Frank Willing Leach

Thomas Nelson, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia, was born at Yorktown, Virginia, 26 Dec. 1738, the son of William and Elizabeth Burwell Nelson. He married 29 July 1762, Lucy Grymes (1743-1830), daughter of Philip Ludwell and Mary Randolph Grymes. They had eleven children. He died 4 January 1789 at "Offley", Hanover County, Virginia. Descendants lived in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, New York, Maryland and elsewhere....

Robert Williams was born in England. He married (1) Elizabeth Stratton (1594-1674). They had six children. He married (2) Mrs. Margaret Fearing (d. 1690), widow of John Fearing. He died 1 Sept. 1693 at Roxbury, Massachusetts. William Williams, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut, was born 8 April 1731, son of Rev. Solomon Williams and Mary Porter Williams, at Lebanon, Windham County, Connecticut. He married Mary Trumbull (1745-1831),...

Matthew Thornton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Hampshire, was born in Ireland, ca. 1714, the son of James and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Thornton. He married Hannah Jack (d. 1786), daughter of Andrew Jack, about 1760. They had five children. He died in Newburyport, Massachusetts, 24 June 1803. Descendants lived in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and elsewhere.

Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Virginia, was born at Bruington, King and Queens County, Virginia, 10 Sept. 1736, the son of George and Mary Carter Braxton. He married (1) Judith Robinson (1736-1757), daughter of Christopher and Mary Barclay Robinson. They had two daughters. He married (2) Elizabeth Corbin (d. 1814), daughter of Richards and Elizabeth Taylor Corbin. They had sixteen children. He died 11 Oct. 1797 at...

Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania, was born at Liverpool, England, 3l January 1734. He married 2 March 1769, Mary White (1749-1827), daughter of Col. Thomas and Esther Hewlings White. They had seven children. He died 7 May 1806 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia and elsewhere.

Henry Wolcott was baptized 6 Dec. 1578 in the Parish of Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somerset, England, the second son of Jno. Wolcott, of Tolland, Somersetshire. He married Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders. They had seven children. He died at Windsor, Connecticut, 30 May 1655. Oliver Wolcott, signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut, was born at Windsor, Connecticut, 1 Dec. 1726. He married Laura Collins (1732-1794), daughter...