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Bartleys & Bartletts of Kentucky and Colonial Maryland
There
was a considerable clan of Bartleys in Daviess
County, Kentucky, beginning in the mid 1800s and lasting into the 1900s. The
family histories are fairly well established back to the early 1800s, but do
not go further back than that time or outside of Kentucky.
The
trail of my ancestry leads back through Daviess to Hezekiah Bartley, who spent
the last decades of his long life in Union County, Kentucky and died there in
1884. Pedigrees in general circulation most often miss his first brief marriage
to Polly Jacobs, with one son, and do not identify his origins. I find the
evidence convincing that this early son was my ancestor Thomas Bartley of
Washington County, Kentucky. I also find a good circumstantial case that
Hezekiah came from a clan of Bartletts of Talbot County, Maryland, descendants
of 1661 immigrant Nicholas Bartlett and his wife Sarah.
It
is established that Polly Jacobs was a member of a family who lived in Anne
Arundel County, Maryland, directly across the Chesapeake Bay from Talbot. The
Jacobs family migrated from Anne Arundel to the Sugar Land Hundred in
Montgomery County, Maryland, then to Rowan County in North Carolina, and
finally to Clark County, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville,
Kentucky. I have identified a tentative specific lineage for Hezekiah and a
firm one for Polly. There are some signs that the families could have known
each other in Maryland, but as of this time there is no clear evidence that
they did, nor that they migrated together.
* * *
Introductory remarks
This
lineage aims to to be ultimately based on evidence
from primary, contemporary documentation in reliable sources that are published
or available to the public upon request.
Acceptable
primary evidence may be direct or circumstantial. (i)
If they were recorded and preserved, vital records of births, marriages and
deaths are the staples of traditional genealogy — but surviving Colonial records are fragmentary. Property records
including wills, land deeds, and tax lists were most often well kept, but by
their nature limited to those who had property. In particular, women most often
could not own property, except when a widow acquired rights by dower to part of
her husband’s estate. (ii) As eminent genealogist Elizabeth
Shown Mills has stressed, migrations were of groups.1 The
families discussed here maintained their ties with each other and with allied
families for generations, even as they moved from place to place. (ii) Unusual
given names, such as Hezekiah in this lineage, or repetitive patterns of common
given names often have identifying value.
In
the end, indirect findings need to be logical and make sense as a story. For
instance, if events for person X are consecutive but shift from one place to
another, it is reasonable to surmise that person X is one and the same
but has moved. Reasoning by process of elimination can be useful if there are a
finite number of known possibilities, but not if there are a very large or
indefinite number. If someone seems to have moved a great distance, there should
be be some reason apparent — for instance, all of his
friends were doing it, or he was an orphaned younger son whose older brother
had inherited the family farm, and so staying put was not an option.
The
focus here is on the Bartley surname, not to slight the women involved; it is
simply a matter of limiting the coverage to something manageable.
A
word on name variants, in particular Bartley and Bartlett: in modern usage
these are quite distinct, but in the Colonial Era they were commonly
interchanged.2 At a time when most people could not read or
write, and regional dialects were diverse, spelling of family and given names
was often an approximate matter. Although the Old Testament name Jonathan is
unrelated to the New Testament John, if the former is shortened to “Jon” it
sounds just the same as “John.” Clerks of the Colonial Era sometimes
alternated between the forms in the same document3 or abbreviated
both as Jno. Similarly, reported ages were loose, since record-keeping
and mathematical skills were both inconsistent, and precision about age of
little practical importance.
Peter Bartley
Nordberg
My
younger brother, Peter, whose middle name was his mother’s mother’s maiden name, was born on January 29, 1956 in
Washington D.C. and died April 17, 2010 in Abington, Pennsylvania. He was
married three times: to (i) Sharon Renee Edgar,
February 17, 1974, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; divorced April 29, 1980,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; (ii) Susan Ginsburg, 1986, Maryland; divorce initiated
1989; and (iii) Kristie Diane Billings, May 16, 1997, McGregor, Texas. He had
one child, Robert Brinkley Nordberg, b. June 21, 1998, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.4
Peter
was an attorney.5
(Joan) Beverly Schulte &
Robert Bernard Nordberg
My
mother lived from September 17, 1926 to July 28, 2014, my father from December
25, 1921 to May 8, 2004. They had two children: (i)
me, and (ii) my brother, Peter.4 My father’s ancestry has been previously reported.6, 7
My
mother was a homemaker, educator and prolific oil painter. My father was a
professor. Both were Roman Catholics until the final years of their lives.
(Catherine) Connie Bartley &
(John) Joseph Schulte
Connie
was born on November 19, 1902 in West Louisville, Kentucky. She married Joseph
Schulte on January 12, 1926 in Sorgo, Kentucky in 1926. She died October 17,
1983 in Aurora, Colorado. The couple had three children, all at St. Leo,
Kansas: (i) (Joan) Beverly Schulte, b. September 17, 1926; (ii) (Marolyn)
Janice Schulte, b. February 11, 1928; (iii) John Bernard
("Jerry") Schulte, b. March 3, 1932.4
Following
their marriage, the couple settled on a farm in St.Leo,
Kansas, where they spent most of their lives. In their later years, they moved
to Denver, Colorado, close to their daughter Janice. Connie was an early
shutterbug and a fastidious record-keeper, providing me with extremely detailed
information about my family’s lives, and a very good beginning for the
genealogy that follows. I have reported the Schulte ancestry elsewhere.8,
9
Joe
was a farmer. Connie in her early days was a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse,
later a homemaker. The couple were both Roman Catholics.
John Edward Bartley &
(Mary) Frona Clayton
John
Edward Bartley was born on November 25, 1867 in Daviess County, Kentucky.10
He married Mary Frona Clayton there October 17, 1899.11
He died on March 20, 1942.10 Frona was
born in West Louisville,Kentucky on June 3, 1869.12
She died January 28, 1934 in Sorgo, Kentucky.12 The couple had six
children: (i) (Thomas) Byron, b. May 9, 1900;
(ii) (Mary) Alice, b. September 4, 1901; (iii) (Catherine) Connie, b.
November 19, 1902; (iv) (Mary) Della, b. January 28, 1904; (v)
(Josephine) Lena, b. September 12, 1906; and (vi) (John) Sherman, b.
August 15, 1908, all in West Louisville, Kentucky. 12
My
mother writes, “The parents of Mary Frona
Clayton and John Edward Bartley lost their spouses fairly early and married
each other (and their children), so Mary Frona and
John Edward Bartley were step-sister and brother who later married each
other. Thus they were not blood related.”
John
Bartley was a farmer.10 I have outlined the Clayton ancestry in a
separate monograph.13
James Thomas Bartley &
(Lavinia) Josephine Hoskins
James
Thomas Bartley was born about 1842 in Kentucky, probably in Washington County.14.
He died sometime during the 1870s.15, 16 Josephine Hoskins was born
May 27, 1851 in (probably) Owensboro, Kentucky and died February 20, 1931 in Du
Quoin, Perry County, Illinois.17 The couple married, presumably, by
1867, when their first child was born. They had four known children: (i) John Edward Bartley, b. November 25, 1867;15
12 (ii) William A., b. about 1869;12, 15 (iii) James, b.
August 13, 1874;16, 18 and (iv) Loyd T., b. about 1879.16,
19 After James’s death, Josephine remarried, to John M. Clayton,
whose spouse, Darcus Payne, had also died.
“James T.” Bartley first appears as an 8-year-old in the
1850 census.14 He was then
about 150 miles east of Daviess County, where he settled. “Thos Bartley” is shown on the 1860 census for
Daviess as a 17 year-old laborer born in Kentucky. The census shows him and
other laborers living with a family of Hodgkins,
close to the Clayton family of his wife’s second husband.20
Civil
War muster lists show Thomas J. Bartley (also known as James T. Bartley or John
T.) on the Union side for a three year term beginning November 4, 1861. He was
a private first class in the 17th and 25th infantries. The fighting in the
border state of Kentucky is reported to have been particularly intense,
especially during 1861-62. He was hospitalized for a number of months in
Louisville beginning in the middle of 1862.
It is unclear if injuries or other health problems were the occasion for
the hospital stay; the muster list reports are “sick” and “no descriptive list.”21
The
1870 Kentucky census shows “James T. Bartley” living with his wife “Josaphine” and the two children shown here. His occupation
is described as “common laborer.”15
Like
her mother, Josephine Hoskins married very young. She had her first known child
when she was 16. She was 29 and a widow by the time of the 1880 census. Her 53
year-old mother was living with her then (not the other way around).16
There are 1890 records of a military pension filing for James T. Bartley on
behalf of Louvenia J. Clayton, listed as widow, with John M. Clayton, her
second husband, listed as guardian.22
James
Thomas was a farm laborer.15
Thomas Bartley
&
(i) Susan Lyons
(ii) Mary Jennings
Thomas
Bartley was born about 1814 in Kentucky, or perhaps immediately across the Ohio
River in New Albany, Indiana.23,
24. (A single report from a
census shows a middle initial of R.)20 He was last reported
alive in Marion County, Kentucky in 1880.16 His first wife was Susan
Lyons,23 who was born about 1818, also in Kentucky.14 The
couple married presumably by 1836, when their first child was born. She was
alive in 1850,14 but evidently had died by 1858, when Thomas had
remarried to Mary Jennings and fathered a child with her.20, 25 Mary was born about 1824 in Kentucky20 and had died by
1880.16 Thomas Bartley and Susan Lyons had six children: (i) Eliza E., b. about 1836; (ii) John b. October 11,
1839;23 (iii) James R.M., b. about 1840; (iv) James Thomas, b.
about 1842 (v) William M., b. about 1847 (vi) Sarah N., b. about
1849.14 With Mary, Thomas had two children: (vii) Robert H and
(viii) Hezekiah. This last name is noteworthy, since it corroborates other
indirect information indicating Thomas’s own parentage.
Thomas
was a farmer and day laborer. He spent most of his adult life in Washington
County, Kentucky and then adjacent Marion.14, 16, 20
Hezekiah Bartley (Bartlett) &
(i) Polly Jacob(s)
(ii) Eleanor Madden
Hezekiah
Bartley, by family report, was b. February 22, 1793 in Maryland, d. Oct.
18, 1884.14, 26 That report gives him a middle name of Kendrick,
which is not corroborated anywhere else that I have found. (One conflicting
record shows a birthplace of Virginia, of which Kentucky was a part at that
time.)15 He married (i) Polly Jacob on
April 29, 1817, in Jeffersonville, Floyd County, Indiana, across the Ohio River
from Louisville, Kentucky;27 and (ii) Eleanor Madden on January 12,
1824, in Washington County, Kentucky.28 With Polly, he had one
child, Thomas. With Eleanor, he had sixteen children, who are listed below.
