Uriah Bartlett
(1789–1883)
Uriah Bartlett was the last survivor of
twelve children of Uriah and Susanna
Cook Bartlett. Of these children five
passed their eighteenth year, and two
exceeded ninety. Uriah was born in
Kingston in 1789 the year George
Washington became president. He was
the lineal descendant of Robert Bartlett,
who descended from John Bartlett who
was in the army of William the
Conqueror and landed in England in the
year 1066. Robert Bartlett came to
Plymouth in the ship Ann in 1623 and
married Mary, daughter of Richard
Warren. Uriah Bartlett was descended
from fifteen of the Mayflower
passengers, among who were Elder
Brewster and Captain Myles Standish.
Uriah Bartlett married Olive Holmes,
and they had seven children.
Bartlett was a member of the Great and General Court, the Massachusetts Legislature, in
1845 and again in 1846. He also served military guard during the War of 1812 at the
Gurnet and was supposed to have been on board a merchant vessel captured by the
British and though later released.
Bartlett was a very quiet and studious man. One day his housekeeper, Miss Rose, heard
him reading aloud and exclaimed, "Why, Mr. Bartlett, you be Latin larn't!" He replied
that if he should suddenly receive a call from Julius Caesar, he was afraid he would not
be very fluent with him.
Kingston Public Library

Uriah Bartlett
(1789–1883)
Uriah Bartlett was the last survivor of
twelve children of Uriah and Susanna
Cook Bartlett. Of these children five
passed their eighteenth year, and two
exceeded ninety. Uriah was born in
Kingston in 1789 the year George
Washington became president. He was
the lineal descendant of Robert Bartlett,
who descended from John Bartlett who
was in the army of William the
Conqueror and landed in England in the
year 1066. Robert Bartlett came to
Plymouth in the ship Ann in 1623 and
married Mary, daughter of Richard
Warren. Uriah Bartlett was descended
from fifteen of the Mayflower
passengers, among who were Elder
Brewster and Captain Myles Standish.
Uriah Bartlett married Olive Holmes,
and they had seven children.
Bartlett was a member of the Great and General Court, the Massachusetts Legislature, in
1845 and again in 1846. He also served military guard during the War of 1812 at the
Gurnet and was supposed to have been on board a merchant vessel captured by the
British and though later released.
Bartlett was a very quiet and studious man. One day his housekeeper, Miss Rose, heard
him reading aloud and exclaimed, "Why, Mr. Bartlett, you be Latin larn't!" He replied
that if he should suddenly receive a call from Julius Caesar, he was afraid he would not
be very fluent with him.
Kingston Public Library