A Table of the Religious Affiliations of American Founders

Signer Colony Religious Affiliation
Adams, Andrew CT Congregationalist
Adams, John MA Congregationalist; Unitarian
Adams, Samuel MA Congregationalist
Adams, Thomas VA
Banister, John VA
Baldwin, Abraham GA Congregationalist; Presbyterian
Bartlett, Josiah NH Congregationalist
Bassett, Richard DE Methodist
Bedford, Gunning, Jun. DE Presbyterian
Blair, John VA Presbyterian; Episcopalian
Blount, William NC Episcopalian; Presbyterian
Braxton, Carter VA
Brearly, David NJ Episcopalian
Broom, Jacob DE Quaker; Episcopalian
Butler, Pierce SC Episcopalian
Carroll, Charles MD Roman Catholic
Carroll, Daniel MD Roman Catholic
Chase, Samuel MD Episcopalian
Clark, Abraham NJ Presbyterian
Clingan, William PA
Collins, John RI
Clymer, George PA Quaker; Episcopalian
Dana, Francis MA
Dayton, Jonothan NJ Presbyterian; Episcopalian
Dickenson, John DE Quaker; Episcopalian
Drayton, William Henry SC
Duane, James NY Episcopalian
Duer, William  NY
Ellery, William RI(A)MA(D) Congregationalist
Few, William GA Methodist
Fitzmorris, Thomas PA Roman Catholic
Floyd, William NY Presbyterian
Franklin, Benjamin PA Episcopalian; Deist
Gerry, Elbridge MA Episcopalian
Gilman, Nicholas NH Congregationalist
Gorham, Nathaniel MA Congregationalist
Gwynnett, Button SC Episcopalian
Hall, Lyman SC Congregationalist
Hamilton, Alexander NY Episcopalian
Hancock, John MA Congregationalist
Hanson, John MD
Harnett, Cornelious NC Episcopalian; Deist
Harrison, Benjamin VA
Hart, John NJ Presbyterian
Harvie, John VA
Hewes, Joseph NC Episcopalian
Heyward, Thomas SC
Heyward, Thomas, Jr. SC
Holton, Samuel MA
Hooper, William NC Episcopalian
Hopkins, Stephen RI
Hopkinson, Francis NJ Episcopalian
Hosmer, Titus CT
Huntington, Samuel CT Congregationalist
Hutson, Richard SC Presbyterian
Ingersoll, Jared PA Presbyterian
Jefferson, Thomas VA Deist
Jennifer, Dan oF St. Thomas MD Episcopalian
Johnson, Wm. Saml. CT Presbyterian; Episcopalian
King, Rufas MA Episcopalian; Congregationalist
Langdon, John NH Congregationalist
Langworthy, Edward GA Episcopalian
Laurens, Henry SC Huguenot
Lee, Henry Lightfoot VA
Lee, Richard Henry VA
Lewis, Francis NY
Livingston, Phil. NY Presbyterian
Livingston, Wil. NJ Presbyterian
Lovell, James MA
Lynch, Thomas Jr. SC
Madison, James Jr. VA Episcopalian; Theist
Marchant, Henry RI
Mathews, John SC
McHenry, James MD Presbyterian
Middleton, Arthur SC
Miflin, Thomas PA Quaker; Lutheran
M'Kean, Thomas DE Presbyterian
Morris, Gouv. NY(A)PA(C) Episcopalian; Deist
Morris, Lewis NY
Morris, Robert PA Episcopalian
Morton, John PA
Nelson, Thomas Jr. VA
Paca, William MD
Paine, Robert Treat MA Congregationalist
Paterson, William NJ Protestant; Presbyterian
Penn, John NC Unknown
Pinckney, Charles SC Episcopalian
Pinckney, Chas. Cotesworth SC Episcopalian
Read, George DE Episcopalian
Reed, Joseph PA
Roberdeau, Daniel PA
Rodney, Caesar DE Episcopalian
Ross, George PA
Rush, Benjamin PA Presbyterian; Unitarian
Rutledge, Edward SC Church of England
Rutledge, J. SC Episcopalian
Scudder, Nathaniel NJ
Sherman, Roger CT Congregationalist
Smith, James PA Presbyterian
Smith, Jona. Bayard PA
Spaight, Richard Dobbs NC Episcopalian
Stockton, Richard NJ Presbyterian
Stone, Thomas MD
Taylor, George PA Presbyterian
Telfair, Edward GA
Thornton, Matthew NH Presbyterian
Van Dyke, Nicholas DE Episcopalian
Walton, George GA Anglican
Walton, Jno. GA
Washington, George VA Episcopalian; Theist
Wentworth, John Junr. NH
Whipple, William NH Congregationalist
Williams, Jonothan NC Unknown
Williams, William CT Congregationalist
Williamson, Hu NC Presbyterian; Deist
Wilson, James PA Episcopalian; Presbyterian; Deist
Witherspoon, Jonothan NJ Presbyterian
Wolcott, Oliver CT Congregationalist
Wythe, George VA Episcopalian
 

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