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History  of  the  Society  of  Descendants 

of  Robert  Baitlet  of 

Plymouth,  Massachusetts 

Incorporated  I  )(Ci-inhir  I  I.  1<)()!» 


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Compiled,  and  some  portions  written  by 

JNIarian  LoxciFELi.ow,  Historian 

of  tJic  Society 


Press  of 

LORING-AXTELL    CoMl'ANV 

Springfield,  Mass. 


l.rcRs   Wakken  Bartlett,   President 


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FOREWORD 


N  the  liist()r\-  of  a  laniil\-,  it  is  iu'ccssar>'  to 
(k-al  with  statistics;  statistics  arc  (h-\-  as 
(hist,  as  a  general  thing,  yet  tlic\'  incorporate 
e\ents  that  ha\e  their  being  in   history. 

Your  Historian  lias  encleaNorccl  to  place 
before  you  such  matter  only  as  seems  essen- 
tial to  a  full  knowledge  of  the  line  from  which 
>'()u  have  descent,  and,  at  the  same  time  to  bring  \'()u  in  touch 
with  all  that  the  Society-  has  done  and  hojx's  to  accomplish 
which  will  l)e  of  interest  and  benefit  to  all  in  whose  \-eins 
flows  the  blood  of  Robert  and  Mary  Bartlet,  wliether  affili- 
ated with  this  Society  or  not. 

Your  Historian  furthermore  hopes  that  this  little  pamph- 
let may  pro\-e  of  some  interest  to  that  vast  arnu'  of  persons 
seeking  to  establish  certain  family  data  along  their  own  lines, 
and  with  this  desire,  personal  and  impersonal,  she  submits 
the  following  report. 

Marian  Lo\(;fello\v, 

Historian,  Society  Descendants  of  Robert 
Bartlet,  of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
Inc. 


HISTORY 


ISTORY  is  a  stern  mistress;  she  exacts  the 
best;  she  demands  the  truth  and  nothing 
)ut  the  truth.  When  false  entries  are  made 
ui)on  her  scroll,  either  by  intention  or 
through  lack  of  that  qualification  which 
forever  stamps  the  real  historian,  such 
entries  are  fortunately  in  the  long  riui 
doomed  to  fall  from  her  record. 
In  no  wa>'  is  history  more  sure  of  perpetuation  than  in 
careful  genealogy.  Therefore,  this  country  owes  a  debt  of 
gratitude  to  the  genealogist,  and  should  encourage  in  every 
possible  way  the  formation  of  genealogical  societies.  Many 
are  the  sins  of  the  average  genealogist;  many  the  crimes 
committed  against  truth  by  those  whose  work  is  careless 
and  inadequate,  through  omission  as  well  as  commission ; 
but  the  greatest  of  these  is  the  sin  of  inaccuracy.  The  active 
evil  of  incorrect  statements  far  outstrips  the  passive  evil  of 
omission  of  facts. 

If  I  were  to  give  advice  to  the  aspirant  for  work  in  genea- 
logical fields  I  should  urge  Festina  lente  (make  haste  slowlyj, 
for  nothing  can  compensate  for  an  inaccurate  entry  !  Better, 
a  thousand  times,  leave  the  page  blank,  whereon  at  some 
future  day  the  trained  genealogist  may  inscribe  the  truth, 
than  place  an  error  upon  its  virgin  page,  an  error  almost 
certain  to  be  perpetuated  and  to  lead  the  searcher  after  truth 
astray. 

History  keeps  ali\e  the  memory  of  those  whose  virtues 
it  inscribes;  the  course  of  the  nation  which  is  "  the  survival 
of  the  fittest,"  and  holds  it  up  for  admiration  and  emulation. 
Likewise  it  stamps  for  all  time  that  nation  which  has  gone 
down  in  shame,  like  a  star  lost  from  the  firmament,  although 
the  indi\-idual  offender  is  in  many  cases  forgotten.  We  deal 
in  this  report  w'ith  the  lives  of  our  ancestors  Robert  Bartlet 
and  Mary  Warren  his  wafe;  their  forbears  and  their  posterity. 
The  name  of  Bartelot  or  Barttelot,  is  of  such  antiquity, 
historians  say,  that  it  is  shrouded  in  the  mists  of  time. 

Robert  Bartlet  of  Massachusetts  came  of  a  long  and 
honorable  line. 

['] 


The  first  of  the  faniih'  was  Adam  Barttelot,  an  es(|uire 
in  the  retinue  of  Brian,  a  knight,  and  they  came  into  Eng- 
land with  WilUam  the  Conqueror,  and  fought  at  Hastings. 
Both  were  granted  lands.  In  the  fifteenth  century,  a  castle 
appears  as  the  crest  of  the  coat-of-arms  which  was  granted  by 
Edward  the  Black  Prince  to  John  Barttelot,  for  taking  the 
castle  of  Fontenoy,  in  France.  In  the  sixteenth  century,  a 
swan  was  added,  and  granted  liy  the  Garter  King  of  Arms. 
Since  that  time,  the  crest  is  double,  a  castle  and  a  swan. 

The  original  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  was  three  open, 
left-hand,  falconer's  gloves,  with  golden  tassels  about  the 
wrist.  The  coat-of-arms  now  in  use  is  very  elaborate,  rep- 
resenting the  quarterings,  difTerent  coats-of-arms  of  families 
who  have  intermarried  with  the  Barttelots. 


3^nUn 


Hartlett  Coat-of-Arms 


with   Ikt  wings  expanded 


Original.  —  Siiield  saltic  or  black  wil'n  ihix'e  falconer's  sinister  gloves 
pendent,  argent  or  white,  bands  tasselled  gold  or  \ellow^ — arranged  tri- 
angularly, two  at  top,  one  at  bottom. 

Crests.  —  A  swan,  argent  or   white,  coucl 
in  dorso;   a  castle  with  three  tltrrets,  sable. 

Motto.  —  MATURE  —  In  good  time. 

In  the  fifteenth  century  a  castle  appears  as  the  crest  of  the  coat-of- 
arms  which  was  granted  by  Edward  the  Black  Prince  to  John  Bartelot 
for  taking  the  Castle  of  Fontenoy  in  France. 

In  the  sixteenth  century  a  swan  was  added  and  granted  by  the  ( iarter 
King  of  Arms. 

Since  that  time  the  crest  is  double,  a  castle  and  swan. 

[8] 


l'rc\i()us  lo  1700  lluTi'  wrrr  al  K'asl  1\\  i'iit\-lliri'c  cmi- 
s^icUUs  of  llu'  iianu'  of  Barllrt.  Roht-rl,  llu'  ancfslor  with 
whom  we  are  coiuenied,  was  ihe  tirsl,  and  eanie  to  Phni- 
outh  in  1623,  in  the  good  ship  Ann.  He  died  in  1676, 
aged  seventy-three.  His  descendants  are  numerous.  Rich- 
ard came  to  Newbur>'  previous  to  1635  and  died  in  1647, 
aged  about  seventy-two.  John  went  to  Newport,  R.  I., 
and  became  a  freeman  in  1638. 

As  a  family  the  Bartletts  were  noted  as  thrift >•,  jMudent, 
and  desirable  citizens,  we  are  told.  One  hundred  and  thirt\- 
are  on  the  rolls  of  American  colleges;  the\'  ha\e  been  con- 
spicuous in  law,  divinity,  and  medicine,  the  arm\',  and  the 
navy.  The  army  claims  eighty-six  as  commissioned  officers 
during  the  Civil  War. 

Robert  Bartlet's  forbears  made  history;  his  descendants 
cherish  his  memory  and  strive  to  emulate  his  virtues.  He 
married,  in  due  time,  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  Warren, 
himself  a  descendant  of  a  long  and  honorable  line.  Richard 
Warren  had  royal  blood  in  his  veins;  his  own  wife  was  so 
pure,  so  high-minded,  so  noble,  that  the  strain  of  royalty  held 
a  second  place.  Thus  from  Robert  Bartlet  and  Mary  War- 
ren came  a  line  which  the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Rob- 
ert Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.  is  striving  by  every  means  in 
its  power  to  honor,  to  emulate,  and  to  publish  to  the  world. 

In  the  report  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixtieth  Anniver- 
sary of  the  Second  Congregational  Church,  on  November  9, 
1896,  we  learn  that  "  it  w^as  at  Manomet  Ponds,  Manomet, 
or  South  Plymouth,  that  the  first  white  settlement  previous 
to  1639  was  established.  This  infant  settlement  was  a  part 
of  the  Plymouth  Rock  settlement,  for  some  ninety  years, 
and  its  religious  affiliations  were  still  there,  but  in  1731  it 
became  a  separate  district,  under  the  name  of  the  Second 
Precinct,  although  not  so  incorporated  actually  until  1810. 
Joseph  Bartlet,  son  of  Robert,  w^as  its  first  clerk.  The  name 
of  Bartlet  figures  in  all  the  affairs  of  this  settlement,  eleven 
of  that  name  holding  the  office  of  moderator. 

"  When  the  Pilgrims  settled  in  Plymouth  they  believed 
that  the  sea  extended  inland  just  beyond  the  pine  hills. 
They  discovered  their  mistake  and  established  the  settlement 
of  Manomet  Ponds." 

It  is  at  the  foot  of  these  pine  hills  on  the  Plymouth  side 
that  the  Boulder  erected  by  the  Society  is  situated.  The 
old  road  to  Manomet  ran  from  the  old  Warren  estate  along 
the  wall  which  now  lies  south  of  the  site  of  the  Boulder. 
Robert  Bartlet  resided  here;  he  owned  land  here,  which  his 
children  inherited. 


[9] 


This  SocifU  liad  its  iiicrplioii  in  1908.  I  (|U(jIu  llic 
sLatement  of  Lucius  Warren  liarUclt,  its  tirsL  and,  so  far, 
only  President.  His  address  before  the  American  Society  of 
Colonial  Families,  on  the  fourth  of  January,  nineteen  hundred 
and  twelve,  is  as  follows: 

The  Origin  and  Progress  of  the    Society  of    the  De- 
scendants OF  Robert  Bartlet,  of  Plymouth, 
Mass.    ■ 

To  the  Officers  and  Members   of  the  American   Society  of  Colo- 
nial Families, 

Greeting: 

Previous  to  1905  I  knew  nothing  of  the  Bartlet  ancestry 
back  of  my  great-grandfather,  Edward  5,  who  removed  from 
Stoughton  to  Cummington,  Mass.,  in  1795.  Milly,  his 
seventh  child,  married  Stephen  Tower,  of  Cummington,  and 
in  their  family  Bible  was  this  record: 

"  Benjamin  Bartlet  died  April  23,  1776,  age  77. 
Hannah  Bartlet  died  Dec.  17,  1799,  age  86." 

In  1905,  Mercer  V.  Tilson,  who  compiled  the  Tilson  Gene- 
alogy, recently  published,  sent  me  a  circular,  as  my  paternal 
grandmother  was  a  Tilson.  Correspondence  with  Mr. 
Tilson,  using  the  Bible  record  as  a  basis,  established  my  line 
back  to  Robert  Bartlet,  and  in  the  spring  of  1908  I  requested 
Mr.  Tilson  to  engage  a  room  in  Brockton  where  the  few  inter- 
ested in  the  work  for  the  previous  three  years  could  meet  and 
dine  together.  It  was  suggested  the  call  include  any  of  the 
descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet.  The  meeting  was  held 
August  13,  1908,  the  attendance  being  nearly  forty,  and  an 
organization  was  effected  by  choosing  of^cers. 

The  second  meeting  and  reunion  was  held  at  Manomet; 
the  third  and  fourth  in  the  Methodist  Church  at  Plymouth. 
It  is  proposed  to  hold  the  fifth  at  Mt.  Tom,  Holyoke. 

The  society  was  incorporated  for  the  purpose  of  securing 
a  grant  of  land  upon  which  the  home  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Warren)  Bartlet  was  situated,  and  in  1910  a  Memorial  was 
placed  on  the  site,  being  a  granite  Boulder  with  a  bronze 
tablet  thereon. 

At  the  last  reunion  the  by-laws  were  amended  so  that  hus- 
bands and  wives  of  descendants  and  other  acceptable  per- 
sons may,  upon  payment  of  dues,  become  Associate  members, 
entitled  to  all  privileges  except  voting  and  holding  olifice. 

[10] 


W'c  liaxc  on  our  prt'sciil  niailiiii;  list  oxer  six  liiiiidivd 
(icsceiulaiUs.  ; 

RcspecltuUy  \ours, 

Lucii's  \\'akri:n   Barti.I'.tt,    President. 
Hartford,  Conn.,  January  4,  l')12. 

After  mature  consideration,  Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartletl 
issued  the  following  call  to  all  descendants  of  Benjamin 
Bartlet  (4)  the  great-grandson  of  Robert  Bartlet  and  Mary 
Warren,  his  wife: 

GENEALOGICAL  —  Bartlett 

A  meeting  of  the  descendants  of  Benjamin  Bartlet  (4), 
who  settled  in  Stoughton,  Mass.,  about  1750,  will  be  held 
at  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  Main  and 
West  Elm  Streets,  Brockton,  Mass.,  on  Thursday,  August 
13,  1908,  at  10  a.  m.  Those  who  attend  are  requested  to 
provide  themselves  with  a  basket  lunch,  to  be  eaten  on  the 
old  Bartlet  farm,  weather  permitting.  If  stormy,  at  the 
Hall.  Electric  cars  pass  the  Hall,  also  witliin  a  few  rods  of 
the  farm. 

Any  of  the  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  (1)  of  Plymouth 
are  cordially  invited,  as  one  object  of  the  gathering  will  be 
to  plan  for  an  annual  reunion  of  the  descendants  of  Rob- 
ert (1),  who  came  in  the  Arm,  1623,  place  and  date  to  be 
acted  on  at  this  meeting.  Correspondence  solicited.  Lucius 
W.  Bartlett,  2>?>  Russ  Street,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  (8),  Ephraim  T.  (7),  F^phraim 
(6),  Edward  (5),  Benjamin  (4),  Benjamin  (3),  Joseph  (2), 
Robert  (1). 

Hartford,  Conn.,  July  10,  1008. 

The  Brockton  Times  had  the  following  account  of  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Society: 

"  The  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  (1), 
of  Plymouth,  and  of  Benjamin  Bartlet  (4),  who  settled  in 
Stoughton  about  1750,  was  organized  at  the  local  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
today. 

"  Much  interest  in  the  formation  of  this  new  society 
centers  in  Benjamin.  The  original  homes  of  three  members 
of  the  family  who  lived  here  between  1750  and  1765  have 
long  since  been  destroyed,  but  the  old  cellars  still  remain  to 
testify  to  this  fact.  The  farm  is  located  one-half  mile  over 
the  line  from  Brockton  between  Stoughton  and  Canton. 

[11] 


"  The  idea  of  this  rfiinion  orii^inalcd  with  Lucius  W. 
liarllctl  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  a  (Hrect  desrcndanL  of  Henja- 
min  Bartlet  of  Stoughton." 

Mr.  Lucius  W.  Bartlett,  when  accepting  the  otifice  of 
president,  read  the  following  most  interesting  paper,  that  he 
had  prepared,  about  the  Bartletts: 

THE    BARTLKTT    NAME 

I  quote  from  a  book  entitled  "  The  Bartletts,  Ancestral, 
Genealogical,  Biographical,  Historical,"  with  special  refer- 
ence to  the  descendants  of  John  Bartlett  of  Weymouth  and 
Cumberland  by  Thomas  Edward  Bartlett,  now  deceased,  of 
whom  I  would  state  he  was  strongly  antiquarian  in  his  tastes, 
was  a  corresponding  member  of  the  Worcester  Society  of 
Antiquity  and  spent  a  large  amount  of  time  and  money  in  the 
compiling  of  his  book. 

"  Of  names  distinguished  in  the  colonial  town  and  state  an- 
nals of  our  American  Union  none  is  of  more  uniformly  honor- 
able record  than  that  of  Bartlett.  The  name  frequently 
appears  in  connection  with  momentous  events  of  New  Eng- 
land's early  days,  the  actors  of  which  will  be  remembered 
for  the  greatness  of  their  deeds,  the  strength  of  their  patriot- 
ism, and  for  the  tenacity  of  their  adherence  to  principle. 
Some  who  have  borne  the  name  while  not  perhaps  eminent 
for  the  splendor  of  their  public  career  are  properly  entitled 
to  grateful  remembrance  for  their  exemplary  conduct  and 
successful  endeavor  in  good  citizenship  and  as  friends  of  their 
fellow  men. 

"  The  Bartletts,  like  some  of  the  other  early  settlers  who 
were  landed  proprietors  and  owmers  of  estates,  were  thrifty, 
forehanded,  peacefully  inclined  persons,  w^ho  benefit  the 
community  of  which  they  are  members.  Most  of  them  were 
fairly  educated  and  it  is  this  love  of  learning  and  respect  for 
good  order  which  is  significant  of  a  common  ancestry.  More 
than  one  hundred  and  thirty  persons  of  the  name  have  been 
graduates  of  American  colleges." 

The  three  professions,  —  Law,  Medicine,  and  Divinity, 
—  have  abundantly  demonstrated  the  fact  that  the  Bartletts 
have  been  influential  in  society  as  jurists,  judges,  statesmen, 
physicians,  teachers,  and  ministers  of  religion.  As  generals 
and  officers  high  in  command  in  the  army  and  navy  they  have 
been  distinguished  for  courage  and  bravery.  The  Official 
Register  of  volunteer  force  of  the  United  States  Army,  1861- 
65  contains  the  names  of  eighty-six  Bartletts  who  were  com- 
missioned officers  in  the  army  during  the  W'ar  of  the  Rebel- 
lion.    On  page  88  of  his  book,  he  says:  "The  following  list 

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of  Bartletts  wlio  had  arrived  in  this  country  previous  to 
1700  all  of  which  are  presumed  to  have  emigrated  from  Hng- 
kiiid  has  been  obtained  from  original  statistics  and  nearly  all 
of  tlie  twenty-three  Bartletts  enumerated  in  the  hst  arc  known 
lo  lia\c  descendants." 

That  these  immigrants  so  nearly  contemporaneous  in 
their  arrival  in  this  country  were  connected  by  consanguinit\- 
cannot  be  doubted,  although  to  this  time  no  effectixe  effort 
has  been  made  to  place  them  on  record  in  their  precise  rela- 
tionship to  each  other  owing  to  the  magnitude  of  the  work  of 
examining  ever>-  discernible  record  touching  the  histor\-  of 
each. 

It  is  generalU'  believed  that  all  persons  in  this  country 
named  Bartlett  are  without  doubt  of  Norman  ancestry. 
There  is  a  large  estate  at  Stopham,  Sussex,  England,  consist- 
ing of  some  thousands  of  acres,  which  has  been  in  possession 
of  the  Bartletts  for  hundreds  of  years.  The  first  of  the 
family  was  Adam  Bartelot  (as  the  name  was  spelled  in  early 
times),  an  esquire  in  the  retinue  of  Bryan  a  knight  and  they 
came  into  England  with  William  the  Concjueror  and  fought 
at  Hastings.     Both  were  granted  lands. 

Levi  Bartlett  of  Warner,  N.  H.,  now  deceased,  author  of 
"  Sketches  of  the  Bartlett  Family,"  quotes  from  a  letter  re- 
ceived by  him  from  Col.  W^alter  B.  Bartlett  the  present  rep- 
resentative of  the  family  as  follows:  "  I  have  always  supposed 
that  my  American  relatives  must  have  descended  from 
Edmund  Barttelot  (11)  of  Ernly  in  Sussex.  I  may  here  men- 
tion that  upon  the  record  of  the  pedigree  of  the  family  that 
a  Richard,  John,  and  Thomas  Barttelot  who  lived  here  were 
born  1580  1590  and  there  their  record  ends,  the>'  ha\'ing  gone 
and  very  likely  to  America." 

This  is  probably  the  foundation  for  the  statement  made 
b>'  some  writers  of  the  three  Bartlet  brothers,  Richard,  John, 
and  Thomas  that  came  to  America  in  1634-5,  the  two  former 
settling  at  Newbury  and  the  latter  at  Watertown. 

I  am  especially  interested  in  this  meeting  today  and  in  the 
colonial  history  of  the  two  colonies,  Plymouth  and  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  because  all  four  of  my  grandparents  trace  their  lin-  ■ 
eage  right  back  to  Plymouth  and  Hingham.  On  nu-  mother's 
side  both  grandparents  were  Towers,  descending  in  separate 
lines  from  John  Tower  (1)  at  Hingham,  1637.  On  m\'  father's 
side  my  grandmother  was  a  Tilson,  a  descendant  of  Edmund 
(1)  of  Plymouth,  1638.  The  Bartletts,  Towers,  and  Tilsons 
of  my  ancestral  lines  came  from  these  shores  to  Cumming- 
ton,  Mass.,  then  an  almost  unbroken  wilderness,  at  about  the 
same  time,  soon  after  the  close  of  the  Re\()lutionar\'  War. 

I  13  1 


Edward  Bartlett  (5)  came  with  Ilmi  rhildrcn.  Stephen 
Tower  (6)  had  thirteen  chilch'en,  but  the  Tilsons  were  not 
(luite  as  numerous.  Thex'  settled  on  a  section  of  c()untr>- 
about  four  miles  scjuare,  their  lands  adjoining,  and  the  fam- 
ilies intermarried,  "  swapping  "  sisters  and  brothers  until  the 
most  expert  genealogist  would  find  it  a  difficult  task  to  deter- 
mine their  precise  relationship.  The  Bartlett  and  Tower 
houses  were  less  than  a  mile  apart  and  I  was  born,  April  3, 
1841.  in  a  house  situated  about  half  way  between  them. 

That  this  little  band  of  the  faithful  was  destined  to  grow 
in  numbers  and  strength  has  been  proxen  in  subseciuenl  >'ears. 

Pre\ious  to  the  second  reunion  of  this  Society  the  fol- 
lowing call  to  the  members,  and  program  outlined,  was 
sent  out: 


Thk  Si'Xoxd  Annual   Ri-:union   of  thi-:   Descendants  of 

Robert  Bartlet,  Plymouth,  Mass. 

1623 

August  27,   1909 

The  second  annual  reunion  of  the  Society  of  the  De- 
scendants of  Robert  Bartlet  (1)  of  Plymouth,  who  came  over  in 
the  ship  Ann,  in  1623  will  be  held  at  White  Horse  Beach 
Manomet,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  August  27,  1909.  Manomet 
is  a  charming  seaside  village  in  the  historic  old  town  of  Plym- 
outh, and  White  Horse  Beach  is  the  finest  of  Plymouth's 
fine  beaches  and  only  a  minute's  walk  from  Hotel  Crescent 
where  the  meeting  will  be  held. 

Robert  Bartlet  married  in  1628,  Mary,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Warren,  a  Mayflower  Pilgrim. 

Manomet,  the  scene  of  many  historic  events,  is  where 
Robert  li\-ed  and  died  and  where  his  possessions  were.  Onh' 
a  short  walk  by  a  path  across  the  fields,  is  the  second  Bartlet 
house  built  by  Robert's  son  Joseph  in  1680.  The  place  is 
known  as  the  Bartlet  Farm,  and  has  been  owned  and  occupied 
In-  the  Bartletts  from  that  time  to  the  present. 

All  persons  who  can  trace  their  ancestry  to  Robert  Bart- 
let are  cordially  invited  to  be  present  and  bring  their  friends 
and  thus  assist  in  making  the  occasion  one  of  great  interest  as 
well  as  pleasant  and  profitable.  It  is  earnestly  desired  also 
that  as  many  possible  remain  and  visit  on  Saturday  the  man\- 
points  of  great  historical  interest  in  and  abotit  Plymouth: 
Plymouth  Rock.  Burial  Hill,  Pilgrim  Hall,  the  National  Mon- 
ument to  the  I'orefathers,  etc. 

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Family  Cradle  found   in  thk  Old  Bartlett  House  built 

AT  AIanomet  in   1680. — Scene  of  Second 

Reunion  of  Bartlett  Society 

Order  of  Exercises 

August  27.  — The  day  until  1.30  p.  m.  will  be  dcNoted  to 
the  reception  of  members,  registration,  introductions,  sight- 
seeing, and  sociability. 

At  1.30  p.  m.  dinner  will  be  serxed  in  the  large  dining-hall 
of  Hotel  Crescent,  which  will  be  for  our  exclusive  use  from 
that  hour. 

immediateh'  following  dinner  the  business  meeting  will 
be  held  in  the  dining-hall. 

All  Bartlett  descendants  are  requested  to  be  present  and 
express  their  views  on  questions  which  may  arise. 


Order  of  Business 

1.  Opening  Exercises. 

2.  Secretary's  Record  of  the  previous  meeting. 

3.  Secretary's  Report. 

4.  Treasurer's  Report. 

5.  Historian's  Report. 

6.  Unfinished  Business. 

7.  New  Business. 

8.  Election  of  Officers. 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  President. 

Hartford.  Com 
Mrs.  Edith  \.  Cushinc;,  Secretary. 

Middleboro,  Mas 


I  16] 


Election  of  Officers 


OF'FICERS 


Lucius  W.   Bartlett,  President,  Hartford,  Conn. 
David  L.   Bodfish,  First    Vice-President,    Palmer,    Mass. 
John  Bartlett,  Second  Vice-President,  Brockton,   Mass. 
Mrs.  Edith  I.  Cushinc.,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Middle- 
horo,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet,  Historian,  Roxburx',  Mass. 


ExECUTi\E  Committee 

Lucius  \\\  Bartlett,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Mrs.  Edith  L  Cushing,  Middleboro,  Mass. 
Ephraim   D.   Bartlett,  Plymouth,  Mass. 
Miss  Helen   Bird,  East  Bridgewater,  Mass. 
Herman  Packard,  Brockton,  Mass. 

A  feature  of  the  reunion  was  the  poem  written  for  the 
occasion  and  read  by  Mrs.  Anna  Bartlett  Johnson  of  Mano- 
met. 

It  was  voted  to  erect  a  memorial  on  the  spot  where  Robert 
Bartlet  erected  his  home. 

Appended  is  the  address  of  welcome  l:»y  the  President, 
Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  of  Hartford,  Conn. 


President's  Address,  August  27,   1909 

Brothers  and  sisters  of  the  Robert  Bartlet  Family:  —  It 
is  with  sincere  pleasure  that  I  once  more  welcome  you  to  this 
our  second  reunion.  I  am  exceedingly  gratified  to  see  so 
many  of  the  descendants  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Warren) 
Bartlet  gathered  here,  almost  as  it  were  upon  the  hearthstone 
where  they  lived,  and  wrought,  and  died;  where  they,  with 
the  rest  of  that  little  company  of  Pilgrims,  contributed  their 
full  share  of  the  privations,  the  danger  and  the  toil  incident 
to  the  founding  of  a  new  commonwealth  upon  the  principles 
of  Justice,  Equality,  and  the  right  of  the  people  to  govern 
themselves.  They  builded  better  than  they  knew.  By  their 
courage,  steadfastness,  and  energy;  by  their  strict  adherence 
to  those  cardinal  principles  of  Honesty  and  Virtue  so  neces- 
sary to  the  building  of  upright  character  and  without  which 
no  community  or  state  can  long  survive,  they  laid  \hv  foun- 
dations of  this  great,  powerful,  and  prosperous  nation,  the 
United  States  of  America. 

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In  my  search  for  the  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet,  I 
disco^■ered  some  members  of  the  family  to  whom  I  became 
very  much  attached,  which  created  a  strong  desire  to  meet 
them  all  again  and  talk  over,  in  a  social  and  informal  man- 
ner, our  common  interests  as  members  of  the  Bartlett  family. 
It  was  this  desire  that  led  to  the  call  for  the  meeting  which 
was  held  at  Brockton  on  August  13,  1908.  That  meeting  was 
a  most  gratifying  success.  The  society  was  born;  we  gaxe  it 
a  name  and  elected  officers  to  look  after  its  welfare. 

We  are  here  again,  today,  an  infant  of  one  year's  growth, 
yet  a  strong  healthy  child  and,  judging  from  the  number 
and  character  of  those  present,  it  is  sufficiently  able  to  walk 
alone. 

My  concluding  thought  is  —  for  what  purpose  was  the 
Society  born  and  why  are  we  gathered  here  today?  We  might 
answer  for  social  enjoyment;  to  have  a  day  of  relaxation 
from  the  work  and  cares  of  our  ordinary  life;  to  make  the 
acquaintance  of  those  who  are  our  kindred  in  blood,  who  are 
descendants  of  a  common  ancestor,  not  forgetting  that  in  a 
larger  sense  we  are  kindred  of  all  people  as  we  are  children 
of  a  common  father,  God.  But  to  my  mind  there  is  some- 
thing far  deeper  and  more  lasting,  however  good  these  things 
may  be  in  themselves.  We  are  gathered  here,  I  trust,  to  do 
honor  to  the  memory  of  those  who  by  their  virtues,  their 
precepts,  their  example,  their  steadfast  adherence  to  prin- 
ciple and  to  the  right  as  they  saw  it,  have  left  to  us,  their 
children,  an  inheritance  which  we  cannot  value  too  highly. 
In  the  contemplation  of  their  characters,  and  what  they 
achieved  under  adverse  circumstances,  we  should  gather  in- 
spiration and  a  renewed  vigor  to  go  forward  in  the  battle,  for 
it  is  always  such,  for  what  is  right,  what  is  just,  and  whatever 
there  is  we  can  do  for  the  uplifting  of  humanity.  We  flatter 
ourselves  how  brave  we  all  would  be  if  we  had  the  opportu- 
nit\-.  If  we  had  lived  in  their  day  or  in  the  days  of  the  Rexo- 
lution  or  the  Civil  War  we  would  have  been  found  in  the 
forefront  of  battle  and  on  the  firing  line.  Selfishness  and 
greed,  vice  and  evil  in  all  its  forms  never  sleep  on  their  arms. 
You  do  not  need  a  war  nor  a  chance  to  face  a  cannon's  mouth 
to  show  that  you  are  brave.  What  is  needed  in  times  of 
peace  are  MORAL  HERO  PIS,  in  which  we  are  wofully  lack- 
ing. There  is  plenty  of  room  in  that  army,  a  great  oppor- 
tunity for  you  and  me,  for  the  world  is  brimful  and  running 
over  with  moral  cowards.      Let  us  not  add  to  the  number. 

Therefore,  I  repeat,  let  us  gather  together  as  often  as  we 
can  and  resoK'e  that  we,  so  far  as  in  us  lies,  will  make  our- 
seKes  wcjrthy  of  the  ricli  inheritance  ihat  lias  been  becjuealhed 
to   us  by   the  privations,   the  struggles,   and   the  sacrifices  ot 

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those  we  are  met  to  honor.  Let  us  preser\(.'  and  transmit 
that  inheritanee  unimpaired  to  our  posteritx  ,  that  in  the 
years  to  come  the>'  ma>'  rise  up  and  do  us  honor  vwn  as  we 
do  honor  those  who  ha\e  gcMie  before  us. 

Rhport   of    Mkktinc.    Hhld   Au(;ust    13,    1908    (Prkvious 
Mi-:i-:tix(;)   by  thi-;  Sp:cri-:taky 

To  the  Members  of  the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert 
Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  who  came  in  the  ship  Ann,  i62>^.  / 
render  ivith  much  pleasure  tJiis  report  of  the  first  meeti)iii. 

In  response  to  tlie  Call  contained  in  tlie  followinj;  circu- 
lar letter,  o\'er  fift\'  ]:)ersons,  from  all  sections,  asseml)le(l  in 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Hall,"  Brockton,  Mass.,  Thursday,  August  13. 
1908. 

The  organizer,  Mr.  Lucius  \\\  Bartlett,  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
called  the  meeting  to  order  at  10  a.  m.  A  temporary- 
organization  was  effected  1)\-  making  Mr.  Lucius  W.  Bart- 
lett Chairman,  and  Mrs.  Kdith  I.  (Bartlett)  Cushing,  Secre- 
tary. 

It  was  a  ^■ery  informal  meeting  and  as  a  result  of  sociabil- 
it\'  and  a  general  discussion  on  the  desirabilit>'  of  a  Society- 
of  the  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  (1)  the  ]:)ersons  pres- 
ent voted  to  form  a  permanent  organization. 

On  motion  a  Committee  was  chosen,  composed  of  the 
Chairman,  Secretary,  and  three  others,  Mr.  Horace  W.  Mann 
of  Stoughton,  Mr.'  David  L.  Bodfish  of  Palmer,  and  Mr. 
John  Bartlett  of  Brockton,  to  withdraw  and  report  upon  a 
name  and  plan  of  organization  for  the  new  Society.  During 
this  inter\-al,  all  present  were  writing  out  their  lines  of  de- 
scent to  be  gi\en  to  an  official  for  \-erification. 

When  the  Chairman  called  the  meeting  to  order  once 
more,  the  Committee  made  the  following  report,  which  was 
unanimoush'  accepted  by  those  present. 

That  the  organization  be  called  the  "  Society  of  l)es(-end- 
ants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth  — who  came  in  the  Ship 
A  nn,    in  1623." 

That  the  officers  shall  consist  of  a  President,  two  Vice- 
Presidents,  a  Secretary-Treasurer,  an  Historian,  and  Execu- 
ti\-e  Committee  composed  of  fi\e  members,  two  of  which  shall 
be  the  President  and  Secretary-. 

The  meeting  then  proceeded  to  elect  officers  and  made 
choice  of  the  following: 

President,  Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  of  Hartford,  Conn. 

1st  Vice-President,  Mr.  I)a\id  L.  Bodfish,  of  Palmer, 
Mass. 

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2d  Vice-President,  Mr.  John  Bartlett,  of  Brockton,  Mass. 

Secretary-Treasurer,  Mrs.  Kdith  I.  (Bartlctt)  dishing,  of 
Middlelwro,  Mass. 

Historian,   Mrs.  Sarah  S.   Barlk'l,  of  Roxbury,   Mass. 

Executive  Committee,  Presick'nt,  Secretary,  Mr.  Ephrahn 
D.  Bartlett,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  Miss  Helen  Bird,  East 
Bridgewater,   Mass.,  Mr.  Herman  Packard,  Brockton,  Mass. 

After  the  President's  address  of  welcome,  the  next  busi- 
ness brought  before  the  meeting  was  the  question  of  dues. 
As  no  organization  can  be  conducted  without  more  or  less 
expense,  it  was  voted  to  make  the  dues  fifty  cents  a  \'ear. 
The  financial  year  to  begin  with  the  date  of  the  Annual  Re- 
union. 

It  was  also  voted  that  the  executive  committee  prepare 
a  constitution  and  by-laws  to  present  at  the  next  meeting; 
also  N'oted  that  the  time  and  place  of  the  next  meeting  be 
left  with  the  executi\'e  committee.  The  morning  session 
was  then  adjourned  until  2  o'clock. 

Many  of  those  present  went  to  the  old  Bartlet  Farm  in 
Stoughton,  at  the  noon  interval,  to  partake  of  their  basket 
lunch.  While  there  a  group  picture  was  taken  which  appears 
on  our  souvenir  post  cards. 

The  afternoon  session  was  principally  of  a  social  nature. 

The  weather  bureau  reported  the  next  day  that  "  Yester- 
da\'  was  one  of  the  hottest  August  13ths  on  record."  Who 
doubted  it? 

After  making  many  pleasant  acquaintances  (as  we  were 
mostly  strangers  before  this)  the  meeting  adjourned  till 
"  we  meet  again  at  our  Second  Annual  Meeting." 

All  will  agree  that  this  first  meeting  of  the  Bartletts  was  a 
decided  success,  and  too  much  praise  and  thanks  cannot  be 
given  to  our  President,  the  organizer,  Mr.  Lucius  W.  Bart- 
lett, who  has  been  most  generous  in  the  expenditure  of  his 
time  and  money  to  bring  this  about. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Edith  I.   (Bartlett)  C'usHiX(i,  Secretary. 


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outh, Muss.,  your  Treasurer  DUikcs  this  first  report: 


Annual  diK'S  fr 


Receipts 

70  nu'mlKTs,  at  $.50 

EXPENUITIRES 


Post-cards  to  use  as  Receipts 

Express  charges 

2  Record  Books,  at  S.25 

Letter-heads 

11  Packages  stamped  en\(.'l()pe! 

500  Programs 

Balance  due  Treasury 

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I.   Bartlett  Cishixc,  Treasure, 


Report  of  the  Historian 

For  year  ending  Anousf  -i,  l!i"!>,  nt  Plymouth 

Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlel 
1908   1910 

"  When  a  land  rejects  her  legends, 

Sees  but  falsehood  in  the  past, 
And  its  people  view  their  sires 
In  the  light  of  fools  or  liars, 
'Tis  a  sign  of  its  decline; 

And  its  splendors  can  not  last. 
Branches  that  hut  blight  their  roots. 
Yield  no  sap  for  lasting  fruits." 

Scientific  research  has  pro\ed  that  every  individual  is  a 
composite  being,  and  comprises  a  combination  of  the  indi- 
\'idual  characteristics  and  qualities  of  his  ancestors;  such  being 
the  case  it  is  a  most  natural  and  worthy  desire  to  know  who 
one's  ancestors  were,  and  the  nature  of  the  qualities  of  mind 
and  body  that  it  was  possible  for  them  to  have  transmitted 
to  us,  their  descendants.  It  is  with  mingled  pride  and  pleas- 
ure that  we  search  the  \'arious  records  to  learn  of  the  part 
which  our  several  ancestors  took  in  the  affairs  of  the  early 
days  in  the  Colony.  The  importance  of  this  research  and 
study  cannot  be  over-estimated,  for  thereby  future  generations 
are  furnished  with  important  facts,  as  well  as  preserving  im- 
portant data.  Tradition,  as  we  know,  cannot  be  depended 
upon;  although  tradition  is  often  founded  upon  facts,  it  has 
no  weight  as  records.     Then  again  a  study  of  the  \irtues  and 

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frailties  of  our  ancestors,  scr\es  a  double  purpose;  their  \ir- 
tues  serve  as  examples  for  us  to  follow;  and  o\er  their  mis- 
takes we  draw  the  mantle  of  sympath>'  and  charity.  ()f  the 
patriotism  of  our  valiant  pioneer  ancestors  we  are  justly 
proud,  and  we  honor  and  revere  the  memory  of  such  an 
ancestor  as  Robert  Bartlet,  who  left  an  unsullied  name  and 
who  helped  as  a  loyal  and  worthy  citizen  to  lay  the  founda- 
tion of  our  Commonwealth,  and  our  country.  It  should  be 
an  inspiration  to  make  us  mindful  of  our  own  obligations, 
and  to  pass  on  to  our  posterity  an  unsullied  record. 

We  regret  that  we  know  nothing  of  our  Robert  Bartlet's 
boyhood  and  youth,  luit  we  can  imagine  that  he  probably, 
like  the  majority  of  the  people  of  southern  England,  was 
greatly  attracted  by  the  wonderful  narratives  of  Captain 
John  Smith,  Sir  Francis  Drake,  and  others,  regarding  New 
England  and  its  possibilities.  Captain  John  Smith  made  a 
famous  map  of  this  country,  copies  of  which,  with  a  list  of 
inducements  which  the  new  country  offered,  were  sent  to 
the  nobility  and  gentry  of  the  southern  counties  of  England. 
There  is  no  question  but  subsequent  emigration  was  largely 
induced  by  this  act  of  Captain  John  Smith.  Among  the 
number  were  many  younger  sons  who  were  attracted  by  the 
love  of  adventure,  as  well  as  the  desire  for  wealth.  Possibly 
our  own  Robert  may  have  been  a  younger  son,  who  was  eager 
for  new  experiences,  with  high  hopes  of  a  possible  fortune 
besides.  Can  we  not  picture  a  well-favored  youth,  in  the 
early  twenties,  with  bright  and  mirthful  eyes,  full  of  the  vigor 
of  youth,  hope,  and  eager  anticipations,  nothing  daunted  by 
\ague  stories  of  the  perils  and  dangers  experienced  by  the 
Pilgrims  at  Plymouth  during  the  terrible  winter  succeeding 
their  arrival  in  1620,  coming  to  the  new  world  in  search  of  the 
luiknown.-' 

With  cheerful  courage  he  embarked  on  the  ship  A}in, 
in  1623,  for  this  country,  and  found  himself  one  of  a  large 
and  pleasant  company,  many  of  whom  had  similar  aims  to 
his  owm.  Among  the  number  w^as  one  who  afterward  dis- 
tinguished himself  as  Governor  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  Roger  Conant,  who,  together  with  his  wife  and 
infant  son,  was  seeking  a  home  in  New  England.  It  is  safe 
to  believe  that  like  young  men  of  every  age  and  clime  Robert 
was  not  indifferent  to  the  sight  of  a  pretty  maiden;  certain  it 
is,  that  when  he  saw  sweet  Mary  Warren  he  w^as  captivated 
by  her  shy  and  winsome  grace,  and  she  in  turn  was  not  insen- 
sible to  the  superior  attractions  and  pleasant  companionship 
of  her  fellow  traveler.  The  long  voyage  with  its  many  real 
and  fancied  perils,  furnished  him  with  vast  and  varied  oppor- 
tunities for  a  closer  acquaintance  than  would  be  possible  today 


on  OIK'  of  our  niodcTii  sli  anishii)s.  (ireat  o|)i)orUinil\'  was 
I'urnisluHl  Mrs.  WarixMi  to  csliniatc  Rohcrl's  (U'sirahlc  iiual- 
itie's.  Tlu'  inolluM-  of  Mar\-  was  on  Iut  \\a>-  lo  join  Iut  hus- 
band al  PKniouth.  It  would  srt'ui  thai  during  the  (lail\- 
intcrrourse  ot  ninctx'  (hiN's  or  more  on  shii)l)oard,  Robert 
must  ha\e  made  a  faxorable  imi:)ression  ui)on  Mrs.  Warren  as 
well  as  her  daughter,  for  later  on  when  Robert  asked  Richard 
Warren  for  the  hand  of  his  daughter  in  marriage,  his  suit  was 
looked  upon  faxorabK',  as  we  know  . 

Richard  Warren's  own  historx'  is  full  of  interest;  he  was 
a  man  ol  wealth  who  had  been  a  suc-cesstul  merchant  in  Lon- 
don wh;)  ui);)n  learning  of  the  i)r()pi)sed  departme  of  the 
IMlgrims  tor  Plymouth  in  1620,  set  sail  with  them,  without 
his  family,  with  a  \'ie\v  to  investmsnt  and  speculation  in  the 
country  to  be  settled.  He  was  a  staunch  supporter  of  the 
English  Church,  as  had  been  his  family  for  generations. 
His  lineage  is  of  the  oldest,  identical  with  the  peerage,  through 
royal  lines.  Although  the  records  of  Pl\-mouth  C>)lon\-, 
like  all  records  of  that  period,  are  \ery  incomplete,  Richard 
Warren  it  is  known,  was  one  of  the  principal  men  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  Colony  at  that  time,  and  his  advice  was  sought 
in  important  financial  matters.  Just  previous  to  the  land- 
ing of  the  Pilgrims  he  was  one  of  the  five  Commissioners 
chosen  in  the  cabin  of  the  Mayflower  to  embark  in  the  small 
boat,  to  seek  a  suitable  landing-place,  which  resulted  in  their 
spending  the  night  on  Clark's  Island. 

The  ships  Ann  and  Little  James  reached  Plymouth 
about  the  same  time,  having  on  board  beside  the  general 
body  those  who  came  on  "  their  particular,"  meaning  those 
who  paid  their  own  expenses  for  the  voyage,  which  entitled 
them  to  being  assigned  lots  of  land.  Robert  Bartlet  was 
without  doubt  one  of  this  number  for,  upon  his  arrival,  he 
was  granted  an  acre  of  land  upon  Eel  River  in  Plymouth. 
The  nearest  approach  to  a  feast  ofTered  to  the  new  arrixals 
consisted  of  a  piece  of  fish  without  bread  and  a  cup  of  fair 
spring  water.  Robert  was  a  cooper  by  occupation,  sometimes 
called  wine  cooper  in  the  records,  and  was  evidently  a  man 
greatly  respected.  He  served  several  times  as  a  member  of 
the  Grand  Jury,  also  frequently  on  trial  juries,  and  several 
times  as  surveyor  of  highways.  His  name  appears  in  the 
records  as  a  "  freeman  "  in  1633.  As  a  wedding  gift,  Mrs. 
Warren  presented  Robert  with  a  lot  of  land  which,  with 
subsequent  additions,  was  the  legacy  transmitted  to  his  sec- 
ond son,  Joseph,  situated  in  what  is  now  Manomet.  His 
other  children  were:  Benjamin,  Rebecca.  William,  Mar\', 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  Lydia,  and  Merc\-.  In  the  records  of  the 
town  of  Plymouth  ma\'  be  seen  a  copy  of  his  will. 

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Where  he  Hes  buried  is  not  recorded,  hut  it  is  generalh' 
believed  that  the  space  at  the  side  of  his  son  Joseph  on  Burial 
Hill  was  his  last  resting-place.  There  is  no  record  of  the 
death  of  his  wife.  It  is  interesting  to  know  that  undoubtedly 
Robert  Bartlet  was  a  man  of  decided  views,  for  it  is  recorded 
that  he  was  once  summoned  to  Court  for  "  speaking  con- 
temptuously of  the  practice  of  the  singing  of  psalms."  He 
was  sharply  admonished,  and  allowed  to  depart  after  acknow- 
ledging his  fault. 

It  is  to  be  sincerely  hoped  that  one  of  the  results  of  our 
honored  Society,  composed  of  the  descendants  of  Robert 
Bartlet,  will  be  the  establishing  of  the  proof  of  the  relation- 
ship, if  any,  existing  between  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth, 
who  arrived  there  in  1623,  and  the  Bartlett  family  at  Stop- 
ham,  County  of  Sussex,  England.*  This  family  dates  back 
to  Adam  de  Barttelot,  an  esquire,  who  came  from  Normandy 
into  England,  and  was  granted  lands,  and  buried  at  Stopham 
Church  in  1100.  John  Barttelot,  his  descendant,  captured 
the  castle  of  Fontenoy  in  France,  in  the  fourteenth  century, 
and  to  him  was  granted  the  crest  of  the  castle.  The  family 
upon  being  granted  the  title  of  knighthood  were  given  the 
right  to  keep  swans  upon  the  river  Avon,  a  right  permitted  to 
but  few  families.  The  eldest  line  of  Barttelots  have  lived  at 
Stopham  since  the  Norman  Conquest,  and  their  remains  are 
buried  in  the  tomb  under  the  church.  The  complete  rec- 
ords of  the  Bartlet  family  since  1300  may  be  seen  in  the 
church.  The  windows  of  this  church  are  curious  and  very  hand- 
some, with  coats-of-arms  in  stained  glass  and  bearing  the 
Barttelot  name.  The  coat-of-arms  has  eleven  quarterings, 
and  there  are  two  family  crests.  From  time  immemorial 
the  Barttelot  family  has  held  a  high  position  among  the 
landed  gentry,  having  always  a  Member  of  Parliament 
represented  by  the  family.  The  estate  is  entailed,  the  pre- 
vious owner,  Sir  Walter  Barttelot,  was  killed  in  the  Boer  War. 
The  present  members  of  the  family  living  upon  the  old  estate 
are  most  courteous  to  the  representatives  of  the  family  in 
America,  who  are  always  hospitably  received.  The  Bart- 
letts  in  America,  whose  claim  to  the  lineage  of  the  Barttelot 
family  at  Stopham  has  been  proved,  are  the  descendants  of 
Richard  and  John  who  settled  at  Newbury  in  1635,  and 
Thomas  at  Watertown.  It  is  believed  that  there  is  good 
authority  for  thinking  that  Robert  Bartlet,  our  ancestor, 
was  connected  with   the  family  at  Stopham, f    Robert   being 

*  Editor's  Note. —  It  is  generally  conceded  that  all  the  Hartit'ts 
coming  to  this  country  previous  to  1700,  are  members  of  the  Bail  kit  lani- 
ily  of  Stopham,  Sussex  county,  England,  or  its  branches. 

t  See  previous  note  of  Editor  on  this  point. 

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a  name  occurriiii;  in  llu'  t'arU'  records.  The  iianu'  ol  l^arl- 
lelt  has  been  honoral  il\-  borne  b\-  Robert's  deseendanl  s, 
st)nie  of  wlioni  ha\e  cU(Hiired  fame  and  renown.  We  are 
honored  to  claim  among  them  the  poet  Longfellow,  John 
Bartlett,  author  of  Bartlett's  F'amiliar  Quotations,  and  Wil- 
liam Ashmead  Bartlett,  who  married  the  noted  English  phil- 
antliropist,  Baroness  Burdett  C\jutts;  also  many  clerg>'men  and 
a  goodly  number  of  true,  upright  men  and  women.  Standing 
here  today  and  looking  across  the  green,  pleasant  fields  stretch- 
ing away  from  the  silver  sands  to  the  site  of  the  happ\'  and 
peaceful  home  of  Robert  and  Mary  Bartlet,  what  feelings  of 
gratitude  fill  our  hearts  that  we  can  thus  celebrate  tiieir 
memory  without  a  blot  upon  the  family  escutcheon. 

During  the  past  year  I  have  answered  forty-eight  letters 
besides  writing  to  many  supposed  to  be  descendants  of  Rcjb- 
ert  Bartlet,  also  interviewing  many  persons,  and  doing  all 
in  my  powder  to  help  them  establish  their  line  of  descent  by 
visiting  genealogical  headquarters,  etc.,  for  them.  I  ha\e 
sent  announcements  to  thirty-five  persons,  some  ot  whom 
have  become  members.  Some  who  were  positive  they 
belonged  to  this  branch  of  the  family  have  been  shown  their 
mistake  and  found  to  belong  to  the  line  of  Richard  of  New- 
bury. I  have  spent  much  time,  most  agreeably,  in  preparing 
this  historical  sketch  of  the  life  of  Robert  Bartlet  and  col- 
lecting the  preceding  data. 

The  work  as  historian  for  the  year  19f()  was  along  the 
same  lines,  but  such  was  the  popularity  of  the  Society  that 
requests  similar  to  the  following  were  more  than  doubled, 
increasing  the  amount  of  correspondence.  Information  was 
desired  of  Aruna  Bartlet,  wdio  married  Remember  Holmes 
of  Plymouth  in  1776,  or  thereabout;  this  missing  link 
would  estal^lish  the  connection  of  the  in(|uirer  with  the  line 
of  Robert  Bartlet. 

Descendants  of  a  family  of  Bartletts  living  at  Thetford, 
Vt.,  in  1775,  wished  particular  information  that  has  not 
been  found.  It  is  most  encouraging  to  witness  the  growth  of 
our  Society  upon  a  broad  and  permanent  basis,  for  which  we 
are  gratefully  indebted  to  our  honored  President,  Lucius  W. 
Bartlett.  At  the  close  of  my  second  year,  owing  to  illness 
in  my  family,  I  w-as  unable  to  continue  in  office  as  Historian, 
and  w^as  obliged  to  decline  re-election,  although  urged  to 
retain  the  office. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet. 


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On  Deceml)er  30,  1909,  the  following  Charter  was  adopted, 
showing  the  stcad>'  determination  of  the  officers  and  mem- 
bers of  this  Society  to  ri\'et  closely  the  household. 

CHARTER  AM)   BY-LAWS 

S(kip:tv  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Baktlet  of 
Plymouth,  Massachi'sf:tts 

The  first  nu'fling  of  tlic  suliscritxTs  to  the  Agreement  of  Association 
lo  ccjnstitiite  a  corporation  l>y  the  name  of 

Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  B artlet  of 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts 

was  hekl  inirsuant  to  notice  in  the  city  of  Boston,  December  11,  1<K)9. 
Lucius  W.  Bartlett  was  chosen  chairman  of  the  meeting.  Ermina  Bart- 
lett  Suhanek  was  elected  temporary  clerk,  and  after  feeing  duly  sworn 
presented  to  the  meeting  a  set  of  by-laws  which  were  unanimously  adopted. 
Officers  were  then  elected  as  provided  for  by  Article  ?i,  Section  1,  of  the 
by-laws,  as  follows: 

President,  Lucius  W.    Bartlett,  Hartford,   Conn. 

First  Vice-President,  Mercer  V.  Tilson,  South  Hanson,  Mass. 

Second   Vice-President,  Charles  H.   Bartlett,   Dorchester,   Mass. 

Secretary-Treasurer,  Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek,  Holyoke,  Mass. 

Historian,  Sarah  S.  Bartlet,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

The  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts. 

Be  it  Known  That  whereas  Lucius  W.  Bartlett,  Ermina  D.  Bart- 
lett Suhanek,  Mercer  V.  Tilson,  Chas.  H.  Bartlett,  Sarah  S.  Bartlet,  Anna 
B.  Johnson  and  Warren  Tower  Bartlett  have  associated  themsehes  with 
the  intention  of  forming  a  corporation  under  the  name  of  the 

Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 

for  the  purpose  of  founding  a  permanent  association  of  the  Society  of  the 
Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  and  of  so 
perpetuating  the  memory  of  a  worthy  and  re\'ered  pioneer  and  founder  of 
the  Plymouth  Colony,  of  uniting  socially  the  descendants  of  said  Robert 
Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  of  holding  meetings  and  reunions  of 
the  said  descendants,  of  promoting  historical,  genealogical,  and  antiqua- 
rian research  concerning  the  said  Robert  Bartlet  and  his  ancestors  and  de- 
scendants, of  compiling  and  disseminating,  by  publication  or  in  any  other 
manner,  such  knowledge  so  obtained  or  otherwise  acquired,  concerning  the 
said  Robert  Bartlet  and  his  ancestors  and  descendants,  of  obtaining, 
holding,  acquiring  by  gift,  purchase,  or  otherwise  owning,  leasing,  estab- 
lishing, maintaining,  mortgaging,  selling,  or  otherwise  disposing  of  monu- 
ments and  memorial  buildings  and  memorial  tablets  to  the  memory  of 
the  said  Robert  Bartlet,  and  any  of  his  ancestors  or  descendants,  buildings 
for  museums,  buildings  of  historical  interest,  buildings  adapted  to  the  hold- 
ing of  reunions  and  meetings,  or  necessary  or  desirable  for  the  furtherance 
of  the  purposes  of  the  corporation,  and  land  for  the  erection  or  location  of 
such  monuments,  tablets,  and  buildings,  or  upon  which  are  situated  any 
such  monuments,  tablets,  or  buildings,  or  which  surround  the  same,  and 
personal  i:)roperty  of  historical  interest,  or  other  property,  real,  personal, 

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or  mixed,  that  may  be  necessar\-  or  desirat>k'  in  rarryini;  out  the  purjjoses 
of  the  corporation,  and  ha\e  complied  with  the  pro\isions  of  the  staiiiies 
of  this  Commonwealth,  in  such  case  made  and  pro\ided,  as  a])pears  from 
the  certificate  of  the  proper  ofificers  of  said  corporation,  duly  appro\  ed  1)\ 
the  Commissioner  of  Corporations,  and  recorded  in  this  office: 

Now,  therefore,  I,  William  M.  Olin,  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  do  hereby  certify  that  said  Lucius  W.  Bartlett,  Hrmina 
D.  Bartlett  Suhanek,  Mercer  V.  Tillson,  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  Sarah  S. 
Bartlet,  Anna  B.  Johnson,  and  Warren  Tower  Bartlett,  their  associates 
and  successors,  arc  legally  organized  and  established  as,  and  arc  hereby 
made,  an  existing  corporation  under  the  name  of  the 

Society  of  thi-:  Desckxdaxts  oi"  R(M5Krt  11\rtlf.t  ok 

ri.VMOtTH,    MASSACHtSKTTS, 

with  the  powers,  rights,  and  privileges,  and  subject  to  the  limitations, 
duties,  and  restrictions,  which  by  law  appertain  thereto. 

Witness    my   official    signature    hereunto    subscribed,    and 
the  Creat  Seal  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  here- 
(skal)       unto  affixed,  this  thirtieth  day  of   December,  in   the  \'ear  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  nine. 
William   M.  Olix, 

.Sccn'Uiry  of  the  Coiiniionwt'dltli. 

BY-LAWS  OF  THE 

Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of 
Plymouth,  ALvssachusetts 

ARTICLE  I 

Principal  Office.  —  The  principal  office  of  this  Societ\'  shall  be  located 
at  Holyoke,  Mass. 

ARTICLE    II 

Members.  —  Any  descendant  of  Robert  Bartlet  who  came  from 
England  in  1623  and  settled  in  Phmouth,  Massachusetts,  may  become  a 
member  of  this  Society  by  making  application  therefor  to  the  Secretary, 
paying  the  membership  fee  and  proving  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Execu- 
tive Board  that  the  applicant  for  membership  is  a  descendant  of  the  said 
Robert  Bartlet. 

ARTICLE  III 

Section  1.  Officers.  —  The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  a  Presi- 
dent, a  First  Vice-President,  a  Second  Vice-President,  a  Secretary-Treas- 
urer, a  Historian,  and  an  Executive  Board  consisting  of  the  five  officers 
already  named.  All  officers  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Society  and  shall  serve  until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qual- 
ify. Any  two  offices,  except  that  of  the  President  and  First  Vice-Presi- 
dent, may  be  filled  by  one  and  the  same  member. 

Sec.  2.  President. — The  President  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of 
the  Society  and  of  the  Executive  Board  and  shall  be  the  chief  executive 
officer  and  head  of  the  Society.  He  shall  perform  all  such  duties  as  are 
incident  to  his  office  or  which  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  Executive 
Board. 

Sec.  3.  Vice-Presidents. — The  Vice-Presidents  shall  have  such 
powers  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  to  them  \)\  the 
Executi\'e  Board.      In  case  of  the  absence  or  disability  of  the  President, 

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the  (lutiL's  of  tlie  office  of  President  shall  he  performed  by  the  First  \'ice- 
President. 

Sec.  4.  Secretary.  —  The  Secretary  shall  keep  the  minutes  of  all  pro- 
ceedings and  of  the  meetings  of  the  Society  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  all 
votes.  He  shall  attend  to  the  giving  of  proper  notice  of  all  meetings  and 
shall  in  general  perform  all  duties  incident  to  his  office.  He  shall  be  ex- 
officio  Secretary  of  the  Executive   Board. 

Sec.  5.  Treasurer. — The  Treasurer  shall  collect,  receive,  and  dis- 
burse the  funds  of  the  Society  under  the  direction  of  the  Executive  Board. 
He  shall  keep  regular  books  containing  the  accounts  of  the  Society  and  shall 
render  statements  of  its  financial  condition  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Society  and  whenever  required  by  the  Executive  Board.  The  Treasurer 
shall  give  a  bond  to  the  Society'  in  such  an  amount  and  tenor  as  the  Execu- 
tive Board  may  require. 

Sec.  6.  Historia)i. — The  Historian  shall  attend  to  the  correspond- 
ence of  the  Society,  except  the  gi\ing  of  notices  of  meetings,  and  shall  have 
the  custody  of  papers,  documents,  and  other  similar  things  of  historical 
interest  to  the  Society,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  incident  to 
the  office  as  may  be  assigned  to  the  Historian  by  the  Executive  Board. 

Sec.  7.  Executive  Board.  —  The  Executive  Board  shall  have  and 
exercise  full  control  and  management  of  the  affairs  and  business  of  the 
Society,  except  such  as  are  conferred  by  law  or  by  these  by-laws  upon 
the  officers  of  this  Society.  The  Executive  Board  may  from  time  to  time 
adopt  such  rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the  law,  or  these 
by-laws,  as  they  shall  determine.  It  may  delegate  any  of  its  powers  and 
duties  to  any  officer  or  committee  consisting  either  of  members  of  the 
Executive  Board  or  of  the  Society.  It  may  by  resolution  appoint  com- 
mittees for  furthering  the  interests  of  the  Society  and  determine  by  res- 
olution the  powers  and  duties  of  such  committees. 

Sec.  8.  Vacancies.  —  In  case  of  vacancy  occurring  among  the  officers 
and  members  of  the  Executive  Board  by  reason  of  death,  resignation  or 
otherwise,  the  remaining  members  of  the  Board  may  elect  by  majority 
vote  by  ballot  a  successor  who  shall  hold  office  for  the  unexpired  term. 

ARTICLE    IV 

Section  1.  Annual  Meetings.  —  The  annual  meeting  of  the  members 
of  this  Society  shall  be  held  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts  at  such  place, 
day,  and  hour  as  the  Executive  Board  may  determine,  between  the  first 
day  of  June  and  the  first  day  of  September.  Four  members  shall  con- 
stitute a  quorum  at  all  meetings. 

Sec.  2.  Special  Meetings.  —  Special  meetings  of  the  Society  for  any 
purpose  shall  be  held,  whenever  called  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  entire 
Executive  Board,  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  at  such  place,  day,  and 
hour  as  the  said  Board  may  determine.  The  resolution  calling  a  special 
meeting  shall  state  the  object  of  such  meeting  and  a  copy  of  such  resolu- 
tion shall  be  included  in  the  notice  to  members. 

Sec.  3.  Notices.  —  Notice  of  any  meeting  stating  the  time  and  place 
of  said  meeting  shall  be  mailed  by  the  Secretary,  at  least  thirty  days  prior 
to  the  meeting,  to  each  member  of  the  Society  at  his  address  as  the  same 
appears  on  the  books  of  the  Society. 

Sec.  4.  Order  of  Business.  —  The  order  of  business  at  meetings  of  the 
Society  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  Roll  call,  a  quorum  being  present. 

2.  Reading  of  minutes  of  preceding  meeting  anfi  action  thereon. 

3.  Reports  of  officers. 

4.  Reports  of  committees. 

5.  Action  upon  reports  of  officers  and  committees. 

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6.  l^nfinishcd  business. 

7.  Election  of  officers. 

8.  New  business. 

Sec.  5.  Adjounnvciit.  — If  at  any  meeting  duly  called  a  (luorum  sliould 
fail  to  attend,  those  present  may  atijourn  the  meeting  from  time  to  time 
without  further  notice  until  a  quorum  shall  attend,  and  thereupon  any 
business  may  be  transacted  which  might  ha^•e  been  transacted  at  the  meet- 
ing as  originally  called,  had  the  same  been  held. 

Sec.  6.  Elections.  —  At  the  election  of  officers  the  polls  shall  be 
opened  and  closed  and  all  ballots  shall  be  received  and  counted  b\-  two 
inspectors  of  election,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  presiding  officer  of 
the  meeting,  and  who  shall  report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  meeting  in  writ- 
ing the  result  of  the  ballot.  All  officers  shall  be  elected  by  a  majority  of 
the  members  present  and  voting.  The  Executive  Board  may,  if  it  sees 
fit,  appoint  a  nominating  committee  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  report  to 
the  meeting  a  list  of  candidates  nominated  for  the  offices  of  the  Society. 

ARTICLE   V 

Section  1.  Fiscal  Year.  —  The  fiscal  year  of  the  Society  shall  be 
from  June  1  to  May  31,  except  that  the  first  fiscal  year  shall  be  from  the 
date  of  the  adoption  of  these  by-laws  to  May  31,  1910. 

ARTICLE  VI 

Section  1.  Dues.  —  The  membership  fee  which  each  member  shall 
pay  on  joining  the  Society  shall  be  fifty  cents  and  thereafter  there  shall 
be  an  annual  fee  of  fifty  cents  due  and  pa>'able  on  the  first  day  of  the  cal- 
endar month  foll<j\\ing  the  annual  meeting. 

ARTICLE  VII 

Section  1.  Meetings  of  the  Executive  Board.  —  The  Executive  Board 
may  fix  and  declare  the  time  and  place  of  holding  its  meetings. 

Sec.  2.  Calling  of  Meetings.  —  The  meetings  of  the  Executi\e  Board 
shall  be  held  whenever  called  by  the  President  of  the  Society  and  shall  be 
called  by  him  whenever  two  or  more  members  of  the  Board  shall  request 
in  writing  that  a  meeting  be  held. 

Sec.  3.  Notices.  —  Notices  of  all  meetings  of  the  Executive  Board 
stating  the  time  and  place  shall  be  mailed  by  the  Secretary  at  least  ten 
days  prior  to  the  meeting  to  each  member  of  the  Board  at  his  address  as 
the  same  appears  on  the  books  of  the  Society.  A  quorum  of  the  Execu- 
tive Board  shall  consist  of  a  majority  of  the  whole  Board  for  the  time 
being  in  office. 

Sec.  4.  May  Act  Without  Meetings.  —  The  Executive  Board  shall 
have  power  to  act  in  the  following  manner:  A  resolution  in  writing  signed 
by  a  majority  of  all  the  members  in  office  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  action 
of  such  Executive  Board  to  the  effect  therein  expressed,  with  the  same  force 
and  effect  as  if  the  same  had  been  duly  passed  by  the  same  vote  at  a  duly 
convened  meeting,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  record  such 
resolution  in  the  minute  books  of  the  Society  under  the  proper  date, 
provided  that  all  members  of  the  Board  shall  have  received  copies  of  such 
resolution  and  shall  have  had  a  reasonable  opportunity  to  communicate 
with  other  members  concerning  the  same. 

ARTICLE  VI 11 

.\))icndnic)its.  — These  b\-laws  ma\'  be  allerrd,  amended,  or  repealed 
at   any  annual  or  special  meeting  of  the  Society  b\-  a  two-thirds  \()te  of 

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the  members  present  and  voting,  provided  that  the  proposed  alteration, 
amendment,  or  resolution  of  repeal  shall  have  been  presented  in  writing 
to  the  Secretary  at  least  sixty  days  previous  to  the  meeting.  And  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  include  in  his  notice  of  the  meeting 
sent  to  the  memiiers  of  the  Society  a  copy  of  the  proposed  alteration, 
amendment,  or  resolution  of  repeal. 


List  of  Charter  Members 
August  13,  1908  to  August  27,  1909 


No. 

1  Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett 

2  Mrs.  Zilpha  J.  Bartlett 

3  Mrs.  Ermina  D.  Bartlett  Suhanek 

4  Mr.  David  L.  Bodfish  . 

5  Mr.  Ephraim  Diman  Bartlett 

6  Mrs.  Edith  I.  Bartlett  Gushing 

7  Mrs.  Eugenia  ¥.  B.  Lovell     . 

8  Mr.  Henry  Marshall  Bird       . 

9  Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet 

10  Miss  Sarah  B.  Bartlet 

11  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlett 

12  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Farry    . 

13  Miss  Isabelle  M.  Bartlett 

14  Miss  Edith  E.  Bartlett 

15  Miss  Marcia  J.  Bartlett 

16  Mr.  John  A.  Bartlett    . 

17  Miss  Helen  A.  Bird 

18  Rev.  Ephraim  H.  Bartlett      . 

19  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bird  Mann    . 

20  Mr.  Horace  A.  Bird       . 

21  Mr.  Frederick  H.  Bird 

22  Miss  Anna  E.  Bartlett 

23  Miss  Helen  L.  Bartlett 

24  Mr.  Warren  Tower  Bartlett 

25  Mrs.  Alice  Bartlett  Forbes     . 

26  Miss  Barbara  Hyde  Forbes    . 

27  Mr.  Arthur  Lucius  Bartlett 

28  Mrs.  Leota  Grav  Bartlett 

29  Mrs.  Emma  B.  thrall  . 

30  Mr.  Oliver  J.  Thrall      . 

31  Mrs.  Flora  B.  mdch     . 

32  Mr.  W^  Leroy  Ulrich 
ii  *Mrs.  Alice  P.  Burdick 

34  Mr.  Herman  Packard 

35  Mrs.  Mary  Carr  Packard 

36  Mr.  Francis  Bartlett,  P.  ().  Box  14 

37  Mr.  Simeon  A.  Bird 

38  Mr.  Robert  W.  Bartlett 

39  *Mrs.  Vesta  Bartlett  Tower 

40  Mr.  Theodore  Parker  Tower 

41  *Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson 

42  Mr.  John  Q.  Tillson 

43  Mr.  Francis  Bartlett 

44  Mrs.  .Addie  Waite  Colgan       . 

45  Mrs.  F.  Madelyn  B.  Hoyt      . 

*  Deceased. 


Windsor,  Conn. 
Windsor,  Conn. 
Holyoke,  Mass. 
Palmer,  Mass. 
Plymouth,  Mass. 
Middleboro,  Mass. 
Whitman,  Mass. 
Stoughton,  Mass. 
Roxbury,  Mass. 
Roxbury,  Mass. 
Dorchester,  Mass. 
Dorchester,  Mass. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
East  Bridgewater,  Mass. 
Watervillc,  Vt. 
Stoughton,  Mass. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Salt  Lake  City,  I'lah 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Springfield,  Mass. 
Springfield,  Mass. 
Windsor,  Conn. 
Windsor,  Conn. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Hartford,  Conn. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
Brockton,  Mass. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Campello,  Mass. 
New  Bedford,  Mass. 
Cummington,  Mass. 
Cummington,  Mass. 
South  Hanson,  Mass. 
New  Haven,  Conn. 
Manomet,  Mass. 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 
New  Haven,  Conn. 


30  I 


46  Mr.  William  B.  Browiir 

47  Mrs.  Rel)(.'cca  C  Booiner 

48  Mr.  E.  Paran  Bartlelt 

49  Miss  Marguerite  Bartletl 

50  Mr.  Lerov  C.  Bartlelt 

51  Rev.  William  P.  Bartlett 

52  Miss  Marv  A.  Tower    . 

53  Mrs.  Angcline  T.  Haskins      . 

54  Miss  Edith  A.  Haskins 

55  Mr.  Joseph  B.  White    . 

56  Mrs.  Susan  J.  Hopkins 

57  Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins 

58  Mrs.  Amanda  B.  Soule 

59  Mr.  Loring  Robbins 

60  Mrs.  Polly  McFarlin  Nauman 

61  Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Ames  Carve 

62  Miss  L.  Florence  Bartlett 

63  Mrs.  Minnie  B.  Harlow 

64  Miss  Florence  J.  Harlow 

65  Mr.  Arthur  H.  Churchill 

66  Mr.  Sampson  McFarlin 

67  Mrs.  Anna  Bartlett   fohnson 

Total,  07. 


BLukinlon,  Mass. 
Campello,  .Mass. 
Manomet,  .Mass. 
Worlhingtcin,  Mass. 
Marshfield  Cenler,  : 
Plymouth,  \.  11. 
W'orthinglon,  Mass 
Springtield,  .Mass. 
S|)ringfield,  \hiss. 
North  Hanson,  Ma; 
Wrxniouth,  Mass. 
\^\■^nl.ulth,  Mass. 
Middlehoro,  Mass. 
North  Auburn,  Me. 
Plymouth,  Mass. 
Elmwood,  Mass. 
Belmont,  Mass. 
Whitman,  Mass. 
Whitman,  Mass. 
Montrlair,  N.  J. 
Middlehoro,  Mass. 
Dorchester,  Mass. 


THE  THIRD  ANNUAL  REITNION 

OF  THE  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet, 
June  16,   1910 


The  Third  Annual  Reunion  of  The  Societ\-  of  the  Descend- 
ants of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  will  be  held  in 
the  chapel  of  the  Methodist  Church,  corner  of  Court  and 
Brewster  Streets,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  on  Thursday-,  June  16, 
1910.  The  chapel  is  only  a  short  walk  from  the  railroad  sta- 
tion and  right  on  the  line  of  the  electric  cars.  It  will  be 
open  all  day  for  the  convenience  of  those  who  attend. 

At  10.30  a.  m.  the  meeting  will  come  to  order  for  tlie 
transaction  of  business  as  follows: 

1.  Opening  exercises. 

2.  Reading  of  the  Secretary's  record  of  tlie  pre\'ious 
meeting. 

3.  Reports  of  officers  and  conniiittees. 

4.  New  business. 

5.  Election  of  officers. 

At    12.30  Itmch   will   l)e  serxed   in   Weslevan    Hall, 


Ladies'    Aid    Sociel\-    o 
plate,  fift\-  cents. 

[31] 


Methodist    C1tiu-ch.      Price 


ine 
per 


At  the  last  reunion  it  was  \'oted  that  a  suitable  memorial 
be  placed  upon  the  site  of  the  home  of  Robert  and  Mary 
(Warren)  Bartlet.  It  is  with  great  satisfaction  we  are  able 
to  state  that  all  the  detail  work  has  been  accomplished  and 
the  memorial  will  be  completed  b\'  the  time  of  the  meeting. 

It  also  gives  us  much  pleasure  to  announce  that  Mrs. 
Marian  Longfellow,  a  member  of  our  society  and  a  niece  of 
the  poet  Longfellow,  who  was  himself  a  descendant  of  Robert 
Bartlet,  will  address  the  meeting  by  request,  her  subject 
being,  "  Our  Pilgrim  Ancestors  and  the  Debt  We  Owe  Them." 

After  the  lunch  will  be  the  address,  remarks  by  members 
and  others,  and  a  visit  to  the  memorial  by  those  who  desire. 

All  of  the  Bartletts  are  invited  to  come  and  bring  their 
friends  with  them.  It  is  hoped  that  every  descendant  will 
make  this  16th  day  of  June,  the  most  beautiful  month  in 
the  \ear,  a  real  home-coming  to  the  old  historic  town  of  Plym- 
outh, the  parent  homestead  of  our  Bartlett  family. 

Lucius  Warrex  Bartlett,  President. 

Hartford,  Conn. 

Mrs.  Ermixa  Bartlett  Suhaxek, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Holyoke,  Mass. 

The  President  welcomed  the  Society  of  the  Descendants 
of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  at  the  opening  of  the 
exercises  in  the  Methodist  Church  at  Plymouth  on  June  16, 
1910,  in  a  few  chosen  words. 

He  also  gave  reports  on  the  incorporating  of  the  Society 
and  on  the  privilege  of  erecting  a  memorial  to  our  ancestor 
Robert  Bartlet,  and  Mary  W^arren  his  wife,  which  appear  in 
these  proceedings. 

Report  of  the  Secretary 

Secretary's  Report  of  meeting  held  August  27,  1909, 
(read  by  Mrs.  Suhanek). 

White  Horse  Beach,  Manomet,  was  the  Mecca  for  about 
fourscore  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet.  Nature  was  lav- 
ish and  provided  an  ideal  day  for  the  Second  Annual  Re- 
union of  the  Society  which  was  held  at  Hotel  Crescent.  It 
was  a  day  in  which  to  rejoice,  so  perfect  were  the  atmospheric 
conditions. 

The  morning  was  spent  in  registering,  introductions,  and 
renewing  ac^iuaintance.  Many  walked  to  the  old  Bartlet 
House,  which  was  built  in  1680  by  Robert's  son  Joseph,  and 
is  still  owned  by  the  Bartletts. 

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At  1.30  the  conipdiu  marclu'd  to  llu-  (lining-room  with 
hearts  and  steps  attune  to  music.  A  satisfactory  (Hnner  was 
served,  after  which  a  group  photograph  was  taken  in  front  of 
the  hotel.  The  part\'  returned  to  the  dining-room  and  the 
clan  was  called  to  order  1)\-  the  president,  Mr.  Lucius  Warren 
Bartlett. 

In  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Edith  I.  Gushing,  the  Secretary, 
Mrs.  Eugenia  F.  Bartlett  Lovell  was  appointed  Secretary 
pro  tern. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Rew  Walter  R.  Bartlett  of  Dighton, 
Mass. 

An  address  of  welcome  b\  the  President  followed,  in  which 
he  extended  greeting  to  his  kindred  and  told  of  "  The  Early 
Days  of  the  Bartlett  Family,"  showing  how  the  descendant 
had  played  a  noble  part   in  the  de\elopment  of   the  country. 

Mrs.  Anna  Bartlett  Johnson  contributed  a  poem  descrip- 
tive of  Robert  the  ancestor.     • 

The  address  in  full,  also  a  newspaper  account  of  the  meet- 
ing, with  other  items,  are  appended  to  this  report  as  they  may 
be  of  interest  in  the  future. 

The  Secretary's  record  of  the  previous  meeting  was  read 
by  Mrs.  Eugenia  F.  Bartlett  Lo\'ell,  and  accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Historian,  Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet,  was 
submitted  and  accepted. 

The  efificiency  of  the  services  of  the  President,  Secretary, 
Treasurer,  and  Historian  was  recognized  by  a  vote  of  thanks. 

The  President  asked  for  an  expression  as  to  the  time  and 
place  of  the  next  meeting  and  after  some  suggestions  it  was 
voted  that  the  matter  be  left  wuth  the  executive  committee. 

The  matter  of  annual  dues  was  considered.  Voted,  that 
the  dues  remain  the  same  as  last  year,  fifty  cents  per  annum. 

A  letter  recei\'ed  from  Mr.  Charles  H.  Warren  of  Pro\i- 
dence,  R.  I.,  a  descendant  of  looth  Richard  Warren  and  Rob- 
ert Bartlet,  was  read,  in  which  he  gave  the  Society  permis- 
sion to  place  a  monument  to  mark  the  site  of  the  home  of 
Robert  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlet  which  was  situated  upon 
Mr.  Warren's  land.  It  was  \'oted  to  accept  the  ofTer  and  that 
the  Society  proceed  to  erect  a  suitable  memorial. 

No  further  business  being  offered,  upon  motion  a  commit- 
tee was  appointed  to  sul:)niit  a  list  of  persons  for  officers  for 
the  ensuing  year.  The  following  list  was  sul^mittcd  and  unan- 
imously elected. 

President,  Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  Hartford,  Conn. 

First  Vice-President,  Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson,  South  Hanson, 
Mass. 

Second  Vice-President,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  Dorches- 
ter, Mass. 

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Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek, 
Holyoke,  Mass. 

Historian,  Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet,  Roxbury,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Edith  L  Bartlett  Gushing,  the  former  most  efficient 
Secretary,  in  a  letter  to  the  President,  positi\'ely  declined  to  be  a 
candidate  for  re-election  on  account  of  her  many  other  duties. 

It  was  further  voted  that  the  officers  elected  constitute 
the  executive  committee  and  that  they  be  empowered  to  fill 
all  vacancies  on  the  Board.     Voted  to  adjourn. 
Respectfully  submitted, 
Euc.ENiA  F.  Bartlktt  Lovei.l,  Secretary  pro  ton. 


Treasurer's  Report  for  1909   10 
Receipts 


Balance  from  last  report 
Membership  fees 
Sale  of  Badges 

Total 
Balance  due  Treasurer 


S2 

41 

40 

00 

15 

95 

S58 

36 

203 

63 

S261.99 


EXPEXDITIRES 

To  Coat-of-Arms  and  drawing  for  same 

Envelopes  and  postage  .... 

Bill  for  badgos      ...... 

Placard  and  information  at  station 

200  Receipts 

800  Letter-heads 

"    17  Packages  stamped  envelopes 

300  Charter  and  By-Laws      .... 

200  Circular  letters         ..... 

Notary  certificate,  .50,  and  Registration  fee,  .50 
Record  book  ...... 

Expense  on  Charter       ..... 

"  Expenses  for  Memorial  Tablet: 
Expense  to  Plymouth,  May  5th    . 
Bill  to  Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson 

Clark  &  F"innev  .... 

Tablet 

Ellis  &  Clarke  .... 

"   Ephraim  D.  Bartlett 
"   Smith,  Lindsley  Co. 


Respcctfulh-  submitted, 

P^RMIN.V    B.   ScH.\: 


S7 

00 

3 

27 

11 

05 

1 

85 

2 

75 

4 

50 

9 

24 

13 

75 

2 

50 

1 

00 

1 

00 

y 

56 

15 

00 

14 

34 

108 

43 

22 

40 

17 

00 

8 

85 

8 

50 

$261.99 


Trcdsiii 


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The  President  called  attention  to  an  interesting  relic- 
exhibited  b\-  Mr.  Kiihraini  I).  Bartlclt.  ll  was  an  iron  hre- 
back,  bearing  the  date  1600.  A  little  histor\-  concerning  it 
nia\-  be  of  interest. 

This  tire-back  was  imjiorted  from  Kngland  b\-  Joseph 
Bartlet  (2)  son  of  Robert  Bartlet  (1)  who  came  to  Plymonth 
in  the  ship  ^7?;?  in  1623.  Joseph  (2)  married  abont  1660 
and  went  to  Manomet  Ponds  (now,  1880.  Sonth  Phmonth) 
and    there   built    a   house   and    settled.      In    1680   Josei)h    (2) 


114^^40/ 


built  another  house  at  Manomet,  and  years  later  the  original 
house  came  into  possession  of  Charles  Dana  Bartlett  (8)  and 
Hosea  C.  Bartlett  (8)  sons  of  Charles  Bartlett  (7)  who  lived 
in  the  house  about  fift\-  >'ears.  Years  later  Hosea  C\  Bart- 
lett (8)  tore  down  his  half  of  the  house  and  Charles  Dana 
Bartlett  (8)  moved  his  half  farther  up  the  road,  where  it  is 
still  standing  today  (June  16,  1910).  In  taking  down  the 
chimney,  this  fire-back  was  discovered  and  was  sold  in  1880 
by  Charles  Dana  Bartlett  to  A.  M.  Harrison.  United  States 
Coast  Survey,  and  left  by  him  to  Miss  Sarah  Achsah  Bartlett, 
of  PIvmouth,  Mass. 


[35] 


Report  of  Chairman  of  Committee  ox  Memorial 

To  the  officers  and  members  of  the  BartJett  Society:  Your 
Committee  considered  that  the  first  and  essential  thing  to  be 
done  was  to  secure  the  legal  right  to  the  use  of  the  land  where 
this  memorial  was  to  be  placed,  with  a  right  of  way  thereto. 

The  first  requirement  made  by  the  owners  of  the  land 
was  that  we  should  establish  to  their  satisfaction  that  the 
spot  that  we  had  selected  was,  as  we  claimed,  the  site  of  the 
home  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlet. 

Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson,  our  Vice-President,  at  some  expense 
and  a  great  deal  of  time,  looked  up  all  the  land  records  per- 
taining thereto,  made  surveys  of  the  land,  and  a  map  draw- 
ing of  the  same,  which  upon  careful  examination  by  Mr. 
Warren,  was  accepted  by  him  as  conclusive  evidence  that  we 
were  right  in  respect  to  our  clairri. 

During  the  progress  of  this  work,  Mr.  Warren  had  made  a 
sale  of  the  land  whereon  this  site  was  located,  to  Mr.  Charles 
A.  Stone,  of  Plymouth,  upon  condition  that  Mr.  Stone  should 
carry  out  the  agreement,  which  he  had  practically  made  with 
the  officers  of  the  Bartlet  Society. 

On  Monday,  May  2,  1910,  your  President  and  Vice- 
President  met  in  Boston  at  the  office  of  Mr.  Stone's  attorney 
and  an  agreem.ent  was  made  whereby  a  deed  has  been  given 
and  recorded  upon  the  Plymouth  Land  Records,  which  gives 
to  the  Society  the  use  of  a  piece  of  land  one  hundred  feet 
square,  whereon  this  site  is  located,  with  a  right  of  way 
thereto  so  long  as  the  Corporation  remains  in  existence. 

Your  committee  concluded  that  a  boulder  with  a  tablet 
inscription  placed  thereon  would  be  most  appropriate  and 
least  expensive.  At  this  time.  May  2d,  there  remained  but 
a  little  more  than  a  month  in  which  to  complete  the  work 
before  this  meeting. 

It  is  very  gratifying  to  announce  that  it  is  complete  in 
every  detail  and  our  artist  has  an  excellent  photograph  of 
the  memorial  here  for  your  inspection.  Your  committee 
believe  this  memorial  worthy  of  those  it  is  intended  to  com- 
memorate and  of  the  Society  that  erected  it. 

The  total  cost,  including  all  expenses  connected  there- 
with, has  been  $186. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

L.  W.  Bartlett,  Chairman  of  the  Committee. 


36 


Boulder  Erected  by  the  Society 


37 


OUR   IMLCxRlM  ANCKSrORS  AND  THK   DKBT 
\VK  OWK    THl^M 

Address  del ivcTi'd  on  jLine  16,  l')l(),  lu'fore  the  Societv  of  Descendants 

of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.' 

Bv   Marian    L()X(;fkli.()\v 

We  are  gathered  here  today,  members  of  the  Bartlet t 
family,  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  and  Mary  Warren, 
his  wife,  to  tender  them  our  affeetionate  remembrance  and 
to  renew  ties  of  friendship. 

It  matters  not  what  ma\'  be  our  name  today  or  what  other 
blood  may  run  in  oiu'  \eins  beside  that  ot  the  Bartlet-Warren 
blood,  for  we  are  all  of  Pilgrim  stock  and  we  are  here  on  this 
special  day  to  honor  this  line. 

For  the  short  time  I  shall  address  you  I  ask  you  to  consider 
the  subject  of  "  Otir  Pilgrim  Ancestors  and  the  Debt  We  Owe 
Them." 

It  was  no  JKizard  that  brought  the  Pilgrim  to  New  Eng- 
land, but  the  unerring  hand  of  Providence  willing  that  they, 
truly  the  chosen  people  of  that  generation,  should  come  to 
the  shores  of  New  England  rather  than,  as  was  first  planned, 
to  that  of  Virginia. 

Let  us  consider  the  Pilgrim  collectixely  before  we  turn  lo 
any  one  family. 

It  has  been  said,  and  justly  so,  that  "In  the  cabin  of  the 
Mayflower  the  Pilgrims  created  a  goxernment  founded  upon 
the  eternal  truth  of  the  divine  rights  of  humanity,  and  not 
upon  the  baseless  assumption  of  the  di\ine  rights  of  kings." 

In  the  common  use  of  the  terms  "  pilgrim  "  and  "  puritan  " 
there  has  been  until  within  a  comparatively  recent  date,  much 
confusion  and  a  \cr\  hazy  conception  has  remained  in  the 
minds  of  many  as  to  wherein  that  diiTerence  la\'. 

Defining  the  term  "  pilgrim,"  otie  author  says: 

"The  Pilgrims  comprised  all  members  of  the  Separatists'  church  of 
l.eyden  who  voted  for  the  migration  to  America,  whether  they  were  able 
to  go  there  themselves  or  not;  together  with  such  others  as  joined  their 
church  from  England.  Membership,  intended  or  actual,  in  the  Pilgrim 
church  was  the  first  qualification;  emigration  to  New  England  was  the 
second.  This  membership  included  the  Rev.  John  Robinson  and  family, 
who  were  unable  to  leave  Leyden.  Also  thirty-five  members  of  the  Ley- 
den  church,  Leyden,  Holland,  arriving  in  Plymouth,  New  England,  in 
the  Fortune  in  November  of  1621  and  sixty  who  arrived  in  the  Ajui  (of 
whom  our  Robert  Bartlet  was  one)  and  the  Little  James  in  August,  1623; 
the  thirty-five  with  their  families  who  arrived  in  the  Mayflower's  second 
voyage,  in  August,  1629,  and  the  sixty  who  arrived  in  the  Handmaid  in 
May,  1630.  It  excluded  all  members  of  the  Pilgrim  church  who  had  no 
wish  to  go  to  America;  all  hired  men  who  went  out  in  the  Mayflower  and 
did  not  become  members  of  the  church  in  the  Old  Colony.  So  we  see 
that  all  the  Mayflower  passengers  were  not   Pilgrims." 

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Dr.  AlexandeT  \'(jung  sa\s: 

"Tliosc  wlio  came  in  tlic  first  tlirrr  ships,  1  lu'  Afay /lower,  Drceniber, 
1620,  the  Fortune,  November,  1621,  tiie  Ann  and  the  Little  James,  August, 
1623,  are  distinctly  called  the  Old  Comers  or  F~orefathers,  although  between 
1620  and  1640  upward  of  22,000  i'uritans  sailed  from  the  English  and 
Dutch  ports." 

Here  we  find  Dr.  \'()iiiit;  classiiio  thciii  all  as  I^tiritaiis, 
which  is  a  mistake. 

William  (irifiis  says: 

"  The  Pilgrims  separated  from  the  church  and  state.  They  believed 
in  the  right  and  power  of  Christian  people  to  govern  themselves,  and 
the>'  belie\"ed  this  when  it  was  dangerous,  even  in  England,  to  broach 
such  an  idea.  The>-  were  hunted  out  of  their  land  into  the  Dutch 
Republic." 

Another  historian  sa\s: 

"  Many  of  them  were  men  of  education  and  rank;  eminent !>■  free 
from  the  low  and  degrading  \ices  of  the  statesmen  of  that  day;  bowed 
the  knee  to  none  but  God." 

It  is  this  selfsame  spirit  that  we  see  in  a  marked  degree 
in  the  better  type  of  the  New  Englander  of  today.  The 
courage  of  his  convictions  and  the  strength  to  assert  and  main- 
tain what  he  believes  to  be  right  in  the  face  of  every  obstacle. 
It  was  this  unflinching  spirit;  this  placing  of  right  before 
every  other  consideration ;  this  self-abnegation  that  enabled 
our  ancestors  to  place  New  England  in  what  is  now  the  fore- 
front of  all  that  makes  for  the  betterment  of  this  country  and 
this  age. 

The  president  of  one  of  our  New  England  colleges  said, 
at  a  banquet  given  by  the  Society  of  Mayflower  Descend- 
ants of  Massachusetts  several  years  ago,  that  it  is  to  the 
descendants  of  the  Pilgrim  and  the  Puritan  that  New  England 
must  look  for  power  to  right  the  political  abuses  of  the  day. 

Of  the  Pilgrim  it  has  been  said  that  "  the  Log  of  the  Aiay- 
flower,"  as  many  persons  persist  in  calling  Bradford's  Journal, 
which  was  taken  from  the  Old  South  Mccting-House  at 
Boston,  during  the  Revolution,  and  carried  to  England  In- 
the  British,  but  restored  to  us  in  1889  by  P2ngland,  was  the 
Book  of  Genesis  in  the  history  of  Massachusetts. 

And  here  let  me  speak  of  the  belief,  so  hard  to  combat, 
that  the  Pilgrims  came  to  this  new  world  primarily  for  the 
right  to  worship  God  as  they  chose.  That  might  apply  to 
the  Puritan;  but  not  to  the  Pilgrim;  but  it  seems  to  be  a 
fixed  idea  in  the  heads  of  many.  The  Pilgrim  had  religious 
freedom  in  Holland;  he  was  not  compelled  to  come  to  Amer- 
ica to  worship  according  to  his  own  dictates. 

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The  Pilgrims  had  smother  and  a  \ery  urgent  reason  for 
striking  out  into  a  new  country  and  being  alone  as  to  race. 
They  saw  their  daughters  and  sons  intermarrying  with  the 
people  of  Holland;  they  feared  that  in  time  the  good  old 
English  blood  of  which  they  were  so  justly  proud,  would 
dwindle  to  a  mere  thread  to  be  swallowed  up  eventually  in 
that  of  the  foreigner.  Therefore,  to  preserve  their  nationality 
pure  and  unmixed  and  to  bring  their  children  up  true  to  that 
blood  they  sought  the  new  world. 

This  is  the  side  of  the  question  which  is  lost  sight  of  often, 
indeed  generally. 

Now  that  we  have  considered  the  stock  from  which  Rob- 
ert Bartlet  and  his  wife  sprung,  for  I  think  we  should  remem- 
ber the  Pilgrim  Mothers  just  as  much  as  the  Pilgrim  Fathers, 
let  us  turn  our  attention  to  the  Bartlet  family  and  the  descend- 
ants of  the  man  and  woman  whom  we  honor  today.  Their 
children  are  we,  and  across  the  centuries  that  spread  between, 
our  thoughts  turn  lovingly  today. 

The  name  of  Bartlet  now  generally,  though  not  always 
spelled  with  two  t's,  has  ever  been  an  honored  one  in  his- 
tory, and  that  of  Warren  we  know  came  from  the  highest 
rank,  being  traced  back  to  William  I  of  England,  known  as 
William  the  Conqueror. 

You  need  no  word  of  mine  to  testify  to  the  positions  of 
honor  and  trust  held  by  many  of  the  name  of  Bartlet.  Our 
first  ancestor  of  the  name,  who  came  over  in  the  good  ship 
Ann  in  August  of  1623,  has  a  long  line  of  whom,  could  he 
know  them,  he  might  well  feel  proud.  To  literature,  to  sci- 
ence, and  to  the  professions  has  his  blood  been  given.  The 
great-grandson  of  Robert  Bartlet,  Samuel  Bartlett,  was  the 
great-grandfather  of  the  poet  Longfellow,  who  is  as  much 
loved  for  the  beauty  and  purity  of  his  life  as  for  his 
genius.  The  great-great-granddaughter  of  Robert  Bartlet, 
through  another  branch  of  the  Bartlets,  was  Elizabeth  Bart- 
let, wife  of  General  Peleg  Wadsworth  of  Revolutionary  fame. 
She  shared  his  camp  life  whenever  possible,  and  her  first 
child,  a  son,  died  an  infant  in  the  camp  at  Dorchester  Heights 
previous  to  the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British.  The 
courage  and  resource  of  Elizabeth  (Bartlet)  Wadsworth  equalled 
that  of  her  gallant  husband;  she  was  with  him  when  he  was 
captured  by  the  British,  after  an  attack  wherein  he  fought 
at  great  odds  for  his  life,  but  where  he  was  taken  prisoner 
after  being  wounded  and  was  carried  to  Fort  George  at  Cas- 
tine,  Me.  Her  comfort  and  cheering  words  upheld  him  as 
he  was  taken  from  her  sight. 

Another  notable  Bartlet  was  Dr.  Josiah  Bartlet,  of  New 
Hampshire,   a   physician   of   high   standing;     a   signer  of    the 

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Declaration  of  Independence;  a  delegate  to  the  C\)ntinental 
Congress,  and  who  had  the  honor  of  pkuing  his  name  just 
after  that  of  the  President  to  the  paper  \oting  in  fa\or  of 
that  document. 

A  poet  has  said  of  him: 

"  Amid  those  picked  and  chosen  men, 
'    ■  Than  his,  who  here  first  drew  his  breath, 

No  firmer  fingers  held  the  pen, 
That  wrote  for  Hberty  or  death." 

Another  son  of  this  line  was  Thomas  Bartlet,  who  died 
in  1805,  who  had  been  a  lieutenant-colonel  under  (General 
Stark  and  who  w'as  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne.  In  later 
days  he  was  speaker  of  the  New  Hampshire  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. 

There  was  John  Russell  Bartlett,  born  at  Prox'idence, 
R.  I.,  on  October  23,  1815,  whom  President  Zachary  Taylor 
appointed  to  fix  the  boundary  line  between  the  United  States 
and  Mexico,  and  who  was  Secretary  of  State  of  Rhode  Island 
from  1855-1872. 

It  is  said  that  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  1861-65, 
there  w'ere  eighty-six  Bartletts  among  the  commissioned 
otTficers.  Of  these,  William  Francis  Bartlet,  the  youngest 
major-general  in  the  Civil  War,  attained  that  honor  when  but 
twenty-five  years  of  age,  rising,  we  are  told,  from  the  ranks. 
A  statue  was  erected  in  his  memory  in  1904. 

Another  noted  name  is  that  of  Truman  H.  Bartlett,  the 
well-known  sculptor;  also  Samuel  Colcord  Bartlett,  presi- 
dent of  Dartmouth  College  in   1877. 

It  is  likely  that  I  have  not  mentioned  one-twentieth  of  the 
good  men  and  true  who  have  been  an  honor  to  the  name. 
Judge,  then,  if  vou  have  not  reason  to  be  proud  of  the  name  of 
Bartlet. 

Our  Pilgrim  Ancestors  !  what  do  we  not  owe  them  ! 
Their  clean,  true  outlook  upon  life  which  should  be,  and  I 
trust  is  ours.  Their  unfailing  response  to  the  "  duty  nearest 
at  hand,"  without  which  response  the  duties  that  may  fol- 
low can  not  be  adequately  or  acceptably  performed;  the 
throwing  into  the  crucible  of  the  common  good  of  the  Col- 
ony all  that  duty  demanded;  the  unwavering  will  that  or- 
dained that  all  things  necessary  to  the  welfare  and  existence 
of  the  colony  should  be  accomplished. 

Theirs  was  the  struggle,  the  privation,  the  suffering  of 
the  pioneer;  ours  the  harvest  that  has  grown  from  their 
efforts. 

It  is  particularly  fitting,  then,  that  those  of  us  present 
should  set  apart  one  day  of  the  year  on  which  to  observe 

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these   exercises   of   appreciation    of   our    Pilgrim    ancestry    in 
general,  and  of  our  Robert  Bartlet  ancestry  in  particular. 

Many  of  us  represent,  doubtless,  still  other  descent  from 
that  little  band  of  Mayfloiver  passengers,  but  today  we  are 
all  Bartlets. 

John  Alden  has  his  Society  of  "  The  Alden  Kindred  of 
America,"  in  which  Priscilla  is  an  honored  figure.  The 
Bradford  family,  the  Brewster  family,  the  Winslow  family, 
and  others  call  to  their  children  to  come,  at  least  once  a  year, 
to  their  home  in  Plymouth  by  the  sea.  And  so  we  come  to 
Plymouth,  Mass.,  to  w^alk  through  her  quaint  streets  and  to 
people  them  in  imagination  with  the  men  and  women  who 
first  trod  these  shores.  Yet  the  Plymouth  of  today  would 
be  a  vast  and  unknown  region  to  the  Pilgrims  of  1620-30. 

Vivacious  Priscilla  Molines,  the  Huguenot  damsel,  whose 
birthright  has  been  taken  from  her  in  the  inscription  on  the 
memorial  shaft  in  this  town;  and  fair  Mary  Chilton;  grave 
John  Alden,  and  fiery  Myles  Standish;  Elder  Brewster, 
with  locks  of  snow,  and  the  good  Governor  Bradford,  all 
seem  to  greet  us  as  we  wander  through  the  old  town.  That 
they  were  sad  or  sour  of  demeanor  I  deny.  Nor  did  they 
confine  the  colors  of  their  garments  to  blacks  and  greys  and 
dull  browns. 

We  know  now  that  the  term  "  sad  "  as  applied  to  color 
meant  dark  and  did  not  mean  what  we  have  supposed  earlier. 
It  comprised  the  rich  dark  purples  and  red,  also. 

We  hear,  frequently,  that  this  or  that  article  "  came  over 
in  the  Mayflower,  "  (I  know  that  has  a  familiar  sound  to  you  !) 
but  such  articles  as  our  forefathers  and  foremothers  brought 
with  them  to  the  new  world  w^ere,  as  a  general  thing,  such  as 
the  average  emigrant  of  decent  standing  would  have  been 
likely  to  bring.  The  very  simplicity  of  their  surroundings 
and  their  possessions  brought  them  into  closer  touch  with 
Nature  and  God.  And  so  it  is  well  that  we  should  make  a 
pilgrimage  to  Plymouth  by  the  sea,  at  least  once  a  year,  that 
we  may  carry  back  to  our  busy  lives  the  memory  of  that  sim- 
plicity and  of  something  sweeter  and  truer  and  purer  than 
comes  into  our  daily  lot  the  rest  of  the  year. 

Particularly  is  it  right  that  we  should  seek  to  honor  our 
Pilgrim  ancestors  rather  than  to  make  cheap  capital  for  our- 
selves by  claims  of  "  uncommon  descent  "  or  personal  glori- 
fication, and  herein  lies  our  debt. 

Let  us  remember 


They  that  on  glorious  ancestry  tiilar^i' 
Proclaim  their  debt  instead  of  their  dischar 


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It  is  not  sufficient  that  w  i'  should  si)rc'a(l  al)roa(l  that  \()U, 
anil  >c)ii.  and  I  ha\c  descended  from  i;x)od  and  noble  men  and 
women;  we  must  stri\e  to  uphold,  as  a  beacon,  the  li\es  of 
the  Pilgrims,  that  like  unto  the  rays  streaming  from  the 
lighthouse  set  upon  the  rock,  pouring  their  glory  over  the  tur- 
bulent wa\es  and  guiding  into  safe  harbor  some  storm-tossed 
passenger,  others  may  profit   therby. 

Our  good  old  English  ancestry  is  sometliing  of  which  to 
be  proud.  The  solid  ciualities  of  bod\-  and  mind  inherited 
therefrom  shall  stand  us  in  good  stead,  as  the\'  ha\e  alwa\s 
done,  in  time  of  stress. 

The  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  and  Mar\-  Warren,  his 
wife,  must  not  be  slaves  nor  ne'er-do-wells,  nor  criminal  in 
any  respect.  Noblesse  oblige,  that  grand  old  French  motto 
(and  Mary  Warren  also  was  of  French  descent)  is  as  incimi- 
bent  upon  us  today  as  in  the  days  of  the  earl\-  struggles  of  our 
Pilgrim  ancestors. 

The  ermine  is  said  to  die  if  aught  soils  its  fur.  Fhe 
descendants  of  the  Pilgrim  should  rather  welcome  death  than 
dishonor  of  any  description. 

I  know  this  may  be  considered  a  strained  \iew;  that  it 
may  be  said  that  we  cannot  li\'e  in  this  world  as  if  we  were 
already  inhabitants  of  heaven;  but,  believe  me,  the  paltry 
concessions  to  self-gain,  self-advancement,  self  in  any  of  its 
aspects,  is  fatal  to  the  spirit  of  the  Pilgrim.  His  was  not  to 
l)e  the  "  fulness  of  the  earth  ";  rather  was  he,  the  Pilgrim 
in  fact  as  well  as  in  name,  one  to  whom  of  necessity  must 
come  hardship,  endurance,  lack  of  luxury;  to  whom  life  was 
but  a  sojourn  at  best,  and  rest  a  far-away  goal. 

What  is  our  Debt  ^  I  take  it  to  be  that  we  must  not  only 
hold  their  example  and  lives  up  to  the  emulation  of  others 
but  that  we  must  so  li\'e,  ourselves,  that  we  may  be  worth}' 
of  the  inestimable  gift  of  our  Pilgrim  heritage  ! 

And  especially  do  we  owe  a  dut>'  toward  the  "  stranger 
within  our  gates  " ;  to  those  other  emigrants  to  our  land,  igno- 
rant, illiterate,  stolid,  seeking  the  betterment  of  their  former 
lot  from  a  selfish  xiewpoint  only;  susceptible  to  influence, 
howe\-er,  whether  good  or  bad,  and  whose  children  are  to 
i)ear  the  responsibilities  as  well  as  the  joys  of  American  citi- 
zenship in  the  future. 

Methinks  could  Robert  Bartlet  speak  to  us  in  the  flesh 
today  he  would  ask  that  we,  secure  in  our  own  honored  de- 
scent from  men  and  women  of  sterling  \irtue,  should  hold  out 
a  helping  hand  to  these  emigrants  of  a  later  day  who  come  to 
us  in  poverty  and  rags;  in  ignorance,  and,  alas,  ofttimes  in 
\ice;  he  would  admonish  us  to  polish  the  rough  stone  as  does 
the  lapidary  until  what  at  first  seemed  low  and  \-ile  and  use- 

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less  shall  become  a  jewel  worthy  the  setting  in  the  diadem  of 
our  glorious  republic. 

Consider  well  if  this  be  not  one  way  of  paying  in  part  the 
Debt  we  owe  our  Pilgrim  ancestors?  The  things  of  this  earth, 
the  things  most  valued  in  this  day  of  material  objects  — 
wealth,  position,  consideration,  preferment,  all  sink  into 
insignificance  when  we  look  back  to  the  Pilgrim  to  whom  all 
these  things  were  as  dross  compared  with  the  dignity,  the 
beauty,  the  holiness  of  effort  to  live  an  upright  life  acceptable 
to  his  Maker,  and  to  be  a  helper  to  well-living  rather  than  to 
be  a  cumberer  of  the  earth. 

Through  all  time  that  solitary  but  dignified  figure  of  the 
Pilgrim  stands  forth  an  object  of  veneration  and  emulation 
and  shall  so  stand  while  this  Republic  lives. 

He,  together  with  his  brother,  the  Puritan,  framed  the 
laws  that  have  made  these  New  England  states  of  ours  fa- 
mous for  good  government  and  equity.  The  country  town- 
meeting,  said  to  be  the  best  form  of  government  in  the  world, 
was  brought  by  the  Pilgrim  from  Holland  and  earlier  had 
flourished  in  Germany.  In  the  "  town-meeting  "  every  abuse 
is  aired  and  every  member  present  has  the  opportunity  to 
place  his  grievance  before  the  tribunal.  There  was  no  "  one- 
man  power"  there,  but  the  right  and  the  power  of  indi\'idual 
conception  of  duty,  and  from  that  but  one  step  to  its  enforce- 
ment. 

One  of  the  most  startling  features  of  the  day  is  the  sudden 
rise  to  power  of  the  foreign  element,  and  the  shameless  traffic 
in  offices  and  emoluments.  A  rise  to  power  brought  about  by 
the  excess  of  votes  among  those  who  are  not  fit  as  yet  for  the 
franchise;  and,  I  regret  deeply  to  say,  by  the  supineness  of 
the  better  class  element  on  "  voting  day." 

Boston,  the  heart  of  the  former  Puritan  settlement,  has 
fallen  a  prey  to  the  invader  and  that  because  of  his  numbers 
and  his  determination  to  attain  power  no  matter  by  what 
means,  and  to  hold  it,  regardless  of  the  rights  and  best  inter- 
ests of  the  whole;  a  determination  all  the  stronger  because 
balked  in  his  native  land.  I  do  not  care  what  his  nativity, 
the  uneducated  but  rapacious  emigrant  is  a  menace  to  Amer- 
ican interest  and  American  life. 

It  becomes  us,  then,  to  strive  earnestly  to  educate,  in  every 
direction  possible,  the  youthful  immigrant  in  patriotism  and 
love  of  the  new  country  which  has  received  him,  irrespective 
of  ties  across  the  sea.  He  must  be  taught  and  must  learn  that 
having  chosen  the  United  States  as  his  own  he  may  not 
scheme  and  connive  and  seek  the  interest  of  the  country  he 
has  forsaken,  though  it  be  the  land  of  his  birth,  to  the  detri- 
ment of  the  one  he  has  adopted.     That  his  first  lo\'alt>'  is  to 

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these  Ignited  States;  that  he  can  not  sltxc  two  masters;  that 
to  antagonize  and  attempt  to  embroil  this  countr\-  witli  others 
for  the  benefit  of  his  former  country  may  not  and  shall  not  be 
permitted;  that  he  must  accord  to  other  immigrants  the  rights 
he  would  often  reserve  for  himself  alone.  To  accomplish  this,  we 
must  reach  the  children,  for  the  older  men  and  women,  who  will 
in  time  pass  away,  have  come  to  this  country  purely  for  self- 
aggrandizement  and  nothing  else;  w^hile  their  offspring  may  be 
taught  the  pure  love  of  country  and  honor  for  the  flag  under 
which  they  live,  that  no  other  sentiment  can  equal.  This, 
surely,  is  a  part  of  the   Debt   we   owe  our  Pilgrim  ancestors. 

But  while  we  are  keen  to  note  the  plants  that  should  flour- 
ish in  our  neighbor's  garden  we  must  see  to  it  that  we  keep 
our  own  in  order.  We  must  weed  out  all  that  is  un-American; 
we  must  trim  our  hedges  so  that  they  shall  present  an  orderly 
appearance,  bearing  no  ill-judged  criticisms  of  others  to  offend ; 
no    preaching  to    others    what    we    do    not  ourselves  follow. 

A  pure  democracy  —  "the  greatest  good  for  the  great- 
est number,"  should  be  our  motto,  and  in  this  I  do  not  refer 
to  politics,  but  to  ethics.  There  was  no  favor  shown  the 
rich  as  against  the  poor  among  our  Pilgrim  ancestors.  It  was 
the  man,  not  his  worldly  possessions  that  decided  their  valua- 
tion of  him.  But  they  required  that  he  be  a  man,  a.  freeman, 
in  order  to  be  a  church-member  and  an  ofiice-holder.  Thus 
they  differentiated  between  the  mental  attainments,  and  the 
sodden  indifference  of  the  one  who  had  no  aim,  no  incenti\'e 
but  self-gain.  They  desired  no  weaklings;  no  incompetents 
in  their  fold;  theirs  was  the  gauge  of  moral  endow^ment,  not 
the  possession  of  temporal  wealth.  Therefore  they  never 
fell  into  the  error  of  worshipping  Baal  and  never  served  their 
God  with  one  hand  and  the  world  with  the  other. 

Many  jests  are  told  at  the  expense  of  the  Pilgrim  and  Plym- 
outh Rock. 

"  Plymouth  Rock  "  was  a  term  cited  as  a  quality  which 
would  bear  any  amount  of  hard  usage  and  come  out  intact. 
Years  ago  it  was  adopted  by  a  firm  of  tailors  and  was  ap- 
plied to  a  certain  garment  which  was  warranted  to  stand  any 
amount  of  wear  and  tear.  The  boy  who  was  provided  with 
a  pair  of  "  Plymouth  Rocks  "  might  defy  Fate  and,  what  was 
more  to  the  point,  an  irate  father  with  impunity  ! 

"  Plymouth  Rock  "  was  also  given  to  a  special  breed  of 
fowls.  This  reminds  me  of  the  story  of  the  man  who,  dining 
at  a  certain  restaurant  in  one  of  our  large  cities,  called  the 
waiter  to  him  and  said: 

"  What  kind  of  chicken  do  you  call  this,  waiter?  " 

"  That,  sir,"  replied  the  waiter,  "  is  I  believe  a  'PKmouth 
Rock'." 

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The  man  said:  "  Ah,  I'm  glad  it's  got  some  historic  inter- 
est.    I  thought  it  was  an  ordinary  cobblestone  !  " 

And,  again,  to  that  story  which  ex-Representative  Samuel 
Powers  of  Massachusetts  is  so  fond  of  telling,  and  of  which  I 
shall  quote  only  the  concluding  portion,  as  you  have  doubt- 
less heard  it. 

An  inquisitive  Yankee  was  asking  innumerable  questions 
ofasomewhat  pompous  Southerner  who  had  answered  the  ques- 
tions to  a  considerable  extent.  After  a  while  the  Virginian 
felt  that  he  had  given  the  Yankee  all  the  data  concerning  his 
own  private  afifairs  which  his  questioner  had  any  right  to 
know,  if  not  more,  said: 

"  And  where,  sah,  may  I  ask,  do  you  come  from.-'  " 

"  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,"  was  the  reply. 

"  Well,  sah,"  responded  the  Southerner  with  considerable 
feeling,  "  if  Plymouth  Rock  had  landed  upon  the  Pilgrims, 
instead  of  the  Pilgrims  upon  Plymouth  Rock,  it  would  have 
been  better  for  the  world  in  general  and  for  the  South  in 
l)articular." 

Which  shows  that  there  are  conflicting  \iews  both  as  to 
the  Pilgrim  and  Plymouth  Rock. 

1  am  not  sure  of  the  exact  words  of  this  story,  as  I  heard 
Mr.  Powers  tell  it  some  years  ago,  but  I  have  retained  a  re- 
membrance of  the  essential  points  and  I  have  no  doubt  that 
he  is  telling  the  anecdote  still  ! 

If  the  ever-increasing  evils  of  the  age;  the  sale  of  offices; 
the  bribery  of  a  legislator;  the  purchase  of  a  judiciary;  the 
crushing  out  of  the  lives  of  the  poor;  the  speculation  in  the 
necessities  of  life,  such  as  wheat,  milk,  and  other  articles, 
is  to  be  successfully  fought,  it  must  be  by  the  renewed  spirit 
of  the  Pilgrims;  it  must  be  an  outgrowth  of  the  ardor  of  jus- 
tice that  is  a  large  ingredient  of  the  blood  of  those  ancestors  of 
ours  now  coursing  through  our  veins.  No  people  on  the  face 
of  the  earth  ever  more  fully  demonstrated  the  fact  that  "  Right 
and  one  make  a  Majority,"  than  did  our  Pilgrim  ancestors. 
They  never  paused  to  consider  whether  any  act  they  con- 
templated was  "  politic";  whether  they  would  be  in  the  end 
a  gainer  or  loser  by  it.  No;  their  first  thought  was  "  is  it 
right?"  That  proven  to  their  satisfaction  all  else  was  of 
little  mcjment. 

You  may  sa>',  "  But  they  had  so  little  temptation  to  do 
wrong.  "  How  may  we  judge  their  temptations?  Tempta- 
tion comes  from  within,  not  without,  and  the  whole  kingdom 
of  e\il  as  well  as  of  good  is  within  each  one  of  us. 

The  Pilgrim's  safety  lay  in  his  determination  to  do  "  the 
dut\'  nearest  him,"  as  I  ha\"e  said,  and  after  that  all  was  clear. 

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Let  us,  then,  as  mc  i;ather  here,  toda>',  rcsoKe  each  one 
to  stud>-  more  closch'  that  lo\el\-  singleness  of  purpose  e\  inced 
l)\-  the  Pilgrim,  and  of  which  our  own  Rol)ert  Bartlel  was 
an  exam]')le,  and  we  will  find  life  in  all  its  lines  easier,  sini|)ler, 
and  more  satisfying. 

I  fear  I  ma>'  ha\e  made  m\-  Utile  talk  more  sombre  than 
the  occasion  deserxed,  and  that  where  I  siiould  "  liaxe  sung 
a  song,"  I  ha\e  "preached  a  sermon";  hut  howex  er  that 
ma\-  be,  1  trust  that  >()u  will  belie\e  that  I  am  entireh' one  w  ilh 
\-ou  in  >our  aims  and  wishes  for  the  due  appreciation  of  our 
honored  ancestors,  Robert  Bartlet  and  Mary  Warren,  his 
wife,  and  for  the  continual  well-being  and  closer  friendship 
of  The  Societ>'  of  The  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of 
Phmouth,  Mass. 

Marian  Lox(;I'Ello\v. 


FOURTH  ANNUAL  MEETING 

Notice  is  herby  gix'en  that  the  Fourth  Annual  Meeting 
and  Reunion  of  the  Societ>'  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert 
and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlet  will  be  held  in  the  Chapel  of 
the  Methodist  Church,  corner  of  C  ourt  and  Brewster  Streets, 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  on  Saturday,  August  12,  191 L 

The  chapel  is  only  a  short  walk  from  the  railroad  station 
and  right  on  the  electric  car  line,  and  will  be  open  all  da>-  for 
the  con\enience  of  those  who  attend. 

The  meeting  will  come  to  order  at  10  a.  m.,  for  the  trans- 
action of  business,  as  follows: 

1.  Opening  Exercise. 

2.  Song,  —  "  Summer  is  Here  "  J.  ]]'.  Bischoff 

Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins,  Weymouth,  Mass. 
(Madame  Barlow,  of  Boston,  Accompanist.) 

3.  Roll  Call  of  Members. 

4.  Reading  of  Secretar\''s  Record  of  the  Pre\"ious  Meeting. 

5.  Reports  of  Ot^cers  and  Committees. 

6.  Election  of  Officers. 

7.  New  Business. 

At  12  m.  lunch  will  be  serxed  in  Wesleyan  Hall  b\'  the 
Ladies'  Aid  Societ\'  of  the  Methodist  Church — price  per  plate, 
fifty  cents. 

The  afternoon  exercises  will  l)e  held  at  tlie  Memorial 
Site,  weather  permitting;  otherwise  at  the  Cliapel.  1-dectric 
cars  will  leave  the  Chapel  at  1  p.  m. 


Program 

Song  —  "  The  Golden  Pathway  "  Hamilton  Gray 

Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins 
A  Paper  —  "The  Ancestry  of  the  Warrens,"  by  the  President, 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  of  Hartford,  Conn. 
A  Review  of  the  History  of   the   Society  by  the    Historian, 

Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow  of  Boston. 
Short  Addresses  by  — 

Mrs.  Flora  S.  Matthewson,  of  South  Braintree,  Mass. 
Secretary  of  the  Alden  Kindred  of  America. 

Mr.  (jcorge  Warren  Tower,  of  South  Boston,  Mass. 
President  of  llie  Tower  Genealogical  Society. 

Rev.  George  A.  Smith,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

Secretary  of  the  American  Society  of  Colonial  Families. 

Five-Minute  Letters  by  Members. 

Closing  Song —  "  Home,  Sweet  Home  "  /.  Iloivard  Payne 
Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins 

Every  descendant  of  Robert  Bartlet,  who  can  possibly 
do  so,  is  urged  to  be  present  this  year. 

Our  program,  both  instructive  and  entertaining,  is  the 
most  complete  of  any  we  have  ever  been  able  to  offer. 

The  place,  the  occasion,  and  the  literary  exercises,  all 
combine  as  never  before  to  give  inspiration  to  all  who  may 
attend  and  make  them  feel,  we  think,  that  it  was  good  to  be 
there. 

Come.  Invite  your  friends  to  come,  and  bring  this  pro- 
gram with  you. 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  President.. 
Mrs.  Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek,  Secretary. 


Address  of  Welcome  hy  the  President 

Members  of  the  Bartlett  Family  and  Friends:  —  I  take  pleas- 
ure in  welcoming  you  to  this  our  Fourth  Annual  Reunion. 
The  question  has  recurred  to  me  often  during  the  past  year, 
why  do  we  thus  meet,  and  for  what  purpose?  A  very  perti- 
nent question,  it  seems  to  me.  I  do  not  believe  that  any  of 
us  are  here  simply  "  Because  we're  here."  The  question, 
like  many  others,  is  more  easily  asked  than  answered,  there- 
fore I  will  not  take  much  of  your  time  in  attempting  it,  for 
the  reason  we  have  others  with  us  today  who  are  much  more 
capable  and  will  address  you  later.  Several  different  moti\es 
have    probably    actuated    most    of    us    present.      For    those 

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who  hciNC  nc\cr  before  \isilecl  this,  the  most  historic  s])ot  in 
this  broad  land  of  ours,  it  is  a  magnet  most  powerful;  and  for 
those  who  have  been  here  many  times,  they  do  not  seem  to 
tire,  as  witness  the  hundreds  of  visitors  who  annually  make 
their  pilgrimage  to  this  Mecca  of  New  England,  if  not  of 
all  America.  To  many  others  the  social  side  is  the  great 
attraction  of  this  antl  similar  gatherings,  where  those  of  kin- 
dred blood  ma\'  take  a  da>-  or  two  of  pleasure  and  relaxation 
from  the  daily  round  of  toil,  which  is  the  lot  of  most  of  us. 
To  clasp  the  hand,  exchange  salutations,  and  make  tlie 
acquaintance  of  those,  who  ha\-ing  descended  from  a  common 
ancestry,  we  meet  here  for  the  first  time,  and,  alas,  in  too 
many  instances,  for  the  last  time,  until  w^e  meet  in  that  other 
sphere  beyond  the  transition  which  we  call  death. 

Especially  attractive  should  these  reunions  be  to  those 
who  can  lay  claim  to  such  a  heritage  as  has  descended  to  us 
all  from  the  Pilgrims  of  the  Mayflotver,  the  Fortune,  and  the 
A)ni.  But  above  and  be\ond  and  rooted  far  deeper  in  the 
human  breast  than  all  the  things  I  ha^'e  mentioned,  is  the 
spirit  of  patriotism.  And,  whether  fully  conscious  of  it  or 
not,  it  seems  to  me  that  patriotism  is  the  underlying  motive 
that  brings  us  together  here,  and  the  rock  upon  which  the 
foundation  of  the  Bartlett  and  other  kindred  societies  must 
be  built  in  order  that  they  may  endure.  A  patriotism  that 
shall  preserve  and  hand  down  to  our  posterity  that  price- 
less heritage  which  has  been  bequeathed  to  us.  What,  then, 
becomes  our  duty  that  we  may  be  honored  by  those  who 
come  after  us,  e\-en  as  we  honor  those  who  have  gone  before? 

Every  age  and  every  generation  have  their  work  to  do. 
Superstition,  bigotry,  injustice,  and  wrong,  still  exist.  Sel- 
fishness and  greed  are  yet  the  ruling  passions  of  the  world, 
so  that  eternal  vigilance  is  the  price  of  Liberty.  If  there  is 
a  person  here  who  thinks  if  he  had  the  opportunity,  such  as 
came  to  his  sires  in  the  war  for  Independence,  or  the  ('ivil 
war,  what  a  hero  and  patriot  he  would  becom.e,  let  me  say 
to  that  person,  there  are  serious  evils  existing  in  this  country 
today  that,  unless  checked,  will  slowly  but  surely  undermine 
and  destroy  this  heritage  of  ours.  There  never  was  more 
need  of  moral  heroes  and  patriots  in  this  Republic  than  at 
the  present  moment.  The  opportunity  is  right  at  hand  and 
knocking  at  your  door.  Remember  also  that  it  requires 
sterner  stuff  and  more  undaunted  courage  to  be  a  rnoral 
than  a  military,  hero.  The  field  of  activit\-  for  military 
heroes  is  limited,  but  for  moral  heroes  it  is  world-wide.  The 
fields  are  white  unto  the  harvest,  but  the  reapers  are  few. 

In  conclusion,  to  impress  upon  your  minds  the  thought  I 
have  been  trying  to  express,    I   will  read   a  few   lines  culled 

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from    one    of    James    Russell    Lowell's    poems,    entitled    "  A 
Glance  Behind  the  Curtain." 

"  New  times  demand  new  measures  and  new  men  ! 
The  world  advances  and  in  time  outgrows 
The  laws  that  in  our  father's  day  were  best  ! 
And  doubtless  after  us,  some  purer  scheme 
Will  be  shaped  out  by  wiser  men  than  we. 
Made  wiser  by  the  steady  growth  of  truth. 

We  cannot  hale  Utopia  on  by  force  ! 

But  better  almost  be  at  work  in  sin, 

Than  in  a  brute  inaction  browse  and  sleep. 

No  man  is  born  into  the  world  whose  work 

Is  not  born  with  him  !  there  is  always  work. 

And  tools  to  work  withal,  for  those  who  will, 

And  blessed  are  the  horny  hands  of  toil! 

The  busy  world  shoves  angrily  aside 

The  man  who  stands  with  arms  akimbo  set, 

Until  occasion  tells  him  what  to  do  ! 

And  he  who  waits  to  have  his  task  marked  out. 

Shall  die  and  leave  his  errand  unfulfilled. 

One  age  moves  onward  and  the  next  builds  up 
Cities  and  gorgeous  palaces  where  stood 
The  rude  log  huts  of  those  who  tamed  the  wild. 
Rearing  from  out  the  forests  they  had  felled. 
The  goodly  framework  of  a  fairer  state. 
Let  us  speak  plain  !  there  is  more  force  in  names 
Than  most  men  dream  of  !  and  a  lie  may  kecjj 
Its  throne  a  whole  age  longer  if  it  skulk 
Behind  the  shield  of  some  fair  seeming  name. 
Let  us  call  tyrants  TYRANTS  and  maintain 
That  only  freedom  comes  by  grace  of  God, 
And  all  that  comes  not  by  his  grace  must  fall  ! 
For  men  in  earnest  have  no  time  to  waste 
In  patching  fig-leaves  for  the  naked  truth." 


Record  of  the  Third  Bartlett  Reunion,  June  16,   1910 

The  Third  Annual  Reunion  of  the  Society  of  the  Descend- 
ants of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  was  held  in  the 
Chapel  of  the  Methodist  Church,  corner  of  Court  and  Brew- 
ster Streets,  Plymouth,  Mass.,  on  Thursday',  June  16,  1910. 
A  cloudy  sky  with  a  gentle  rain  part  of  the  da>-,  kept  man\' 
from  attending,  hut  it  failed  to  dampen  the  enthusiasm  of 
the  members  who  did  assemble,  nearh'  hft\-  in  number. 

At  11  a.  m.  the  meeting  w^as  called  to  order,  the  presi- 
dent, Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  pre- 
siding. With  a  few  words  of  greeting  he  welcomed  members 
and  friends  to  this  our  "  Home  Coming  to  the  old  Historic 
Town  of  Plymouth;  the  Parent  Homestead  of  our  Bartlett 
Famih'." 

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Miss  Isabelle  M.  Bartlelt  was  appointed  to  assist  the 
Secretary-,  b>'  attending  to  the  registering  of  members  in  the 
Journal  and  the  eollection  of  the  yearly  dues. 

The  Record  of  the  pre\ious  meeting,  August  27,  19()<),  1)\- 
Mrs.  Eugenia  F.  Bartlett  Lovell,  Secretary,  pro  ton,  was 
read  by  your  Secretary,  Mrs.  Krmina  Bartlett  Suhanek,  and 
accepted.  The  Treasurer's  report  was  also  submitted  and 
accepted. 

Kn\-elopes  with  l)lanks  were  distributed  to  the  members 
for  contributions  or  j^iledges  toward  defra>'ing  the  expenses 
of  incorporation,  securing  the  Memorial  Tablet,  etc.  The 
sum  of  S42.00  was  contributed  and  S5.00  pledged  at  that  time. 
A  roll-call  of  members  succeeded  these  reports,  after 
which  the  ofihcers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected. 

With  one  exception  the  officers  of  the  pre\'ious  >ear  were 
unanimously  re-elected,  as  follows: 

Lucius  Warren   Bartlett,   Hartford,   Conn.,   President. 
Mercer  V.  Tilson,  South  Hanson,  Mass.,  First  Viee-Presi- 
dent. 

Charles  H.  Bartlett,  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Second  Vice- 
President. 

Mrs.  Ermina  B.  Suhanek,  f)f  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer. 

Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  Brookline,  Mass.,   Historian. 
Reference  was  made  to  some  important   maps   executed 
by  Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson,   our  First  Vice-President,  showing 
that  portion  of  the  town  of  Plymouth  where  Robert   Bart  let 
owned  land  and  li\'ed. 

Mr.  D.  S.  Burrell,  of  Brockton,  Mass.,  had  some  fine  photo- 
graphs of  the  memorial  tablet  for  sale  (two  styles  with  a  postal 
card). 

No  further  business  being  presented  at  12.30  the  meeting 
adjourned  for  dinner,  which  was  served  b>'  the  Ladies'  Aid 
Association  of  the  Methodist  Church,  in  Wesleyan  Hall. 
After  our  appetities  has  been  appeased  by  a  bountiful  colla- 
tion and  all  seemed  in  good  spirits,  the  clouds  were  dispelled 
long  enough  for  our  artist  to  secure  a  good  photograph  ot 
the  members  present,  on  the  lawn  in  front  of  the  church. 

At  2  p.  m.  all  were  assembled  in  the  church.  The  Presi- 
dent introduced  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  niece  of  the  poet 
Longfellow  and  a  descendant  of  Robert  Bartlet,  who  ga\-e 
the  address  of  the  occasion.  Her  subject,  "  Our  Pilgrim 
Ancestors  and  the  Debt  We  Owe  Them,"  was  most  thoroughh- 
and  skilfully  expounded  and  e\ery  one  must  ha\e  tell  re- 
warded for  journeying  to  the  meeting  by  listening  to  that 
alone.     The    manuscript    she    \er\-    kindh"    presented    to    the 

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Society  cind  the  address  with  newspaper  accounts  of  the  Reun 
ion  is  appended  to  this  report. 

A  report  of  the  President  in  regard  to  ha\ing  the  Society 
incorporated  was  made  as  follows: 

"  At  the  Reunion  held  at  Manomet,  August  27,  1909,  a 
letter  was  read  from  Mr.  Charles  H.  Warren,  of  Providence, 
R.  I.,  granting  us  the  privilege  of  erecting  a  memorial  to  mark 
the  site  of  the  home  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlet, 
and  it  was  voted  at  this  meeting  to  proceed  to  erect  the  me- 
morial. 

In  opening  the  negotiations  with  Mr.  W'arren  about  the 
land,  he  requested  that  the  Society  be  incorporated,  preferring 
to  do  business  with  a  legally  constituted  body.  In  compliance 
therewith  the  necessary  steps  were  taken,  a  form  of  agreement 
prepared,  and  on  December  11,  1909,  the  signers  of  the  agree- 
ment, upon  proper  notice,  met  at  the  Parker  House  in  Bos- 
ton, and  completed  the  work  by  adopting  a  set  of  by-laws, 
electing  officers,  as  required  by  the  Statutes,  and  on  Decem- 
ber 30,  1909,  the  charter  was  granted.  Accordingly  all  that 
remains  to  be  done  is  for  the  Society  to  vote  to  dissolve  the 
old  Society  and  accept  the  Charter." 

This  report  w^as  accepted  and  in  accordance  therewith  it 
was  voted  to  dissolve  the  old  Society  and  accept  the  Charter. 

Thanks  were  extended  to  Mrs.  Longfellow  for  her  very 
able  and  interesting  paper. 

After  the  address,  remarks  were  made  by  the  President, 
Second  Vice-President,  and  others.  Before  closing  a  vote  of 
thanks  was  given  to  Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet,  the  retiring  Histo- 
rian, for  her  faithful  research  in  the  interest  of  the  Society, 
also  to  the  church  committee,  and  the  Ladies'  Aid  for  the 
use  of  the  church  and  their  fine  entertainment.  The  meet- 
ing adjourned. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Mrs.  Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek,  Secretary. 


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Treasurer's  Report 

Receipt^ 

jNlembership  fees,  at  .50    . 

Contributions  toward  expense  - 

Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett 

Mrs.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett 

Mrs.  Ermina  B.  Suhanck 

Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow- 
Mrs.  Moses  Simmons 

Mrs.  Martha  B.  Morton 

Mr.  Ephraim  D.  Bartlett 

Mrs.  Mary  Bird  Keith 

Mrs.  Anna  B.  Johnson 

Mr.  Roland  F.  Tillson 

Mrs.  Flora  B.  Ulrich 

Miss  Helen  Bird 

Mr.  W.  EUery  Bird    . 

Mr.  Henry  M.  Bird 

Miss  Lucy  Kilbourne 

Mrs.  Susan  J.  Hopkins 

Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Pratt 

Mrs.  Madeline  B.  Hoyt 

A  Friend 


Total  receipts 
Balance  due  Treasury 


Expenditures 
To  Bartlett  Engraving  Co. 
"  Smith,  Lindslcy  Co.  for  300  circular  haters 
"  "  "  "     "  550  copies  roster  )_ 

"  "  "  "     "   550  notice  slips     \ 

"  "  "  "     "  300  letter-heads    . 

"  "  "  "     "  600  note  circulars 

"  "  "  "     "  600  4-pp.  programs 

"   Mrs.  E.  B.  Suhanek,  envelopes  and  postage 
"  Smith,  Lindsley  Co.,  300  letter-heads       . 
"   L.  W.  Bartlett  for   guarantee  to   Ladies'    A 

vice 
"      "     "  "  "  recording  deed 

"      "    "         "  "  Secretary's  supplies  . 

"      "     "         "  "  envelopes  and  postage 

"      "     "  "  "  Historian's  expenses  fro 

yoke  and  return 
"     "     "         "  "  expense  of  mailing  list 

"     "     "         "  "  envelopes  and  postage 

Total  expenses 

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NoTE^  The  greater  part,  of  this  deficit  of  S91.89  is  due  to  the  sending  out  of  the  Ros- 
ter, with  a  letter  asking  for  contributions  toward  the  expense  of  the  tablet.  1-rom  the  four 
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SOCIETY    OF    THE    DESCENDANTS    OF 

ROBERT  BARTLET    OF 

PLYMOUTH.  MASSACHUSETTS 


Historian's  Address,  August  12,  1911 


History  keeps  alive  the  Nation,  the  State,  and  the  Fam- 
ily. When  a  nation  declines.  History  pauses,  and  when  a 
nation  dies,  History  no  longer  attends. 

We  may,  therefore,  grasp  the  power  and  the  worth  of  a 
people  by  what  History  holds  aloft  upon  its  scroll  concerning 
that  people.  It  behooves  us,  then,  as  a  Society  bound 
together  by  ties  of  common  ancestry,  —  Robert  Bartlet  and 
Mary  Warren,  his  wife,  —  to  keep  ever  before  our  eyes  the 
tale  told  at  fireside  hearths  and  by  the  softened  glow  of  the 
candle,  in  ^•ears  gone  by.  History  has  enrolled  the  name  of 
Bartelot,  later  grown  into  Bartlet  and  Bartlett,  on  the  annals 
of  glorious  deeds.  Adam  Bartelot,  our  first  ancestor, 
came  into  England  with  William  the  Conqueror.  In  the  fif- 
teenth century  a  castle  was  added  as  crest  for  valor  of  John 
Bartelot  in  capturing  the  tower  of  Fontenoy,  and  he  was  al- 
lowed ever  after  to  use  that  tower  as  a  crest.  To  this  was  added 
another  crest,  in  the  sixteenth  century  —  a  swan,  in  token  of 
the  right  to  keep  swans,  those  graceful  and  beautiful  creatures, 
on  the  classic  and  memorable  stream,  the  Avon,  by  one  of 
the  Bartlets. 

The  first  Bartelot  lives  in  the  reflection  of  brave  and  gal- 
lant deeds;  the  record  of  the  man  for  whom  our  Society  is 
named  and  the  Society  itself  must  hold  to  the  hand  of  His- 
tory "  lest  we  forget  "  and,  mayhap,  be  forgotten  ! 

The  deeds  of  Robert  Bartlet  were  not  heralded  like  those 
of  his  ancestors,  John  Bartelot,  by  blare  of  trumpet  or  by 
outburst  of  applause.  Robert  Bartlet  walked  in  quieter 
ways,  though  not  less  heroic,  for  he  was  one  of  the  "  Builders  " 
of  a  new  nation  and  was  destined  to  mold  the  opinions  of  his 
day. 

W^e,  his  descendants,  gathered  together  first  on  Thursday, 
August  13,  1908,  at  10  a.  m.,  in  the  town  of  Brockton,  Mass., 
and  the  first  meeting  was  called  for  the  "  descendants  of  Ben- 
jamin Bartlett,  who  settled  in  Stoughton,  Mass.,  about 
1750." 


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It  was  throuiib  tlic  inslrunicntalil\-  of  a  descciulanl  of 
that  Benjaniin  Haillet  son  of  Roht'rL  I^arlk'L  of  Pl\niouth, 
Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  that  this  Socic't>-  became  a  Ii\int>  thin^. 
The  call  to  this  meeting  was  issued  from  Hartford,  Conn.,  on 
July   10,   1908. 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  our  honored 
President,  and  the  strong  tower  of  reliance  to  this  So(-iet\', 
was  desirous  to  honor  his  own  line,  that  ol  Jose|)h,  and  thus 
he  called  the  meeting  in  that  form.  Later  he  saw  that  the 
Society  must  go  back  to  the  fountain  head  in  America,  and 
the  Society  became  not  the  society  of  the  descendants  of  this 
or  that  son  of  the  original  emigrant  but  the  s()ciet\-  of  the 
descendants  of  the  man  who  was  the  first  of  his  line  to  come 
to  the  new  world. 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  is  a  \ery  modest  as  well  as  a  very 
energetic  man,  and  it  \\\\\  be  a  trial  to  him  to  be  compelled 
to  listen  to  what  I  shall  ha\e  to  sa\'  to  \'ou  concerning  him  a 
little  later  on,  for  he  shuns  encomitim  and  seeks  not  to  \aunt  his 
own  good  deeds,  but  rather  to  co\er  them  from  sight.  But 
with  the  duties  and  responsibilities  of  his  position  as  the  head 
of  such  a  SocietN'  as  this  comes  a  certain  publicity  that  he 
may  not  escape.  Of  him  and  of  his  work  this  paper  will 
contain  a  record. 

We  find  him  in  the  picture  which  bears  the  following 
printed  explanation  underneath  it:  —  "First  annual  outing 
at  Brockton,  Mass.,  August  13,  1908,  of  the  Societ\-  of  the 
Descendants  of  ROBERT  BARTLP:T,  First,  of  Plymouth, 
who  came  over  in  the  Ship  A^m  in  162.S."  We  find  him,  not 
in  the  foreground  of  this  picture,  but  modestly  at  one  side, 
and  the  only  "  prominent  "  feature  that  shows  what  he  has 
done  for  the  Society  is  his  hands;  good,  firm,  capable  hands 
that  have  held  the  rudder  of  the  good  ship  "  Robert  Bartlet  " 
in  its  voyage  so  far,  and  which  we  hope  may  continue  to  so 
hold  it  for  many  a  year  to  come. 

rhe  photographer  who  shows  up  all  our  defects,  or  all 
our  points,  with  cruel  distinctness  has  emphasized  those 
hands  to  an  appalling  extent  physically;  metaphorically 
those  hands  have  been  large  indeed  in  their  power  and  help- 
fulness toward  the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert 
Bartlet  of  Plymouth. 

It  becomes  my  duty  to  speak  a  little  more  of  Mancjmct 
than  to  merely  mention  it  as  the  place  where  the  Bartletts 
held  their  second  reunion. 

Manomet  is  a  charming  seaside  \illage  in  the  historic  old 
town  of  Plymouth,  one  of  the  journals  of  the  day  tells  us,  and 
White  Horse  Beach  the  finest  of  Phniouth's  beaches,  and  but 
a  minute's  walk  from  Hotel  Crescent. 

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In  1628  Robert  Bartlel  married  Mary  Warren,  a  daui^htcr 
of  the  emigrant,  Richard  Warren,  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
"  Mayflower  Compact,"  and  thus  two  old  famihes,  both  of 
which  entered  England  under  the  standard  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  were  united.  Robert  Bartlet  li\ed  at  Mano- 
met;  here  he  held  property  and  here  he  died.  Only  a  short 
walk  across  the  fields,  the  paper  goes  on  to  relate,  is  the  sec- 
ond Bartlet  house  built  by  Robert's  son,  Joseph,  in  1680. 
It  was  at  this  meeting  that  the  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet 
voted  to  erect  a  suitable  memorial  on  the  spot  where  the 
original  Bartlet  home  once  stood,  at  the  foot  of  the  Pine 
Hills,  near  Eel  Ri\er.  I  wonder  how  many  persons  who  have 
for  years  turned  to  "  Bartlett's  Familiar  Quotations  "  for 
information,  know  that  its  author,  John  Bartlett,  was  a 
descendant  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth.  John  Bartlett 
was  of  the  eighth  generation. 

James  Russell  Lowell  has  written  most  beautifully  of 
June.  He  says,  "  What  is  so  rare  as  a  day  in  June  !  "  We 
hope  such  days  as  June  16  and  17  of  the  year  of  Our  Lord, 
1910,  when  the  third  reunion  was  held,  are  rare  !  In  fact, 
they  may  be  said  to  have  been  positively  raw  !  Those  of  us 
w^ho  did  not  get  soaked  with  rain  on  June  16  at  tl]e  Reunion 
of  the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of 
Plymouth,  finished  the  job  at  Hingham  the  next  day  at  the 
Reunion  of  the  Tower  Genealogical  Society,  with  a  devotion 
to  detail  that  was  nothing  short  of  pathetic  !  Those  who 
attended  both  meetings,  last  year,  will,  I  am  sure,  bear  me  out 
in  this  statement. 

Among  the  objects  of  interest  seen  at  the  third  reunion 
was  an  iron  "  fire-back,"  bearing  the  date  of  1660.  This 
was  imported  from  England,  originallv  bv  Joseph  Bartlet 
(2)  son  of  Robert  (1). 

Joseph,  who  married  in  1660,  went  to  Manomet  Ponds, 
now  South  Plymouth,  built  a  home,  and  settled  there.  In 
1680  he  built  another  home  at  Manomet,  a  view  of  which  has 
already  been  shown  in  this  report,  under  the  second  reunion. 
Sometime  later  the  original  house  fell  into  the  hands  of  Charles 
Dana  Bartlett  (8)  and  Hosea  C.  Bartlett  (8)  sons  of  Charles 
Bartlett  (7)  who  lived  in  this  house  for  fifty  years.  Sometime 
later  Hosea  C.  Bartlett  tore  down  his  half  of  the  old  home- 
stead, and  Charles  Dana  Bartlett  removed  his  half  further 
up  the  road,  and  it  was  still  standing  in  June  of  1910.  It 
was  while  removing  the  chimney  that  the  fire-back  was  dis- 
covered, and  in  1880  sold  by  Charles  Dana  Bartlett  to  A.  M. 
Harrison,  of  the  United  States  Coast  Survey,  and  by  him 
bequeathed  to  Miss  Sarah  Achsah  Bartlett  of  Plymouth. 

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In  connection  with  Mr.  Tilson's  work  it  should  he  stated 
that  he  contributed  some  important  maps  showing  that  por- 
tion of  Plymouth  which  Robert  Bartlet  owned  when  he 
lived  there. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  letter  which  the  Secretary- 
Treasurer  of  the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bart- 
let of  Plymouth  was  instructed  to  write  to  Mr.  Charles  H. 
Warren  and  Mr.  Charles  A.  Stone. 

