Robert Bartlett (abt. 1603 - 1676)

Born about 27 May 1603 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Warren) Bartlett — married after 22 May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1676 at about age 73 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

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Robert Bartlett migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 1, p. 112) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disambiguation

There were at least two men named Robert Bartlett in 17th century New England.

• 1. This Profile: Robert Bartlett, born England about 1603, came on the "Anne" to Plymouth Colony. Married Mary Warren, died in 1676.
• 2. Robert Bartlett, born England between 1603 and 1611, came on the "Lion", probably with Thomas Hooker. He lived at Hartford, CT then Northampton, MA. His wife's first name seem to be Anne. He also died in 1676.

Disputed Parents

The Ancestry of Robert Bartlett is still unproven.^[1] He was possibly the Robert Bartlett, baptized 27 April or 27 May 1603,^[2] Puddleton, Dorset, son of Robert and Alice (Barker) Bartlett. This is not a proven fact. There are other contemporary Robert Bartletts found in English records.

Biography

• 1604 Birth: Estimated at about 1604 based on the estimated date of his marriage and the estimated births of his children.
• 1623 Migration: Robert Bartlett sailed aboard the Anne
  • "About fourteen days after came in this ship, called the Anne, whereof Mr. William Peirce was master; and about a week or ten days after came in the pinnace which, in foul weather, they lost at sea, a fine, new vessel of about 44 tun, which the Company had built to stay in the country. They brought about 60 persons for the General, some of them being very useful persons and became good members to the body; and some were the wives and children of such as were here already. And some were so bad as they were fain to be at charge to send them home again the next year."^[3]
  • Robert's future wife, Mary Warren (daughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren) also traveled to Plymouth with her mother Elizabeth Warren and her four sisters on the Anne.
• 1623 Division of Land: Granted one acre as a passenger on the Anne. [PCR 12:6]
  • Having discovered that land held and worked in common did not lead to prosperity but instead to want. The colony assigned land to each person. Governor Bradford explains it in this way: "And so assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end, only for present use (but made no division for inheritance) and ranged all boys and youth under some family. This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious, so as much more corn was planted than otherwise would have been by any means the Governor or any other could use, and saved him a great deal of trouble, and gave far better content. The women now went willingly into the field, and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before would aledg weaknes and inability; whom to have compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression.^[4]
• 1627 Division of Cattle: [PCR 12:12]
  • "At a publique court held the 22th of May it was concluded by the whole Companie, that the cattell wch were the Companies, to wit, the Cowes & the Goates should be equally devided to all the psonts of the same company ... & so the lotts fell as followeth, thirteene psonts being pportioned to one lot ... "^[5]
  • "The tenth lot fell to ffrancis Eaton & those Joyned wth him his (2) wife Christian Eaton, (3) Samuell Eaton, (4) Rahell Eaton, (5) Stephen Tracie, (6) Triphosa Tracie, (7) Sarah Tracie, (8) Rebecka Tracie, (9) ralph Wallen, (10) Joyce Wallen, (11) Sarah Morton, (12) Edward Fludd, (12) Robert (Hilton crossed out) Bartlet, (13) Tho: Prence. To this lott ffell an heyfer of the last yeare called the white belyd heyfer & two shee goats."^[6]
  • Mary Warren was listed as part of lot nine with her father, mother and siblings.^[6]
• 1629 about. m. Mary Warren, dtr of Richard Warren (Mayflower Passenger). Mary died between 13 Feb 1677/8 [PCLR 4:223] and 1683.[PLR 1:132]
• 1633 Freeman
• 1637-1660 Robert served on committees and juries supporting his community
• 1633, 1634 Robert was on the Plymouth tax lists [PCR 1:10,27]. During the following years he was mentioned in the colony records as buying and selling land, mowing land, being granted land,
• March 1651: He had an interest in the town's land at Punckateesett over against Road Iland.[PCLR 3:328, PTR 1:37
• 7 March 1652 : Held a full share as a purchaser of Dartmouth.[PCLR 2:1: 106-07, MD 4:185-88]
• 1670 Occupation: Wine Cooper[PCLR 3:297
• 14/24 July, 1673, Robert Bartlett, by deed of gift, conveyed to his son Joseph Bartlett his dwelling and lands at Eel River, with the condition that Joseph was not to take possession until after the death of both his father and his mother. The deed follows:
