SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED JULY 4th, 1776.
The following list of members of the Continental Congress, who signed the Declaration of Independence (although the names are included in the general list of that Congress, from 1774 to 1778), is given separately for the purpose of showing the places and dates of their birth, and the times of their respective deaths, for convenient reference:
| Names of the Signers. | Born at | Delegated From | Died. |
| Adams, John | Braintree, Mass., 19 Oct. 1735 | Massachusetts | 4 July, 1826. |
| Adams, Samuel | Boston, Mass., 27 Sept. 1722 | Massachusetts | 2 Oct. 1803. |
| Bartlett, Josiah | Amesbury, Mass., in Nov. 1729 | New Hampshire | 19 May 1795. |
| Braxton, Carter. | Newington, Va., 10 Sept. 1736 | Virginia | 10 Oct. 1797. |
| Carroll, Chas of Carrollton | Annapolis, Md., 20 Sept. 1737 | Maryland | 14 Nov. 1832. |
| Chase, Samuel | Somerset Co., Md., 17 Apr. 1741 | Maryland | 19 June, 1811. |
| Clark, Abraham | Elizabethtown, N. J., 15 Feb. 1726 | New Jersey | — Sept. 1794. |
| Clymer, George | Philadelphia, Pa., in 1739 | Pennsylvania | 23 Jan. 1813. |
| Ellery, William | Newport, R. I., 22 Dec. 1727 | R. I. & Prov. Pl. | 15 Feb., 1820. |
| Floyd, William | Suffolk Co., N. Y., 17 Dec. 1734 | New York | 4 Aug., 1821. |
| Franklin, Benjamin | Boston, Mass., 17 Jan. 1706 | Pennsylvania | 17 Apr. 1790. |
| Gerry, Elbridge | Marblehead, Mass., 1 July 1744 | Massachusetts | 23 Nov. 1814. |
| Gwinnet, Button | England, in 1732 | Georgia | 27 May, 1777. |
| Hall, Lyman | Connecticut, in 1731 | Georgia | — Feb. 1790. |
| Hancock, John | Braintree, Mass., in 1737 | Massachusetts | 8 Oct. 1793. |
| Harrison, Benjamin | Berkley, Va., —— —— | Virginia | — Apr. 1791. |
| Hart, John | Hopewell, N. J., in 1715 | New Jersey | 1880. |
| Heyward, Thomas, Jr. | St. Luke’s, S. C., in 1746 | S. Carolina | — Mar. 1809. |
| Hewes, Joseph | Kingston, N. J., in 1730 | N. Carolina | 10 Oct. 1779. |
| Hooper, William | Boston, Mass., 17 June, 1742 | N. Carolina | — Oct. 1790. |
| Hopkins, Stephen | Scituate, Mass., 7 Mar., 1707 | R. I. & Prov. Pl. | 13 July, 1785. |
| Huntington, Samuel | Windham, Conn., 3 July 1732 | Connecticut | 5 Jan. 1796. |
| Hopkinson, Francis | Philadelphia, Pa., in 1737 | New Jersey | 9 May, 1790. |
| Jefferson, Thomas | Shadwell, Va., 13 Apr. 1734 | Virginia | 4 July, 1826. |
| Lee, Richard Henry | Stratford, Va., 20 Jan. 1732 | Virginia | 19 June, 1794. |
| Lee, Francis Lightfoot | Stratford, Va., 14 Oct. 1734 | Virginia | — Apr. 1797. |
| Lewis, Francis F | Landaff, Wales, in Mar. 1713 | New York | 30 Dec. 1803. |
| Livingston, Philip | Albany, N. Y., 15 Jan. 1716 | New York | 12 June, 1778. |
| Lynch, Thomas, Jr | St. George’s, S. C., 5 Aug. 1749 | S. Carolina | Lost at sea, 1779. |
| McKean, Thomas | Chester Co., Pa., 19 Mar. 1734 | Delaware | 24 June, 1817. |
| Middleton, Arthur | Middleton Place, S. C., in 1743 | S. Carolina | 1 Jan. 1787. |
| Morris, Lewis | Morrissianna, N. Y., in 1726 | New York | 22 Jan. 1798. |
| Morris, Robert | Lancashire, Eng., Jan. 1733–4 | Pennsylvania | 8 May, 1806. |
| Morton, John | Ridley, Pa., in 1724 | Pennsylvania | — Apr. 1777. |
| Nelson, Thomas, Jr | York, Va., 26 Dec. 1738 | Virginia | 4 Jan. 1789. |
| Paca, Wm. | Wye-Hill, Md., 31 Oct. 1740 | Maryland | — ——, 1799. |
| Paine, Robert Treat | Boston, Mass., in 1731 | Massachusetts | 11 May, 1804. |
| Penn, John | Caroline Co., Va., 17 May 1741 | N. Carolina | 26 Oct. 1809. |
| Read, George | Cecil Co., Md., in 1734 | Delaware | — ——, 1798. |
| Rodney, Cæsar | Dover, Del., in 1730 | Delaware | — ——, 1783. |
| Ross, George | New Castle, Del., in 1730 | Pennsylvania | — July, 1779. |
| Rush, Benjamin, M. D. | Byberry, Pa., 24 Dec. 1745 | Pennsylvania | 19 Apr. 1813. |
| Rutledge, Edward | Charleston, S. C., in Nov. 1749 | S. Carolina | 23 Jan. 1800. |
| Sherman, Roger | Newton, Mass., 19 Apr. 1721 | Connecticut | 23 July, 1793. |
| Smith, James | ——, Ireland, —— —— | Pennsylvania | 11 July, 1806. |
| Stockton, Richard | Princeton, N. J., 1 Oct. 1730 | New Jersey | 28 Feb. 1781. |
| Stone, Thomas | Charles Co., Md., in 1742 | Maryland | 5 Oct. 1787. |
| Taylor, George | ——, Ireland, in 1716 | Pennsylvania | 23 Feb. 1781. |
| Thornton, Matthew | ——, Ireland, in 1714 | New Hampshire | 24 June, 1803. |
| Walton, George | Frederick Co., Va., in 1740 | Georgia | 2 Feb. 1804. |
| Whipple, Wm. | Kittery, Maine, in 1730 | New Hampshire | 28 Nov. 1785. |
| Williams, Wm | Lebanon, Conn., 8 Apr. 1731 | Connecticut | 2 Aug. 1811. |
| Wilson, James | Scotland, about 1742 | Pennsylvania | 28 Aug. 1798. |
| Witherspoon, John | Yester, Scotland, 5 Feb. 1722 | New Jersey | 15 Nov. 1794. |
| Wolcott, Oliver | Windsor, Conn., 26 Nov. 1726 | Connecticut | 1 Dec. 1797. |
| Wythe, George | Elizabeth City Co., Va., in 1726 | Virginia | 8 June, 1806. |