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At about the close of the fifteenth cen-
tury the castle was granted as the crest
to John Barttelot, and in the sixteenth
century the Swan crest was granted in
commemoration of the right granted the
family by William the Conqueror to keep
swans in the river Arun. The following
lineage from 1086 to the present seems
completely established.
(I) Adam Barttelot, an esquire, came
with the Conqueror from Normandy, and
had his seat in Ferring, County Sussex.
He was buried in Stopham in 1100.
(II) William Barttelot de Stopham
Barttelot, son of Adam Barttelot, was
buried in the Stopham church.
(III) John Barttelot, son of William
Barttelot was buried in the Stopham
church.
(IV) Richard Barttelot, Esquire, son
of John Barttelot, was buried in the Stopham
church.
(V) Thomas Bartlett, son of Richard
Barttelot, married Assoline, daughter of
John of Stopham.
(VI) John (2) Bartlett, Esquire, son
of Thomas Bartlett, captured Castle Fontenoy,
in France, and to him was granted
the crest on the Bartlett arms. He married
the daughter and co-heiress of John
de Stopham.
(VII) John (3) Bartlett, son of John
(2) Bartlett, was a member of Parliament
from Sussex in 1453. He married Joan,
daughter and heiress of John de Lewknor.
(VIII) Richard (2) Bartlett, son of
John (3) Bartlett, married Petronilla,
heiress of General Walton.
(IX) John (4) Bartlett, son of Richard
(2) Bartlett, died in 1493. He married
Olive Arthur, daughter of John and heir-
ess of Sylveston.
(X) Richard (3) Bartlett. son of John
(4) Bartlett, married Elizabeth Gates,
daughter of John Gates.
(XI) Edmund Bartlett, youngest son
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of Richard (3) Bartlett, lived in Ernley,
and died in 1591.
(XII) Edmund (2) Bartlett, son of
Edmund (1) Bartlett, was of Ernley. He
married Elizabeth Gore. He was the fa-
ther of the immigrant ancestor mentioned
below.
(XIII) Richard (4) Bartlett, son of
Edmund (2) Bartlett, was born in Wilt-
shire, England, in 1575. (Authority of
Levi Bartlett, historian.)
(The Family in America).
(I) The immigrant ancestor, Richard
(4) Bartlett, above referred to, was a
shoemaker by trade, and was one of the
earliest settlers of the old town of New-
bury, Massachusetts, where he was liv-
ing before 1637, and died there May 25,
1647.
(II) Christopher Bartlett, son of Rich-
ard (4) Bartlett, was born February 25,
1623, in England. He came to America
in 1630, in the ship, "Mary & John," and
with his brothers engaged in the cattle
business, being the first in the New World
to engage in this business. He married
Mary
.
(III) Christopher (2) Bartlett, son of
Christopher (1) and Mary Bartlett, was
born June 1 1, 1655, m Newbury, Massa-
chusetts, where the family had settled.
He married Deborah Weed, in Haverhill.
(IV) Samuel Bartlett, son of Christopher
(2) and Deborah (Weed) Bartlett,
was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
May 16, 1698. He married Rebekah Kib-
bey. Tradition tells us that during the Indian
wars he offended the Indians and
had to leave Haverhill. He travelled
through the woods to Stafford, Connec-
ticut, and hid in the home of a Mr. Kibbey,
whose daughter he afterwards mar-
ried.
(V) Samuel (2) Bartlett, son of Sam-
uel (1) and Rebekah (Kibbey) Bartlett,