Job Bartram (March 20, 1735 – October 28, 1817) was a member of the

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from Norwalk in the sessions of May and October 1790. He served as a captain of the Connecticut Militia in the

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Family and early life

Bartram was born in Fairfield,

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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

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. Tomb inscription: "In memory of Mr. Job Bartram who was drowned October 28, 1817 aged 50 years & 6 months. Also of Jane daughter of Mr. Job & Mrs. Ruth Bartram died Oct 29. 1815, aged 16 months.
Death like an overflowing stream,
Sweeps us away: our life's a dream:
An empty tale, a morning flower.
Cut down and wither'd in an hour."

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