Jane Bartram

Born and brought up in the Quaker religion, by adulthood she like many of her siblings may have left the Friends Meeting for other religions. She married Alexander Bartram on Jan 26, 1767, at St· Michaels’ and Zion Church, Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colony, [https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000200077501828]

Jane Martin Bartram is not listed as a DAR Patriot. (Faustine Darsey)

Stable URL for a thorough biography (Wayne Bodle)
Jane Bartram's "Application": Her Struggle for Survival, Stability, and Self-Determination in Revolutionary Pennsylvania
Wayne Bodle
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
Vol. 115, No. 2 (Apr., 1991), pp. 185-220 (36 pages)
Published by: University of Pennsylvania Press

(elsewhere) ~• and somewhat inaccurately {MMvB vol. curator}
"When the British left the city, Bartram accompanied them.
His wife, Jane, stayed in Philadelphia and apparently became
part of his communications network (note: this has proven to have been a false assumption as Jane was a Patriot). In exasperation, the
Council, on July 16, 1780, adopted a resolution ordering the
sheriff to apprehend and deliver her to the keeper of the work
house, there to remain until she gives "security to leave this
State forthwith, and not to return again." Although his name
was listed on the proclamation of May 8, 1778, and many of
his properties were seized soon thereafter, Bartram's Chelten
ham Township farm was not confiscated and sold until March
1787. Because of this late date, Bartram is alone among the
traitors to be listed in the Pennsylvania Archives under Montgomery County (which was formed in 1784). Captain RobertColtaian paid £710 for the 55 acres." ~• from https://hsmcpa.org/images/thebulletin/1968vol16no3.pdf page 168

children

• one (1) established beyond a doubt. See text of https://www.jstor.org/stable/20092604 page 193

Note: By 1805 Jane was living in Newtown, Bucks and approaching retirement from Philadelphia life

additional sources:

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108217850/jane-bartram-of-rev-war-f...
• http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/bucks/wills/willabstbk9.txt
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/100107680/person/2...

It should also be noted that the land speculation of Alexander Bartram was also a pursuit of his brother-in-law John Martin (see timeline Mar 30, 1787) It is somewhat eye-opening that John sold Alexander some of his land well before the Revolution and the subsequent estrangement of Jane from her husband

Alexander and Jane's retail outlet was next to the Indian Queen Hotel, once a signature Philadelphia location

Title Indian Queen Hotel [graphic.]
Publisher [Philadelphia] : From Childs & Inman's press
Date [1831]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 32 x 29 cm (12.5 x 11.5 in.)
Description Advertisement depicting the three-and-a-half story hotel at 15 South Fourth Street operated, as indicated by a placard above the door, by Horatio Wade. Wade remained proprietor from 1831 until 1833. Elegantly dressed white guests enter the building, converse on the sidewalk, and rest and read inside near the first floor windows. On the sidewalk, well-dressed white men and women pedestrians stroll. An African American hotel porter, attired in a black top hat, a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, pants, and shoes, pushes a wheelbarrow of luggage. The Indian Queen Hotel established in 1771, the building altered several times until razed in 1851, was until the mid 19th century incorrectly identified as the site of Thomas Jefferson's writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Is referenced by Wainwright, 184
Notes Title from item.
Manuscript note on verso: No. 15 So. Fourth Street.

historical resource on same street where she lived/worked

City Tavern (Museum) ; timeline ;the original building was demolished in 1854, today's reconstruction from 1975 allows visitors to imagine Colonial life here. ; This was not a Bartram property but serves as a reminder of the era.

Notes: Wayne Bodle's work is impressive but it may have under-played the assistance that John Martin gave to his sister Jane. Note that John and Jane's husband Alexander had real estate dealings. Bodle already notes that John stepped in to try to recover goods and chattels during confiscations.

That Jane remembered John's grandchildren in her will emphasizes the close connection.

For further study of Martin-Morgan offspring: There are blanks to be filled in for others mentioned in the will... eg. Deborah Davis, Jane's niece. See: Deborah Davis

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