Job Bartram Explained

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
Alongside:Eliphalet Lockwood
Successor:Samuel Cook Silliman
Eliphalet Lockwood
Birth Date:20 March 1735
Birth Place:Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Death Place:Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut, US
Spouse:Jerusha Thompson (m. November 18, 1762; d. November 23, 1773), Abigail Starr (m. November 7, 1774), Elizabeth Scudder (m. August 27, 1776)
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, adjacent to Bridgeport.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ul0EAAAAYAAJ Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881