Josiah Bartlett
| Josiah Bartlett | |
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| 4th Governor of New Hampshire | |
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In office June 5, 1790 – June 5, 1794 |
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| Preceded by | John Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | John Taylor Gilman |
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| Born |
November 21, 1729 Amesbury, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 19, 1795 (aged 65) Kingston, New Hampshire |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Bartlett |
| Children | Mary (Bartlett) Greely Lois Bartlett Miriam (Bartlett) Calef Rhoda (Bartlett) True Hannah Bartlett (1st) Levi Bartlett Josiah Bartlett Jr. Ezra Bartlett Sarah (Bartlett) Gale Hannah Bartlett (2nd) |
| Parents | Stephen Bartlett Hannah (Webster) Bartlett |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
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Josiah Bartlett (December 2, 1729 NS (November 21, 1729 OS) – May 19, 1795) was an American physician and , delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was later Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and Governor of the state.
Josiah Bartlett was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Hannah-Mary (Webster) Bartlett. His father Stephen was the son of Richard and Hannah (Emery) Bartlett. He was their fifth child and fourth son. By age 17, he had learned some of both Latin and Greek. He also began the study of medicine, working in the office of Dr. Ordway of Amesbury at the same time. Before Bartlett turned 21, in 1750, he moved to Kingston, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County, and began his practice.
Kingston at that time was a frontier settlement of only a few hundred families, and Bartlett was the only doctor in that part of the county at the time. He purchased land and a farm.
On January 15, 1754, he married Mary Bartlett of Newton, New Hampshire. She was his cousin, the daughter of his uncle, Joseph. They would remain married until her death on July 14, 1789. Josiah and Mary had three sons and seven daughters: Mary (1754), Lois (1756), Miriam (1758), Rhoda (1760), Hannah (who died as an infant in 1762), Levi (1763), Josiah (1768), Ezra (1770), Sarah (1773), and Hannah (1776, also died as an infant). All three of his sons and seven of his grandsons would follow him as physicians.
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