The
first contemporary record I have been able to find of Hezekiah is of his
marriage to Polly Jacob 1n 1817 in Floyd County, Indiana.27
He is shown in the 1820 census of New Albany, Floyd County, in 182024
as head of a household with one child aged under ten and no females. This
indicates that Polly died before 1820, perhaps in childbirth, and fits with
Hezekiah’s
subsequent remarriage in 1824.
The
case that the son shown in the 1820 census was the Thomas Bartley of this
lineage is convincing to me, despite a small inconsistency in dates of birth as
estimated from census reports. To me, the fact that Thomas had a son who he named
Hezekiah,20 a quite unusual name, is persuasive. In that era, it was
a matter of course that a couple would name one child after the father’s father.
In
1822, Hezekiah Bartley appears for the first time in the tax lists of
Washington County, Kentucky.29 (John Bartley, who I will make the case was his
father, had appeared in the lists in 1821.)30 Hezekiah continued to
appear in the tax lists in the following years, in each case shown as not
owning land, though he did manage to acquire a couple of horses.31-34 In 1824, he married Eleanor Madden. In 1830,
he appears on the census next to Walter Madden, who I imagine is part of
Eleanor’s
family, perhaps her father.
Hezekiah
Bartley moved from Washington County to Union County, Kentucky by 1850.14
He remained there for the rest of his life.15, 26 He was a farmer.14, 15 In later life, at least, he was a Roman Catholic.26
A
1994 brief biographical note from The
Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky26
offers a useful overview of much of Hezekiah’s later life, and provides useful information
about his roots:
BARTLEY, HEZEKIAH KENDRICK, was
born Feb. 22, 1793 in Maryland, the son of John and Sarah Bartley. In 1824,
Hezekiah married Elenor Madden in Washington County, KY, and about 1838 the
Bartley’s moved to Union County, KY. They
became one of the early families of Sacred Heart Church. As Hezekiah tilled the
soil of his Union County farm, his family prospered, eventually numbering 16
children: Reuben L., Milton, Walter, Mary, Solomon, Matthew, Henry Harrison,
Louisa Ann, Nancy, Margaret Catherine, Sarah Elizabeth, Eliza Magdalin, Martha, Hezekiah Jr., Susanna and Elisha
Alexander.
Elenor Madden Bartley died in
Union County, Jan. 19, 1881, and Hezekiah Bartley died there Oct. 18, 1884 at
the old age of 91. Both are buried in St. Ann Cemetery, as are many of their
descendants. Also,, the Bartley name can be found on several markers in Union
County, KY.
Although the Bartley name has
died out in Union County, descendants of Hezekiah and Elenor continue to liver
there with names such as Veatch, Tucker, Stewart and Collins.
Polly
Jacobs was the daughter of Jeremiah Jacobs,35 who was a few
lines away from Hezekiah Bartlett in the 1820 census of New Albany, Indiana24,
and of Jeremiah’s wife, Mary Pinchback.36, 37 This
Jeremiah was the son of the Jeremiah Jacobs who came from Anne Arundel County,
Maryland,37 just across the Chesapeake Bay from Talbot County, where
I believe Hezekiah’s roots most probably were. The Jacobs family
moved from Anne Arundel to the Sugar Land Hundred of
Montgomery (earlier Frederick) County in Maryland by 1776, then about 1780 to
Rowan County, North Carolina, and about 1800 to Clark County, Indiana, perhaps
with a brief stop in Jefferson County, Kentucky along the way. If Polly were
roughly the same age as Hezekiah, she would presumably have been born in the
1790s. The 1800 Rowan census38 shows a household headed by Jeremiah
Jacobs, which appears to include three generations of the family, including one
female aged under ten. The most likely candidate as a daughter’s name for Jeremiah and Mary Jacobs would be Mary,
for which Polly was a common nickname. Jeremiah died 1830 or 1831. He did not
leave a will, which makes sorting out his family a little difficult.36
Guardianship records show that he had a son, William P. Jacobs.39,
and reportedly other children, Jeremiah Nelson and Jane.37 I have
not been able to figure out what happened in widow Mary’s life afterwards.
Aside
from the two Jeremiah Jacobs who were Polly’s father and grandfather, there was a third
Jeremiah Jacobs in the area at this time. This last namesake was born in the
1760s,40 married Edith — (b. 1764 in Virginia, d. 1852 in Spencer
County, Kentucky14, 41-43),
resided from 179644 through at least 1820 in Nelson County,
Kentucky,24 and died by 1841 in Spencer, Kentucky.42 The
couple had three known children, all daughters: Kirzah,
Ruth, and Ann.43 There is a fair amount of evidence indicating that
this Jeremiah belonged to the clan from Anne Arundel. (1) The name Jeremiah
Jacobs in itself is distinguishing. (2) There are records of two land patents
in Clark County, Indiana by Jeremiah Jacobs, noted to be a resident of Nelson,
Kentucky45, 46 — indicating ties between the locations. (3) John and
Greenbury Gaither, of the family of Polly’s paternal grandmother, had migrated from Anne
Arundel to Nelson by the early 1790s.37, 47 — While the specifics of the pedigree are outside
of the current focus, if, as it appears, this third37 Jeremiah
Jacobs is part of the family of the other two, we have a better understanding
of the human aspects of the story: i.e. that by 179644 he had
followed in the footsteps of his relatives by marriage, the Gaithers;
that the two Jeremiah Jacobs of the ancestry of first interest here were drawn,
at least in part, from Rowan, North Carolina by his lead; that the Jacobs
families of Nelson, Kentucky and of Clark, Indiana were linked; and, finally,
that Hezekiah Bartlett of Washington County, adjoining Nelson, would very
plausibly have met the Jacobs of Nelson, Kentucky and so found his way to a
spouse in Indiana.
