Person:Thomas McKean (3)

How did the British react after he signed the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas McKean was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

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1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Thomas McKean, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

   American lawyer and politician from New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a militia officer during the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and the second President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation. He was at various times a member of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican Parties, who served as President of Delaware, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania.
   
   For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Thomas McKean.

2. ↑ 2676 , in Find A Grave.