Old Fields Burying Ground, South Berwick Maine

In memory of
Jon. Hamilton Jn^r Esq.^r
who departed this life Sept^r 26^th 1802
Ætatis 57.
Poƒƒeƒƒing thoƒe qualitites which always enfuse eƒteem:
of pleaƒing deportment
a firm vigorous & enterpriƒing mind
A tender Huƒband
A kind & anxious Father
His zeal for order in Church &
State, extenƒive buƒineƒs
and publick ƒpirit rendered him a bleƒƒing to the community
A friend to religion & religious men
An agreeable companion
and a ƒincere conƒtant faithfull friend
As a Merchant
extenƒively known & much reƒpected.
His ƒtrict probity & exact punctuality ƒecured to him the entire confidence of all that new him,
The ƒmiles of Heaven on indefatigable induƒtry & the bleƒt economy rendered him eminent
as a man of property,
But alas neither wealth nor merit can bribe or evade
The grim tyrant Death
nor repel the fatal shaft,
Hamilton is no more.

Cemetery: Old Fields Burying Ground, South Berwick Maine

His wife, Mary Hamilton, is buried beside him. Their son, Joseph Hamilton, is buried nearby.

A story from the Portsmouth Herald about the history of South Berwick and the Hamilton House on Vaughan's Lane.

His home, the Hamilton House, is now a public museum which you can visit. This page on MaineMuseums.org gives you information on visiting the museum. You can view more photos of his beautiful home and read an article Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine, Romancing the Past from SPNEA Magazine or view the Hamilton House Historic Properties page on Spnea.com.

Another site dedicated to his Hamilton House.

He is depicted in the fictional work, The Tory Lover, by Sarah Orne Jewett.

Hamilton, Jonathan (also given Jonathan, Jr.). Captain, 8th also given 7th (4th Berwick) co., 2d York Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment, as returned by John Frost and others, field officers, dated Kittery, April 23, 1776; ordered in Council April 29, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned April 29, 1776; also, Captain, Col. John Frost's regt.; list of officers belonging to said regiment appointed to command men raised to reinforce the Continental Army, as returned by Brig. Gen. Jotham Moulton to Maj. Gen. Warren at Boston, dated Providence, Dec. 24, 1776. 2


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In memory of Jon. Hamilton Jn^r Esq.^r who departed this life Sept^r 26^th 1802 Ætatis 57. Poƒƒeƒƒing thoƒe qualitites which always enfuse eƒteem: of pleaƒing deportment a firm vigorous & enterpriƒing mind A tender Huƒband A kind & anxious Father His zeal for order in Church & State, extenƒive buƒineƒs and publick ƒpirit rendered him a bleƒƒing to the community A friend to religion & religious men An agreeable companion and a ƒincere conƒtant faithfull friend As a Merchant extenƒively known & much reƒpected. His ƒtrict probity & exact punctuality ƒecured to him the entire confidence of all that new him, The ƒmiles of Heaven on indefatigable induƒtry & the bleƒt economy rendered him eminent as a man of property, But alas neither wealth nor merit can bribe or evade The grim tyrant Death nor repel the fatal shaft, Hamilton is no more. Cemetery: Old Fields Burying Ground, South Berwick Maine His wife, Mary Hamilton, is buried beside him. Their son, Joseph Hamilton, is buried nearby. A story from the Portsmouth Herald about the history of South Berwick and the Hamilton House on Vaughan's Lane. His home, the Hamilton House, is now a public museum which you can visit. This page on MaineMuseums.org gives you information on visiting the museum. You can view more photos of his beautiful home and read an article Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine, Romancing the Past from SPNEA Magazine or view the Hamilton House Historic Properties page on Spnea.com. Another site dedicated to his Hamilton House. He is depicted in the fictional work, The Tory Lover, by Sarah Orne Jewett. Hamilton, Jonathan (also given Jonathan, Jr.). Captain, 8th also given 7th (4th Berwick) co., 2d York Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment, as returned by John Frost and others, field officers, dated Kittery, April 23, 1776; ordered in Council April 29, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned April 29, 1776; also, Captain, Col. John Frost's regt.; list of officers belonging to said regiment appointed to command men raised to reinforce the Continental Army, as returned by Brig. Gen. Jotham Moulton to Maj. Gen. Warren at Boston, dated Providence, Dec. 24, 1776. 2 Copyright © 2001 - 2005, Jenn Marcelais. a Soul Oyster Web Studios production. Web Site Design, Development, and Innovation