Wives of Signers of the Declaration of Independence

A showcase of solid, traditional Anglo-Saxon names.

• Abigail Adams (born 1744, died 1818)

  American first lady.

  • Wife of John Adams
• Ann Bourne Gwinnett
  • Wife of Button Gwinnett
• Abigail Burr Hall
  • Wife of Lyman Hall
• Dorothy Quincy Hancock
  • Wife of John Hancock
• Elizabeth Bassett Harrison
  • Wife of Benjamin Harrison
• Deborah Scudder Hart
  • Wife of John Hart
• Elizabeth Matthewes Heyward
  • Wife of Thomas Heyward, Jr.
• Ann Clark Hooper
  • Wife of William Hooper
• Ann Smith Hopkins
  • Wife of Stephen Hopkins
• Ann Borden Hopkinson
  • Wife of Francis Hopkinson
• Martha Devotion Huntington
  • Wife of Samuel Huntington
• Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (born 1748, died 1782)
  • Wife of Thomas Jefferson
• Anne Pinckard Lee
  • Wife of Richard Henry Lee
• Rebecca Taylor Lee
  • Wife of Richard Henry Lee
• Elizabeth Annisley Lewis
  • Wife of Francis Lewis
• Christina Ten Broeck Livingston
  • Wife of Philip Livingston
• Hannah Motte Lynch
  • Wife of Thomas Lynch, Jr.
• Sarah Armitage McKean
  • Wife of Thomas McKean
• Mary Izard Middleton
  • Wife of Arthur Middleton
• Mary Walton Morris
  • Wife of Robert Morris
• Mary White Morris
  • Wife of Lewis Morris
• Anne Justice Morton
  • Wife of John Morton
• Elizabeth Welles Adams
  • Wife of Samuel Adams
• Mary Bartlett
  • Wife of Josiah Bartlett
• Elizabeth Corbin Braxton
  • Wife of Carter Braxton
• Mary Darnall Carroll
  • Wife of Charles Carroll
• Ann Baldwin Chase
  • Wife of Samuel Chase
• Sarah Hatfield Clark
  • Wife of Abraham Clark
• Elizabeth Meredith Clymer
  • Wife of George Clymer
• Abigail Cary Ellery
  • Wife of William Ellery
• Isabella Jones Floyd
  • Wife of William Floyd
• Deborah Read Franklin
  • Wife of Benjamin Franklin
• Lucy Grimes Nelson
  • Wife of Thomas Nelson, Jr.
• Mary Chew Paca
  • Wife of William Paca
• Sally Cobb Paine
  • Wife of Robert Treat Paine
• Susannah Lyme Penn
  • Wife of John Penn
• Gertrude Ross Till Read
  • Wife of George Read
• Anne Lawler Ross
  • Wife of George Ross
• Julia Stockton Rush
  • Wife of Benjamin Rush
• Henrietta Middleton Rutledge
  • Wife of Edward Rutledge
• Rebecca Prescott Sherman
  • Wife of Roger Sherman
• Eleanor Armor Smith
  • Wife of James Smith
• Annis Boudinot Stockton
  • Wife of Ricahrd Stockton
• Margaret Brown Stone
  • Wife of Thomas Stone
• Naomi Smith Taylor
  • Wife of George Taylor
• Hannah Jack Thornton
  • Wife of Matthew Thornton
• Dorothy Camber Walton
  • Wife of George Walton
• Catharine Moffatt Whipple
  • Wife of William Whipple
• Mary Trumbull Williams
  • Wife of William Williams
• Rachel Bird Wilson
  • Wife of James Wilson
• Elizabeth Montgomery Witherspoon
  • Wife of John Witherspoon
• Laura Collins Wolcott
  • Wife of Oliver Wolcott
• Elizabeth Taliaferro Wythe
  • Wife of George Wythe