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Job Bartram

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Job Bartram
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
In office
May 1790 – May 1791[1]
Preceded bySamuel Cook Silliman,
Thomas Belden[1]
Succeeded bySamuel Cook Silliman
Eliphalet Lockwood[1]
Personal details
Born(1735-03-20)March 20, 1735
Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
DiedOctober 28, 1817(1817-10-28) (aged 82)
Black Rock Harbor, Connecticut, US
Spouse(s)Jerusha Thompson (m. November 18, 1762; d. November 23, 1773), Abigail Starr (m. November 7, 1774), Elizabeth Scudder (m. August 27, 1776)
Military service
Branch/serviceConnecticut Militia
RankCaptain
UnitFifth Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
 • Burning of Fairfield

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

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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

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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

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Job Bartram was drowned along with Stephen Morehouse off Black Rock Harbor, adjacent to Bridgeport.

References

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Preceded by Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk

May 1790 – May 1791
With: Eliphalet Lockwood
Succeeded by