ABIGAIL

Family/Spouse: Richard BARTLETT. Richard (son of Richard BARTLETT and ? UNKNOWN) was born on 31 Oct 1621 in England; died in 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Shoemaker, farmer, basketmaker and a "fine Fiddler"
• Fact: May 1673, Oath of Freeman
• Fact 1: 1678, Oath of Allegiance

Notes:

Excerpt from "A genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families": Samuel was a very active and zealous partisan, he aided in the imprisonment of the tryannical Gov. Andros at Boston. He was not a Separatist but one of the founders of Queen Anne's Chapel; inherited land at Amesbury from his father.

Samuel married Elizabeth TITCOMB on 23 May 1671 in Newbury, Mass.. Elizabeth (daughter of William TITCOMB and Elizabeth BITFIELD) was born on 12 Dec 1654 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 09 Aug 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Cordwainer"
• Occupation: A yeoman, currier and cordwainer
• Fact: 1677, Freeman
• Fact: 1678, Oath of Allegiance in Newbury, Massachusetts
• Fact: Between 1670-1698, Known as Richard, Jr.
• Fact: Between 1698-1724, Known as Richard, Senior

Richard married Hannah EMERY on 18 Nov 1673 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Hannah (daughter of John EMERY and Mary WEBSTER) was born on 26 Apr 1654 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 01 May 1705 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1678, Oath of Allegiance in Newbury, Masschusetts

Thomas married Tirzah TITCOMB between 21 and 24 Nov 1685 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Tirzah (daughter of William TITCOMB and Elizabeth BITFIELD) was born on 21 Feb 1658 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Jan 1695/6 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married John EMERY on 27 May 1700 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. John (son of John EMERY and Mary WEBSTER) was born on 12 Sep 1656 in Newbury, Essex Coounty, Massachusetts; died on 14 Jul 1730 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Newbury Inn-keeper and estab. a successful tannery at Bartlett's Cove
• Birth: 02 Jun 1655, Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.
• Fact 1: 1678, Took Oath of Allegiance at Newbury
• Fact: Between 1676-1708, Known as John, Jr.
• Will: 11 Apr 1733
• Fact 2: Between 1708-1736, Known as John Sr.
• Will Proved: 07 Jun 1736

John married Mary RUST on 29 Sep 1680 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Mary was born in 1655; died between 1693 and 1710 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Dorcas PHILLIPS on 13 Nov 1710. Dorcas (daughter of Rev Samuel PHILLIPS and Sarah APPLETON) was born in Rowley, Massachusetts; was christened on 6 Jan 1666/7; died on 18 Jan 1719 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Isaac BAILEY on 05 Sep 1700. Isaac (son of John BAILEY and Eleanor EMERY) was born on 22 Jul 1654 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Apr 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sarah WEBSTER on 14 Feb 1710 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Sarah (daughter of John WEBSTER and Bridget HUGGINS) was born on 28 Dec 1685 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 17 Jan 1726/7 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 Aug 1678

Tirzah married Josiah SAWYER on 22 Jan 1708 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Josiah (son of Samuel SAWYER and Mary EMERY) was born on 20 Jan 1681 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 04 Apr 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Deacon Joshua BROWN before 1693 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Joshua was born on 18 May 1671 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 18 Nov 1742 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts ; was buried in Belleville Cemetery, Newburyport, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Abigail WELLS between 06 Feb 1704 and 1705 in Amesbury, Mass.. Abigail (daughter of Thomas WELLS and Mary PERKINS) was born about 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Abraham MERRILL on 07 Oct 1696 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Abraham (son of Abraham MERRILL and Abigail WEBSTER) was born on 20 Sep 1672 in Newbury, Massachusetts; died on 26 Sep 1744 in Amesbury, Mass.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sarah TITCOMB on 27 Sep 1727. Sarah (daughter of Penuel TITCOMB and Lydia POORE) was born on 22 Dec 1685 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Feb 1773 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Between 04 Feb 1676 and 1677
• Fact: Between 1698-1724, Known as Richard, Jr.

