(1) 1 Robert Bartlett1, 8G Grandfather
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Birth: 27 May 1603
Birth Place: All Saints Parish, Northampton, England
Death: 5 Nov 1688, age: 85
Death Place: Manomet, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Robert Bartlett, 9G Grandfather (2 Dec 1579-9 Jun 1655)
Occupation: wine cooper1
ROBERT BARTLETT1
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1623 on Anne
FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth
OCCUPATION: Wine cooper
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: On 1 May 1660 at Plymouth court “Robert Bartlett appeared, being summoned in answer for speaking contemptuously of singing of psalms, and was convict of the fact …” [PCR 3:185-86].
FREEMAN: In the “1633” Plymouth list of freemen in proximity to those admitted on 1 January 1632/3 [PCR 1:4]. On list of 7 March 1636/7 [PCR 1:53]. In Plymouth section of lists of freemen of 1639 and (apparently) 1658 [PCR 8:174, 197].
EDUCATION: Signed all deeds by mark. Inventory included books valued at 7s.
OFFICES: Committee to lay out highways, 2 May 1637 [PCR 1:58]; Plymouth petit jury, 6 June 1643, 28 October 1645, 7 June 1648, 6 March 1649/50, 4 October 1653, 7 March 1653/4, 3 October 1654, 3 May 1659 [PCR 2:126; 7:35, 41, 47, 67, 70, 72, 93]; Plymouth grand jury, 5 June 1644, 2 June 1646, 17 May 1649, 7 June 1652, 8 June 1655 [PCR 2:71, 102, 3:9, 78; PTR 1:28]; surveyor of highways, 4 June 1645, 4 June 1661 [PCR 2:84, 3:215]; committee to lay out land, 24 May 1660 [PTR 1:41]. In Plymouth section of 1643 list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:189].
ESTATE: In the 1623 Plymouth land division granted one acre as a passenger on the Anne [PCR 12:6]. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle “Robert Bartlet” was the twelfth person in the tenth company [PCR 12:12]. Assessed 9s. in the Plymouth tax lists of 25 March 1633 and 27 March 1634 [PCR 1:10, 27].
On 1 July 1633 it was ordered that “Mrs. Warren & Rob[er]t Bartlet mow where they did last year …” [PCR 1:15].
On 28 May 1635 “Thomas Litle came before the Governor and acknowledged that he had given unto Robart Bartlet a parcel of land at the end of his lot beyond Eel River,” and describes himself as brother-in-law to Bartlett [PCR 1:34]. On 14 March 1635/6 it was ordered that “Mrs. Warren, Rich. Church, Tho. Litle, & Rob[er]t Bartlet mow where they did last year …” [PCR 1:41].
On 20 March 1636/7 it was ordered that “Richard Church, Rob[er]te Bartlet, & Thomas Little, [have] hay ground where they had the last year, and to take further supply where they can find it, in places not granted to others, and Rob[er]te Bartlet to have the swamp or pit at the head of Mr. Bradford’s ground” [PCR 1:56]. On 5 May 1640 “Richard Church, Rob[er]te Bartlett, Thomas Little, & Mrs. Elizabeth Warren are granted enlargements at the heads of their lots to the foot of the Pine Hills …” [PCR 1:152].
On 7 February 1637 “Mrs. Elizabeth Warren of the Eele River widow for and in consideration of a marriage solemnized betwixt John Cooke the younger of the Rockey Nooke and Sarah her daughter” granted to the said John Cooke “eighteen acres or thereabouts and lying on the north side of Robert Bartlett’s lot formerly also given the said Robert in marriage with Mary another of the said Mrs. Warren’s daughters” [PCR 12:27].
On 11 November 1637 John Cooke exchanged this eighteen acre parcel with Robert Bartlett for a “lot of land of like quantity lying on Duxborrow side betwixt the lots of Thomas Morton and Jonathan Brewster” [PCR 12:28].
On 9 April 1649 Richard Church sold to Robert Bartlett for œ25 a “house and housing and land with all the meadow ground with the addition that he had of Goodman Kemton at the Eel River” [PCR 12:165-66].
On 7 March 1652 Robert Bartlett held a full share as a purchaser of Dartmouth [MD 4:185-88, citing PCLR 2:1:106-07].
On 30 January 1653 Samuel Hicks of Plymouth, planter, sold to Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, cooper, for œ18 eleven acres of upland on the south side of Plymouth [MD 5:94-95, citing PCLR 2:1:97].
Robert Bartlett appears in a March 1651 Plymouth town list of those “that have interest and proprieties in the town’s land at Punckateesett over against Road Iland” [PTR 1:37]. On 22 March 1663 the lots at “Puncateesett” were described, Robert Bartlett sharing the 24th lot with James Cole Sr. [PTR 1:67]. On 8 March 1668/9 Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, cooper, sold to John Almey of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, merchant, for œ3 his share in land granted by the town of Plymouth in 1649 “lying over against Rhode Island aforesaid, at the place commonly called and known by the name of Punckateesett” [PCLR 3:328].
On 27 June 1659 Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, cooper, engaged to pay to Benjamin Foster, the son of Richard Foster, œ8 when he reaches the age of twenty-one, on the condition that Bartlett would have the use of Richard Foster’s land for the term of ten years; and “Mary the wife of the said Richard Foster deceased” engages to bring up the said Benjamin Foster, who is now four years old [MD 14:15-16, citing PCLR 2:2:28].
In 1660 the town of Plymouth granted to Robert Bartlett fifty acres “lying between the sea and the fern swamp between the Eelriver and Mannomett ponds” [PTR 1:43]; the bounds of this grant were described on 20 February 1662 [PTR 1:54]. On 26 January 1663 the town of Plymouth granted to those living at Eel River a quarter-mile extension on their lots, towards the pine hills [PTR 1:59]. On 21 February 1663 the town of Plymouth granted to Robert Bartlett eight acres of meadow that had been in dispute [PTR 1:61, 62]. On [blank] July 1667 the town of Plymouth granted to Robert Bartlett “a piece of swamp … to make meadow of lying adjoining to his meadow at the Eelriver” [PTR 1:89].
On 14 July 1670 Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, wine cooper, gave to “my son-in-law James Barnabey, cordwinder” of Plymouth and “my daughter Lydia Barnabey his wife” twenty acres “by me purchased of the said my brother-in-law Richard Church,” and four acres of upland meadow added to it [MD 3:112, citing PCLR 3:297].
On 17 February 1670/1 Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, cooper, sold to Thomas Burge Jr. of Newport, Rhode Island, for œ50 half his share of land at Acushena in Dartmouth and half his share of land at Pascomansucke in Dartmouth (reserving one-third of the last named share) [MD 3:112, citing PCLR 5:118; RILE 1:140].
