Benjamin Rush Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BENJAMIN RUSH was born December 24, 1745 in Byberry Township near Philadelphia. When Benjamin was six years old his father died and his mother and stepfather raised him. His earliest instructor was his uncle, Reverend Samuel Finley, who ...

Stephen Hopkins Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- was born March 7, 1707 in Scituate, Rhode Island. ...

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Main Kings Mtn Cowpens Events BANASTRE TARLETON by Janie B. Cheaney Tarleton holds the distinction of being the most hated British officer to serve during the Revolution. Though he was probably not as bad as reported, Bloody Ban made himself a useful propaganda figure for his enemies. There was certainly enough truth in the accusations to justify their use. He was born into a wealthy merchant ...

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Thomas Stone Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THOMAS STONE was born at Pointon Manor in Charles County, Maryland in 1743, the son of David Stone. Young Stone had an unusual fondness for learning and at the age of fifteen, he obtained his father's reluctant consent to enter the school of a ...

Samuel Huntington Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- was born on July 3, 1731 at Windhan, Connecticut, the son of a Puritan farmer. ...

Thomas McKean Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THOMAS McKEAN was born in New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania on March 19, 1734. ...

Edward Rutledge Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDWARD RUTLEDGE was born in Charleston, South Carolina on November 23, 1749. He was the youngest of the seven children of Dr. John Rutledge who came to South Carolina from the north of Ireland about 1735. After acquiring a classical ...

George Wythe Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE WYTHE was born in 1726 near Yorktown, Virginia. His father was a wealthy plantation owner and he grew up in luxury and comfort. When he reached the proper age he was placed in school but the knowledge that he obtained was very limited ...

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John Witherspoon Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN WITHERSPOON was born February 5, 1722 in Gifford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. His father was the minister of the parish of Yester. He was sent, at an early age, to the public school at Haddington, and at the age of fourteen, he went on ...

Robert Morris Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERT MORRIS was born January 31, 1734 in Liverpool, England. At the age of thirteen, he left England and joined his father of the same name, who was engaged in the exportation of tobacco on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. ...

William Paca Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM PACA was born at Wye Hall, in Abington, Harford County, Maryland on October 31, 1740. He was the descendant of a wealthy planter on the east shore of Maryland. Paca's family was of Italian ancestry and had resided in Maryland for several ...

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Caesar Rodney Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAESAR RODNEY was born October 7, 1728 near Dover in Kent County Delaware. His father, Caesar, was a planter who died when the son was only seventeen, leaving him a large estate. ...

Carter Braxton Signer of the Declaration of Independence CARTER BRAXTON was born on his father's successful tobacco plantation in Newington, Virginia on September 10, 1736 ...

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Elbridge Gerry Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELBRIDGE GERRY was born July 17, 1744 in Marblehead, Massachusetts ...

Francis Lightfoot Lee Signer of the Declaration of Independence FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT LEE was born in Loudoun County, Virginia on October 14, 1734. ...

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George Read Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE READ was born in Cecil County, Delaware on September 17, 1733. His mother was the daughter of a Welsh planter, and his Dublin-born father a landholder of means. ...

George Ross Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE ROSS was born in May 10, 1730 in New Castle, Delaware. He studied law and established a practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The son of a clergyman, young George, while still in his teens, read for the law in his brother John's office and ...

George Taylor Signer of the Declaration of Independence . George Taylor was one of those five new delegates. He took his seat in congress on the day of his election, and signed his name to the declaration with the other members when the engrossed copy of the document was ready August 2. ...

George Walton Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE WALTON was born in Frederick county, Virginia in 1741 and was left an orphan when still a small child. His uncle reared him until he was old enough to be apprenticed to a carpenter. Walton was entirely self-taught; his employer would not ...

James Wilson Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAMES WILSON was born September 14, 1742 near St. Andrews, Scotland. He was educated at the universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, initially studying to become a Presbyterian minister. However, in his last year of divinity school, ...

John Hart Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN HART was born in 1711 in Stonington, Connecticut ...

John Morton Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN MORTON was born in 1724 in Ridley, in a part of Chester County that is now Delaware County, Pennsylvania. His roots can be traced back to his great grandfather, who in 1654 was among the first Swedish emigrants to this country. They ...

John Penn Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHN PENN was born on Mary 17, 1741 in Caroline County, Virginia. He was a "transplanted" patriot, as he would build his political and legal career in North Carolina. He was the only child of Moses Penn a moderately successful plantation owner and ...

Joseph Hewes Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOSEPH HEWES was born in 1730 in Kingston, New Jersey ...

Lewis Morris Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEWIS MORRIS was born on April 8, 1726 on the family manor of Morrisania in Westchester County, New York. When he graduated from Yale in 1746, he enhanced his already great fortune by marrying Mary Walton. They had ten children and had no ...

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Richard Henry Lee -- Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHARD HENRY LEE was born in Virginia on January 20, 1732. During his early childhood he was taught at home by tutors, then later completed his education in England. ...

Richard Stockton Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RICHARD STOCKTON was born October 1, 1730 near Princeton, New Jersey. His family was ancient and respectable. His great grandfather, of the same name, came from England around 1670, and after residing a few years on Long Island, moved with a ...

Robert Treat Paine Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROBERT TREAT PAINE was born in Boston on March 11, 1731. He could trace his ancestry back to a colonial governor, an acting president of Harvard, and a signer of the Mayflower Compact. ...

Roger Sherman Signer of the Declaration of Independence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROGER SHERMAN was born in Newtown, Massachusetts on April 19, 1721.When Sherman was two years old, his family moved to Stonington, where he grew up in rather humble circumstances, without the benefit of much formal education. ...

Samuel Chase Signer of the Declaration of Independence: -- was born April 17, 1741 in Somerset County, Maryland. His father was an Episcopalian clergyman of English birth, and a fine classical scholar who had charge of his son's early education and sent him at the age of eighteen to study law at Annapolis. ...

Thomas Lynch Signer of the Declaration of Independence -- THOMAS LYNCH, JR. was born on August 5, 1749 in Prince George's Parish, Winyaw, South Carolina. A fourth generation American, Thomas was the only son of Thomas and Elizabeth Allston Lynch, wealthy planters. ...

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An 19th century biography of this signer of the Declaration of Independence, including a handwriting sample, illustration, and student publishing opportunities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM WHIPPLE was born in Kittery Maine on January 14, 1730. He was the eldest son of William Whipple, a native of Ipswich, who was a brewer, ...

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