Bartlett (Y-DNA)

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Status summary

Completed as of November 22, 2024:

  • Y-SNP tested to P312>>U152>Z56>BY3548>Z43>Z145>BY1823>BY28794>PF6582>PF6577>BY3953>BY166945
  • Separate Subclades for Benjamin (BY166945) and Joseph (BY142576) identified
  • Recruiting patrilineal (all male line) descendants of Robert Bartlett to NGS/WGS test. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Biography

For more information see: Wakefield, Robert S., Robert Bartlett of the "Anne" and his Descendants of Four Generations

First Generation

[1] Robert Bartlett[1] was born about 1602.[2] His first known record is his emigration to New Plimouth Colony in 1623 aboard the Anne. Robert married about 1630 to Mary Warren, who also came to New Plimouth Colony aboard the Anne. They continued to live in Plymouth, where Robert wrote his will 19 Sep 1676, which was probated 29 Oct 1676. His wife, Mary, survived him, and her last known record was in 1677. A 1683 record by her sons called her then deceased.

Robert and Mary had eight children (Plymouth): Mary (c1631), Benjamin (1633), Rebecca (1634), Sarah (1636), Elizabeth (1636), Joseph (c1639), Lydia (1648) and Mercy (1650).

Second Generation

[2] Benjamin Bartlett was born Plymouth before Jun 1633[3] and died Duxbury between 21- 28 Aug 1691.[4] He married three times, first Susanna Jenney who died (without issue) bef 8 Apr 1654.[5] He married second prob. bef 8 Aug 1655,[6] Sarah Brewster, daughter of Love Brewster and granddaughter of (Elder) William Brewster. Sarah was living as late as 5 Mar 1667/8[7] but Benjamin married third, bef 21 Jan 1678/9[8] to Cecilia _____ (she survived her husband). Benjamin had six children; the first three are known to be by his second wife, but it is currently unknown which wife was the mother of the youngest three: Benjamin (1658), Samuel (c1662), Rebecca (b1664), Ebenezer (b1670), Sarah (c1671 m her cousin Robert Bartlett) and Ichabod (b1674).

[3] Joseph Bartlett was born in Plymouth about 1639 and died at Plymouth (Manomet) 18 Feb 1711[/2] "in ye 73d Year of his Age."[9] He married Plymouth about 1662 Hannah Pope who was born 17 Aug 1639. Joseph and Hannah had five children: Robert (c1663), Joseph (1665), Elnathan (c1667, never married) Mary (c1669), Hannah (1671), Sarah (c1676), Benjamin (1679) and Thomas (1683-b1712 unm.)

Third Generation

[4] Benjamin Bartlett (II) was likely born Duxbury abt 1657 and died there between 10 Apr 1722 and 10 Apr 1724.[10] He married there Dec 167[8?][11] Ruth Pabodie and they had nine children (born Duxbury): Robert (1679, not in father's will), Sarah (1681), Rebecca (c1683), Ruth, William] (1695 m. Sarah Foster), Mercy (c1694), Priscilla (1696/7), Deborah and Abigail (c1702).

[5] Samuel Bartlett was prob. born Duxbury abt 1662[12] and died there bef 9 Dec 1713.[13] He married 2 Aug 1683 Hannah Pabodie[14] They had eight children (born Duxbury): Benjamin] (1684 never married), Joseph] (1686 m. Lydia Nelson & Sarah Simmons), Hannah (c1690), Samuel] (c1692 m. Hannah Churchill), Ichabod] (1693 m. Susannah Spooner), Lydia (c1696), Elizabeth (1700) and Sarah (p1700).

[6] Ebenezer Bartlett was prob. born Duxbury abt 1666 and died there bef 1 Mar 1697/8[15]. He married Hannah prob. Bryant[16][17] and they had two children (born Duxbury): Ebenezer (1694 m. Mary Rider & Jerusha Samson) and Nathaniel (likely never married).

