About Bartlett Cemetery

Bartlett Cemetery Association was founded in 1899 by some of the most prominent citizens in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The founders included lawyers, judges, doctors, dentists, automobile carriage manufacturers, bank presidents and even a California gold rush 49'er adventurer.

This civic-minded group of men banded together for the sole purpose of purchasing, supporting and maintaining a new cemetery property at the turn of a new century. They wanted a place of solace to memorialize the lives of all individuals entrusted to their care.

  • George F. Bagley
  • William E. Biddle
  • J. Edgar Blake
  • George W. Cate
  • Moses Long Colby
  • Robert B. Hawley
  • Lambert Hollander
  • Jacob Huntington
  • John F. Johnson
  • Horace Granville Leslie
  • Fred W. Merrill
  • Frank Forest Morrill
  • Cyrus W. Rowel
  • E. Ripley Sibley
  • Azor O. Webster

Interestingly, only five of the 15 founders are actually buried in Bartlett Cemetery.

scene from the Bartlett Cemetery in Amesbury Massachusetts



An Interesting Fact

The Bartlett Cemetery is named after Dr. Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795), who was born in Amesbury, MA.

In 1776, he signed the Declaration of Independence. Dr. Bartlett was the second person to sign it, after John Hancock.

BUT, the cemetery is not dedicated to him. He is not buried in the Bartlett Cemetery. Dr. Josiah Bartlett spent most of his life in Kingston, NH, where he is buried.