Honorable Thomas Bartlett was born on 22 October 1745 at Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire.¹ He was the son of Israel Bartlett and Lovy Alice Hall.¹ He married Sarah Cilley, daughter of General Joseph Cilley and Sarah Longfellow, on 19 August 1773.^1,2 He died on 30 June 1805 at Nottingham at age 59.^3,4 He was buried at Square Cemetery, Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire.⁴
     
     He was a patriot of the Revolution; was one of the Committee of Safety; lieutenant-colonel under Stark at the capture of Burgoyne; command a regiment at West Point in 1780, when the treachery of Arnold betrayed that fort. He was a man whom his townsmen trusted, and delighted to honor with every office within their power. He was for many years their town clerk, selectman, and representative; he became speaker of the House, and, in 1790, was appointed justice of the court of common pleas, and retained that office until 1805.³
     He was captain of a company of "six-weeks'" men at Winter Hill in 1775, a Lt. Col. in Col. Gilman's Regt. in 1776, same in Col. Evans' Regt. in Rhode Island in 1778, and Col. of one of the N.H. Regts. rasied for the defense of West Point in 1780, -- and member of Com. of Safety from May 28, 1778 to Jan. 5, 1779. His uncle, Josiah BARTLETT was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.¹