On 14 July 1673 “Robert Bartlett of the town of Plymouth … wine cooper” granted to “my son Joseph Bartlett” for love and affection “all that my farm, messuage, tenement and seat, which I now live in and am possessed of, in the township of Plymouth aforesaid, situate and being at a place or river commonly called Eel River: viz: all that my house and land there”; four acres of marsh meadow there; and two acres of fresh or upland meadow; to be entered upon by his son on the death of the grantor and his wife [MD 3:112-13, citing PCLR 3:301].
On 19 September 1676 Robert Bartlett made a nuncupative will, bequeathing to “my wife all my estate yet undisposed of whether it be in lands or movables, goods, chattels, debts. I give all unto my wife to be absolutely at her dispose among my children” [MD 3:114, citing PCPR 3:2:87]. The inventory of the estate of Robert Bartlett was taken 29 October 1676 and totalled œ170 16s. 6d., including œ100 in real estate: “2 dwellinghouses and a barn, upland and meadow” [MD 3:114, citing PCPR 3:2:87]. On 6 March 1676/7 “Letters of administration is granted by the Court unto Mary Bartlett & Joseph Bartlett to administer the estate of Robert Bartlett, deceased” [PCR 5:220].
On 13 February 1677 “Mary Bartlett widow and late wife unto Robert Bartlett deceased” sold to “my son Joseph Bartlett” for œ300 all the estate which was reserved to her use for life in the deed of gift from her husband Robert Bartlett to the said Joseph Bartlett, as well as fifty acres of upland “near a place commonly called the salt marsh … between the Eelriver and Mannomett Ponds,” fifty acres of upland lying between the land of Ephraim Morton Jr. and the land that did belong to James Barnabey deceased, a parcel of meadow on the Eelriver, and all personal estate given her by husband Robert Bartlett in his will [MD 3:115-16, citing PCLR 4:223].
BIRTH: Born by about 1604 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Plymouth between 19 September 1676 (date of will) and 29 October 1676 (date of probate).
MARRIAGE: By about 1629 Mary Warren, daughter of RICHARD WARREN (on 7 March 1636/7 Elizabeth Warren, widow of Richard Warren, was made a purchaser in his stead, in part because “of the lots of lands given formerly by her unto her sons in law, Richard Church, Robert Bartlett, and Thomas Little, in marriage with their wives, her daughters” [PCR 1:54], and this was confirmed on 5 October 1652 [PCR 3:19]); she died between 13 February 1677/8 [PCLR 4:223] and 1683 [PLR 1:132].
CHILDREN (all born Plymouth):
i) BENJAMIN, b. say 1629; m. (1) by 1654 Susanna Jenney, daughter of JOHN JENNEY (in her will of 4 April 1654 Sarah Jenney, widow of John Jenney, bequeathed to “my son Benjamin Bartlett,” and to Mr. Thomas Cushman “the bible which was my daughter Susanna’s” [MD 8:171-75, citing PCPR 1:17-21]); m. (2) after 4 April 1654 Sarah Brewster, daughter of LOVE BREWSTER [MFIP Warren 10-12, citing PCR 4:80, 173-4]; m. (3) before 21 January 1678 Sissilla _____ (named in his will of 21 August 1691 [MFIP Warren 10-12, citing PCLR 4:281; MQ 51:131-34]).
ii) REBECCA, b. say 1631; m. Plymouth 20 December 1649 William Harlow [PCR 8:8].
iii) MARY, b. say 1633; m. (1) Plymouth 10 September 1651 Richard Foster [PCR 8:13]; m. (2) Plymouth 8 July 1659 Jonathan Morey [PCR 8:22 (marriage contract dated 27 June 1659 [MD 14:16, citing PCLR 2:2:28a])].
iv) SARAH, b. say 1636; m. Plymouth 23 December 1656 Samuel Rider [PCR 8:17].
v) JOSEPH, b. about 1639; m. by about 1663 Hannah Pope, daughter of THOMAS POPE [MD 19:24, citing PLR 1:84]; “March the 12, 1710 My dear wife Hannah Bartlet died being near 72 years of age, myself being six months younger than she when she died …” [NEHGR 101:279 (from family Bible)]. (If the date given for the death of Hannah is 12 March 1710/1, then she was probably born in the first half of 1639, which would place her husband’s birth late in 1639.)
vi) ELIZABETH, b. say 1641; m. Plymouth 26 December 1661 Anthony Sprague [PCR 8:23].
vii) LYDIA, b. 8 June 1648 [PCR 8:4, 291 (despite the fact that this is published as a birth of 1647, it is clear from the sequence of the records that it should be for 1648)]; m. (1) by about 1670 James Barnaby [PCLR 3:297]; m. (2) shortly after 30 October 1677 John Nelson as his second of three wives [TAG 56:33-34; MFIP Warren 16-17]; she d. Plymouth 11 September 1691 [PVR 135].
viii) MERCY, b. 10 March 1650/1 [PCR 8:11]; m. Plymouth 25 December 1668 John Joy of Boston [MFIP Warren 17; PCR 8:32 (not Ivey)].
COMMENTS: In 1959 John G. Hunt suggested that Robert Bartlett of Plymouth was the same as a Robert Bartlett baptized at Puddletown, Dorsetshire, on 27 May 1603, and twenty years later Paul Prindle published a fuller pedigree of this Dorsetshire family, but at the moment this proposed identification remains only a possibility [TAG 35:214, 55:164-70]. Robert of Puddletown had brother Benjamin and sisters Mary, Lydia and Elizabeth, all names used by Robert of Plymouth.
Clues as to the ages of the children of Robert Bartlett are sparse, and several attempts have been made to determine the birth order of the children. Aside from the evidence of birth dates for the last two children, the date of freemanship for son Benjamin and the age at death for son Joseph, our most useful information comes from the marriage dates for the older daughters. The statement has frequently been made that Benjamin must have been born by 6 June 1633, since he was made free on 6 June 1654 [PCR 3:48]. But he had by 4 April 1654 already married and buried one wife, and was soon to marry a second, which suggests a man a few years older than twenty-one in that year. If we place the birth of Benjamin in 1629, then we have a gap of about six or seven years in which to place daughters Rebecca and Mary (1629-1636), but to do this we must assume that they both married when they were about eighteen, rather than rely on our usual rule of marrying daughters at age twenty in the absence of other evidence. There would be nothing unusual about this, and the resulting sequence of births for the elder children is in agreement with the evidence. Note also that under almost any interpretation there is a gap of about six years between the births of the sixth and seventh children of this couple.
