Category: American Founding Fathers

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American Founding Fathers

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were political leaders and statesmen who participated in the American Revolution by signing the United States Declaration of Independence, taking part in the American Revolutionary War, and establishing the United States Constitution.[1]

The religious affiliations and beliefs of the Founders. Of the 55 delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, 49 were Protestants, and two were Roman Catholics (D. Carroll, and Fitzsimons). Among the Protestant delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 28 were Church of England (or Episcopalian, after the American Revolutionary War was won), eight were Presbyterians, seven were Congregationalists, two were Lutherans, two were Dutch Reformed, and two were Methodists.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." - Declaration of Independence

Here are leading figures of the American Revolution and founding, along with other WikiTree pages of significance to the Founding Fathers period.

List of the United States Founding Fathers (and Mothers) on Wikipedia

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  • Andrew Adams Esq. 11 Dec 1736 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, New England - 27 Nov 1797
  • John Adams 19 Oct 1735 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay - 4 Jul 1826
  • Samuel Adams Jr. 16 Sep 1722 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay - 2 Oct 1803
  • Thomas Adams 1730 New Kent, Virginia - Aug 1788
  • Ethan Allen 10 Jan 1738 Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut - 12 Feb 1789
  • Richard Allen 14 Feb 1760 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 26 Mar 1831
  • John Alsop 1724 New Windsor, Orange, New York - 22 Nov 1794

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  • Abraham Baldwin 22 Nov 1754 North Guilford, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut - 4 Mar 1807
  • John Banister III 26 Dec 1734 Petersburg, Virginia Colony - 30 Sep 1788
  • Josiah Bartlett 21 Nov 1729 Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts - 19 May 1795
  • Richard Bassett 2 Apr 1745 Cecil, Maryland - 15 Sep 1815
  • Gunning Bedford 13 Apr 1747 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 30 Mar 1812
  • Egbert Benson 21 Jun 1746 New York City, New York - 24 Aug 1833
  • Edward Biddle 1738 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 5 Sep 1779
  • John Blair 1732 Williamsburg, Virginia - 31 Aug 1800
  • Richard Bland II 6 May 1710 Jordan's Point, Berkeley, Charles City , Virginia - 26 Oct 1776
  • Simon Boerum 29 Feb 1724 New Lots, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York - 11 Jul 1775
  • Elias Boudinot IV abt 2 May 1740 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 24 Oct 1821
  • Carter Braxton 10 Sep 1736 Newington Plantation in Livingston, Colony of Virginia - 10 Oct 1797
  • David Brearley 11 Jun 1745 Spring Grove Farm, Maidenhead Township, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey - 16 Aug 1790
  • Jacob Broom 17 Oct 1752 Delaware - 25 Apr 1810
  • Aaron Burr Jr. 6 Feb 1756 Newark, Province of New Jersey - 14 Sep 1836

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  • Lyman Hall 12 Apr 1724 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut - 19 Oct 1790

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  • Thomas Nelson 26 Dec 1738 Yorktown, York County, Virginia - 4 Jan 1789

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  • James Otis Jr. 5 Feb 1725 West Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 23 May 1783

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  • Robert Yates abt 27 Jan 1738 Schenectady, New York - abt 9 Sep 1801




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