Scotland's History Enlightenment and Empire American Declaration of Independence The Adobe ... among them John Witherspoon the Presbyterian preacher from Paisley. Contemporary historians have ...

2. She is a claimed descendant of John Witherspoon, one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, though that claim has not been verified by the Society of the Descendants of the ...

Many of the key signatories are of Scots descent, among them John Witherspoon the Presbyterian preacher from Paisley. Contemporary historians have drawn parallels between the American Declaration ...