Sampson, Harvey (b. ABT 1843, d. 8 APR 1869)

Note: South Pond Cemetery, Long Pond Road, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360, is located in the South Plymouth section of the town.

The cemetery was established at least as early as 1793.

HARVEY SAMPSON
Died
April 8, 1869
Aged 26 y'rs 7 mo
4 days
(Broken footstone: "H.M.S.")

Note: South Pond Cemetery, Long Pond Road, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360, is located in the South Plymouth section of the town.

The cemetery was established at least as early as 1793.

(obelisk: HOLMES)
SOLOMON M. Jr.
Died
July 11, 1844Aged 3 y'rs 9 mo's
RUTH
Died
Aug 12, 1863
Aged 20 y'rs 9 mo's
children of
SOLOMON & ASENATH
HOLMES

Note: South Pond Cemetery, Long Pond Road, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360, is located in the South Plymouth section of the town.

The cemetery was established at least as early as 1793.

JENNIE M.
Daughter of
ISAAC & RUTH
? ? BURGESS
died March 3(?), 1865
aged ? y'rs 6 mo's
12(?) days

Note: South Pond Cemetery, Long Pond Road, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360, is located in the South Plymouth section of the town.

The cemetery was established at least as early as 1793.

In memory of
RUTH, wife of
JOHN BURGESS
died
May 9, 1846
in the 80th Yr
of her age.
Jesus we come at thy command
With faith and hope and humble zeal
Resign our spirit to thy hand
To mould and guide us at thy will.
footstone: R.B.

Note: South Pond Cemetery, Long Pond Road, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360, is located in the South Plymouth section of the town.

The cemetery was established at least as early as 1793.

To the memory of
KATHARINE HARLOW
daughter of
Mr. SYLVANUS HARLOW
& Mrs. KATHARINE his
wife who died May
the 23d 1796 aged 15
days.
footstone: K.H.
1796

Note: John Alden was the seventh and last surviving signer of the Mayflower Compact.

He served in Captain Myles Standish's Duxbury Company in 1643, was governor's assistant from 1632 to 1640, 1650, and 1686; was deputy to the General Court in 1641, 1642, 1644 and 1649; a member of the Council of War in 1646 et seq.; and acting deputy governor, 1644 and 1677.

His house, built in 1653, is still standing and is preserved and owned by the Alden Kindred of America.[aldenadams.FTW]

John was a cooper from Southhampton England. He was the oldest survivor of those who signed the May Flower Compact on 11/11/1620. (William Mullins also signed the compact but he and his wife died in 2/1621 near Provincetown MA.)

John Alden was an assistant for the Plymouth colony for many years, and was deputy governor for two years. His marriage to Priscilla Mullins was the subject of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, "The Courtship of Myles Standish", which although a classic has little factual basis. John and Priscilla were among the founders of the town
of Duxbury. He was thought to have 11 children but only 8 were named as heirs at the time of his death.

In his later years, John Alden was on many juries, including even a witch trial--though in Plymouth's case, the jury found the accuser guilty of libel and the alleged witch was allowed to go free. Plymouth Colony only had two witch trials during its history, and in both cases the accuser was found guilty and punished.

John and Priscilla Alden probably have the largest number of descendants of any Mayflower passenger. Descendents include: President John Adams and John Quincy Adams, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and vice President Dan Quayle.

John Alden was hired for a cooper at Southampton where the ship victualed, and being a hopeful young man was much desired but left to his own liking to go or stay when he came here; but he stayed and married here.

Note: Hannah and Joseph were first cousins once removed.

Note: Killed by an indian.

From the Bartlett Society website:
"The ancestry of Robert Bartlett is still unproven. In 1959, John G. Hunt, B.S.C., of Arlington, VA wrote an article which appeared in The American Genealogist (Volume 35, page 214). Mr. Hunt's article, entitled Possible origin of Robert Bartlett of Plymouth suggested that Robert Bartlett "may well have been that Robert Bartlett baptized in 1603 at Puddletown.

In 1979, Paul W. Prindle, F.A.S.G. expanded on the work originated by John Hunt. Mr. Prindle's article, which appeared in The American Genealogist (Volume 55, page 164), was entitled The Probable Ancestry of Robert Bartlett of Plymouth. In this article Mr. Prindle identifies Robert as being the son of Robert & Alice (Barker) Bartlett, who was baptized 27 May 1603 at Puddletown, County Dorset, England.

The main line of the Bartlett Family in England originated in Stopham in County Sussex. The family lived there since the days of William the Conqueror. (See their ancestry). Prior to the articles above cited, it was believed that Robert came from Sussex because the fireback, used in the house he built, was thought to have come from the Sussex Ironworks. This fireback has recently been discovered to have come from the Saugus Ironworks in Saugus, Massachusetts. Ongoing work in England has lead to the belief that the Puddletown Bartletts are a branch of the Bartletts of Sussex.