The
Jacobs family of Anne Arundel is well-researched and documented.37, 48, 49 The ascent is carried back a number of generations into England.50
Although there are some variations between the different versions, these do not
appear troublesome for the story at hand. I do not find any significant signs
that the Bartletts accompanied the Jacobs in their convoluted migrations,
though the Jacobs did move from state to state along with other local
Marylanders, for instance, the Veaches and the Pinchbacks.
John Bartlett &
Sarah —
Records
corroborating that Hezekiah was son of John and Sarah Bartley, as reported
above, are to be found in Clark County, Indiana and in
Washington County, Kentucky. In 1809, John Bartlett’s name appears on a Clark petition for election of
territorial officers about fifteen lines below that of Jeremiah Jacobs, Junior.51
In the same year, John Bartlett was one of sixty-some voters in Clarksville
Township, along with Jacobs family members.52
The
tax records in Washington include the Bartley family there for the first time
in 1821, when John Bartley appeared, with no land.30
In 1822, Hezekiah Bartley also appeared, again with no land.29 The
two names recur in the following years; in 1825, Hezekiah is four lines after
John.33 In the 1830 census,53 Sarah Bartlett, aged 50 to
60, appears as head of a household that included a male in the same age bracket
and three younger males of various ages. It may be that the oldest male was her
husband John, incapacitated; or it may be that she was a widow caring for
someone outside of her own family, for whatever reason. Hezekiah and his family
are established in a separate census listing.53 There are no traces
of any of the family in probate or land records, perhaps because they did not
have substantial assets.
The
trail back to Maryland becomes sketchier, I believe not because the family didn’t come from Maryland, but because the surviving
records from that era are spotty, especially for the more humble, less
established members of society. I have evaluated and ruled out many other
scenarios in Maryland and Virginia. The number of Colonial Bartletts was
clearly finite, and I believe that it is extremely unlikely that there was a
significant clan who vanished without a trace. The pedigree I am describing
here is consistent with the available evidence, but others are not impossible.
Of
the allied family names (Veatch, Tucker, Stewart and Collins) cited in the Catholic Diocese of Owensboro report, we find all of them in the Tax
Assessment of 1783 for the North Potomac and Sugar Land Hundred
of Montgomery County, Maryland,54 notably including a Charles
Bartley and a Hezekiah Veatch in the Sugarland and Upper Potomac Hundred. The
1776 census of Sugar Land included the family of “Jaramiah Jacobs,”37, 49, 55 matching the name
of the father of Hezekiah’s first wife — who came from Anne Arundel County,
immediately across the Chesapeake Bay from the Bartletts described below.
Together, the matches seem beyond coincidence. It would be tempting to connect
the dots through Charles Bartley and to imagine that Hezekiah Bartley was named
after Hezekiah Veatch. These suppositions may be valid, but to date I have
found no specifics to support or discredit either. There is more specific
information in the area of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, including the counties of Kent,
Talbot, Dorchester, and — later on — Queen Anne’s and Caroline. For example, the 1725 Kent probate
administration account for Nicholas Bartlett includes a payment “to John
Tucker for looking after the Cattle and bringing them up to appraise.”56
The
1790 United States census of Caroline County, Maryland show a household with
Jonathan Bartlett, one white male under 16, two females, and seven slaves. The
1800 census38 shows the household with him in the age bracket
26 - 44, as is his wife. There are two younger males and one female less than
10. This pair of listings is consistent with a reported birth date of 1793 for Hezekiah.15, 26
Jonathan’s
grandfather, Thomas, had passed on the family estate, named Partnership, to his
oldest son, Daniel,3 following the customs of primogeniture.57 This left Jonathan’s father (also named Jonathan) without property to
pass on. So, the younger Jonathan had no material ties to keep him close to the
family home, so might understandably have decided to seek his fortune
elsewhere, as many of his compatriots were doing. As noted at the outset, the
name Jon(athon) might easily have come to be accepted
as John.
What
took the Bartletts to Kentucky? I suspect that the connection was through the
Catholic communities of Talbot and of Hardin Creek, Kentucky. The Reverend
Joseph Mosley, S.J. and his ally Reverend James Ashby in 1765 established St.
Joseph’s
Mission Church in the Tuckahoe Hundred of Talbot
along the Wye River close to where Jonathan Bartlett was. Mosley bought the
land from Reverend John Miller and his wife Margaret, of nearby Kent County,
Delaware, and Sarah Millington.58-60 The Millington family shared in
ownership of three abutting parcels, called Betts Chance, Epsom, and Nobles
Meadows.61 Betts Chance was the parcel that the church was built on.
Nobles Meadows was one of a number of lots owned by Robert Noble and cited in
his will of 1682.62 Nobles Range was another, part of it in Talbot
County, part in Queen Anne’s. In 1775, Jonathon Bartlett’s brother James bought Nobles Range.63, 64
So, Jonathan’s family and Father Mosley lived close to each
other, and it seems most likely that they were acquainted with each other.
I
do not know whether Jonathan Bartlett joined the Catholic Church in Maryland;
there are almost no surviving early records of St. Joseph’s Mission Church. In 1773 Pope Clement XIV ordered
the disbandment of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit order), whose priests were the
Catholic ministers and missionaries of Talbot and St. Mary’s counties. The Society remained suppressed until
1805.65 Curiously, the absence
of Jonathan Bartlett from the usual vital records is thus consistent with the
hypothesis that he became a Catholic. His son’s later Catholic faith26 also would fit
with this possibility. At the very least, Jonathan would have been aware of the
community and the migration, and presumably knew some of the people involved.
