Person:William Bartlett (50)

Land Records

Nicholas County, Kentucky Deed Book 4: Page 402, Dated ______, 1816. - Phoebe Buchanan, widow and relict of James Buchanan, deceased, and James Buchanan, heir at law of the said Buchanan, deceased, and Nancy, his wife, sell land in Nicholas county to William Bartlett.

[Source: Nicholas County, Kentucky Court Records. Note: Nicholas County was formed from Bourbon and Mason Counties in 1793]

Estate Records

Nicholas County, Kentucky Deed Book H, Page 368: THIS CONTRACT made June 5th, 1822 between Joseph Bartlett, James Wilson and Dorcas Wilson his wife, Dorcas was Dorcas Bartlett, Ashford Prather and Polly Prather his wife, Polly was Polly Bartlett, James Buchanan and Nancy Buchanan his wife, Nancy was Nancy Bartlett, Benoni Duncan and Phebe his wife, Phebe was Phebe Bartlett, George Swarts and Betsy his wife, Betsy was Betsy Bartlett, Samuel Bartlett, children and heirs and legal representation of William Bartlett, deceased, late of the county of Nicholas in the State of Kentucky, of the first part, and Ebenezer Bartlett, of Fleming county, in the same State, of the second part.

"WHEREAS the said William Bartlett, deceased, departed this life having first made a Will, and he left said Joseph Bartlett, Dorcas Wilson, Polly Prather, Nancy Buchanan, Phebe Duncan, Betsy Swarts, Samuel Bartlett, and the said Ebenezer Bartlett, and also William Bartlett and Ann Foster, who was Ann Bartlett, (The two latter of whom have departed this life) his children and heirs and legal representation. That the said William Bartlett, last named, left two children, who are now living and entitled to his portion of the estate of his deceased father. That the said Anna Foster, also left seven children, who are now living and are entitled to their mothers portion of her fathers estate.

And, WHEREAS, also the widow of said William Bartlett first named, to-wit: Phebe Bartlett, is entitled to one-third part of the estate of the said William Bartlett, deceased, and the said Ebenezer Bartlett has purchased out her interest in the said estate........................she has become dissatisfied with the Contract that the said Ebenezer Bartlett agrees to give to Phebe Bartlett, one thousand dollars for her interest in the said estate, and the parties of these presents have agreed and now agree that they will not take under the will of the said William Bartlett, their ancestor, but that they will take as his heirs and distribute according to the Statute of distribution, each one an equal share and part of that estate, real, personal, and mixed, in the same manner as if the said William Bartlett, intestator, that the parties of the first part are and shall be equally interested with the said Ebenezer Bartlett in the purchase of the interest of the aforesaid Phebe Bartlett, in and to the estate as aforesaid.......... The said Joseph Bartlett has now sold out his entire interest in the said estate to Ebenezer Bartlett, whereby Ebenezer is entitled to two parts thereof.................

Written in the margin of the Contract is: September 30, 1829, delivered to Ebenezer Bartlett, Ebenezer Bartlett our Attorney in Fact to compromise with the said Phebe Bartlett in relation to the Contract made with her by him for her interest in the estate of aforesaid on the best terms he can and if he shall pay or agree to pay her any other, or further sum of money, the parties of the first part agree to pay the said Ebenezer Bartlett one-tenth part each, and the parties empower the said Ebenezer Bartlett.............

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   William Bartlett married 1st..........................; married 2nd on
   the.......day of .........., 181..., Phebe ......................, who
   survived him.
   
   Issue by the first wife: (no issue by 2nd wife, Phebe....................)
   (Not arranged according to birth)
   
   1. Ebenezer Bartlett-died Hancock county, Illinois, 12-2-1843; married
   before 1-10-1799, Rebecca Standiford (born Baltimore county, Maryland,
   7-27-1782; died Hancock county, Illinois, 1845) The Will of Ebenezer
   Bartlett is recorded in Will Book G, pages 6-7-8, Carthage, Hancock county,
   Illinois. Dated 10-30-1843; proven December Court, 1843. Witnesses:
   William Darnall and Nathan H. Grafton.
   2. Samuel Bartlett
   3. Dorcas Bartlett md. James Wilson
   4. Ann Bartlett (deceased by 1822) md. Harrison Foster and =93Left 7
   children,=94 namely: Polly, William, Aaron, Harrison, Phoebe, Lettice an=
   d
   Dorcas Foster.
   5. Polly Bartlett married Ashford Prather, 1810
   6. Nancy Bartlett married James Buchanan, 1815
   7. Phoebe Bartlett (Marriage Bond reads Feaby) married Benoni Duncan in
   Adams county, Ohio, 11-21-1811.
   8. William Bartlett jr. (deceased by 1822) married Rachel Hildreth in Adams
   county, Ohio, 8-16-1815. He left two children, of of whom was Squire
   Bartlett for whom Robert L. G. Edwards (md. Susan Hildreth in 1824) was
   serving as his guardian in 1828.
   9. Betsy Bartlett married George Swarts 9-30-1819.
   10. Joseph Bartlett (under age in 1803 when a suit was filed by his father,
   William Bartlett senior)
   
   http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BARTLETT-ROOTS/1999-03/0921030579

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