Rosie – interesting item! Other newspaper extracts online give David BARTLEMAN’s father as Alexander. David died age 25 and the following baptism would fit exactly (taken from www.Familysearch.org) David BARTLEMAN, father Alexander, baptised 11th February 1756, Christ Church Tynemouth, Northumberland. On the BARTLEMAN family genealogy forum there is a message with the following additional information: Quote: Alexander was born about 1803 and died 1866. He was Mayor of Tynemouth in 1851 and there is a painting of him in the archives....(His son) David 1756-1781 was master of the brigg Alexander & Margaret......Unquote The gentleman who posted the message clearly has additional information. Would have been an even better story in the local paper if one of the journalists had taken the story further....could even have had a present-day BARTLEMAN family member at the unveiling! Diane J. Researching CLARKE COBB SHEPPARD ABSOLON Burgh Castle, Bradwell, Belton, Great Yarmouth Message: 1 Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:12 +0100 From: xpn11 <xpn11@aol.com> Subject: [NFK] Yarmouth Headstone-sea battle with pirate To: Nofolk list <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4E325770.2080309@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Someone might be interested. This is a link to an article in today's Eastern Daily Press about the restoration of a headstone in St Nicholas' churchyard which commemorates a sailor who died after being involved in a sea battle with a pirate http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/yarmouth_gravestone_recounts_tragic_sea_battle_with_pirate_1_977605 The sailor was David Bartleman date 1781 but the ship was of North Shields so he may not have been a Norfolk man. The restoration was paid for by the Pearson family who believe their distant ancestors may have been pirates ( itself an interesting story which the EDP does not seem to have picked up on) Rosie ------------------------------