JOSIAH B. BARTLETT

Bartlett, Josiah B. (1729-1795) — of Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Amesbury, Essex County, Mass., November 21, 1729. Son of Stephen Bartlett and Hannah (Webster) Bartlett; married, January 15, 1754, to Mary Bartlett; father of Josiah Bartlett, Jr. and Ezra Bartlett; great-grandfather of John Davis O'Rear. Physician; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1775-76, 1778; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1779; common pleas court judge in New Hampshire, 1779-82; justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1782-90; chief justice of New Hampshire state supreme court, 1790; President of New Hampshire, 1790-93; Presidential Elector for New Hampshire, 1792; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of New Hampshire, 1793-94. Congregationalist. Died in Kingston, Rockingham County, N.H., May 19, 1795. Interment at Plains Cemetery, Kingston, N.H.; statue at Public Square, Amesbury, Mass.
Parents: Stephen Bartlett, Hannah Webster
Spouse Name: Mary Bartlett (Parents: Joseph Bartlett, Sarah Hoyt)
Marriage Year: January 15, 1754
Marriage State: Rock, Newton, NH
Birth Place: Essex County, Amesbury, MA
Birth Date: 27 Dec 1730
Death Place: Kingston, Rock, NH
Death Date: 14 Jul 1789
Children:
Mary Bartlett 1754–1826
Lois Bartlett 1756–1798
Mariam Bartlett 1758–1785
Rhoda Bartlett 1760–1794
Hannah Bartlett 1762–1762
Levi Bartlett 1763–1828
Josiah Bartlett 1765–1765
Dorothy Bartlett 1767–1767
Josiah Bartlett 1769–1838
Ezra Bartlett 1770–1848
Sarah Bartlett 1773–
Hannah Bartlett 1776–1777

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell