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Historical SocietyAnglican Signers | Declaration of Independance
The Church of England's presence in the colonies eventually led to the formation of The Episcopal Church in October 1789. Though not technically a successor to the Church of England, the Episcopal Church continued much of its form of doctrine, discipline and worship. It may be argued that there was an informal or unofficial Episcopal Church between the time of the Declaration of Independence and official formation, though its activity varied greatly from parish to parish. | Learn More
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Download and read "The Episcopal Church and the American Revolution" by David L. Holmes from a 1978 issue of the Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church.Anglicans Who Signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence
- Elbridge Gerry — Massachusetts
- Philip Livingstone — New York
- Francis Lewis — New York
- Lewis Morris — New York
- Francis Hopkinson — New Jersey
- Robert Morris — Pennsylvania
- Benjamin Rush — Pennsylvania
- Benjamin Franklin — Pennsylvania
- John Morton — Pennsylvania
- George Clymer — Pennsylvania
- George Taylor — Pennsylvania
- James Wilson — Pennsylvania
- George Ross — Pennsylvania
- Caesar Rodney — Delaware
- George Read — Delaware
- Samuel Chase — Maryland
- Thomas Stone — Maryland
- William Paca — Maryland
- George Wythe — Virginia
- Richard Henry Lee — Virginia
- Thomas Jefferson — Virginia
- Benjamin Harrison — Virginia
- Thomas Nelson, Jr. — Virginia
- Francis Lightfoot Lee — Virginia
- Carter Braxton — Virginia
- William Hooper — North Carolina
- Joseph Hewes — North Carolina
- John Penn — North Carolina
- Edward Rutledge — South Carolina
- Thomas Heyward, Jr. — South Carolina
- Thomas Lynch, Jr. — South Carolina
- Arthur Middleton — South Carolina
- Button Gwinnett — Georgia
- George Walton — Georgia
Based on the work of the Rev. Donald Smith Armentrout, retired professor of church history and historical theology, the Charles Quintard professor of dogmatic theology, and director of the Advanced Degrees Program at the University of the South’s School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee. It had been supplement by Matthew P. Payne, Director of Operations of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.
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