Robert Bartlett came to Plymouth Colony aboard the ship "Ann" in July 1623. Among the other passengers on this ship were his future wife, Mary Warren, daughter of Richard Warren."

"The Great Migration" series is an excellent source since the information contained in it is taken from the Plymouth Colony Records (PCR) and other primary source records. On 1 May 1660 at Plymouth court "Robert Bartlett appeared, being summoned in answer for speaking contemptuously of singing of psalms, and was convict of the fact ..." [PCR 3:185-86].

It has appeared on one website that Robert BARTLETT deceased 14 MAR 1675/76 and "was slain by indians in Manomet, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts." The date of death would surely be incorrect for this Robert Bartlett as the Richard WARREN "Mayflower Families in Progress" (MFIP) has Robert's will dated 19 Sep. 1676. The following response was also received from the Bartlett Society Historian regarding this statement that Robert was slain by Indians:
"I have never heard of any evidence that Robert Bartlett was slain by Indians and as you pointed out, his will was written after the date of this alledged death. The Indians in Plymouth at that date were very frendly towards the white men and Robert would have been in his seventies at least by that date and hardly likely to be any threat to any Indians."

Note: Elizabeth and Joseph were second cousins.

Note: "Genealogies of Connecticut Familes", excerpts from "The New England Historical and Genealogical Helper" Vol. 52, page 466-469.

He is called "Deacon George Bartlett",and "is said to have been a brother of John Bartlett who lived in Windsor. He was at Guilford soon after the settlement of the plantation. His name appears as a witness in the first Court record, Aug. 14, 1645, and it appears as if he had been there then a considerable time. He seems to have been a man of education and consequence in the community, and was frequently a witness in the Courts. He was chosen overseer of the highways on May 22, 1649 and on June 9, 1653, one of the townsmen. He suceeded Gov. William Leete as Secretary of the Plantation on June 5, 1662, and at the same time became one of the Deputies to hold the Particular Courts.

He was chosen on April 23, 1665, with John Fowler, as one of the first representatives sent by Guilford to the General Assembly of Connecticut, by which the colony the New Haven jurisdiction had just been absorbed. On July 6, 1665, he was appointed Lieutenant of the Train Band at Guilford. Prior to that date, but after 1660, he and John Fowler were made the first deacons of the Guilford Church. On June 23, 1654, New Haven Jurisdiction raised a company numbering 133, commanded by Capt. Seeley, to cooperate with an army of 800 from all the United Colonies of New England, and George was apointed to command the Guilford contingent of 17, with the rank of sergeant. He is given a title of "Lieut" by the book "History of the Colony of New Haven" by Edward Atwater, and is in the list of colonial officers in that book, as being in N.2, p. 108 of the Colonial Registry of officers. On June 9, 1651, he was elected Marshal of the Plantation, succeeding Thomas Jones. In 1665, he was appointed, with Robert Kitchel, as 'commissioner' for Guilford, and 'invested with magestraticall power'. He was married by Samuel Desborough to Mary Cruttenden on Sept. 14, 1650." See "The Bartlett Family",1876, by Levi Bartlett, and also another Bartlett Family Book of 1892 by Bartlett.

Date of death has been listed as August 2 and August 3, 1669. From "Guilford Founders Family Tree 1639-1989" (350th Anniversary Edition) George Bartlett, Planter George Bartlett, known in many accounts as Deacon Bartlett, was one of the first settlers. Although he was not a signer of the Plantation Covenant, he may have been a bachelor too young to do so at the time, as he did not marry until eleven years after the founding of the settlement. In 1650, he married Mary Cruttenden. They had seven children: Elizabeth, Mary, John, Hannah, Deborah, Daniel and Abraham. His home lot was on the southwest corner of the green, on the site presently occupied by Douden's Drug Store and Scuttlebutt. Mr. Bartlett was listed as a "freeman" in 1650, and was said to have been a man of some education. He was frequently called to testify in Guilford court. The offices he held included overseer of highways, townsman, Secretary of the Plantation, and one of the first two deacons of the Guilford Church. He also served as a representative from Guilford to the General Assembly of Connecticut. He died in 1669. Connecticut Nutmegger, volume 21, page 215: Nomenclature of CT Families Bartlett: This name is from the Norman, meaning little Bartholomew.

Volume 1 Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultova's day.page 133
Bartlett, *GEORGE, Guilford 1641, of Branford 1649, m. 14 Sept. 1650, Mary, d. of Abraham Cruttenden, had Eliz. b. Mar. 1652; Mary, 1 Feb. 1654; John, 9 Nov. 1656, wh. d. under 3 yrs.; Hannah, 5 Nov. 1658; Daniel, 14 Dec. 1665; Abraham, 19 Feb. 1667; and Deborah, 1668. He was lieut. rep. 1665, [p.131] deac. and d. 3 Aug. 1669; and his wid. d. next mo. Eliz. m. 29 Aug. 1677, Abraham Fowler; Mary m. 10 July 1673, Nathaniel Stone; and Deborah m. 16 Mar. 1687, John Spinning