Richard married Margaret WOODMAN on 12 Apr 1699 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of Edward WOODMAN and Mary GOODRIDGE) was born on 31 Aug 1676 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 06 Apr 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Susanna SINGLETARY on 08 Dec 1720. Susanna (daughter of Nathaniel SINGLETARY and Sarah BELKNAP) was born on 19 Sep 1681 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Mass.; died on 27 Aug 1761 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Weaver"
• Baptism: 27 Oct 1678
• Fact: Between 1699-1708, Known as John Bartlett 3rd
• Fact 1: 1708-1736, Known as John Bartlett Jr.
• Fact 2: Between 1736-1741, Known as John Bartlett Sen.

John married Mary ORDWAY on 18 Nov 1702 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Mary (daughter of John ORDWAY and Mary GODFREY) was born on 18 Sep 1682 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Weaver"

Family/Spouse: Abigail MOULTON. Abigail (daughter of William MOULTON and Abigail WEBSTER) was born on 13 Jun 1686 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 04 May 1756 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Cordwainer"

Notes:

Joseph was pressed and sent to Haverhill and quartered at the house of Capt. Simon Wainwright. When the Indians made an attack on the ton August 29, 1708, he was captured and taken to Canada. He was a prisoner four years two months and nine days. He returned to Newbury, November 8, 1712.

He wrote a narrative of his captivity among the Indians, 1708-1712.

Joseph married Elizabeth TUXBURY on 05 Dec 1717. Elizabeth was born on 02 Sep 1696 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachsuetts; died on 06 Oct 1718 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Union Cemetery, Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Sarah HOYT on 27 Apr 1721. Sarah was born on 04 May 1698 in Amesbury, Massachusetts; died on 28 May 1787 in Newton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Old Town Cemetery, Newton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 08 Nov 1674, Newbury, England

Notes:

Unconfirmed that Hannah married John Ordway. There may have been another Hannah.
Could of been born about 1687.

This Hannah is believed to of died June 17, 1676.

Hannah married John ORDWAY on 18 Dec 1706 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. John (son of John ORDWAY and Mary GODFREY) was born on 29 Oct 1684 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Weaver"
• Fact: Between 1710-1732, Known as Samuel Bartlett 3rd
• Fact 1: Between 1732-1749, Known as Samuel Bartlett Jr.
• Will: 09 Sep 1749

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Cordwainer"

Stephen married Hannah WEBSTER on 18 Dec 1712 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Hannah (daughter of John WEBSTER and Bridget HUGGINS) was born on 05 Oct 1692 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.; died on 15 Jan 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Elizabeth BARTLETT on 13 Apr 1725. Elizabeth (daughter of John BARTLETT and Dorcas PHILLIPS) was born in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Hannah MOODY on 18 Nov 1718. Hannah (daughter of Cutting MOODY and Judith LITTLE) was born on 16 Mar 1699. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Josiah HILLS on 30 Sep 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: "Tanner"

John married Prudence MERRILL on 25 Nov 1702 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Prudence (daughter of Abraham MERRILL and Abigail WEBSTER) was born on 01 Oct 1683 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 05 May 1718 in Amesbury, Mass.; was buried on 07 May 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Frances KINDRICK on 18 Jun 1720 in Amesbury, Mass.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Bef 1733

Family/Spouse: John BAILEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Meribah LITTLEFIELD on 22 Sep 1705. Meribah was born in 1685 in Kittery, York Co., Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Joseph FOWLER in Nov 1707. Joseph was born on 07 Aug 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gideon married Abigail EMERY on 16 Dec 1725 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Stephen EMERY and Ruth JAQUES) was born on 04 May 1705 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Dec 1797 in Newton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; was buried in Old Town Cemetery, Newton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Seth married Sarah MERRILL on 19 Nov 1728. Sarah (daughter of Daniel MERRILL and Esther CHASE) was born on 12 Sep 1705 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Josiah BARTLETT on 13 Apr 1725. Josiah (son of Richard BARTLETT and Hannah EMERY) was born about 1693; died in 1746. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Mary ORDWAY on 25 Dec 1735 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Mary (daughter of John ORDWAY and Hannah BARTLETT) was born on 05 Nov 1714 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 05 Mar 1796 in South Hampton, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gideon married Sarah BARTLETT on 25 Dec 1746 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Capt Joseph BARTLETT and Sarah HOYT) was born on 19 Aug 1724 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 03 Mar 1797 in Danville, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Ye Old Cemetery, Danville, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 13 Jan 1736

