Masonic Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Confirmed Masonic Membership of the following:
William Ellery, RI
Benjamin Franklin, PA
John Hancock, MA
Joseph Hewes, NC
William Hooper, NC
Robert Treat Paine, MA
Richard Stockton, NJ
George Walton, GA
William Whipple, NH
Others whose membership is rumored or probable, but not proven by records:
Elbridge Gerry, MA
Thomas Jefferson, VA
Richard Henry Lee, VA
Thomas McKean, DE
Robert Morris, PA
Thomas Nelson, Jr., VA
John Penn, NC
Benjamin Rush, PA
Roger Sherman, CT
James Smith, PA
John Witherspoon, NJ
I
am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a
good deal of precious time, by the long and repeated speeches and
chicanery of gentlemen who will not wholly throw off the lawyer even in
Congress.
William Whipple (January 14, 1730 – November 28, 1785)
William Whipple, Jr. (January 14, 1730 – November 28, 1785) was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whipple
(St. John's Lodge, Portsmouth NH)
“I
am weary of politics. It is a study that corrupts the human heart,
degrades the idea of human nature, and drives men to the expedients that
morality must condemn."
William Hooper (June 28, 1742 – October 14, 1790)
William
Hooper (June 28, 1742 – October 14, 1790) was an American lawyer,
physician, politician, and a member of the Continental Congress
representing North Carolina from 1774 through
1777. Hooper was also a signer of the United States Declaration of
Independence, along with fellow North Carolinians Joseph Hewes and John
Penn.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hooper
(Member of Hanover Lodge in Masonborough, N.C.)
