Person:Bartlett Holmes (1)

From Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County

... prominent in the military affairs of his State, and a soldier in the war of 1812, who in civil life directed his energies to the development of the agricultural resources of his farm in Griswold, was both born and bred to a position of some means and high respectability.

For his military service in the War of 1812, Bartlett was awarded lands via patent 7482 Jan 1, 1818. The land, SW4 S11 T3N R6W in Indiana, was assigned to James L. Edwards Jan 1, 1818.

From Margaret Harris Stover's article on Samuel Holmes of Montville, Connecticut in the Mayflower Quarterly (references omitted)

The will of Bartlett Holmes of Griswold, dated 1 May 1854 and proven 25 Oct 1855, names wife Lucinda (sic) and children: Henry J., Mary A., Harris S., Margaret K., George N. (named executor), Maria S., and Sarah W.

In the 1810 census, his numbers were 0-1-1-0-0-1-0-1-0-0-0-0

From Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut, J.H. Beers & Co. (Chicago, 1905), pp. 833-835.

(VII) Capt. Bartlett Holmes, prominent in the military affairs of his State, and a soldier in the war of 1812, who in civil life directed his energies to the development of the agricultural resources of his farm in Griswold, was both born and bred to a position of some means and high respectability. His birth occurred in Montville, Conn., Oct. 8, 1789, and there under the refining influences of a good home he remained until he was sixteen years old. He then went to live with his uncle, Robert Stanton, a prominent agriculturist of Preston, now Griswold, Conn. Here he remained for a number of years, assisting in the management of the farm. When the war of 1812 broke out, as a loyal American citizen, he enlisted under Capt. Joseph Lester, and went to the front as sergeant. He was on duty at New London, Groton, and Aug. 9, 1814, at Stonington Point, winning for himself the respect and confidence of his superiors by his conscientious performance of his duties. After the war he returned to the home of his uncle in Preston where he resumed his work as assistant farm manager, and continued as such until 1826, when his uncle died. Then, falling heir to the property, he assumed the entire management. The place was a well improved tract of one hundred acres, three-fourths of a mile west of Pachaug Pond, and here he spent the rest of his life carrying on a successful and profitable industry. A man of intelligence, who attended strictly to his duties, he was looked upon as one of the progressive farmers of his vicinity. On Jan. 1, 1809, he married Mercy Stanton Kimball (who was born Oct. 11, 1793), and after her death, he married Dec. 30, 1840, Lucretia Utley, who was born May 4, 1814. By the first marriage there were eleven children: Harty P., born April 9, 1810, died April 15, 1815; Alice L., born Nov. 11, 1811, died Aug. 29, 1838; Robert S., born Aug. 27, 1813, died May 15, 1814; Henry J., born May 20, 1815, resided at Saybrook, Conn., and lived to the advanced age of eighty-four (his son Daniel is now a merchant in that place); Mary Ann, born Dec. 8, 1817, married Thomas Wilcox, of Griswold (now deceased), and she resides with her brother George N.; Harris S., born Sept. 10, 1820, married a Miss Burdick, and, after her death, Marilla Gates, resided in New London, and died about 1881; George N. is mentioned below; Margaret, born July 22, 1825, who now makes her home with Goerge N., is the widow of George Bacon, of Middletown, Conn.; Maria L., born Jan. 30, 1828, married Ransom Perry, and resides in Meriden, Conn.; Sarah W., born Jan. 27, 1831, became the wife of James B. Palmer, of Canterbury, Conn., and is deceased; Joseph, born Jan. 9, 1836, died July 1, 1836. Capt. Holmes was a born leader, and as a man of marked military ability served as captain of the Fifth Company, 18th Regiment, Third Brigade, Connecticut State Militia, from the close of the war of 1812 until Aug. 8, 1820, when, owing to ill health he resigned. As an influential Democrat he helt at different times several local offices, filling them with efficiency and fidelity. Both he and his wife were among the leading members of the Jewett City Baptist Church.

1. ↑ Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Quarterly
   Sept, 2000. Samuel Holmes of Montville, Connecticut by Margaret Harris Stover, C.G.
2. ↑ 12316. Bartlett Holmes, in Alden Kindred of America Genealogy Database.

   "12316. Bartlett Holmes (Jabez Holmes, Samuel Holmes, Sarah Bartlett, Hannah Pabodie, Elizabeth Alden, John) was born on 8 Oct 1789 in Montville, New London Co., CT.
   
   Bartlett married (1) Mercy Stanton Kimball on 1 Jan 1809 in Preston, New London Co., CT. Mercy was born on 11 Oct 1793 in Charleston, Montgomery or Richmond Co., NY. She died on 11 Mar 1836 in Griswold, Hartford Co., CT."

3. ↑ Vital Records - Miscellaneous Sources
   Cemetery Records of New London County, Connecticut Volume II.

   by Ellsberry, Elizabeth Prather, comp. Cemetery Records of New London County, Connecticut Volume I and II . Chillicothe, MO: Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry, 1968.