Abiah Bartlett

F, (28 May 1651 - 13 September 1723)
Father-Biological*Ensign Thomas Bartlett1
Mother-Biological*Hannah ______1
Last Edited=27 Oct 2026
Gravestone of Abiah Sanderson
     Abiah Bartlett was born on 28 May 1651 at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2,3,4 She was the daughter of Ensign Thomas Bartlett and Hannah ______.1 Abiah Bartlett was also known as Abiel.

Abiah married first on 24 October 1669 at Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Jonathan Sanderson, the son of Edward and Mary Eggleston. He was born 16 September 1646 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He served as a Constable in 1695, and was a selectman and a deacon for many years. He died 3 September 1735.1,3,5

Abiah Bartlett married William Gleason, son of Thomas Gleason and Susanna Page, in 1678 at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Children:
1. William Gleason (1679-1741)
2. Joseph Gleason c1681-____)
3. John Gleason (1682/3-1717)
4. Elizabeth Gleason (1686____)
5. Ann Gleason (1687____)
6. Esther Gleason (1688-1688)
7. Isaac Gleason (1690-1748.)6,7,2,8,9,10,11,1


As of 1678,her married name was Gleason. William Gleason's estate was administered on 6 April 1691 by Abiah Gleason, his wife.6 She died on 13 September 1723 at Watertown, Province of Massachusetts Bay, at age 72.3,4 She was buried at Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Massachusetts. Abiah's epitaph reads:

Here Lyes ye Body
of Ms Abiah Sanderson
Wife to Deacon
Jonathan Sanderson
who Decd. Sept.
ye 13th 1723 in ye
74th Year of Her Age.4


Citations

  1. MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America. Volume VI. New York: by the author, 1917.
  2. White, John Barber. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass. 1607-1909. Haverhill, Massachusetts: Press of Nicholas Print, 1909.
  3. Thompson, Carroll Wayne. Carrolll Wayne Thompson and Idalene May Thompson Raab. Glendale, California: by Author, 1958.
  4. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  5. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusets to the Year 1850. Volume 2 - Marriages and Deaths. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915.
  6. Paige, Lucius Robinson. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a Genealogical Register. Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, 1877.
  7. Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Cambridge Historical Society, 1930.
  8. Morton, John Nece. The Morton Family Tree: Chauncey Morton and Betsy Pike, Their Ancestry and Descent. Springfield, Missouri: J. N. Morton, 1947.
  9. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985.
  10. Yates Publishing. U. S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2004.
  11. Lexington, Town of. Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths to January 1, 1898. Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company, 1898.