-

I do hereby Nominate and Appoint my son John Heard Bartlet Sole Executor of this my last Will and
Testament

In Tetimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the twenty fifth day of January Anno Domini
1775.

Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Nathan Bartlet as and for his last Will and testament in
Presence of us

Nathaniel Clarke Nathan Bartlet

John Gowen

Ephraim Clark

James Gowen"

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"York Ss. A true Inventory of the Estate of Cap t. Nathan Bartlett late of Kittery in the County of York
Decd. Testate Taken by the subscribers and was shewn to us by Cap t. John Heard Bartlet Executor of said
Estate and is as follows vizt.

To the Home farm containing forty five acres of land more or less with the building thereon 273-0-0
To the farm joining on Stirgeon Creek called the Wittum Farm containing 130 acres
of land more less and buildings thereon 230-0-0
to three acres of marsh on ye south side Stirgeon Creek 8-0-0
to the Farm at third Hill containing 129 acres more or less with the buildings thereon 360-0-0
to forty nine acres of land more or less at Stony Brook bought of Bridges 147-0-0
to thirty acres of land bought of William Gowen 75-0-0
To the wearing apparel of the Decd 7-7-6
to thirty four pounds Wt of Pewter Dishes plates &c 2-11-0
to twenty three pounds wt old pewter Dishes plates &c 1-3-0
to a tinn lanthorn & six patty pans & Cullander and Coffee Pot 0-6-0
to a case knives & forks 5/4 two old iron Kittles 7/. Do skillet 2/6 0-14-10 to
one iron Pott 4/ two iron baking pans 4/6 two wooden buskits 3/ 0-11-6 to
one old Frying pan 2/ six Cheese hoops 1/6 two wooden platters 1/ 0-4-6 to
two wooden ( ) 3/ two Chirns 5/ nine milk Trays 13/6 1-1-6 to
two tubs 5/6 one meat Cask 3/ an Old Tea Kittle 2/ two brass kittles 24/ 1-14-6 to
one large wooden bowl 1/6 one Cyder Hogshd a Barrel Tub & rundlet 9/ 0-10-6 to
one Feather bed bolster & Pillows under bed Curtain rods & bedsted 4-15-0 to
two Feather beds bolsters & Pillows under beds and bedsteds to each 7-0-0 to
ten sheets 75/ two Blankits 12/ nine pillow cases 10/ 4-17-0 to a
suit Fustin Curtins 48/ one suit China Curtins 60/ 5-8-0 to
one Counterpin 10/ one old pine Desk 9/ a Case of Draws 100/ 5-19-0 To
two pr Tongs & two fire shovels 10/ three iron Trammils 14/ 1-4-0 to
two iron Spits 6/ a Toaster & gridiron 3/6 an iron goos 1/6 0-11-0 to a
pr Hand Bellows 4/ two old iron Candlesticks & snuffers 1/ 0-5-0 to
one Brass Candlestick 3/ iron fender 1/6 small looking glass 6/ 0-10-6 to a
pr andirons 12/ pr large stilyards 9/ a pr small stilyards 3/ 1-4-0 to a pr
garter Looms 1/ Brass ladle 3/ old Flesh forks 6d 0-4-6 to
Ironing box & heaters 6/ a small choping knife 6d a pr wool cards 9d 0-7-3 to a
Pewter bed pan 6/ roundabout Chair & Pewter Chair pan 10/ 0-16-0 to a
round Table of maple 18/ a square Wallnut Table 24/ 2-2-0 to a
maple stand 5/ a pr andirons 10/ an old high Chest 8/ 1-3-0 to a
large looking glass 30/ four pictures in fraims 4/ 1-14-0 to
two Delf Platters and ten Do plates 13/ two do small bowls 1/6 0-14-6 to
two small brown earthen bowls & three porrengers & cup 1/10 a decanter 3/6 0-5-4 to
two wine glasses 1/6 one case & one round bottle 2/ 0-3-6 to
one Earthen Jugg & pint mug 1/ one cannister 8d a Baskit 1/ 0-2-8

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£1148-11-1

to brot over from the other side £1148-11-1

to two Turkie workt Chairs 12/ Six flat Back Chairs 27/ 1-19-0
to Six Common Chairs & one Great Do 16/ Six old broken Chairs 6/
a foot wheel & real Clock 11/ 1-13-0
To a Cane Bottumed couch 24/ an old Bottle Case 1/ old Chest 1/6 1-6-6
To a woolen Wheel 3/ a Frying pan 2/ Cheese Press 3/ 0-8-0
To a butter firkin & old buckit 2/ Old pine Table 1/6 a sieve 9d 0-4-3

