{"id":83651,"date":"2022-03-25T09:37:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=83651"},"modified":"2022-12-14T12:55:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T17:55:52","slug":"mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-14.html","title":{"rendered":"Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series profiling descendants of the Mayflower settlers, focusing on former lieutenant governor and president of the Massachusetts Mayflower Society Dr. Rev. Robert Merrill Bartlett of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Melissa is a genealogist who has a blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestoryarchives.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AnceStory Archives<\/a>, and a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HistoryGenNEFamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today I continue with my \u201cMayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who\u201d series, focusing on former lieutenant governor and president of the Massachusetts Mayflower Society Dr. Rev. Robert Merrill Bartlett (1898-1995) of Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Naples, Florida.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83653\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A1123C1CC6D31C748%40GB3NEWS-15B372794FA7C961%402439451-15B3396FC3B826B8%4024-15B3396FC3B826B8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arkansas-gazette-newspaper-1121-1966-plymouth-map.jpg\" alt=\"A map of Plymouth Plantation, Arkansas Gazette newspaper article 21 November 1966\" width=\"579\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arkansas-gazette-newspaper-1121-1966-plymouth-map.jpg 579w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arkansas-gazette-newspaper-1121-1966-plymouth-map-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas), 21 November 1966, page 25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rev. Bartlett was 10<sup>th<\/sup> in descent from <em>Mayflower<\/em> passenger Robert Bartlett, who married Mary Warren, daughter of <em>Mayflower<\/em> passenger Richard Warren Also noted below are other <em>Mayflower<\/em> passengers in Rev. Bartlett\u2019s ancestral line.<\/p>\n<p>Lineage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rev. Robert Merrill Bartlett and Theresa Susan \u201cSue\u201d Nuckols<\/li>\n<li>Robert Alexander Bartlett and Minnie Lou Dobson<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Bartlett and Laura Salome Merrill<\/li>\n<li>Isiah Bartlett and Miriam Mason<\/li>\n<li>Sylvanias Bartlett and Sarah Loring<\/li>\n<li>Sylvanias Bartlett and Martha Waite<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Bartlett and Elizabeth Bartlett, daughter of Samuel Bartlett Jr. and Hannah Pabodie, granddaughter of Samuel Bartlett and Sarah Brewster, granddaughter of Robert Bartlett and William Brewster. Hannah Pabodie, daughter of William Pabodie and Elizabeth Alden, granddaughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Bartlett and Lydia Griswold Holmes<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Bartlett and Hannah Pope<\/li>\n<li>Robert Bartlett and Mary Warren<\/li>\n<li>Robert Bartlett and Alice Walker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rev. Bartlett dedicated his life and work to preserving <em>Mayflower<\/em> history as well as debunking the myths and misconceptions surrounding the Pilgrims. He lectured and published extensively on all things Plymouth. He and his wife Sue resided in the Pilgrim house built in 1660 by his ancestor Robert Bartlett, located on Brook Road in Manomet, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, the house was destroyed by fire in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Patriot Ledger<\/em>, Rev. Bartlett found a treasure trove of old documents in the attic of the Bartlett family seat.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83657\" style=\"width: 1018px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A13D0955A0C88E671%40GB3NEWS-16BD4D9237355279%402446696-16BD256077298F51%403-16BD256077298F51\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/patriot-ledger-newspaper-0922-1986-robert-bartlett.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Robert Bartlett, Patriot Ledger newspaper article 22 September 1986\" width=\"1018\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/patriot-ledger-newspaper-0922-1986-robert-bartlett.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/patriot-ledger-newspaper-0922-1986-robert-bartlett-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/patriot-ledger-newspaper-0922-1986-robert-bartlett-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Massachusetts), 22 September 1986, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One document referenced a sexy scandal to squash the opinions of many \u2013 namely that the Pilgrims were not prudes! In fact, if you visit the Plymouth town records you will find some racy misbehavior like the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cJames Clarke complaineth against Sarah Barlow and Marcye Bartlett in an action of slander and defamation, to the damage of two hundred pounds for reporting that they saw said Clarke kiss his mayde and use other [uncivil] carriages that he acted towards her in the field upon the Lord\u2019s day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;From Plymouth town records of Oct. 25, 1668<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As this newspaper article reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cRobert Bartlett found the original record of this small scandal in his attic, hidden among letters and newspaper clippings in a dusty, leatherbound box that yielded a number of stories about his Pilgrim ancestors.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rev. Bartlett concludes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis does not sound like the stern Puritanism so erroneously attributed to the Pilgrims. The girls were scolded for gossiping and levied a small fine to suggest punishment. The fine was not collected. James Clarke suffered public embarrassment (and no doubt a scolding from his wife). And that was that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, Rev. Bartlett states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere are too many misconceptions about the Pilgrims as a cross, crochety, fanatical people. They were never stern, and they had a good sense of humor. And they didn\u2019t wear black, as some have thought, but beautiful bright colors.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bartlett insists that \u201cthe Pilgrims were a friendly, peace-loving people.\u201d He says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOne of the happier incidents in history was the Pilgrims\u2019 friendliness with the Wampanoag Indians.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Pilgrims signed a peace treaty with the Wampanoag Indians shortly after they arrived in Plymouth. Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3nFEcvL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanksgiving Mayflower Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another article about Plymouth Plantation, published in the <em>Arkansas Gazette<\/em> and titled \u201cSecond Thoughts on a Gallant Group,\u201d also paints a lighter picture of the Pilgrims.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83659\" style=\"width: 911px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A1123C1CC6D31C748%40GB3NEWS-15B372794FA7C961%402439451-15B3396FC3B826B8%4024-15B3396FC3B826B8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arkansas-gazette-newspaper-1121-1966-plymouth-pilgrims.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Robert Bartlett and the Plymouth Pilgrims, Arkansas Gazette newspaper article 21 November 1966\" width=\"911\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arkansas-gazette-newspaper-1121-1966-plymouth-pilgrims.jpg 911w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arkansas-gazette-newspaper-1121-1966-plymouth-pilgrims-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/arkansas-gazette-newspaper-1121-1966-plymouth-pilgrims-768x600.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas), 21 November 1966, page 25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Writer Harriett Aldridge begins by referring to:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2026the Pilgrim folklore ingrained in our minds from childhood. From the scramble of myth, fact and poetic license in textbooks, and mandatory literature, who could escape drawing a mental picture of the Pilgrims as dour, painfully religious, sternly self-righteous creatures intolerant of others.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But after taking a tour of the reconstructed Plimoth Plantation, then listening to a talk by Dr. Robert M. Bartlett \u2013 the same man featured in the newspaper article above \u2013 Aldridge gained a different perspective of the Pilgrims.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[Bartlett], by his gentle affection for the Pilgrims and his extensive knowledge of their lives, helped erase the distorted image of this gallant group during an informal dinner talk.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aldridge wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDr. Bartlett\u2019s first point was that the Pilgrims were different from their later-arriving neighbors, the Puritans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wore not just black and gray \u2018habits\u2019 but gay colored outfits as noted in an inventory \u2013 for tax purposes, praise be \u2013 of Bradford\u2019s clothing in which are mentioned among other items a red waistcoat and a violet colored cloak. Brewster\u2019s inventory lists \u20181 blue cloth suit, 1 green waistcoat, 1 pair ye green drawers, 1 red cap\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Aldridge wrote that Dr. Bartlett also pointed out:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPlymouth had no witch hunts, made a peace treaty with the Indians which lasted 55 years, and pursued friendship with people of other faiths. (In his journal \u2018Of Plimoth Plantation,\u2019 Bradford, the foster son of Robinson and Brewster, reveals that he entertained a Jesuit priest with a fish dinner one Friday evening in his house, and that Standish was an honored member of the Plantation although he never joined the church.) And unlike many of the other little colonies, the Pilgrims paid their debts in full \u2013 by 1645 \u2013 to the London Merchant Adventurers who had financed the venture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapping the misconceptions is the awesome title of \u2018Pilgrim Fathers.\u2019 These were no bearded, old men. When they landed, Soule was 20; Holland, Doty, and Gilbert Winslow were 21; Alden, Eaton, and Hopkins 22; Edward Winslow had reached 25 years; Bradford 31; Carver and Allerton 34; Fuller 35; Standish 36; and Warren was an aged 38! They were, in the words of Dr. Bartlett, more young, adventurous products of the waning Elizabethan era than pallid saints.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay tuned for more on Dr. Rev. Bartlett and the Pilgrims!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note:<\/em><\/strong> An online collection of newspapers, such as GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/newspapers\/all?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, is not only a great way to learn about the lives of your ancestors \u2013 the old newspaper articles also help you understand American history and the times your ancestors lived in, and the news they talked about and read in their local papers. Do you have a family connection all the way back to the <em>Mayflower<\/em> Pilgrims?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-i.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-ii.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-iii.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part III<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-iv.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part IV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-v.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part V<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-vi.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part VI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-vii.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part VII<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-vii-conclusion.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part VII (conclusion)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-8.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-9.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-10.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-11.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 11<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-12.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 12<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-13.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 13<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/mayflower-descendants-whos-who-part-13-conclusion.html\">Mayflower Descendants: Who\u2019s Who, Part 13 (conclusion)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Berry continues profiling descendants of Mayflower settlers, focusing on former president of the Massachusetts Mayflower Society Dr. Bartlett.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":83665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12557],"tags":[12,8263,58133],"class_list":["post-83651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genealogy-stories","tag-genealogy","tag-mayflower-pilgrims","tag-robert-merrill-bartlett"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/illustration-0325-2022-featured-graphic-robert-bartlett.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83651"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83669,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83651\/revisions\/83669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}