The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bartlet, William

​BARTLET, William, philanthropist, was born at Newburyport, Mass., Jan. 31, 1748. He was educated in the common schools, and engaged in business, amassing a large fortune. He was a founder of Andover theological seminary, contributing $30,000 toward it in 1808. He erected the president's house in 1809; a residence for one of the professors in 1810, and a chapel in 1817, which was followed, in 1820, by a seminary building. He also contributed to temperance work; foreign and home missions and to educational institutions. He died Feb. 8, 1841.

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