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WYNKOOP, Henry, member of the Continental congress, born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, 2 March, 1737; died in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, 24 October, 1812. His ancestor, Gerardus, settled in Moreland, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in 1717. Henry received a classical education and early espoused the patriot cause. He was a member of the Northampton county committee of observation in 1774, a deputy to the provincial conference of 15 July of that year, and of the provincial conference that met in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, on 18 June, 1775. About the same time he became a major of one of the associated battalions. He served on the general committee of safety from July, 1776, till July, 1777, was chosen by the General assembly one of the commissioners to settle the accounts of county lieutenants, 4 December, 1778, and on 3 March, 1779, when Edward Biddle resigned his seat in congress, was chosen in his place, being re-elected, 24 November, 1780, and 22 November, 1781. He was commissioned a justice of the court of common pleas and the orphans' court on 18 November, 1780, and held office till 27 June, 1789, when he was elected to the first congress of the United States, serving till 1791. He was then appointed an associate judge of Bucks county, which post he held until his death.
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