Bonnie, My BARLETTs, also, only last for a couple of generations. I also have a RIDER/RYDER connection. Here is the BARTLETT/RYDER line: EBENEZER BARTLETT m MARY RYDER LYDIA BARTLETT b1721MA, m LEMUEL DELANO Other surnames that descend from this BARTLETT line are CHASE, MORRILL, COOLIDGE, BENNET, ELDREDGE, CARNAHAN For what this is worth, good luck, Joan Carnahan Carlin Yuba City, CA (Hot Northern CA! It's 108 today!) BBBLISS@aol.com wrote: > > My Bartlett connection is very early and just for one/two generations here in > the US. > > Samuel Rider married > Sarah Bartlett d/o Richard in 1656, in Plymouth, MA. > > Also > Joseph Sylvester married in 1690, in Plymouth MA > Hannah Bartlett d/o Joseph Bartlett, brother of Sarah, above > > In researching this line I have seen reference to "The Nellie Rider Papers" my > source, Fremont Rider, describes 'The Papers' as "A genealogy of the Cape Cod > branch of the Rider family from Samuel (1601) to about 1915. By Nellie Rider > of Providence, RI. Handwritten manuscript in 3 loose leaf notebooks, deposited > in the Library of the New England Historical & Genealogical Society." I have > written to NEHGS and they tell me 'The Papers' are not part of their > collection. I even wrote a second time after rechecking my information. The > answer was still NO. > > Is anyone else descended thru Sarah and Sam? > Has anyone used this collection? > Does anyone know where it is? > Could those of you in the East put it on your list of things to check next > time you are at the libraries in your area? > > I hope that someone has used this manuscript or can help me locate it, it seem > to cover a missing link in my documentation. > > Thank you, > Bonnie Ryder Bliss > San Jose, CA > > ==== BARTLETT-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > ******** Bartlett (Cousins) Roots Mailing List ********** > All material that is posted thru the Bartlett-Roots Mailing List is COPYRIGHT 1998 and can only be used with the Written Permission of the Original person who posted the material. > > Anyone can ask questions, No question is TOO Dumb for a Genealogist.. The Bartlett Roots List was set up for the FUN and Enjoyment of the Surname "BARTLETT"