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vital records sources: Jonas' birth date and birth place come from family notes. They can be found in print in
The Providence Privateer..., an account of the family of Nicholas Hopkins
(Providence:1893), p. 56, by "a near relative A. H.," who was undoubtedly Albert Holbrook, Jonas' brother-in-law. Nicholas was an uncle of Albert and Harriet (Holbrook) Bartlett. There is no reason to doubt that Albert got his information about Jonas and Harriet's family directly from family members. This information can also be found, verbatim, in Albert's hand in his unpublished manuscript on the Holbrook family, 1889, p. 21 (in the collection of The Rhode Island Historical Society). Although there is no official record of Jonas' birth in Wilmington, evidence is plentiful as to where, about when and into what family. Censuses consistently place his birth in Vermont in the first years of the 19th century. Perley and Lucy of Wilmington had a sons Jonas and Avery baptized in the local Congregational Church in 1804 (they were evidently not twins), and Jonas is named in Perley's probate papers. Perley and Lucy were also the parents of an Elmer Bartlett (named in Perley's probate papers), and Jonas of New York/Elizabeth/Brooklyn was in partnership at 1 Broadway with an Elmer Bartlett. A Perley Bartlett lived or worked around the corner from Jonas according to the 1839 NYC directory, and he was likely the same Perley who was later a livery keeper in Brooklyn who was certainly the son of Perley and Lucy. Jonas of NY/NJ had a daughter named Lucy. Jonas of NY/NJ, m. in Providence in 1833. Lowell, another son of Perley and Lucy, m. there in 1834. Ultimately, no other Jonas Bartletts have been found who could fit all these scenarios. His marriage is from family notes and is in
The Providence Patriot
issue of Saturday, 14 September, where it says they married "Tuesday last" by Rev. Phillips. The marriage doesn't appear in the published vital records from town and church archives. His death is from his Brooklyn death certificate and a notice in the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
. The latter says he was "in his 74th year" meaning he was 73 and would turn 74 on his next birthday. This supports his being born in April 1803.