Its all relative: Audrey and James Wilson

Elizabeth Halloran Thanks to Amy for reminding which signer of the DOI my family is related too. Would love to know if any of my FB friends know any cool people in history that they are related too. Makes history so much more fun to learn when you are "related" to it somehow.

James Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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James Wilson (September 14, 1742– August 21, 1798), was a Scottish lawyer, most notable as a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was twice elected to the Continental Congress, ...

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Elizabeth Halloran

OK I this life story sounds way too much like me and my dad's. Only took me 5 schools to get my liberal arts BA. So far two on my way to a maybe someday Masters Degree. :) ..."James Wilson was born in Scotland in 1742. He attended a number of universities without attaining a degree. He emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania British America in 1766... Read More

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Elizabeth Halloran

Like this bit too. OK must eat lunch before baby up again. ......"Known as one of the most prominent lawyers of his time, Wilson is credited for being the most learned of the Framers of the Constitution. A fellow delegate in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia made the following assessment of James Wilson: "Government seems to ...Read More

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Was trying to remember who on my side of the family that my great grandmother had said we were related too. I keep thinking it is NOT Hancock but from the same time period. Who ever was the one who signed the Declaration of Independence but would not...Read More

John Hancock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 – October 8, 1793) was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...