Bartlett, Horatio: My Damon Genealogy

Generation: 1

1.	Bartlett, Horatio was born on 02 Nov 1816 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME (son of Bartlett, Nathaniel and Bisbee, Susan); died on 23 Apr 1842; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME. Other Events and Attributes: Family: No children

Generation: 2

Bartlett, Nathaniel was born in 1779; died on 16 Nov 1845; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Nathaniel married Bisbee, Susan on 28 Mar 1802 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME. Susan (daughter of Bisbee, Lt. Elisha and Pettingill, Mary [Molly]) was born on 26 Mar 1780 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 24 May 1860; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bisbee, Susan was born on 26 Mar 1780 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of Bisbee, Lt. Elisha and Pettingill, Mary [Molly]); died on 24 May 1860; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Notes:

Married:
Married at the home of Elisha Bisbee

Children:

Bartlett, America was born on 18 Apr 1803.
Bartlett, Lamira was born on 17 Apr 1804; died on 26 Dec 1872 in Wayne, Kennebec Co., ME.
Bartlett, Fidelia was born on 11 Sep 1805.
Bartlett, Hiram was born on 01 Nov 1811 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; died on 13 May 1839; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bartlett, Sarah H. was born on 29 Sep 1814; died on 19 Apr 1861.
1. Bartlett, Horatio was born on 02 Nov 1816 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; died on 23 Apr 1842; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bartlett, Susan B. was born on 13 Feb 1819 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; died on 11 Oct 1841; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Generation: 3

Bisbee, Lt. Elisha was born on 04 Mar 1757 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME (son of Bisbee, Charles and Howland, Beulah); died on 01 Dec 1826 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

DAR Ancestor Number: A010406
Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Sumner Field Cemetery

Notes:

Revolutionary War Service:
1775 -14 days Capt. Amos Turner's Co., Col. John Bailey's Rgmt Served at the Lexington Alarm
1775 - 3 months, 6 days Capt. Amos Turner's Co., Gen. John Thomas' Rgmt Enlisted May 3, 1775. Served at the Seige of Boston
1776 - 59 days Capt. Abam Washburn's Co., Col. John Cushing's Rgmt Enlisted Sept. 20, 1776. Served at Newport, RI.
1778 - 11 months, 14 days Capt. Joseph Coles's Co., Col. John Jacobs's Rgmt Enlisted Jan. 20, 1778.

DESCENDANT OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER FRANCIS COOKE
GRANDFATHER OF CIVIL WAR MEDAL-OF-HONOR-WINNER AXEL HAYFORD REED
HELPED TO MAKE THE FAMOUS CHAIN THAT BLOCKED THE HUDSON RIVER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

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A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. ELISHA BISBEE, by Larry Overmire (4th great grandson), Aug. 2008:

Elisha Bisbee was born Mar. 4, 1757, in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the eldest of nine children of Revolutionary War veteran Charles Bisbee and his wife Beulah Howland. Charles Bisbee was the great great grandson of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower.

Elisha distinguished himself as an ardent patriot in the Revolutionary War. Such was his Revolutionary zeal that, while a blacksmith's apprentice, he purposely burned the lock of a Tory's gun that had been left at the shop to be repaired.

Elisha went on to become a blacksmith in the Massachusetts Line and helped make the famous chain that blocked the British approach up the Hudson River. His promotion to lieutenant was signed by Gen. George Washington himself.

Elisha married Mary "Molly" Pettingell on Sept. 22, 1779 in Duxbury. She was the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Gannett) Pettingell. They had ten children: Susan, Sarah "Sally" Howland, Anna, Elisha Jr., Daniel, Mary "Molly," Hopestill, Thursea, Horatio, and Huldah.

In 1784, Elisha and his family moved with his father to Sumner, Maine. He wrote a letter to his uncle William Ford of Pembroke, Mass., on Apr. 29, 1803, that gives an impression of what life was like in Sumner:

"Dear Uncle: I embrace this opportunity to inform you that we are all well as common. I have nothing new to write. It is a general time of health here. We have had a very moderate winter, and as forward spring as we have had since I lived here. Bread and meat are plenty and cheap, and labor bears a very high price and not to be had at any rate... I have not had a line from you this many a day, and have done looking for any, but I am in hopes my scribbling may stir you up so that I may know how you and our relations fare there in that old worn-out country, and pray don't miss any opportunity of writing to me, as I shall take it very hard if you do. We have had a very exceeding snow storm here. It began on Friday, the fifteenth of this instant, early in the morning and grew hotter and hotter until Sunday about noon, when it abated. The snow fell eighteen or twenty inches deep and there is some of it to be seen now. It was by far the smartest storm we have had for the winter past. Our two oldest girls have got married and each of them got a boy. They married men of property and are in a way to live if no misfortune overtakes them. Remember me to all that may inquire..."

In 1811, Elisha's wife Mary died. Some of the children were sent to live with others to ease the burden of raising them. On Sept. 15, 1812, Elisha married again, to Chloe Sylvester, the daughter of Elisha Sr. and Grace (Ruggles) Sylvester.

Elisha died on either Dec. 1 or Dec. 4, 1826, at the age of 69. He was buried in The Bonney Road Cemetery in Sumner.