On 25 December 1635 Robert Bartlett took Richard Stinnings as an apprentice for nine years, his time to begin on 1 December 1635 [PCR 1:35]. On 4 August 1638, for œ6 10s. and twenty bushels of Indian corn, John Barnes assigned to Robert Bartlett the remaining term of service of Thomas Shreive (being three years from the first day of August instant), Robert Bartlett also paying Shreive œ3 6s. 8d., and Shreive agreeing to serve an additional year for another œ5 [PCR 12:32].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The most complete treatment of Robert Bartlett and his family may be found in George E. Bowman’s account of the descendants of RICHARD WARREN in MD 3:105-17. This article includes abstracts of all records relating to Robert Bartlett and complete transcripts of the probate documents and some critical deeds, and is only slightly marred by a misguided effort to represent dates in both Old Style and New Style. A shorter but also excellent account may be found in Moore Anc 60-72. Paul W. Prindle included a solid version of the family in his limited edition Ancestors and Descendants of Timothy Crosby Jr. (Orleans, Mass., 1981), 2:342-50. For a more recent brief presentation of this family see Robert S. Wakefield, Janice A. Beebe, et al., Richard Warren of the Mayflower … (MFIP, 4th ed., 1991 [referred to above as MFIP Warren]), which carefully presents the evidence for the marriages of the children.
Spouse: Mary Warren, 8G Grandmother (abt 1610-27 Mar 1683)
Birth: abt 16102,2
Birth Place: England
Death: 27 Mar 1683, age: 732,2
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
Father: Richard Warren, 8G Grandfather (abt 1578-1628)
Mother: Elizabeth Walker, 8G Grandmother (Feb 1582-2 Oct 1673)
On 27 July 1633 Mrs. Warren and Robt. Bartlet were to mow where they did last year implying a marriage to Mary by 1632 or earlier.3
On 27 une 1659 Robet Bartlett took a lease for 10 years of the lands of his late son-in-law Richard Foster.
On 4 March 1674 Mary Bartlett the wife of robert Bartlett owned she had received full satisfaction for her share of the estate of Mistris Elizabeth Warren deceased.
On 14 July 1670 Robert Bartlett, wine cooper of Plymouth, deeded land to son-in-law James Barnabey, cord-wainer, and daughter Lydia Barnabey his wife.
On 14 July 1673 Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, wine cooper, gave son Joseph Bartlett all of his farm.
The will of Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, dated 19 September 1676, proved 29 October 1676 gave all his estate to his wife to dispose among his children.
On 6 March 1677 letters of administation were grnated unto mary Bartlett and Joseph Bartlett to administer the estate of Robert Bartlett, deceased.
On 13 February 1677, acknowledged same day, Mary Bartlett, widow of Robert Bartlett, sold all the estate to her son Joseph Bartlett.
In 1683 (no date mentioned) Benjamin Bartlet Sr. of Duxborough and Joseph Bartlet of Plimouth, yeomen, confirmed that their father Robert Bartlet of Plimouth in his will made bequest to William Harlow Jr. of Plymouth his grandson, 50 acres of land in Plymouth and that their mother Mary Bartlet now deceased did during her widowhood affirm the gift.3
Marriage: aft 22 May 16273
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
Memo: married perhaps in 1629
1 Child…
Mary (abt 1634-26 Sep 1692)
(2) 1.1a Mary Bartlett*4,4, 7G Grandmother
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Birth: abt 16344,4
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 26 Sep 1692, age: 584,4
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Robert Bartlett, 8G Grandfather (27 May 1603-5 Nov 1688)
Mother: Mary Warren, 8G Grandmother (abt 1610-27 Mar 1683)
Spouse: Johnathan Morey (Apr 1637-19 May 1708)
Birth: Apr 16374,4
Birth Place: Salem, Essex County, England
Death: 19 May 1708, age: 714,4
Death Place: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Marriage: 8 Jul 16594,5
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
3 Children…
Jonathan (abt 1661-)
John (abt 1666-)
Hannah (abt 1674-)
Other spouses: Richard Foster
(3) 1.1a.1 Jonathan Morey6,6, Half 6G Granduncle
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Birth: abt 16616,6
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
Father: Johnathan Morey (Apr 1637-19 May 1708)
Mother: Mary Bartlett, 7G Grandmother (abt 1634-26 Sep 1692)
(3) 1.1a.2 John Morey6,6, Half 6G Granduncle
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Birth: abt 16666,6
Father: Johnathan Morey (Apr 1637-19 May 1708)
Mother: Mary Bartlett, 7G Grandmother (abt 1634-26 Sep 1692)
(3) 1.1a.3 Hannah Morey6,6, Half 6G Grandaunt
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Birth: abt 16746,6
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
Father: Johnathan Morey (Apr 1637-19 May 1708)
Mother: Mary Bartlett, 7G Grandmother (abt 1634-26 Sep 1692)
(2) 1.1b Mary Bartlett* (See above)
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Spouse: Richard Foster, 7G Grandfather (? -abt 1658)
Birth: ? 4,4
Birth Place: England
Death: abt 16584,4
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
Marriage: 10 Sep 16514,7
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
2 Children…
Mary (Morey) (8 Mar 1653-5 Dec 1736)
Benjamin (Morey) (abt 1655-)
Other spouses: Johnathan Morey
(3) 1.1b.1 Mary (Morey) Foster, 6G Grandmother
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Birth: 8 Mar 16536,8,6,8
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
Death: 5 Dec 1736, age: 839,9
Death Place: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Burial: Dec 173610,10
Burial Place: Lakenham Cemetery, North Carver, Massachusetts
Memo: Plympton is now Carver, Massachusetts
Father: Richard Foster, 7G Grandfather (? -abt 1658)
Mother: Mary Bartlett, 7G Grandmother (abt 1634-26 Sep 1692)
Spouse: Nathaniel Atwood, 6G Grandfather (25 Feb 1651/52-17 Dec 1724)
Birth: 25 Feb 1651/527,7
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 17 Dec 1724, age: 7311,11
Death Place: Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: John Atwood, 7G Grandfather (14 Dec 1614-7 Mar 1674/75)
Mother: Sarah Masterson, 7G Grandmother (abt 1620-6 Jun 1714)
Marriage: 168310
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
4 Children…
John (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Joanna (27 Feb 1690-30 Mar 1690)
Elizabeth (24 Apr 1687-)
Mary (26 Apr 1691-26 Apr 1691)
(4) 1.1b.1.1a John Atwood*12,13,12,13, 5G Grandfather
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Birth: 1 May 168414,15
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 6 Aug 1754, age: 7014,15
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Nathaniel Atwood, 6G Grandfather (25 Feb 1651/52-17 Dec 1724)
Mother: Mary (Morey) Foster, 6G Grandmother (8 Mar 1653-5 Dec 1736)
Spouse: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)
Birth: 8 Feb 1688/8914,15
Birth Place: Hingham Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 22 Jan 1725/26, age: 3614,15
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Israel Leavitt, 6G Grandfather (bef 23 Apr 1648-26 Dec 1696)
Mother: Lydia Jackson, 6G Grandmother (19 Nov 1658-19 Dec 1729)
Marriage: abt 1708
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
9 Children…
Sarah (26 Jul 1709-)
Mary (8 May 1711-13 Feb 1792)
John (10 Feb 1713-)
Elydia (6 Jun 1715-23 Feb 1771)
Soloman (2 Nov 1717-)
Isaac (18 Mar 1719-)
Keziah (18 Apr 1721-Apr 1814)
Hannah (21 Mar 1723-14 Jul 1723)
Experience (12 Sep 1724-)
Other spouses: Experience Pierce
(5) 1.1b.1.1a.1 Sarah Atwood, GGGG Grandaunt
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Birth: 26 Jul 170916,16
