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Birth: Sep. 14, 1742 Ceres Fife, Scotland Death: Aug. 28, 1798 Edenton Chowan County North Carolina, USA Declaration of Independence Signer, United States Constitution Signer. James was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. [3] He served twice in the Continental Congress helping to draft the United States Constitution. Declaration of Independence Signer, United States Constitution Signer, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice. Born and educated in Scotland, he had studied to become a minister, but had to leave school due to his father's death. Searching for greater opportunities, he arrived in New York City in 1765 and soon settled The names of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were withheld from the public for more than six months to protect the signers. If independence had not been achieved, the treasonable act of the signers would have, by law, resulted in their deaths. Birth: Sep. 14, 1742 Ceres Fife, Scotland Death: Aug. 28, 1798 Edenton Chowan County North Carolina, USA Declaration of Independence Signer, United States Constitution Signer. Contribution to Independence: Wilson signed both the Declaration and Constitution, shaping both documents’ philosophical foundations. His writings on natural rights and popular sovereignty influenced American political thought. Declaration of Independence Signer, United States Constitution Signer, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice. Born and educated in Scotland, he had studied to become a minister, but had to leave school due to his father's death. Kathy M. Cornwell’s “Disspelling a Myth and Finding An Ancestor,” in Seventeen Seventy-Six, Vol. 2, No. 2 (pp. 69-73), tells of a family tradition that her husband’s ancestor, Jane Wilson Cornwell, was the daughter of James Wilson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. James Wilson married Rachel Bird, the daughter of William Bird, on November 5, 1771 and they had six children. Rachel’s brother, Mark Bird, married Mary Ross, the sister of George Ross, a future signer of the Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. In 1787 he was a major participant in drafting the U.S. Constitution, and became one of only six people to sign both documents. [2] James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, was born in Scotland in 1742. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Pennsylvania. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. James Wilson, the Signer of The Declaration of Independence, may be an ancestor to My Wilson family; however, I have been unable to make a positive connection. I have found repeated accounts of a tradition within my related Wilson families concerning their relation to James Wilson, the signer. Signers of the Declaration of Independence Short biographies on each of the 56 Declaration signers James Wilson 1742-1798 Representative for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress James Wilson -Signer of Declaration Of Independenc By john peters February 15, 2002 at 09:29:56 Hi List, I have been researching the Birds of Berks County, PA. This includes William Bird and Bridgetta Huling, whose daughter was Rachel Bird. This the same Rachel that married James Wilson (Signer of the Declaration of Independence). If the info is correct on the Lt. Col. George Wilson being the As a part of the Continental Congress, James became a signer of the Declaration of Independence. James left the Continental Congress in 1777. In 1787, he served at the Philadelphia Convention, where he was a member of that group’s Committee of Detail. This convention produced the first draft of what would become the US Constitution. James Wilson's powers of oration, the passion of his delivery and the logic he employed in debate, were commented on favorably by many members of the Congress. He was, however, in a bind. Pennsylvania was divided on the issue of separation, and Wilson refused to vote against the will of his constituents. The ancestry of James Wilson (Wilson-13221) would have to be connected to some descendant with a Y-DNA test. The Y-DNA could then be used to determine other possible connections. My Wilson ancestors have Y-DNA haplogroup R-FTD98798. Any match to another Wilson descendant would be welcome news. There are hundreds (probably thousands) of Wilson surname haplogroups that are not related in any James Wilson (1742 to 1798) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. Wilson was elected twice to the Continental Congress, and was a major force in drafting the United States Constitution. James Wilson James Wilson, signer of the Declaration of Independence (00289C). The provincial town of Carlisle was fortunate to have among its mist for a short period a political theorist and talented lawyer, James Wilson. Born in 1742 at Carskerdo near St. Andrews, Scotland, Wilson studied at St. Andrews, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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