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Mary Borden

The New Netherland Ancestors of

MARY BORDEN,

the wife of

THOMAS McKEAN



- for Thomas McKean

Constitutional Convention Delegate, Continental Congress (President), Declaration of Independence Signer, Governor, Stamp Act Congress, State Assembly, State Supreme Court





		 __Benjamin Borden1,3,4
		|
	    __Joseph Borden1,4
	   |    |
	   |    |     __James Grover1,3,4
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Abigail Grover1,3,4
	   |         |
	   |         |__Rebecca Jaspers1,3
	   |
       __Joseph Borden1,4
      |    |
      |    |          __James Grover1,3
      |    |         |
      |    |     __Joseph Grover1,3
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |__Rebecca Jaspers1,3
      |    |    |
      |    |__Susannah Grover1,4
      |         |
      |         |     __William Lawrence1,2
      |         |    |
      |         |__Hannah Lawrence1,2
      |              |
      |              |__(__)2
      |
MARY BORDEN1,4
the wife of THOMAS McKEAN
      |
      |     __Samuel Rogers4
      |    |
      |__Elizabeth Rogers1,4
	   |
	   |__Mary (__)4



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Biography of THOMAS McKEAN

 
McKEAN, Thomas, a Delegate from Delaware; born in New London, Chester County, PA, 19 March 1734; was privately taught; engaged as clerk to the prothonotary of the court of common pleas for two years; deputy prothonotary and register for the probate of wills for New Castle County, studying law at the same time; was admitted to the bar in 1755 and commenced practice in New Castle, DE.; appointed Deputy Attorney General for Sussex County in 1756 and served until 1758 when he resigned; went to England and resumed the study of law at the Middle Temple in London; member of the Delaware House of Assembly 1762-1775 and served as speaker in 1772; appointed one of the three trustees of the loan office for New Castle County in 1764 and served until 1776; member of the Stamp-Act Congress in 1765; appointed by the Governor sole notary for the lower counties of Delaware 10 July 1765; in the same year received the commission of a justice of the peace, of the court of common pleas and quarter sessions, and of the orphans' court for New Castle County; appointed collector of the port of New Castle in 1771; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1776, 1778-1782 and served as President of Congress in 1781; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; member of the State House of Representatives in 1776 and 1777 and served as speaker in the latter year; President of the State of Delaware in 1777; Chief Justice of Pennsylvania 1777-1799; served in the Revolutionary War; member of the Convention of Pennsylvania which ratified the Constitution of the United States 12 December 1787; delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1789; Governor of Pennsylvania 1799-1808; died in Philadelphia, PA, 24 June 1817; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Stillwell, John E., Historical and Genealogical Miscellany:  data
       relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey,
       Volume III.  New York:  privately published, 1914.  246-278.
   2.  Ibid., p. 393-427.
   3.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  653.
   4.  Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume IX.  Newark:
       New Jersey Historical Society, 1916.  40-48.

 

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