Jarvis and Prudence Hartt

1 [Isaac], 2 [Captain Samuel], 3 [Jonathan], 4 [Samuel Henry Alline], 5 [Aaron]

Jarvis W. and Prudence Hartt

Jarvis William Hartt was born on July 12, 1812, at Kingsclear, York County, New Brunswick. He was the son of Aaron and Charlotte Estey Hartt.

Jarvis attended a local university. Although he had completed the required courses, he was not permitted to graduate with a degree because the university was not open to Baptists. This injustice led directly to the founding of the Baptist Seminary at Fredericton in 1835. Reverend Frederick Mills was the principal and Jarvis Hartt was his assistant. Mrs. Mills, the Reverend's wife, had an assistant, Prudence Boardman Brown, that Jarvis married on July 11, 1839. The marriage was conducted by T. O. Miles, Esquire.

Prudence Boardman Brown was a descendant of Simon Willard, who came to North America in 1605. Jarvis and Prudence had

Jarvis, later, became principal of the Baptist Seminary and, even later, joined the staff of Horton Academy in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. In 1860, Jarvis moved to Saint John whe he established another school.

“Our citizens were grieved to learn of the death of Jarvis W. Hartt, Principal of the Young Ladies High School (St. John) which took place at the residence of Joseph Read, Leinster St. where he had been boarding since the destruction of his house on Dorchester St. by fire in April. Mr. Hartt’s family have been quite scattered since the fire. Mrs. Hartt being on a visit to her sons at Utica, New York and one of his daughters being on her way to Halifax and others on the way to the country for a visit so that not a member of his family was present at the sad moment of his decease. An inquest was held on the body yesterday. Verdict “ Died from natural causes.” Funeral was held Wed. 2 p.m. from residence of his son-in-law J.W. Harrington, corner Queen and Pitt Sts. St. John. He was buried in the Fern Hill Cemetery, Westmoreland Road.” -- Courtesy of Vital Stats for New Brunswick

Jarvis W. Hartt died on June 30, 1873, at the age of 61. Prudence B. Hartt died on November 4, 1873, at the age of 57.

Children born to Jarvis William Hartt and Prudence Brown Hartt:

Charles Frederick Hartt	Born	August 23, 1840	Fredericton, New Brunswick	Married Lucy Cornelia Lynde of Buffalo, NY, in December 1868.
Charles Frederick Hartt	Died	March 18, 1878	Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Jennie M. Hartt	Born	About 1842		Married Dr. Henry Le Baron Hartt, her third-cousin, after her sister, Martha, died. Henry died of diptheria on February 22, 1880
Jennie M. Hartt	Died	March 13, 1871
Martha Jane Hartt	Born	August 17, 1842		Married Dr. Henry LeBaron Hartt. After Martha died, Henry married Martha's sister, Jennie.
Martha Jane Hartt	Died	March 26, 1870
Charlotte Elizabeth Hartt	Born	About 1843	Saint John, New Brunswick	The 1881 Saint John census: age 36, music teacher, unmarried; living with two sisters (Emma and ?).
Charlotte Elizabeth Hartt	Died
Sarah G. Hartt	Born	about 1845	Saint John, New Brunswick	Married J. W. Harrington on August 27, 1868.
Sarah G. Hartt	Died			Married J. W. Harrington on August 27, 1868.
Frances Anetta Hartt	Born	August 23, 1847	Wilmot, Nova Scotia	Married George Upham Hay on December 20, 1876. See notes below.
Frances Anetta Hartt	Died
George LeBaron Hartt	Born	July 11, 1849		Married (1) Claudine Millington, (2) Margaret Hartt, and (3) Hester Dowing. See notes below.
George LeBaron Hartt	Died	January 9, 1913
Prudence Boardman Hartt	Born	April 23, 1851	Wilmot, Nova Scotia	Married William Gilchrist on June 17, 1885. See notes below.
Prudence Boardman Hartt	Died	September 7, 1912
Emma Florence Gertrude Hartt	Born	1855	Acadia, New Brunswick	Married Charles Albert Prichard on September 21, 1881, in St. John, NB. She was a music teacher.
Emma Florence Gertrude Hartt	Died
Mabel Hartt	Born	1857		Died as an infant
Mabel Hartt	Died	1857		Died as an infant

Notes:

Jennie M. Hartt married Dr. Henry Le Baron Hartt, her third cousin, after her sister, Martha, died. Jennie died one year after her sister and Henry married for a third time. Henry's third marriage, on November 14, 1876, was to Irene Widdemer, b. in Philadelphia, PA; her parents were Ephraim S. Widdemer and Margaret Taylor. Henry died of diptheria on February 22, 1880.

Martha Jane Hartt married Dr. Henry Le Baron Hartt, her third cousin. After Martha died, Henry married Martha's sister, Jennie. Martha Jane Hartt and Henry Le Baron had three children: (1) Henry Le Baron Hartt, b. 1865, in New Brunswick; (2) Florence M. Hartt, b. 1866, in New York (in 1880, after both her mother and father had died, Florence was living with her grandparents, Henry and Jessie Hartt); and (3) Le Baron Botsford Hartt, b. April 11, 1869, Manhattan, New York.

Frances Anetta Hartt married George Upham Hay. George was the son of William Hay (b. 1800) and Eliza Fahey (b. 1797). Frances Anetta Hartt and George Upham Hay had at least one child: a daughter, Mrs. R. T. McKinn.

George Le Baron Hartt was married three times: (1) Claudine Matilda Millington; (2) Margaret Florence Montgomery Hartt, his third cousin, daughter of Henry Hartt and Jessie Main (and granddaughter of Samuel Henry Alline Hartt), on April 27, 1876; she died in New York City on December 18, 1877; and (3) Hester Elizabeth Dowing, after 1880, in New York. George and Claudine Millington had one child: Constance Endicott Hartt. George and Margaret had one child: George Montgomery Hartt, b. December 10, 1877, in New York City, worked as a newspaper reporter from 1895 to 1922 and, later, the Manager and President of Prassaic New, Inc.

Prudence Boardman Hartt and William Gilchrist had a daughter, Mary Renfrew Annetta Gilchrist, born on September 4, 1886, in St. John, New Brunswick.

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