David Witherspoon

Ref for inconsistency in David’s birthdate: findagrave.com MEMORIAL ID: 135013610, for David Witherspoon, has his birth date as 22 September 1760 which, if could be corrected on his Geni-page, would solve the problem of inconsistency with the birth date of his sibling, Frances.

Info added per DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood and published 1895 states:

David Witherspoon,===Revolutionary War Veteran: DAR A 127146, Lt. Va.

the second youngest son of Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a student, studying law, at the Hampden-Sidney Academy/College, Va., when he joined a militia company of Hampden-Sidney students enlisted by his father, as a lieutenant in that company. He was wounded at the battle of Germantown, recuperated at the winter camp at Valley Forge, Pa. residing at officer quarters nearby.

Eventually promoted to Major, he became secretary to the president of the Continental Congress, Samuel Huntington by 1780.

He returned to a professorship at Hampden-Sidney, married Mrs. Mary Nash, widow of Abner Nash, the Governor of North Carolina, and they settled at "Pembroke" near Newborn NC where he was a prominent member of the Newbern bar for many years.

Major Witherspoon and his wife hosted a reception for President George Washington when he visited New Bern NC while on his southern tour in 1791.