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
Lee, Francis
Lightfoot
Lee, Richard Henry
Lewis, Francis
Livingston, Philip
Lynch Jr., Thomas
McKean, Thomas
Middleton, Arthur
Morris, Lewis
Morris, Robert

State
Rep.
MA
MA
NH
VA
MD

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

Age at
Signing
40
53
46
39
38

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

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

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

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

35
50
37
48
41
70
32
41
52
40
50
65
46
30
34
69
38
45
33

VA

10/14/1734

Mt. Pleasant, VA

41

VA
NY
NY
SC
DE
SC
NY
PA

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

Stratford, VA
Llandaff, Wales
Albany, NY
Prince Georges Parrish, SC
Chester Co., PA
Charleston, SC
West Chester Co.,NY
Liverpool, England

44
63
60
26
42
34
50
42

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

Lawyer
Lawyer, Surveyer
Merchant
Lawyer, Merchant
Land Speculator
Scientist, Printer
Merchant
Merchant, Plantation
Physician, Minister
Merchant
Plantation, Farmer
Land owner
Merchant
Lawyer, Plantation
Lawyer
Merchant
Lawyer, Musician
Lawyer
Lawyer, Plantation,
Scientist
Plantation

2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1

4
10
8
16
3
3
7
3
1
2
7
13
8
3
7
5
2
6

6/19/1811
9/15/1794
1/24/1813
2/15/1820
8/4/1821
4/17/1790
11/23/1814
5/15/1777
10/19/1790
10/8/1793
4/24/1791
5/11/1779
10/10/1779
3/6/1809
10/14/1790
4/13/1785
5/9/1791
1/5/1796
7/4/1826

70
68
73
92
86
84
70
42
66
56
65
68
49
62
48
78
53
64
83

1/11/1797

62

Plantation, Merchant
Merchant
Merchant
Lawyer
Lawyer
Plantation
Plantation
Merchant, Land
Speculator

2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1

6
7
9
0
11
9
10
7

6/19/1794
12/30/1802
6/12/1778
c. 1779
6/24/1817
1/1/1787
1/22/1798
5/8/1806

62
89
62
30
83
44
71
72

Occupation
Lawyer
Merchant
Physician
Plantation
Merchant, Plantation

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

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

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.