signers of the declaration of independence

1. he had forteen older siblings.
4. His father saw an aptitude for mathematics and felt that he was too frail for the farm life and so young he was tutored in mathematics and surveying.
5. 1777, the british captured Delaware governor John McKinly and he took over as governor in the emergency.
7. He studied medicine, and practiced as a physician at Kingston, in New Hampshire
9. Born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1737, he was orphaned as a child.
10. in 1756, he joined his father's cousin in the French and Indian War at Lake George.
12. He was licensed to practice law in the state of Virginia at age twenty-two.
13. He married at age 19, but his wife died about two years after.
14. He left that congress in 1778 and returned to his native state to serve in its Legislature.
15. one of five people to represent the colony at the First Continental Congress in 1774.

2. In 1796 he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, an office that he filled until his death
3. discovered lightning was electrical
6. He was appointed federal district judge for the State of Maryland from 1789, until his death
8. first President of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
11. he served for 23 years in the upper house of the new legislature.