There
are extensive documentation and discussion of the leading role Fathers Mosley
and Ashby played in the early Catholic community of Maryland,59, 60, 65 and of the migration of many members of this community to
settlements along Hardin’s Creek in Kentucky, where the Bartletts and the
Jacobs appeared, and other nearby locations.
Jonathan Bartlett & —
Jonathan
Bartlett was the son of James Bartlett and and Sarah
Hopkins, who were married in 1731.66 He was the youngest of three known sons, so
presumably born later in the 1730s or perhaps in the earlier part of the 1740s.
He left a will dated October 15, 1779 and probated April 13, 1781,67
so died about 1780. I have found no information about his wife. Since his will
does not mention her, presumably she died before 1799. The will enumerates five
children: (i) Daniel, (ii) Thomas, (iii) Jonathan,
(iv) Rebecca, and (v) Mary Ann,68 a daughter unnamed in the will,
but implied as wife of Jonathon’s “son-in-law William Salsbury.”
William Salisbury’s 1801 will is of interest in being witnessed by “John
Bartley” with a mark. Because William Salisbury was an abutter of Partnership,
I am guessing that this “John” is the younger Jonathan, who was unable to read
or write, and so made no distinction between “Jon” and “John.”
Daniel,
as the eldest son, received Jonathan’s 100 acre share of the Bartlett land Partnership.
I find a few points worthy of note about him. First, amid the Bartlett family’s very repetitive use of a few New Testament names
such as Thomas, James and Nicholas, Daniel’s family includes a cluster of Old Testament
names: his own, his wife’s (and daughter’s) Esther, and his son’s Elijah. This provides a possibly relevant
precedent for Hezekiah, after one of the kings of Judah. Second, he was a
Quaker, one of a moderate number of the Bartlett clan who were, until he was
disowned by the Friends. Finally, he was involved in an interesting conflict
over slavery, which was firmly and legally established in Maryland at that
time:
Abolition fractured the meetings of the Eastern shore, as
many Quakers in slaveholding states left the Society of Friends either by
choice or by disownment. In Talbot County, the Friends’
commitment to
abolition was tested early on by the case of Quakers Dennis Hopkins and Daniel
Bartlett. Hopkins sold a slave to Bartlett in 1766, and when the Third Haven
Meeting sent a committee to investigate the case, neither of them would “acknowledge that he had done
amiss in that respect.” Hopkins claimed that he did not know of the Yearly
Meeting’s resolutions against slavery.
Bartlett said that he did know that it was “contrary to the mind of the Yearly Meeting.” The case stretched over
months, and in 1767 Dennis Hopkins made an apology to the meeting for his
action and was forgiven by the meeting. Daniel Bartlett was disowned by the
meeting for buying the slave.69
James Bartlett &
Sarah Hopkins
James
Bartlett was born, we may surmise, sometime around 1700. He died in Talbot
County in 1765.70 He was married to Sarah Hopkins in a Quaker
ceremony at the Easton Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends in Talbot in
1731.66 The couple had four known children: (i)
James, (ii) Daniel, (iii) Ann, whose first husband was Isaac Melton, and (iv)
Jonathan.70 Presumably the children were born in the 1730s or
perhaps 1740s.
James
Bartlett owned two significant parcels of land: a part of Ratcliffe Manor, and
Partnership. Ratcliffe Manor lay to the west of Easton in Talbot County, on the
point between Tred Avon River and its tributary,
Dixon Creek. (Electronic map coordinates are 38.7627, -76.1112.) Partnership
also was west of Easton, on the spit of land between Miles River and Tred Avon River, both tributaries of the Chesapeake River.
(Electronic map coordinates are 38.7525, -76.1454.) At the time James made his
will, the land contained some hundreds of acres; it is not clear from the
descriptions in the will just how many. The centers of the parcels are about
two miles from each other as the crow flies; some early records show “Ratcliffe Manor” and “Partnership” as aliases for each other. The
Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties includes and documents both Ratcliffe
Manor71 and Partnership.72
Of
relevance to the focus of this lineage, James left 320 acres of Partnership to
his son Jonathan. His will also cites a grandson, Richard Milton, whose surname
matches the uncommon given name of one of Hezekiah Bartley’s sons.
James
Bartlett and Sarah Hopkins were Quakers. He was in all probability a planter,
perhaps in combination with some other occupation. Sarah Hopkins was the
daughter of Dennis Hopkins,66 whose family were planters.
Thomas Bartlett &
Mary —
Thomas
Bartlett had children who married in the very early 1700s,73, 74
so we might surmise that Thomas himself had married, say, by sometime around
1680. That would put his birth at around 1660, close to the time his
presumptive father, Nicholas Bartlett, had arrived in America. Thomas died in
1711.3 His will names his wife, Mary, and five childen:
(i) Thomas, the eldest son; (ii) John, the second
son; (iii) James, the youngest son; (iv) daughter Mary, by then married to John
Lowe; and (v) daughter Esther, by then married to Howell Powell. His wife,
Mary, was still living at that time.
Thomas
was the owner of several hundred acres of Ratcliffe Manor. He was a blacksmith,
aside from being owner of a substantial plantation.3
Nicholas Bartlett &
Sarah —
Nicholas
Bartley and his wife Sarah had come to Maryland, paying their own costs for the
transport, by 1661.75 It seems relatively clear that they owned land
and that they had at least three children, two likewise named Nicholas and
Sarah, and one named Thomas. After that, reading the records becomes somewhat
confusing, since it isn’t clear which Nicholas or Sarah is involved in a
particular event, or if Sarah Bartlett is Nicholas’s mother, sister, or wife.