Abigail married Joseph EMERY on 04 Aug 1730. Joseph (son of Joseph EMERY and Elizabeth MERRILL) was born on 09 Apr 1696 in Andover, Mass; died on 12 Jul 1776 in Pembroke, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Nathaniel WHITTIER on 10 Oct 1728 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of John WHITTIER and Mary HOYT) was born on 08 Dec 1700 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 28 Jun 1740 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Pentucket Cemetery, Haverhill, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Jonathan MARSH on 03 Dec 1741. Jonathan was born on 15 Jan 1700 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 26 May 1776 in Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Mehitable HASTINGS on 18 Nov 1735 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Mehitable was born about 1717; died on 29 Nov 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Jacob ELY on 31 Mar 1736 in Amesbury, Mass.. Jacob was born on 01 Feb 1711/2 in Haverhill, Massachusetts; died on 02 May 1752 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Lydia HALE on 19 Jun 1744 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of Ezekiel HALE and Ruth EMERY) was born between 05 Feb 1722 and 1723 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 May 1766 in West Newbury, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Sarah CHASE on 05 Dec 1723. Sarah (daughter of Thomas CHASE and Sarah STEVENS) was born on 29 Jan 1706 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard KELLY. Richard (son of John KELLY and Elizabeth EMERY) was born on 08 Mar 1704 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 08 Jun 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Alice SARGENT on 7 Jan 1731 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Alice was born on 15 Mar 1710 in Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury": There is no baptism records of Ephraim found and is not mentioned in will, 1752.

Notes:

Name:
Mary Bartlett
1734-1789
Wife of Josiah Bartlett
"The wife of Governor Bartlett, the signer, was Mary Bartlett (a cousin), of Newton, N. H., a lady of excellent character and an ornament to society. She died in 1789," wrote Levi Bartlett, a descendant of the signer, nearly a century after her death.


Not much more of her youth than this can be told. Her father, Joseph Bartlett, was a soldier at Haverhill, in 1707, where he was made captive by the French and Indians, carried to Canada and held four years.* Mary Bartlett was one of ten children born to Joseph Bartlett, and she was married to her cousin, Josiah Bartlett, in January, 1754. He was a rising young physician at the time, in the town of Kingston, N. H., and had already attracted favorable attention by reason of his success in the treatment of a throat distemper, known as the "black canker," which had broken out with uncommon virulence. Mary Bartlett was then twenty-four years old, an amiable girl, well grown and, for the times, well educated. For the next ten years, her life was that of the wife of a popular and prosperous young country doctor. His skill as a practitioner was accepted. He was democratic, kindly, and fast growing in the esteem of his fellow citizens. Always a man of strict integrity, sound judgment, and marked public spirit, he early began to take an active part in public affairs. He was made a civil magistrate and soon after given command of a regiment of militia. In 1765, he was chosen representative to the Provincial Legislature from Kingston. Though Governor Wentworth had appointed him to several positions of honor and profit, Dr. Bartlett felt called upon, almost from the first, to oppose vigorously some of the Governor's measures in the Legislature especially those pertaining to the land grants, a vast system of official peculation that was one of the great evils of the administrations of both the Wentworths. By 1774, the aggressions of the Governor, and the policy of the British Ministry which he was trying to carry out, had grown so burdensome to the people that Dr. Bartlett and a few other leaders found themselves in almost open opposition. He was still a member of the Legislature and in that year we find him at the head of a "Committee of Correspondence," which was in constant communication with Samuel Adams and other patriots of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Then Dr. Bartlett was elected delegate to "a general congress to be held in Philadelphia." This brought down upon him the wrath of Governor Wentworth and his Tory adherents. His appointment as Justice of the Peace was revoked and his commission as Colonel of militia was taken from him. Soon afterward his house was set on fire and burned to the ground, after he had received warning to cease his "pernicious activity."