Dear  Sir: — The  Secretary  of  the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Rob- 
ert Bartlet,  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  has  been  instructed  to  write  you  a  letter 
of  appreciation  and  thanks  for  conveying  to  them  the  right  to  erect  a 
Boulder  with  a  suitable  tablet  thereon,  on  a  lot  of  land  one  hundred  feet 
square,  comprising  the  site  of  the  home  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Warren) 
Bartlet,  together  with  the  "  right  of  way  "  to  and  from  said  lot  to  the 
Manomet  road. 

Such  Memorial  has  been  erected  and  a  copy  of  this  letter  of  acknowl- 
cdjicment  ordered  placed  upon  the  records  of  the  Society. 
Respectfully  yours, 

(Mrs.)  Er^uxa  Bartlett  Suhanek. 

In  closing-  what  ma\'  have  been  a  long  and  somewhat 
tedious  report,  let  me  ^'oice  the  hope  that  we  may  so  wield 
the  influence  that  is  ours,  and  so  cherish  and  amplify  the  com- 
mendable virtues  displayed  in  the  lives  of  our  ancestors  that 
our  children's  children,  and  their  children's  children  in  turn, 
may  point  to  this  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert 
Bartlet  and  Mary  Warren,  his  wife,  as  having  been  a  potent 
factor  in  the  preservation  and  conservation  of  all  that  should 
be  the  true  American's  proudest  boast  —  descent  from  honor- 
able men  and  women;  life  that  shall  preserve  the  integrity 
of  that  descent,  and  a  hopeful  looking  forward  to  that  work 
being  carried  on  by  a  posterity  that  shall  in  no  whit  lack  the 
^'irtues,  the  ideals,  and  the  achievements  of  their  Pilgrim, 
their  Puritan,  and  their   Huguenot  ancestry. 

Marian  Lonc.feli.ow. 


The  Historian's  address  was  followed  b\-  a  paper  by  the 
President,  entitled: 

THE  WARRENS 

By  Lucius  Warrex  Bartlett 

Reviewing  an  article  on  Richard  Warren,  Twelfth  Signer, 
in  a  work  entitled,  "  The  Mayflower  Signers,"  b\-  Annie 
Arnoux  Haxtun.  Reprinted  from  the  Mail  and  Express, 
New  York,  1896. 

Mrs.  Haxtim's  article  is  founded.  I  ihink,  niainh  (for  no 
authorities  are  (juoted)  on  a  chart  of  the  Harlerian  Societ>'  of 

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X'isitations  of  llu'  fouiilx-  of  I  )c\()nsliii-c,  l''.iii;l;m(l,  dalrd  1()2(), 
which  she  has  incorporali'd  in  hci'  ailiclc. 

She  commences  as  follows:  "  Suth  fans  imi^i  he  accrpied 
in  writing  histor>-."  This  is  a  slaleincnl  to  wliich  we  will 
all  agree,  therefore  I  will  incorporate  hew  the  same  cliai-t  of 
the  Harlerian  SocieU'. 

Mrs.  Haxtun  proceeds  thus:  "Willing  or  otherwise  the 
records  pro\-e  that  Richard  Warren  the  I'ilgrini  cannot  he 
placed  in  an\-  certainl\-  in  regard  to  his  famiK'  relations, 
before  his  adx'ent  in  the  colonies  as  one  of  the  Maxtlower 
Pilgrims.  Certain  it  is  "  (please  note  what  she  sa\s  is  cer- 
tain) "  that  he  came  in  this  shij)  and  was  followed  later  on 
by  his  w'ife  Elizabeth  and  his  chiughters." 

Mrs.  Haxtun  ftirther  says,  "  The  confusion  in  regard  to 
him  arises  from  the  fact  that  there  was  ancjther  Warren  in 
the  colonies  and  who  had  the  honor  of  being  the  son  of  Chris- 
topher W^arren,  and  the  pleasure  of  ha\ing  P2hzabeth  Jouat, 
widow  of Marsh  for  his  wife. 

"  There  the  story  as  told  us  of  the  IMlgrim  ends,  their 
children  being  John  and  Richard." 

Before  proceeding  further  let  us  see  what  this  chart  of 
Visitations  says.  Richard  Warren  (22)  of  Creenwich,  in  Kent, 
son  of  Christopher  (21)  and  Alice  (Webb)  Warren,  married 

Elizabeth   Jouat  relict  of   Marsh  and   had   Richard  and 

John. 

Now,  if  stern  facts  must  be  accepted,  as  Mrs.  Haxtun  sa\-s, 
it  occurs  to  me  that  if  Richard  Warren  the  Pilgrim  was  not 
the  son  of  Christopher  and  Alice  (Webb)  Warren  who  as  she 
says  "  W^as  followed  later  on  by  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  his 
daughters,"  then  his  wife  Elizabeth  who  came  in  the  Ann 
was  not  Elizabeth  Jouat,  widow^  of Marsh,  who,  accord- 
ing to  the  chart,  married  Richard  W^arren  (22)  son  of  (liris- 
topher,  and  further  that  the  Richard  Warren  (22)  who  did 
marry  Elizabeth  Jouat  must  have  been  the  other  Warren  in 
the  colonies,  who  had  the  honor  of  being  the  son  of  Christo- 
pher and  of  having  Elizabeth  Jouat  Marsh  for  his  wife. 

Mrs.  Haxtun  has  thus  created  two  families,  Richard  the 
Pilgrim  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  somebody,  who 
came  in  the  Ann  with  her  daughters,  and  Richard  Warren, 
son  of  Christopher,  who  did  marry  P^lizabeth  Jouat  relict 
of  Marsh  and  came  to  the  colonies  sometime  ancl  somewhere 
and  had  two  sons  in  England,  John  and  Richard. 

To  quote  further  she  says,  "  Richard  and  Joseph  repeat 
themselves  in  both  families,"  (referring,  I  suppose,  to  the  fam- 
ilies just  mentioned)   "  then  there  is  Nathaniel's." 

Again  she  says,  "  Why  should  he  not  ha\e  been  Richard 
Warren   recorded   as  sheriff  of   Coventry,    1610,   ha\ing   hve 

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daughters  to  come  out  with  their  mother  in  the  Ann,  fits 
into  the  necessary  maturity." 

It  seems  to  me  there  is  no  maturity  into  which  to  fit,  except 
that  of  her  own  creation,  which  was  wholly  unnecessary. 

Mrs.  Haxtun  says,  "  The  two  families  of  Warren  unite 
very  naturally  in  the  fact  that  the  Pilgrim  descendant, 
General  James  Warren  the  Revolutionary  officer  and  Presi- 
dent of  the  Provincial  Congress  of  Massachusetts,  succeeded 
General  Joseph  Warren  of  Bunker  Hill  fame,  a  member  of 
the  other  family  in  office. 

Who  were  the  two  families  of  General  James  Warren  and 
General  Joseph  Warren?  Davis's  "  Landmarks  of  Plym- 
outh," gives  the  ancestry  of  James  Warren  (5)  born  in  Plym- 
outh, Mass.,  September  28,  1726,  and  married  in  1754  Mercy 
Otis,  sister  of  James  Otis,  as  James  Warren  (4),  James  Warren 
(3),  Nathaniel  Warren  (2),  Richard  Warren  (1).  The  "His- 
tory of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,"  by  Francis  S.  Drake,  pub- 
lished in  1878,  gives  the  ancestry  of  General  Joseph  Warren 
(5)  of  Bunker  Hill  fame  as  Joseph  Warren  (4),  Joseph  War- 
ren (3),  Peter  Warren  (2),  John  Warren  (1),  of  Boston,  who 
came  with  Governor  Winthrop  in  the  Arbella  and  arrived  in 
Salem  12th  June,  1630. 

Mrs.  Haxtun  in  conclusion  says,  "  That  the  Warrens  lead 
straight  to  the  Mayflower,  though  repetition  of  names  in  the 
two  families  makes  the  title  a  very  puzzling  one,  but  there  need 
be  no  doubt  of  the  claim  presented  by  those  bearing  the  name 
of  Otis,  Winslow,  Walker,  Doty,  Bradford,  and  many  others 
scattered  the  world  over.  Again  the  matter  must  be  left  to 
the  Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants.  Their  good  work 
is  progressing,  fed  by  the  knowledge  gained  from  each  seeker 
for  enrolment  on  the  list  of  members."  Mrs.  Haxtun  thus 
practically  admits  she  knew  but  little  about  it  and  leaves  the 
matter  for  others  to  settle. 

Upon  inquiring  of  a  correspondent  what  the  name  of  this 
other  Warren  was  who  came  to  the  colonies  and  had  the 
pleasure  of  having  Widow  Elizabeth  Jouat  Marsh  for  his 
wife  I  received  the  following  reply:  "  The  name  of  the  other 
Warren  was  Richard.  The  authority  states  that  he  did  not 
come  in  the  Mayflower,  that  he  was  the  son  of  Christopher, 
and  strange  to  relate  he  and  his  wife  died  about  the  same 
time  and  were  of  the  same  age  as  Richard  the  Pilgrim  and 
his  wife." 

To  my  mind  it  is  a  preposterous  story  that  there  were 
two  Richard  Warrens  of  the  same  generation,  who  came  to 
the  colonies  about  1620,  who  had  wives  both  of  whose  names 
were  Elizabeth,  that  the  two  Richards  and  the  two  Eliza- 
beths died  about  the  same  time,  and  that  Richard,  the  son 

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of  Christopher  and  his  wife,  and  Ricliard  the  Pilgirm  and 
his  wife,  were  the  same  age  when  the\'  (hed. 

The  coincidence,  if  it  did  happen,  I  predict  ne\er  had  its 
parallel  before  and  ne\er  will  again  in  the  histor\'  of  the 
world. 

I  desire  now  l)riefl\'  to  call  >"our  attention  to  ^hat  geneal- 
ogists and  others  have  written  in  relation  to  the  Warrens  to 
show^  that  there  was  not  another  Richard  Warren  named  of 
that  generation  except  the  Mayflower  Pilgrim.  The  next 
one  mentioned  was  Richard,  son  of  Nathaniel,  w'ho  was  son 
of  Richard  the  Pilgrim.  We  do  not  find  another  Richard 
Warren  until  we  come  to  the  seventh  generation  from  the 
Mayflower;  so  much  in  relation  to  the  confusion  of  names. 

I  quote  first  from  a  book  entitled  "  The  Wheelers  and 
The  Warrens,"  compiled  by  Henry  W^arren  Wheeler,  Joel 
Munson's  Sons,  publishers,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  1892:  John  War- 
ren, Boston,  Mass.,  1630,  through  Ebenezer  Warren,  Leices- 
ter, Mass.,  1744.  Emigrants  of  this  name  settled  in  Plym- 
outh, Watertown,  and  Boston,  but  no  proof  has  been  dis- 
covered of  a  connection  between  these  families. 

Richard  was  the  first  of  the  name  to  settle  in  America. 
He  came  in  the  Mayflower  and  settled  in  Plymouth.  John 
came  from  England  to  Watertown  in  1630  and  ainother  John 
settled  in  Boston  the  same  year.  Among  the  Virginia  col- 
onists also  there  were  two  Warrens,  Joseph,  who  came  from 
England  in  the  ship  Alice  in  1635  and  afterwards  settled  in 
New^  England,  and  John,  who  came  in  1635  in  the  Plaine 
Joan.  John  Warren  of  Boston  came  with  Go\'ernor  Win- 
throp  in  the  Arbella  and  arrived  in  Salem  12th  June,  1630. 
The  name  John  Warren  appears  in  the  first  list  of  those  who 
took  the  Freeman's  oath  18th  of  May,  1631. 

This  John  w^as  doubtless  the  father  of  Peter,  whose  eld- 
est son  w^as  named  John.  Peter  Warren,  born  in  1628,  pur- 
chased land  in  Boston  8th  March,  1659  and  is  there  styled 
Mariner.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Robert  Tucker 
of  Dorchester,  1st  August,  1660.  Children  of  Sarah  and 
Peter  Warren:  John,  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Elizal)eth,  Robert, 
Ebenezer,  and  Peter.  Children  of  Peter  and  Hannah  War- 
ren (2d  wife) :  Hannah,  Marv,  Robert.  Not  a  Richard  in  this 
list! 

"  History  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,"  by  Francis  S. 
Drake,  published  1878,  page  212:  The  Warren  estate  was 
bought  in  1687  by  Joseph  Warren  (3),  Peter  (2),  John  (1). 
The  Warren  homestead  was  built  by  Joseph  Warren  (3)  in 
1720.  In  November,  1805,  it  came  into  the  possession  of 
Dr.  John  C.  Warren  (5),  Joseph  (4),  Joseph  (3),  Peter  (2), 
John    (1). 

[611 


Joseph  Warren  (4)  and  Mary  (Stevens)  Warren  had  four 
sons:  Joseph  (5),  Samuel  (5),  Eljenezer  (5),  John  (5).  Three 
of  these  sons,  Joseph,  Ebenezer,  and  John  were  in  the  l^attle 
of  Lexington. 

Ebenezer  W.  Pierce  in  his  book  pul:)Ushed  1874,  "  Histor- 
ical, Genealogical,  and  Biographical,"  giNcs  an  account  of  the 
genealogy  of  the  Warrens,  for  which  he  says  he  was  mainly 
indebted  to  Dr.  John  C.  Warren  (5),  being  the  result  of  his 
labors  while  in  Europe  in  1851.  Dr.  John  stated  that  John 
Warren  {22  on  the  chart),  brother  of  Richard  and  son  of 
Christopher  (21)  came  to  America.  Referring  to  the  book 
"  The  Warrens  and  The  Wheelers,"  we  find  three  Johns  men- 
tioned: John  came  from  England  to  Watertown  in  1630  and 
another  John  settled  in  Boston  the  same  year,  and  John  who 
came  in  1635  in  the  ship  Plaine  Joan  and  settled  in  Virginia. 
I  leave  it  for  others  to  decide  which  of  the  three  Johns,  if 
either,  was  John  Warren  (22)  son  of  Christopher  (21),  who 
Dr.  John  Warren  (5)  says  came  to  America. 

What  I  wish  >'ou  in  particular  to  obser\'e  is  that  in  all 
the  history  not  a  Warren  by  the  name  of  Richard  appears 
except  the  Mayflower  Pilgrim. 

In  conclusion,  first  let  me  call  \'our  attention  to  the 
Richard  and  John  on  the  chart,  sons  of  Richard  Warren  and 
Widow  Elizabeth  (Jouat)  Marsh.  Elizabeth  Warren,  wife  of 
Richard,  died  in  Plymouth  in  1673,  aged  ninety  years,  mak- 
ing her  forty  years  old  when  she  came  in  the  Ann  with  her 
five  daughters.  The  father  came  alone  and  three  years  later 
the  mother  came  with  the  fi\'e  daughters.  The  sons  Richard 
and  John  must  ha\'e  been  nearly  twenty  years  old  and  re- 
mained in  England  so  far  as  any  records  show. 

Therefore,  I  believe,  not  finding  any  record  whatever  to 
the  contrary  that  Richard  Warren  (22),  the  Mayflower  Pil- 
grim, w^as  the  son  of  Christopher  Warren  (21)  and  his  wife 
was  Widow  Elizabeth  (Jouat)  Marsh,  and  their  children  were 
Richard,  John,  Mary,  Ann,  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  and  Abigail, 
born  in  England,  and  Nathaniel  and  Joseph,  born  in  Plym- 
outh, Mass.  Nathaniel  was  married  in  1645,  and  Joseph 
was  married  in  1651.  There  is  nothing  to  militate  against  this 
statement.  On  the  contrary  all  the  circumstances  and  records 
so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover  substantiate  in  the 
most  con\incing  manner  the  conclusion  to  whicli  I  ha\e 
arrived. 


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CI  I  ART 

C;o[)if(l  from  llic  C'liarl  ni  I  lie  IlarliTian  Socit'U  of  X'isilations  of  llic 
county  of  I)e\<)iisliiri-,  l-ai-laiul,  dale  of  UiiO. 

18     John  Warren  of  Hedlniry  in  the  parish  of  Ashliurton. 
10     C  iiristo]ilier  Warren  son  and  hv'w. 

20  William    Warren    married    Ann    daui;hter    of    Thomas    Mahle    of 

t'arlstooke  in  ("ornwall. 

('HILl)KKN' 

21  Christopher    Warren    son    and    hi  ir,    married    Aliei-,    daughter    of 

Thomas  Wehh  of  Sidnam. 

Children 

22  Robert  Warren    Ist   son.      Parson  of  Ranie  in   Cornwall   married 

Margaret  daughter  of  I'eter  Burgis  of  Peter  Ta\->'  in  Corn- 
wall. 

22     John  Warren. 

22      Richard     Warren    of    C.reenwiidi     in     Kent.      Mi^reh.uit     married 

Elizabeth  Jouatt  and  relict  of Marsh,  and    had    Richard 

and  John. 

22  Christopher  Warren  of  London  married  Sarah  daughter  of  Nich. 
Opic  of  Phanouth,  England. 

22     Thomas  Warren. 

22  William  Warren  of  London  merchant  married  Mar\'  daughter  ui 
Will  Culling  of  Woodland. 

22     Ann  Warren  married  John  Richards. 

Ann,  wife  of  William  Warren  (20)  married  (2(\)  Will  Culling  and  had 

children: 
William  Culling 
John 
Richard 

Thomas         "        of  London 
22      Rev.  Robert  Warren  1st  sou  I'.irson  of  Rame  in  (^iruwall  married 

ALu->-  daughter  of  Peter  Burgis  (jf  Peter  Tavy  in  Cornwall. 

Children 

Christopher  Warren    1st  son. 

Robert  "  2(1     " 

Thomas  "  3d     " 

Peter  "  4th    " 

Nathaniel  "  S{h   " 

Margaret  "  1st  daughter. 

Anne  "  2d 

According  to  the  foregoing  chart  W'ilhant  Warren  (22,) 
grandson  of  WilHam  Warren  (20)  and  Ann,  married  Mary 
Culling,  granddatighter  of  Ann  by  her  second  husband, 
Will  Tulling. 


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Merci-k  \ 


OPEN   LETTER  OF  MERCER  V.  TILSON 

South  Hanson,  Mass.,  September  23,  1911. 

After  working  for  more  than  twenty  years  in  compiUng 
the  genealogy  of  the  Tilson  family,  I  am  pleased  to  announce 
to  you  that  the  Tilson  genealogy  has  been  published  in  book 
form,  610  pages,  size  6/^  inches  by  9,'/^  inches,  with  thir- 
teen half-tone  illustrations  and  the  family  coat-of-arms, 
and  the  family  name  embossed  in  gold  on  the  front  cover. 

The  book  is  bound  in  cloth  and  makes  a  volume  which, 
I  think,  will  be  a  treasure  to  every  Tilson  who  takes  pride 
in  the  men  and  women  who  have  been  their  ancestors,  and  to 
every  descendant  of  the  Tilsons  whose  lives  are  epitomized 
therein. 

164  1 


The  book  contains  an  account  of  the  faniih'  in  Kngiand 
hack  to  the  \ear  1066  and  of  luhnond  Tilson  wlio  resided  in 
Plymouth,    Klass.,   in    16,S8. 

Three  hinidred  \'oknnes  haxe  been  printed  and  I  do  not 
expect  that  an\-  subsequent  edition  will  be  issued.  These 
\olunies  I  am  offering  for  sale  for  four  dollars,  with  the 
postage  of  twent>'-four  cents,  and  on  receipt  of  this  amount, 
vS4.24,  I  shall  be  pleased  to  mail  the  xolumes  i)ublis]ied  until 
the  edition  is  exhausted. 

Kindly  remit  at  once,  as  I  should  be  pleased,  on  account 
of  the  condition  of  my  health,  to  be  able  to  dispose  of  these 
\()lumes  without  dela\\ 

Ver>'  truly  >'Ours, 

M.  V.  Tii.soN. 


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ROSTER    OF    THE    LIVING    DESCENDANTS  OF 
ROBERT  AND   MARY  (WARREN)   BARTLET 


A 

Allen,  Mrs.  Mary  P Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Blanche      Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Madeline       Springfield,  Mass. 

Ashley,  Mrs.  Daisy  M Elmwood,  Mass. 

Miss  Sarah  H Elmwood,  Mass. 

Allstine,  Mrs.  Myra  B Dalton,  Mass. 

B 

Bartlett,  Ephraim  D Plymouth,  Mass. 

Cornelius     Plymouth,  Mass. 

Cornelius,  Jr Plymouth,  Mass. 

James  E Plymouth,  Mass. 

Francis  K Plymouth,  Mass. 

Robert  A Plymouth,  Mass. 

Miss  Sarah  A Plymouth,  Mass. 

Miss  Mary  J Plymouth,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Hattie  D Plymouth,  Mass. 

Arthur  L Springfield,  Mass. 

Frank  K Springfield,  Mass. 

Herbert  L Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Beatrice      Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Mabel  M Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Katherine  G Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Dorothy  R Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Jessie  M Springfield,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Leota  G Springfield,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Lillian  F Springfield,  Mass. 

Horace      Worthington,  Mass. 

Guy Worthington,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Emily  B.     Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Marguerite      W'orthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Elsie    Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Marian    Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Alice      Worthington,  Mass. 

Charles  C Dalton,  Mass. 

Kenneth    Dalton,  Mass. 

Lewis     Dalton,  Mass. 

Homer     Dalton,  Mass. 

Miss  Mildred     Dalton,  Mass. 

Miss  Thelma    Dalton,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Ida  B Dalton,  Mass. 

Tilson      Lee,  Mass. 

Earl  R Lee,  Mass. 

Richard  W Lee,  Mass. 

George  E Lee,  Mass. 

Miss  Mildred  A Lee,  Mass. 

Miss  Helen  R Lee,  Mass. 

John  A Brockton,  Mass. 

Miss  Marcia  J Brockton,  Mass. 

Miss  Edith  E Brockton,  Mass. 


66  J 


Miss  Isabclle  M Brockton,  Mass. 

Henry  J Roxbury,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Sarah  S Roxbury,  Mass. 

Miss  Sarah  B Roxbury,  Mass. 

Francis      Boston,  Mass. 

Clyde      Boston,  Mass. 

Francis     Manomet,  Mass. 

E.  Paran    Manomet,  Mass. 

Irving  C Greenfield,  Mass. 

Irving  L.,  Jr Greenfield,  Mass. 

Richard  S Greenfield,  Mass. 

Charles  H Dorchester,  Mass. 

Robert  \V New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Miss  L.  Florence     Belmont,  Mass. 

Otis  B Holyoke,  Mass. 

Leroy  C Marshficld  Center,  Mass. 

Walter  R Rockport,  Mass. 

Peter    Hinsdale,  Mass. 

Miss  Julia  A F"lorcnce,  Mass. 

Cecil      Westfield,  Mass. 

Wesley  L Pittsfield,  Mass. 

William  H New  Haven,  Conn. 

Walter  L New  Haven,  Conn. 

Miss  Ruth  T New  Haven,  Conn. 

Miss  Evelyn  A New  Haven,  Conn. 

Lucius  W Windsor,  Conn. 

Warren  T Hartford,  Conn. 

Mrs.  Zilpha  J Windsor,  Conn. 

Miss  Anna  E Hartford,  Conn. 

David  W West  Haven,  Conn. 

Matthew  H E.  Hartford,  Conn. 

Joseph  W Dallas,  Tex. 

Frederick  W Dallas,  Tex. 

Byram    Dallas,  Tex. 

Miss  Ruth      Dallas,  Tex. 

Miss  Gertrude     Dallas,  Tex. 

Richard  W' Tacoma,  Wash. 

Harold      Tacoma,  Wash. 

Miss  Faith     Tacoma,  Wash. 

Ephraim  H Peacham,  Vt. 

Edwin  M Wilmington,  Vt. 

Virgil      Cheyenne,  Wyoming 

Mrs.  Maria  G Cheyenne,  Wyoming 

William  P Richville,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Helen  L Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Howard       Peoria,  Arizona 

Cephas  H Tipton,  la. 

Edward  O Barrington,  R.  I. 

W.  Russell     Harriman,  Tenn. 

Bird,  Horace  A Brockton,  Mass. 

Frederick  H Brockton,  Mass. 

Bearce,  George  H Brockton,  Mass. 

Bird,  Henry  W E.  Bridgewater,  Mass. 

Miss  Helen       E.  Bridgewater,  Mass. 

Simeon  A Campello,  Mass. 

Boomer,  Mrs.  Rebecca  W Campello,  Mass. 

Bird,  W.  Ellery      Kingston,  Mass. 

Brewster,  Miss  Ada  A Kingston,  Mass. 


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Br\ant,  Mrs.  Sarah  W Brant  Rock,  Mass. 

Miss  Edith  E Brant  Rocl<,  Mass. 

Bates,  Mrs.  Amanda  B Worthington,  Mass. 

Frank      \\'orthingt(jn,  Mass. 

Brooks,  Mrs.  Nina    Worthington,  Mass. 

Bird,  Hcnrv  M Stoughton,  Mass. 

Bodfish,  David  L Pahiicr,  Mass. 

Browne,  WiUiam  B Blackington,  Mass. 

Bates,  David  M Plymouth,  Mass. 

Bird,  Luther  O N.  Easton,  Mass. 

Benjamin,  Mrs.  Melissa    W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Bickford,  Marshall    New  York,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Amy  G New  York,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Lucille  G New  York,  N.  Y. 

Barnard,  Mrs.  Mabel  E Garfield,  Utah 

Miss  Sarah      Garfield,  Utah 

Baxter,  Mrs.  Grace     Seattle,  Wash. 

Brown,  Mrs.  Mabel    Seattle,  Wash. 

Burdick,  Mrs.  Alice  P Hartford,  Conn. 

Blackman,  Mrs.  Mary  E Winsted,  Conn. 

Burdick,  Edwin  P Newark,  N.  J. 

Barclay,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  D Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Blackman,  Miss  Willmay         Richmond,  Cal. 

Burton,  Charles  P Aurora,  111. 

Burns,  Mrs.  John,  Jr Boston,  Mass. 

Emily  Longfellow    Boston,  Mass. 

Sih'ia  Warlsworth      Boston,  Mass. 


C 

Car\er,  Horace  A Elmwood,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  A Elmwood,  Mass. 

Cooper,  Mrs.  Mary  D Plymouth,  Mass. 

Clark,  Mrs.  Sarah  B Plymouth,  Mass. 

Cross,  William  B Brockton,  Mass. 

William  W Brockton,  Mass. 

Gushing,  Mrs.  Edith  I Middleboro,  Mass. 

Clark,  George  W W.  Springfield,  Mass. 

Conn,  Mrs.  Mary  M W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Coates,  Mrs.  Anna  G Easthampton,  Mass. 

Cleveland,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M Washington,  D.  C. 

Raymond  M Washington,  D.  C. 

Kilbourne      Worthington,  Ohio 

Cassiday,  Mrs.  Elizabeth       Portland,  Ore. 

P>ederick  W Portland,  Ore. 

Clark,  Mrs.  Catherine  B New  York,  N.  Y. 

Churchill,  Arthur  H Montclair,  N.  J. 

Clark,  Clinton  L Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Colgan,  Mrs.  Addie  W Spokane,  Wash. 


D 

Desoe,  Harlan  J W.  Springfii'ld,  Mass. 

Harlan  T W.  Springfirld,  Mass. 

Lyndon  A W.  Sprinnficid,  Mass. 

Miss  Madoline  T W.  SpringfRld,  .Mass. 

Dewey,  Mrs.  Carrie  K Nc  \v  Lenox,  Mass. 


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Dran    Mrs.  Marian  f Springfield,  Mas 

Dill.  Wallace     Dalton,  Ma. 


E 

K.i.lv.  C-harlesA ^^li'i;"''''-  i;-"^'^- 

■     Albert       ^  1    '-  •     .'-"• 

MissBculah    ^  !'.'"■'  '    ."""• 

MissCirace    ^  1  -'"','     •"""■ 

Miss  Kthel     Milton  ,  Conn. 

Frank  B N\est  Spnnghelc  ,  Mass. 

Carroll  B West  Springfiec  ,  Mass. 

Virginia  Fraye West  Springfield,  Mass. 

(ieorge  Ketika  Park,   N.  \  . 

Fatrer    Miss  Katherine  L.      Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Miss  l.ncy      i^i^lt  '-'I'^i'  '■'i'V'  '  ''^ 

John   ' .: 


Flv,  Nev; 


F 

Franklin,  Mrs.  Mabel  B Hinsdale,  Alass. 

Ip,,vin  Hinsdale,  Mass. 

Farry,  Mrs.  MaryB^      Dorchester,  Mass. 

Fuller,  Mrs.  Mary  E Kingston,  Mass. 

Forbes,  Mrs.  Alice  B Hartford,  C onn. 

Miss  Barbara  H Hartford,  Conn. 

C.eorge  B Hartford,  C  onn. 

Fuller,  Mrs.  Cornelia  P Cilman,  Canacla 

Sylvanus       (iilman,  Canada 

Ferguson,  Mrs.  Jane  T Springfield,  Mass. 


G 

( ",rav    Mrs.  Martha  B Springfield,  Mass. 

( '.ordon    Mrs.  Nellie  B Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Mildred      Springfield,  Mass. 

( -.ranger,  Mrs.  Permelia  B W'orlhington,  Mass. 

( -.ilberl,  Mrs.  Abbev  1 Neponset,  Mass. 

(  .lunz,  Mrs.  Emily  H Easthampton,  Mass. 

Randolph       Holyoke,  Mass. 

( '.arlinger,  Mrs.  Emeline Seatt  e.  Wash. 

;\Iiss  Ifla        Seattle,  Wash. 

( -.ordon,  Kav  "' Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Dorris  1'- Brooklyn,  A.   ^  . 


H 

Haskins  Mrs.  Angeline  T Siiringfield    Mass. 

Miss  Edith       Springfield,  Mass. 

Haves,  Irving  C Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Edith  M Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Ethel  J Springfield,  Mass. 

Hopkins,  Mrs.  Susan  M Weymouth,  Mass. 

Miss  Marv  A Weymouth,  Mass. 


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Harlow,  Mrs.  Minnie  B Whitman,  Mass, 

Miss  Florence  I Whitman,  Mass. 

Hubbard,  Miss  Jennie  S Plymouth,  Mass. 

Miss  Sarah    Plymouth,  Mass. 

Hawley,  George Ware,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Agnes  B W'are,  Mass. 

Holmes,  Mrs.  Ellen  B Brockton,  Mass. 

Harlow,  Miss  Mary  F N.  Easton,  Mass. 

Hawley,  James        W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Hoag,  Mrs.  Susie  W.         Gt.  Barrington,  Mass. 

Hubbard,  Mrs.  Evelyn  B Winsted,  Conn. 

Harrison,  Mrs.  Mattie  B Winsted,  Conn. 

Hoyt,  Mrs.  Madeline  B New  Haven,  Conn. 

Hay,  Mrs.  Edith  C Ft.  Ethan  Allen,  Vt. 

Harned,  Mrs.  Lillian       Portland,  Ore. 


J 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Mary  E Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Miss  Zilpha      Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Miss  Elna     Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Miss  Miriam      Salt  Lake  City,  Utah 

Mrs.  Anna  M Roxbury,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Anna  M Middleboro,  Mass. 


Kilbournc,  Charles    W^orthington,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Mary      Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Beatrice Worthington,  Mass. 

Alfred  B Worthington,  Mass. 

Knapp,  Mrs.  Agnes  P Cummington,  Mass. 

Fordyce  L Cummington,  Mass. 

E.  Clayton     Cummington,  Mass. 

Keith,  Mrs.  Mary  B E.  Bridgewater,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Susan  O E.  Bridgewater,  Mass. 

Kilbournc,  Miss  Lucy     Springfield,  Mass. 

James  N Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Knight,  James       New  Milford,  Conn. 

Miss  Blanche       Brookfield,  Conn. 

Ray     Brookfield,  Conn. 

Mrs.  Mary  Z Middletown,  Conn. 

Kratzer,  Mrs.  Helen  K Windsor,  Conn. 

Kurtz,  Mrs.  Ada  B .Athens,  Ohio 

Kilbournc,  Joseph  N N.  Yakima,  Wash. 


Link,  Mrs.  Jessie  T Superior,  Wis. 

Miss  Margaret       Superior,  Wis. 

Ernest    Superior,  Wis. 

Lovell,  Mrs.  Eugenie  B Whitman,  Mass. 

Logan,  Mrs.  Annie  C Newton  Highlands,  Mass. 

Leonard,  Mrs.  James  B Brockton,  Mass. 

Lapham,  George  A McLouth,  Kan. 


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Longfellow,  Arthur New  York,  N.  V. 

Henrv  (">ren\ille   New  York,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Ellen  T Boston,  Mass. 

Miss  Louise  A Portland,  Me. 

Mrs.  Marian     Boston,  Mass. 


M 

Mason,  Mrs.  Edith      Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Marian       Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Dorris,      Worthington,  Mass. 

Dudley      Worthington,  Mass. 

Stanley      Worthington,  Mass. 

Winifred    Worthington,  Mass. 

Mellen,  Orson  J Dalton,  Mass. 

Lewis  B Dalton,  Mass. 

John  O Dalton,  Mass. 

Mason,  Miss  Flora  L Taunton,  Mass. 

Walter  M Taunton,  Mass. 

Frank  B Taunton,  Mass. 

McGrevy,  Mrs.  Alida W.  Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Dorothy  V W.  Springfield,  Mass. 

Mann,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  B Stoughton,  Mass. 

Moon,  Mrs.  Ella  B Stoughton,  Mass. 

McFarlin,  Miss  Helen       S.  Cowes,  Mass. 

Marshall,  Mrs.  Harriet  A Whitman,  Mass. 

Morton,  Mrs.  Martha  B Plymouth,  Mass. 

Mason,  John  W Northampton,  Mass. 

Miss  Martha      Waltham,  Mass. 

Charles  W Roxbury,  Mass. 

Charles  N New  York,  N.  Y. 

McGregory,  Mrs.  Minnie  T Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Edith     Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Gladys     Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

Donald  E Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

Harry  L Akron,  Ohio 

McCullough,  Mrs.  A.  Starr     Peoria,  Arizona 

Macey,  Mrs.  Mercie  W Somerville,  Mass. 

Morris,  Henry  Wadsworth       C^oldfield,  Nev. 

Edward  F Goldfield,    Nev. 

John  Alden Goldfield,    Nev. 

William  Longfellow     New  York,  N.  Y. 

Winifred  Grey New  York,  N.  Y. 


N 

Nickerson,  Mrs.  Margaret  B Chiltonville,  Mass. 

Miss  Lina  B Chiltonville,  ALass. 

Charles  A Chiltonville,  Mass. 

John  C Chiltonville,  Mass. 

E.  Elliott    Chiltonville,  Mass. 

William  B Worcester,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Polly  M Plymouth,  Mass. 

Nichols,  Mrs.  Cora  L Winsted,  Conn. 

Miss  Leora        Winsted,  Conn. 

Newcomber,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  T Brockton,  Mass. 


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o 

Olds,  Mrs.  Ella  S Dalton,  Mass. 

Silas  S Dalton,  Mass. 

OrcLitt,  Alpheus Napa,  Cal. 


Packard,  Henry    \V.  C'ummington,  Mass. 

Miss  Lillian     \V.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Miss  Margorie    W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Miss  Margaret  A W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

William      W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Muriel    W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

John  H W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Charles  E W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Miss  Olive  M W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Miss  Rachel  M W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Herbert  M W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Thomas  T W.  Cummington,  Mass. 

Harold  C W.  (\immington,  Mass. 

Frank      Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Joseph  A Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Charles  A Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Ralph  A Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

George  O Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Walter  A Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Clifford  I Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Miss  Ida  M Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Miss  Rachel  A Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Miss  Ruth  E Williamshurgh,  Mass. 

Luther  W Plainfield,  Mass. 

Cyrus  W Plainfield,  Mass. 

Clayton  L Plainfiled,  Mass. 

Clifford  S Plainfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Minnie  R Plainfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Anna  E Plainfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Mary  E Plainfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Ruth  A Plainfield,  Mass. 

Henry     Springfield,  Mass. 

Parker    Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Lucy    Springfield,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Mary  C Brockton,  Mass. 

Herman      Brockton,  Mass. 

Payson,  Mrs.  Julia  R Medfield,  Mass. 

Pratt,  Mrs.  Elizaheth  B Dorchester,  Mass. 

Perkins,   Mrs.  Amanda  B Bridgewater,  Mass. 

Porter,  Mrs.  H.  G Middlehoro,  Mass. 

Puffer,  Mrs.  Mary  T Newton,  Mass. 

Pease,  Kenneth      Worthington,  Mass. 

Payson,  Mrs.  Jerusha  H Windsor,  ALiss. 

Packard,  Harry       Pasadena,  Cal. 

Harley     Pasadena,  Cal. 

Payson,  George  E Alexandria,  Ind. 

Packard,  Rohert  B Cincinnati,  Ohio 


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R 

Rice,  Mrs.  I.illa  K Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  K'ssie  K SpriiiKhcUl,  Mass. 

Ralph  \V Springfii-ki,  Mass. 

Reed,  Mrs.  Phebc  A Springfield,  Mass. 

Randall,  Harrison  E Cde\eland,  Ohio 

Rohhins,  Hiram     \binglon,  Mass. 

Miss  Susan  B Ahington,  Mass. 

Robinson,  Miss  Flora  B Medfield,  Mass. 

Rice,  Mrs.  Joanna  T Walt  ham,  Mass. 

Ritchie,  Mrs.  Hortense  K Enfield,  Mass. 

Robbins,  Loring       Turner,  Me. 

Randall,  Herbert       Harttor.l,  Conn. 


Scharf,  Mrs.  Paul    Washington,  D.  C. 

DorothN- Washington,  D.  C. 

Eugene Washington,  D.  C. 

Prisrilla  Alden Washington,  D.  C. 

Smart,  Mrs.  Mar\-  K S])ringfield,  Mass. 

Sydne>',  Jr S])ringfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Virginia    S])ringheld,  Mass. 

Scjuier,  Mrs.  Cora  B Springfield,  Mass. 

Sturtevant,  Aimer  V Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Alice      Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Zilpha       Springfield,  Mass. 

Smith,  Walter    W.  Worthington,  Mass. 

Ralph  W W.  Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  X'erna    W  .  Worthington,  Mass. 

Standish,  Henry  E Middleboro,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Ellen  S Middleboro,  Mass. 

St)ule,  Mrs.  Amanda  B Middleboro,  Mass. 

Smith,  Miss  Dorris  L Holvoke,  Mass. 

Karl  I) Holyoke,  Mass. 

Lawrence  F Holyoke,  Mass. 

Suhanek,  Mrs.  Ermina  B Holyoke,  Mass. 

Strong,  Mrs.  Eunice  B W.  Springfield,  Mass. 

Simmons,  Mrs.  Mary  B Plymouth,  Mass. 

Streeter,  Mrs.  Vesta  W Cummington,  Mass. 

Sampson,  Mrs.  Mary  H.  Northampton,  Mass. 

Sheibley,  Mrs.  Jessie  B W'ashington,  D.  C. 

Singleton,  Frank  E W'ashington,  1).  C 

Mrs.  Blanche  K Washington,  1).  C. 

Sternberger,  William  A Peoria,  .\rizona 

Jesse  H Peoria,  .Arizona 

Schultz,  Mrs.  Velva  M Cedar  Rapids,  la. 

Miss  Ruby      Cednr  Rapids,  la. 

Miss  Mildred  Cedar  Rapids,  la. 

Howard      Cedar  Rapids,  la. 

Earl      Cedar  Rapids,  la. 

Elva     Cedar  Rapids,  la. 

Singleton,  Mrs.  Lucy  B Middletown,  Conn. 

Miss  Clara  I Middletown,  Conn. 

Sylvester,  John  E Wellston,  Ohio 

Short,  Mrs.  Josephine  F Hoboken,  N.  J. 


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Spence,  Mrs.  Lulu  B Tipton,  la. 

Miss  Eva    Tipton,  la. 

Smith,  Kirby       Arlington,  Cal. 


T 


Tower,  Henry  L Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Mary  A Worthington,  Mass. 

Cullen      Worthington,  Mass. 

Walter     Worthington,  Mass. 

Trow,  Mrs.  Ida  B Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Bessie     Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Margaret     Worthington,  Mass. 

Miss  Nancy    Worthington,  Mass. 

Tower,  Charles  W Springfield,  Mass. 

Herbert      Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Esther    Springfield,  Mass. 

Miss  Grace     Springfield,  Mass. 

Tillson,  Edmund     Springfield,  Mass. 

Leroy  E Springfield,  Mass. 

*Mercer  V South  Hanson,  Mass. 

Roland  F Fall  River,  Mass. 

Tower,  Theodore  P Cummington,  Mass. 

Taintor,  Mrs.  Bessie  B Brookline,  Mass. 

Tillson,  Edward  H Naperville,  111. 

Miss  Mabel     Naperville,  111. 

Harold    Naperville,  111. 

Arthur    Naperville,  111. 

Earl    Naperville,  111. 

Fred  H Rockford,  111. 

Miss  Marian   Rockford,  111. 

Town,  Mrs.  Mabel  T Earlville,  111. 

Tillson,  Byron  W Bracebridge,  Canada 

Lawrence  B Bracebridge,  Canada 

Miss  A.  Lenora      Bracebridge,  Canada 

Miss  Dorothy  F Bracebridge,  Canada 

Thrall,  Mrs.  Emma  B Windsor,  Conn. 

Miss  Alice     Windsor,  Conn. 

Oliver    Windsor,  Conn. 

Joseph  B Windsor,  Conn. 

Tillson,  John  Q New  Haven,  Conn. 

Cyrus  M Hamilton,  N.  Y. 


U 

Ulrich,  Mrs.  Flora  B Hartford,  Conn. 

Miss  Olive  E Hartford,  Conn. 

Leroy Manchester,  Conn. 


W 

Wellman,  Mrs.  Mary  E Walpole,  Mass. 

Miss  Fanny      Walpole,  Mass. 

Miss  Louise    Walpole,  Mass. 

Edward  C Walpole,  Mass. 

Charles    Walpole,  Mass. 

♦Since  Deceased. 


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Wood,  Mrs.  Helen  K Cheshire,  Mass. 

Miss  Winifred  B Cheshire,  Conn. 

Fred  L Cheshire,  Mass. 

Wilson,  J.  Edward    Holyoke,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Kate  B Holyoke,  Mass. 

W'catherbee,  Aliss  Blanche  G Marshfield  Hills,  Mass. 

Miss  Clara  G Braintree,  Mass. 

White,  J.  Bartlett     N.  Hanson,  Mass. 

Miss  Eliza  B Brant  Rock,  Mass. 

Wood,  Mrs.  Harriet  B Plymouth,  Mass. 

Williamson,  Mrs.  Flora  B Campello,  Mass. 

Waterman,  Mrs.  Amanda  B Kingston,  Mass. 

White,  Miss  Mabel  M N.  Easton,  Mass. 

Wheaton,  Earl     Springfield,  Mass. 

White,  Mrs.  Emma  B Toledo,  Ohio 

Miss  Flora      Toledo,  Ohio 

W'arren,  Charles  H Providence,  R.  I. 

Weyman,  Wesley New  York,  N.  Y. 

Whitty,  Mrs.  Mabel  H Norfolk,  Va. 


Y 

Young,  Mrs.  Carrie  B Bryantville,  Mass. 

Miss  Grace  M Newark,  N.  J. 

Youmans,  Mrs.  Theodora  W Waureka,  Wis. 


NOTICE  OF  THE  FIFTH  ANNUAL  MEETING 

The  Fifth  Annual  Meeting  and  Reunion  of  the  Society 
of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  (1)  of  Plymouth, 
Mass.,  Inc.,  will  be  held  at  Mountain  Park  Pavilion,  Mt. 
Tom,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  on  Saturday,  July  27,  1912.  A  short 
business  session  at  11  o'clock  a.  m. 

Accommodations  for  a  fifty  cent  dinner  will  be  provided 
from  1  to  2  p.  m.  at  the  Pavilion.  Families  or  parties  who 
desire  to  provide  themselves  with  a  basket  lunch  will  find 
tables  for  their  accommodation  in  the  park. 

Trolley  cars  from  Springfield  and  Holyoke  to  Mountain 
Park  every  ten  minutes.  Good  hotel  accommodations  can 
be  obtained  in  Springfield  or  Holyoke  for  those  who  wish 
to  spend  more  than  the  day  in  the  vicinity. 

Mt.  Tom  and  Mountain  Park  furnish  special  attrac- 
tions for  an  all-day's  pleasure  trip.  Come  early  and  stay 
late  and  let  us  enjoy  the  day  together. 

Descendants,  with  Friends,  All  Welcome. 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  President. 
Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek,  Secretary. 

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ADDRESS  OF  WELCOME  BY  THE  PRESIDENT 
Fifth  Axxual  Reunion.  Jin.v  27,   1912 

Members  of  the  Robert  Bartlet  Soeiety,  Brethren  and  Friends: 

It  is  with  much  pleasure  that  I  greet  you  again  today  and 
extend  to  vou  a  heart\'  welcome  to  this  our  fifth  annual 
meeting  and  reunion. 

The  sign  at  the  entrance  is  not  as  clean  and  spcjtless  as 
are  the  characters  of  those  assembled  here,  but  it  has  the 
distinction  of  ha\'ing  reported  for  duty  at  every  meeting  from 
the  beginning.  We  ha\'e  no  extended  program  of  exercises 
this  \ear,  thinking  it  better  to  gi\e  the  time  aside  from  the 
business  meeting,  to  sociability,  making  the  acquaintance  of 
the  members  of  our  family  and  enjoying  the  pleasures  of  this 
beautiful  mountain  resort.  For  this  reason  I  will  occupy 
but  a  few  minutes  <jf  \()ur  time.  There  is  another  reason, 
but  ne\er  mind  that. 

During  the  past  year  we  ha\e  lost  three  members  by 
death,  Mrs.  Amanda  B.  Waterman,  of  Kingston,  Mrs. 
Alice  P.  Burdick,  sister  of  the  President,  and  Mr.  Mercer  V. 
Tilson,  First  Vice-President  of  the  Society.  Mention  of 
them  will  be  made  in  the  Historian's  report.  You  will  par- 
don me,  however,  if  I  say  a  word  in  regard  to  Mr.  Tilson. 

Our  acquaintance  began  in  1905,  when  I  engaged  him  to 
trace  out  my  ancestral  line,  which  I  did  not  know  back  of 
the  fifth  generation  from  Robert.  In  1908  I  spent  a  week's 
vacation  at  his  home  in  South  Hanson  and  together  we  trav- 
eled over  the  roads  of  Stoughton,  Halifax,  and  Plymouth 
and  learned  many  things  which  were  invaluable  to  me  and 
the  Bartlett  Society  also.  He  loved  the  work  and  ga\e  freely 
of  his  time  in  searching  for  the  Boulder  and  superintending 
the  work  of  erecting  our  memorial  to  Robert  and  Mary  (War- 
ren) Bartlet.  He  was  of  great  assistance  to  your  President 
and  I  feel  his  lots  a  personal  one. 

