Jonathan Bartlett

Parents: Christopher Bartlett (26 Feb 1678 - 28 Jun 1747), Mary Clements (20 Feb 1681 - 10 Oct 1735). Marriage 1: 21 May 1741 to Hannah Bartlett, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

• ID: I22234
• Name: Jonathan BARTLETT
• Given Name: Jonathan
• Surname: Bartlett
• Sex: M
• Birth: 10 AUG 1719 in Haverhill, Massachusetts 1 2
• Death: BEF 13 NOV 1794 in Balltown, Lincoln County, Maine 3
• Probate: 13 NOV 1794 Lincoln County, Maine 3
• Event: BartGroupJ ID
• Note: J5D1F 4
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• Note:

   Parentage of Jonathan Bartlett||

   In his work Linwood Lowden writes, without citing his source, that Jonathan Bartlett  who married Lydia Chase "appears" to have been born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts on 16 May 1716,

the son of Jonathan and Sarah Bartlett (Balltown-West, pp. 15-16).

   This compiler can find no support for that statement. In the printed vital records of Chelmsford,  the name Bartlett is scarce, listing only four by that name in the entire work; namely, John C. Bartlett  and his family (VR of Chelmsford, pp. 22, 184).

   In fact, Thelma Eye Brooks, a Maine genealogist, in her sketch on this same Jonathan Bartlett  does not mention his parentage; and yet, she cites the same Balltown-West for other parts of the sketch.

A sign that she may not accept the Chelmsford birth place (Maine Families in 1790, 2:15-16).

   The Clement book shows a Jonathan born 10 Aug 1719 as son of Christopher and Mary (Clements) Bartlett  (Clement genealogy, p. 113).

   The same is shown in the vital records of Haverhill, Massachusetts (VR of Haverhill, p. 31).

   Compiler's comment: This compiler believes this Jonathan, son of Christopher Bartlett, is the  Jonathan that married Lydia Chase. This is based primarily on the 1742 polls taken in Haverhill District,  New Hampshire where Christopher was listed in sequence with his sons Nathaniel and Jonathan. Following  in the sequence is Abraham Chase, father of Lydia who married Jonathan.

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   Massachusetts - New Hampshire boundaries||

   A new boundary line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was formed in 1741; nearly one  third of Haverhill, Massachusetts fell to the north into New Hampshire. Soon thereafter, and because  many individuals north of the line refused to pay taxes to Haverhill, Massachusetts, an exact list of  the polls and estates on the north side of the line was made. This list included residents  Christopher Bartlet, Nathaniel Bartlet and Abraham Chase. (History of Haverhill, p. 310).

   Following in 1742 a list of polls and estates was made in New Hampshire. For Haverhill District  the following were listed in this sequence, seemingly indicating they were neighbors living adjacent

to each other: Christopher Bartlett, Jonathan Bartlett, Natanll Bartlett and Abraham Chase  (NH Estate List 1742).

   The New Hampshire area broken off from Haverhill, Massachusetts was known initially as  Haverhill District until separate towns were later formed. For example, in the will of Christopher Bartlett  written 20 May 1747, he calls himself Christopher Bartlett of Haverhill District, New Hampshire  (New Hampshire Provincial & State Records, 33:470-473).

   On the southern border of New Hampshire, the portions taken off from old towns of Massachusetts  soon became separate towns of New Hampshire. Newtown (later named Newton) was incorporated in December 1749;  Plaistow, a part of Haverhill was incorporated February 1749 (in 1767 a portions of Plaistow was set off as Atkinson);

Timberlane (later named Hampstead), made up of parts of Haverhill and Amesbury was incorporated January 1749; Salem,

made up of parts of Haverhill, Methuen and Dracut was incorporated May 1750 (History of NH (Stackpole), p. 367).

   Compiler's comment: The above confirms that the Haverhill property of the Bartletts and Chase changed  jurisdiction in 1741 from Massachusetts to New Hampshire. In the 1742 poll listing above, this compiler believes  that Christopher Bartlett is the father of Jonathan and Nathaniel; and, that Abraham Chase is the father of  Lydia Chase who married Jonathan Bartlett.

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   Mother of Jonathan Bartlett's children||

   The records of Haverhill, Massachusetts lists a Jonathan Bartlett married to Hannah Harriman,  21 May 1741 (VR of Haverhill, MA, p. 2:27).

   The Clement book shows this Jonathan Bartlett married Margaret Harriman on the same date,  21 May 1741 (Clement genealogy, p. 1:113).

   The Vital Records of Haverhill list three children of Jonathan Bartlett. The mother is not named.  This work cites as a source, the North Parish Congregational Church records, and lists baptism dates:  Hannah, 30 Dec 1744, Ruth, 23 Feb 1746; Jonathan, 20 Sep 1747 (VR of Haverhill, MA, p. 1:30).

   In 1741, the boundary between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was redrawn, and parts of Haverhill, Massachusetts fell into New Hampshire. Several towns were formed in New Hampshire from the Haverhill parcel, but not until several years after 1741; in the meantime, the parcel was known as the Haverhill District, New Hampshire. 

One of the towns formed was Plaistow, but not until 1749. The Vital Records of Plaistow show Jonathan Bartlet and wife Lydia Chase had ten children with birth dates from 1743 to 1764. Included in the ten are the same three as above Hannah, Ruth and Jonathan with convincing birth dates slightly earlier than the baptism dates shown above (VR of Plaistow, NH, p. 13).

