Matawan in Monmouth County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Poet’s Grave
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 16, 2014
1. Poet’s Grave Marker
Died
Dec. 18th
1832
Aged 80 years
11 months and
16 days
He was a native of
New York
but for many years
a resident of
Philadelphia
and New Jersey.
His upright and
benevolent character
is in the memory of
many and will remain
when this inscription
is no longer legible.
Heaven lifts its everlasting
portal high,
and bids the pure in heart
behold their God.
( Back of Monument : )
AGNES
Relict of
Peter Freneau,
Mother of
Philip Freneau,
and late widow of
James Kearney.
Died Oct. 18th
1817
the 91st year
of her age.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1998.
Location. 40° 23.467′ N, 74° 14.085′ W. Marker is in Matawan, New Jersey, in Monmouth County. Marker can be reached from Poet Drive, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 112 Poet Drive, Matawan NJ 07747, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Philip Morin Freneau (within shouting distance of this marker); The Hawkins House (approx. half a mile away); Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
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Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 16, 2014
2. Poet’s Grave Marker
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 16, 2014
3. Rear of Monument
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 16, 2014
4. Poet’s Grave Marker
This obelisk marks the grave of Philip Freneau, the "Poet of the Revolution." He wrote poems that supported the cause of American independence.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 16, 2014
5. Poet’s Grave
A privateer captain during the Revolutionary War, Freneau was captured and abused by the British. He survived imprisonment, shipwrecks and hurricanes, but ultimately died after losing his way in a blizzard returning home from the general store.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2018. It was originally submitted on August 16, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 539 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 16, 2014, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