It  is  with  regret  I  have  to  state  that  our  Historian, 
Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  of  Brookline,  Mass.,  who  is  reco\- 
ering  from  a  \ery  sexere  illness,  is  not  able  to  be  present  with 
us  toda\-.  She  writes  that  her  enforced  al)sence  is  a  bitter 
disappointment  lo  her. 

We  haxe  with  us  here  today  some  officers  and  members 
of  the  Tower  Genealogical  Society  of  Hingham,  Mass. 
The  Towers,  the  Tillsons,  and  the  Bartletts  are  so  blended 
together  on  genealogical  lines  in  this  western  part  of  Mass- 
achusetts, I  trust  you  will  pardon  me  if  I  again  inflict  upon 
you  a  little  of  their  histors'. 

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Peter  Tower  (5)  niarric>(l  Deborah  Slowi-ll,  in  lliniihani, 
Mass..  Xo\eniher  2i^.  1 74().  I\'ler  Towit  ri'UioM'd  from 
Hintiham  to  ("uniniinulon,  Mass.,  near  the  close  ol  the  l\e\()- 
lutionary  War.  At  this  lime  or  soon  after  his  sexeral  ehil(h-en 
(there  were  ten  of  them)  went  there  also.  His  oldest  child 
and  daughter  Leah  (6)  who  had  married  Nathaniel  Tower  (5) 
was  among  the  number.  Nathaniel  Tower  (5)  married  JA'ah 
Tower  (b)  in  Hingham,  October  18,  1770.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  War  of  the  Re\()lution,  and  here  1  wish  to  (luoli-  xou 
from  the  Tower  (lenealogy: 

"  A  Pension  of  S66.66  per  Annum  was  granted  to  hi-- 
widow  Leah  Tower,  Dec.  9,  1845  with  arrears  to  Sept.  1845 
of  sS966.57.  At  the  date  of  the  Certificate  she  had  entered 
upon  the  99th  year  of  her  age.  In  her  affidavit  Leah  Tower 
says,  '  We  were  extremely  poor  and  his  wages  would  not  sup- 
port our  family,  and  he  was  advised  to  remove  to  the  west- 
ern part  of  the  state.  Have  heard  m\-  mother  sa\-  they 
moved  with  an  ox  team  and  were  weeks  on  the  way  and  his 
pay  as  a  soldier,  sSlS.OO  per  month  in  Continental  money, 
would  buy  just  fi\e  quarts  of  milk  at  that  time.'  He  seems  to 
have  removed  about  1780  and  near  this  time  a  number  of  his 
relations  by  the  name  of  Tower  and  man>-  others  of  other 
names  who  were  relatives  removed  from  Hingham,  Cohasset, 
Weymouth,  and  the  vicinity,  to  the  hill  towns  west  ot  the 
Connecticut  River,  then  for  the  most  part  unoccupied,  where 
they  became  important  factors  in  con\erting  this  wilderness 
into  well  cultivated  and  flourishing  farms,  rearing  large  fam- 
ilies of  sons  and  daughters,  who  in  their  turn  have  repeated 
the  lessons  of  enterprise  and  industry  so  thoroughh-  learned 
upon  those  hill-tops  and  have  gone  out  through  successive 
generations  in  other  fields  to  reclaim  the  wilderness  until 
the  waves  of  the  Pacific  Ocean  bar  an>-  further  progress." 

Leah  Tower  died  in  Cummington,  January-  23,  1847,  aged 
ninety-nine  years,  two  months,  nine  days.  I  was  nearl\- 
six  years  old  when  she  died.  I  remember  going  with  m\- 
parents  once  to  ^•isit  her,  probably  from  the  circumstance  that 
she  gave  me  a  silver  five-cent  piece  at  the  time. 

The  Tilsons  removed  from  Halifax  to  Cummington  and 
Edward  Bartlett  with  his  family  of  twelve  children  removed 
from  Stoughton  to  Cummington  in  1795.  Seth  Ames  and  Isaac 
Bird  of  Stoughton  followed  two  of  the  daughters,  Elizabeth 
and  Zilpha,  and  took  them  back  to  Stoughton.  The  rest  of 
the  family  remained  in  Cummington. 

The  Towers,  Tilsons,  and  Bartletts  owned  farms  adjoin- 
ing each  other  and  their  homes  were  less  than  a  mile  a])ari. 
Steven  Tower  (6),  son  of  Peter  (5),  married  Anna  Bowkcr 
of  Scituate,   April   21,    1776.     They  had    1.^  children   and   84 

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grandchildren.  Four  of  the  children  of  Edward  Bartlett 
married  Towers,  and  two  of  them  married  Tilsons. 

Welcome  Tilson,  brother  of  Edmund  (who  owned  and  lived 
on  the  Bryant  place  for  many  years)  married  Leah  Tower  (7), 
whose  mother  was  a  Bartlett.  From  the  foregoing  four  fam- 
ilies, one  Bartlett,  one  Tower,  and  two  Tilsons,  have  descended 
about  400  of  the  600  Bartlett  descendants  we  have  on  our 
mailing  list,  and  more  than  100  of  them  live  within  a  radius 
of  twenty-five  miles  of  Springfield,  Springfield  being  the 
banner  town  in  the  state.  What  more  fitting,  then,  than 
this  our  fifth  annual  meeting  and  reunion  should  be  held  at 
this  beautiful  park  under  the  shadow  of  Mt.  Tom  and,  on 
the  other  side  of  the  Connecticut,  Mt.  Holyoke,  standing  as 
sentinels  to  watch  and  guard  over  those  beautiful  valleys 
which  were  the  ancestral  homes  of  so  many  of  us. 

The  roster  which  we  have  here,  that  was  issued  January, 
1911,  containing  450  names,  has  168  names  who  are  descendants 
of  Robert  Bartlet  (1)  and  John  Tower  (1),  136  descendants  of 
Robert  Bartlet  (1)  and  Edmund  Tillson  (1),  and  84  who  are 
descendants  of  all  three  of  them. 

I  received  a  letter  from  one  member  saying  he  was  plan- 
ning to  come  all  the  way  from  Chicago  for  the  purpose  of 
seeing  what  there  is  to  the  Bartlett-Tower-Tillson  combina- 
tion. I  trust  you  all  may  receive  both  pleasure  and  profit 
in  this  coming  together  and  carry  away  with  you  to  your 
homes  such  pleasant  memories  of  the  occasion  that  you  will 
resolve  to  come  again  next  year. 


SECRETARY'S  REPORT 

(For  Preceding  Year) 

Aug.  12,  1911. 

Report  of  the  Fourth  Annual  Reunion  of  the  Bart- 
lett Society 

The  Fourth  Annual  Reunion  of  the  descendants  of  Robert 
(1)  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlet,  was  held  in  Plymouth,  Mass., 
on  Saturday,  August  12,  1911. 

The  morning  session  held  in  the  Chapel  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  for  the  transaction  of  business,  opened  at  10.30 
with  a  few  words  of  welcome  by  the  President,  Mr.  Lucius 
Warren  Bartlett,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  a  song  "  Summer  is 
Here,"  by  Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins,  of  Weymouth,  Mass. 

The  roll-call  of  members  proved  thirty-two  present  at 
that  hour  to  answer  to  their  names,  and  fiftv-seven  names  in- 


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eluding  visitors  were  registered  in  the  Journal  as  attending 
the  morning  session. 

The  Secretary's  report  of  the  previous  meeting  was  read 
and  accepted.  The  Treasurer's  report  and  that  of  work  for 
the  vear,  were  also  read  and  accepted. 

Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet  moved  a  rising  vote  of  thanks  to 
the  Secretary  for  the  work  she  had  done  during  the  year. 
This  was  cheerfully  given  and  later  a  very  hearty  vote  of 
thanks  was  accorded  to  the  President  for  his  faithful  services 
in  the  interest  of  the  Society. 

The  elections  of  officers  for  the  coming  year  followed 
these  reports.  The  officers  of  the  previous  year  were  unani- 
mously elected,  the  votes  being  cast  by  the  Secretary,  and  were 
as  follows: 

President,  Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  Hartford,  Conn. 

First  Vice-President,  Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson,  South  Hanson, 
Mass. 

Second  Vice-President,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  Dorches- 
ter, Mass. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek, 
Holyoke,  Mass. 

Historian,  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Under  the  head  of  new  business,  the  committee  on  by- 
laws presented  three  amendments  for  consideration,  notice 
of  which  had  been  previously  sent  to  all  members  of  the 
Society. 

First.  To  see  if  the  Society  will  repeal  Section  1  of  Article  V  of  the 
By-Laws,  and  insert  in  place  thereof  the  words:  "  Section  1.  Fiscal 
Year.  —  The  Fiscal  Year  of  the  Society  shall  be  from  January  1st  to 
December  31st.  New  members  who  join  the  Society  between  October 
1st  and  December  31st  of  any  given  year,  and  paying  the  membership 
fee,  shall  be  considered  as  having  paid  their  annual  dues  for  the  next  suc- 
ceeding fiscal  year. 

Second.  To  see  if  the  Society  will  amend  Section  1  of  Article  VI  of 
the  By-Laws  to  read  as  follows:  ''Dues. — The  membership  fee  which  each 
member  shall  pay  on  joining  the  Society  shall  be  one  dollar  ($1.00),  and 
thereafter  there  shall  be  an  annual  fee  of  one  dollar  ($1.00),  due  and  pay- 
able to  the  Treasurer  on  the  first  of  January  each  year." 

Third.  To  see  if  the  Society  will  amend  the  By-Laws  by  adding  the 
following  words  to  be  designated  as  Section  2,  Article  11:  ''Associate 
Members.  — The  ofiicers  and  members  of  other  societies  of  similar  charac- 
ter and  objects  and  other  interested  persons  upon  application,  paying  the 
membership  fee  and  being  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee,  may  be 
enrolled  as  associate  members  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  the  Society 
except  voting  and  holding  ofifice.  The  husband  or  wife  of  a  descendant, 
who  is  not  in  his  or  her  own  right  a  descendant  of  Robert  Bartlet,  of 
Plymouth,  may  be  eligible  as  an  associate  member  under  this  clause." 
Ermixa  Bartlett  Suhanek,  Secretary. 
L.  \V.  Bartlett,  President. 


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These  three  anienchnenls  were  acted  upon  separately 
and  each  passed  by  unanimous  \'ote. 

Owing  to  the  change  in  the  date  of  the  fiscal  year  frt)ni 
January  1  to  December  31,  instead  of  as  formerly  from  June 
1  to  May  31,  it  was  voted  that  all  who  had  paid  one  dollar 
membership  fee  at  this  meeting  be  given  receipt  in  full  for 
dues  to  December  31,  1912,  and  that  all  who  had  paid  fifty 
cents  since  Ma>-  31,  1911,  should  also,  upon  the  payment  of 
another  fiftv  cents,  be  given  receipt  in  full  to  December  31, 
1912. 

The  matter  of  some  permanent  badge  for  the  members  of 
the  Societ\-  was  brought  up  b>-  \'our  President.  A  sample 
design  was  exhibited  which  seemed  pleasing  to  the  members. 
Several  expressed  a  wish  for  such  a  badge  and  wanted  to 
order  more  than  one.      No  further  action  was  taken. 

The  Secretary  was  ably  assisted  during  this  session  l^y 
Miss  Anna  E.  Bartlett,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  received  and 
made  record  of  dues  paid  and  of  contributions  to  the  Memorial 
Fund,  also  by  Miss  Alice  M.  Thrall,  of  Windsor,  Conn., 
who  registered  the  name  and  address  of  each  member  and 
guest  attending. 

There  being  no  further  business  at  12.30  the  meeting 
adjourned  for  lunch  ser\'ed  in  Wesleyan  Hall  by  the  Ladies' 
Aid  Societ}'  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  It  was 
cause  for  much  regret  that  such  an  enjoyable  dinner  must 
be  hastened  that  we  might  take  the  1.15  car  for  the  site  of 
the  Memorial  Tablet,  where  the  afternoon  exercises  were  to 
be  held.  The  day  was  a  perfect  one  and  the  pri\'ilege  of 
sitting  in  the  open  air,  in  the  shade  of  the  near  trees,  to  dedi- 
cate the  beautiful  Memorial  Tablet  right  before  us  was  a 
happy  diversion  from  the  business  session  of  the  morning. 
The  memory  of  the  occasion  will  linger  long  in  the  minds 
of  those  so  fortunate  as  to  be  present. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  our  Second  Vice-President, 
was  presiding  ofiicer  for  the  afternoon.  The  exercises  opened 
with  a  song,  "The  Golden  Pathway,"  by  Miss  Mary  A.  Hop- 
kins. The  songs  rendered  by  Miss  Hopkins  were  ver^'  pleas- 
ing additions  to  our  program  and  we  felt  proud  I  am  sure  of 
so  fine  a  singer  in  our  family. 

The  next  treat  for  the  afternoon  was  a  paper  on  "  The 
Ancestry  of  the  Warrens,"  by  our  President,  Mr.  Lucius 
Warren  Bartlett.  Following  this  w^as  a  very  interesting 
review  of  the  history  of  the  Society  from  its  organization  to 
the  present  time  by  our  Historian,  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow. 
She  included  in  her  review  some  liistorical  notes  of  its  officers, 
especially  of  the  President  and  in  lier  ]iapp\'  wa>'  lield  and 
cliarmed  her  audience  to  the  last. 

[  HO  ] 


Unfortunately  Mrs.  Flora  S.  Matthewson,  of  South 
Braintree,  Mass.,  Secretary  of  the  Alden  Kindred  of  America, 
whose  name  was  on  the  program,  could  not  be  present. 

Mr.  George  Warren  Tower,  of  South  Boston,  President 
of  the  Tower  Genealogical  Society,  preached  us  a  little  ser- 
mon, as  he  called  it,  from  the  text,  Faith,  Hope,  and  Cliarity. 
He  emphasized  the  teaching  of  the  fifth  commandment, 
honor,  love,  and  reverence  for  our  ancestors  and  urged  upon 
his  audience  the  advisability  of  keeping  a  record  or  histor>- 
of  their  lives,  assuring  them  that  it  would  be  esteemed  a  most 
choice  possession  by  their  descendants. 

Rev.  George  A.  Smith,  of  Boston,  Secretary  of  the  Amer- 
ican Society  of  Colonial  Families,  gave  us  a  fine  talk,  his 
theme  being  "  (k-tting  Together."  I  think  he  almost  per- 
suaded us  to  join  the  Society  he  represented  and  be  in  name 
as  we  are  in  truth,  one  of  the  Colonial  Families  of  America. 

Remarks  were  made  by  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  and  other 
members  of  the  Society. 

After  all  this  fine  entertainment,  the  sun  was  sinking 
behind  the  trees  and  with  the  song  "  Home,  Sweet  Home," 
by  Miss  Hopkins,  and  the  benediction  by  Rev.  George  A. 
Smith,  the  Bartlett  Famih^  separated  hoping  to  meet  again 
next   year. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Ermina  Bartlett  Suhankk,  Sccretarv. 


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Treasurer's  Report,  1911-12 


Receipts 


MenilxTship  fees  at  $1.00  for  1911 
"  "  "  "  1912 
"     ' 1913 

Total         .... 

Contributions  for  Memorial  Tablet: 
Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet 
Mrs.  Hattie  R.  Bartlctt      . 
Mr.  W.  EUerv  Bird    . 
Mr.  C.  H.  Bartlett     . 
Mr.  William  H.  Bartlctt     . 
Miss  L.  Florence  Bartlett  . 
Mrs.  Edith  Carman  Hay    . 
Mr.  Horace  Bird 

Total         .... 

Total  Receipts 

Cash  in  Treasury  at  last  Report 

Grand  Total 


$2.00 

105.00 

2.00 


$109.00 

$2 .  00 

1.00 

1.00 

1.00 

2.00 

1.00 

1.00 

.50 

$9 .  50 


$109.00 


$9 .  50 

$118.50 
1.50 

$120, CO 


Expenditures 

To  rent  of  chairs,  August  12,  1911 
Delivery  and  return  of  chairs 
Dinner  tickets  for  guests 
"  Janitor  service      .... 
"   Floral  emblem  for  the  late  Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson 
"   Call  for  1912  reunion 

Printing  of  same 
"   4  packages  of  stamped  envelopes    . 
"    Badges  for  1912  reunion 
Paid  on  deficit  of  last  report 

Total  Expenses 
Balance  in  Treasury 

Grand  Total        .... 


$2 

00 

5 

.00 

3 

00 

1 

00 

5 

00 

9 

00 

3 

75 

2 

16 

4 

82 

80 

89 

$116.62 

3 

38 

$120.00 


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HISTORIAN'S  RP:P0RT 
Annual  Report  of  thh  Historian,  July  27,  1912 

Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  and  Mar>'  Warren  his 
wife,  place  another  milestone  today  in  the  history  of  this 
Society.  The  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mrs.  FLrmina  Bart- 
lett  Suhanek,  has  given  you  the  statistics  of  the  Society  as 
to  numbers  and  membership,  finances,  etc.  It  is  m>'  pro\ince 
to  endeavor  to  give  a  history  of  the  work  of  the  past  >ear. 

As  ever,  we  owe  to  the  untiring  zeal,  the  steady  purpose, 
and  generous  response  of  our  President,  Lucius  W.  Bartlett, 
most,  if  not  all,  of  our  success  and  progress.  At  the  last 
regular  meeting  or  reunion  of  the  Societ>-  it  was  voted  to 
raise  the  "  dues  "  to  the  rate  of  SI. 00  per  annum  instead  of 
the  manifestly  inadequate  sum  of  fifty  cents.  This  has  been 
a  wise  step.  The  Society  has  this  year  called  the  reunion 
at  another  place  than  Plymouth,  thus  giving  recognition  to 
the  central  portion  of  the  state.  An  insignia,  embodying  the 
Bartlet  coat-of-arms,  has  been  definitely  adopted  this  year. 
It  is  beautiful  in  design  ;  is  modest  in  proportions,  and  is 
well  worthy  a  place  in  the  finest  collection  of  insignia  of 
patriotic  and  genealogical  bodies. 


Insignia  of  the  Society 

The  Society  has  become  a  part  of  the  American  Society  of 
Colonial  Families,  thus  adding  to  its  usefulness  and  extend- 
ing its  influence.  At  two  of  the  large  bancjuets  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Colonial  Families,  held  in  Boston,  the  Society 
of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass., 
was  represented;  the  first  one  being  on  October,  1911,  at 
Ford  Building,  Beacon  Hill,  where  your  Historian  had  the 
honor  to  deliver,  by  request,  an  address,  and  the  other  in 
xA.pril  of  1912,  at  Park  Street  Church,  Boston,  when  your 
President,  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  gave  a  paper  on  "  The 
Origin  and  Progress  of  the  Societ\-  of  the  Descendants  of  Rob- 
ert Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,"  which  was  listened  to  with 
marked  interest. 

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Nfxrology 

Death  has  taken  from  our  midst  our  First  Vice-President, 
Mercer  V.  Tilson,  of  South  Hanson,  Mass.,  who  passed  from 
our  midst  on  May  28,  1912.  He  was  ever  an  earnest  worker 
for  the  welfare  of  the  Society,  ably  seconding  the  efforts  of 
our  President.  One  of  the  local  papers  published  an  interest- 
ing accotuit  of  Mr.  Tilson,  as  soldier,  genealogist,  and  author. 
His  "  Tilson  Genealogy  "  has  been  published  since  our  reunion 
of  last  year,  and  was  the  result  of  much  careful  investigation, 
and  is  a  book  of  value  to  genealogists.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Old  Bridgewater  Historical  Society.  Mr.  Tilson's 
funeral  was  held  in  the  Congregational  Church  at  South 
Hanson,  June  2,  1912,  where  his  favorite  hymns,  "  Nearer, 
my  God,  to  Thee,"  "  Abide  with  Me,"  and  that  beautiful 
one,  "  One  Sweetly  Solemn  Thought,"  were  sung  by  a  quar- 
tette. We  miss  him  from  our  midst  and  it  is  due  his  memory 
that  we  should  today  express  our  appreciation  of  him  as  a 
man  and  a  valued  officer  of  the  Society. 

Death  has  also  taken  a  member  of  the  Society  this  year. 
Mrs.  Alice  P.  Burdick,  a  sister  of  our  President,  died  January 
4,  1912,  at  the  home  of  her  son,  Mr.  Edwin  P.  Burdick,  in 
Millburn,  N.J.  Mrs.  Burdick  had  been  in  failing  health  for  a 
long  time. 

In  closing  this  report,  your  Historian  regrets  that  a  long 
and  severe  illness  prevents  her  attendance  at  the  reunion 
of  the  "  Society  of  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet,  of  Plym- 
outh, Mass.,"  and  to  wish  e\'ery  member  of  it  Godspeed. 

Mariax  Longfellow,  Historian. 


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CALL    LOR    rUL  SIXTH  ANNUAL  RKUNION 

Notice  is  luTchx-  s^ixt'ii  ihal  llic  Sixth  Annual  ^k'etinl^ 
and  Reunion  of  the  Society  of  tlie  Descenchmts  of  Robert 
Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  Inc.,  will  be  held  in  the  \-estry 
of  the  Porter  Church,  North  Main  Street,  Brockton,  Mass., 
on  Saturday,  August  16,  19L3.  The  vestry  will  be  open 
all  day  for  the  accommodation  of  those  who  attend.  The 
Porter  Church  is  about  tliree  minutes'  walk  from  the  railroad 
station.  For  those  who  want  hotel  accommodations  would 
recommend  tlie  Fraser  house,  No.  148  Main  Street;  rooms 
75  cents  per  (la\-   for  sinule  person,  $1.00  for  two. 

PRO(iRAM 

The  morning  will  be  dexoted  to  becoming  ac(|uainted  with 
the  members  of  our  famil\-  who  are  present.  At  1  L,^()  a.  m. 
the  meeting  x\ill  (-ome  to  order  for  the  business  session.  At 
1.30  p.  m.  there  will  be  a  recess  for  dinner,  which  will  be 
serx'ed  at  the  "  Bon-Ton  "  restaurant,  24  West  Elm  Street. 
Price,  50  cents  per  plate.  After  the  dinner  there  will  be 
\oluntary  speaking  and  music  from  members  and  others  for 
the  remainder  of  the  day. 

Rev.  George  A.  Smith,  secretary  of  the  American  Soci- 
ety of  Colonial  Families  has  accepted  an  invitation  to  be 
present.  The  American  Society  of  Colonial  F'amilies  in 
which  the  Bartlet  Society  holcL  membership,  i)ul)lishes 
a  magazine  called  "  The  Colonial,"  issued  quarterh'.  Sub- 
scription price  lift>'  cents  per  year.  Each  society  has  one 
page,  each  issue,  for  its  exclusi\'e  use,  and  the  descendants 
of  such  society  are  requested  to  send  fifty  cents  to  their  sec- 
retary as  a  subscription  and  thereby  keep  in  touch  with  what 
their  own  and  other  societies  are  doing. 

The  Historian  is  compiling  a  complete  report  of  our  Soci- 
ety's work  from  its  organization  in  1908.  The  meeting  of 
August  16,  1913,  will  be  included  therein.  It  will  be  pub- 
lished in  pamphlet  form  by  the  Society  and  s(jld  to  members 
and  others  at  cost  of  publication,  thus  preserving,  in  perma- 
nent form,  these  valuable  records  for  those  who  come  after 
us.  It  is  also  proposed  to  place  a  certain  number  of  copies  of 
this  report  in  the  larger  libraries.  We  earnestly  request  all 
members  who  would  like  a  copy  for  self  or  friends  to  notify 
the  Secretary  to  that  elTect. 

The  insignia  of  the  society  is  a  pin  in  white  and  black 
enamel  and  gold,  a  facsimile  of  which  \'ou  will  lind  on  the 
corner  of  the  envelope.  Upon  receipt  of  75  cents  by  the  sec- 
retary one  of  these  pins  will  be  mailed  to  you. 

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Extracts  from  the  By-Laws 

Article  II,  Section  1.  Membership:  Any  person  by  making 
application  to  the  Secretary  and  proving  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  executive  board  that  the  appHcant  is  a  descendant  of 
Robert  (1)  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlet  and  paying  a  mem- 
bership fee  of  $1.00  may  become  a  member  of  the  Society. 

Article  II,  Sec.  2.  Associate  Members:  The  officers  or 
members  of  other  societies  of  similar  character  and  other  in- 
terested persons  upon  application,  paying  the  membership  fee 
and  being  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee,  may  be  en- 
rolled as  associate  members,  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of 
the  Society  except  voting  or  holding  office.  The  husband 
or  wife  of  a  descendant  who  is  not  in  his  or  her  own  right  a 
descendant  of  Robert  of  Plymouth,  may  be  eligible  as  an 
associate  member  under  this  clause. 

Article  V,  Sec.  1.  The  fiscal  year  of  the  Society  shall 
be  from  January  1  to  December  31,  inclusive.  Members  who 
join  the  Society  between  October  1  and  December  31  of  any 
given  year,  and  pay  the  membership  fee,  shall  be  considered 
as  having  paid  their  annual  dues  for  the  next  succeeding 
fiscal  year. 

Article  VI,  Sec.  1.  The  dues  which  each  member  shall 
pay  on  joining  the  Society  shall  be  SI. 00,  and  thereafter  there 
shall  be  an  annual  fee  of  SI. 00,  payable  to  the  Treasurer  on 
the  first  day  of  January  each  year. 

Mrs.  Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek,  Secretary. 
Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  President. 


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President's  Address  of  Welcome 
Sixth  Annual  Reunion 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  Members  and  Friends  of  the  Society 
of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet,  of  Plymouth,  Mass:  It 
gives  me  great  pleasure  to  again  welcome  \'ou  to  this,  our 
sixth  reunion  and  fifth  anniversar\'. 

The  persons  bearing  the  name  of  Bartlett  in  this  country 
are  legion.  Thomas  Edward  Bartlett  in  his  book,  published 
in  1892,  gives  on  page  88  the  names  of  twenty-three  Bartlets, 
original  settlers,  who  came  to  these  New  England  colonies 
previous  to  1700  (nearly  all  of  w^hom  are  known  to  have  had 
descendants),  Robert  of  Plymouth  being  the  first.  Thomas 
Edward's  book,  and  one  other  somewhat  smaller,  by  Levi 
Bartlett  of  Warner,  N.  H.,  are  the  only  genealogical  books  of 
the  Bartlets  that  I  am  aware  of  and  these  contain  onl\'  their 
own  direct  ancestral  lines.  Thomas  Edward  from  John 
Bartlet  of  Weymouth  and  Cumberland,  1666,  Levi  Bart- 
lett from  Richard  Bartlet  of  Newbury,  1635. 

Of  the  Bartlett  Societies  I  know  of  but  one  other,  that  of 
Robert  Bartlet,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  1640,  said  to  have 
been  of  Cambridge,  Mass.  in  1632,  removed  to  Northampton 
in  1665  and  was  killed  there  by  the  Indians  in  1676.  Octa\'- 
ius  W.  Bartlett,  of  Meriden,  Conn.,  is  Secretary. 

In  the  short  time  to  which  I  must  confine  my  remarks, 
perhaps  a  brief  account  of  how  this  Bartlet  Society  came 
into  existence  might  be  of  interest.  Soon  after  the  close  of 
the  war  of  the  Revolution,  four  families  removed  from  this 
section  of  Massachusetts  to  Cummington,  which  at  that 
time  w^as  nearly  an  unbroken  forest.     They  w^ere: 

Peter  Tower  (5),  10  children,  from  Hingham;  Fxlward 
Bartlett  (5),  12  children,  from  Stoughton;  Edmund  Tilson 
(7),  13  children,  from  Halifax;  Welcome  Tilson  (7),  5  children, 
from  Halifax. 

They  settled  on  land  adjoining  each  other.  This  colony 
of  forty  persons  naturally  intermarried  more  or  less,  as  the 
result  of  which  we  have  on  our  mailing  list  ai)out  four  hundred 
living  descendants  of  these  four  families. 

Some  time  previous  to  the  publication  of  the  Tower 
Genealogy  in  1891,  a  representative  of  Charlemagne  Tower 
came  to  Cummington  and  stopped  at  the  home  of  Luther  B. 
Tower,  a  son  of  Stephen  and  Milly  (Bartlett)  Tower.  He 
w^as  there  several  weeks  collecting  data  for  the  Tower  Geneal- 
ogy- 
It  was  at  that  time  I  became  interested  to  know  who  my 
Bartlett   ancestors   were.     In    the    family    Bible   of   Stephen 

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and  MilK'  (Bartlelt)  Tower  was  this  record:  Benjamin  Bart- 
let,  died  April  23,  1786,  age  77;  Hannah  Bartlet,  died 
December  17,  1799,  age  86.  Millie  (Bartlett)  Tower  said  these 
were  her  grandparents,  father  and  mother  of  Edward  Bart- 
lett, who  came  from  Stoughton.  Beyond  this  record  no 
one  of  the  descendants  there  could  give  me  any  information. 
Time  went  on,  and  in  1905  a  notice  came  into  my  hands 
from  Mercer  V.  Tilson  of  South  Hanson,  that  the  Tilson 
Genealogy  was  ready  for  publication,  and  asking  for  sub- 
scriptions for  the  book. 

My  grandmother  being  a  Tilson,  I  subscribed  for  a  copy. 
It  came  to  my  mind  then  that  Mr.  Tilson  would  be  just  the 
person  to  trace  my  ancestral  line  in  the  eastern  part  of  the 
state.  Correspondence  followed,  and  with  this  clue  from 
the  family  Bible  he  found  on  the  Plymouth  records  the  mar- 
riage of  Benjamin  Bartlet  and  Hannah  Stevens,  April  8, 
1737.  They  were  born  in  Plymouth  and  the  date  of  their 
birth  corresponded  with  the  age  and  date  in  this  Bible  rec- 
ord. The  line  from  this  Benjamin  (4)  to  Robert  (1)  was  eas- 
ily traced.  They  had  a  son  born  in  Plymouth  May  7,  1739. 
From  that  date  this  family  completely  disappeared  from  the 
Plymouth  records.  Where  did  they  go?  When  did  they 
arrive  in  Stoughton?  I  went  to  South  Hanson,  and  with 
Mr.  Tilson  we  canvassed  Stoughton  and  adjoining  places 
to  find  some  person  who  could  locate  the  Bartlet  place. 

Isaac  Bird  of  Stoughton  married  one  of  Edward  Bart- 
let's  daughters  and  one  of  his  descendants  said  he  would 
show  me  the  old  Bartlett  place,  for  he  had  hunted  through- 
out the  neighborhood  when  a  boy.  He  went  with  me  and 
we  found  the  three  cellars,  which  were  near  together,  where 
Benjamin  Bartlet,  Sr.,  and  his  two  sons,  Benjamin,  Jr., 
and  Edward  lived.  Mr.  Tilson  in  searching  the  records 
for  names  of  those  who  owned  land  adjoining  the  Bartlet 
place,  found  the  name  of  Jeremiah  Beal,  who  lived  in  North 
Parish  of  Bridgewater  (now  Brockton)  on  North  Pearl  Street. 
The  clerk  told  him  that  a  grandmother  of  Mr.  Beal  was  living 
in  Brockton  (since  deceased).  He  called  on  her  and  found 
that  she  had  her  grandfather's  account  book,  where  were 
recorded  dealings  with  Benjamin  and  Hannah,  his  wife,  and 
the  sons  Benjamin  and  Edward.  It  seems  they  were  in 
Stoughton  about  1760.  Later  I  found  in  the  Mayflower 
Descendants  Magazine,  April,  1910,  vital  statistics  of  Dux- 
bury:  Births,  Benjamin  Bartlet,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Han- 
nah, his  wife,  born  August  17,  1741.  Edward  Bartlet,  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Hannah,  his  wife,  born  February  18,  1744, 
which  shows  that  they  removed  from  Plymouth  to  Stoughton 
bv  wav  of  Duxburv.     There  is  little  more  to  tell. 


In  making  this  canxass  in  search  of  llu'  Harllcl  ])la(t\ 
I  met  Mrs.  Kutienio  V.  \a)\v\\  of  Whitman,  Mrs.  luHtli  I. 
dishing  of  Micklleboro,  our  first  Secretary,  the  Birds  of 
Stoughton,  the  Packards  of  Brockton,  and  others,  whose 
acquaintance  I  chd  not  wish  to  summariK-  drop.  Later  1 
suggested  to  Mr.  Tilson  that  he  find  a  j^kice  in  Brockton 
where  I  could  invite  tliem  for  a  day,  ha\e  a  (Hnner  and  social 
visit  together,  not  having  the  remotest  idea  of  forming  a  Bart- 
lett  Family  Association.  Mr.  Tilson  suggested  that  I  in- 
clude any  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Ph^mouth.  I 
prepared  a  circular  and  mailed  it  to  all  Bartletts  whose  name 
and  address  I  could  obtain.  In  a  room  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
building  in  the  cit>-  of  Brockton,  on  August  13,  1908,  the 
meeting  was  held.  Mr.  Tilson,  m\-  \er\'  efficient  colleague 
since  1905,  was  not  aware  all  this  time  that  he  was  in  any 
manner  a  Bartlett  descendant.  In  the  fall  of  1908  he  dis- 
covered in  the  Duxbury  records  that  through  Ruth  Bart- 
let (4),  Benjamin  (3),  Benjamin  (2),  Robert  (1),  that  he  was, 
and  had  four  Mayfloiver  ancestors. 

At  this  1908  meeting  the  number  in  attendance  and  the 
interest  manifested  was  such  that  it  was  decided  to  form  an 
organization,  which  is  now  five  years  old,  and  as  I  look  over 
this  company  gathered  here  today  it  seems  to  be  cjuite  a  healthy, 
growing  child.  I  hope  it  may  attain  to  many  years  of  life 
and  usefulness. 

Report  of  thi<:  Sfxrktary 
Mrs.  Ermin.v  B.  Suhanek 

Report  of  the  Fifth  Annual  Reunion  of  the 
B.\RTLETT  Society 

The  Fifth  Annual  Meeting  and  Reunion  of  the  Society 
of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  (1)  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bart- 
let, of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  was  held  at  Mountain  Park,  Mt. 
Tom,  Holyoke,  Mass.,  July  27,   1912. 

The  business  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  12  m.  1)\'  the 
President,  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
and  was  opened  with  a  song  entitled,  "  Promised,"  by  Miss 
Mary  A.  Hopkins,  of  Weymouth,  Mass. 

The  President  gave  a  hearty  and  cordial  welcome  to  all 
present,  followed  by  a  short  address.  No  literary  program 
was  planned  for  the  occasion  as  it  was  desired  to  give  the  time 
to  sociability  and  getting  acquainted  with  our  Bartlett 
family. 

The  President  in  his  address  made  mention  of  the  death 
of  two  members  of  our  family  during  the  year:     Mrs.  Alice 

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p.  Burdick,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  who  passed  to  the  higher  life 
January  4,  1912,  and  Mr.  Mercer  V.  Tilson,  of  South  Hanson, 
Mass.,  May  28,  1912,  paying  a  beautiful  and  most  fitting 
tribute  to  our  late  First  Vice-President,  Mr.  Tilson.  He  also 
gave  some  very  interesting  facts  and  reminiscences  of  the 
descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  (1)  in  relation  to  their  con- 
nection with  the  Towers  and  Tilsons  of  Western  Mass- 
achusetts. 

The  Secretary's  report  of  the  fourth  annual  reunion, 
held  August  12,  1911,  was  read  and  accepted.  The  Treas- 
urer's report  for  the  year  was  read  and  accepted.  In  it 
mention  was  made  of  nine  additional  contributions  toward 
the  expense  of  the  Memorial,  viz: 

Mrs.  Sarah  S.  Bartlet 

Mrs.  Hattie  R.  Bartlctt 

Mr.  W.  Ellery  Bird 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlctt 

Mr.  William  H.  Bartlctt  .... 

Miss  L.  Florence  Bartlctt  .... 

Mrs.  Edith  Carman  Hay  .... 

Mr.  Horace  Bird       ...... 

Total $9.50 

Our  Historian,  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  being  absent 
on  account  of  illness,  her  interesting  paper  was  read  by 
your  Secretary. 

The  following  were  then  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing 
year : 

President,  Mr.  Lucius  Warren  Bartlctt,   Hartford,  Conn. 

First  Vice-President,  Mr.  Charles  L.  Bartlett,  Dorchester, 
Mass. 

Second  Vice-President,  Mr.  John  A.  Bartlett,  Brockton, 
Mass. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mrs.  P>mina  B.  Suhanek,  Hol- 
yoke,  Mass. 

Historian,  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  Brookline,  Mass. 

Under  the  head  of  new  business,  suggestions  were  called 
for  as  to  the  time  and  place  of  the  next  reunion. 

No  further  business  being  presented,  at  1.15  the  meeting 
adjourned  for  dinner. 

Following  the  dinner  a  group  picture  was  taken  of  those 
present  at  the  meeting,  some  fifty  or  more  in  number,  after 
which  they  separated  for  the  mountain  and  other  places  of 
interest. 

Your  Secretary  was  ably  assisted  during  the  business 
session  by  Miss  Alice  M.  Thrall,  of  W^indsor,  Conn.,  and  by 
Mrs.  Arthur  L.  Bartlett,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  There  were 
on  sale  in  the  hall,  photo-engravings  of  the  Bartlet  coat-of- 

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arms,  executed  b\'  tlic  Bartlett  Kiigra\inti  C\).,  of  Springtield, 
Mass.  There  arc  more  of  them  for  sale,  together  with  a 
short  history  of  the  coat-of-arms,  i)rice  twenty-five  cents. 

Much  credit  and  thanks  are  due  the  Mountain  Park  and 
Mt.  Tom  management,  for  their  excellent  dinner,  free  use  of 
the  hall  for  our  gathering  and  most  considerate  and  kindly 
attention  throughout  the  day.  It  will  be  a  long  time  before 
we  find  a  more  convenient  and  enjoyable  place  for  our  re- 
union. We  only  regretted  that  more  of  our  members  were  not 
present  to  enjoy  the  day  with  us. 

The  President's  address  and  the  Historian's  paper  are 
appended  to  this  report. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
Ermixa  Bartlett  Suhaxek,  Secretary. 


Treasurer's  Repcm^t 
From  July  27,   1912  to  August  16,   1913 


Receipts 


Dues  for  1911 
"  "  1912 
"  "  1913 
"      "    1914 

Total  dues 
For  sale  of  sixty  badge  pins 
For  sale  of  cards  at  reunion 
Subscriptions  to  Colonial  Magazine 
Cash  on  hand  at  last  report 


Total  Receipts 


Expenditures 


Paid  balance  of  deficit  for  1911 
Janitor  service  at  reunion,  1912 
Newspaper  reports  with  cost  of  mailing 
Sixty  badge  pins  with  boxes  for  mailing 
Expressage  on  record  books 
Traveling   expenses   of    Historian    from    Boston 
return       ...... 

Stationery  and  printing     .... 

First  and  second  issues  of  Colonial  Magazine 

Total  expenses  .... 

Balance  in  Treasury 


$0.50 

2.00 

104.00 

1.00 

$107.50 


to    Holyoke   and 


$107.50 

45 ,  00 

.40 

11.50 

3.38 

$167.78 


$11.00 

1.00 

2.50 

41.90 

1.25 

6.05 

37.44 

9.50 

$110.64 
57.14 

$167.78 


Respectfully  submitted, 

Ermina  B.  Suhanek,  Treasurer. 

Note.  —  Reports  of  the  Treasurer  have  been  made  out  from  the  date 
of  one  annual  meeting  to  the  next,  although  since  the  change  in  the  By- 
Laws,  the  Fiscal  Year  for  membership  fees  is  the  calendar  year  from 
January  to  January. 

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RKFORF  FOR  THK  YKAR  1913 

'I'hc  work  of  ihe  year  has  \)vvu  niainK'  of  correspondence, 
no  small  part  of  it  in  relation  to  ancestry  falling  to  the  lot  of 
your  President.  We  have  kept  no  record  of  the  number  of 
letters  or  addressed  envelopes  mailed.  The  records  neces- 
sarv  to  be  kept  and  letters  compelling  our  attention  being 
quite  sufficient  to  consume  all  the  spare  time  at  our  command. 

In  the  month  of  December,   1912,  the  following  call  was 

issued: 

HoLVOKE,  Mass.,  December  13,  1912. 
Tlierc  will  he  a  nu'cting  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Robert  Bart- 
let   (1)  Society,  Inc.,  at    the  Committee   Room  of  the  Park  Street  Church, 
Boston,  on  Thursday,  January  9,  1913,  at  2.30  \\  m.  for  the  transaction    of 
any  business  proper  to  come  befori'  the  nieelini;. 
Per  order, 

Kknhna   B.  Schanek,  Secrctdi-y. 
I..  W.  P>\RTi,ETT,  Preside)!!. 

Following  is  the  report  of  the  meeting: 

Board  meeting  of  the  Societ\'  of  the  Descendants  of 
Robert  Bartlet   (1)  of  Plymouth. 

A  meeting  of  the  Executive  Board  of  the  Society  of  the 
Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth  was  held  at 
the  Park  Street  Church,  Boston,  at  2.30  p.  m.  on  January  9, 
1913,  the  President,  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  in  the  chair. 

In  the  unavoidable  absence  of  the  Secretary  and  Treas- 
urer, Mrs.  Frmina  B.  Suhanek,  of  Holyokc,  Mass.,  the  His- 
torian, Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  served  as  Secretary  pro 
teni. 

The  first  report  was  that  of  the  Treasurer,  and  was  as 
follows: 

Rcreipls  S75.78 

Disbursements 60.24 


Balance  $15.54 

This  report  was  accepted  and  filed. 

The  ne.xt  order  of  business  was  the  choice  of  time  and 
place  for  the  next  annual  reunion.  It  was  moved  by  Mrs. 
Marian  Longfellow,  and  seconded  by  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlett, 
that  the  place  be  Brockton,  Mass.  This  was  done  because 
Brockton  was  the  scene  of  the  first  meeting  at  time  of  organ- 
ization, and  because  a  number  of  meml)ers  resided  in  and 
about  Brockton.     The  motion  was  unanimously  carried. 

It  was  mo\e(l  1)\-  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  and  seconded 
b\-  Mr.  loiin  A.  Bartlett,  that  the  lime  be  Saturda\-,  August 
16.  1913.     This  was  carried. 

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The  President  subniitled  a  plan  tor  ininted  mailer  rtl- 
ati\-e  U)  this  reunion,  and  also  rehitixe  lo  hills  to  he  issued  loi" 
dues  to  he  sent  out  al  an  earh'  dale.  Mrs.  Marian  Long- 
fellow nio\cd,  and  Mr.  John  A.  Harllell  seconded  ihe  niolion 
that  the  President  he  aulhori/ed  lo  ha\e  sueh  prinlinu.  done. 
This  was  carried. 

The  President  staled  thai  all  hadi^es  of  ihe  Socielx  which 
he  had  had  on  hand  hatl  been  sold  to  members,  and  il  was 
mo\'ed  b>'  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow  and  seconded  b\'  Mr. 
Charles  H.  Bartlett,  that  the  President  be  authorized  to  pur- 
chase ten  more  pins  to  suji])!)'  demands  ihal  mighl  be  made 
therefor.     This  was  also  carried. 

The  President  submitted  a  proposition  relatixe  to  jjrinl- 
ing  and  having  ready  for  sale  after  the  next  annual  reimion  on 
August  16,  1913,  a  report  that  should  co\'er  the  histor>-  of  the 
Society's  inception,  August  13,  1908,  down  to,  and  including 
the  annual  meeting  of  1913,  should  funds  warrant  the  Society 
so  doing.  It  was  moved  by  the  President,  who  resigned  the 
chair  for  that  purpose,  that  such  report  be  printed,  subject 
to  the  condition  imposed.  This  motion  was  seconded  by 
Mr.  John  A.  Bartlett  and  carried.  The  President  then 
resumed  the  chair. 

The  proposition  submitted  by  the  American  Society  of 
Colonial  Families  that  a  publication  be  printed  for  the  uses 
and  benefit  of  that  Society  and  the  affiliated  families,  was 
presented  to  the  Board,  and  the  ofTer  of  the  American  Soci- 
ety of  Colonial  Families  to  assign  one  hundred  copies  per  year, 
at  an  annual  cost  to  the  Family  Association  of  $16.00,  each 
family  of  the  Association  to  have  one  page  of  said  publi- 
cation for  its  exclusive  use,  was  accepted,  Mr.  John  A.  Bart- 
lett making  said  motion,  which  was  seconded  b\'  Mr.  Charles 
H.  Bartlett. 

Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow  was  appointed  as  editor  of  such 
a  page  in  the  general  publication. 

There  being  no  further  business  the  Board  adjourned 
and  later  took  part  in  the  reception  and  dinner  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Colonial  Families. 

Marian  Longfellow,  Secretary  pro  teiii. 

We  have  on  file  one  hundred  and  forty-five  names,  of 
persons  who  are,  or  have  been  members  of  the  Bartlett  Society, 
representing  fourteen  different  states,  viz.:  Massachusetts, 
(\)nnecticut,  Maine,  New  York,  New  Jerse\-,  Penns\i\ania, 
Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  California,  Utah,  Ari- 
zona, Florida,  and  Texas. 

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From  this  number  of  members,  five  have  signified  during 
the  past  year  their  desire  for  different  reasons  to  give  up 
their  membership. 

We  have  lost  since  organization  five  of  our  members  by 
death,  two  during  the  past  year,  of  whom  your  Historian  will 
make  mention. 

We  have  gained  seven  new  members  during  the  year, 
and  have  beside  ten  associate  members. 

We  are  extremely  pleased  to  be  able  to  sa>'  that  from  a 
present  membership  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-five,  one  hun- 
dred and  four  have  greatly  encouraged  and  aided  the  work  of 
the  Society  by  promptly  paying  their  dues. 

The  outlook  for  the  Society  is  gratifying,  and  we  bespeak 
for  it  a  happy  and  prosperous  future. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Ermina  B.  Suhanek,  Secretary. 

In  the  absence  of  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  the  Histo- 
rian, her  report  was  read  by  Mrs.  Ermina  D.  Suhanek,  the 
Secretary,  and  was  as  follows: 

"  Again  I  am  obliged  to  send  you  my  greetings  instead 
of  bearing  them  in  person;  but  far  from  having  lost  my  inter- 
est in  this  organization  of  which  I  have  the  honor  to  be  His- 
torian, I  find  that  this  Society,  its  objects,  its  work,  and  its 
bond  of  good  fellowship,  tightens  its  grip  upon  me  as  the  days 
go  on,  and  that  while  I  have  been  compelled  to  give  up  some 
activities  among  the  clubs,  I  cannot  let  my  interest  in  this 
organization  wane.  Whether  I  continue  to  serve  you  in 
my  present  capacity  or  to  work  in  the  ranks,  I  shall  ever  give 
my  best  efforts  for  its  purposes. 

"  The  w^ork  of  an  historian  must  look  backward  and  make 
record  of  the  past.  The  future  is  unknown,  but  the  past  is 
written  in  indelible  characters. 

