Isaac, Son of William Bartholomew

I'm going to spend a bit of time on the line of William & Mary Bartholomew. They are my 8th great grandparents. Check in on the March 2 blog to see previous Bartholomew family information.

William and Mary had 9 children. The oldest was my 7th great grandfather, Isaac. There were Isaac, William, Mary, Andrew, Abigail, Elizabeth, Benjamin, John & Joseph. They are still pretty much in Connecticut & Massacusetts at this point.

The oldest child, Isaac, was born in 1664, in Roxbury, Mass. He married Rebecca Frisbie in 1694. Isaac died in N. Branford, Conn, in 1727. This couple's gravestones stand in a small cemetery near the churc in Branford,Conn. He was the father of one of the largest branches of the family and was a practical and successful farmer and a highly respected citizen.

Their children include William, Mary, who resided in New Haven, Isaac, a doctor in Branford, Rebecca, also living in New Haven, Elizabeth, living in Plymouth, Conn., Ebenezer, Abraham, born in 1708 (my sixth great grandfather), Josiah, Abigail, Freelove, and Jerusha. Using this particular piece of information...not much more information is given for this Abraham. The author evidently combined Abraham and his father, also Abraham, into one. I'll check other sources for information on Abraham, Jr. anad get back to you.

Now we come to Abraham, born in 1732, in Branford, Conn. and son of the second Abraham above (5th great grandparents). He married Eunice Orvis in Farmington, Conn. and died in 1776 in that part of Farmington now called Plainville. Eunice died at the house of her daughter, Hannah Judd in New Britain, Conn., 1825. New Britain is southwest of Hartford and north of New Haven. At the time of his marriage, his father deeded him a farm, residence, etc. near where his father lived, in the limits of the present town of Burlington, Conn. A gravestone was erected in memory of him, his father and nephew Gad, by his brother Jacob, and stands in the "old north Cemetery" in Bristol. Bristol lays between Hartford and Waterbury.

Abraham Jr. and Eunice had 9 children. Charles, the oldest, took part in several expeditions as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a farmer, and then moved to Herkimer and Oenida Counties, New York...in the Adirondack Mts.

Isaac was the second child and my 4th great grandfather. Then there was Abraham, Hannah, Huldah, and Betsy. Ichabod participated in the War of 1812 as a volunteer, and a gun that he took from a British soldier he had killed is preserved by the family. Jonathon is the 8th child and Jesse is the last, b. 1776.

This blog has not been particularly interesting...many details will be dealt with later. But I want to go through the entire direct line of the Barthlomew family to myself. I'm going to continue this subject tomorrow. Bear with me.