Robert Bartlet (1740 - 1797)

Born 1740 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Elizabeth (Searle) Bartlet — married 6 Jan 1761 (to about 25 Jan 1797) in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, American Colonies

Died 24 Jan 1797 at about age 57 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Robert Bartlet was a Massachusettsan.

Robert Bartlet ... He married Elizabeth Searle. He had a number of children, including a namesake Robert, Elizabeth Martin and Mary Hill. He passed away about 1797.

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From The Diary of William Bentley, Part 4

William Bentley was a Congregational minister in Salem, Massachusetts from 1783 until 1819. He was a remarkable individual. He kept diaries; the following are diary entries that reference Robert. <Cathryn's note: I've expanded his abbreviations to make the text more readable.>

October 16, 1796^[1]

... Elizabeth Bartlet & her Husband, death of Sister Newton, prayer for Sons at Sea. In my absence died Ruth Newton, aet. 70, not of my society, but at death. ...

January 25, 1797^[2]

... This day was buried Robert Bartlet. A man of fine constitution, but miserable in his manners & connections. Strangers have often amused themselves while in Town in hearing his Street Cries. One of them has been applied to him since his death, "I have sold all, & am going home." He has sold all, & gone home. A notice to his Customers to speak for clams, muscles, pearch, & River Fish, next time.

January 29, 1797^[3]

... Elizabeth Bartlet & children, death of her husband, prayer for son long absent & grand child sick. Robert Bartlet & wife, death of his father, prayer for absent brother. ...

Sources

1. ↑ "The Diary of William Bentley, Part 4, page 202, by William Bentley, Applewood Books, 2009, https://books.google.com/books?id=HAeVFgRd1eQC&pg=PA261&lpg=PA202
2. ↑ "The Diary of William Bentley, Part 4, page 212, by William Bentley, Applewood Books, 2009, https://books.google.com/books?id=HAeVFgRd1eQC&pg=PA261&lpg=PA212
3. ↑ "The Diary of William Bentley, Part 4, page 213, by William Bentley, Applewood Books, 2009, https://books.google.com/books?id=HAeVFgRd1eQC&pg=PA261&lpg=PA213

See also:

• Bentley, William. Record of The Parish List of Deaths, 1785-1819 (The Essex Institute, Salem, 1882) Page 34.
  • 1797: "Jan. 24. Robert Bartlet. Mariner, aet. 57. Thirty-six years married. He has left five children, one male and four females. A man of very disorderly mind. His wife was a Searle. He born in Marblehead."