Job Bartram

Job Bartram
Job Bartram
Member of the; Connecticut House of Representatives; from Norwalk
	In office; May 1790 – May 1791[1] Serving with Eliphalet Lockwood[1]
Preceded by	Samuel Cook Silliman,; Thomas Belden[1]
Succeeded by	Samuel Cook Silliman; Eliphalet Lockwood[1]
Personal details
Born	March 20, 1735; Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Died	October 28, 1817 (aged 82); Black Rock Harbor; Bridgeport, Connecticut
Resting place	Ye Old Burying Ground,; Fairfield, Connecticut
Spouse(s)	Jerusha Thompson (m. November 18, 1762; d. November 23, 1773), Abigail Starr (m. November 7, 1774), Elizabeth Scudder (m. August 27, 1776)
Children	Daniel Starr Bartram, Jane, Isaac (b. 1777, died in infancy), John (b. 1778), Isaac (b. 1780), Guladia (b. 1882), Betsey (b. 1885)
Military service
Branch/service	Connecticut Militia
Rank	Captain
Unit	Fifth Regiment
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War; • Burning of Fairfield

Job Bartram (March 20, 1735 – October 28, 1817) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May and October 1790. He served as a captain of the Connecticut Militia in the American Revolutionary War.

Family and early life

Bartram was born in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony on March 20, 1735. He married Jerusha Thompson on November 18, 1762. She died on November 23, 1773. Bartram next married Abigail Starr on November 7, 1774. They had one son Daniel Starr Bartram, born 1775. He next married Elizabeth Scudder on August 27, 1776.

Revolutionary War service

Bartram was in command of a company in Connecticut's Fifth Regiment under Colonel Samuel Whiting in 1777. He was wounded in Fairfield, in 1779.

Death

Job Bartram was drowned along with Stephen Morehouse off Black Rock Harbor, Bridgeport.

Tomb inscription: "In memory of Mr. Job Bartram who was drowned October 28, 1817 aged 50 years & 6 months. Also of Jane daughter of Mr. Job & Mrs. Ruth Bartram died Oct 29. 1815, aged 16 months.
Death like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away: our life's a dream:
An empty tale, a morning flower.
Cut down and wither'd in an hour."[2]

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References

Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881

Preceded by Samuel Cook Silliman Thomas Belden	Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk May 1790 – May 1791 With: Eliphalet Lockwood	Succeeded by Eliphalet Lockwood Samuel Cook Silliman

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[roll-1] Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881