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JOHN HANCOCK
Born: January 12, 1737
Birthplace: Quincy, Massachusetts
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 40
Occupation: Merchant
Public Service: Massachusetts General Court, 1766-1772; Continental Congress, 1775-1778; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; Major General, Massachusetts Militia; Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1780; Governor of Massachusetts, 1780-1785 and 1787-1793 (served until his death).
Died: October 8, 1793
ROBERT TREAT PAINE
Born: March 11, 1731
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 45
Occupation: Lawyer, Judge
Public Service: Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774-
1775; Continental Congress, 1774-1776; Massachusetts House
of Representatives, 1777; Massachusetts Attorney General, 1777-1790; Governor’s Council, 1779-1780; Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1779; Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1790-1804.
Died: May 11, 1814
RHODE ISLAND
WILLIAM ELLERY
Born: December 22, 1727
Birthplace: Newport, Rhode Island
Age at Signing Declaration of Independence: 48
Occupation: Lawyer, Judge
Public Service: Continental Congress, 1776-1785; signed Articles of Confederation, 1778; Board of Admiralty, 1779; Chief Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 1785; Commissioner of Continental Loan Office, 1786; Collector of Port of Newport, 1790-1820.
Died: February 15, 1820
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