Melatiah "Milly" Bartlett

14 December 1783–18 August 1863 (Age 79)
Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Melatiah "Milly"

When Melatiah "Milly" Bartlett was born on 14 December 1783, in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Edward Bartlett, was 39 and her mother, Zilpah Cole, was 28. She married Stephen Tower Jr on 14 November 1803, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 18 August 1863, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Tower Jr
1778–1856
Melatiah "Milly" Bartlett
1783–1863
Marriage: 14 November 1803
Weltha T. B. Tower
1805–1887
Permelia Tower
1806–1812
Calvin Bowker Tower
1808–1885
Permilia Tower
1811–1867
Zilpah Tower
1814–1814
Anna Almina Tower
1816–1820
Luther Bartlett Tower
1819–1898

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 November 1803Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 3
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
    Age 4
    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
    1804
    Age 21
    Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Bertelot, Bartelot (with the Old French double diminutive suffix -elot), a pet form of Bartholomew .History: This is the name of a well-established New England family. Its members include Josiah Bartlett (1729–95), who was born in Amesbury, MA, and became governor of NH (1790–94). A Richard Bartlet(t) settled in Newbury, MA, in 1635.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Bartlet
    Bartholomew
    Bartlette

    Sources (24)

    • Milly Tower in entry for Milley Tower, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    • Milley B Tower in household of Stephen Tower, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
    • Metetiah Bartlett, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"

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