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Scotch-Irish ancestry Politicians in Delaware

Archibald Alexander (1755-1822) — of New Castle County, Del. Born in Augusta County, Va., 1755. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; physician; banker; member of Delaware state senate from New Castle County, 1793-94, 1797-1800; candidate for Governor of Delaware, 1795; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1795; New Castle County Prothonotary, 1801-05. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in New Castle County, Del., September 12, 1822 (age about 67 years). Interment at Immanuel Churchyard, New Castle, Del.   Relatives: Married 1785 to Mary Enos.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Eleazer McComb (1740-1798) — of Dover, Kent County, Del.; Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., August 11, 1740. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant; Delegate to Continental Congress from Delaware, 1783-84; Delaware state auditor, 1787-93; bank director. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died, from yellow fever, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., December, 1798 (age 58 years, 0 days). Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Married to Lydia Irons; father of Jeannette McComb (who married Thomas Clayton).   Political family: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   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.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of William McKean and Letitia (Finley) McKean; married to the sister-in-law of Francis Hopkinson; married 1763 to Mary Borden; 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 McKennan — Thomas McKean Pettit   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   John McKinly (1721-1796) — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Northern Ireland, February 21, 1721. Physician; New Castle County Sheriff, 1757; member of Delaware colonial Assembly, 1771-76; member of Delaware house of assembly, 1776-77; President of Delaware, 1777. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., August 21, 1796 (age 75 years, 182 days). Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.; reinterment in 1922 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.   Relatives: Married 1761 to Jane 'Jenny' Richardson.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article

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