Signer of the Declaration of Independence, born in Ireland in 1714, but when three years of age came with his father to America. He was educated at Worcester, MA, and as a physician attained prominence and wealth. A resident of New Hampshire, he joined in the opposition then manifested toward the royal prerogatives; was president of the convention in 1775 which undertook the government of New Hampshire, and upon being chosen a delegate to the Continental Congress, affixed his name to the Declaration, though not present at the date of its passage. He was later a member of both houses of the state legislature, and a judge of the state supreme court. He died at Newburyport, MA, on the 24th of June 1803.
