
Family tree of John WITHERSPOON
British Politician
Born John Knox WITHERSPOON
Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey
Born on February 05, 1723 in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland , United Kingdom
Died on November 15, 1794 in Near Princeton, New Jersey, USA , United States
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Witherspoon was a staunch Protestant, nationalist, and supporter of republicanism. Consequently, he was opposed to the Roman Catholic Legitimist Jacobite rising of 1745-1746. Following the Jacobite victory at the Battle of Falkirk (1746), he was briefly imprisoned at Doune Castle, which had a long-term effect on his health.
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