t FRANCIS HOPKINSON, A.M. LL.D., 1790. (A.M., Coll. N.J., gratiae causa, 1763.)
b. Phila., Sept. 21, 1737 ; d. Phila., May 9, 1791.
s. Hon. Thomas Hopkinson and Mary Johnson.
Entered May 25, 1754.
Lawyer.
Collector, Port of New Castle, 1772-76.
Mem. Prov. Coun., N.J., 1774-76.
Del. fr. N.J. to Cont. Cong., 1776-77.
Signer Declaration of Independence.
Chief Navy Dept. of the Confederation and Treas. Cont. Loan Office.
Judge of the Admiralty, appointed by the State of Penna., 1779-89.
First Judge U.S. Dist. Ct., Penna., 1790-91.
Sec. Library Co., Phila.
Mem. Km. Phil. Soc, 1768, and of other institutions.
Trustee, 1778-91.
Author, "The Battle of the Kegs;" "History of a New Roof;" etc., and edited a volume of Admiralty Reports,
m. Ann, dau. Joseph Borden.
See Simpson, Appleton, Allibone.