Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Name Adams, John Adams, Samuel Bartlett, Josiah Braxton, Carter Carroll, Charles of Carrollton Chase, Samuel Clark, Abraham Clymer, George Ellery, William Floyd, William Franklin, Benjamin Gerry, Elbridge Gwinnett, Button Hall, Lyman Hancock, John Harrison, Benjamin Hart, John Hewes, Joseph Heyward Jr., Thomas Hooper, William Hopkins, Stephen Hopkinson, Francis Huntington, Samuel Jefferson, Thomas

State Rep. MA MA NH VA MD

MD NJ PA RI NJ PA MA GA GA MA VA NJ NC SC NC RI NJ CT VA

Date of Birth 10/30/1735 9/27/1722 11/21/1729 9/10/1736 9/19/1737

4/17/1741 2/15/1726 3/16/1739 12/22/1727 12/17/1734 1/17/1706 7/17/1744 c. 1735 4/12/1724 1/12/1737 4/7/1726 c. 1711 1/23/1730 7/28/1746 6/17/1742 3/7/1707 10/2/1737 7/3/1731 4/13/1743

Lee, Francis

VA

Lightfoot

Lee, Richard Henry VA

Lewis, Francis

NY

Livingston, Philip

NY

Lynch Jr., Thomas SC

McKean, Thomas

DE

Middleton, Arthur SC

Morris, Lewis

NY

Morris, Robert

PA

10/14/1734

1/20/1732 3/21/1713 1/15/1716 8/5/1749 3/19/1735 6/26/1742 4/8/1726 1/31/1734

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Birthplace Quincy, MA Boston, MA Amesbury,MA Newington, VA Annapolis, MD

Age at Signing

40 53 46 39 38

Occupation Lawyer Merchant Physician Plantation Merchant, Plantation

Somerset Co., MD Elizabethtown, NJ Philadelphia, PA Newport, RI Brookhaven, NY Boston. MA Marblehead, MA Gloucester, England Wallingford, CT Quincy, MA Charles City Co., VA Hunterdon Co, NJ Kingston, NJ St. Helena Parish, SC Boston, MA Providence, RI Philadelphia, PA Windham. CT Albemarle Co, VA

Mt. Pleasant, VA

35 Lawyer 50 Lawyer, Surveyer 37 Merchant 48 Lawyer, Merchant 41 Land Speculator 70 Scientist, Printer 32 Merchant 41 Merchant, Plantation 52 Physician, Minister 40 Merchant 50 Plantation, Farmer 65 Land owner 46 Merchant 30 Lawyer, Plantation 34 Lawyer 69 Merchant 38 Lawyer, Musician 45 Lawyer 33 Lawyer, Plantation,

Scientist 41 Plantation

Stratford, VA

44 Plantation, Merchant

Llandaff, Wales

63 Merchant

Albany, NY

60 Merchant

Prince George's Parrish, SC 26 Lawyer

Chester Co., PA

42 Lawyer

Charleston, SC

34 Plantation

West Chester Co.,NY

50 Plantation

Liverpool, England

42 Merchant, Land

Speculator

Number of Marriages

1 2 1 2 1

Number of Children

5 2 12 18 7

Date of Death 7/4/1826 10/2/1803 5/19/1795 10/10/1797 11/14/1832

Age at Death

90 81 65 61 95

2

4

6/19/1811

70

1

10

9/15/1794

68

1

8

1/24/1813

73

2

16

2/15/1820

92

2

3

8/4/1821

86

1

3

4/17/1790

84

1

7

11/23/1814

70

1

3

5/15/1777

42

2

1

10/19/1790

66

1

2

10/8/1793

56

1

7

4/24/1791

65

1

13

5/11/1779

68

-

-

10/10/1779

49

2

8

3/6/1809

62

1

3

10/14/1790

48

2

7

4/13/1785

78

1

5

5/9/1791

53

1

2

1/5/1796

64

1

6

7/4/1826

83

1

0

1/11/1797

62

2

6

6/19/1794

62

1

7

12/30/1802

89

1

9

6/12/1778

62

1

0

c. 1779

30

2

11

6/24/1817

83

1

9

1/1/1787

44

1

10

1/22/1798

71

1

7

5/8/1806

72

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Name Morton, John Nelson Jr., Thomas Paca, William Paine, Robert Treat Penn, John Read, George Rodney, Caesar. Ross, George Rush, Benjamin Dr. Rutledge, Edward Sherman, Roger Smith, James Stockton, Richard Stone, Thomas Taylor, George Thornton, Matthew Walton, George Whipple, William Williams, William Wilson, James Witherspoon, John Wolcott, Oliver Wythe, George

State Rep. PA VA MD MA NC DE DE PA PA SC CT PA NJ MD PA NH GA NH CT PA NJ CT VA

Date of Birth c. 1724 12/26/1738 10/31/1740 3/11/1731 5/6/1740 9/18/1733 10/7/1728 5/10/1730 1/4/1746 11/23/1749 4/19/1721 c. 1719 10/1/1730 c. 1743 c. 1716 c. 1714 c. 1741 1/14/1730 4/18/1731 9/14/1742 2/5/1723 11/20/1726 c. 1726

Birthplace Ridley Township, PA Yorktown, VA Abington, MD Boston, MA Carolina Co, VA Northeast MD Dover, DE New Castle, DE Philadelphia, PA Christ Church Parish, SC Newton, MA Northern Ireland Princeton, NJ Charles Co., MD Ireland Ireland Cumberland Co, VA Kittery, ME Lebannon, CT Carskerdo, Scotland Gifford, Scotland Windsor, CT Elizabeth City Co, VA

Age at Signing

52 37 35 45 36 42 47 46 30 26 55 57 45 33 60 62 35 46 45 33 53 49 50

Occupation Farmer Merchant, Plantation Lawyer, Plantation Lawyer, Scientist Lawyer Lawyer Plantation, Military Lawyer Physician Lawyer, Plantation Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer Merchant Physician Lawyer Merchant Merchant Lawyer ? Minister Lawyer Lawyer

Information obtained from: American Council of Learned Societies. American National Biography. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume 1607-1896. Chicago: The A.N. Marquis Company, 1963.

Number of Marriages

1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2

Number of Children

8 13 5 8 3 5 0 3 13 3 15 5 6 3 2 5 2 0 3 7 12 4 1

Date of Death c. 1777 1/4/1789 10/13/1799 5/12/1814 9/14/1788 9/21/1798 6/29/1784 7/14/1779 4/19/1813 1/23/1800 7/23/1793 7/11/1806 2/28/1781 10/5/1787 2/23/1781 6/24/1803 2/2/1804 11/28/1785 8/2/1811 8/21/1798 11/15/1794 12/1/1797 6/8/1806

Age at Death

53 50 58 83 48 65 55 49 67 50 72 87 50 44 65 89 63 55 80 55 71 71 80

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