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Never heard of him either. I paid no attention during history class. Most boring subject ever. Until I got into genealogy and started trying to turn these names and dates into people who would live again. That’s when my library shelves began filling with history books. No ancestors among the Signers but 2 first cousins.

Philip Livingston lost two homes and much of his business property, but was able to sell some of his remaining holdings to help maintain the credit of the United States. He died in 1778 while separated from his family by the war.

Lewis Morris, lost his magnificent estate, “Morrisania,” which was sacked and burned. He lived in poverty for years before he was able to restore his property. Yet he so conducted himself that Benjamin Rush of Pennsylvania said of Morris that “every attachment of his heart yielded to his love of his country.”