In
1681, Nicholas Bartlett, planter, and Sarah his wife sold a parcel of land
known as Petty France to William Esserson, mariner,
for 17,500 pounds of tobacco, which had come to serve as currency in the
Colonies. The land was along Tred Haven Creek, where
later generations of the family lived.76
Sorting
through the events is tricky because both Nicholas and Sarah became traditional
given names handed down through a number of generations. The difficulty is
compounded by the early society’s non-observance of traditional restrictions on
the rights of women, such as restricting property ownership to a one-third
dowry estate during widowhood. There is a continuing series of transactions
citing “Sarah Bartlett” or “Nicholas Bartlett” that appear to last longer the lifetimes of one
or even two generations.
This
leads me to an interesting digression on topic of women’s rights in early Colonial Maryland. Following the
example of common and statutory law in England, the early settlers in America
generally did not allow women to make contracts, to own property, or to vote.
Maryland from its early days was home to Catholics, who did not accept the
established Church of England and so the civil authority who established that
church. It was unclear who had legal authority over what matters in Maryland.
The freedom and privilege of all persons was acknowledged held in respect.
Margaret Brent, a noted early settler there, not only held and managed her own
estate, but acted as attorney for other colonists.77 It was not
until later that the rights and restrictions for women were more formally and
legally defined.
Sarah
Bartlett’s
agreement to the 1681 land conveyance was through a power of attorney
designated to Richard Sweat to act on her behalf. A common practice of the
times was to ask for a wife’s renunciation of the right to dower against her
husband’s
estate. I am not sure what to make of the power of attorney. Was she, as a
woman, not deemed to have the right to give her legal consent directly?
In
1686, Sarah Bartlett and John Lowe received title to a lot in Oxford Township
due to failure of John Sedgwick, the original assignee, to build on it. In
between, the land was assigned to Sarah Bartlett & William Beverly. Sarah
was noted to be a “spinster” — in this context, generally a woman of
any age who had never married, but sometimes applied to a widow. This Sarah may
have been the daughter of the original settlers, Nicholas and Sarah.
Limitations and further work
The
weakest link in this chain is the connection of Hezekiah Kendrick Bartley of
Kentucky, and his purported parents John and Sarah, to the Bartletts of Talbot
County. The link would be much stronger if there were possible to identify
other individuals who migrated from Talbot, Maryland to Nelson and Washington,
Kentucky at the same time. I have spent some time trying to figure out Sarah’s maiden name, with no success.
There
are some very early Maryland land records involving the first of the Bartletts
that are, for unknown reasons, not available in the designated electronic
system.78 It is not clear whether these might be available
through other channels, or what additional light they might shed.
Finally,
there are various unsourced family trees of the early Bartletts of Talbot
County. Some of these may contain information that will lead closer to a
pedigree that can be supported by evidence.
Paul Nordberg ・mail@paulnordberg.net・https://paulnordberg.net
January 22, 2022
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5, 1711 (will date), November 23, 1711 (probated). Book 1, Page 278,
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(date of certificate). File 5843. Certified copy in possession of Paul
Nordberg.
11. Marriage Bond and Certificate. Daviess County, Kentucky,
October 17, 1889 (marriage date).
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14. United States Census 1850, Union County, Kentucky.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65G-J8C, viewed December 25, 2021.
15. United States Census 1870, Daviess County, Kentucky.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63V9-SFZ?i=64&cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMX7Y-RCS,
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16. United States Census 1880, Loretto, Marion County, Kentucky.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZ6-TK1, viewed November 26, 2013.
17. Death certificate of Lavinia Josephine Clayton. DuQuoin, Illinois, February 20, 1931.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3ZX-5J2, viewed December 20, 2021.
Certificate issued by Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield, Illinois.
The transcription shows a birth place of “Queensboro,
Kentucky.” I imagine
this was a misreading for “Owensboro,” the county seat of
Daviess.
18. Draft registration, James [illegible] Bartley. Owensboro,
Kentucky, September 12, 1918.
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viewed December 20, 2021.
19. United States Census, 1900 1900, Central Kentucky Lunatic
Asylum, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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2016.
20. United States Census 1860, District 2, Washington, Kentucky.
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21. Hospital Muster Roll, No. 1 U. S. A. General Hospital,
Louisville, Kentucky. www.fold3.com/image/#229486579, viewed May 23, 2013.
Notes: The URL shown here appears to be outdated. December 21, 2021
22. Pension, James T. Bsrtley,
beneficiary Louvenia J. Clayton.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDPR-1YW, viewed December 21, 2021.
23. Death certificate, John Bartley. Saint Mary, Marion County,
Kentucky, January 15, 1915.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9TF-YZ4G?cc=1417491, viewed
December 21, 2021. The death certificate recites that John Bartley’s father was Thomas Bartley, his mother Susan Lyons.
24. United States Census 1820, New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYR-NK?i=2&cc=1803955&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHGN-CMT,
viewed December 30, 2021.
25. Robert H. Bartley death certificate. Ezel, Morgan County,
Kentucky, January 27, 1916 (date of death).
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9KQ-3DC, viewed December 21, 2021.
Robert Bartley’s father is reported as John Bartley on the certificate. Such
inaccuracies in parentage are not uncommon in death certificates, because the
informants often have only second- or third-hand information, and memories are
imperfect.
26. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky. 1994,
Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing Company. 376 pages.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6WM3-6RD?i=7&cc=1438024&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMX47-5LD,
viewed December 24, 2021.