  • "Know all men by these prsents, that I Robert Bartlett, of the Towne of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of Plymouth in New England, in America wine Cooper; That for divers Good Causes and Considerations, mee therunto moveing, have out of my owne motion and out of that love Good will, and fatherly affection, which I have and doe beare unto my son Joseph Bartlett; have absolutely Given Graunted alliened enfeofed and Confeirmed; and by these presents doe Give Graunt allien enfeof and Confeirm from mee the said Robert Bartlett and my heires;
  • "To him my said son Joseph Barllett hee his heires and assignes for ever; all that my farme Messeuage teniment and seate, which I Now live in and am possessed off, in the Township of Plymouth aforsaid; scittuate and being att a place or river Comonly calld the Eelriver: viz: all that my house and land ther; being bounded with the lands of Nathanel: Warren deceased; now in the tenor and Occupaition of Mistris Sarah warren widdow; on the Northerly side and with the Land of Richard ffoster now in the tenor and occupation of Jonathan Morey on the southerly side, Containing two lotts or shares of land being in breadth forty pole; between the forenamed boundaries abuting on She Eelriver aforsaid and extendeth it selfe, for its length up towards the Pyne hills, To a place ordinarily Called and knowne by the Name of the Little Pyne hills; as alsoe foure acrees more or lesse, of marsh meddow appertaining therunto lying and being att the Eelriver aforsaid; by the Riversyde against the land of Nathaniel: Warren, before mensioned; Together with a peece of ffresh or upland meddow, being two acres (be it more or lesse) lying and being att or neare Mannomett ponds, in the Township of Plymouth aforsaid; neare unto the place wher hee the said my son Joseph Bartlett, now dweleth; which was somtimes the meddow of Richard; Church lying adjoyning to a brooke Called; The beaver dam brooke, between the said brooke, and the maine brooke, extending it selfe, for the length of it up the said brooke; To have and to hold all that my said house and land, with the foure acrees more or lesse of Marsh Meddow, and the two acrees more or lesse of upland meddow; with all and singulare the appurtenances therunto belonging unto the said my son Joseph Bartlett; To him and his heires and assienes for ever;
  • "The said prmises viz: all that my said ffarme with my house theron, with the said four acrees of marsh meddow, with the two acrees (more or lese) of upland or ffresh meddow, with all and singular the houses outhouses and ffences in and Upon the said farme seats or teniment with all and singulare the woods waters profitts and privilidges emunities and emoluments, belonging therunto or to the said two prsells of Meddow forenamed; and all and singulare my Right title or Interest off and Into the same, to belong and appertaine unto the onely proper use and behoof of him my said son Joseph Bartlett; To him and his heires and assignes for ever, ffree and cleare and Clearly acquitted, off and from all other and former Gifts Graunts bargaines sales Ingagments Incomberances or Intanglements whatsoever; and to be holden offour Sovr Lord the Kinge as off his manor of East Greenwich in the Countey of Kent in the realme of England, in free and comon soccage, and not in capite, nor by Knights service, nor by the rents and services therof, and therby due and of Right accustomed, with warrantice against all prsons that by my Right or title, might claime any Rght or title off or into the said prmises or any prte or prsell therof, alwaies provided; and that by these prsents it be
  • "Clearly understood that the said my son Joseph Bartlett shall not enter upon the posession of the said my house land and meddowes, untill the decease of both mee and my wife, Mary Bartlett, or upon any prte or prsell therof, nor any for him; but att the decease of both mee and my said wife; hee his heires or assignes, is to have hold use occupy Inheritt and Injoy the same with all and singulare the appurtenances privilidges and emunities belonging therunto without any lawfull suite deniall Interuption or eviction or disturbance whatsoever lawfully claiming from by or under mee the said Robert Bartlett; or by my meanes acte privity Consent or procurement; and I the said Robert Bartlett doe heerby Give and Graunt libertie unto the said my son Joseph Bartlett, either by him selfe or his Attorny to Record and Inrole these prsents, or to Cause them to be recorded or Inroled in his Maties court of Plymouth aforsaid, or in any other place or court of Records according to the usuall manor of Recording or Inroling deeds and evidences of land in such Case made and provided;
  • "In witnes wherof I the said Robert Bartlett have heerunto subscribed my hand and affixed my seale this fourteenth of July 1673 one Thousand six hundred seaventy and three;
  • "Signed sealed and delivered in the prsence of Willam Clarke: Robert Bartlett R his marke; Nathaniel: Morton; and a (seale)
  • "This deed of Gift was acknowlided by Robert Bartlett senir this 24th day of July 1673 before mee Constant Southworth Assistant; [Col. Deeds, 111: 301]
  • "Mary (Warren) Bartlett, wife of Robert, receipted for her share of her mother's estate on 4/14 March, 1673/4. [M. D., III: 5 1] "