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to an oak round Table 9/ an Old shatter’d Bible & one other old
bound book and twelve pamphlets 3/8 0-3-8
to a warming Pan 3/ two old broken Chain & Iron Exletree for Grind Stone 9/ 0-12-0
to an old Riding Chair and appurtenances thereto belonging 3-0-0
to an old mare 20/ a pr old broken Cart Wheels with boxes & hoops 15/ 1-15-0
to fourteen bushels Indian Corn 42/ two pitch forks 2/ Flax Come 6/ 2-10-0
To the half of an Iron tooth & Harrow 12/ Old plow 6/ 0-18-0
To a Bark stone 24/ a currying knife bark shave & Flesher 12/ 1-16-0
To two Oxen £7 four Cows £12 one yearling stear 30/s 20-10-0
to a Heifer Coming in three 30/ two Calves 24/ two small Swine 24/ 3-18-0
to one old Swine 24/ one ton & half Cours Hay 50/ 3-14-0
to one Ton English Hay 66/ four Sheep 36/ 5-2-0
to an old Slay 10/ one Cow killed for beef 66/ a mare Colt 90/ 8-6-0
to a number of Silver articles Vizt. Six large Spoons Six tea Spoons two prorrengers
salt cellar, Can, Pepper box, the whole weighing 40 Ozs 16-0-0
to Six China tea cups & saucers & one set of Coffee cups & saucers
and one old broken set of Tea cups 0-12-0

Decr 11th 1775 £1222=18=6

James Gowen
Wm Leighton Wm
Sterns

York Ss. January 2nd 1776

At a Court of Probate held at york John Heard Bartlett made Oath that this is a true and perfect Inventory of
the Estate of his siad said Testator decd. So far as has come to his hands possession or knowledge an dif
any thing hereafter appears not mentiond herein he will render an additional Inventory thereof unto this
Court and the appraisers were also sworn at the same Time Before me

John Bradbury Judge"(1)

Issue- All children born in Kittery

 I. Shuah- b. 1 Jan. 1715/6, m. 15 Nov. 1732 Edmund Coffin (b. 19 Mar. 1708 Newbury, MA)
 10II. MARY- b. 1 Mar. 1717/8, m.1. THOMAS DENNETT (b. 15 June 1712 Kittery, d. 1759
Kittery), 2. Benjamin Meads Lord (will 8 June 1786- 20 Mar. 1797 Arundel), will 8 Dec. 1798- 16 Apr.
1804 Kittery
 III. Nathan- b. 30 Apr. 1720, d. 7 May 1720
 IV. Phebe- b. 8 May 1721, m. Feb. 1739 John Dennett of Portsmouth
 V. Abigail- b. 6 Dec. 1723, m.1. 1741 John Shapleigh (b. 14 Apr. 1716 Kittery, d. 27 Nov. 1765
Kittery), 2. Moses Hanscom (b. 2 Mar. 1712/3 Kittery, m.1. int. 2 Aug. 1740 Mary Field, d. 26 Feb. 1793
Kittery), d. 3 June 1800
 VI. John Heard- b. 8 Apr. 1726, m.1. 1747 Dorcas Moulton of York (d. 29 Jan. 1788), 2. 15 June 1788
Elizabeth Atkinson, 3. 1799 Bertha Miriam of Berwick (d. 11 Apr. 1817), d. 28 July 1805 Kittery
 VII. Hannah- b. 29 Oct. 1728, m. 9 June 1745 Robert Cutts (b. 9 May 1723 Kittery, d. 1791)
 VIII. Nathan- b. 3 Nov. 1730, d. 17 Dec. 1738
 IX. James- b. 24 May 1732, d. 17 Dec. 1738 X. Sarah- b. 25 Dec. 1735, d. Jan. 1736
 XI. Nathan- b. 31 Mar. 1737, m. 9 June 1757 Sarah Shapleigh (b. 9 Dec. 1738 Kittery, d. 17 Dec. 1805
Kittery), d. 18 June 1775 Kittery, inv. 12 Dec. 1775 (2)
 XII. Sarah- b. 26 May 1741, m.1. ?28 Mar. 1782 Stephen Ferguson, 2. ______ Wentworth

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Ref:

(1) York County Probate- No. 762

(2) Ibid- No. 761

"Old Kittery and Her Families"- pp.284-5

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