HOW MANY MASONS SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Extravagant claims are sometimes made in connection with the Masonic membership of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

There were fifty-six signers of the document.

There is satisfactory evidence to prove conclusively that eight were Masons. Twenty-four others are sometimes claimed as Masons, but evidence submitted is not completely satisfactory, being based of hearsay and "tradition", rather than documents.

 There are twenty-four signers who have never been claimed as Masons.

The best answer the question is as follows: "Scholars have proved that eight Signers were Masons. As many as thirty may have been."