When Russell Bartlett Jr was born on 7 April 1784, in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Russell Bartlett, was 29 and his mother, Rachel Taylor, was 29. He married Harriet Wright on 14 November 1811, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died on 19 December 1875, in Lanark, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 91, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Smiths Falls, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.