27. Marriage of Hezekiah Bartley and Polly Jacob. Clark, Indiana,
April 29, 1817. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXD-SXV, viewed
December 24, 2021. Listing is on image 15 as shown by FamilySearch. Image URL
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6RHS-1GG?i=14&cc=1410397.
28. Marriage of Hezekiah Bartley and Elender
Madden. Washington County, Kentucky, January 12, 1824.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-993Y-1QPG?i=153&wc=QD3Q-H33%3A1589735652&cc=1804888,
viewed December 24, 2021.
29. Tax list, Washington County, Kentucky, 1822.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-D7FC-3?cat=157409, viewed
December 24, 2021.
30. Tax list, Washington County, Kentucky, 1821.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-D7VD-1?i=248&cat=157409,
viewed December 24, 2021.
31. Tax list, Washington County, Kentucky, 1823.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-D7FG-9?i=424&cat=157409,
viewed December 31, 2021.
32. Tax list, Washington County, Kentucky, 1824.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-D7FK-4?i=497&cat=157409,
viewed December 31, 2021.
33. Tax list, Washington County, Kentucky, 1825.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-D7F3-W?cat=157409, viewed
December 31, 2021.
34. Tax list, Washington County, Kentucky, 1826.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3J-D7XT-2?i=666&cat=157409,
viewed December 31, 2021.
35. Riker, D.L., Clark County Marriage Records, 1815-1820 (Contd.).
Indiana Magazine of History, 1946. 42(1): p. 95-104.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/27787549, viewed January 7, 2022. The listing
includes “Hezekiah Bartley to Polly Jacobs
(dau. of Jeremiah Jacobs), L, 4-29-1817“
36. Abstract of intestate probate administration of Jeremiah
Jacobs. Floyd County, Indiana, September 8, 1831; November 11, 1833. Book A,
Page 57, 135,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSM-16RJ?i=530&cat=316543,
viewed January 14, 2022. Mrs. Mary Jacobs, noted to be widow of Jeremiah
Jacobs, and Ransom Akin were named as administrators.
37. Newman, H.W., Anne Arundel Gentry: a genealogical history of
twenty-two pioeers of Anne Arundel County, MD., and
their descendants. 1933, Baltimore: The Lord Baltimore Press. 668 pages.
https://archive.org/details/annearundelgentr00newm_0/page/423/mode/1up, viewed
January 2, 2022.
38. United States Census 1800, Talbot County, Maryland.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R8Q-FLQ?i=3&cc=1804228&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXH55-DJD,
viewed December 20, 2021.
39. Abstract of request by Mary Jacobs for appointment as guardian
of Wm. P. Jacobs, age 12 years, heir of Jeremiah Jacobs. Clark County, Indiana,
March 5, 1834. Book A, Page 129,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSM-16RJ?cat=316543, viewed January
14, 2022.
40. United States Census 1840, Spencer County, Kentucky.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-R4Z?i=26&cc=1786457&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHTP-CTY,
viewed January 19, 2022.
41. Grant of land from Jeremiah & Esther Jacobs to James
Glass. Nelson County, Kentucky, Book 5, Page 524. August 17, 1799.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKX-S3F5-Q?cat=273862, viewed
January 19, 2022.
42. Inventory and sale of estate of Jeremiah Jacobs. Spencer
County, Kentucky, Recorded August 19, 1861. Book B, Page 373, Instrument number
493.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9DP-2YX?i=542&wc=37TM-C6X%3A173771501%2C1561941902&cc=1875188,
viewed
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9DP-2YX?i=542&wc=37TM-C6X%3A173771501%2C1561941902&cc=1875188.
43. Probate of estate of Esther Jacobs. Spencer County, Kentucky,
Recorded December 20, 1852. Book D, Page Inventory & sale, 9; accounting
118,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9DK-K2L?i=304&cc=1875188&cat=242433,
viewed January 19, 2022.
44. Grant of land from William & Rachel Smiley to Jeremiah
Jacobs. Nelson County, Kentucky, Book 7, Page 54. November 8, 1796.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK6-1WFR-C?cat=273862, viewed
January 19, 2022. Land is 312 acres on Ashe’s
Creek.
45. Patent to Jeremiah Jacobs, of Nelson County Kentucky. United
States General Land Office, Jeffersonville Indiana, Book 50, Page 154. February
19, 1820.
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=0050-154&docClass=CV&sid=3xvrrkk5.gas#patentDetailsTabIndex=1,
viewed January 17, 2022. Land is noted to be 160 acres in the southwest quarter
of Section Thirty-six, Township Seven North.
46. Patent to Jeremiah Jacobs, of Nelson County Kentucky. United
States General Land Office, Jeffersonville Indiana, Book 38, Page 412. February
19, 1820.
https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=0038-412&docClass=CV&sid=bpsbjk50.tde#patentDetailsTabIndex=1,
viewed January 17, 2022. Land is noted to be in the northwest quarter of
Section Thirty six, Township Seven (north), Range 7 (east).
47. Schroeder, M.J. and C.A. Schroeder. 1785 - 1791 Residents of
Nelson County, Virginia (Now Kentucky) Recorded in Tithable and Tax List.
https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/397207?availability=Family%20History%20Library,
viewed March 28, 2017. Notes: FamilySearch does not have the contents of this
volume online at this time. Paul Nordberg, December 18, 2020.
48. FamilySearch. Jeremiah Jacobs, Jr.
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viewed December 30, 2021.
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1824 (79 years).
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viewed January 2, 2022.
50. Bob Sterrett. Jeremiah Jacobs
(1745-1824).
