John Witherspoon
BIRTH
Feb 5, 1723
East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH
November 15, 1794
Princeton, New Jersey
FAMILY
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Witherspoon, John
(1723-1794)
John Witherspoon was a Scottish-born Presbyterian minister, president of the College of New Jersey, and delegate to the Continental Congress. He signed the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and strongly supported the Patriot cause.
GRAVE:
MARKER
Grave of John Witherspoon - Princeton Cemetery
29 Greenview Ave, Princeton, NJ 08540
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WIFE
Elizabeth Montgomery
(1933-1995)
Ann Witherspoon
(1749-1817)
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Grave of John Witherspoon - Princeton Cemetery | 29 Greenview Ave, Princeton, NJ 08540 | MARKER |
DIED:
Princeton, New Jersey
Nov 15, 1794
John Witherspoon was born on Feb 5, 1723 in East Lothian, Scotland. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies John Witherspoon with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. John Witherspoon died on Nov 15, 1794 in Princeton, New Jersey. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.