. History of the Society of descendants of Robert Bartlet of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Incorporated December 11, 1909. omas Barttelot who lived here wereborn 1580 1590 and there their record ends, the> ha\ing goneand very likely to America. This is probably the foundation for the statement madeb> some writers of the three Bartlet brothers, Richard, John,and Thomas that came to America in 1634-5, the two formersettling at Newbury and the latter at Watertown. I am especially interested in this meeting today and in thecolonial history of the two colonies, Plymouth and Massachu-setts Bay, bec
. History of the Society of descendants of Robert Bartlet of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Incorporated December 11, 1909. omas Barttelot who lived here wereborn 1580 1590 and there their record ends, the> ha\ing goneand very likely to America. This is probably the foundation for the statement madeb> some writers of the three Bartlet brothers, Richard, John,and Thomas that came to America in 1634-5, the two formersettling at Newbury and the latter at Watertown. I am especially interested in this meeting today and in thecolonial history of the two colonies, Plymouth and Massachu-setts Bay, because all four of my grandparents trace their lin- ?eage right back to Plymouth and Hingham. On nu- mothersside both grandparents were Towers, descending in separatelines from John Tower (1) at Hingham, 1637. On m\ fathersside my grandmother was a Tilson, a descendant of Edmund(1) of Plymouth, 1638. The Bartletts, Towers, and Tilsonsof my ancestral lines came from these shores to Cumming-ton, Mass., then an almost unbroken wilderness, at about thesame time, soon after the close of the Re\()lutionar\ War. I 13 1. Edward Bartlett (5) came with Ilmi rhildrcn. StephenTower (6) had thirteen chilchen, but the Tilsons were not(luite as numerous. Thex settled on a section of c()untr>-about four miles scjuare, their lands adjoining, and the fam-ilies intermarried, swapping sisters and brothers until themost expert genealogist would find it a difficult task to deter-mine their precise relationship. The Bartlett and Towerhouses were less than a mile apart and I was born, April 3,1841. in a house situated about half way between them. That this little band of the faithful was destined to growin numbers and strength has been proxen in subseciuenl >ears. Pre\ious to the second reunion of this Society the fol-lowing call to the members, and program outlined, wassent out: Thk SiXoxd Annual Ri-:union of thi-: Descendants of Robert Bartlet, Plymouth, Mass. 1623 August 27, 1909 The second ann
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