Kingston in Rockingham County, New Hampshire — The American Northeast (New England)
Josiah Bartlett
17291795
Photographed by Roger W. Sinnott, April 15, 2011
1. Josiah Bartlett Marker
Erected by NH Division of Historical Resources and the NH Department of Transportation. (Marker Number 046.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Government & Politics • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the National Historic Landmarks, the New Hampshire Historical Highway Markers, and the Signers of the Declaration of Independence series lists.
Location. 42° 56.139′ N, 71° 3.244′ W. Marker is in Kingston, New Hampshire, in Rockingham County. It is on West Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is on the Kingston green, on the opposite (west) side across from the Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kingston NH 03848, United States of America.
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Regionally, this marker is on New Hampshire’s Seacoast. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kingston War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 1867 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mast Tree Riot of 1734 (approx. 2.9 miles away); Meeting House and Hearse House (approx. 5 miles away); Fremont Village Cemetery (approx. 5 miles away); George Leonard Smith Gun (approx. 5.6 miles away); Spaulding & Frost Cooperage (approx. 5.7 miles away); Historic Black Rocks Village / Historic Fremont, N.H.-Olde Poplin (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kingston.
Regarding Josiah Bartlett. An active public servant much of his life, Bartlett was the second person (after John Hancock) to sign the Declaration of
Photographed by Roger W. Sinnott, April 15, 2011
2. Josiah Bartletts House
Bartlett built this house after arsonists, probably loyal to English king, set fire to the original one on this site in 1774. It is directly across West Main Street from the marker (in the foreground at left).
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3. Josiah Bartlett
From Appleton's Cyclopζdia of American Biography 1888, Vol. 1, Page 184.
Photographed by Roger W. Sinnott, May 6, 2011
4. Plaque on the House
In 1972, the National Park Service designated the Josiah Bartlett House a Registered National Historic Landmark.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 24, 2017
5. Josiah Bartlett Monument (located near the marker)
1729 - 1795
Doctor - Statesman - Soldier
Signer of the
Declaration of Independence
Chief Justice - President
and
First Governor of New Hampshire
Founder of the
New Hampshire Medical Society
Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2011, by Roger W. Sinnott of Norwell, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,910 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on July 10, 2014, by Kevin Craft of Bedford, Quebec. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 17, 2011, by Roger W. Sinnott of Norwell, Massachusetts. 3. submitted on January 19, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 4. submitted on May 7, 2011, by Roger W. Sinnott of Norwell, Massachusetts. 5. submitted on March 29, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