"  What  a  nation,  a  state,  an  organization,  or  an  individ- 
ual does  is  forever  done;  no  power,  no  desire  may  erase  it 
from  the  annals  of  time.  Therefore  is  the  oflice  one  of  re- 
sponsibility and  one  to  be  carefully  and  thoughtfully  entered 
upon,  and  faithfully  carried  out.  To  fail  you  even  in  one 
instance  would  be  dishonorable.  The  work  of  your  Society 
is  growing  rapidly;  there  is  steady  advancement  and  the  Soci- 
ety has  taken  its  place,  and  a  place  of  no  mean  proportions, 
in  that  galaxy  of  '  The  American  Society  of  Colonial  Fam- 
ilies,' whose  able  Secretary,  Rev.  George  A.  Smith,  is  with 
you  today.  He  is  an  optimist  of  the  optimists,  and  his  greet- 
ing to  you  today  will  be  full  of  cheer  and  achie\ement. 

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"  During  tlie  past  >ear  llu-  imMnbership  of  this  Society 
has  grown  to  150.  \'our  founder  and  President,  Lucius 
Warren  Bartlett,  has  gi\en  freel>-,  as  is  his  custom,  of  his 
time,  strength,  and  watchful  interest  to  the  Society,  which 
owes  so  much  already  to  him.  Your  Secretary's  long,  faith- 
ful, and  efficient  service  is  well  known  to  you,  and  Mrs. 
Ermina  B.  Suhanek  needs  no  praise  from  me.  '  Young  blood,' 
the  slogan  of  the  times,  is  represented  amply  in  >our  two  Vice- 
Presidents,  Charles  W.  Bartlett  and  John  A.  Bartlett,  who 
may  be  trusted  to  put  their  shoulder  to  the  wheel  and  get  us 
out  of  dangerous  '  ruts,'  should  we  show  an  inclination  to 
subside  into  such. 

"  You  meet  today  in  a  bustling,  typical  New  England 
city,  a  city  of  accomplishment.  In  this  neighborhood, 
though  far  from  realizing  the  dimensions  to  which  it  was  to 
grow,  came  Bartlets  of  the  old  stock.  It  is  to  honor  them, 
second  only  to  the  honor  paid  to  their  progenitor,  that  we 
have  chosen  this  place  for  our  pilgrimage,  this  year. 

"  On  that  great  pilgrimage,  in  which  their  steps  turned 
generations  ago,  have  also  entered  the  feet  of  some  of  our  ow^n 
beloved  membership  in  this  Society  and  on  the  scroll  of  that 
vast  army  ha\'e  been  inscribed  the  names  of  Mrs.  Amanda  B. 
Waterman  of  Kingston,  Mass.,  who  died  in  June,  1912,  but 
the  notice  of  whose  death  had  not  been  sent  in  to  our  Sec- 
retary previous  to  the  meeting  at  Mountain  Park,  Mt.  Tom, 
in  July  of  1912. 

"  We  have  also  to  record  the  passing  on  of  Mrs.  Emily 
Bartlett,  of  Worthington,  Mass.,  who  was  with  you  but  one 
short  year  ago.  Let  us  stand  for  a  minute  in  silent  memorial 
to  those  who  have  preceded  us  into  the  '  great  beyond.' 

"  There  is  a  higher  light,  a  broader  outlook  granted  to 
them,  but  for  us  all  remains  the  opportunity  to  make  our 
life  now  of  real  benefit  to  our  kind. 

"  There  is  an  old  hymn  beginning  with  these  words: 

"  '  God  be  with  us  till  we  meet  again,'  and  it  is  with  this 
wish  that  I  subscribe  myself  as  your  Historian, 

Marian  Longfellow." 

An  interesting  report  of  the  work  of  the  past  year  was  then 
read  by  Mrs.  Suhanek  and  was  followed  by  her  report  as 
Treasurer. 

Secretary's  Report 

There  is  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  fifty,  and  a 
mailing  list  of  six  hundred  persons  who  are  connected  with 
the  Society  by  ties  of  blood. 

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Miss  Isabelle  M.  Bartlctt  moved  that  the  Secretary  be  in- 
structed to  write  a  letter  of  sympathy  to  the  Historian  upon 
the  death  of  her  brother,  Mr.  WilUam  Pitt  Preble  Longfellow, 
of  Cambridge,  Mass.  The  motion  was  seconded  by  Miss 
Mary  A.  Hopkins,  and  was  carried. 

The  re-election  of  the  present  officers  was  unanimous, 
and  the  vote  of  the  Society  was  cast  for  the  following: 

President,  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  Windsor,  Conn. 

First  Vice-President,  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  Dorchester, 
Mass. 

Second  Vice-President,  John  A.  Bartlett,  Brockton,  Mass. 

Secretary  (uid  Preasiirer,  Mrs.  Ermina  D.  B.  Suhanek,  Hol- 
\'oke,  Mass. 

Historian,  Mrs.  Marian  Longfellow,  Boston,  Mass. 

Mrs.  Suhanek  showed  the  Bartlet  coat-of-arms,  and  the 
President  exhibited  a  mortar  and  pestle  which  Mrs.  Sarah 
Achsah  Bartlett  of  Plymouth  had  forwarded  to  the  Society 
through  him  as  a  gift,  in  October,  1910,  of  Charles  Holmes, 
whose  ancestress,  Betsey  Bartlett,  the  wife  of  Amasa 
Holmes,  was  said  to  ha\'e  brought  over  in  the  good  ship  An7t 
in  1623. 

This  mortar  and  pestle  had  been  kept  in  the  family  all 
these  years.  It  is  a  precious  addition  to  the  other  relics  in  the 
possession  of  the  Society. 

The  place  of  meeting  of  the  next  reunion  is  left  to  the  selec- 
tion of  the  E.xecutive  Board.  Suggestions,  however,  were 
called  for  b\-  the  President  in  order  to  ascertain  the  prefer- 
ence of  the  members. 

At  1.15  the  meeting  adjourned  and  the  members  were 
photographed  in  a  group  in  the  grounds  of  the  Porter  Church. 
Luncheon  followed,  the  blessing  being  asked  by  the  Rev. 
William  P.  Bartlett. 

At  2.30  p.  m.  the  afternoon  session  was  called  to  order  by 
the  President.  Social  enjoyment  was  the  order  of  this  meet- 
ing. There  were  brief  addresses  by  Rev.  George  A.  Smith, 
Secretary  of  the  American  Society  of  Colonial  Families,  who 
has  been  an  honored  guest  at  several  of  the  reunions,  and 
who  spoke  in  his  usual  forceful  and  interesting  vein.  An- 
other speaker  was  Rev.  W'illiam  P.  Bartlett  whose  remarks 
were  listened  to  with  interest. 

The  simple  and  straightforward  manner  and  earnest 
words  of  the  President  met  with  the  usual  warm  response 
from  those  present. 

Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins  of  Weymouth,  Mass.,  a  regular 
and  entluisiastic  member  of  the  Society,  was  the  xocalist  ot 
tlu'  (la\-,  singing  at  the  morning  session  the  reunion  song  ot 
this    \'ear,    words    b\-    lierself.      It    was   entitled,    "  Again    Do 

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We  Greet  You,"  aiul  was  sun^  to  tlic  air  of  "  F'air  Har- 
vard," or,  to  be  more  exact,  to  that  to  which  Tom  Moore's 
words,  "BeHe\'e  Me  If  All  Those  Kiulearins^  ^'oung  Charms," 
is  sung. 

The  exercises  of  the  chix'  came  to  a  nuisical  close  1)\'   tlu' 
singing,  by  Miss  Hopkins,  of  the  anthem  of  the  "  Old  North 
Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  the  music  being  "  America,"  and  the  words. 
"  Flag  of  Our  Nati\'c  Land,"  b\-  its  Regent. 

A  general  historN'  of  the  Societ\-  of  the  Descendants  of 
Robert  Bartlet  of  PKniouth,  Inc.,  is  being  compiled  by  its 
Historian,  and  will  be  published  in  the  near  future  1)\'  the 
Society.  Copies  ma\-  be  i:)urchased  at  cost  upon  application 
to  the  Secretary. 

Among  those  present  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luc-ius  W. 
Bartlett,  of  Windsor;  Mrs.  Ermina  Bartlett  Suhanek,  of  Hol- 
yoke;  Mrs.  Emma  Bartlett  Thrall,  of  Windsor;  Miss  Alice  M. 
Thrall,  of  Windsor;  Charles  H.  Bartlett,  of  Dorchester;  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Edward  H.  Tillson,  of  Naperville,  111.;  Rev.  William 
P.  Bartlett  of  Canaan,  N.  H.;  Miss  Lucy  E.  Ayer,  of  Need- 
ham;  Elisha  Avery  Tillson,  of  South  Hanson;  R.  F.  Tillson, 
of  Fall  River;  Mrs.  John  M.  Rice,  of  Waltham;  Mrs.  D.  R. 
Puffer,  of  West  New^ton;  John  A  Bartlett;  Miss  Elizabeth  D. 
Barclay,  of  Philadelphia;  Mrs.  Flora  A.  Williamson;  H.  A. 
Bird;  Charles  Wesley  Tower,  of  Springfield;  George  Warren 
Tower,  of  Hingham;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  K.  Bartlett,  of  Plym- 
outh; Leroy  C.  Bartlett.  of  Marshfield;  Mrs.  Mary  Bird  Keith, 
of  East  Bridgewater;  Mrs.  Anna  Johnson,  of  Dorchester;  Miss 
Helen  Bird,  of  East  Bridgewater;  Mr.  and  Mrs  David  T. 
Burrill;  Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins,  of  Weymouth;  Herman 
Packard,  Mrs.  Susan  M.  Hopkins,  of  \\'eymouth;  Mrs. 
E.  J.  Eager,  of  Milton;  Henry  Marshall  Bird,  of  Stoughton; 
Mrs.  Rebecca  C.  W.  Boomer;  Miss  Mary  F.  Harlow,  of 
North  Easton;  Miss  Mary  L.  Bartlett,  of  Rancocas.  N.  J.; 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  L.  Bartlett  of  Springfield;  Mrs.  Mary 
M.  Farry,  of  Dorchester;  Miss  Isabelle  M.  Bartlett;  Mrs. 
Jessie  Bartlett  Sheibley,  of  Philadelphia;  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
George  A.  Smith,  of  Boston;  Paul  W^  Conant,  of  Dorchester; 
Miss  Mary  A.  Stevens,  of  Lewiston,  Me.;  Harold  ¥..  E. 
Ste\'ens,  of  Lewiston,  Me. 


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AGAIN  DO  WE  (iREKT  VOU  UPON  THIS  GLAD  DAY 

Sung  at  the  Sixth  Reunion  of  the  "  Society  of  Deseeudaiits  of 

Robert  Bartlet  of  PIvnioiith,  Massoehiiseits,"  Brockton, 

August  16,  1913 

Tune,  "  Fair  Har\arci." 


Words  by 
Miss  Makv  A.  Hopkins,  of  Weymouth,  Mass. 


Again  do  we  greet  you  upon  this  glad  day, 
And  renew  our  firm  friendship  once  more; 

And  welcome  with  pleasure  fond  memory's  sway 
In  the  hearts  that  are  now  brimming  o'er. 

In  the  Home  where  our  ancestors'  story  is  toUl, 

W'liich  we  cherish  with  fondest  dehght, 
In  hearts  that  are  strengthened,  and  friendships  enrolled, 

This  Reunion  now  sheds  its  bright  light  ! 


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)HUS    ha\e    the    years    glided    b>'    since    the 
Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bart- 
let  of  Plymouth  was  launched,  and  the  Socie- 
\'  has  grown    in    slrenglh  and  in  numbers  as 
should  be  the  case. 

What  it  has  accomplished  so  far  is  small 
\iew  of  what  its  founder  and  charter 
members,  and  the  general  bod\-  hope  it  may  attain.  It  has 
grown  from  the  tin\'  acorn  to  the  stately  tree  and  bids  fair 
to  last. 

The  motto  of  the  Bartlet  coat-of-arms  is  Mature  —  in 
good  time,  and  so  we,  not  without  justification,  \enture  to 
hope  and  look  forward  to  that  "good  time"  when  it  shall 
have  arrived  at  its  perfection. 

There  remains  now  but  to  include  the  biographical  sketches 
of  its  officers. 

The  Historian  feels  a  most  natural  reluctance  to  include 
in  a  history  compiled  b>'  herself,  so  \ery  flattering  a  sketch 
as  has  been  written  about  her;  but  she  has  been  warned  that 
her  "  superior  officers  "  have  so  ruled  and  that  her  respon- 
sibilitv  ceases  when  she  becomes  the  subject  of  the  sketch. 


Editor's  Note.  —  Concerning  some'  repetition,  it  must  be  borne  in 
mind  that  mention  of  the  same  farts  ha^'e  been  necessarily  made  on  sc\- 
eral  occasions. 

This  is  also  noticeable  in  giving  the  history  of  the  Bartletts  of  America 
when  different  officers  or  ex-officers  treat  of  the  subject. 

There  is  an  old  saying,  "  You  cannot  ha\-e  tO(j  much  of  a  good  tiling," 
and  however  some  of  us  may  hv  inclined  to  endorse  the  statement,  and 
some  not,  we  fall  back  upon  the  lenicnc\-  of  our  readers  and  trust  to  tln'ir 
mercy. 

It  has  been  said  also  that  all  poets  are  mad.  1  am  cjuite  of  the  opinion 
that  many  genealogists  are  so,  or  in  a  fair  way  of  becoming  so  ! 


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BIOGRAPHY 

No.   1 
LUCIUS  WARRKN   BARTLETT,  President 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  the  founder  and  President  of 
the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plym- 
outh, Mass.,  since  its  organization  in  August,  1908,  was  born 
in  Cummington,  Mass.,  April  3,  184L  Cummington  was 
the  home  tow^n  of  the  poet  William  Cullen  Bryant.  Mr. 
Bartlett  was  the  third  child  and  only  son  in  a  family  of  eight 
children.  His  father  dying  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old, 
his  education  was  that  which  could  be  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  at  that  time.  He  carried  on  the  small  farm  left  by 
his  father,  taught  school  winters,  until  in  April,  1867,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-six  he  went  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  entered  the 
Bryant  &  Stratton  Commercial  School  as  a  pupil;  received 
his  diploma  in  three  months'  time,  being  engaged  to  fill  the 
position  of  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  Bryant  &  Strat- 
ton Commercial  School,  and  took  up  bookkeeping  and  work 
of  expert  accountant  as  a  profession  and  Hartford  has  been 
his  residence  since,  with  the  exception  of  ten  years,  1872-1882, 
when  he  resided  just  across  the  Connecticut  Ri\'er,  in  East 
Hartford.  He  built  a  house  in  W'indsor  in  1912,  six  miles 
north  of  Hartford,  where  he  now  resides. 

Mr.  Bartlett's  ancestors  are  as  follows: 

Robert  Bartlet  (1),  Joseph  (2),  Benjamin  (3),  Benja- 
min (4),  Edward  (5),  Ephraim  (6),  Ephraim  T.  (7),  Lucius 
Warren  Bartlett  (8).  His  mother  was  Salome  Tower, 
daughter  of  Warren  and  Rhoda  (Tower)  Tower.  Warren  and 
Rhoda  were  descendants  in  two  separate  Tower  lines  from 
John  Tower  (1)  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  1637,  the  original 
ancestor  of  the  Tower  Genealogical  Societ\'.  On  the  pater- 
nal side  his  grandmother  was  Elizabeth  Tillson  (7),  a  direct 
descendant  of  Edmund  Tillson  (1)  of  Plymouth,  1638.  Ben- 
jamin (4)  removed  from  Plymouth  to  Du.xbury  about  1740, 
where  Edward  (5)  was  born.  After  1750  Benjamin  (4)  and 
his  sons  Benjamin  (5)  and  Edward  (vS)  were  in  Stoughton, 
Mass.  Their  three  houses  were  only  a  few  rods  apart  and 
the  cellars  were  plainly  marked  at  this  date.  The  farm  was 
widely  known  as  the  Bartlett  farm.  The  picture  of  the  first 
annual  outing  at  Brockton,  Mass.,  August  13,  1908,  was  taken 
at    this    Bartlett    farm.      Edward    Bartlett    (5)    remoxed    with 

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his  family  of  twelve  children  from  Stoughlon  to  Cumming- 
ton,  Mass.,  in  1795. 

Peter  Tower  (5)  removed  from  Hingham  to  C'umming- 
ton  near  the  close  of  the  Re\oltitionary  War.  At  this  time 
his  several  children  (ten)  went  there  also.  Stephen  Tower 
(6),  one  of  the  ten,  married  Anna  Bowker  of  Scituate,  April 
2,  1776.  Stephen  (6)  and  Anna  (Bowker)  Tower  had  thir- 
teen children  born  in  Hingham  and  Cummington.  Rhoda 
Tower  (7),  mother  of  Salome  w^as  the  thirteenth  child.  The 
Tillsons,  Elizabeth  (7),  Edmund  (7),  and  Welcome  (7),  chil- 
dren of  Ephraim  (6)  and  Fear  (Waterman)  Tilson.  born  in 
Halifax,  Mass.,  were  in  Cummington,  Mass.,  about  1810. 
Elizabeth  Tilson  (7)  married  Ephraim  Bartlett  (6)  son  of 
Edward  (5),  of  Cummington,  Mass.,  October  15,  1812. 
Edmund  Tilson  (7)  married,  November  7,  1807,  Phebe  Bart- 
lett (6).  She  was  sister  of  Ephraim  (6).  Edmund  and 
Phebe  had  thirteen  children.  Welcome  Tilson  (7)  married, 
August  27,  1820,  Leah  Tower.  Leah  Tower's  mother  was 
Rachel  Bartlett  (6),  a  sister  of  Ephraim  (6).  Welcome  Til- 
son (7)  purchased  the  Bryant  farm  in  Cummington  in  1834 
of  Austin  Bryant,  a  son  of  Dr.  Bryant,  and  brother  of 
William  Cullen  Bryant.  He  sold  the  place  to  William  Cul- 
len  Bryant  in  1865,  having  resided  there  thirty-one  years. 
The  parents  of  Salome  Tower  died  when  she,  the  eldest  child, 
was  sixteen  years  of  age.  She  went  to  live  with  Welcome  and 
Leah  (Tower)  Tilson,  and  was  married  in  the  Bryant  home, 
June  1,  1837,  to  Ephraim  T.  Bartlett  (7). 

These  three  families,  Edward  Bartlett  (5),  twelve  children; 
Stephen  Tower  (6),  thirteen  children;  Edmund  Tilson  (7), 
thirteen  children,  owned  farms  adjoining  each  other  and  their 
homes  were  less  than  a  mile  apart.  Four  of  the  children  of 
Edward  (5)  married  Towers,  and  two  of  them  married  Til- 
sons.  From  the  foregoing  four  families,  one  Bartlett,  one 
Tower,  and  two  Tilsons,  have  descended  about  four  hundred 
of  the  Bartlett  descendants  we  have  on  our  mailing  list. 

The  father  of  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  was  one  of  the 
original  "  free  soil  "  men,  voting  in  1840,  and  who  had  be- 
come a  Garrison  Abolitionist  as  the  term  was  known  then. 
His  farm  sheltered  the  fugitive  slave  in  more  than  one  instance. 
He  w^as  also  a  leading  member  in  the  church  which  had  a 
free  platform. 

Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  was  a  teacher  in  the  district 
schools  of  Hinsdale,  Worthington,  and  other  towns,  begin- 
ning his  work  along  these  lines  when  but  eighteen  years  of 
age.  In  1860  he  went  to  New  York  City  and  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Cutter  and  Tower,  stationers,  remaining  there  one 
year;    his   health   breaking   down,    however,    he   returned    to 

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Cummington  and  carried  on  the  farm  until  it  was  sold.  Be- 
fore he  left  New  York  he  saw  the  steamer  that  had  been  sent 
to  reinforce  Fort  Sumter,  and  saw  the  cannon  ball  mark  in 
her  side.  He  was  also  fortunate  enough  to  hear  Abraham 
Lincoln's  great  speech  at  Cooper  Institute  at  that  time. 

A  man  of  strong  convictions,  of  which  he  has  the  cour- 
age, and  a  close  follower  of  duty,  he  went  in  the  spring  of 
1866  to  Florence  and  then  to  Northampton,  where  he  worked 
for  Samuel  L.  Hill,  who  owned  and  operated  the  mills  of  the 
Nonotuck  Silk  Company.  In  1867  Mr.  Bartlett  went  to 
Hartford,  Conn. 

Mr.  Bartlett  has  remained  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  since  1867. 
He  is  now  the  factory  manager  of  the  Sterling  Manufactur- 
ing Company. 

In  1871  he  married  Mary  Chalmers,  of  Scotch  birth,  at 
Thompsonville,  Conn.,  and  had  six  children  by  her,  of  whom 
five  are  living.  His  wife  died  in  1900,  and  in  1902  Mr.  Bart- 
lett married  Mrs.  Zilpha  (Bartlett)  Crozier,  she  being  of  Bart- 
let  descent  herself. 

Always  interested  in  politics,  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett, 
in  1884,  declared  himself  on  the  side  of  the  Prohibition  Ticket, 
and  has  been  interested  in  the  subject  of  prohibition  ever  since. 
He  was  the  treasurer,  and  has  been  on  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  State  Council  for  several  years.  He  joined  the  Put- 
nam Phalanx  and  was  its  secretary,  compiling  its  history  in 
a  very  attractive  form,  and  has  been  a  captain  in  its  veteran 
corps.  He  is  "  Past  Grand  "  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  and  a  trustee 
in  this  organization  for  the  past  fifteen  years. 

Those  of  us  who  are  privileged  to  know  him  as  a  private 
indi\idual  know  his  worth  and  the  many  acts  of  helpfulness 
and  kindness  which  are  a  marked  characteristic  of  his  daily  life. 

He  has  been  untiring  and  most  generous  in  his  work  for 
this  Society  and  has  filled  the  position  of  President  with  wis- 
dom and  ability. 

The  line  of  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  is  as  follows: 

j  Robert  Bartlet  (1) 

/  Mary  Warren 

i  Joseph  Bartlet  (2) 

(  Hannah  Pope 

\  Benjamin  Bartlet  (3) 

(  Sarah  Barnes 

\  Benjamin  Bartlet  (4) 

I  Hannah  Stephens 

j  Edward  Bartlett  (5) 

/  Zilpah  Cole 

j  Ephraim  Bartlett  (6) 

/  Elizabeth  Tilson 

\  Ephraim  T.  Bartlett    (7) 

]  Salome  Tower 

I  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett  (8) 

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Bkvaxt  House  at  Clmmixgtox,  Mass. 

It  is  evident  that  this  was  a  verj^  attractive  spot,  and  was  dear 

to  the  heart  of  the  poet,  as  is  shown  by  his 

repurchasing  it 

Many  years  ago  the  poet  Bryant  presented  Mrs.  Salome  (Tower), 
wife  of  Ephraim  Tilson  Bartlctt,  the  mother  of  Lucius  Warren  Bartlelt, 
with  an  autograph  copy  of  his  poem  entitled  "The  Rivulet."  It  is  a 
matter  of  deep  concern,  not  only  to  her  family,  but  to  the  Society,  that  so 
valuable  a  gift  should  have  been  lost  in  the  passage  of  years. 


THE  RIVULET 

This  little  rill,  that  from  the  springs 
Of  yonder  grove  its  current  brings. 
Plays  on  the  slope  awhile,  and  then 
Goes  prattling  into  groves  again, 
Oft  to  its  warbling  waters  drew 
My  little  feet,  when  life  was  new. 

When  woods  in  early  green  were  dressed, 
And  from  the  chambers  of  the  west 
The  warm  breezes,  tra\'elling  out, 
Breathed  the  new  scent  of  flowers  about, 
My  truant  steps  from  home  would  stray, 
LIpon  its  grassy  side  to  play, 
List  the  brown  thrasher's  vernal  hymn. 
And  crop  the  violet  on  its  brim. 
With  blooming  cheek  and  open  brow, 
As  young  and  gay,  sweet  rill,  as  thou. 


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And  when  the  days  of  boyhood  came, 
And  I  had  grown  in  love  with  fame, 
Duly  I  sought  thy  banks,  and  tried 
My  first  rude  numbers  by  thy  side. 
Words  cannot  tell  how  bright  and  ga\' 
The  scenes  of  life  before  me  lay. 
Then  glorious  hopes,  that  now  to  speak 
Would  bring  the  blood  into  my  cheek. 
Passed  o'er  me;  and  I  wrote,  on  high. 
A  name  I  deemed  should  never  die. 


Years  change  thee  not.      Upon  yon  hill 
The  tall,  old  maples,  verdant  still. 
Yet  tell,  in  grandeur  of  decay. 
How  swift  the  years  have  passed  away, 
Since  first,  a  child,  and  half  afraid, 
I  wandered  in  the  forest  shade. 
Thou,  ever-joyous  rivulet. 
Dost  dimple,  leap,  and  prattle  yet; 
And  sporting,  with  the  sands  that  pave 
The  windings  of  thy  silvery  wave. 
And  dancing  to  thy  own  wild  chime. 
Thou  laughest  at  the  lapse  of  time 
The  same  sweet  sounds  are  in  my  ear 
My  early  childhood  loved  to  hear; 
As  pure  thy  limpid  waters  run; 
As  bright  they  sparkle  to  the  sun; 
As  fresh  and  thick  the  bending  ranks 
Of  herbs  that  line  thy  oozy  banks; 
The  violet  there,  in  soft  May  dew, 
Comes  up,  as  modest  and  as  blue; 
As  green  amid  thy  current's  stress. 
Floats  the  scarce-rooted  watercress; 
And  the  brown  ground-bird,  in  thy  glen, 
Still  chirps  as  merrily  as  then. 

Thou  changest  not  —  but  I  am  changed 
Since  first  thy  pleasant  banks  I  ranged; 
And  the  grave  stranger,  came  to  see 
The  play-place  of  his  infancy. 
Has  scarce  a  single  trace  of  him 
Who  sported  once  upon  thy  brim. 
The  visions  of  my  youth  are  past 
Too  bright,  too  beautiful  to  last, 
I've  tried  the  world  —  it  wears  no  more 
The  coloring  of  romance  it  wore. 
Yet  well  has  Nature  kept  the  truth 
She  promised  in  my  earliest  youth. 
The  radiant  beauty  shed  abroad 
On  all  the  glorious  works  of  God, 
Shows  freshly,  to  my  sobered  eye. 
Each  charm  it  wore  in  days  gone  by. 


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^\■t  a  few  \rars  shall  jxiss  a\\a>-, 
And  I,  all  treiiibling,  weak,  and  gray, 
Bowed  to  the  earth,  which  waits  to  fold 
My  ashes  in  the  embracing  mould, 
(If  haply  the  dark  will  of  Fate 
Indulge  my  life  so  long  a  date). 
May  come  for  the  last  time  to  look 
Upon  my  childhood's  favorite  brook. 
Then  dimly  on  my  eye  shall  gleam 
The  sparkle  of  thy  dancing  stream; 
And  faintly  on  my  ear  shall  fall 
Thy  prattling  current's  merry  call; 
Vet  shalt  thou  flow,  as  glad  and  bright 
As  when  thou  met'st  m\-  infant  sighl. 


And  I  shall  sleep  —  and  on  thy  side, 

As  ages  after  ages  glide, 

Children  their  early  sports  shall  try, 

And  pass  to  hoary  age  and  die, 

But  thou,  unchanged  from  year  to  year, 

Gayly  shalt  play,  and  glitter  here; 

Amid  young  flowers  and  tender  grass 

Thy  endless  infancy  shall  pass; 

And,  singing  down  thy  narrow  glen, 

Shall  mock  the  fading  race  of  men. 


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No.   2. 
CHARLES  H.  BARTLETT  1st  V.  P. 

Mr.  Bartlett  was  born  in  Boston,  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  that  city,  and  is  a  young  man  of  pleasing  person- 
ality and  of  an  earnest  devotion  to  the  Society  and  all  it  rep- 
resents. 

He  has  been  one  of  its  workers  since  the  early  days,  and 
his  bright  optimism  is  a  potent  factor  in  the  questions  that 
arise  at  times,  as  to  the  best  method  to  be  followed  on  some 
given  point. 

Where  the  Bartletts  congregate  one  is  sure  to  see  Charles 
H.  Bartlett,  ever  willing  and  helpful. 

Mr.  Bartlett's  home  is  in  Dorchester  and  his  business  is 
connected  with  the  engineering  department  of  the  N.  E.  Tel. 
and  Tel.  Co.  While  this  is  his  occupation  he  is  deeply  inter- 
ested in  music,  being  a  composer  of  song  and  other  melodies. 
He  is  also  an  excellent  pianist,  and  is  generally  chosen  to 
act  as  chairman  of  the  committees  on  music  for  the  several 
reunions. 

He  fills  his  office  to  satisfaction  and  is  not  afflicted  with 
that  most  troublesome  of  creatures,  the  "  presidential  bee," 
but  stands  ever  ready  to  support  the  present  incumbent. 

Charles  H.  Bartlett's  line  of  descent  from  Robert  Bart- 
let  and  Mary  Warren,  his  wife: 

j  Robert  Bartlet  / 

I  Mary  Warren  / 

j  Joseph  Bartlet 

(  Hannah  Pope 

\  Robert  Bartlet 

/  Sarah  Cook 

\  Lemuel  Bartlet 

"(  Mary  Doty 

j  William  Bartlett 

/  Mary  Holmes 

(  Clement  Bartlett 

i  Frances  T.  Whittemore 

j  Henry  L.  Bartlett 

/  Elvina  F.  Russell 

■  Charles  H.  Bartlett 


106  J 


No.  3 
JOHN  ALBERT  BARTLETT,  2d  V.  P. 

Young  blood  among  the  officers  of  this  Society  is  repre- 
sented by  the  two  Vice-Presidents. 

John  Albert  Bartlett  is  in  his  second  year  of  office  as  second 
Vice-President. 

He  was  born  in  Brockton,  where  he  has  Hved  always,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  that  city.  He  was 
connected  with  one  of  the  local  newspapers  and  was  at  one 
lime  a  clerk  in  one  of  Brockton's  drug  stores. 

His  present  business  is  in  automobile  lines.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Porter  Congregational  Church  of  Brockton, 
and  is  connected  with  a  number  of  societies  and  clubs. 

Mr.  John  A.  Bartlett  is  always  ready  to  act  with  the 
First  Vice-President  in  work  for  the  Society,  and  among  the 
various  clubs  to  which  he  belongs,  the  Society  of  Descend- 
ants of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  stands  very 
high  in  his  regard. 

He  is  ninth  in  descent  from  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth, 
Mass.,  as  follows: 

John  Albert  Bartlett's  line  of  descent  from  Robert  Bart- 
let and  Mary  Warren,  his  wife: 

\  Robert  Bartlet 

/  Mary  Warren 

\  Joseph  Bartlet 

/  Hannah  Pope 

\  Benjamin  Bartlet 

/  Sarah  Barnes 

\  Benjamin  Bartlet 

I  Hannah  Stephens 

S  Benjamin  Bartlet 

I  Susannah  Hayden 

\  Ebenezer  Bartlett 

"/  Martha  Manley 

\  George  Washington  Bartlett 

'/  Harriet  Newell  Foster 

(  John  M.  Bartlett 

)  Martha  E.  McMillen 

\  John  Albert  Bartlett 

It  is  the  policy  of  the  Society  to  recognize  the  younger 
members  of  its  family  and  to  bestow  office  upon  such,  rather 
than  to  confine  all  the  honors  to  its  veterans. 

We  look  for  conspicuous  service  from  these  two  young 
men,  in  years  to  come;  meanwhile  they  are  taking  up  the 
work  of  the  Society  and  are  showing  commendable  interest 
therein. 

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No.  4 

MRS.    ERMINA    (BARTLETT)    SUHANEK 

Secretary-Treasurer 

Mrs.  Suhanek  has  filled  the  ofiice  of  Secretary-Treasurer 
with  satisfaction  to  the  Society  and  has  been  untiring  in  her 
efforts  for  its  welfare. 

Like  her  brother,  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  she  was  born 
in  Cummington,  Mass.  She  was  but  thirteen  years  of  age 
when  her  father  died,  and  at  fifteen  she  began  to  teach  in  a 
summer  school.  In  the  spring  of  1861  she  went  to  Oneida  Sem- 
inary for  one  year.  In  1863  she  taught  school  at  Brookfield, 
and  remained  in  that  work  for  one  year.  In  1864  she  en- 
tered the  Westfield  Normal  School,  from  which  she  gradu- 
ated in  1866.  She  taught  at  Hadley  in  that  same  year  and 
followed  the  profession  of  teaching  until  1889,  when  she  mar- 
ried Joseph  Suhanek,  an  Austrian  by  birth,  but  a  natural- 
ized citizen  of  the  United  States.  In  1894  Mr.  Suhanek 
died,  and  in  1907  his  widow  removed  to  Holyoke  where  she 
has  since  resided.  It  has  been  an  exceedingly  difficult 
matter  to  obtain  data  about  the  Secretary,  because  of  her 
great  modesty  in  speaking  of  herself. 

It  would  be  unfair  to  close  this  modest  biography  of  a 
woman  whose  work  has  been  so  important  to  the  Society, 
without  adding  a  word  as  to  her  personal  character. 

Endowed  with  a  peculiarly  lovable  nature,  with  a  heart 
open  to  the  needs  of  all  with  whom  she  comes  in  contact,  a 
writer  of  very  sweet  verse  and  a  well-read  woman,  Mrs. 
Suhanek  goes  on  in  her  quiet  way,  filling  a  place  in  this  world's 
economy  that  is  far  more  important  than  that  of  many  a  more 
showy  person. 

Mrs.  Suhanek  is  the  author  of  a  \olume  of  original  verse 
entitled  "  Songs  of  Friendship,"  1913. 

Mrs.  Suhanek's  line  is: 

j  Robert  Bart  let     (1) 

/  Mary  Warren 

\  J(jseph  Bartlel     (2) 

i  Hannah  Pope 

j  Benjamin  Bartlet    (3) 

(  Sarah  Barnes 

\  Benjamin  Bartlet    (4j 

/  Hannah  Stephens 

j  Edward  Bartlett    (5j 

i  Zilpah  Cole 

j  Ephraim  Bartlett    (6) 

I  Elizabeth  Tilson 

\  Ephraim  T.  Bartlett    (7) 

/  Salome  Tower 

\  Ermina  Bartlett   (8) 

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No.  5 
MRS.  MARIAN    LONGFELLOW.  HISTORLAN 

Al  the  Fourlh  Annual  Reunion  of  the  Socie't>'  of  llu' 
Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlett  (1)  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  our 
Historian  gave  us  a  history  of  the  Society  from  its  organiza- 
tion to  that  time,  August  12,  191 L  In  that  historical  paper 
she  inclucled  a  brief  account  of  the  life  of  its  Presidenl  and 
other  ofiticcrs  not  including  herself. 

The  life  of  our  Historian  has  been  one  of  such  untisual 
activity  in  her  special  line  of  work  that  I  gladly  append  to 
the  record  of  the  Society  this  brief  account  of  it. 

Marian  Adele  Longfellow  was  born  in  Portland,  Me., 
and  is  a  niece  of  the  poet  Longfellow,  whom  we  can  also 
claim  as  a  distinguished  descendant  of  our  own  Robert  Bart- 
let  (1).  Her  father  w^as  Stephen  Longfellow  (5),  elder 
iirother  of  the  poet  Henry  W.  Longfellow.  Her  mother  was 
Marianne  Preble,  daughter  of  Hon.  William  Pitt  Preble, 
Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine  and  at  one  time  En\'oy 
Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  the  Court 
of  the  Netherlands. 

Marian  Longfellow  was  educated  in  and  near  Boston. 
She  spent  sixteen  years  in  W^ashington,  D.  C,  when  she 
was  one  of  the  press  correspondents  on  the  White  House 
lists,  during  the  administration  of  President  Theodore  Roose- 
\'elt.  She  founded  the  League  of  American  Pen  W^omen  in 
1897,  an  organization  of  newspaper  women  and  authors. 
She  is  a  charter  member,  being  No.  203,  of  the  National 
Society  Daughters  of  The  American  Re\'olution;  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants;  of  the  National 
Society  of  Daughters  of  Founders  and  Patriots  of  America; 
of  the  National  Society  of  New  England  \\'omen;  President 
of  the  Daughters  of  Maine,  and  is  a  member  of  the  "Founders 
Society  "  of  the  Massachusetts  D.  A.  R. 

Marian  Longfellow  founded  the  Old  North  Chapter  of  Bos- 
ton D.  A.  R.,  November  25,  1911,  and  is  its  Regent.  She  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Hereditary  Orders  of  Americans  of  Armo- 
rial Ancestry  and  of  the  Descendants  of  Colonial  Governors; 
a  member  of  the  Alden  Kindred  of  America;  Historian  of 
the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlett  (1)  of 
Plymouth,  Mass.;  former  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Assist- 
ants of  the  American  Society  of  Colonial  Families;  member 
of  the  National  Geographical  and  of  the  National  Genealog- 
ical Societies  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Marian  Longfellow  married  first,  William  Francis  Morris. 
May    7,    1876,    by   whom   she   had    three   children:     William 

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Longfellow  Morris,  a  lawyer  in  New  York  City;  Madeline 
Preble  Morris,  now  Mrs.  Paul  Scharf  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  Henry  Wadsworth  Morris,  of  Nevada,  who  is  interested 
in  mining. 

On  December  15,  1891,  she  married  second,  Michael 
Francis  O'Donoghue,  a  lawyer  in  the  Patent  Office  Branch  of 
the  Government  Service.  There  are  no  children  by  her 
second  marriage. 

At  the  time  of  the  third  annual  reunion  of  the  Bartlet 
Society,  June  16,  1910,  in  Plymouth,  Mass.,  she  was  invited 
to  make  the  address,  and  chose  for  her  subject  "  Our  Pilgrim 
Ancestors  and  the  Debt  We  Owe  Them." 

As  an  author,  Marian  Longfellow  has  written  of  the  ques- 
tions of  the  day,  especially  along  lines  of  reform;  she  has  pub- 
lished a  volume  of  poems  entitled  "  Contrasted  Songs," 
and  translated  from  the  French  and  published  "  A  Romance 
of  the  West  Indies";  has  translated  other  French  works, 
and  has  written  short  stories  for  adults  and  children. 

As  a  lecturer,  she  has  a  wide  range  of  subjects,  historical, 
literary,  and  otherwise,  which  have  won  for  her  much  praise 
throughout  New  England,  New  York,  and  Washington, 
D.  C.  She  has  been  of  great  service  to  the  Bartlet  Society 
during  her  membership  and  we  hope  to  claim  her  for  long  years 
to  come  as  our  gifted  and  beloved  Historian. 

Sketches  of  her  are  to  be  found  in  the  publication 
"  Woman's  Who's  Who  of  America,"  by  The  American  Com- 
monwealth Company,  and  The  National  Encyclopedia  of 
American  Biography,  published  by  James  F.  White  Co., 
also  of  New  York,  besides  other  books  and  magazines. 

Ermina  B.  Suhanek. 


110 


Lines  of  Descent 

FROM  Robert  and  Mary  (Warren)  Bartlet  of 

Mrs.  Marian  Lonufellow 

Historian 

1st  line  2(1  Hiu- 


Robert  Bartlet 
Mary  Warren 
Benjamin  Bartlet 
Sarah  Brewster 
Benjamin,  Bartlet  Jr. 
Ruth  Pabodie 
John  Samson 
Priscilla  Bartlet 
Peleg  Wadsworth 
Lusannah  Samson 
Gen.  Peleg  Wadsworth 
Elizabeth  Bart  let  t 
Stephen  Longfellow 
Zilpah  W^adsworth 
Stephen  Longfellow 
Marianne  Preble 

Marian  Adele  Longfellow 


Robert   Bartlet 

Mary  Warren 

Joseph    Bartlet 

Hannah  Pope 

Joseph    Bartlet 

Lydia  Griswold 

Samuel  Bartlet 

(Mrs.)  Elizabeth  (Lothn^i))  Wctherel 

Gen.  Peleg  W'adsworth 

Elizabeth  Bartlett 

Stephen  Longfellow 

Zilpah  Wadsworth 

Stephen  Longfellow 

Marianne  Preble 

Marian  Adele  Longfellow 


111 


MERCERY.  TILSON 
Late  Vice-President  of  the  Society  1842 — 1912 


Mercer  V.  Tilson  might  well  ha\e  been  surnaniecl  "  the 
Honest,"  for  if  one  quality  dominated  his  other  characteris- 
tics, honesty  was  that  quality. 

Honesty  of  word,  thought,  and  deed,  and  no  tampering 
with  the  truth.  He  was  born  October  19,  1837,  in  Pembroke, 
Mass.,  but  in  1840  his  parents  removed  to  Kingston,  Mass. 
In  1843  they  again  removed,  this  time  to  Hanox'er,  Mass. 
His  parents,  like  those  of  Abraham  Lincoln  and  Louisa 
Alcott,  appear  to  have  moved  from  place  to  place,  doubt- 
less to  better  their  condition.  At  fourteen  years  of  age,  the 
boy  was  apprenticed  at  the  trade  of  shoe-making,  but  in 
1854  was  sent  to  learn  the  trade  of  iron-moulding.  When 
President  Lincoln  called  for  troops  April  16.  1861,  Mercer 
Tilson,  who  was  a  member  of  Co.  E.,  4th  Regt.  of  the  State 
Militia,  was  one  of  the  early  men  sent  to  Fortress  Monroe, 
Va.  He  served  faithfully  through  the  Civil  War,  returning 
to  his  home  in  Massachusetts  in  January  of  1866. 

Mr.  Tilson,  carrying  through  life  the  inspiring  thought  of 
his  Pilgrim  ancestors,  turned  his  attention  to  colonial  history 
and  genealogy.  He  was  an  earnest  worker  in  these  fields. 
He  did  notable  work  in  both  this  Society  and  that  of  the 
Tower  Genealogical  Society,  and  gave  freely  of  his  time, 
strength  and  advice  to  the  descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of 
Plymouth.  He  took  a  special  interest  in  the  erection  of 
the  Boulder  at  Manomet.  His  enduring  memorial  is  his 
book,  "  The  Tilson  Genealogy,"  upon  w^hich  work  he  devoted 
many  years,  and  of  which  mention  is  made  earlier  in  this 
report. 

His  later  days  were  spent  at  South  Hanson,  Mass.,  and 
he  leaves  behind  him  a  record  of  duties  well  performed  and 
the  grateful  recognition  of  his  merit  on  the  part  of  his 
associates. 


I  112] 


Kn  iHemotfam 

In  all  times  and  among  all  nations  its  dead  have  been 
enshrined  and  preserved  from  forgetfulness. 

The  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of  Plym- 
outh, Mass.,  holds  in  loving  remembrance  and  places  upon 
its  memorial  page  the  following  members: 

Mrs.  Vesta  Bartlctt  Tower,  May  11,  1910. 

Mrs.  Alice  Bartlett  Burdick,  January  4,  1912. 

Mercer  V.  Tilson,  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  May  29,  1912. 

Mrs.  Amanda  B.  Waterman.  June  10,  1912. 

Mrs.  Emily  Bartlctt,  March  20,  1913. 


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An  invitation  to  attend  the  Panama-Pacific  Universal 
Exposition  at  San  Francisco,  in  1915,  has  been  extended  to 
the  Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet,  as  follows: 

The  President  and  Directors  of  the  Panama-Pacific  Universal  Exposi- 
tion to  be  held  in  San  Francisco  in  1915  have  the  honor  to  extend  to  the 
Bartlett  Family  a  cordial  invitation  to  hold  its  1915  meeting  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

The  city  has  been  selected  by  Congress  with  the  approval  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  as  the  official  site  for  celebrating  the  unit- 
ing of  the  waters  of  the  Pacific  and  the  Atlantic  through  the  Panama  Canal, 
the  greatest  physical  accomplishment  achieved  by  man.  The  Exposition 
will  not  only  attempt  to  show  that  which  is  most  advanced  in  invention, 
most  interesting  in  Art,  and  of  greatest  scientific  value,  embracing  all  that 
is  most  important  in  the  material  progress  of  the  world,  but  it  will  be  the 
aim  of  the  Directors  to  make  this  rank  in  intellectual  interest  above  all 
previous  Expositions;  to  bring  together  so  much  of  Wisdom,  so  much  of 
Practical,  Scientific  Thought  and  so  much  of  Broad  Grasp  of  the  World's 
important  Problems,  that  the  progress  of  mankind  shall  be  advanced  a 
quarter  of  a  century. 

To  assist  in  achieving  this  aim,  we  invite  your  presence  in  the  City  of 
San  Francisco  the  year  Nineteen  Hundred  and  Fifteen. 


Chas.  a.  Wood,  President. 


Rudolph  J.  Taussig,  Secretary. 


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INDEX 


Abington  (Mass.),  73. 
Abolitionists  see  Ciarrison. 
Adams,    Elizabeth    (Bartlett),    witV   of 
Seth,  77. 
Seth,  77. 
Addresses:  — 

President's,     33-34,    48-4Q,     58-62, 

76,  80,  87-89,  91. 
Historian's,    38-47,    54-58,    80,  83- 
84,  91. 
Akron  (Ohio),  71. 
Albany  (N.  Y.),  61. 
Alcott,  Louisa,  112. 
Alden,  John,  42. 

Priscilla  (Molines),  wife  of,  42. 
"  Alden  Kindred  of  America,"  42,  81, 
109. 
Secretary  of  the_,  48,  81. 
[See  also  Societies.) 
Alexandria  (Ind.),  72. 
Alice,  the  (ship),  61. 

{See  also  Ships.) 
Allen,  Aliss  Blanche,  66. 
MadoUn,  66. 
Mrs.  Mary  P.,  66. 
Allstine,  Mrs.  Myra  B.,  66. 
America,  38,  61. 

"  America,"  tune  of,  Miss  Mary  A. 
Hopkins  sings  anthem  of 
"  Old  North  "  chapter, 
D.  A.  R.,  97. 
American  Biography,  National  En- 
cyclopedia of,  110. 
Colleges,  12. 

Commonwealth  Company,  The,  110. 
Society  of  Colonial  Families,  10,  81, 
83,  96,  97. 
Secretary  oi,  48,  81,  96.  97. 
Board  of  Assistants,  109. 
(See  also  Societies.) 
"  Americans    of    Armorial    Ancestry," 
Order  of,  109. 
{See  also  Orders. ) 
Ancestral  lines:  — 

Charles  H.  Bartlett,  106. 

Ermina  (Bartlett)  Suhanek,  108. 

John  Albert  Bartlett,  107. 

Lucius    Warren    Bartlett,     100-101, 

102. 
Marian  Longfellow,  111. 


Ancestry  see  Ancestral  lines. 
Ann,  the  {ship),  9,  11,  15,  19,  22,  23, 
35,  38,  39,  40,  49,  55,  59,  hO, 
62,  96. 
(See  also  Ships.) 
Antiquarian  research,  26. 

(See  also  Research.) 
Arbella,  the  (ship),  60,  61. 

(See  also  Ships.) 
Arizona,  67,  71,  73,  93. 
Arlington  (Cal.),  74. 
Army,  Bartletts  in  the,   12,  41. 

ofihcial  register  of  volunte(,Ts  in,  12. 
(See  also  Professions.) 
Art:  — 

Sculpture,  41. 

noted  sculi:itor,  41. 
(See  also  Sculpture.) 
Articles  of    Incorporation  see  Societies. 
Ashburton  (parish  of),  63. 
Ashley,  Mrs.  Daisy  M.,  66. 

Miss  Sarah  M.,  66. 
Associate     members     of     Society     of 
Descendants  of  Robert  Bart- 
let   of    Plymoulh,    rules   gov- 
erning, 10. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
Athens  (Ohio),  70. 
Aurora  (111.),  68. 
Austria,  native  of,  108. 
Autograph    poem   given    Mrs.    Salome 
Bartlett    by    William    CuUen 
Bryant,  lost,  103-105. 
Avon,  river   (England),   24,  54. 
swans  kept  on,  24,  54. 
(See  also  Rivers.) 
Aver,  Miss  Lucy  E.,  97. 


B 


Badge,     ])crmanenl,     of     Society      see 
Insignia.  _ 

(See  also  Societies.) 
Barclay,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  1).,  68,  97. 
Barnard,  Mrs.  Mabel  E.,  68. 

Miss  Sarah,  68. 
Barnes,  Sarah,  102,  108. 
Barrington  (R.  I.),  67. 
Bartelot,  7,  13,  34. 

Adam,  34. 

(See  also  Barttelot.) 


Bartlet    coat-of-arms,    8,    24,    34,    54, 
64,  90,  96. 
heraldic  terms  of,  8. 

[See  also  Heraldry.) 
name  of,  9,  12,  13,  54. 

conspicuous  in  law,  divinity,  med- 
icine, army  atid  navy,  9. 
in  later  vcars  spelled  with  double 

t,46. 
one    hundred    and    thirty    of,    on 

rolls  of  American  colleges,  9. 
previous  to  1700,  13. 
twentv-three  original  settlers  by, 
87. 
Bartlet,   name  of, 
{See  also  Bartlett.) 
Aruna,  25. 
Benjamin  (2),  111. 

Sarah  (Brewster),  wife  of.  111. 
Benjamin  (3),  10,  11,  23,  55,  cS8.  lUO, 
102,  107,  108,  111. 
record  of  birth,  88. 
marriage,  88. 
death,  87. 
Ruth  fPabodie),  wife  of,  111. 
Benjamin   (4),   102,   107,   108. 
Benjamin  (5),  107. 
Edward,  10,  11,  88. 
Elizabeth,  40. 

Ephraim  (6)  see  Bartlett,  Ephraim. 
Ephraim  (7)  see  Bartlett,  Ephraim. 
Hannah,  10,  88. 

record  of  death  of,  88. 
John,  9,  13,  24. 

John,  of  Weymouth  (Mass.),  87. 
Joseph   (2),   2,    11,  35,   55,   57,    100, 
102,  106,  107,  108,  HI. 
house     builded     by     (1680),     15, 
16,  32. 
cradle  in,  16. 
inheritance  of,  23. 
fire-back     in     house     of     (1660), 

35,  57. 
burial  place  of,  24. 
Hannah  (Pope),  wife  of,  111. 
Joseph  (3),  111. 

Lydia  (Griswold),  wife  of,  111. 
Dr.   Josiah,    Signer  of    the   Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  40,  41. 
delegate  to  the  Continental  Con- 
gress, 41. 
Lemuel  (4),  106. 
Lydia,  23. 
Mary  (Warren),  5,    25,    32,    47,    52, 

54,  58,  76,  78,  86. 
Mercy,  23. 
Milly,  10. 

Priscilla,  wife  of  John  Samson,  HI. 
Rebecca,  23. 


Richard,  9,  13,  24,  25. 
Robert    (1),    of   Plymouth    (Mass.), 
lines  of  descent  from: 

Joseph  (2),  Benjamin  (3),  Ben- 
jamin (4),  Edward  (5),  Eph- 
raim (6),  Ephraim  T.  (7), 
Lucius  Warren  (8),  Ermina 
(8). 

Joseph  (2),  Robert  (3),  Lemuel 
(4),  William  (5),  Clement  (6), 
Henry  L.  (7),  Charles  H.  (8). 

Joseph  (2),  Benjamin  (3),  Ben- 
jamin (4),  Benjamin  (5), 
Ebenezer  (6),  George  Wash- 
ington (7),  John  (8),  John 
Albert  (9). 

Benjamin  (2),  Benjamin  (3), 
Priscilla  (4),  Susannah  Sam- 
son(5).  Gen.  Peleg  Wadsworth 
(6),  Zilpah  Wadsworth  (7), 
Stephen  Longfellow  (8),  Mar- 
ian Adele  Longfellow  (9)  (1st 
line). 

Joseph  (2),  Joseph  (3),  Samuel 
(4),  Elizabeth  (5),  Zilpah 
Wadsworth  (6),  Stephen 
Longfellow  (7),  Marian  Adele 
Longfellow  (8)  (2d  line.) 
Robert  (1),  3,  5,  7,  9,  10,  11,  15,  17, 
18,  19,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  31, 

32,  33,  38,  40,  42,  43,  47, 
48,  50,  51,  54,  55,  56,  57,  58, 
66,  75,  78,  83,  86,  87,  89,  99, 
100,  102,  106,  107,  112. 

probable  burial  place  of,  24. 
will  of,  23. 

lines  of  descent  from,  100-111. 
admonished  by  Court,  24. 
descendants    of,    10,    19,    24,    54, 

90. 
group  pictures  of,  14,  56,  90. 
(See  also  Societies.) 
Society  to  erect  memorial  on  site 

of  original   house  of,    17,   32, 

33,  52,  57. 
great-great  granddaughter,  40. 
great-grandson,  40. 

maps  of  site  of  home  of,  51,  58. 
Robert  (3),  106. 
Robert  of  Hartford  (Conn.),  87. 
Samuel   (4),   111. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Lothrop)  Wether- 
ell,  wife  of.  111. 
Miss  Sarah  B.,  30,  67. 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  23. 
Mrs.    Sarah   S.,    17,    20,    21-25,    26, 
27,  30,  33,  34,  67. 
vote  of  thanks    to,     for    valuable 
services,  52. 


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Bartlct,  Thomas,  13,  24,  41. 
William,  23. 
William  Francis,  41. 
Hartlctt,  mime  of,  8,  12,  13,  24,  25,  76. 

reason  to  be  proutl  of  the,  41. 
{See  also  Bart  let.) 
descendants,  78. 
Aliss  Alice,  66. 

Anna  E.,  30,  67,  80. 
Arthur  Lucius,  66,  97. 

Mrs.  (Leota  Grey),  'H),  97. 
Miss  Beatrice,  66. 
Byram,  67. 
Cecil,  67. 
Cephas  H.,  67. 
Charles,  35. 
Charles  C,  66. 
Charles  Dana,  35,  57. 
Charles  H.,     6,   26,   27,   30,   ^3,   51, 
67,  79,  80,  81,  82,  90,  92,  96, 
97,  106. 

ancestral    line    of,     from     Robert 
(1),  106. 

birthplace  of,  106. 
Clement  (6),  106,  107. 
Clyde,  67. 
Cornelius,  66. 
Cornelius,  Jr.,  66. 
David  W.,  67. 
Miss  Dorothy  R.,  66. 
Earl  R.,  66. 
Miss  Edith  E.,  30,  66. 
Edward,  immigration  of  (1795),  77. 

children  of,  78. 
Edward  (5),  100,  102,  108. 
Edward,   15,  87,  88. 
Edward  M.,  67. 
Edward  O.,  67. 
Miss  Elsie,  66. 
Mrs.  Emily  B.,  66,  95,  113. 
Ephraim  (6),   100,   102,   108. 
Ephraim  D.,  20,  30,  34,  35,  53,  66. 
Rev.  Ephraim  H.,  30,  67. 
Ephraim  T.    (TiUson),    11,    17,   100, 
102,  103,  108. 

Salome  (Tower),  wife  of,  100,  101, 
102,  108. 
E.  Paran,  31,  67. 
Miss  Evelyn  A.,  67. 

Faith,  67. 
F'rancis,  30,  67. 
Francis  K.,  66. 
Frank  K.,  66. 
Frederick  W.,  67. 
George  E.,  66. 
George  Washington,  107 
Miss  Gertrude,  67. 
Guy,  66. 
Harold,  67. 


Mrs.  Hattie  D.,  66. 
llattie  R.,  82,  90. 
Miss  Helen  L.,  30,  67. 

Helen  R.,  66. 
Henry  L.  (7),  106. 
Herbert  L.,  66. 
Homer,  66. 
Horace,  66. 
Hosea  C,  35,  57. 
Howard,  67. 
Miss  Ida  B.,  66. 
Irving  C,  67. 
Irving  L.,  Jr.,  67. 
Miss  Isabelle  M.,  30,  51,  67,  96. 

motion  made  liy,  96. 
James  E.,  66,  97. 
John,  6,  12,  17,  19,  20,  57. 
John  (author),  25. 
John  (8),  107. 

John  Albert,  30,  66,  90,  92,  95,  96, 
97. 
birthplace  of,  107. 
ancestral  line  of,  107. 
John  Russell,  41. 
Joseph  W.,  67. 
Miss  Julia  A.,  67. 
Miss  Katherine  G.,  66. 
Kenneth,  66. 

Miss  L.  Florence,  31,  67,  82,  90. 
Mrs.  Leota  (Grev),  30,  66,  90,  97. 
Leroy  C,  31,  67,  97. 
Levi,  13. 

book  written  by,  87. 
(See  also  Genealogies.) 
Afrs.  Lillian  F.,  66. 
Lucius  Warren,  4,  10,  11,  12,  16,  17, 
20,  25,  26,  27,  30,  33,,  36,  50, 
51,  53,  55,  58,  62,  67,  75,  78, 
79,  80,  83,  86,  89,  90,  95,  96, 
97,  108. 
biography  of,  100-102. 
ancestral  line,   100-101,   102. 
birthplace,  100. 

bookkeeper   and   expert   account- 
ant, 100. 
professor  of  mathematics,  100. 
past  officer   in    I.   O.   O.    F.,    102. 
first  wife  of,  102. 

second  wife  of,  30,  53,  67,  97,  102. 
interest  in  politics,   102. 
Putnam     Phalanx,     Secretary    of, 
102. 
wrote  histor>'  of,  102. 
Captain    in    \eleran    ranks    of, 
102. 
founder    Society    of     Descendants 
of    Robert"  Bart  let    of    Plym- 
outh, 100. 
work  for  the  Society,    102. 


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addresses  before  the  Society,   17- 
19,  33,  34,  48,  49,  58-62,  76. 
80,  83,  87-89,  91. 
report  as  chairman  of  committee 

on  memorial,  36. 
report  on  Insignia,  85. 
Afiss  Mabel  M.,  66. 
Marcia  J.,  30,  66. 
Marguerite,  31,  66. 
Mrs.  Maria  G.,  67. 
Miss  Marian,  66. 
Mary  }.,  66. 
Mary  L.,  97. 
Matthew  H.,  67. 
Mildred,  66. 
Mildred  A.,  66. 
Octavius  W.,  87. 
Otis  B.,  67. 
Peter,  67. 
Richard  H.,  67. 
Richard  S.,  67. 
Richard  W.,  66,  67. 
Robert   (1),  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
eight  descendants  of,  on  ros- 
ter, 78. 
Robert  A.,  66. 
Robert  W.,  66,  67. 
Miss  Ruth,  67. 
RuthT.,  67. 
Samuel,  40. 
Samuel  Colcord,  41. 
Miss  Thelma,  66. 
Thomas  Edward,  12,  87. 
Tilson,  66. 
Truman  H.,  44. 
Virgil,  67. 

Colonel  Walter  B.,  13. 
Rev.  Walter  R.,  33,  67. 
Warren  Tower,  26,  27,  30,  67. 
Weslev  L..  67. 
William  (5),  106 
William  Ashmead,  25. 
William  H.,  67,  82,  90. 
Rev.  William  P.,  67,  96,  97. 
W.  Russell,  67. 

Mrs.  Zilpah    (wife    of    Lucius    War- 
ren), 102. 
Bartlett   Engraving  Co.,   53,  91. 

photo-engravings     of     the      Bartlct 
coat-of-arms,  90,  91. 
Bartlett- Tower-Tillson       combination, 
78. 
intermarriages,  101. 
"  Bartlett's  Familiar  Quotations,"  25, 

57. 
Barttelot,  7. 

Adam,  8,  13,  24,  54. 


Edmund,  13. 

John,  8,  13,  24,  54. 

Richard,  13. 

Thomas,  13. 

.Sir  Walter,  24. 
Bates,  Mrs.  Amanda  B.,  68. 

David  M.,  68. 

Frank,  68. 
Beacon  Hill  (Boston),  83. 
Beal,    Jeremiah,  88. 
Bearce,  deorge  H.,  67. 
Belmont  (Mass.),  31,  67. 
Benjamin,  Mrs.  Melissa,  68. 
Bible,  family,  record,  10. 

of  Stephen   Bartlett  Tower,   87-88. 

{See  also  Records.) 

record  of  deaths,  88. 
Bickford,  Miss  Amy  G.,  68. 

Lucille  G.,  68. 

Marshall,  68. 
Biographies  of  officers  of  the  Society: — 

Lucius  Warren   Bartlett,   President, 
100-102. 

Charles     H.     Bartlett,     First     ]"ice- 
President,   106. 

John   Albert    Bartlett,   Second    Vice- 
President,  107. 

Ermina    (Bartlett)    Suhanek,    Secre- 
tary-Treasurer, 108. 

Marian    Adele    Longfellow,     Histor- 
ian, 109-111. 

Mercer   V.    Tilson,    late    First    Vice- 
President,  112. 
Biography,  genealogy  and  history,  62. 

{See  also  Genealogies.) 
Bird,  Frederick  H.,  30,  67. 

H.  A.,  97. 

Afiss  Helen,  17,  20,  30,  53,  67,  97. 

Henry  Marshall,  30,  53,  68,  97. 

Henry  W.,  67. 

Horace  A.,  67,  82,  90. 

Isaac,  88. 

Luther  O.,  68. 

Simeon  A.,  30,  67. 

\Y.  Ellery,  67,  82,  89,  90. 

Zilpha  Bartlett,  wife  of  Isaac,  77. 
Births:  — 

in      vital      statistics      of      Duxburv 
(Mass.),  88. 

{See  also  Duxbury). 
Blackinton  (Mass.),  30,  68. 
Blackman,  Airs.  Mary  E.,  68. 

Miss  Willmay,  68. 
Board    of   Assistants,    American    Soci- 
ety of  Colonial  Families,  109. 

{See  also  Societies.) 
Bodfish,  David  L.,  17,  19,  30,  68. 
Boer  War,  24. 

(See  also  Wars.) 


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Bookkeeping    and   expert    accounting, 
100. 
(See  also  Professions.) 
Books,   see  genealogies,   histories,   and 

biographies. 
Boomer,  Mrs.  Rebecca  C,  31,  67,  07. 
Boston  (Mass.),  36,  39,  44,  61,  67,  6cS, 
71.  83,  92,  96,  97,  106. 
evacuation  of,  by  the  Britisli,  40. 
land  in,  bought  by  Peter  Warren,  61. 
John  Warren  who  settled  in,  62. 
Boulder,    erected    on    site    of    Bartlet 
home,  Manomet,  9. 
to  erect,  36. 
picture  of,  37,  51. 
list  of  contributors  toward,  expense 

of,  53,  82,  90. 
Secretary    of     Society    writes    letter 
of  acknowledgment    for    per- 
mission to  erect,  58. 
work  of  Mercer  V.  Tilson,    relative 
to  the,  76,  112. 
Boundary    line    between    the    I'nited 
States     and     Mexico,     John 
Russell  Bartlet t  appointed  to 
set,  41. 
Bowker,  Anna,  77,  101. 
Bracebridge  (Can.),  74. 
Bradford,  Governor,  of  Plymouth   Col- 
ony, journal  of,  39. 
name  of,  60. 
Family,  42. 

{See  also  Societies.) 
Braintree  (Mass.),  75. 
Brant  Rock  (Mass.),  67,  75. 
Brewster,  Elder  William,  42. 
Street,  31,  47,  50. 

{See  also  Streets.) 
Family,  42. 

iSee  also  Societies.) 
Miss  Ada  A.,  67. 
Sarah,  111. 
Brian  (a  knight),  8,  13. 
Bridgewater  (Mass.),  72. 

once  north  parish  of,  now  Brockton, 
88. 
{See  also  Brockton.) 
Brockton  (Mass.),   10,   11,   18,   19,  20, 
30,  54,  66,  67,  68,  70,  71,  72, 
90,  92,  96,   100. 
once    north    parish    of    Bridgewater, 

88. 
"  Times,"  11. 

photograph    group    of    first    annual 
outing,  55. 
Brookfield  (Conn.),  70. 

(Mass.),  108. 
Brookline  (Mass.),  51,  74,  76,  79,  90. 
Brooks,  Mrs.  Nina,  68. 


Brown,  Mrs.  Mabel,  68. 
Brookhn  (,\.  \'.),  ()9. 
Brown,"  William  B.,  30,  (),S. 
Brvant      and      Strattoii     Commercial 
Schools,  100. 
bookkeeper  a»(/  accountant  at,   100. 
Professor  of  mathematics  at,   100. 

(.'SV,'  also  Schools.) 
Austin,  101. 
Miss  Edith  E.,  68. 
Mrs.  Sarah  \V.,  68. 
Bryant  estate,  78,  100. 

purchase  of,  101. 
picture    of     the     Bryant     home     at 

Cummington  (Mass.),  103. 
William  CuUen  (the  poet),  100,  101. 
home,   mother  of   Lucius  Warren 
Bartlett    and    Ermina    (Bart- 
lett)     Suhanek,     married     in 
house  afterward  the,  101. 
autograph   poem   gi\en    Mrs.    Sa- 
■    Tome    Bartlett     !)>•,     unfortu- 
nately lost,  102. 
Bryantville  (Mass.),  75. 
Builders  of  the  Nation,  54. 
Bunker  Hill,  60. 
Burdett-Coutts,  Baroness,  25. 
Burdick,  Mrs.  Alice  P.,  30,  68. 
death  of,  76,  84,  113. 
(See  also  Necrologv.) 
Edwin  P.,  68,  84. 
Burgis,  Peter,  63. 

Mary,  daughter  of,  63. 
Burns,  Emily  Longfellow,  6S. 
Mrs.  John  J.,  68. 
Silvia  Wadsworth,  68. 
Burrell,  D.  S.,  51. 
Burrill,  David  T.,  97. 

wife  of,  97. 
Burton,  Charles  P.,  68. 
By-Laws  of  Society  of  Descendants  of 
Robert  Bartlet  of  Phniouth, 
to  prepare,  20,  26,  30. 
amendments,  79,  91. 
extracts  from,  86. 
{See  also  Societies.) 


C. 


California;  68,   72,   74,  93,   113. 
Cambridge   (Mass.),   87,  96. 
Campello  (Mass.),  30,  31,  67,  75. 
Canaan  (N.  H.),  97. 
Canada,  67,  74. 
Canton,  11. 

Carlstook  (Cornwall),  63. 
Carver,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.  Ames,  31. 
Elizabeth  A.,  68. 
Horace  A.,  68. 


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Castine  (Me.),  fort  at,  40. 

(See  also  Forts.) 
Castle  of    Fontenoy  see  Fontenoy. 
Cedar  Rapids  (la.),  73. 
Chalmers,  Mary,  102. 
Chart   of   the     Harlerian     Society     of 
Visitations      of       Devonshire 
(Eng.),    date  of  1620,  63. 
Charter  of  the  Society  of  the  Descend- 
ants   of    Robert     Bartlet    of 
Plymouth,  26-30,  34. 
members,  26-30. 
list  of,  30-31. 
expenses  for,  34. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
Charts  see    Harlerian    Society. 
{See  also  Lands.) 
{See  also  Maps  and  Charts.) 
Cheshire  (Mass.),  75_. 
Cheyenne  (Wyo.),  67. 
Chicago  (111.),  78. 
Chilton,  Mary,  42. 
Chiltonville  (Mass.),  71. 
Churchill,  Arthur  H.,  68. 
Churches: 

Second    Congregational    Church    of 

Plymouth  (Mass.),  9,  21. 
Methodist     Church     at     Plymouth 

(Mass.),  10,  31,  32,  47. 
Old    South    meeting-house    at    Bos- 
ton (Mass.),  39. 
Park     Street     Church     at     Boston 

(Mass.),  S3,  92. 
Porter  Church  at  Brockton  (Mass.), 

85. 
England,    Church   of    (Established), 

23,  39. 
Stopham  Church  in  England,  24. 
Church  at  Leyden  (Holland.),  38. 
Separatists'  Church,  38. 
Cincinnati  (Ohio),  72. 
Civil  War  (1861-65),  18,  49,  112. 
Bartletts  in  the,  9,  12. 
commissioned    officers    by    name    of 

Bartlett  in  the,  41. 
youngest   Major-Ceneral  in  the,  41. 
Clark  and  Finney,  34. 
Mrs.  Catherine  B.,  68. 
CHnton  L.,  68. 
George  W.,  68. 
Clark's  Island,  23. 

first  landing  near  Plymouth,  23. 
{See  also  Islands.) 
Clerks,  town,  9. 

Cleveland,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.,  68. 
Kilbourne,  68. 
Raymond  M.,  68. 
Cleveland  (Ohio),  73. 
Coates,  Mrs.  Anna  Cj.,  68. 


Coats-of-Arms,  8,  34,  54. 

description  of  the  Bartlet,  S. 
eleven  quarterings  in,  24. 
crests,  8,  24,  54. 
motto,  8,  99. 
photo-engravings  of,  90. 
of  the  Tilsons  (Tillsons),  64. 
Cohasset  (Mass.),  77. 

exodus  from,  77.  '  . 

Cole,  Zilpah,  102,  108. 
Colgan,  Mrs.  Addie  Waite,  30,  68. 
Colleges:  — 
Dartmouth,  41. 

President  of  (1877),  41. 
Cooper  Institute  (New  York  City), 
102. 
"  Colonial,"  The,  85. 
subscriptions  to,  91. 
{See  also  Magazines.) 
Colonial  Governors,  Order  of  Descend- 
ants of,  109. 
History  and  Genealogy,  112. 
Committees    of    Society    of    Descend- 
ants   of     Robert     Bartlet    of 
Plymouth,    on    incorporation 
of  Society,  10,  52. 
music  for  annual  reunions,  106. 
on  place  of  meeting,  28. 
Commissioners       signing       Mayfloiccr 
Compact,  23. 
{See  also  Mayflower.) 
of  Corporations,  27. 

{See  also  Corporations.) 
Commonwealth       of        Massachusetts 

see  Massachusetts. 
Composer  of  music  see  Music. 

{See  also  Professions.) 
Conant,  Paul  W.,  97. 

Roger,  22. 
Congresses:  — 
Provincial,  60. 

President  of  the,  60. 
Continental,  41. 
Conn,  Mrs.  Mary  M.,  68. 
Connecticut  (State  of),  12,  19,  26,  30, 
32,  33,  50,  51,  54,  67,  68,  69, 
70,  71,  74,  78,  79,  80,  89,  90, 
93,  97,  100,  102. 
State  Council,    executive    board    of, 

102. 
Robert  Bartlet  of  Hartford,  87. 
river,  78. 

across  the,  100. 
towns  west  of  the,  77. 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Soci- 
ety of   Descendants  of    Rob- 
ert   Bartlet   of   Plymouth,    to 
prepare,  20,  26,  30. 
{See  also  By-Laws.) 


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{See  also  Societies.) 
Continental  Congress,  41. 

Dr.  Josiah    Bartlet,    a    delegate    to 

the,  41. 
value  of  money  issued  1)\',  77. 
"  Contrasted  Songs,"  actsc,  110. 
Cook,  Sarah,  106. 
Cooper,  Mrs.  Mary  D. 
Cooper  see  Trades, 
wine  see  Trades. 
Cooper    Institute    (New    Ynrk    Chy), 
102. 
{See  also  Colleges.) 
Cornwall  (Eng.),  63. 

Rame  in,  63. 
Corporation   see   Society    Descendants 
of    Robert    Bartlet    of    i'hni- 
outh. 
articles  of  incorporation,  26-27. 
Corporations,   Commissioner  of.   Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts, 
27. 
{See  also  Massachusetts.) 
Correspondent,   newspaper,  see   News- 
paper Correspondent. 
Counties:  — 

Cornwall  (Eng.),  63. 
Devonshire  (Eng.),  59. 
Kent  (Eng.),  59,  63. 
Sussex  (Eng.),  13. 
{See  also  England.) 
Court  Street,   Plymouth    (Mass.),   31, 
47,  50. 
{See  also  Plymouth.) 
{See  also  Streets.) 
Coventry    (Eng.),    one    Richard    War- 
ren, said  to  have  been  sheriff 
of,  in  1620,  59,  60. 
Cradle  belonging  to  Joseph  Bartlet,  16. 
Crests:  — 

tower,  8,  24,  54. 
sivan,  8,  24,  54. 
Cross,  William  B.,  68. 

William  W.,  68. 
Crozier,    Mrs.     Zilpha     (Bartlett)     see 

Bartlett,  Zilpha. 
CulHng,  Will,  63. 

Mary,  daughter  of,  63. 
William,  son  of  Ann  (Warren),  63. 
John,  63. 
Richard,  63. 

Thomas  (of  London,  Eng.),  63. 
Cumberland,  12. 

Cummington   (Mass.),   10,   13,  30,   70, 
73,  74,  77,  100,  101,  102,  108. 
house  at,  102. 

soon  after  Revolutionarv  War,  13 
Edward  (5)  Bartlett  settles  in  (1795) 
77. 


names  of  other  settlers,  87. 

Brvant  home  at,   103. 
Cush'ing,    Mrs.    Edith    I.,    16,    17,    19, 

20.  21,  30,  3:3,  34,  68,  89. 
Cutter  and  Tower,  101. 


1) 


Dallas  (Tex.),  67. 
Dalton  (Mass.),  66,  69,  71,   72. 
Dartmouth  College,  41. 
President  of  (1877),  41. 
{See  also  Colleges.) 
Daughters    of    the    American    Revolu- 
tion, National  Societ\',  109. 
Massachusetts,  109. 
Founders  and  Patriots  of  America, 

National  Society  of,  109. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
{See  also  National.) 
Davis'     "  Landmarks    of    Plymouth," 
60. 
data  taken  from,  60. 
Dean,  Mrs.  Marian  C,  69. 
Declaration  of  Independence,  40. 

a  signer  of  the,  40,  41. 
Deed     recorded     in     Plymouth    Land 
Records,  of  piece  of  land  one 
hundred  feet  square,  granted 
to  the  Society,  36. 
{See  also  Plymouth  Land   Records.) 
Descendants     of     Robert     Bartlet     of 
Plymouth,  10,  25,  38. 
Society  of  see  Society. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
of    Colonial    Governors,    109. 
(See  also  Orders.) 
Desoe,  Harlan  J.,  68. 
Harlan  T.,  68. 
Miss  Madoline  T.,  68. 
Devonshire  County   (Eng.),  59,  63. 

{See  also  England.) 
Dewey,  Mrs.  Carrie  K.,  68. 
Dighton  (Mass.),  ii. 
Dill,  Wallace,  69. 
Diplomat,  109. 
Diplomats  see  Professions. 
Divinity,  12. 

{See  also  Professions.) 
Dorchester  (Mass.),  26,  30,  31,  33,  51, 
67,  69,  72,  79,  90,  97,  106. 
Heights,  camp  at,  during  the  Revo- 
lution, 40. 
Doty,  name  of,  60. 

Mary,  106. 
Drake,  Sir  Francis,  22. 
Francis  S.,  60. 

"  History     of     Roxbury,     Massa- 
chusetts," 60,  61. 


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Dues   of   the   Society    Descendants   of 
Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth, 
20,  29. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
Dutch  Republic,  the,  39. 
Duxbury  (Mass.),  88,   100. 

vital  statistics,  reference  from,  88. 
births,  88. 
records  of,  89. 


E. 


Eager,  John,  69. 

Miss  Katherine  L.,  69. 

Lucy,  69. 
Mrs.  E.  J.,  97. 
Earlville  (111.),  74. 
East  Bridgewater  (Mass.),  20,  30,  67, 

70,  97. 
Easthampton  (Mass.),  68,  69. 
East  Hartford  (Conn.),  67,  100. 
Eddy,  Albert,  69. 
Miss  Beulah,  69. 
Carroll  B.,  69. 
Charles  A.,  69. 
Miss  Ethel,  69. 
Frank  B.,  69. 
George,  69. 
Miss  Grace,  69. 
Miss  Virginia  Fraye,  69. 
Education:  — 

of  the  immigrant  imperative,  44. 
Edward,  the  Black  Prince,  8. 
Eel  River,  Plymouth  (Mass.),  23. 
Election    of     Officers    see    Officers    of 
Society  of  Descendants  Rob- 
ert Bartlet  of  Plymouth. 
Ellis  and  Clark,  34. 
Elmwood  (Mass.),  31,  66,  68. 
Ely  (Nev.),  69. 

Emigrants,    duty    toward,    coming    to 
our  country,  43. 
uneducated,  a  menace  to  the  coun- 
try, 44. 
[See  also  Immigration.) 
by  name  of  Warren  settled  in  Plym- 
outh,   Watertown    and    Bos- 
ton, 61. 
Enfield  (Mass.),  73. 
England,  8,  13,  22,  24,  35,  38,  39,  57, 
61,  62,  63,  64,  65. 
Church  of,   supporter  of  the,   23. 
{See  also  Churches.) 
county  of  Cornwall,  63. 
Devonshire,  59,  63. 
Kent,  63. 
Sussex,  13. 


English   blood,   intermingling  of,   with 

that  of  Holland,  incentive  to 

Pilgrims  to  come  to  the  new 

world,  40. 

ancestry    should    be    a    matter  for 

pride,  43. 
Bartletts  in  Parliament,  24. 

Ernley  (Sussex  county,  England),  13. 

Europe,  62. 

Executive  Committee,  see  Officers, 
election  of,  Society  of  De- 
scendants of  Robert  Bartlet 
of  Plymouth. 

Exposition,  Universal,  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, 114. 


Fall  River  (Mass.),  74,  97. 
Families:  — 

Alden  Kindred  of  America,  42. 
American  Society  of  Colonial  Fam- 
ilies, 42. 
Bradford  family,  42. 
Brewster  family,  42. 
Winslow  family,  42. 
Farry,  Mrs.  Mary  M.,  30,  69,  97. 
Ferguson,  Mrs.  Jane  T.,  69. 
Fire-back  (1660),  35,  57. 
Flag,  the 

immigrants  to  honor,  45. 
"  Flag  of  Our  Native  Land,"  sung  at 

sixth  annual  reunion,  97. 
Florence  (Mass.),  67,  102. 
Florida,  93. 
Fontenoy,  battle  of,  24. 

capture  of  tower  of,  8,  24. 
Forbes,  Mrs.  Alice  Bartlett,  30,  69. 
Miss  Barbara  Hyde,  30,  69. 
George  B.,  69. 
Ford  Building,  83. 
Fort  "  Ethan  Allen  "  (Vt.),  70. 
"George,"  Castine  (Me.),  40. 

capture,  imprisonment  at,  and 
escape  from,  of  General  Peleg 
Wadsworth,  second  in  com- 
mand of  the  Penobscot  Ex- 
pedition, 40. 
"  Sumter,"  102. 

steamer  sent  to  reinforce,   102. 
mark  of  cannon-ball  in,  102. 
"  Fortress  Monroe,"  112. 

{See  also  Forts.) 
"  Fortress  Monroe"  see  Forts. 
Forts:  — 

"  Ethan  Allen,"  70. 
"  George,"  40. 
"  Sumter,"  102. 


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Fortune,  the  (ship),  38,  4-0. 

{See  also  Ships.) 
Foster,  Harriet  Newell,  107. 
F"ounfler   of   the   Society    of    Desrend- 
ants    of     Robert     Barikt     (if 
Plymouth,  100. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
"  Founders  Society"      see     Massachu- 
sett   "  Founders  "    Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
Fourth  Regiment  Massachusetts  State 
Militia,  112. 
{See  also  Troops. ) 
{See  also  Massachusetts.) 
France,  8,  24. 
Franklin,  Irwin,  69. 

Mrs.  Mabel  B.,  69. 
Fraser   House,    Brockton    (Mass.),   !S5. 
French  Ancestry,  42,  43. 
Freeman's     Oath,     on     list     of     those 

taking,  61. 
Freemen,  9,  61. 
"  Free  Soil  "  men,  101. 

{See  also  Politics.) 
Fuller,    Mrs.  Cornelia  P.,  69. 
Mary  E.,  69. 
Sylvanus,  69. 
Fugitive  slaves  sheltered,  101. 


Garfield  (Utah),  68. 
Garlinger,  Mrs.  Enieline,  69. 

Miss  Ida,  69. 
Garments  of  the  Pilgrims  not  confined 
in    color    to    black    and   grcn' 
only,  42. 
Garrison  Abolitionists,  101. 

{See  also  Politics.) 
Garter  King  of  Arms,  grants  by,  8. 
Genealogical  Societies,  7. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
research,  26. 
lines,  76,  77,  78. 
Genealogies:  — 

Bartlett,  77,  78,  87. 

Colonial  history  a?id  Genealogy,  112. 

"  Sketches  of  the  Bartlett  Family," 

by  Levi  Bartlett.  13. 
Tilson,  10,  64,  65,  77,  78,  112. 
Tower,  77,  78,  87. 

"  Wheelers,  The,  and  the  Warrens," 
61. 
Genealogists,  books  by,  60,  61,  87. 
Germany,    Holland   and,    our   lorm  of 
Town   meeting  derived  from, 
44. 
{Sec  also  Holland.) 


Gilbert,  .V;-,s-.  Al)l)e\-  !..,  69. 
(.ilnian  (Can.),  69.' 
Glunz,  Mrs.  Emilv  H.,  69. 

Randolph,  69. 
Goldfield  (Xev.),  71. 
Gordon,  Miss  Dorris  (Doris:-*),  69. 
A'lildred,  69. 

Mrs.  Nellie  B.,  69. 

Ray,  69. 
Ciranger,  Mrs.  Permclia  B.,  69. 
(irants  of  Land  see  Lands. 
Gray,  Mrs.  Martha  B.,  69. 
Great  Barrington  (Mass.),  70. 
Great  Seal  of  the  Commonwealth    see 

Massachusetts. 
Greenfield  (Mass.),  67. 
(  dwinvich  (Kent  County,  Eng.),  63. 
Grirtis,   William   39. 
Griswold,    Lydia,    wife    of   Joseph    (3) 
Ban  let.  111. 

{See  also  Bartlet,  Joseph  (3). 


H 


Hadlev  (Mass.),  108. 
Halifax  (Mass.),  76,  87,  101. 
Hamilton  (N.  Y.),  71,  74. 
Handmaid,  the  {ship),  38. 

{See  also  Ships.) 
Hanover  (Mass.),  112. 
Harlerian  Society,  58. 

visitations  of,  59,  63. 

chart  of  the,  63. 

{See  also  Societies.) 

{See  also  Charts.) 
Harlow,  Miss  Florence  J.,  31,  70. 

Mrs.  Mary  F.,  70,  97. 
Minnie  B.,  31,  70. 
Harned,  Mrs.  Lillian,  70. 
Harriman  (Tenn.),  67. 
Harrison,  A.  M.,  35,  57. 

Mrs.  Mattie  B.,  70. 
Hartford   (Conn.),   12,   19,   26,  30,  32, 
^i,  50,  51,  54,  67,  68,  69,    73 
74,  78,  79,  80,  87,  89,  90,    100 
102. 
Haskins,  Mrs.  Angeline  T.,  31,  69. 

Miss  Edith  A.,  31,  69. 
Hastings,  8,  13. 
Hawley,  Mrs.  Agnes  B.,  70. 

George,  70. 

James,  70. 
Haxtun,  Annie  Arnoux,  58-62. 
Hay,  Mrs.  Edith  C,  70,  82,  90. 
Hayden,  Susannah,  107. 
HaVes,  Miss  Edith  M.,  69. 
Ethel  J.,  69. 

Irving  C,  69. 


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Hedbury,  in  the  parish  of  Ashburton, 

63. 
Heraldry,  8. 

heraldic  terms  and  significations,  8. 
Hereditary  Orders,  109. 

(See  also  Orders.) 
Highways,  surveyor  of,  23. 
Hill,  Samuel  L.,   102. 
Hill    towns   west    of    the    Connecticut 
River,  settling  of,  77. 
(See  also  Towns.) 
Hingham  (Mass_.),  13,  76,  77,  97,  100. 

exodus  from,  77. 
Hinsdale  (Mass.),  67,  69,  101. 
Historian,    past,    of    the    Society    of 
Descendants  of  Robert  Bart- 
let  of  Plymouth,  see  Sarah  S. 
Bartlet. 
present,  see  Marian  Longfellow. 
"  Historical,    Genealogical     and    Bio- 
graphical "  book  entitled    see 
Pierce,  Ebenczer  W. 
research,  261. 
(See  also  Research.) 
History,    Genealogy     and     Biography 

see  Genealogies,  etc. 
"  History  of   Roxbury,  Massachusetts" 
see  Drake,  Francis  S. 
the  Society  of  Descendants  of  Rob- 
ert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth,  85, 
96,  97,  109. 
Hoag,  Mrs.  Susie  W.,  70. 
Hoboken  (N.  J.),  73. 
Holland,  38,  39,  40. 

children   of   English    Pilgrims   inter- 
marrying with  people  of,  40. 
form    of    government,    as    in    town 
meetings   deri\'ed    from    Ger- 
many and,  44. 
(See  also  Germany.) 
Holmes,  Amasa,  96. 

Betsey,  wife,  of,  96. 
Charles,    gift    by,    of    fire-back,    to 
Society    of     Descendants    of 
Robert  Bartlet  of  Plymouth, 
96. 
Holmes,  Mary,  106. 

Remember,  25. 
Holyoke  (Mass.),     10,   26,  30,   32,  34, 
51,  67,  73,  75,  79,  90,  92,  97, 
108. 
Holvoke,  Mount,  78,  89. 
Hopkins,   Miss  Mary  A.,   31,   47,   48, 
53,  69,  78,  80,  81,  89,  96-98. 
original  verses  by,   written   for  and 
sung  at  Sixth  Reunion  of  the 
Society,  bv,  97,  98. 
Mrs.  Susan  J.,  31,  53,  69,  97. 
Hoyt,  Mrs.  Madelyn  B.,  30,  53,  70. 


Hotels  : — 

Crescent     Hotel   (Plymouth   Mass.), 
55. 

Eraser   House  (Brockton  Mass.),  85. 

Parker    House   (Boston  Mass.),  52. 
Hubbard,  Mrs.  Evelyn  B.,  70. 

Miss  Jennie  S.,  70. 

Sarah,  70. 
Huguenots,  42,  58. 


Illinois,  68,  74,  93,  97. 
Illustrations:  — 

house  builded  in  1660,  2. 
portraits:  Lucius  Warren  Bartlett,  4. 
Ermina  B.  Suhanek,  6. 
Charles  H.  Bartlett,  6. 
John  A.  Bartlett,  6. 
Marian  Longfellow,  6. 
Bartlet  coat-of-arms,  8. 
group    picture    at    I3artlett    Farm, 

Stoughton,  14. 
old    house    and    family    cradle    at 

Manomet,  16. 
old  fire-back,  etc.   (1660),  35. 
Boulder    on    site    of    original    home, 

37,  56. 
group  picture  of  Fourth  Reunion,  56. 
Mercer  V.  Tilson   (late    First  Vice- 
President),  64. 
insignia  of  the  Society,  81. 
Bryant      house      at      Cummington 
(Mass.),  103. 
Immigrant,  youthful,   to  educate,   44. 
duty  of  Americans  to  the,  44,  45. 
rights  of  the,  45. 

must   be   taught    to   honor   the   flag 
of  their  adopted  country,  45. 
(See  also  Immigration.) 
Immigration:  — 
undesirable,  44. 

duty    of    Americans    towards    emi- 
grants from    other    countries, 
43. 
(See  also  Immigrants.) 
Incorporation   of  Society  of    the    De- 
scendants   of   Robert   Bartlet 
of  Plymouth,  10,  52. 
articles  of,  26,  27,  52. 
contributions  towards  expense  of,  51. 
Independent    Order    of    Odd    Fellows, 
"  past  grand  "  of,  102. 
(See  also  Orders.) 
Indiana,  30,  72,  93. 
Indianapolis  (Ind.),  30. 
In  Memoriam:  — 

Mrs.  Vesta  (Bartlett)  Tower,  112. 
Mrs.    Alice  (Bartlett)  Burdick,  112. 


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Mercer  V.  Tilson,  112. 

Mrs.  Amanda  B.  Waterman,  112. 

Mrs.  Emily  Bartlett,   112. 
Insignia    of    the    Society    of    Descend- 
ants   of     Robert     Bart  let     of 
Plymouth,  80,  83. 

description  of,  and  price,  85. 

sale  of,  91. 

cut  of,  81. 
Intermarriages    between    Englisli     ami 

people  of  Holland,  40. 
Iowa,  67,  73,  74. 
Iron-molding,  112. 

{See  also  Trades.) 
Islands:  — 

Clark's,  23. 

.T 

James  F.  White  Companx',  110. 
Joel  Munson's  Sons  see  Muwson. 

{See  also  Publishers.) 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Anna  Bartlett,  26,  27, 
31,  53,  97. 
poem   written   by,   for  a   Reunion, 

17,  33. 
Anna  M.,  70. 
Miss  Elna,  70. 
Mrs.  Mary  E.,  70. 
Miss  Miriam,  70. 
Mrs.  Zilpha,  70. 
Juries,  grand,  23. 


Kansas,  70. 

Keith,  Mrs.  Mary  Bird,  53,  70,  97. 

Susan  O.,  70. 
Kent  (Eng.),    county  of,  59. 

{See  also  England.) 
Kenka  Park  (N.  Y.),  69. 
Kilbourne,  Alfred  B.,  70. 

Miss  Beatrice,  70. 

Charles,  70. 

James  N.,  70. 

Miss  Lucy,  53,  70. 

Mrs.  Mary,  70. 

Joseph,  70. 
Kingston    (Mass.),    67,    69,  75,  76,  95, 

112. 
Knapp,  Mrs.  Agnes  P.,  70. 

E.  Clayton,  70. 

Fordyce  L.,  70. 
Knight,  Miss  Blanche,  70. 

James,  70. 

Mrs.  Mary  Z.,  70. 

Ray,  70. 
Kratzer,  Mrs.  Helen  K.,  70. 
Kurtz,  Mrs.  Ada  B.,  70. 


"  Landmarks  of    Plymouth"  sec  Davis. 
Lands,  26. 

grant  of,  to  Adam  Bartelot,   13,  24. 

Brian  (a  Knight),  13. 
records  of  Plymouth   (Mass.),  36. 
lot  of,  to  Robert  Barllet   from  Mrs. 
Richard  Warri'n,  23,  36. 
maps  of,  51. 
survey  and,  36. 
at  Manomet,  23. 
right  of  way  over,  36,  58. 
{See  also  Manomet.) 
bought  by  Peter  Warren  in  Boston, 

61. 
sale  of,  to  Charles  A.  Stone,  3(). 
deed     of,     recorded     at     Plymouth 
(Mass.),  36. 
Lapham,  George  A.,  70. 
Law,  12,  109,  110. 

{See  also  Professions.) 
Laws    of    New    England    have    made 
her  famous  for  good  govern- 
ment and  equity,  44. 
"  League  of    American   Pen  Women" 
(Washington,  D.  C),  109. 
founder  of,  109. 
Lectures,  110. 

lecturer   on   colonial,    historical    and 
literary  subjects,  110. 
Lee  (Mass.),  66. 
Leicester  (Mass.),  61. 
Leonard,  Mrs.  James  B.,  70. 
Letter  to  Charles  H.   Stone  from  the 
Secretary   of   the    Society   of 
Descendants  of  Robert  Bart- 
let  of  Plymouth,  58. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
Lewiston  (Me.),  97. 
Lexington  (Mass.),  62. 

battle  of,  62. 
Leyden  (Holland),  38. 
Lincoln,  Abraham,  112. 

speech    of,    at     Cooper's    Institute, 

New  York  City,   101. 
call  of,  April  16,  1861,  for  troops  and 
response  to,  112. 
Link,  Ernest,  70. 
Mrs.  Jessie,  70. 
Miss  Margaret,  70. 
List  of  charter  members  of  the  Soci- 
ety, 30,  31. 
contributors  toward  expense  of  me- 
morial, 53,  82. 
mailing,  of  the  Society,  87. 
one  hundred  and  forty-five  names  of 
members,  on  file,  93. 


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Literature,   men  of,   name  of  Bartlett 

figures  among,  40. 
Little  James,  the  {ship),  23,  38,  39. 

{See  also  Ships.) 
Living    Descendants    of    Robert    and 
Mary    (Warren)     Bartlet    see 
Roster  of  Living  Descendants. 
Logan,  Mrs.  Annie  C,  70. 
London  (Eng.),  23,  63. 
Longfellow,  Arthur  H.,  7L 
Henrv  Greville,  7L 
Miss'EWm  T.,  7L 

Louise  A.,  7L 
Henrv    Wadsworth    (the    poet),    25, 
■  32,  40,  5 L 
two  lines  of  descent  from  Robert 
(1),  of  Plymouth: 
Robert  (1),  Benjamin  (2),  Ben- 
jamin   (3),    Jr.,    Priscilla    (4) 
Susannah  (Samson)   (5),  Gen- 
eral   Peleg   (6)    (Wadsworth), 
Zilpah       (7)        (Wadsworth), 
Henry  (8)  Wadsworth  Long- 
fellow. 
Second  line:    Robert  {\),  Joseph 
(2),  Joseph    (3),   Samuel    (4), 
Elizabeth     (5),     Zilpah       (6) 
(Wadsworth),       Henry       (7) 
Wadsworth  Longfellow. 
Marian  Adele,  3,  5,  6,  32,  48,  51,  52, 
53,  7L  76,  79,  80,  84,  90,  92, 
96,   99,   109. 
addresses   of,   before   the   Society, 
38-47,  54-58,  80,  83,  84,  91. 
compilation     of     History     of     the 

Society,  85,  96. 
letter    of    sympathy    sent    by    the 
Society   to,    on   death   of   her 
brother,  96. 
birthplace  of,  109. 
first  marriage,  110. 
children  by,  110. 
second  marriage,  110. 
two    lines  of  descent  from    Robert 
(1)  Bartlet  of   Plymouth,  HI. 
First  line:     Robert    (1),    Benja- 
min (2),   Benjamin  (3),   Pris- 
cilla (4),  Susannah  (5),  (Sam- 
son) General  Peleg  (6)  (Wads- 
worth),    Zilpah     (7)     (Wads- 
worth),   Stephen    (8)    (Long- 
fellow,       Marian      Adele 
Longfellow  (9). 
Second    line:     Robert     (1),    Jo- 
seph   (2),    Joseph    (3),    Sam- 
uel   (4),    Elizabeth    (5),    Zil- 
pah  (6),  Stephen   (7)    (Long- 
fellow),    Marian     Adele     (8) 
Longfellow. 


