Religious Affiliation | # of signers |
% of signers |
---|---|---|
Episcopalian/Anglican | 32 | 57.1% |
Congregationalist | 13 | 23.2% |
Presbyterian | 12 | 21.4% |
Quaker | 2 | 3.6% |
Unitarian or Universalist | 2 | 3.6% |
Catholic | 1 | 1.8% |
TOTAL | 56 | 100% |
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Confirmed Masonic Membership of the following:
William Ellery, RI
Benjamin Franklin, PA
John Hancock, MA
Joseph Hewes, NC
William Hooper, NC
Robert Treat Paine, MA
Richard Stockton, NJ
George Walton, GA
William Whipple, NH
Membership Rumored, but not Proven by Records:
Elbridge Gerry, MA
Thomas Jefferson, VA
Richard Henry Lee, VA
Thomas McKean, DE
Robert Morris, PA
Thomas Nelson, Jr., VA
John Penn, NC
Benjamin Rush, PA
Roger Sherman, CT
James Smith, PA
John Witherspoon, NJ
Now wait a minute!!!
Not one darn Baptist??
Heck,
Ya can’t swing a dead cat down here in Georgia and not hit three Baptist churches!!!
What, no muzzies?
At the time of the signing of the Declaration there was no such thing as “Unitarianism” or “Universalism”. These came later. Unitarianism in the US emerged in the early years of the 19th Century, while the Universalist Church wasn’t formed until 1793 - mainly by recent immigrants.