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: John Atwood, 5G Grandfather (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Mother: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)
(5) 1.1b.1.1a.2 Mary Atwood, GGGG Grandaunt
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Birth: 8 May 171116,16
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 13 Feb 1792, age: 80
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: John Atwood, 5G Grandfather (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Mother: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)
Spouse: Jacob Taylor (abt 1694-)
Birth: abt 1694
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Marriage: 14 Jul 1729
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
1 Child…
Sarah (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(6) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1 Sarah Taylor, 1C5R
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Birth: 20 Sep 1733
Birth Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death: 27 Oct 1811, age: 78
Father: Jacob Taylor (abt 1694-)
Mother: Mary Atwood, GGGG Grandaunt (8 May 1711-13 Feb 1792)
Spouse: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Birth: 15 Feb 1729
Birth Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death: 19 Sep 1794, age: 65
Death Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 1C7R (1703-10 Jul 1775)
Mother: Hannah Woodworth (19 Mar 1706-12 Jan 1778)
Marriage: 1751
Marr Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
12 Children…
Sarah (22 Apr 1752-)
Sarah (6 Aug 1753-)
Hannah (12 Jul 1755-1 Jan 1777)
Thomas (7 Jul 1757-)
Lucy (10 Jul 1759-)
Daniel (24 Aug 1761-)
William (14 Jul 1763-22 Oct 1836)
Priscilla (13 Apr 1765-)
Lydia (8 Apr 1768-29 Mar 1849)
Charles (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Rebecca (19 Feb 1772-)
Woodworth (20 Feb 1774-)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.1 Sarah Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 22 Apr 1752
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.2 Sarah Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 6 Aug 1753
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.3 Hannah Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 12 Jul 1755
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 1 Jan 1777, age: 21
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.4 Thomas Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 7 Jul 1757
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.5 Lucy Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 10 Jul 1759
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.6 Daniel Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 24 Aug 1761
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.7 William Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 14 Jul 1763
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 22 Oct 1836, age: 73
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8 Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 13 Apr 1765
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
Spouse: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Birth: 23 Mar 1758
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: Aug 1837, age: 79
Father: Rev. John Cotton, GGGG Granduncle (5 Apr 1712-4 Nov 1789)
Mother: Hannah Sturtevant, 2C6R (7 Dec 1727-25 May 1800)
Marriage: 31 Oct 178317
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
8 Children…
Captain Thomas Jackson (17 Jan 1785-9 Jun 1819)
Dr. Charles (7 Oct 1788-3 Feb 1870)
Dr. Rossiter Mather M.D. (11 Jul 1789-4 Oct 1870)
Rosseter (1794-20 Jan 1796)
William Cushing (17 Apr 1804-23 Aug 1805)
Captain John Winslow (29 Mar 1800-10 Sep 1878)
Roland Edwin (4 Jan 1802-)
Mary (Jun 1790-6 Aug 1791)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.1 Captain Thomas Jackson Cotton, 2C4R
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Birth: 17 Jan 178518,18
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 9 Jun 1819, age: 3418,18
Death Place: Havana, Cuba
Burial Place: Memorial on Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts18,18
Memo: Memorial stone shared with two brothers reads: “Capt. Tomas COTTON, born Jan. 17, 1785 and died June 9, 1819 in Havana. Rossiter M. COTTON, born July 11, 1798 and died Oct. 4, 1870 in Jackson County, Louisiana. William C. COTTON, born April 17, 1804 and died Aug. 23 1805. Children of Rossiter and Priscilla COTTON.”
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
Spouse: Phoebe Stevens
Dr. Charles Cotton
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.2 Dr. Charles Cotton, 2C4R
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Birth: 7 Oct 1788
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 3 Feb 1870, age: 81
Death Place: New Port, Rhode Isand
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
Dr. Charles Cotton, son of Rossiter and Priscilla (Jackson) Cotton, was born in Plymouth, Mass., October 7, 17S8. He was given excellent educational advantages, and in 1806 was graduated from Harvard College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and six years later he received the degree of Master of Arts. He also graduated from Brown University in 1813. Early in 1811 he was appointed surgeon’s mate on the frigate “Constitution,” and on April 2, 1812, received his commission in the United States navy. In October, 1812, he was assigned to the “Hornet,” under Captain Lawrence, and in .-April, 1813, was commissioned surgeon. Dr. Cotton was on board the “Constitution” at the time she escorted the Hon. John Jay to France, and on his return was stationed at the Charlestown (Mass.) Navy Yard. In 1817 he was placed in charge of the Naval Hospital at Newport, R. I. He took part in some of the most stirring engagements of the War of 1S12, among them the battle between the “Hornet” and the “Peacock,” after which he was severely censured by Commodore Bainbridge for unnecessarily exposing himself to danger. In 1820 he was awarded a silver medal for gallant service by Act of Congress, which order, however, has never been executed. In 1823 Dr. Cotton resigned his commission in the navy, and from that time until his death devoted his time entirely to the practice of medicine in Newport.
Dr. Cotton sprang almost immediately into prominence in the medical profession in Newport, and throughout the fifty years of his active practice maintained a leading position in medical circles in the city. A skilled surgeon and physician, his services were in constant demand, and he attended many notable Newport families during the entire period of his practice. His presence in the sick room inspired confidence, and brought the element of cheer and hope so necessary to a successful handling of difficult cases. He was not only the physician, but the beloved friend and advisor of his patients. Dr. Cotton was a respected and revered figure in the life of Newport, and universally admired. Much of his very extensive practice had been among the poor of Newport, whom he attended with all the care and devotion which he gave those who paid liberally for his services. Dr. Cotton was well known in the organizations of the medical profession in Rhode Island, and was a member of the Medical Consociation of Brown University. He became a member of the Rhode Island Medical Society on September 29, 1817. He was also a member of the Rhode Island Historical Society and of the Pilgrim Society, and delivered an address before the latter body on the occasion of the removal of a portion of Plymouth Rock to the society’s premises, which, however, later was restored to its original position.
