He was a sergeant in the Revolutionary War in 1780. There are at least two Joseph Bartletts from Brookfield who served in the Revolutionary War:
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.,
Volume 1, page 728Bartlett, Joseph, Brookfield.. Private, Capt. Spurr's co., Col. Thomas Nixon's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 27, 1777, to Feb. 1, 1779.
SAR Application of Herbert Gallup Bartlett:
Joseph Bartlett enlisted 1 january 1776 under Capt. Asa Danforth and Col. Arnold. He was in a battle at Pell's Point, where he was slightly wounded at the battle of Trenton; discharged in February 1777. He enlisted in May 1777 in Capt. Ebenezer Spurr's Company, Col/ Thomas Nixon's Massachusetts Regiment, was in both battles of Bemis Heights and many skirmishes; discharged in June 1780. He enlisted in January or February 1781, served as Corporal and Sergeant in Capt. Adam Bailey and Seth Drew's's Companies, Col. Ebenezer Sprout's's Massachusetts Regiment; discharged in November 1780
Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, Vol. 32, page 85, states that Joseph Bartlett was palaced on the pension roll 1832 for services as a Private and Sergeant in the Massachusetts Line. He was in the battles of Trenton and Bemis Heights.
Bartlett, Joseph, Brookfield. Corporal, Capt. Adams Bailey's co., Col. John Bailey's (2d) regt. (commanded by Lieut. Col. Sprout after Jan. 1, 1781); muster roll dated Jan. 1, 1782; enlisted Jan. 23, 1781; enlistment, 3 years; reported promoted from Private Nov. 1, 1781.
Bartlet, Joseph, Brookfield. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. John Bannister's (1st Artillery) co., Col. Converse's (4th) regt., Brig. Gen. Warner's brigade (also given Capt. Asahel Gunn's co., and Lieut. Caleb Benjamin's 9th co., 6th Hampshire Co. regt.), dated Brookfield, Feb. 18, 1778; residence, Brookfield; enlisted for town of Brookfield (also given Montague); joined Capt. Lane's co., Col. Nixon's regt.; enlistment, 3 years, to expire May 27, 1780; reported mustered June 3, 1777, by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master, to serve in Capt. Harwood's co., Col. Nixon's regt.
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Bartlett, Joseph, Brookfield, Private, Capt. Spurr's Company, Colonel Thomas Nixon's Regiment, Continental Army.
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8,2,3 His DAR Ancestor Number is A007002.
4 His Revolutionary War Pension Number is S21626.
4 Joseph Bartlett moved from Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, to to Danville, Vermont circa 1784.
8 Joseph Bartlett moved from Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont, to to become the first settler of Barnstston, Stanstead County, Canada in 1796.
9 Bartlett Family Genealogy Forum Posted by: Marjorie Kraemer Date: January 11, 2010
Are there any descendants of Joseph Bartlett b. 1759 in Brookfield, Mass. doing research on this family?
Joseph married Lucretia Hamilton on Nov 22, 1778. They had the following children:
1. Judith b 10 Dec 1778, Brookfield, Mass. married Josiah Parker;
2. Sally b 16 Aug 1780, Brookfield, Mass. married Samual Hill;
3. Joseph b 30 Dec 178l, Brookfield, Mass. married Mary Whitney;
4. Willard b 8 Sep 1783, Brookfield, Mass. married Lois Mosher;
5. Lavina b 18 Apr 1785, Bethel, Vermont, married Lemuel White;
6. Fraser b 25 Aug 1787, Bethel, Vermont, married Caroline Brown;
7. Lucy b 14 Dec 1789, Bethel, Vermont,
8. Samuel Willard; Ira b 1794, married Susan Huntingdon;
9. Betsy b, ?, married Cyrus Young;
10. Alden b, 1791, died in the British Army in the War of 1812;
11. Wyman ?, married Ruth Wiley.
There may have been another child born about 1798 in Vermont.