Birth

Robert, the son of James and Elizabeth Bartlett, was born at West Chelborough in about 1786.

Marriage

On 13 April 1826, Robert married Fanny Holt at Halstock.

Halstock

Until the mid-1830s, Robert and Sarah lived at Halstock, where Robert was a dairyman.

Hardington

Robert is listed on the voters’ lists of 1835 to 1855 as the renter of land above £50 per annum.

The 1843 tithe survey shows him as the occupier of Cary’s (plot 31), a farm owned by George Hart and Edward Budge.

Wife’s death

Fanny died in January 1847, aged 53.

Robert’s later life

The 1851 census recorded Robert as a farmer of 40 acres employing two men.

Death

Robert died in September 1854, aged 68.[1]

Children

Robert and Fanny had two sons and three daughters. Their daughter, Mary Ann, married Thomas Paul at Hardington on 20 February 1855 and Giles Hodges at St Marylebone on 31 January 1861.

References

[1] Robert was buried at Hardington on 2 October 1854.