Dr. Cotton married, at Newport, R. I., Mary Northam, daughter of Captain Stephen T. and Mary (Langley) Northam, who died March 12, 1876. They were the parents of fourteen children, among them, the late William H. Cotton, mentioned below. Dr. Charles Cotton died at his home in Newport, R. I., February 3, 1870.
(VII) William H. Cotton, son of Dr. Charles and Mary (Northam) Cotton, was born in Plymouth, Mass., February 6, 1837. He studied medicine under the guidance of his father, after completing his education in the schools of Newport, and during the lifetime of Dr. Cotton, Sr., he assisted the older man in the extensive drug business which he had established. Finding that his ability and inclinations fitted him more for this branch of medicine, he abandoned the idea of practice, and thenceforward confined himself, with rare exceptions, to the management of the drug business. He was nevertheless skilled in practical medicine and was on numerous occasions called to prescribe. He was known widely in Newport as “Dr.” Cotton, and became a prominent figure in that city and throughout Rhode Island in the drug business. Dr. Cotton was for many years a member of the State Board of Pharmacy, and served as president of the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Society for several terms.
William H. Cotton was well known in social and fraternal circles. In 1876 he became a member of St. Paul’s Lodge, No. 14, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and in 1879 was made master of the lodge. He was a member of the Newport Chapter, Royal .Arch Masons, and of Washington Commandery, Knights Templar, serving for two years as eminent commander of the latter body. He was prominent in Masonic affairs in Rhode Island until the time of his death.
On October 23, 1871, Dr. Cotton married Elizabeth Hazard, daughter of the late George Borden and Martha (Clarke) Hazard. Mrs. Cotton is a member of the noted Hazard family of Rhode Island, a descendant in the seventh generation of Thomas Hazard, founder of the family in America, who was of Boston as early as 1635, and subsequently became one of the foremost of the early planters of Rhode Island, a figure of prominence in the affairs of the early colony. The Cotton family has lived for over one hundred years in the historic old house in Cotton’s Court, Newport, one of the oldest and most famous of Newport’s homes. This house was the residence of the first mayor of Newport. It is here that Mrs. Cotton makes her home. She has preserved carefully and in their original setting numerous articles of great historic interest and value with which the old mansion abounds. Mrs. Cotton is well known in social circles in Newport. Dr. and Mrs. Cotton were the parents of two children: i. Mary E. Cotton, who resides with her mother in Newport. 2. William H. Cotton, Jr., a prominent portrait artist of New York City; Mr. Cotton studied under masters in New York, later at the Cowles Art School, in Boston, and completed his studies in the studios of Paris and Rome. He now maintains a studio in New York. In 1907 he received from the National Academy of New York City the first “Hallgarten prize” for his painting, called “The Bathing of the Princess.” He is now an associate member of the National Academy of New York.
William H. Cotton died at his home in Newport, R. I., July 25, 1900.
Spouse: Mary Northham
Father: Captain Stephen T. Northham
Mother: Mary Langley (-12 Mar 1876)
Marriage: 1 Jan 1836
Marr Place: New Port, Rhode Isand
1 Child…
William H. (7 Feb 1837-25 Jul 1900)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.3 Dr. Rossiter Mather Cotton M.D.17,17, 2C4R
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Birth: 11 Jul 178918,18
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 4 Oct 1870, age: 81
Death Place: Jackson County, Louisianna
Burial Place: Memorial on Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Memo: Memorial stone shared with two brothers reads: “Capt. Tomas COTTON, born Jan. 17, 1785 and died June 9, 1819 in Havana. Rossiter M. COTTON, born July 11, 1798 and died Oct. 4, 1870 in Jackson County, Louisiana. William C. COTTON, born April 17, 1804 and died Aug. 23 1805. Children of Rossiter and Priscilla COTTON.”
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.4 Rosseter Cotton, 2C4R
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Birth: 179418,18
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Memo: birth year based on headstone inscription
Death: 20 Jan 1796, age: 218,18
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Burial: Jan 1796
Burial Place: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Memo: Headstone reads: “Rosseter, son of Rosseter COTTON, [Esq.] and Priscilla, his wife, died Jan. 30, 1796, aged 2 years.”
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.5 William Cushing Cotton, 2C4R
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Birth: 17 Apr 180417,17
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 23 Aug 1805, age: 117,17
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Burial: Aug 1805
Burial Place: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Memo: Memorial stone shared with two brothers reads: “Capt. Tomas COTTON, born Jan. 17, 1785 and died June 9, 1819 in Havana. Rossiter M. COTTON, born July 11, 1798 and died Oct. 4, 1870 in Jackson County, Louisiana. William C. COTTON, born April 17, 1804 and died Aug. 23 1805. Children of Rossiter and Priscilla COTTON.”
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.6 Captain John Winslow Cotton, 2C4R
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Birth: 29 Mar 1800
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 10 Sep 1878, age: 78
Death Place: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Burial: Sep 1878
Burial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
Misc. Notes: Birth:
Mar. 29, 1800
Plymouth
Penobscot County
Maine, USA
Death:
Sep. 10, 1878
Green Bay
Brown County
Wisconsin, USA
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: (of wife, Mary Budleman Arndt), daughter of John Penn Arndt and Elizabeth Carpenter Arndt, born at Wilkes Barre, Pa., October 31, 1809, died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, September 16, 1896. She married May 6, 1825…
Captain John Winslow Cotton, USA. He was born at Plymouth, Mass., March 29, 1800, and died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, September 10, 1878. He graduated at West Point, in the class of 1823, and was inducted into the United States Army as second lieutenant. At the time of his marriage, he was captain in command at Fort Howard, Wisconsin.
He served in the Choctaw Campaign of 1830-31 and served in various posts in the west.
He resigned his commission in 1845 and was superintendent of schools in Bellevue, Wisconsin.
Later he served with distinction during the Civil War.
Mrs Cotton likewise entered the United States service during the war. She was mustered in, July 6, 1861, as a nurse in the field hospital corps, of the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment, with which she served one year.
CHILDREN (of Captain John W and Mary B Arndt Cotton):
i. John Rossiter Cotton, born July 6, 1836, died Dec 24, 1890, married Carrie Augusta Redfern.
ii. Elizabeth Arndt Cotton, born 1880, married Charles Royal Tyler.
iii. Priscilla Jackson Cotton, born July 4, 1833, died June 30, 1855, married Colonel James Henry Howe.
iv. Mary Gordon Cotton, born Aug 31, 1836, died Jan 4, 1893, married Colonel James Henry Howe.
v. Charles Arndt Cotton, born August 6, 1845, lived in Green Bay, married Allene Jane Kennedy.