During all this period, Mary Bartlett had been the closest friend and counselor of her husband. Just as he had consulted her over his troubles as a young physician, helping to bear the home burdens of his patients and personal friends in their little community, so now he consulted her about the greater troubles and dangers that menaced the country. And always she was the true helpmeet, always the ready and sympathetic friend and judicious adviser. Her patriotism was as ardent as his and burned with as steady a flame, and when their home lay in ruins and the family were driven to seek shelter and safety elsewhere, she took their numerous brood and retired to their little farm, which she managed thereafter, leaving him free to devote himself almost entirely to the public business. Between these public duties Dr. Bartlett found time to rebuild, on the site of his ruined home, a fine old-style New England mansion, that still stands. In all her letters to her husband and her children, there is not one word of regret at his course or pity for herself, left alone to bear the double duties incumbent upon her; no complaints, only a spirit of loving, helpful sympathy in all his acts.


Mrs. Bartlett died in their new house in Kingston, in July, 1789, and her death was a great blow to her husband, who was at the time Chief Justice. The following year he was chosen President of New Hampshire, which office he held until 1793, when he was elected Governor, the first the Commonwealth ever had as an independent State. He declined re-election and died shortly afterward in the sixty-sixth year of his age, broken down, according to his own declaration, by grief and the double duties and responsibilities imposed upon him since her death.


Twelve children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Bartlett, of whom eight came to maturity. Three sons, Levi, Joseph, and Ezra, followed in their father's footsteps and became eminent physicians, and all three of them took considerable interest in public affairs, holding not a few positions of honor and responsibility. Of the daughters, Mary, who married Jonathan Greeley, Miriam, who married Joseph Calef, Rhoda, who married Reuben True, and Sarah, who married Dr. Amos Gale, were the only ones to leave descendants.


Source: Wives of the Signers: The Women Behind the Declaration of Independence, by Harry Clinton Green and Mary Wolcott Green, A.B. (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press, 1997). Orignaly Published in 1912 as volume 3 of The Pioneer Mothers of America: A Record of the More Notable Women of the Early Days of the Country, and Particularly of the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons). Pages 10-14. (Some minor spelling changes may have been made.)
* [From page 149] In 1707, Joseph Bartlett was drafted and sent with others to Haverhill to defend the town against an expected attack of French and Indians from Canada. August 29, 1708, about 160 French and 50 Indians attacked the town and set fire to several buildings. Mr. Bartlett and others were in a chamber of Captain Wainright's house from the windows of which they fired upon the enemy. They were informed that their only safety was in surrender. Mr. Bartlett secreted his gun in the chimney above the fireplace, went down, asked for quarter, was bound, and carried to Canada where he re-mained a prisoner until he was redeemed. After a captivity of four years he returned. He afterward visited Haverhill and found his gun where he had secreted it. It finally came to his grand nephew, Richard Bartlett of Amesbury, Mass., who carried it while a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Richard brought the gun back with him from the Revolution and it was afterward blown to pieces by some boy celebrating Fourth of July. Levi Bartlett (author of this sketch) collected the fragments in I879, and riveted, and wired the gun together and deposited it in the rooms of the New HampshireHistorical Society where it may still he seen."


TABLESTONE:

This monument erected
over the sacred relicts of
His Excellency
Josiah Bartlett, Esq.
Governor of New Hampshire
who died
May 15th, 1705
in the 65th year of his age
And
his virtuous
and amiable consort
Mrs. Mary Bartlett
who died
July 14th, 1789
in the 59th year of her age

EPITATH:

Fragrant is the recollection of friends
the most delightful flowers shall be
scattered upon their valuable remains.
When we recall the sacred spot to mind
the congenial tear shall sparkle
in the eye of sympathy
their virtues shall be
embalmed in the warmt
bosom of affection.


Posted on Find A Grave created by: Star Rhodes

Mary married Josiah BARTLETT on 15 Jan 1754 in Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. Josiah (son of Stephen BARTLETT and Hannah WEBSTER) was born on 21 Nov 1729 in Amesbury, Essex Co., Massachsuetts; died on 19 May 1795 in Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Plains Cemetery, Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 12 Oct 1740, Amesbury 2nd Church, Amesbury, Massachusetts

Sarah married Gideon SAWYER on 25 Dec 1746 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Gideon (son of Josiah SAWYER and Tirzah BARTLETT) was born on 15 Dec 1719 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Dec 1806 in Danville, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Ye Old Cemetery, Danville, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Josiah SAWYER on 25 Dec 1735 in Newbury, Essex Co., Mass.. Josiah (son of Josiah SAWYER and Tirzah BARTLETT) was born on 12 Apr 1709 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Jun 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Chief Justice of Common Please
• Fact: First Governor of the State
• Fact: Delegate to the Congress at Yorktown
• Fact: Justice of the Superior Court
• Fact: Chosen Delegate to the Continental Congress
• Fact: President of New Hampshire
• Fact: Chief Justice
• Fact: Re-Elected to the Continental Congress
• Fact: Senator to Congress
• Fact: Representative from Kingston, New Hampshire

Notes:

Josiah was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire; he was the first to vote for and the second after John Hancock to sign it.