[7] Ichabod Bartlett was born bet Sep 1670 - May 1674[18] and is said to have died bef 1 Jan 1715/6. He married twice, first Marshfield 28 Dec 1699[19] Elizabeth Waterman and second Duxbury 14 Nov 1708[20] Desire Arnold. By his first wife, Ichabod had (born Marshfield): Josiah (1701 m. Mercy Chandler), Nathaniel (1703 m. Abiah Delano, no known children), Joseph (1706 m. Sarah Seabury) and Elizabeth (1708). By his second wife he had: Sarah (1710) and Seth (bp 1713 m. Charity Gullifer & Martha Bourne, but likely had no children by either marriage.)


[8] Robert Bartlett was born Plymouth about 1633 and died there 3 Jan 171[7/8].[21] He married twice, first Plymouth 28 Dec 1687 Sarah Bartlett (his cousin, daughter of Benjamin Bartlett) (d 1688, no children) and second Sarah Cooke. By his second wife, Robert had thirteen children: Hannah (1691/2), Thomas (1693/4 m. Abigail Phinney, no children), John (1696 m. Sarah Cobb, Sarah LEWIS Gray & Sarah Seabury), infant son (1698), Sarah (1699), James (1701-1722/3 unm), Joseph (1703/4 m. Sarah Morton), Elizabeth (1706/7), William (1709-1710), Ebenezer (1710 m. Rebecca Dimmon & Abigail Finney), Robert (1713 m. Rebecca Wood, Jean Spooner, Hopsestill Seabury & Anne Godfrey), and Lemuel (1715 m. Mary Doty).

[9] Joseph Bartlett (II) was born Plymouth 18 Apr 1665 and died there 9 Apr 1703.[22] He married Plymouth 6 Jun 1692 Lydia Griswold[23] Joseph and Lydia had: Joseph (1693 m. Elizabeth Bartlett), Samuel (1696 m. Elizabeth Lothrop & Elizabeth LOTHROP Wetherell), Lydia (1697/8), Benjamin (1699 m. Lydia Morton & Abigail PRATT Morton) and Sarah (1702/3).

[10] Benjamin Bartlett was born Plymouth 6 Dec 1679 and died there 11 Mar 1717.[24] He married Sarah Barnes and they had eight children: Nathaniel (1703 m. Abigail Clark & Rebecca Ellis), Jonathan (1704/5 m. Thankful Barnes), Benjamin (1706/7 m. Hannah Stephens), Joseph (1709 m. Jane Swift), Hannah (1710/1), and Sarah (1713).


  1. ↑ Pilgrim Hall Muesum biography of Robert and Mary
  2. ↑ While various sources state Robert was probably baptized at Puddletown, Dorset, England 27 May 1603, the Society of the Descendants of Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, Massachusetts biography for Robert stated "DNA research does not substantiate this conclusion at this time." However, this compiler does not see any English Bartletts in the project to support this claim.
  3. ↑ He was admitted Freeman 6 Jun 1654, and must have then been at least aged 21.
  4. ↑ Date of will and inventory MD 6:44-49
  5. ↑ Will of Susanna's mother
  6. ↑ codicil of prev. will
  7. ↑ Named in Court case.
  8. ↑ Third wife signed over dower rights in deed
  9. ↑ Gravestone
  10. ↑ Deed and oath of witnesses to his will.
  11. ↑ MD 8:232 VRs:217 partially illegible, last digit poss. a 6 or 8.
  12. ↑ Estimate, from date married
  13. ↑ Adm. of estate
  14. ↑ After Samuel's death, Hannah married Plymouth 4 Mar 1715 John Churchill.
  15. ↑ Inventory, which mentions wife, Hannah.
  16. ↑ Called Hannah, daughter of John Bryant in Bartlett Genealogy Database
  17. ↑ After Ebenezer's death, she married Duxbury 24 Oct 1699 Thomas Delano (II).
  18. ↑ Aged 14-21 when his father died (1691) as he chose his uncle to be his guardian.
  19. ↑ VRs p. 42
  20. ↑ VRs p. 246
  21. ↑ gravestone (Burial Hill) stated died in ye 55th year of his age
  22. ↑ gravestone, Burial Hill, said to be the oldest surviving gravestone in this cemetery.
  23. ↑ After Joseph's death, Lydia married Plymouth 25 Jan 1705 Joseph Holmes
  24. ↑ gravestone, White Horse Cemetery

DNA results R-BY109876

Previous Y-DNA testing

As of 22 Nov 2024, the Bartlett DNA Project Subgroup: "RF Plymouth, MA & TN" has 32 individuals, all who are close STR matches with each other and 11 of the members state their Most Distant Known Patrilineal (all male line) Ancestor (MDKPA) was Robert Bartlett. FTDNA predicts they fall under R1b-M269 based on their STR results.