• 1676:Robert died between September 19/29 1676 (date of his nuncupative will) and October 29 when John Cotton and Mordecai Ellis made oath on the will. His inventory (see below) was exhibited at the court of Plymouth on 29 October 1676.^[7]
• 1677 13 Feb 1677, Mary Bartlett widow of Robert sold to Joseph for £300 her share of Robert's estate that had been left to her use.[MD 3:115-16, PCLR 4:223.]

Children:

• Benjamin, b. say 1629; m. (1) Susanna Jenney; m. (2) Sarah Brewster
• Rebecca, b. say 1631; m. William Harlow
• Mary, b. say 1633 m. (1) Richard Foster; m. (2) Jonathan Morey
• Sarah, b. say 1636; m. Samuel Rider
• Joseph, b. about 1639; m. Hannah Pope
• Elizabeth, b. say 1641; m. 1661 Anthony Sprague
• Lydia, whose birth on 8 June 1647 is noted in the Plymouth Colony Records (PCR 8:4), m. (1) James Barnaby; m. (2) John Nelson
• Mercy, whose birth on 10 March 1650 was noted in the Plymouth Colony Records (PCR 8:11); m. John Joy.

Source: This biography is based on the Great Migration Article by Robert C Anderson, with some extra citations. Items in [ __ ] are Anderson's citations for information which can and should be checked. Key to Anderson's citations

Inventory

The Inventory of the estate of Robert Bartlett exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 29th of October 1676 on the oath of Mary Bartlett widdow.^[8] It was valued at £170 16s 6d.

Impr: his wearing Clothes 05 00 00

Item 2 bedds 2 bolsters and 5 pillowes 3 paire of blanketts 2 Ruggs 08 00 00

Item 5 paire of sheets and 3 paire of pillowbeers 05 06 00

Item 4 Napkins and a smale Table Cloth 00 06 00

Item 1 bed and bolster and a paire of blanketts and 2 Rugg and 5 paire of sheets 06 00 00

Item homspon Cloth 33 yards 05 00 00

Item silver mony 3L 03 00 00

Item 3 Iron potts and an Iron kettle a skillett a frying pan 01 05 00

Item pewter and spoones 00 08 00 *

Item one skillett and warming pan 01 00 00

Item 2 hakes 2 paire of pothookes and a spitt a paire of tongues and a driping pan 01 00 00

Item 4 Chests 01 00 00

Item bookes 00 07 00

Item 2 dwelling? houses and a barne vpland and meddow 100 00 00

Item meate Cattle 2 oxen 05 10 00

Itemm old Cart and wheels and a plow & Chaine Copprings and staple bolts and shakells donge forke pitch forkes syth and siekle 01 00 00

Item Cart Rope and horse Geires 00 05 00

Item 7 meat Cattle 12 00 00

Item 3 horse kind 1 mare 03 00 00

Item 2 smale swine 00 06 00

Item old lumber 01 05 00

Item an old saddle and a panell 00 10 00

Item debts due from the estate 01 17 00

Item debts due to the estate 06 11 06

Taken by vs Ianuary the 24th 1676

Ioseph Warren

Thomas Faunce

Burial

Place: White Horse Cemetery, Massachusetts ^{[citation needed]}

Memorial Stone

THIS TABLET MARKS THE SITE OF THE HOME OF ROBERT AND MARY (WARREN) BARTLETT WHO CAME IN THE [SHIP] ANN 1623. ERECTED BY SOCIETY OF DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT BARTLETT OF PLYMOUTH MA IN 1910.^[9]