   The father of Lydia Chase, Abraham Chase, wrote his will on 9 February 1761. In his will be bequeaths to his  daughter Lydia Bartlett, wife of Jonathan Bartlett (NH Provincial & State Papers, 37:95-97).

   Compiler's comment 1: This compiler was provided with a photocopy of a page that appears to be taken from a  town record book. The town or the record book number is not known by this compiler, but presumed to be from Plaistow.  The page lists children of Jonathan Bartlett and Lydia Chase with the names of children and birth dates identical to  those shown in VR of Plaistow. However, this photocopy indicates that all entries were made in the same handwriting and at the same time. In other words, the family was copied in all at once from some other source, either verbal or written. This is a common practice among town clerks in early New England. Since the last child listed was born in 1764, it follows that this record was not made until after 1764. Since the first child was born in 1743, it follows that some of the children were born in what was known as Haverhill District and not in Plaistow which was not incorporated until 1749.

   Compiler's comment 2: While the VR of Plaistow show Lydia Chase as the mother of all ten children, it is possible that some were step-children of Lydia, their mother being Hannah or Margaret Harriman. Since Lydia was named wife of Jonathan Bartlett in her father's 1761 will, all we can say is that the mother of the last two children, born 1761 and 1764, is definitely Lydia Chase.

   Compiler's comment 3: Until better evidence presents itself, this compiler records Lydia Chase as the mother of  the ten children of Jonathan Bartlett. The Hannah or Margaret Harriman that Jonathan Bartlett married on 21 May 1741 may have died soon after marriage, perhaps in childbirth when both mother and child died. Another common practice in early New England was to name the first female child after the earlier deceased wife. That perhaps is confirmed with the oldest child named Hannah, born 28 Nov 1743.

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   Balltown, Ballstown, Jefferson, Whitefield||

   Jonathan Bartlett and wife Lydia Chase came to Balltown, Maine with their ten children from Plaistow, New Hampshire sometime before 1772 where they settled on a 383 acre tract of land (Balltown-West, p. 16).

   The 1794 probate record of Jonathan calls him late of a place called Balltown. The administrator of his estate is  Jonathan Bartlett, of a place called Sheepscut Great Pond. Among those inventorying his estate is his son-in-law  Solomon Potter of Ballstown (Lincoln county probate records, p. 249)

   The name Balltown (Ballstown) Plantation comes from John Ball, who was a settler as early as 1770. He and other early comers were attracted by the forests and streams convenient for floating logs to the sea. The Sheepscot River afforded many valuable sites for mills and machinery (Maine Place Names, p. 431).

   The town of Jefferson was formed from Ballstown in 1807. Then in 1809, Whitefield was formed from Jefferson  and consisted of what was the western portion of Ballstown (ibid, pp. 270,431).

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   Census analysis||

   Prior to 1850, the U.S. Census schedules named only the head of house. Then all members of the household  were listed only by gender and age groupings (names in parentheses are the compiler's best guess). Household  members could include other than immediate family members, such as servants, hired hands, relatives, etc.

   1790 U.S. Census, Maine, Lincoln county, Balltown; Jonathan Bartlett, one male over 15 (Jonathan); zero  males under 16; two females of any age (Jonathan's spouse and perhaps a servant girl.

Father: Christopher BARTLETT b: 26 FEB 1678/79 in Newbury, Massachusetts Mother: Mary CLEMENTS b: 20 FEB 1681 in Haverhill, Massachusetts

Marriage 1 Lydia CHASE b: 29 SEP 1720 in Newbury, Massachusetts

   Married: 17

Children

• Hannah BARTLETT b: 28 NOV 1743 in Haverhill District, New Hampshire
• Ruth BARTLETT b: 26 DEC 1745 in Haverhill District, New Hampshire
• Jonathan BARTLETT b: 16 SEP 1747 in Haverhill District, New Hampshire
• Mary BARTLETT b: 16 MAR 1747/48 in Haverhill District, New Hampshire
• Lydia BARTLETT b: 03 NOV 1750 in Plaistow, New Hampshire
• Stephen BARTLETT
• Caleb BARTLETT b: 11 MAY 1755 in Plaistow, New Hampshire
• Joseph BARTLETT b: 27 JUN 1759 in Plaistow, New Hampshire
• William BARTLETT b: 06 OCT 1761 in Plaistow, New Hampshire
• Mehetable BARTLETT b: 24 JUN 1764 in Plaistow, New Hampshire

Marriage 2: Hannah HARRIMAN

   Married: 21 MAY 1741 1 18

Sources:

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      and Caroline Clement Brown. Two volumes. (From The American Genealogist, 77:Jan 2002:75. 

      The title page credits the authorship to Percival Wood Clement, governor of Vermont 1918-1920, 

      and the editorship to Mary Lovering Holman and Caroline Clement Brown. In fact the genealogy was 

      entirely the work of Holman, who had been commissioned by Gov. Clement to do the research and to 

      write the work. The governor insisted on this arrangement much to Holman's distress).

      Author: Clement, Percival

      Publication: Press of Patterson and White, Philadelphia, 1927 - Page: p. 113

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