Joseph Hewes

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Joseph Hewes
BornJuly 9, 1730
Princeton, New Jersey, US
DiedNovember 10, 1779(1779-11-10) (aged 49)
Resting placeChrist Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Known forsigner of the United States Declaration of Independence
Signature

Joseph Hewes (July 9, 1730[1][a]– November 10, 1779[3][4]) was an American Founding Father and a signer of the Continental Association and U.S. Declaration of Independence.[5] Hewes was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, where he was born in 1730. His parents were members of the Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers. Early biographies of Hewes falsely claim that his parents came from Connecticut.[6][7] Hewes may have attended the College of New Jersey, known today as Princeton University but there is no record of his attendance.[8] He did, in all probability, attend the grammar school set up by the Stonybrook Quaker Meeting near Princeton.[9]

  1. ^ Chesterfield Monthly Meeting (Swarthmore, PA: Swarthmore College Quaker Meeting Records Friends Historical Library) Minutes, 1659-1885, p. 36.[1] See also records for Aaron Hewes [2]
  2. ^ Putnam, Eben Lieutenant "Sketch of Joseph Hewes the Signer" in Joshua Hewes: a New England pioneer, (New York: J.F. Tapley Co., 1913), p. 273
  3. ^ "Journals of the Continental Congress 1774-1789, Vol. XV, 1979 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1909), p. 1252" (PDF). loc.gov.
  4. ^ "Dunlap and Claypoole's Pennsylvania Packet or American Daily Advertiser, p. 2". newspapers.com. Retrieved 18 Feb 2022.
  5. ^ Bernstein, Richard B. (2009). "Appendix: The Founding Fathers, A Partial List". The Founding Fathers Reconsidered. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 176–180. ISBN 978-0199832576.
  6. ^ Sanderson, John (1828). Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Vol. 5. Philadelphia: William Brown and Charles Peters. p. 131.
  7. ^ Goodrich, Charles (1829). Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. New York: William Reed & Co. p. 427. ISBN 9781404729339.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Joseph Hewes, The Quaker Signer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Michael G. Martin Joseph Hewes, Reluctant Revolutionary? A Study of a North Carolina Whig and the War for American Independence, 1730-1779 M.A. Thesis University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1969, p. 5


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