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viewed January 8, 2022.
51. Bloom, J.P. and C.E. Carter, The Territorial papers of the
United States. Vol. VII. 1934, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records
Service.
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members and John Bartlett.
52. Indiana Historical Society, Voters in Clark County, Indiana
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viewed January 15, 2022.
53. United States Census 1830, Washington County, Kentucky.
https://archive.org/details/populationsc18300042unit/page/n307/mode/2up?view=theater,
viewed December 24, 2021. “Hezzekiah Bartly”
is shown on the line below Walter Madden, one might imagine the father of
Hezekiah Bartley’s second wife.
54. Assessment of 1783, Index, State of Maryland, 1783.
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revolutionary, county and church, from original sources. Vol. I. 1915,
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viewed April 17, 2021.
56. Administration accounts. Kent County, Maryland, June 19, 1725.
Book 1-3, Page 311,
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viewed December 25, 2021.
57. Morris, R.B., Primogeniture and Entailed Estates in America.
Columbia Law Review, 1727. 27(1): p. 24-51.
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58. Deed from John Miller et ux. and Sarah Millington to John
Lewis. Talbot County, Maryland, Book 19, Page 330. July 31, 1765.
https://mdlandrec.net/main/, viewed January 21, 2022. The land, where St.
Joseph’s Mission Church would later be
built, was known as Betts Addition. Joseph Mosly and
Edward Rogers were witnesses to the deed. Land coordinates are
38.91084027148801, -76.01395994072355.
59. Woodstock College and Maryland Province, Letters of Father
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61. Debt Book Index, Maryland, 1733-1775.
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paying the annual quit rent due Lord Baltimore. Grouped by county and
alphabetized names of landowner.
62. Will of Robert Noble. Talbot County, Maryland, Will dated
October 30, 1682; probated June 19, 1684. Book 4, Page 54,
http://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/series.aspx?action=viewSeries&ID=S538,
viewed January 22, 2022.
63. Deed from Elbert Downes to John Bartlett. Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, Book RT K, Page 522. June 20, 1775.
https://mdlandrec.net/main/, viewed January 22, 2022. Land is noted to be all
or part of a tract called Nobles Range.
64. Grant from Elizabeth Jones to James Bartlett. Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, Book RT K, Page 524. August 24, 1775.
https://mdlandrec.net/main/, viewed January 20, 2022. Deed conveys all of the
parts of Nobles Range and Dullidge [Deluge] lying in
Queen Anne’s County, the other parts being
in Talbot County.
65. Beitzell, E.W., The Jesuit Missions
of St. Mary’s County, Maryland. 1959, Abell, Maryland:
Self-published. 320 pages.
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66. Marriage of James Bartlet and Sarah
Hopkins. Easton Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends, Talbot County, Maryland,
December 2, 1731. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NF-9QJ, viewed
December 25, 2021. The record notes that James Bartlet
is the son of Thomas Bartlet, and that Sarah Hopkins
is the daughter of Dennis Hopkins.
67. Will of Jonathan Bartlett. Caroline County, Maryland, October
15, 1799 (will), April 13, 1781 (probate). Book A, Page 52,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YMC-9QF?i=29&wc=SNYZ-HZW%3A146535101%2C146869401&cc=1803986,
viewed December 25, 2021.
68. Will of William Salisbury. Caroline County, Maryland, October
12, 1801 (will date). Book B, Page 501,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMH-9D9J?i=261&wc=SNYZ-C6X%3A146535101%2C146870501&cc=1803986,
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69. Archives of Maryland. Third Haven Friends Meeting House,
Quaker Meeting House, Talbot County, Maryland.
https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5400/sc5496/051800/051881/html/51881bio.html,
viewed December 25, 2021. Notes: MSA SC 5496-51881
70. Will of James Bartlett, Talbot County. Prerogative Court of
Maryland, January 31, 1765 (will date), March 7, 1765 (probate date). Book 33
(CG1), Page 94,
http://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/series.aspx?action=viewSeries&ID=S538,
viewed December 25, 2021.
71. Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. Ratcliffe Manor.
https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Talbot/T-42.pdf, viewed December 25,
2021. Notes: MIHP No. T-42
72. Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties. Partnership.
https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Talbot/T-1129.pdf, viewed December
25, 2021. Notes: MIHP No. T-1129
73. Marriage of John Lowe and Mary Barlet.
Easton Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends, Talbot County, Maryland, February
2, 1700. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NF-7L4, viewed December
27, 2021.
74. Marriage of Howell Powell and Easther
Barlet. Easton Monthly Meeting, Society of Friends,
Talbot County, Maryland, April 2, 1704.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NF-MTL, viewed December 27, 2021.
75. Gibb, C. The New Early Settlers of Maryland.
http://earlysettlers.msa.maryland.gov/, viewed December 29, 2021. Notes:
Maryland State Archives SC 4341: Gibb Collection, updated in 2005
76. Deed from Nicholas Bartlett et ux. to William Esserson. Talbot County, Maryland, Book HH 4, Page 55a.
August 16, 1681. https://mdlandrec.net/main/ (registration required), viewed
December 23, 2021. The deed is preceded by grant of a power of attorney from
Sarah Bartlett to Richard Sweat to conduct the transaction on her behalf.
77. Witkowski, M.C., Justice Without Partiality": Women and
the Law in Colonial Maryland, 1648-1715. 2009: e-Publications @ Marquette.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/27/, viewed January 4,
2022. Dissertation.
78. Archives of Maryland. MDLANDREC.NET.
https://mdlandrec.net/main/, viewed January 3, 2022.