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Hopkinson-McKean family of Philadelphia, 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. 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 house of assembly, 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 (age 83 years, 97 days). Original interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1843 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean; married to the sister-in-law of Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791); married 1763 to Mary Borden (died 1773); married 1774 to Sarah Armitage.
  Political family: Hopkinson-McKean family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  McKean County, Pa. is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Thomas McKean Thompson McKennanThomas McKean Pettit
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) — of Bordentown, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 2, 1737. 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 (age 53 years, 219 days). Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Married to the sister-in-law of Thomas McKean (1734-1817); father of Joseph Hopkinson.
  Political family: Hopkinson-McKean family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Bordentown, Burlington County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 12, 1770. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1815-19; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1828-42; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 15, 1842 (age 71 years, 64 days). Interment at Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Bordentown, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791).
  Political family: Hopkinson-McKean family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
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