Nicholas Bartlett was born in 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
1,2,3 Nicholas Bartlett married
Mary Morton, daughter of
Jonathan Morton and
Eleanor Smith, on 14 November 1771 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
3,4 Nicholas Bartlett died in 1836 in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, at age ~89.
5,3 He was buried in Clark Cemetery, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York,
. CLARK CEMETERY
Two Miles Southeast of Pompey
Town of Pompey, New York
Submitted by Kathy Crowell
The following list appears in Inscriptions from Cemeteries in Onondaga Co. taken from notes by William Martin Beauchamp, Vol. 2. For those seeking additional information, an excellent list of markers and burials is found in Pompey - Our Town in Profile, Township of Pompey, 1976, a two-volume set printed by Central New Yorker, Syracuse, N.Y. For more information contact town historian Sylvia Shoebridge, 2327 Berry Rd., Lafayette, NY 13084.
Bartlett, Mary d. 1826 in 80" year, w/o Nicholas
Bartlett, Nicholas d. 1836 in 91" yr.
6,3 He was a Minute Man in the Revolutionary War circa 1776.
7 Nicholas Bartlett and
Mary Bartlett appeared on the census of 1790 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, which lists one male over 16 years (Nicholas), one male under 16 (his 12 year old son Caleb), and 3 females (his wife Mary and apparently 2 of their 3 daughters).
8 His wife, Mary, died on 4 January 1826 in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, at age 78, leaving him a widower.
5,9,4 Nicholas Bartlett, the son of Caleb and Abigail (Shattuck) Bartlett, was born in 1747 while the family was still living in Groton (see his military pension application in
Revolutionary Soldiers Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, N.Y. by William Martin Beauchamp, Syracuse, N.Y.: McDonnell Co., 1913, p.200).
As mentioned above (in the record of his father, Caleb Bartlett) the family left Groton about 1750. At that time, Nicholas would have been only a very young boy—about three years old. They moved first to Amherst, MA where they lived for only about five years and then moved again to Hadley, MA in 1755. Here Nicholas grew to manhood. Here too he married Mary Morton on 14 Nov. 1771 (see vital records of Hadley, MA). She was the daughter of Jonathan and Eleanor Smith Morton, and was born in Hatfield, MA on 15 Dec. 1747.
Nicholas and Mary had three little girls, followed by a son. The oldest child, Lucy Bartlett, was born in 1772 in Hatfield, MA. The three daughters were born shortly before the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and the son was born during that fight. It was this daughter, Lucy, who married a first cousin once removed, by the name of Elijah Morton, from whom we descend.
It was only three and a half years after his marriage that the Battle of Lexington began the American Revolution. Nicholas, along with many young men of his age, grabbed his rifle and, as one of the “minute men” hurried off to help defend the colonists from British aggression (see his application for pension for service rendered in this military effort—a transcript of which is attached in the Military records in the “Memorial Chapel” of this web-site). Nicholas was about 28 years old when he volunteered for his military service.
Following the Revolutionary War, in the 1790 US Census for Hampshire County, MA, the name of Nicholas Bartlett appears in the town of Amherst, MA. He had one male over age 16 (himself), one male under 16 (his 12 year old son, Caleb), and three females. Also, in the same county is an Abigail Bartlett (probably his widowed mother) and a Samuel Bartlett living near Abigail (probably a brother of Nicholas and a son of Caleb & Abigail, but we have no documentation to prove that.) They are both residing in the town of Wilbraham. Additionally, there was also an Adoniram Bartlett in the same county, but in the town of Conway—relationship, if any, is unknown.
This Nicholas Bartlett (b. 1747, son of Caleb) had 4 children. Two of them were named: Caleb & Abigail, the same names as his parents. (See IGI)
After the war, he and Mary settled down in Hatfield for a time, but eventually, like so many other Americans, they began a westward movement that took them across the line into central New York. Eventually they resettled to Pompei, Onondaga, New York, where they remained for the rest of their lives. Mary died in 1826 and Nicholas outlived her by about ten years, and died there in 1836. (See his military pension application in
Revolutionary Soldiers Resident or Dying in Onondaga County, N.Y. by William Martin Beauchamp, Syracuse, N.Y.: McDonnell Co., 1913, p.200. A copy of his actual application for a military pension can be found on the Internet with access through local public libraries via “HeritageQuest” military records.)
We also found a record of his burial/tombstone in Pompei (or Pompei Hill), Onondaga Co., NY. There is a discrepancy between the birth date indicated by his tombstone and his military papers, but his burial record indicates that he was born sometime between 1745-48 in Groton, MA. In his military pension application he specifically says that he was born in 1747 and that fits within the range provided above from his burial records so we believe he knew what he was saying when he gave that date in his pension application.
Both Nicholas and Mary were buried in a cemetery that is noted as being “2 miles SE of Pompei Hill, Onondaga Co., NY”.
The
History of Hadley, Mass, by Sylvester Judd lists this family on p. 9. What we can't prove, is that his daughter, Lucy, is the same woman as the Lucy Bartlett who married Elijah Morton Jr. She was much younger than Elijah but we believe her to be that woman. He was in his early 40s when they married and she would have been only about 17-18 years old. However, she must have been young at the time of their marriage as she had at least 13 children over a long time span. We think these two "Lucy Bartletts" are the same person but can't prove it. Another support is that her mother was Mary Morton and a cousin of this man. In those days it was very common for people to marry close cousins.