Francis Hopkinson
21 Sep 1737 - 9 May 1791
Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791) was born 21 Sep. 1737 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. He was the son of Thomas Hopkinson and Mary Johnson. He married Ann Borden on 1 Sep. 1768 in Philadelphia. He died 9 May 1791 in Philadelphia. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the eminent men for whom Wilford Woodruff initiated proxy temple ordinance work in Aug. 1877.
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