The Political Graveyard: Hopkinson-McKean family of Pennsylvania

Hopkinson-McKean family of Pennsylvania

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Thomas McKean (1734-1817) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in New London Township, Chester County, Pa., March 19, 1734. Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean; married 1763 to Mary Borden (died 1773); married 1774 to Sarah Armitage; married to the sister-in-law of Francis Hopkinson. Lawyer; member of Delaware colonial Assembly, 1765-76; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1765-74; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1774-76; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1777-83; President of Delaware, 1777; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1777-99; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1781; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789-90; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1799-1808; impeached by the Pennsylvania legislature in 1807, but no trial was ever held. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 24, 1817. Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1843 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. McKean County, Pa. is named for him.
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) — of Bordentown, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 2, 1737. Married to the sister-in-law of Thomas McKean; father of Joseph Hopkinson. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1779; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1787; federal judge, 1789. Designed the Stars and Stripes. Died May 9, 1791. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
- See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842) — Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 12, 1770. Son of Francis Hopkinson. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815-19; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1821; federal judge, 1828; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837. Died January 15, 1842. Interment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Bordentown, N.J.
- See also: congressional biography.

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