Elisha married Pettingill, Mary [Molly] on 22 Sep 1779 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA. Mary was born on 19 Jan 1760 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 30 Aug 1811 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pettingill, Mary [Molly] was born on 19 Jan 1760 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 30 Aug 1811 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Bonney Road or Chaffin Cemetery

Children:

3. Bisbee, Susan was born on 26 Mar 1780 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 24 May 1860; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Sarah was born on 23 Mar 1782 in New Gloucester, Cumberland Co., ME; died on 14 May 1866 in Belfast, Waldo Co., ME.
Bisbee, Anna was born on 19 Mar 1784 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Elisha Jr. was born on 08 May 1786 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 10 Dec 1874 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Hopestill was born on 19 Jul 1788; died on 22 Oct 1791.
Bisbee, Daniel was born on 07 May 1791 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 24 Apr 1824; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Mary was born on 04 Jan 1794 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 12 Jan 1832 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Captain Hopestill was born on 27 Apr 1796 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 10 Jun 1882 in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Theresa was born on 12 Sep 1798 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 11 Jul 1867; was buried in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Horatio was born on 13 Aug 1800 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 07 Oct 1881 in Canton, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Hulda was born on 11 Nov 1802 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 11 Jul 1842 in Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Hartford, Oxford Co., ME.

Generation: 4

12.

Bisbee, Charles was born in Apr 1726 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA (son of Bisbee, Moses and Reed, Mary); died on 05 Jun 1807 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

DAR Ancestor Number: A010402
Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Sumner Field Cemetery
Baptised: 21 Apr 1726, East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA

Notes:

Veteran of The American Revolution- Pvt. in Capt. Freedom Chamberlin's co., Col Barley's reg., which marched on the Lexington Alarm.

"Carol Chaney Waters, Jay
Tribute to my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather and great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Charles & Elisha Bisbee:
Charles and Elisha Bisbee (1757-1826), father and son of Bridgewater, MA served as privates in a Mass Regiment. Father, Charles, (1726-1807) was the first settler of Sumner and is buried there in Bonney Cemetery."

GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER FRANCIS COOKE

REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN, PRIVATE, CAPT. FREEDON CHAMBERLAIN'S CO., COL. BAILEY'S REGIMENT, CONTINENTAL ARMY

INVOLVED IN THE "LEXINGTON ALARM," 19 APR 1775

MAINE PIONEER

FIRST SETTLER OF SUMNER, MAINE

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A BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES BISBEE, by Larry Overmire (5th great grandson), Aug. 2008:

Charles Bisbee was born in 1726 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the son of Moses and Mary (Reed) Bisbee.

He married Beulah Howland, the daughter of Rouse and Ann (Bonney) Howland on Sept. 16, 1756 in Pembroke, Plymouth County. They had nine children: Elisha, Charles, Mary "Polly," Celia, Moses, John, Solomon, Calvin and Rouse.

Charles was a farmer. After his marriage, he moved to Pembroke. He served in the Revolutionary War in the Continental Army and was involved in the Lexington Alarm on April 19, 1775.

In June 1784, he and his family moved to Sumner, Oxford County, Maine. He is recognized as being the first settler of that community. Descendant Axel Reed in his genealogy described how circumstances unfolded:

"At the close of the Revolutionary war, in which the father and two sons, Elisha and Charles, had taken part, there was an extensive emigration from the Old Colony towns in Massachusetts to the wilds of Maine. He bought land of Benjamin Darling, of Hanover, Mass., in a township in Maine then called Sharon, afterwards Butterfield or Sumner. In the summer of 1783 he visited his land and built a cheap tenement for his family to occupy later. He returned to Pembroke to spend the winter and the following spring set sail with his family for the new home. They sailed from Scituate harbor in a packet and landed at Yarmouth, proceeding through the wilderness to Sumner on horseback, arriving on the 5th day of June, 1784, the year in which the town of Sumner was incorporated. Dr. [Wm. B.] Lapham [secretary of the Maine Genealogical Society] says: 'He (Charles Bisbee) selected his land with good judgment, and with the aid of his seven stalwart sons he soon cleared him up a good farm. He suffered all the privations and hardships incident to a pioneer life, lived to see his children comfortably settled around him and enjoy much of the fruit of his toil, and he died June 3, 1807, the 23rd anniversary of the arrival in town. His good wife, Beulah Howland, died September 1, 1813, nine years later, and in her 76th year of age.' "

Charles died in Sumner on June 3, 1807, at the age of 81. He was buried in the Chaffin Cemetery (aka The Bonney Road Cemetery) there.

Charles married Howland, Beulah on 16 Sep 1756 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Beulah (daughter of Howland, Rouse and Bonney, Anna) was born on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; was christened on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 01 Sep 1813 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Howland, Beulah was born on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA; was christened on 28 Aug 1737 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co., MA (daughter of Howland, Rouse and Bonney, Anna); died on 01 Sep 1813 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.

Other Events and Attributes:

Tombstone Photo: Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; Sumner Field Cemetery

Children:

Bisbee, Celia was born on 07 May 1764 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 22 Nov 1816 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
6. Bisbee, Lt. Elisha was born on 04 Mar 1757 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; died on 01 Dec 1826 in Buckfield, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Charles Jr. was born on 27 Jul 1758 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 11 Jun 1833 in Aurora, Dearborn Co., IN; was buried in Aurora, Dearborn Co., IN.
Bisbee, Mary was born on 28 Apr 1760 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA.
Bisbee, Moses was born on 02 Feb 1765 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 23 Jun 1852 in Waterford, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Waterford, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, John was born on 21 Feb 1767 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 18 Sep 1839 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Solomon was born on 03 Sep 1769 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 02 Apr 1845 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Apr 1845 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Calvin was born on 14 Oct 1771 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 28 Nov 1857 in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Sumner, Oxford Co., ME.
Bisbee, Rowse was born on 17 Oct 1775 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA; died on 03 May 1852 in North Woodstock, Oxford Co., ME; was buried in Woodstock, Oxford Co., ME.