James Wilson. Lawyer. Member of the constitutional Convention of 1787. Wealthy land speculator. [Securities.]
William Wilson. Officer in the War. Office-holder. In mercantile business and millowner.
Henry Wynkoop. Collegiate education. Major in the War and office-holder.
Thomas Yardley, farmer owning a large tract of land.
Jasper Yeates, educated at the College of Philadelphia, lawyer, judge, and man of large means for his time. [Securities.]
OPPONENTS OF RATIFICATION
John Baird “took up land” and “appears to have been a man of mark west of the Alleghanies.” Held local offices.
Richard Bard was a farmer and proprietor of a mill.
John Bishop “was brought up as a farmer, an occupation he was engaged in all his life.... He had extensive business connections, and became an iron-master. He was a large landholder.” Advanced large sums of money to the Revolutionary cause.
Nathaniel Breading received a classical education, taught school, was in the War, and held local offices. “In deference to his constituents he did not sign the ratification.”