... Michael Hillegas, Jr., born in Germany, April 22, 1729, came to Philadelphia with his parents, when a youth, and became prominently identified with the institutions of that city, representing the city in the Provincial Assembly 1765-76; was one of the committee appointed to audit the accounts of the General Loan Office, and in 1771 was one of the Commissioners appointed to improve the navigation in the Delaware. He was a member of the Committee of Observation for Philadelphia in 1774; on June 31, 1776, was made Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety, and on May 31, 1776, was named, jointly with George Clymer, Treasurer of the United Colonies, and from August 6, 1776, to September 11, 1789, was sole Treasurer of the United States. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, April 8, 1768, and was one of the most active of its members as evidenced by his correspondence with Dr. Franklin on various scientific subjects. He died in Philadelphia, September 29, 1804.
He married at Christ Church, May 10, 1753, Henrietta Boude, born January 17, 1731-2, died January 25, 1792, daughter of Samuel Boude, who had married Deborah, daughter of Peter Coxe ; and granddaughter of (Irimstone Boude, of a distinguished and noble English family. ...