DNA OF ROBERT BARTLETT

Group F [Teams 9 & 11]; Plymouth, MA; Henry Co, VA; KY; TN [21 matches]; Haplogroup R1b1b2 – Immigrant/Patriarch: Robert BARTLETT b 1603 Puddleton, Dorset, England, of “Anne”, lived Plymouth, MA m Mary WARREN, desc of Mayflower; (descendants of at least 2 sons have matching DNA) [ref: The Society of Descendants of Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, MA – www.bartlettsociety.com ]; also includes John BARTLETT of Buncombe Co, NC; and brothers Joseph BARTLETT 1765 VA, Joshua BARTLETT 1768 NC, and Nathan BARTLETT 1751 (11 descendants of several sons have matching DNA) ; and John BARTLETT d 1801 Greene Co, KY (m Priscilla) (descendants of 2 sons have matching DNA). All of these 21 results match, indicating the TN & KY lines probably descend from the Plymouth, MA Patriarch. [1] BARTLETT/BERKLEY DNA Results Overview

Sources

1. ↑ The Bartlett Society
2. ↑ POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF ROBERT BARTLETT OF PLYMOUTH : By John G. Hunt, B.S.C., of Arlington, Va.,The American Genealogist 1959-10: Vol 35 Iss 4, page 214, https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1959-10_35_4/page/214/mode/2up
3. ↑ Source: William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647, ed.Samuel Eliot Morison (New York : Knopf, 1991), p. 127.
4. ↑ Bradford, William. Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' Project Gutenberg ebook
5. ↑ Plymouth Records: Vol. 12 Records of Plymouth Colony. "Deeds, &c. Vol. 1 1620-1651 & Book of Indian Records for their lands." (Boston: Press of William White. 1861) p. 9
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Plymouth Records: p. 12
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V3PP : 13 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 439 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ Plymouth Colony Wills, Vol. III part 2, f. 87.
9. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/39994173/person/20282015562/media/64f35e18-6b15-4593-84b1-4befbb9ce7a8

• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 1995) Vol. 1, Pages 112-17. AmericanAncestors (subscription).
• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Vol. 3. P-W, Image 624, p. 1935
• Source: Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections. Transcribed and compiled by Francis F. Spies in 1952. Original mss. is part of R. Stanton Avery Collections, call # MSS VT WEY 20. New England Historic Genealogical Society (www.americanancestors.org), Source Medium: Electronic Note by Anne B I found no Bartletts between 1650 and 1700
• Source: K. Alan & Roberta J. Streeter - Genealogy Research Assistants. New England Connections established 12 July 1996 - Our Mayflower Passangers 12 July 1996 This site created and maintained by Robert H. Streeter - E-mail to robert (at) usroots.com. James A. Streeter - E-mail to james (at) usroots.com, Copyright © 1996,1997 by Robert H. Streeter.
• Source: Vital Records of Plymouth, vol. 03 - 1901
• Source: Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 18 Part 1 of 3, Richard Warren, Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004.
• Source: Edward J. Davies, "The Marriage of Richard Warren of the Mayflower," The American Genealogist, April 2003, v. 78, no. 2, p. 81-86) at http://www.craigrich.net/TAG_Warren.pdf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anne_and_the_Little_James
• Find A Grave: Memorial #67781397 NOTE: No sources to support information

Additional Reading and Online Sources

• Bradford's History "Of Plymouth Plantation", Wright & Porter Printing Company,Boston, 1898. (There are other versions)
• Willison, George F., Saints and Strangers, The Cornwall Press, Cornwall, NY, 1943, Third Printing
• Banks, Charles Edward, The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers Who Came to Plymouth, Genelogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1976
• Bowman, George Ernest, The Mayflower Reader, Baltimore, Genelogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978
• http://www.bartlettsociety.com/
• http://www.mayflowerhistory.com (Caleb Johnson's site)
• http://www.pilgrimhall.org/
• Genealogical profile of Robert Bartlett Plimouth Plantation, or Plimouth Village Family Sketch AmericanAncestors.org, link via Internet Archive, capture date 23 Feburary 2014.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67781397/robert-bartlett : accessed 26 August 2021), memorial page for Robert Bartlett (27 May 1603–29 Oct 1676), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67781397, citing White Horse Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by margaret (contributor 47300715) .