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William Paca ( / ˈpeɪ.kə / PAY-kə or / ˈpæk.ə / PAK-ə; October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) [1] was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. He was a Maryland delegate to the First Continental Congress and the Second Continental ...
Apr 11, 2022 · William Paca was the second son of John Paca, a gentleman of large estate, who resided in the county of Harford, in the state of Maryland. His father, sensible of the importance of a good education, placed his son, at a proper age, in the college at Philadelphia, at that time under the care of the learned and eloquent Dr. William Smith.
- Maryland
- Queen Anne's County, Maryland
- October 30, 1740
Paca, William (1740-1799), lawyer and politician, was born on 31 Oct 1740, at his father's plantation on the Bush River near Abingdon in Baltimore County, Maryland, the third child and second son of John Paca (c.1712-1785), planter, and his wife Elizabeth Smith (?-c.1766). Both of his parents were natives of Maryland and of English descent.
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Jul 4, 2004 · In 1768 Paca won a seat in the colonial legislature, where he soon alined himself with Samuel Chase and other Whigs in protesting the powers of the Proprietary Governor. In the early 1770's Paca joined other Maryland patriots in urging governmental regulation of fees paid to civil officers and in opposing the poll tax, used to pay the salaries ...
Sep 1, 2019 · Our ruling. Parsa said 34 of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders. We found strong evidence to back the claim on the 34, recognizing there...
Sep 15, 2020 · William Paca was a governor of Maryland, and himself a slave owner. In 2005, a new display opened, acknowledging a Paca family slave named Bett, complete with “a plate showing a slave’s typical diet, consisting largely of hominy, and beans, with a few greens.”
Feb 18, 2020 · On February 10, 1790, he was appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. William Paca remained in this position on the District Court until his death on October 23, 1799. William Paca was a United States politician, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
