Gravestone reads: I am the resurection and the life; he that believith in me, though he wre dead, yet shall he live.
second pastor of the Congregational Church in Redding, became a resident in 1753, and so remained until his death in 1810. He married, June 13, 1753, Mrs. Eunice Russell, of Branford, Conn. Their children were: Russel, Daniel C., Anne, Eunice, Jonathan, and Lucretia
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The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was born in
North Guilford, CT to Daniel Jr. & Ann (Collins) Bartlett. Nathaniel graduated from Yale in the class of 1749 with an M.A. degree. In 1753, he was called to be the second pastor of the Congregational Church of Redding, CT, a position he held until his death in 1810. Also in 1753, he married Eunice Russell of Branford, CT. During the Revolutionary War, he was an ardent patriot and a member of what the British termed the "Black Robe Regiment" - colonial clergymen who supported the cause of American Independence. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett supported the war effort by officiating as Military Chaplain to Putnam's Division during their encampment in Redding the winter of 1778/79, and by storing military
supplies in his house. Two of his sons served in the Continental Army - his eldest son, Russell Bartlett (1754-1828) who enlisted in Danbury,Connecticut in Captain Noble Benedict's Company, and Russell's younger
brother Daniel Collins Bartlett (1757-1837) who enlisted in Redding,Connecticut in Captain Zalmon Read's Company. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was a teacher as well as a minister, his most notable student being the renowned poet Joel Barlow. The Nathaniel & Eunice Bartlett home constructed in 1753 on land donated by the church - now identified at the Bartlett / Sanford House - which was passed on to their youngest son, the Rev. Jonathan Bartlett,still stands in Redding, Center.
second pastor of the Congregational Church in Redding, became a resident in 1753, and so remained until his death in 1810. He married, June 13, 1753, Mrs. Eunice Russell, of Branford, Conn. Their children were: Russel, Daniel C., Anne, Eunice, Jonathan, and Lucretia
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The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was born in
North Guilford, CT to Daniel Jr. & Ann (Collins) Bartlett. Nathaniel graduated from Yale in the class of 1749 with an M.A. degree. In 1753, he was called to be the second pastor of the Congregational Church of Redding, CT, a position he held until his death in 1810. Also in 1753, he married Eunice Russell of Branford, CT. During the Revolutionary War, he was an ardent patriot and a member of what the British termed the "Black Robe Regiment" - colonial clergymen who supported the cause of American Independence. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett supported the war effort by officiating as Military Chaplain to Putnam's Division during their encampment in Redding the winter of 1778/79, and by storing military
supplies in his house. Two of his sons served in the Continental Army - his eldest son, Russell Bartlett (1754-1828) who enlisted in Danbury,Connecticut in Captain Noble Benedict's Company, and Russell's younger
brother Daniel Collins Bartlett (1757-1837) who enlisted in Redding,Connecticut in Captain Zalmon Read's Company. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was a teacher as well as a minister, his most notable student being the renowned poet Joel Barlow. The Nathaniel & Eunice Bartlett home constructed in 1753 on land donated by the church - now identified at the Bartlett / Sanford House - which was passed on to their youngest son, the Rev. Jonathan Bartlett,still stands in Redding, Center.
Gravestone reads: I am the resurection and the life; he that believith in me, though he wre dead, yet shall he live.
second pastor of the Congregational Church in Redding, became a resident in 1753, and so remained until his death in 1810. He married, June 13, 1753, Mrs. Eunice Russell, of Branford, Conn. Their children were: Russel, Daniel C., Anne, Eunice, Jonathan, and Lucretia
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The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was born in
North Guilford, CT to Daniel Jr. & Ann (Collins) Bartlett. Nathaniel graduated from Yale in the class of 1749 with an M.A. degree. In 1753, he was called to be the second pastor of the Congregational Church of Redding, CT, a position he held until his death in 1810. Also in 1753, he married Eunice Russell of Branford, CT. During the Revolutionary War, he was an ardent patriot and a member of what the British termed the "Black Robe Regiment" - colonial clergymen who supported the cause of American Independence. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett supported the war effort by officiating as Military Chaplain to Putnam's Division during their encampment in Redding the winter of 1778/79, and by storing military
supplies in his house. Two of his sons served in the Continental Army - his eldest son, Russell Bartlett (1754-1828) who enlisted in Danbury,Connecticut in Captain Noble Benedict's Company, and Russell's younger
brother Daniel Collins Bartlett (1757-1837) who enlisted in Redding,Connecticut in Captain Zalmon Read's Company. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was a teacher as well as a minister, his most notable student being the renowned poet Joel Barlow. The Nathaniel & Eunice Bartlett home constructed in 1753 on land donated by the church - now identified at the Bartlett / Sanford House - which was passed on to their youngest son, the Rev. Jonathan Bartlett,still stands in Redding, Center.
second pastor of the Congregational Church in Redding, became a resident in 1753, and so remained until his death in 1810. He married, June 13, 1753, Mrs. Eunice Russell, of Branford, Conn. Their children were: Russel, Daniel C., Anne, Eunice, Jonathan, and Lucretia
---------------------------------------------------
The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was born in
North Guilford, CT to Daniel Jr. & Ann (Collins) Bartlett. Nathaniel graduated from Yale in the class of 1749 with an M.A. degree. In 1753, he was called to be the second pastor of the Congregational Church of Redding, CT, a position he held until his death in 1810. Also in 1753, he married Eunice Russell of Branford, CT. During the Revolutionary War, he was an ardent patriot and a member of what the British termed the "Black Robe Regiment" - colonial clergymen who supported the cause of American Independence. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett supported the war effort by officiating as Military Chaplain to Putnam's Division during their encampment in Redding the winter of 1778/79, and by storing military
supplies in his house. Two of his sons served in the Continental Army - his eldest son, Russell Bartlett (1754-1828) who enlisted in Danbury,Connecticut in Captain Noble Benedict's Company, and Russell's younger
brother Daniel Collins Bartlett (1757-1837) who enlisted in Redding,Connecticut in Captain Zalmon Read's Company. The Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett was a teacher as well as a minister, his most notable student being the renowned poet Joel Barlow. The Nathaniel & Eunice Bartlett home constructed in 1753 on land donated by the church - now identified at the Bartlett / Sanford House - which was passed on to their youngest son, the Rev. Jonathan Bartlett,still stands in Redding, Center.
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