SOURCE: “The Story of the Arndts: The Life, Antecedents and Descendants of Bernhard Arndt, who Emigrated to Pennsylvania in the Year 1731”, pages 234 & 235, Published Philadelphia by the Christopher Sower Company, 1922 – by John Stover Arndt (Warren Smedley Ely).
Information provided by Robert Kuhmann
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Budleman Arndt Cotton (1809 – 1896)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Allouez
Brown County
Wisconsin, USA
Spouse: Mary Arndt (31 Oct 1809-16 Sep 1896)
Birth: 31 Oct 1809
Birth Place: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Death: 16 Sep 1896, age: 86
Death Place: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Burial: Sep 1896
Burial Place: Woodlawn Cemetery, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Misc. Notes: Birth:
Oct. 31, 1809
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death:
Sep. 16, 1896
Green Bay
Brown County
Wisconsin, USA
On July 6, 1861 at Racine, Wisconsin, Mary was mustered in as an Army nurse. She served in the hospital corps, 4th Wisconsin Regiment for 1 year.
Spouse = 82751228—BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: Mary Budleman Arndt, daughter of John Penn Arndt and Elizabeth Carpenter Arndt, born at Wilkes Barre, Pa., October 31, 1809, died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, September 16, 1896. She married May 6, 1825, Captain John Winslow Cotton, USA. He was born at Plymouth, Mass., March 29, 1800, and died at Green Bay, Wisconsin, September 10, 1878. He graduated at West Point, in the class of 1823, and was inducted into the United States Army as second lieutenant. At the time of his marriage, he was captain in command at Fort Howard, Wisconsin. He served with distinction during the Civil War. Mrs Cotton likewise entered the United States service during the war. She was mustered in, July 6, 1861, as a nurse in the field hospital corps, of the Fourth Wisconsin Regiment, with which she served one year.CHILDRN (of Captain John W and Mary B Arndt Cotton):i. John Rossiter Cotton, born July 6, 1836, died Dec 24, 1890, married Carrie Augusta Redfern. ii. Elizabeth Arndt Cotton, born 1880, married Charles Royal Tyler.iii. Priscilla Jackson Cotton, born July 4, 1833, died June 30, 1855, married Colonel James Henry Howe.iv. Mary Gordon Cotton, born Aug 31, 1836, died Jan 4, 1893, married Colonel James Henry Howe.v. Charles Arndt Cotton, born August 6, 1845, lived in Green Bay, married Allene Jane Kennedy. SOURCE (GOOGLE Books): “The Story of the Arndts: The Life, Antecedents and Descendants of Bernhard Arndt, who Emigrated to Pennsylvania in the Year 1731”, pages 234 & 235, Published Philadelphia by the Christopher Sower Company, 1922 – by John Stover Arndt (Warren Smedley Ely).
Family links:
Parents:
John Penn Arndt (1780 – 1861)
Elizabeth Carpenter Arndt (1780 – 1860)
Spouse:
John Winslow Cotton (1800 – 1878)
Siblings:
Philip Arndt (1804 – 1817)*
Alexander Hamilton Arndt (1805 – 1847)*
Mary Budleman Arndt Cotton (1809 – 1896)
John Wallace Arndt (1815 – 1897)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Allouez
Brown County
Wisconsin, USA
Marriage: 6 May 1825
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.7a Roland Edwin Cotton*, 2C4R
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Birth: 4 Jan 1802
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
Spouse: Susan Augusta Watson (-1829)
Death: 1829
Marriage: 1 May 1828
Other spouses: Louis Maria Sudler
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.7b Roland Edwin Cotton* (See above)
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Spouse: Louis Maria Sudler (1808-10 Jan 1838)
Birth: 1808
Death: 10 Jan 1838, age: 30
Marriage: 26 May 1828
2 Children…
Emery Wells Sudler (11 May 1836-16 Mar 1837)
Thomas E. Sudler (8 Jan 1838-aft Nov 1887)
Other spouses: Susan Augusta Watson
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.8.8 Mary Cotton, 2C4R
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Birth: Jun 179019,19
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Memo: birth based on headstone inscription
Death: 6 Aug 1791, age: 119,19
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Burial: Aug 1791
Burial Place: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Memo: Headstone reads: “Mary, dau. of Dr. Rosseter and Mrs. Priscilla COTTON, died Aug 6, 1791 aged 15 months & 6 days.”
Father: Dr. Rossiter Cotton, 1C5R (23 Mar 1758-Aug 1837)
Mother: Priscilla Jackson, 2C4R (13 Apr 1765-)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.9 Lydia Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 8 Apr 1768
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 29 Mar 1849, age: 80
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10 Charles Jackson20,20, 2C4R
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Birth: 1 Mar 1770
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 8 Aug 1818, age: 48
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
Spouse: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
Birth: 12 Feb 1768
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 15 Oct 1818, age: 50
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Rev. John Cotton, GGGG Granduncle (5 Apr 1712-4 Nov 1789)
Mother: Hannah Sturtevant, 2C6R (7 Dec 1727-25 May 1800)
Marriage: 1794
Marr Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
7 Children…
Charles (1794-)
Thomas (1795-)
Lucy (1798-)
Charles Thomas (21 Jun 1805-28 Aug 1880)
Lydia (Lydian) (20 Sep 1802-13 Nov 1892)
Charles Thomas (1805-)
John Cotton (abt 1807-)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10.1 Charles Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 1794
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Jackson, 2C4R (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Mother: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10.2 Thomas Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 1795
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Jackson, 2C4R (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Mother: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10.3 Lucy Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 1798
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Jackson, 2C4R (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Mother: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10.4 Charles Thomas Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 21 Jun 1805
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 28 Aug 1880, age: 75
Death Place: Somerville, Massachusetts
Burial: 30 Aug 1880
Burial Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Memo: Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Father: Charles Jackson, 2C4R (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Mother: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10.5 Lydia (Lydian) Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 20 Sep 1802
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 13 Nov 1892, age: 90
Death Place: Concord, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Jackson, 2C4R (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Mother: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
Brief Bio: Lidian Jackson Emerson was married for forty-seven years to one of the most famous philosophical and literary figures in American history. As Ralph Waldo Emerson’s second wife, she bore and raised his four children, managed his house and entertained his many guests with her remarkable wit and intelligence, yet she remains in the shadows of history while her friends Margaret Fuller and Henry David Thoreau enjoy universal interest and praise.
Why?