Studied medicine under Dr. Ordway of Amesbury
Finished his medical education in 1750
At 21 years of age, began the practice of medicine in Kingston, New Hampshire
Was a member of the convention which adopted the Federal Constitution

Excerpt from "Early New England People": After an imperfect medical education, he began the practie of medicine at Kingston, N.H., and soon became eminent by his success intreating a malignant throat disease which was fatal among children and very prevalent in the towns of New Hampshire. The method, hitherto, of treating this disease, was as higly phlogistic complaint, but he was led from his own reason and observation to manage it differently. He made use of the Peruvian bark as an antidote and preventative, and his practice was very successful. In 1765, and annually until the Revolution, he was chosen to the Legislature. He was a member of the committee of safety, upon whom devolved for a time the whole executive government of the State, and on the organization of government by a Provincial Congress, of which he was a member he was appointed a justice of the peace and Colonel of the 7th regiment. Being a delegate to Congress in 1775 and 1776, he was the first to give his vote for the Declaration of Independence, and its first signer after the President. He accompanied Gen. Start to Bennington, as agent of the State to provide medicines and other necessaries for the New Hampshire troops. He was again a delegate to Congress He was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pease in 1779, a Justice of the Superior Court in 1784, and Chief Justice in 1788. He was an active member of the convention called to adopt the Federal Constitution. He was for three years President of the State, and under the new Constitution, Governor. He was also President of the New Hampshire Medical Society, which he was chiefly instrumental in founding. He received an honorary degree of M.D., from Dartmouth College. He was always a patron of learning, and a friend to learned men. His son Josiah was a physician of extensive practice.

Declaration of Independence Signer. He was also the first man to vote for independence, when the issue came up for vote on July 2, 1776. Born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children, where his parents ran a farm called "The Lion's Mouth" in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Josiah's father was also a shoemaker. After some formal schooling, 16 year old Josiah was apprenticed to an Amesbury physician, where for the next five years, he studied medicine and became a doctor, setting up his practice in Kingston, New Hampshire, about ten miles from Amesbury. In 1754, he married his cousin, Mary Bartlett, and they would have twelve children, eight of whom lived to adulthood. In 1765, Dr. Bartlett was elected to the New Hampshire legislature, where he became known as a sharp critic of British policies in the colonies. He was chosen to serve in the First Continental Congress, in 1774, but his house burned down under mysterious circumstances and had to be rebuilt, so he decided not to go. He twice served in the Second Continental Congress, from 1775 to 1776, and again from 1778 to 1779. On July 2, 1776, he was the first congressman to vote for independence, and two days later, he was the first man to vote to approve the Declaration of Independence. During the War for Independence, he worked in Congress to build the American Navy and in spare hours, he worked in a hospital treating wounded soldiers. After the American Revolution, he served as the Chief Justice for the New Hampshire State Supreme Court, from 1788 to 1790, and then as Governor of New Hampshire from 1790 to 1794. In 1787, when the US Constitution was being voted upon in the New Hampshire legislature, he worked tirelessly to have the Constitution adopted. He died at age 65, within a year after leaving office as Governor. The town of Bartlett, New Hampshire, was named after him.

Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson

Josiah married Mary BARTLETT on 15 Jan 1754 in Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of Capt Joseph BARTLETT and Sarah HOYT) was born on 27 Dec 1730 in Newton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; died on 14 Jul 1789 in Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; was buried in Plains Cemetery, Kingston, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Jan 1716, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1737, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Stephen married Elizabeth KELLY on 25 Jul 1754 in Bath, New Hampshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel KELLY and Mercy SMITH) was born on 25 Nov 1735 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]