Mary (Benton) Bartlett (1710 - 1759)

Born 27 Apr 1710 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Bartlett — married 14 Dec 1738 in Middletown, Hartford (Middlesex from 1785), Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Mary Benton (27 Apr 1710 Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut - 26 May 1759). Mary was a daughter of Edward Benton (1674 - 29 Apr 1713) and Mary (Hale) Benton (20 Nov 1682 - 3 May 1756 Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut), who were married at Glastonbury on 6 Oct 1702.^[1]

Mary Benton married John Bartlett (18 Dec 1696 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut - 6 Dec 1758 [uncertain] at about age 61 in Middlesex, Connecticut). John Bartlett and Mary (Benton) Bartlett were the parents of the following children, born in Connecticut:

1. Mary Bartlett, born 2 Aug 1740, died 17 or 18 Nov 1764 (likely childbirth-related), married on 22 Jan 1761 to Samuel Griffin and had two children.
2. Hannah Bartlett, born 10 Aug 1742
3. Abigail Bartlett, born 15 May 1745
4. John Bartlett, born 5 May 1747
5. Ephraim Bartlett, born 2 Aug 1749, died 1776 New York (in the Revolutionary War)
6. James Bartlett, born 29 May 1754

Sources

1. ↑ Hale, House, and related families : mainly on the Connecticut River Valley, by Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hartford, Connecticut : The Connecticut Historical Society, © 1952. Pages 23-24. https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G003298.pdf

• Smyth, R. D., Edward Benton of Guilford (Conn.) and His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1900) Volume 54, page 176. https://archive.org/details/newenglandhistor1900wate/page/353/mode/1up