There are several possible reasons why Lidian has been overlooked. The most obvious is her husband’s monumental reputation. Emerson was extraordinarily famous in his own day, friends with the best-known intellectual lights of his generation, he corresponded with philosophers and scholars around the world, counseled Presidents, mentored a generation of reformers, and wrote essays and books that profoundly influenced the American viewpoint in the world. Another possible reason is that the Emerson’s marriage was a rocky one. Although the first few years were happy enough, they grew apart after the birth of their first son, Waldo. By the early 1840’s Emerson was already writing critiques of marriage in his journal. The emotional distance between them grew with Emerson’s fame and influence.
Were there other reasons? Was Ellen, the Emerson’s oldest daughter, a life-long and rather conservative spinster, partly responsible for Lidian’s slighted reputation? At this historical distance it’s hard to know for sure, but the facts of the case encourage speculation.
Born on September 20, 1802 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the fifth child of Charles and Lucy [Cotton] Jackson, Lydia Jackson was one of three children who survived into adulthood. Her older sister, Lucy, was abandoned by her husband in 1834, leaving her to care for her two young children, Frank and Sophia. Lydia’s younger brother, Charles Thomas Jackson, would become of the most highly respected physicians in New England. He would spend many years of his adult life embroiled in controversies over the invention of the surgical use of ether, and the development of the telegraph-both ideas which he claimed to have authored but for which he was never given proper credit.
Lidian married Ralph Waldo Emerson on September 14, 1835, in the parlor of the family home overlooking Plymouth Harbor. Now the headquarters of The Mayflower Society, Winslow House, as it was called in Lidian’s day, was one of the most impressive homes in Plymouth. Originally built by Edward Winslow, the great-grandson of Governor Winslow, it had been purchased by Lidian’s grandfather in 1782. Lidian was born and raised there until the age of sixteen, when the deaths of both parents within a few months forced her to move in with relatives. It was still the family home, however, and later was to become the residence of Dr. Charles T. Jackson, Lidian’s younger brother.
This marriage was Emerson’s second. His first wife, Ellen Louisa Tucker, died of tuberculosis at the age of 19, only eighteen months after they were wed. Emerson, deeply in love with Ellen, continued to carry a torch for the rest of his life. Lidian had not been particularly interested in marriage before she met Emerson. At 32, she was well-established as an intellectual and charitable woman in Plymouth, one of the new lights who sought reforms to both church and society. She had settled comfortably into the life of maiden aunt to Lucy’s two children, Frank and Sophia Brown by the time she met Emerson. Though she was four years younger than her sister, Lidian was nevertheless possessed of unusual confidence and certitude and took on the role of provider and protector. She became well known in Plymouth as a graceful, charitable woman who took particular joy in her garden. She was also known for her sharp wit and contentious nature. She loved nothing better than a vigorous debate. Though she tried to tame this side of herself, it impressed many, and she was favorably compared with her friend and contemporary, Margaret Fuller. She was a reformer and activist by nature, horrified by slavery, appalled by the treatment of Native Americans, and deeply sensitive to the welfare of animals. She spent years vigorously prevailing upon her famous husband to take a public stand on her causes.
Immediately after the wedding, Lidian and Emerson moved to Concord, where she saw her new home for the first time. An L-shaped clapboard building situated on the Cambridge Turnpike at the eastern end of town, the house had been built seven years before by a Mr. Coolidge, and was known in Concord as “Coolidge Castle.” The Emersons later renamed it “Bush.” As soon as they settled in, the Emersons hired carpenters to expand the house, adding two large rooms (one upstairs and one down) to the back of the house, turning the L into a square. These rooms were to be the apartment for Charles Emerson and his fiancée, Elizabeth Hoar, after their marriage. Charles, Emerson’s youngest brother, was studying for the law in Concord and the two men planned to live together as an extended family. Tragically, Charles died of tuberculosis in May of 1836, less than a year after Lidian and Emerson were married. Elizabeth Hoar was devastated and never married, though she continued to remain so close to the Emerson family that she was regarded as “Aunt Lizzie” by the Emerson children.
The Emersons had four children: Waldo, born on October 30, 1836; Ellen, born February 24, 1939; Edith, born November 22, 1841; and Edward, born July 10, 1844. The oldest child, Waldo-a charming and intelligent boy-contracted scarlet fever in January, 1842, and died tragically at the age of five. The Emersons’ marriage, which had weathered the usual tensions with the coming of children and had been complicated by a deepening split in religious viewpoint, was dealt a blow in little Waldo’s death from which the relationship never fully recovered. Emerson retreated into his writing and increasingly demanding lecture schedule, while Lidian withdrew into a prolonged and lonely bereavement. She had her house and children to attend, including the infant Edith, but nothing could lift the terrible burden of her grief.
In April of 1841, Emerson had invited Henry David Thoreau to live with the Emerson family. In exchange for room and board, Thoreau agreed to act as handyman and gardener. This was a good situation for both parties, for Emerson was notably inept with a hammer and shovel, and Thoreau needed a quiet place to write, away from the noise and confusion of his mother’s boarding house. The routine of the household was unusual for the time – visitors commented on the strange way the different household members dispersed after breakfast on solitary tasks. Lidian’s and Thoreau’s duties must have coincided and thrown them together often. It’s very likely that their strong friendship developed at this time. They shared a passion for abolition and a concern for animals. The two particularly enjoyed discussing philosophy and religion. Lidian was known in her own day as a lively debater, and no doubt Thoreau enjoyed the exchanges immensely.
In early January of 1842, two weeks before Waldo passed away, Thoreau’s older brother, John, died of lockjaw. Thoreau was devastated and developed what was probably a psychosomatic case of lockjaw. By the time he had recovered, Waldo Emerson was dead. In the weeks and months that followed, in the course of the normal Emerson household routine, Lidian and Thoreau spent many hours together, and almost certainly shared their grief with each other. They almost certainly provided support and sympathy for each other, which strengthened their relationship.
In 1843, Emerson arranged for Thoreau to tutor his nephews, the sons of William and Susan Emerson, on Staten Island, New York. In a cryptic comment to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emerson noted that Thoreau’s presence in the Emerson home had become “an inconvenience.” Thoreau apparently had some ambivalence about his move – though he wanted to explore the world of New York publishing, he was reluctant to leave Concord. His sojourn on Staten Island did not last long. He was back in Concord by mid-December of that year, living once again in his mother’s boarding house.
The Emerson’s last child, Edward Waldo Emerson, was born in July 1844, a large, full-term baby. By this time, Emerson’s lecture schedule required him to be often away from home, sometimes for weeks at a time, forcing Lidian to take on the responsibilities of the financial management of the family. She was often ill, perhaps because of the twin stresses of trying to fulfill her tasks, and preserve what was clearly a troubled marriage. A perfectionist, she saw one of her chief responsibilities as playing hostess to the endless stream of visitors. Margaret Fuller was a frequent visitor and sometimes stayed with the Emersons for more than a month, residing in the “Red Room,” a handsome guest room across the hall from Emerson’s study. Lidian was an admirer of Margaret Fuller, and had attended her “Cnversations” in Boston and had even been favorably compared to her in the past, but sometimes felt shut out by Fuller’s close friendship with Emerson.
