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- “Wives of the Signers” project calls for volunteers
The DSDI Board of Governors recently approved an exciting new project called “Wives of the Signers” biographies. Shirley Smith, who wrote the DSDI biography of signer Abraham Clark several years ago, has enthusiastically agreed to be Chairperson for this new … Continue reading →
- In the Footsteps of Wolcott and Washington
Representing 16 Signers, we were delighted that almost 50 members and guests attended the Fall 2018 meeting in Connecticut, traveling from 11 states and the District of Columbia. An overcast Friday did not dampen our spirits as we gathered at … Continue reading →
- Colonial lore: Litchfield, Connecticut
Almost 100 years after the initial settlement of Connecticut, towns were getting crowded and people began to look to the western part of the state. Litchfield was incorporated in 1719 by an act of the Colonial Assembly of Connecticut on … Continue reading →
Spirit of ’76
- From the President-General
Fellow Descendants, The fall meeting in Windsor and Litchfield, Conn., went very well. Everyone who attended the meeting had a great time. As always, Marianne and Ellen Brinker put together a fantastic program; these two ladies deserve our greatest thank-you. … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Delaware
Dedication of plaque for George Read, Signer
Dedication of the recently installed plaque for George Read, Signer from New Castle, Delaware May 23, 2015, 10:30 a.m., at the cemetery of Immanuel Episcopal Church The Strand & Harmony St., New Castle, Del. Speaker, Laurie Croft, President-General of the D.S.D.I. Blessing … Continue reading
Caesar Rodney
Caesar Rodney was born near Dover, Delaware on October 7, 1728, on the family plantation known as “Byfield”, the eldest child of Caesar and Elizabeth Crawford Rodney. Byfield was originally settled in the early 1680s by Caesar Rodney’s maternal grandfather, … Continue reading
George Read
Some might consider George Read the father of the State of Delaware, for he was the author of her first Constitution in 1776, and of the first edition of her laws. He figured in her Assembly no less than 12 … Continue reading
Thomas McKean
Thomas McKean was born on March 19, 1734 in New London Township, Chester County in Pennsylvania, the son of William McKean and Letitia Finney. His parents were of Ulster-Scots heritage, and emigrated to Pennsylvania as children. The McKean family ancestry … Continue reading
