Bartholomew Applegate

M, b. circa 1623
     Bartholomew was born circa 1623 probably at County Norfolk, England. He was the son of Thomas & Elizabeth [Wall] Applegate.1 Some time before 1635, he immigrated with his parents from England. They first setled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. While in Weymouth, his mother was sentenced by the court to have her tongue confined by cleft stick because of what they believed to be rough language. The family removed to Rhode Island in 1640 to escape the trtanny of the Puritans. On 12 November 1646, the family removed to Gravesend on Lonf Island. While there, his father spent much time in the public stocks outside Lady Moody's door.2 Bartholomew married Anna Patrick, daughter of Captain Daniel Patrick and Anna van Beyeren, in October 1650 in Gravesend, Kings County. On 6 November 1671, the govenor ordered 10 pounds to be paid by certain individuals toward the release of Hanna Apelgate & her child, 5 pounds in red cloth. It is thought that this was payment to release her from capitivity by the Indians. Some time in the 1670's, the family resided in Manmouth County, New Jersey where they were listed among the first settlers who came from Long Island.3,4 Bartholomew departed this life in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Family

Anna Patrick b. c 1634

Citations

  1. [S971] Patricia L. Haslam, Captain Daniel Patrick of the 1630 Winthrop Fleet & Some of His Descendants, pages 476.
  2. [S975] Gravesend, Long Island - www,uh.edu/~jbutler/gean/statenisland.html.
  3. [S972] C. V. Compton, Comptonology, page 3 - The first settlers in Monmouth County, New Jersey came from Long Island by 1670 - among them were William Compton, William Golding, Walter Wall, John Tilton Bartholmew Applegate, James Grover, William Bowne Carson Johnson, Thomas Whitlock, Richard Gibbons, Richard Stout, Nicholas Stillwell, Samuel Hommes, John Emans, John Lawrence, Thomas willett, & William Haviland etc.
  4. [S973] Teunis G. Bergen, Early Settlers of King's County, Long Island, N. Y., page 14 - Bartholomew of Gravesend, m. Oct., 1650, at Gravesend, Hannah Patricke. On list of inhabitants of said town of 1650. Aug. 10, 1667, he bought of Nathan Whitman plantation lot N° 12, in Gravesend, as per town rec. From an entry on the Gravesend record of Nov. 6, 1671, setting forth that " whereas the Governour was pleased to order Wm Wilkins to pay ten pounds towards the release of Hanna Apelgate and her child, this sheweth that Thos Whitlock received of Mr Delavall five pounds of the aforesaid somme, of the which the said Thomas delivered five pounds to the constable and overseers of Gravesend in red cloth," etc., it may be inferred that she was in the hands of the Indians, and that the money and red cloth were used for her ransom, Mar. 8, 1674, as per p. 694 of Doc. of Col. His. of N. Y., the Gov. Genl., Antony Colve, and his council, on petition, granted leave to " Bartholomew Appelgadt, Thomas Appelgadt, and Richard Sadler" to purchase from the Indians a tract of land about two "leagues on this side of Middle Towne, near the Neversings, fit for a settlement of 6 or 8 families," on condition that after the purchase a patent be taken out, and the settlements be made within two years on pain of forfeiture. In April John Bowne and Richard Hartshorne, and others, gave notice that the land granted was within the bounds of their patent.* See pp. 694 and 706 of Vol. II. of Doc. of Col. His. of N. Y. Signed his name "Bartholmel Aplegate."