Stephen  (4),  111. 

Zilpah  (Wadsworth),  wife  of,  109. 
Stephen   (5), 

Marianne    (Preble),    wife  of.    111. 
daughter  of   Hon.  William  Pitt 
Preble,     Judge     of     Supreme 
Court    of    Maine    and    E.    E. 
and   M.    P.    to   the   Court    of 
the  Netherlands,  109. 
William  Pitt  Preble,  96. 
death  of,  96. 
sister  of,  109. 
Los  Angeles  (Cal.),  68. 
Lovell,    Mrs.   Eugenia   F.    B.,   30,   ii, 

51,  70,  89. 
Lowell,  James  Russell,  50. 

poem  of,  quoted  by  President  of  the 

Society,  50. 
"  What  is  so  rare  as  a  dav  in  June," 
57. 

M. 

Alable,  Ann,  63. 

Thomas,  63. 
Macey,  Mrs.  Mercie  W.,  71. 
Magazines:  — 

The  "  Colonial, "85,  91. 
Mailing   list   of   living  descendants  of 
Robert    and    Mary    (Warren) 
Bartlet,  66-75. 
Maine,  31,  40,  73,  93,  97. 

"  Daughters  "  of,  109. 
Manchester  (Conn.),  74. 
Manley,  Martha,  107. 
Mann,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bird,  30,  71. 

Horace  W.,  19,  30. 
Manomet  (Mass.),     10,  30,  31,  ':>!,  55, 

57,  67. 

White  Horse  Beach  at,   15. 

land    at,    belonging    to    Robert     (1) 

Bartlet,  23. 
home  of  Joseph  (2)  Bartlet  at,  57. 
boulder  (memorial),  9,  36,  37,  51,  53, 

58,  76,  82,  112. 
Ponds,  9,  35,  579. 

Maps   and   Charts   drawn    b\'    Mercer 
V.  Tilson  51,  58. 

{See  also  Charts.) 

{See  also  Lands.) 
Marriages,  record  of,  88. 

{See  also  Records.) 
Marsh,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (loual),  59,  60, 

62,  63. 
Marshall,  Mrs.  Harriet  A.,  71. 
Marshfield  Centre  (Mass.),  31,  67. 

Hills  (Mass.),  75,  97. 
Mason,  Charles  N.,  71. 

Charles  W.,  71. 


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Dorris  (Doris?),  71. 
Dudley,  71. 
Mrs.  Edith,  71. 
Miss  Flora  L.,  71. 
Frank  B.,  71.  _ 
Miss  Marian,  71. 

Martha,  71. 
Stanley,  71.  ^ 

Walter,  71. 
Miss  Winifred. 
Massachusetts     (ComnionwcaUh     of), 
7,  15,  21,  26,  27,  .^0,  ,^1,  ^?> 
34,  39,  42,  46,  50,  60,  62,  64, 
66,  75,  76,  77,  79,  81,  83.  8+, 
85,  86,  90,  91,  92,  93,  95,  96, 
97,  100,  101,  102,  108,  112. 
Governor  oi, 
great  seal  of,  27. 
Secretary  of,  26,  27. 
some  families  of  western,  76-78. 
State  Militia  of,  112. 

Fourth    Regiment,    ("onipain"    E, 
112. 
Massachusetts  Daughters  of  tlie  .Amer- 
ican Revolution,     Society     of 
"  Founders,"  109. 
{See  also  Socieitcs.) 
Mathematics,  professor  of,   100. 

{See  also  Schools.) 
Matthewson,  Mrs.  Flora,  48,  81. 
Mayflower,  the  {ship),  23,  38,  39,  42, 
49,  60,  61,  62. 
compact  signed  on,  23,  38. 

commissioners  signing,  23,  57. 
second  voyage  of,  38. 
"  log,"  so-called,  of  the,  39. 
Pilgrims,  59. 
descendants,    89,    109. 
{See  also  Ships.) 
Mayflower    Descendants,     Society   of, 
banquet  of,  39. 
magazine,  88. 
{See  also  Society.) 
Signers,  58. 
McCullough,  Mrs.  A.  Starr,  71. 
McFarlin,  Miss  Helen,  71. 

Sampson,  31. 
McGregory,  Daniel  E.,  71. 
Miss  Edith,  71. 

Gladys,  71. 
Harry  L.,  71. 
Mrs.  Minnie  T.,  71 
McGrevy,  Mrs.  Alida,  71. 

Miss  Dorothy  V.,  71. 
McLouth  (Kan.),  70. 
McMillen,  Martha  E.,  107. 
Mecca,    the,     Plymouth     (Mass.),    of 
New  England,  49. 


Mcdfield  (Mass.),  72,  73. 
medicine,  12. 
Physicians,  12. 
{See  also  Professions.) 
Meetings  of  the  Society  of   Descend- 
ants   of    Robert     Bartlet    of 
Plymouth      see     Society     of 
Descendants,  etc. 
Mellen,  John  O.,  71. 
Lewis  B.,  71. 
Orson  J.,  71. 
Memorial  on   site  of  home  of   Robert 
Bartlet,  to  erect,  17,32,33,57. 
exercises  at  site  of,  47. 
fund,  80. 
work  of   Mercer  V.  Tilsin,   relative 

to,  76,  112. 

Ijuildings,  26,  80. 

expenses  of,  34. 

contributions  towards,  51,  i>2,  90. 
tablet,  26,  80. 
cost  of,  36. 

photograph  of,  sul)mitte(i,  36. 
to  Major-Geiil.  William  l^Vancis  Bart- 
let, 41. 
Memorial  shaft  at  Plymouth,  42. 

{See  also  Plymouth.) 
Meriden  (Conn.),  87. 
Methodist    Church   at    Plymouth     see 

Churches. 
Milburn  (N.  J.),  84. 
Middleboro,    (Mass.),    20,   30,   31,   68, 

70,  72,  73,  89. 
Middletown  (Conn.),  70,  73. 
Miiford  (Conn.),  69. 
Militia,  state  (Mass.),   112. 

{See  also  Troops. ) 
Milk,   five  quarts  of  milk  the  equiva- 
lent in  value  of  fifteen  dollars 
of  Continental  money,  77. 
Mihon  (Mass.),  97. 
Mining  see  Nevada. 
Mills:  — 

Nonotuck  Silk  Company,  102. 
Molines,  Priscilla,  42. 

robbed  of  her  birthright,  42. 
Money,       Continental,       comparati^•e 
value   of,    with   necessities  of 
life,  77. 
Montclair  (N.  }.),  31,  68. 
Moon,  Mrs.  Ella  B.,  71. 
Morris,  Edward  Francis,  71. 
Henry  Wadsworth,  71,  110. 
John  Alden,  71. 
Madeleine  Preble  see    Scharf,   Mrs. 

Paul. 
William  Francis,  110. 
William  Longfellow,  110. 
Winifred  Grey,  71. 


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Morton,  Mrs.  Martha  B.,  71. 
Mortar  and  Pestle  said  to  have  been 
brought   over  in  the  Ann   in 
1623,  96. 
Motives   which    brought    the    Pilgrims 
from     Holland     to     the     new 
world,  39,  40. 
(See  also  Pilgrims.) 
{See  also  Holland.) 
Mount  Holyoke,  78. 
Mount  Tom  (Holvoke,  Mass.),  10,  78, 
89,  91,  95. 
Mountain  Park,  75,  89,  91. 
Mt.  Holyoke  see  Mount  Holyoke. 
Mt.  Tom  see  Mount  Tom. 
Munson's   Sons,   Joel    (publishers) ,  61. 

{See  also  Publishers.) 
Music,   composer   of   songs   and   other, 
106. 
Committee  on,  see  Committees. 


N. 

Napa  (Cal.),  72. 
Napersville  (Mass.),  74,  97. 
National  Society  of  the  Daughters  of 
the     American      Revolution, 
charter  member  of  the,  109. 
of   Daughters  of  Founders  and   Pa- 
triots of  America,  109. 
New  England  Women,  109. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
National  Genealogical  Society,   109. 
Geographical  Society,  109. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
Nauman,  Mrs.  Polly  McFarlin,  31. 
Navy,  12. 

{See  also  Professions.) 
Necrology :  — 

Benjamin  Bartlet,  10. 

Hannah  Bartlet,  10. 

Mercer   V.    Tilson,    10,    76,    83,    90, 

113. 
Mrs.  Vesta    Bartlett     Tower,      113. 
Alice    Bartlett    Burdick,    76,    84, 

89,  90,   113. 
Amanda    B.    Waterman,    76,    95, 

113. 
Emily  Bartlett,  95,  113. 
Needham  (Mass.),  97. 
Neponset,  69. 
Netherlands,  E.  E.  and  M.   P.  to  the 

Court  of  the,  109. 
Nevada,  69,  71,  110. 
Newark,  68,  75. 
New  Bedford  (Mass.),  30,  67. 
Newbury  or  Newberry,  9,  13,  24,  25. 
Newcomber,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  T.,  71. 


New  England,  22,  38,  39,  44,  61,  95, 
110. 
colonies,  87. 

laws    of,    have    made,     famous    for 
good  government  and  ecjuity, 

(See  also  Laws. ) 

Plymouth  the  Mecca  of,  49. 

New    England    Telegraph  and  Tele- 
phone Company,  106. 

Wom.en,    National    Society    of,    109 
[See  also  Societies.) 

Hampshire,  31,40,  87,  97. 

Haven  (Conn.),  30,  67,  70,  74. 

Jersey,  31,  68,  73,  75,  84,  93,  97. 

Lenox  (Mass.),  68. 

Milford  (Conn.),  70. 
Newport  (R.  I.),  9. 
Newspaper  correspondent,  109. 

{See  also  Professions.) 
Newton  (Mass.),  72 

Highlands  (Mass.),  70. 
New  York  City  (N.  Y.),  68,  69,  71.  75, 

101,  110. 
New  York,  61,  67,  68,  69,  71,  74,  93, 

110. 
Nichols,  Mrs.  Cora  L.,  71. 

Miss  Leora,  71. 
Nickerson,  Charles  A.,  71. 

E.  Elliott,  71. 

John  C,  71. 

Miss  Lina  B.,  71. 

Mrs.  Margaret  B.,  71. 
Polly  M.,  71. 

William  B.,  71. 
Nonotuck  Silk  Company,  102. 

{See  also  Mills.) 
Norfolk  (Va.),  75. 
Norman  Conquest,  24. 
Normandy,  24. 

Northampton  (Mass.),  71,  73,  87,  102. 
North  Auburn  (Me.),  31. 

Easton  (Mass.),  68,  70,  75,  97. 

Hanson  (Mass.),  31,  75. 

Pearl  St.,  Bridgewater  (Mass.),  88 
{Sec  also  Streets.) 

Yakima  (Wash.),  70. 

O 

Oath,  freeman's  see  Freeman. 
Officers  of  the  Society  of  Descendants 
of    Robert    Bartlet    of    Plym- 
outh see  Societv. 
reports  of,  17,  18,  19, "20,  21. 
election  of,  17,  19,  20,  26,  29,  31,  51, 

84. 
duties  of,  27,  28. 
vacancies  on  board  of,  28. 


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Officers   and    Emoluments,    shameless 

traffic  in,  44. 
Ohio,  70,  71,  72,  73,  75,  93. 
Old  Bridgewater  Historical  Society,  84. 

{See  also  Societies.) 
"  Old    North  "    Chapter,    D.    A.    R., 
anthem  of,  97. 
South  Meeting  House,  39. 
{See  also  Churches.) 
Olds,  Mrs.  Ella  S.,  72. 

Silas  S.,  72. 
Olin,  William  M.,  27. 
Oneida  Seminary,  108. 
Open  letter  of    Mercer  V.  Tilson  see 

Tilson. 
Opie,  Sarah,  63. 

Nich.,  63. 
Orcutt,  Alpheus,  72. 
Orders:  — 

"  Independent  Order    of    Odd    Fel- 
lows," 102. 
hereditary: 

"Americans   of   Armorial   Ances- 
try," 109. 
"  Descendants    of    Colonial    Gov- 
ernors," 109. 
Oregon,  68,  70. 
Otis,  name  of,  60. 
James,  60. 
Mercy,  60. 
"  Our    Pilgrim    Ancestors,"     address, 
38-47. 


Pabodie,     Ruth,      wife    of    Benjamin 

(3)    Bartlett,    111. 
Pacific    Ocean    alone    barred    further 
emigration     from     the     East, 
77. 
Packard,  Miss  Anna  E.,  72. 

Charles  A.,  72. 

Charles  E.,  72. 

Clayton  L.,  72. 

Clifford  I.,  72. 

Clifford  S.,  72. 

Cyrus  W.,  72. 

Frank,  72. 

George  O.,  72. 

Harley,  72. 

Harold  C,  72. 

Harry,  72. 

Henry,  72. 

Herman,  17,  20,  30,  72,  97. 

Miss  Ida  M.,  72. 

John  H.,  72. 

Joseph  A.,  72. 

Miss  Lillian,  72. 
Lucy,  72. 


Luther  W.,  72. 

Miss  Margaret  A.,  72. 

Margorie,  72. 
Mrs.  Mary  C,  72. 

Mary  Carr,  30,  72. 
Miss  Mary  E.,  72. 

Minnie  R.,  72. 
Muriel,  72. 
Miss  Olive  M.,  72. 
Parker,  72. 
Miss  Rachel  A.,  72. 

Rachel  M.,  72. 
Ralph  A.,  72. 
Robert  B.,  72. 
Miss  Ruth  A.,  72. 

Ruth  E.,  7^2. 
Thomas  T.,  72. 
Walter  A.,  72. 
William,  72. 
Palmer  (Mass.),  19,  30,  68. 
Panama  Canal,  113. 
Panama-Pacific    I'niversal    Exposition 
at  San  Francisco  (Cal.),  1915, 
114. 
invites    Society    of    Descendants   of 
Robert    Bartlet  of  Plymouth 
to  attend,  114. 
Park  Street  Church  (Boston),  83,  92. 

{See  also  Churches.) 
Parker  House   (Boston),  agreement  of 
incorporation       of       Society, 
signed  at  the,  52. 
(See  also  Incorporation.) 
Parliament  (England),  24. 
Bartletts  in,  24. 
{See  also  English.) 
Pasadena  (Cal.),  72. 
Payson,  George  E.,  72. 
Mrs.  Jerusha  H.,  72. 
Julia  R.,  72. 
Peacham  (Vt.),  67. 
Peabody  see  Pabodie  (old  form). 
Pease,  Kenneth,  72. 
Pembroke  (Mass.),  112. 
Pension  of   Nathaniel  Tower,   77. 
Pennsylvania,  68,  93,  97. 
Peoria  (Ariz.),  67,  71,  73. 
Perkins,  Mrs.  Amanda  B.,  72. 
Philadelphia  (Pa.),  68,  97. 
Physicians  see  Medicine. 
{See  also  Professions.) 
Photograph    of    Memorial    submitted, 
36,  51. 
members  of  the  Society,  14,  56,  96, 
100. 
Pierce,  Ebenezer,  62. 

book  by,  entitled  "  Historical,  Gen- 
ealogical and  Biographical," 
62. 


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{See  also  Genealogies.) 
Pilgrim    "  Mothers  "    also    worth}'    of 

note,  40. 
Pilgrims,  9,  15,  17,  22,  23,  38,  39,  40, 
42,  43,  44,  49,  58,  59,  60,    62. 
motives  which  brought   the,   to  the 

new  world,  39,  40. 
spirit  of  the,  43,  46. 
debt  we  owe  them,  38-47. 
jests  at  expense  of  the  term  "Plym- 
outh Rock,"  45. 
Pilgrims,  singleness  of  purpose  of  the, 
47. 
Richard    Warren,    the   Pilgrim,   who 
came  o\x-r   in   the   Muvflower 
(1620),  61. 
Pittsfield(Mass.),  67,  70. 
Plaine  Joan,  the  (ship),  61. 
(See  also  Ships.) 

John  Warren  who  came  in,  62. 
Plainfield  (Mass.),  72. 
Plymouth  (Eng.j,  63. 
Plymouth    (Mass.),    3,    9,    10,    11,    15. 
20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27, 
30,  31,  32,  34,  35,  36,  42,  50, 
51,  54,  55,  57,  58,  60,  61,  62, 
65,  66,  68,  70,  71,  73,  75,  76, 
80,  83,  84,  85,  86,  87,  88,  89, 
96,  97,  99,  100,  110,  112. 
memorial  shaft  at,  42. 
the  Mecca  of  New  England,  49. 
land  records  of,  36. 
town  records,  23,  88. 
colonial  history  of,  13. 
objects  of  interest  at,   15. 
Colony,  23,  26,  41. 
White  Horse  beach,  55. 
Eel  river,  23. 
Court  Street,  3,  47. 
Brewster  Street,  31,  47. 
deed  of  land  to  Society,  recorded  at, 

36. 
South,  9. 
Rock,  45. 

settlement,  9. 
(See  also  Settlements.) 
(N.  H.),  31. 
Politics:  — 

Abolitionist,  CJarrison,  102. 
Prohibition,  102. 
"  Free  Soil,"  102. 
Pope,  Hannah,  102,  106,  108. 
Porter,  Mrs.  H.  C,  72. 
Church,  85. 
{See  also  Churches.) 
Portland  (Me.),  71,  109. 

(Ore.),  68,  70. 
Powers,  Samuel,  46. 
Pratt,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  B.,  53,  72. 

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Preble,    Hon,   William    Pitt,   Judge   of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Maine, 
and   foreign    minister    to    the 
Court  of  the  Netherlands,  109. 
Marianne,  daughter  of,  and  wife  of 
Stephen  (5)  Longfellow,   111. 
Press  correspondent   on  White  House 
list,  109. 
(See  also  Professions.) 
Professions:  — 
army,  12. 
Bartlett,     name    of,    figures    among 

the,  40. 
bookkeeping    and    expert    account- 
ing, 100. 
diplomat,  109. 
divinity,  12. 
law,  12. 
literature,  108. 
poetry,  108. 
medicine,  12. 

physicians,  12. 
Navy,  12. 

newspaper  correspondent    of   White 
House  (Washington,  D.  C.)  list,  109. 
surveyors,  23. 
teachers,  101,  108. 
Prohibition  ticket,  102. 

(See  also  Politics.) 
Providence  (R.  I.),  33,  41,  52,  75. 
Provincial  Congress,  60. 
President  of  the,  60. 
(See  also  Congresses.) 
Publications,  26. 
Publishers:  — 

Joel  Munson's  Sons,  61. 
Puffer,  D.  R.,  97. 

Mrs.  Mary  T.,  wife  of,  97. 
Puritans,  38,  39,  44,  58. 
Putnam  Phalanx:  — 
Secretary  of,  102. 
Captain  in  veteran  corps  of,  102. 
history  of,  written  bv  Lucius  Warren 
Bartlett,   102. 

R. 

Race  intermarriages:  — 

Dutch  and  English,  40. 
Rame  (Cornwall,  Eng.),  63. 
Rancocas  (N.  J.),  97. 
Randall,  Harrison  E.,  73. 

Herbert,  73. 
Records  in  a  family  Bible,  10,  87,  88. 

of  the  town  of  Plvniouth,  23. 
will  of  Robert  (1)  Bartlet  in,  23. 

of  the  Bartlet  Family,  24. 

land,  of  Plymouth,  36. 

of  the  Societv,  relative  to  the  memo- 
rial to  Robert  Bartlet,  58. 

] 


of  deaths,  88. 
marriages,  88. 

marriage    of    Hannah    Stevens    to 
Benjamin  Bartlet,  88. 
Reed,  Airs.  Phebe  A.,  73. 
Reports  of  the  President  of  the  Soci- 
ety, relative  to  its  incorpora- 
tion, 52. 
as  Chairman  Committee  on  Memo- 
rial see  Memorial. 
Treasurer,  34,  53,  82,  89,  92. 
Secretary,  32,  ii,  34,  48,  50-53,  78- 

8'2,  89-92. 
Historian,    21,    22,    25,    57,    92-93, 
94-95. 
(See  also  Society.) 
Research,  antiquarian,  26. 
historical,  26. 
genealogical,  26. 
Revolutionary  War  (1775-83),  18,  77. 
Cummington     (Mass.),     soon     after 
the  close  of    the,   13,  87,  101. 
named  of  those  who  settled,  87. 
Nathaniel  Tower,  a  soldier  in  the,  77. 
"  high  cost  of  living  "  as  shown  by 
the   purchasing   value   of   his 
pension,  77. 
Rhode  Island,  33,  67,  75. 

Secretary  of  State  (1855-1872),  41. 
Rice,  Miss  Jessie  K.,  73. 
Mrs.  Joanna  T.,  73. 
John  M.,  97. 
Lilla  E.,  73. 
Ralph,  73. 
Richards,  John,  63. 
Richmond  (Cal.),  68. 
Richville  (N.  v.),  67. 
Ritchie,  Mrs.  Hortense  K.,  73. 
Rivers: — 

Avon,  the  (England),  24,  54. 
Connecticut,  the,  77,  78. 
Eel  (Plymouth,  Mass.),  23. 
"  Rivulet,"  the,  autograph  poem  writ- 
ten by,  and  given  by  William 
CuUen    Bryant    to    Mrs.    Sa- 
lome   Bartlet,    unfortunately 
lost,  103-105. 
Robbins,  Hiram,  73. 
Loring,  31,  73. 
Miss  Susan  B.,  73. 
Robinson,  Miss  Flora  B.,  73. 

Rev.  John,  38. 
Rockford  (111.),  74. 
Rockport  (Mass.),  67. 
Roosevelt,    Theodore,    administration 

of,  109. 
Roster  of  Living  Descendants  of  Rob- 
ert and  Mary  (Warren)  Bart- 
let of  Plymouth,  66-75. 


Roxbury   (Mass.),   20,   26,   30,  34,   67, 
70,  71. 
history  of,  by  Francis  S.  Drake,  60. 
Russell,  Elvina  F.,  106. 


Salem  (Mass.),  60,  61. 
Salt  Lake  City  (I'tah),  30,  67,  69,  70. 
Sampson,  Mrs.  Mary  H.,  73. 
Samson,  John,  HI. 

Priscilla  (Bartlet),  wife  of.  111. 

Susannah,   daughter   of.    111. 

and    wife    of   General    Peleg    Wads- 
worth,  111. 
San  Francisco   (Cal.),   113. 
Scharf,  Dorothy  Ellen,  73. 

Eugene  Arnold,  73. 

Mrs.  Paul   (Madeleine  Preble  Mor- 
ris), 73,  110. 

Priscilla  Alden,  73. 
Schools:  — 

Bryant    and   Stratton,    at    Hartford 
(Conn.),  100. 

professor  of  mathematics  in,  100. 

bookkeeper     and     expert     account- 
ant,   100. 
Schultz,  Earl,  73. 

Elva,  73.  __ 

Howard,  73. 

Miss  Mildred,  73. 
Ruby,  73. 

Mrs.  Velva  M.,  73. 
Science,     name     of     Bartlctt     figures 

among  men  of,  40. 
Scituate  (Mass.),  77,  101. 
Sculpture,  41. 

noted  sculptor,  41. 
Seattle  (Wash.),  68,  69. 
Second      Congregational      Church     at 
Plymouth  (Mass.),  9. 

(See  also  Plymouth.) 

(See  also  Churches.) 
Secretary-Treasurer,  ofifice  of,  108. 
Separatists'  church,  38. 

(See  also  Churches.) 
Settlements:  — 

first  white,  previous  to  1639,  9. 

Plymouth  Rock,  9. 

Second  Precinct,  9. 

clerks  of,  9. 

Pilgrim,  9. 
Sheriff  of  Coventry   (Eng.)    see  Cov- 
entry. 
Ships:  — 

Alice,  the,  61. 

Ann,  the,  9,   11,   15,   19,  22,  23,  38, 
40,  49,  55,  60,  62,  96. 


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Arhella,  the,  60,  61. 
Fortune,  the,  38. 
Handmaid,  the,  38. 
Little  James,  the,  23,  38. 
Mayflower,  the,  23,  38,  39.  42,    49, 

60. 
Plaine  Joan,  the,  61,  62. 
Shoe-making,  112. 

{See  also  Trades.) 
Short,  Mrs.  Josephine  F.,  73. 
Sidnam  (England),  63. 
Signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, a,  40,  41. 
{See  also  Bartlet,  Dr.  Josiah.) 
Simmons,  Mrs.  Mary  B.,  73. 

Moses,  53. 
Singleton,  Mrs.  Blanche  K.,  73. 
Miss  Clara  I.,  73. 
Frank  E.,  73. 
Mrs.  Lucy  B.,  73. 
Slaves  see  Fugitive  Slaves. 
Smart,  Mrs.  Mary  K.,  73. 
Sidney,  Jr.,  73. 
Miss  Virginia,  73. 
Smith,  Miss  Dorris  (Doris?),  73. 
George  A.,  48,  81,  97. 
Mrs.  George  A.,  97. 
Capt.  John,  22,  97. 
Karl  b.,  73. 
Kirby,  73. 
Lawrence  F.,  73. 
Lindsley,  Company,  34,  53. 
Ralph  W.,  73. 
Miss  Verna,  73. 
Walter,  73. 
Societies:  — 

"  Alden   Kindred   of   America,"   42, 
81,  109. 
Secretary  of  the  48,  81. 
"  American  Society  of  Colonial  Fam- 
ilies," 10,  42,  81,  83,  85.  94. 
banquets  of  the,  83. 
Board  of  Assistants,  109. 
magazine  of  the,  85. 
Secretary  of  the,  48,  81,  85,  94. 
"  Antiquity,    Society   of  "    (Worces- 
ter, Mass.),  12. 
corresponding  member  of  the,   12. 
"  Bradford  Family,"  42. 
"  Brewster  Family,"  42. 
"  Daughters  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution," 109. 
"  Daughters  of   Founders  a»</   Pat- 
riots of  America,"    109. 
"  Daughters  of  Maine,"   109. 
"  Descendants  of  Robert  Bartlet  of 
Plymouth,"  10,  19,  24,  54. 
call  to  organize  the,  11. 
by-laws  of,  20,  26,  30,  79,  86,  91. 


Bartlett  kindred,  49,  54. 
insignia  of  the,  80,  83,  85. 
"  Founders  Society  "  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts  D.  A.  R.,  109. 
"  Genealogical,  National,"   109. 
"  Geographical,   National,"    109. 
"  Harlerian  Society-  "  (England),  58, 
59. 
[See  also  England.) 
"  Mavflower   Descendants,"   39,   89, 

■  109. 
"  Old    Bridgcwater    Historical  Soci- 
ety," 84. 
"  Tower  Genealogical  Society,"   48, 

57,  81. 
"  Winslow  Family  "  and  others,  42. 
Society,  the,  unless  otherwise  specified 
see  Society   of   the    Descend- 
ants   of     Robert     Bartlet    of 
Plymouth. 
Society  of  the  Descendants  of  Robert 
Bartlet    of     Plymouth,     Inc., 
10,  11,  LS,  21,  26,  32,  36,  47, 
52,  55,  57,  58,  83,  84,  87,  89, 
92,  95,  99. 
first  meeting,  10. 

second  reunion,  15,  16,  17,  ?>2,  57. 
election  of  ofificers,  17,  19,  20,  26,  33, 

51,  96. 
President' s  address,  17-19. 
report  of  Secretary,  19,  20. 
permanent  organization  formed,  19. 
list  of  Charter  Members,  30-31. 
third  annual  reunion,  31,  47,  57. 
records  of,  50-53. 
election  of  officers,  31,  111. 
old,    dissolved,   charter   of   new   ac- 
cepted, 52. 
deed  of  land  to,  36. 

letter  to  Charles  H.   Stone,   from 
Secretary  of,  58. 
dues  of,  20,  79,  83. 
constitution  and  by-laws,  20. 
report  of  Treasurer,  21,  82. 

Historian,  21,  22,  25. 
third  reunion,  31,  57. 
by-laws,  26,  30. 

amendments  to,  29^  30,  79,  80. 
duties  of  officers,  27,  2^. 
vacancies  in  office,  hcnv  filled,  28 
meetings,  28. 
fourth  annual  reunion,  47,  78-82. 
address  of  President,  48,  49,  50,  78. 
order  of  exercises,  47,  48. 
roll-call  of  members,  78,  79. 
election  of  officers,  79,  90. 
fiscal  year  of,  79.  80. 
associate  memlters  of,   79. 


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Roster  of  living  (k'sreiulants,  66   75. 
fifth  annual  reunion,   75-83,  8<)-')l. 
President's  address,   76-78. 
Secretary's  report,  89-92. 
Historicui's  report,  83,  84,  94,  95. 
permanent  insignia  of,   SO. 
sixth  annual  reunion  of,  85-97. 
call  for,  85. 
programme  of,  85. 
President's  address,  87-89. 
Insignia  of  the  Society,  80,  83,  85. 

description  and  price,  85. 
gifts  to  the,  96. 
mailing  list  of,  87. 
meeting  of  executi\"e  board  of,  92. 
general  history  of,  to  print, .96. 
place  of  meeting  of,  92. 
policy  of  the,  107. 
loss  and  gain  in  membership.  94. 
growth  of,  95. 

members     held     in     loving     remem- 
brance by  the,    112. 
invitation  to  the  Society  to  attend 
the  Panama-Pacific  Universal 
Exposition  in   1915,   114. 
Somerville  (Mass.),  71. 
"  Songs    of    Friendship,"    ^■olume    of 
verse    by    Ermina    (Bart left) 
Suhanek,  108. 
Soule,  Mrs.  Amanda  B.,  31. 
South  Boston  (Mass.),  81. 
Braintree   (Mass.),  81. 
Cowes  (Mass.),  71. 
Hanson  (Mass.),  26,  30,  Si,  64,  74, 

76,  79,  84,  88,  90,  97,  112. 
Plymouth  (Mass.),  9,  35,  57. 
Spence,  Miss  Eva,  74. 

Mrs.  Lulu  B.,  74. 
Spokane  (Wash.),  68. 
Springfield  (Mass.),  30,  31,  66,  69,  70, 
72,  73,  74,  75,  78,  90,  91,  97. 
Squier,  Mrs.  Cora  B.,  73. 
Standish,  Myles,  42. 
State  Council  of  Connecticut ,  Executive 
Board  of,  member  of  the,  102. 
Stationers,  101. 

Stephens,  Hannah  see  Stevens. 
Sterling  Manufacturing  Company,  102. 
Sternberger,  Jesse  H.,  73. 

William  A.,  73. 
Stevens,  Hannah,   102,  108. 
marriage  of,  88. 
(See  also  Records.) 
Harold  E.  E.,  97. 
Mrs.  Mary  A.,  97. 
Stone,  Charles  A.,  36. 
sale  of  land  to,  36. 
letter  to,  from  the  Secretary  of  the 
Society,  58. 


Stopham    (Sussex    Count\-,    I-^ngland), 
13,  24. 
church,  24. 
Sd.u^hton   (Mass.),   10,   11,   14,   1'),  30, 
54,  68,  71,  76,  88,  89,  <)7,  100, 
101. 
remo\al   of    Edward    Hartk'tt    from, 
77,  87. 
Stowell,  Deborah,  of  Hingham  (Mass.), 

77. 
Stranger    within    our   gates,    the    del)t 

we  owe  the,  43. 
Stratton,  Bryant  and,  School,  100. 

{See  also  Schools.) 
Streeter,  Mrs.  Vesta  W.,  73. 
Streets: — 

Brewster     (Plymouth,     Mass.),     31, 

47,  50. 
Court    (Plvmouth,    iMass.),    31,    47, 

50. 
Park  (Boston,  Mass.),  83,  93. 
North  Main  (Brockton,  Mass.),  85. 
North    Pearl    (Bridgewater,    Mass.), 
88. 
Strong,  Mrs.  Eunice  B.,  73. 
Sturtevant,  Miss  Alice,  73. 
Aimer  V.,  73. 
Aliss  Zilpha,  73. 
Suhanek,  Ermina  (Bartlett),  6,  26,  27, 
30,  32,  34,  48,  51,  53,  73,  75, 
79,  81,  83,  86,  90,  91,  92,  94, 
95,96,  97,  110. 
reports    of,    32,    33,    34,    48,    50-53, 

78-82,  89-91,  92,  95,  97. 
letter  of,  to  Charles  H.  Stone,  58. 
birthplace  of,   108. 
faithful  services  of,  95. 
teacher,  108. 

ancestral  line  from  Robert   (1),  108. 
author    of    "  Songs   of    Friendship," 

108. 
Joseph,  108. 

birthplace  of,  108. 
Superior   (Wis.),   70. 
Supreme  Court  of  Maine,  Judge  of  the, 
109. 
(See  also  Law.) 
Sussex  County  (England),  13,  24. 
Swans,  8,  24. 
Sylvester,  John  E.,  73. 


Tablet,  bronze,  see  Boulder, 
tablets,  26. 
expenses  of,  34. 
list  of  contributors  towards  expense 
of,  53. 
(See  also  Memorial.) 


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Tacoma   (Wash.),  67. 

Taunton  (Mass.),  71. 

Taussig,   Rudolph  J.,   114. 

Taylor,     Zachary     (President    of    the 

United  States),  41. 
Teachers,  100,  108. 

{See  also  Professions.) 
Tennessee,  67. 
Texas,  67,  93. 
Thetford  (Vt.),  25. 
Thompsonville   (Conn.),    102. 
Thrall,  Miss  Alice,  74,  80,  90,  97. 
Emma  B.,  30,  74,  97. 
loseph  B.,  74. 
"Oliver  J.,  30. 
Throw,  Miss  Bessie,  74. 
Mrs.  Ida  B.,  74. 
Margaret,  74. 
Nancy,  74. 
Tillson,  Arthur,  74. 
Miss  A.  Lenore,  74. 
Byron  W.,  74. 
Cyrus  M.,  74. 
Miss  Dorothy  F".,  74. 
Earl,  74. 
Edward  H.,  97. 
Mrs.  Edward  H.,  97. 
Edmund,  74,  87. 
P21isha  Avery,  97. 
John  A.,  74. 
Miss  Mabel,  74. 

Marian,  74. 
Mercer  V.  see  Tilson. 
Roland  F.,  53,  74,  97. 
Elizabeth  (7),  wife  of    Ephraim  (6) 

Bartlett,  101,  108. 
Edmund  (7),  100,  101. 

Phebe    Bartlett,  wife  of,  101. 
Welcome  (  ),  101. 

Leah  Tower,  wife  of,  101. 
Ephraim     (6),  101. 

Fear   (Waterman),   101. 
Tilson,  name  of,  13,  15,  64,  76,  78. 
{See  also  Tillson.) 
family  of,  64,  77-78. 
{See  also  Tilson  Genealogy.) 
Edmond,  65. 
Edmund,  13. 
John  Q.,  30,  74. 

Mercer  V.,  26,  27,  30,    ii,    36,    51, 
58,  64,  74,  79,  82,  88. 
bill  rendered  by,  34. 
open  letter  of,  64,  65. 
maps  of  land,  made  by,  58. 
death  of,  10,  76,  84,  90,  113. 
soldier,    genealogist    and     author, 

84. 
biography  of,  112. 
tribute  to,  112. 


farm,  77. 
Elizabeth,  102. 
Welcome,  78,  87. 

Leah  Tower,  wife  of,  78. 
descendants  of  Edmund,  78. 
Genealogy,  10,  64,  65,  84,  88,  112. 

price  of,  65. 
{See  also  Genealogies.) 
Tipton  (la.),  67,  74. 
Toledo  (Ohio),  75. 

Tower  of  Fontenoy,  capture  of,  8,  24. 
Tower,  name  of,  13. 

John  (1),  of  Hingham  (Mass.),  100. 
genealogical  lines,  76,  77,  78. 
genealogy,  87,  112. 
Leah,  date  of  death  of,  77. 

wife  of  Welcome  Tilson,  78. 
Luther  B.,  87. 
Steven,  87. 

{See  also  Stephen.) 

line  of,  77. 

records  in  family  Bible  of,  87,  88. 

Anna  (Bowker),  wife  of,  77,   101. 
Rhoda  (7),  101. 
Nathaniel,  77. 

a  pensioner  of  the  Revolutionary 
War. 

{See  also  Revolutionary  War.) 
Milly  (Bartlett),  87,  88. 
descendants  of  John,   one   hundred 
and  sixty-eight  on  roster,    78. 
George  Warren,  48,  81. 
Walter,  74. 
Genealogical  Society,  57,  81,  87,  100. 

officers  and  members  of  the,  76. 
{See  also  Societies.) 
Peter  (5),  87,  101. 

line  of,  77. 

Deborah  (Stowell),  wife  of,  77. 
Salome,  100,  101,  102,  108. 
Charles  W.,  74,  97. 
Charlemagne,  representative  of,  87. 
Cullen,  74. 
Miss  Esther,  74. 
George  Warren,  48,  81,  97. 
Miss  Grace,  74. 
Henry  L.,  74. 
Herbert,  74. 
John,  13. 

Miss  Mary  A.,  31. 
Stephen,  15. 

Theodore  Parker,  30,  74. 
Town  clerks,  9. 
moderator,  9. 

meeting,  form  of,  derived  from  Hol- 
land and  Germany,  44. 
Mrs.  Mabel  T.,  74. 
Towns,  hill,     west  of  the  Connecticut 
river,  settled,  77. 


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Trades:  — 

cooper,  23. 
wine,  23. 

shoe-making,  112. 

iron  molding,  112. 
Translations  from  the  French,  110. 
Treasurer's  reports,  21,  34,  53. 
Treasurer-Secretary,  office  of   see  Sec- 
retary. 
Troops,  State  (Mass.),  Militia,  112. 

Fourth  Regiment,  Company  E.,  112. 
Tucker,  Robert,  61. 

Sarah,  daughter  of,  61. 
Turner  (Me.),  73. 


U. 


Ulrich,  Mrs.  Flora  B.,  30,  53. 
Miss  Olive  E.,  74. 
W.  Leroy,  30,  74. 
United  States  of  America,   41,   44,   45. 
President  of  the,  41. 
duty  of  the  immigrant  to  these,  44, 

45. 
Coast  Survey,  35,  57. 
Volunteers,  112. 

Call  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  April   16, 
1861,  for  troops,  112. 
{See  also  Wars,  Civil.) 
Universal  Exposition  (1915),  Panama- 
Pacific,     at     San     Francisco 
(Cal.),  114. 
Society   of    Descendants   of    Robert 
Bartlet  of  Plymouth  invited 
to  attend,  114. 
Utah,  30,  67,  68,  69,  70,  93. 


V. 


Vermont,  30,  67,  70. 
Verses  by  Miss  Mary  A.  Hopkins,  98. 
book  of,  by  Ermina  B.  Suhanek,  98. 
the  Historian,  110. 
Virginia,  38,  61,  62,  75. 
Visitations     of     Devonshire     County, 
England,  59,  63. 
{See  also  Harlerian  Society  Chart.) 
{See  also  England.) 


W. 

Wadsworth,  Elizabeth   (Bartlet),  wife 
of  General  Peleg,  40,  111. 
Deacon  Peleg,  HI. 

Susannah  (Samson),  wife  of.  111. 
General    Peleg    (Penobscot    Expedi- 
tion), 111). 


captured  by  British,  40. 
imprisoned  at  Fort  George,   Cas- 
tine  (Me.),  40. 
escaped  from,  40. 
Walker,  name  of,  60. 
Walpole  (Mass.),  74. 
Waltham  (Mass.),  71,  73,  97. 
War  of  the   Rebellion    see  Civil   War, 
(1861-1865). 
Revolution  (1775-1783),  39. 
{See  also  Wars.) 
Ware  (Mass.),  70. 
Warner  (N.  H.),  13,  87. 
Warren  estate,  61. 
name  of,  40. 
homestead,  61. 
children  of  Peter  and  Sarah. 

John,    Joseph,     Benjamin,    Eliza- 
beth,   Robert,   Ebenezer    and 
Peter,  61. 
Peter,  60,  61. 

children    of    Peter    and    Hannah 
(2d  wife) : 
Hannah,  Mary,  Robert,  61. 
Joseph  (4)  and  Mary  (Stevens): 
Joseph,  Samuel,  Ebenezer    and 
John,  61. 
Ann,  62,  63. 
Sarah,  62,  63. 
Elizabeth,  59,  61,  62. 
Abigail,  62. 
Joseph,  62. 

children  of  Rev.  Robert  Warren 
and  Mary  (Burgis):  Christo- 
pher, Robert,  Thomas,  Peter, 
Nathaniel,  Margaret,  Anne, 
63. 
John,  of  Hedbury  (England),  63. 

Christopher,  son  of,  63. 
William,  63. 
Ann  (Mable),  63. 
Robert,  63. 
Margaret     (Burgis),     wife     of     Rev. 

Robert,  63. 
Nathaniel,  59,  60,  61,  62. 
Robert,  61. 
Sarah,  61,  62,  63. 
Thomas,  63. 
Alice  (Webb),  59. 
Benjamin,  61. 
Charles  H.,  33,  36,  52,  75. 
Christopher,  59,  60,  61,  62,  63. 
General  James,  60. 
John,  59,  60,  61,  62,  63. 
Ebenezer,  61. 
Hannah,  61. 
General  Joseph,  60. 
John  C,  61,  62. 
ancestry  of,  60. 


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Warren,  Mar}-,  7,  9,  10,  11,  15,  17,  22, 
23,  32,  38,  43,  47,  57,  59,  60, 
61,  62,  63,  66,  83,   102,   106, 
108,  111. 
of  French  ancestry,  43. 
lines  of  descent  from,  100-111. 
(See  also  Bartlet.) 

Richard   (1),  9,    15,   23,   33,   57,   58, 
59,  60,  61,  62,  63. 
wife  of,  22,  23,  59,  60,  61,  62,  63. 
son  Richard,  63. 
in  regard  to  his  family,  59. 
one,    said    to    have    been    sheriff    of 
Coventry  (England)  in   1610, 
59,  60. 
{See  also  Coventry,  England.) 
grandson  of,  also  Richard,  61. 
children  of,  and  Elizabeth   (Jouat), 
widow  of  Marsh: 

Richard,  John,  Mary,  Ann,  Sarah, 
Elizabeth,  and  Abigail   (born 
in  England),    Nathaniel    a)id 
Joseph     (born    in    Plymouth, 
Mass.),  62. 
of  Greenwich  (Kent),  63. 
"  Warrens,"  The,  address  by  the  Pres- 
ident,   Lucius    Warren    Bart- 
lett,  58-62. 
[See  also  Addresses.) 
Warrens,   the,   statements  of  genealo- 
gists regarding,  61. 
the  Virginia,  61. 
and  the  Wheelers,  62. 
Wars:  — 
Boer,  24. 

Civil,  9,  12,  18,  14,  112. 
Revolutionary,  3,  18,  39,  87. 
Washington  (D.  C),  68,  73,  109,  110. 

(State),  67,  68,  69,  70. 
Waterman,   Mrs.  Amanda  B.,   75,  95. 

Fear,  101. 
Watertown  (Mass.),  13,  24,  61. 

John  Warren  of,  62. 
Waterville  (Vt.),  30. 
Waureka  (Wis.),  75. 
Weatherbee,  Miss  Blanche  G.,  75. 

Clara  G.,  75. 
Webb,  Alice,  63. 

Thomas,  63. 
Wellman,  Charles,  74. 
Edward  C,  74. 
Miss  Fanny,  74. 
Louise,  74. 
Mrs.  Mary  E.,  74. 
Wellston  (Ohio),  73. 
West  Cummington  (Mass.),  68,  70,  72. 
Westfield  (Mass.),  67. 


West  Haven   (Conn.),  67. 

Newton   (Mass.),  97. 

Springfield  (Mass.),  68,  69,  71,  73. 

Worthington   (Mass.),   73. 
Weyman,  Wesley,  75. 
Weymouth  (Mass.),  12,  31,  69,  78,  89, 
96,  97. 

exodus  from,  and  other  towns,  77. 

John  Bartlet  of,  87. 
Wheaton,  Earl,  75. 

Wheeler,  Henry  Warren,  61. 

book  by,  61. 

{See  also  (Genealogies.) 
White,  Miss  Eliza  B.,  75. 

Mrs.  Emma  B.,  75. 

Miss  Flora,  75. 

J.  Bartlett,  75. 

Miss  Mabel  M.,  75. 
White  Horse  beach,  32,  55. 

Crescent  Hotel  at,  55. 
(See  also  Plymouth.) 
"  White    House,'      the      (Washington, 

D.  C),   109. 
White  settlement,  the  first,  previous  to 
1639,  9. 

White,  Joseph,  31. 

Whitman  (Mass.),    30,  31,  70,  71,  89. 
Whittemore,  Frances  T.,  106. 
.Whitty,  Mrs.  Mabel  H.,  75. 
William  the  Conqueror,  8,  13,  40,  54, 

57. 
Williamsburg  (Mass.),  72. 
Williamson,  Mrs.  Flora  B.,  75,  97. 
Wilmington  (Vt.),  67. 
Wilson,  J.  Bartlett,  75. 

Mrs.  Kate  B.,  75. 
Windsor  (Conn.),  30,  67,  70,  74,  80,  90, 
96,  97,  100. 

(Mass.),  72. 
Winslow,  name  of,  60. 
Winsted  (Conn.),  68,  70,  71. 
Winthrop,  Governor  John,  60. 

John  \\'arren  who  came  from   Eng- 
land with,  61. 
Wisconsin,  70,  75,  93. 
"  Woman's  Who's  Who  in  America," 

110. 
Wood,  Chas.  A.  Wood,  114. 

Fred  L.,  75. 

Mrs.  Harriet  B.,  75. 
Helen  K.,  75. 

Miss  Winifred  B.,  75. 
Woodland  (England),  63. 


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Worcester  (Mass.),  12,  71. 
Society  of  Antiquity,  12. 
(See  also  Societies.) 
Worship   God,    to,    in    their   own    way 
not  the  onh'  reason  for  which 
the  Pilgrims  came  to  the  new 
world,  39,  40. 
(See  also  Pilgrims.) 


Worthington   (Ohio),  68. 

(Mass.),  31,  66,  68,  69,   70,  71, 
74,  95,  101. 
Wyoming,  67. 

V. 
Voiimans,  Mrs.  Theodora  W.,  75. 
Young,  Dr.  Alexander,  39. 
Mrs.  Carrie  B.,  75. 
Miss  Grace  M.,  75. 


72, 


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