Bartlett Cousin Branch

     For many years there has been a story (speculation) of the connection of Josiah Bartlett who signed the Declaration of Independence to our family  through the wife of Caleb Sheldon Butts Aylesworth, Catherine Almina (Mina) Bartlett.

     After many hours of research it has been determined that, while it is quite possible to establish a connection, we would have to go back to before the progenitors of the various branches of  Bartletts who came to America.

     Another story, that is now nearly proven, is the connection to Julia Sophia Bartlett, one of the first students of Mary Baker Eddy who founded the Christian Science Church.  Church records show she was an early student and that she was one of 52 others that provided $1,000,00 to the fund to build the Mother Church in Boston, MA.  She became a close confident of Mrs. Eddy and became a 
Christian Science Practitioner.  Another one who aided in this effort was Ira Oscar Knapp. Ira's father, Jehial Knapp, married Daphne Bartlett a sister of Mathew Bartlett III (See the Knapp Family Addendum) 

     Tracing back the lineage of Julia Bartlett became a  task that took many hours  and years.  It was found that both her parents died shortly after the birth of her youngest sister which left Julia to raise her siblings.  Julia never married but did manage to complete her  job of raising the family and went on to become a teacher of Christian Science.  Here is recorded her family line from its progenitor.

Robert Bartlett born Mar. 10, 1603, in England, died, Mar. 14, 1676, in Northampton, MA who came on the ship "Lyon" in 1632) married Ann Warringer, born 1610, in England, died Jul. 31, 1676 Northampton, MA
Their children were:

Samuel, born 1635
Abigail, born 1637
Nathaniel, born 1643
Deborah, born Mar. 8, 1646

Samuel Bartlett, born 1635, Hartford, CT died Feb. 26, 1712 North 
Hampton, Hampshire MA,     
     married (1) May 27, 1672, Mary Bridgeman, No issue.
     married (2) Mar. 1, 1676,  Sarah Baldwin, born Nov. 6, 1653 Milford, New Haven, CT,  dau. of Joseph Baldwin and Hannah Whitlock, both born Cholesbury, Buckingham, Eng.
Their children were:

Samuel, born Aug. 26, 1677
Sarah, born Apr. 13, 1679
Hannah, born Nov. 1680
Mindwell, born Jan. 30, 1682
Joseph, born Dec. 29, 1683
Ebenezer, born Sep. 29, 1685
Elizabeth, born Oct. 27, 1687
Preserved, born Aug. 29, 2689
Jonathan, born Feb. 24, 1691
William, born Sep. 11, 1693
David, born May 25, 1695
Benjamin, born Dec. 30, 1696

Samuel Bartlett, born Aug. 26, 1677, Newberry, Essex Co., MA, died 1746, Bolton, Tolland Co., CT, married, Mar. 9, 1706, Sarah Ward born Jan. 29, 1681, Marlboro, Middlesex Co., MA the daughter of Obadiah Ward and Mary ___?
Their children were:

Sarah, born Mar. 12, 1706
Hadadiah, born Sep. 22, 1708:
Experience, born Aug. 3, 1710
Samuel, born Jul. 18, 1712
Edmund, born Jun. 13, 1714
Capt. Jonathan, born Aug. 1, 1716
Eleanor, born Mar. 3, 1719, 
Eunice, born Jan. 20, 1720, died Feb. 7, 1725
Gershom, born Feb. 19, 1723
Eunice, born Apr. 14, 1725
Joseph, born Apr. 14, 1725

Jonathan Bartlett, born Aug. 1, 1716, Bolton, Tolland CO., CT, died 1799, married Jan. 26, 1743 Hannah Watson,. dau. of Ebenezer Watson and Abigail Kelsey.
Their son:

Samuel Bartlett, born Sep. 6, 1779, died Sep. 11, 1845, married Oct. 28, 1802, East Windsor, CT, Lydia Pinney, born Oct. 9, 1776 Ellington, East Windsor, CT, died May 14, 1838, the dau. of Eleaser Pinney, and Eunice King.  [he the son of Benjamin Pinney, and Susana Nye, grandson of Samuel Pinney and Sarah Phelps.]
Their son:

Otis Pinney Bartlett, born Sep. 25, 1815, died Nov. 24, 1856, married Jan. 27, 1841 (East Windsor Vital Records, Vol. 1, pg.108 [9A Ser. No. 02892] 2) Samantha Dorothy Allen, born Apr. 26, 1821, died ca. 1858, the dau. of Soloman Allen (Allyn) and Ruhama Pease, born Feb. 17, 1799 Endfield, Hartford, CT, [she the daughter of Israel Pease and Ann Bartlett, born Jan. 4, 1731, died Jul. 12, 1791 and Ann was the daughter of Samuel Bartlett born May 16, 1698 and Rebecca Kibbe.]
Their children were:

Julia Sophia Bartlett, born Feb. 16, 1842, died Aug. 28, 1924, Boston, MA
Elizabeth R., born Jun. 13, 1844
Samuel, born Jun 6, 1847
John Otis, born Dec. 27, 1849
Mary Elizabeth, born Feb. 12, 1852
George Henry, born Mar. 20, 1854
Clara Samantha, born Jun. 4, 1856