NGS/WGS testing

Five individuals claiming descent from Robert Bartlett have taken a Big Y test which documents the haplogroup for Robert Bartlett himself was P312>>U152>Z56>BY3548>Z43>Z145>BY1823>BY28794>PF6582>PF6577>BY3953>BY109876. Two testers (both descended from Joseph2)[1] fall under a subclade of BY109876>BY142576 while two other individuals claim descent from Benjamin2 fall under a different subclade of BY109876>BY166945.[2] This does not automatically mean that Joseph himself had the BY142576 mutation, rather it means everyone who has this mutation must be a descendant of Joseph. In a similar vein, it does not automatically mean Benjamin himself had the BY166945 mutation, rather it means everyone who has this mutation must be a descendant of Benjamin.

This last fact is key to the several Southern Bartlett families. The FTDNA project also documents two individuals descended from Joseph Bartlett of Virginia (c1765-c1836) and other Southern Bartlett lines falling under BY166945. This proves where these Southern lines must descend from Benjamin2 Bartlett. As we have more patrilineal descendants of Benjamin Bartlett Big Y tested, we may be able to further refine the lineages of these Southern Bartlett families.


There are several individuals who have not been able to trace their "paper trail" back to Robert Bartlett, but whose Y-DNA results indicate where they do in fact descend in a Y-DNA line from Robert. These individuals are not currently listed on the below chart, but efforts will continue on attempting to place them.

Lines of Y-DNA tested individuals

The following diagram lists those Y-DNA descendants of Robert Barlett who have done Y-DNA testing. Those individuals in Bold text have taken a NGS/WGS test (like the Big Y or Y-Elite) and those individuals in Italic text are individual's whose DNA results show they are not a Y-DNA descendant of Robert Bartlett. The other individuals have taken either Y-STR and/or Y-SNP testing, but have not taken any NGS/WGS test. 

 Robert1 (1603 ENG - 1676 PC)
   Benjamin2 (1633 PC - c1691)
     Samuel3 (1660 - bef 1713)
       Samuel (II)4 (1691 - 1750 MA)
         Samuel (III)5 (1726 - 1780)
           John6 (1760 NC -      )
             James Samuel Henderson7 (1810 NC - c1849 NC)
     Ichabod3 (1661        )
       Josiah4 (1701 MA - 1782 CT)
         _____5
       Joseph4 (1706 MA - 1783 MA)
         John5 (1748 MA - 1820 MA)
           Joseph Shurtleff B.6 (1796 MA - 1875 KY)
             John Porter B.7 (1829 TN - 1878 AR)
               Joseph Anson B.8 (1857 AR -      )
               John Columbus Porter B.8 (1862 AR -       )
     Ebenezer3 (c1670 - 1698)
       Ebenezer (II)4 (1694   -       )
   Joseph2 (1639 PC - 1712 MA)
     Joseph (II)3 (1665 PC - 1703   )
       Joseph (III)4 (1693   - 1756   )
         Sylvanus5 (1719    - 1811   ) 
           Sylvanus (II)6 (1756    - 1829   )
         Zaccheus5 (1724/5    - 1800 MA)
           Joseph6 (1762    -1834 MA)
             Joseph B.7 (1784 MA -1854 NY)
               George8 (1822 NY - 1905 NY)
                 Franklin James B.9 (1868 NY - 1952 NY)
                   Ellis Rawson B.10 (1902 NY - 1970 NY)
     Benjamin3 (1679    - 1716/7   )
       Nathaniel4 (1703   - bef 1776   )


  1. ↑ The shared lineage of these individuals is as follows: Robert1, Joseph2, Joseph3, Joseph4. Thus this mutation likely occurred somewhere along this lineage.
  2. ↑ The fifth individual claims they descend from Bejamin (2), but he falls under the Joseph (2) subclade of BY142576.

References & External Links

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