By 1847 the Emerson marriage was severely stressed. Emerson, whose fame had risen dramatically in the preceding years, decided to accept Thomas Carlyle’s invitation to lecture in Europe and arranged for passage to England in the early fall of 1847. At Lidian’s request, he asked Thoreau to leave his cabin at Walden Pond and move into the Emerson house again. Thoreau agreed to help manage the house and took up residence a few weeks before Emerson’s departure. During the ten months of his absence, Thoreau acted as Lidian’s chief assistant. He helped her manage Emerson’s financial affairs, maintained the house and gardens, and helped care for the children. Some letters from Thoreau to Emerson at this time indicate some annoyance toward Emerson on Thoreau’s part – whether it was caused by Emerson’s inattention to Lidian, who was ill with jaundice for much of that time, or some other circumstance, is speculation. There is a poignant and pointed passage in one of Thoreau’s letters in which he describes little Eddy (who was three at the time) asking Thoreau if he would be his father. Was this bit of reportage intended to hurt Emerson?
After Emerson’sreturn to Concord in late July of 1848, there was a subtle but important shift in the Emerson marriage. They seemed to settle down, and no longer played as many visitors or invited them to stay the night. Thoreau left the Emerson residence immediately upon Emerson’s return and the friendship between the two men was noticeably strained afterward. Though they still saw each other frequently, and Thoreau still came and went in the Emerson house as if he were family, there was a palpable tension between them. They no longer walked together, and Thoreau turned to an in-depth study of nature.
On July 19, 1850, Margaret Fuller drowned with her husband, Count Ossoli, and their 20 month old son in a shipwreck off Fire Island in New York. She was returning to the United States with a manuscript of her experiences in the Italian uprisings. When Emerson learned of her death he was devastated, and began almost immediately to work on a book memorializing her.
Though there is no documented evidence that the Emersons ever housed slaves during the Underground Railroad, Lidian and Emerson signed a paper in 1854, declaring that they would not turn away a refugee from slavery, should one appear at their door. They hosted John Brown on a fund raising tour of New England in 1857. Lidian was a passionate advocate of abolition and when Brown was executed in December of 1859, she attended the vigil ceremony in Concord that had been organized by Emerson, Alcott, and Thoreau. The Civil War began in 1861, and Lidian believed Emancipation would follow. She was, however, reluctant to allow her son, Edward, to join the army, for he was young and had recently suffered a serious bout of typhoid fever.
In the winter of 1862, Emerson traveled to Washington where he met and talked with Abraham Lincoln. In May of that year, Thoreau died in his home of tuberculosis. Emerson took over the funeral arrangements, and also persuaded Sophia Hawthorne to loan him Thoreau’s journals, which he spent the next month reading. He arranged to have the funeral in the church, over the objections of some of Thoreau’s friends, who knew of Thoreau’s aversion to the institutional church. Emerson gave the funeral oration, and soon expanded the speech into an essay, which was published in The Atlantic Monthly.
In 1865, Edith Emerson married William Hathaway Forbes. The Emersons’ first grandchild, Ralph Emerson Forbes was born the next year. Edith was the only daughter to marry. Ellen, named for Emerson’s beloved first wife, dedicated her life to the care of her parents, and served as traveling companion and aid to her father.
In June of 1872, a fire broke out in the attic of the Emerson home. The only people at home that night were Waldo and Lidian, but they escaped safely, and neighbors soon came to help battle the blaze. When the fire was finally extinguished, it was clear that much of the house was in ruins. It would have to be restored. Money was raised and so much was given that there was enough for Emerson to travel abroad once more. This time he went with Ellen, who by then was a necessary adjunct in his lectures and writing. Emerson, sadly, was falling into dementia, and often had problems recalling the names of familiar objects. Lidian, who never traveled with Emerson, stayed with their daughter Edith while Emerson was abroad and the house was being restored.
As Emerson deteriorated, Lidian became healthier and stronger. She began to go out more, and became more noticeably social. In 1881 she danced at Ellen’s 42nd birthday ball. At the age of 85, she attended the Concord School of Philosophy. Emerson died on April 27, 1882. His son, Edward, a medical doctor, administered ether in his last hours to relieve his pain. From that day on, Lidian kept a lamp burning in Emerson’s study as a memorial. She lived for 10
Spouse: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-27 Apr 1882)
Birth: 1803
Birth Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Death: 27 Apr 1882, age: 79
Death Place: Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Marriage: 14 Sep 1835
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10.6 Charles Thomas Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 1805
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Jackson, 2C4R (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Mother: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
(8) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.10.7 John Cotton Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: abt 1807
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Charles Jackson, 2C4R (1 Mar 1770-8 Aug 1818)
Mother: Lucy Cotton, 1C5R (12 Feb 1768-15 Oct 1818)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.11 Rebecca Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 19 Feb 1772
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(7) 1.1b.1.1a.2.1.12 Woodworth Jackson, 2C4R
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Birth: 20 Feb 1774
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: Thomas Jackson, 2C6R (15 Feb 1729-19 Sep 1794)
Mother: Sarah Taylor, 1C5R (20 Sep 1733-27 Oct 1811)
(5) 1.1b.1.1a.3 John Atwood, GGGG Granduncle
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Birth: 10 Feb 1713
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: John Atwood, 5G Grandfather (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Mother: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)
(5) 1.1b.1.1a.4 Elydia Atwood, GGGG Grandaunt
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Birth: 6 Jun 171521,21
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Death: 23 Feb 1771, age: 5521,21
Death Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: John Atwood, 5G Grandfather (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Mother: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)
(5) 1.1b.1.1a.5 Soloman Atwood, GGGG Granduncle
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Birth: 2 Nov 171721,21
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: John Atwood, 5G Grandfather (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Mother: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)
(5) 1.1b.1.1a.6 Isaac Atwood, GGGG Granduncle
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Birth: 18 Mar 171922,22
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Father: John Atwood, 5G Grandfather (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Mother: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)
(5) 1.1b.1.1a.7a Keziah Atwood*23,24,21,23,24,21,25,25, GGGG Grandmother
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Birth: 18 Apr 172121,21
Birth Place: Plymouth Township, Massachusetts
Death: Apr 1814, age: 9226,26
Death Place: Belpre, Ohio
Father: John Atwood, 5G Grandfather (1 May 1684-6 Aug 1754)
Mother: Sarah Leavitt, 5G Grandmother (8 Feb 1688/89-22 Jan 1725/26)