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词条 Job Bartram
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  1. Family and early life

  2. Revolutionary War service

  3. Death

  4. References

{{Infobox politician
|name=Job Bartram
|office=Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
|term_start=May 1790
|term_end=May 1791[1]
|predecessor=Samuel Cook Silliman,
Thomas Belden[1]
|alongside=Eliphalet Lockwood[1]
|successor=Samuel Cook Silliman
Eliphalet Lockwood[1]
|birth_date={{birth date|1735|03|20}}
|birth_place=Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
|death_date={{death date and age|1817|10|28|1735|03|20}}
|death_place=Black Rock Harbor
Bridgeport, Connecticut
|restingplace=Ye Old Burying Ground,
Fairfield, Connecticut
|spouse=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)
|rank=Captain
|battles=American Revolutionary War
{{*}}Burning of Fairfield
|branch=Connecticut Militia
|unit=Fifth Regiment
}}

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]

References

1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=ul0EAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881]
2. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48926959]
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Connecticut House of Representatives
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|before=Samuel Cook Silliman
|before2=Thomas Belden
|with=Eliphalet Lockwood
|after=Eliphalet Lockwood
|after2=Samuel Cook Silliman
|years=May 1790 – May 1791}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bartram, Job}}

9 : 1735 births|1817 deaths|Connecticut militiamen in the American Revolution|Deaths by drowning|Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives|People from Fairfield, Connecticut|Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut|Accidental deaths in Connecticut|Military personnel from Connecticut

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