Signer Profiles

Searching out Declaration signers who married after the Convention is a galling challenge...

The mystery surrounding the two Henry Seymours deepens.

Wealthy and well known, Signer #75 doesn't fit in...

A reader emailed in, asking if she was related to Signer #17. Hopefully, this will help!

Signer #50's life intersects with at least three other Declaration signers.

The profile of Signer #35 depends heavily on one key artifact.

Signer #96 lead a life of philosophical restlessness and seeking—a life often guided by spirits...

Some misfortune befell Signer #47, and archival evidence suggests that it tore her family apart.

Signer #83 has some outstanding quality in common with every other signer profiled so far.

In which the author is reminded of the episode of "The Brady Bunch" entitled “The Not-So-Ugly Duckling.”

The challenge of Signer #24 involves determining which Sophronia Taylor signed the Declaration...

Puritan naming practices have a lot in common with the Johnny Cash song "A Boy Named Sue."