1 - Robert Yates (NY)

#1 - Robert Yates (NY)
Birthplace: Schenectady, NY
Age at Convention: 49

Note: Delegate to the Congress, but did not sign the Constitution because he opposed it's ratification.

1) Religion
-- Unable to find documenation indicating an active religious life

2) Slavery
-- Opposed slavery
-- Made a conscious attempt to make slavery an issue at the Philadelphia Convention

3) Upbringing
-- Eldest of 12 children
-- Received a classical education
-- Admitted to New York bar in 1760

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/yates.html
2) http://books.google.com/books?id=1Ui-eB5C8zsC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=robert+yates+slavery&source=web&ots=Gxanf7OLcy&sig=tHN2wjnrZ6o38um_xhNXdH1OtyM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA67,M1
3) http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/y/ryates.html
4) http://www.adherents.com/people/py/Robert_Yates.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (37) or Primarily Secular (18)
2) Abolitionist (19), Partial Abolitionist (26) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (33)

2 - George Wythe (VA)

#2 - George Wythe (VA)
Birthplace: Elizabeth City County, VA
Age at Convention: 61

Note: Delegate to the Congress, but did not sign the Constitution

1) Religion
-- Came from a Quaker background
-- Strong supporter of religious freedom & separation of church & state

2) Slavery
-- Held a lifelong aversion to slavery
-- Emancipated his slaves in his will

3) Upbringing
-- 2nd of 3 children
-- Parents died when he was young
-- Received very little formal education

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/wythe.html
2) http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/Relig-Politics/GWythe.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (37) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (18), Partial Abolitionist (26) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (32)

3 - James Wilson (PA)

#3 - James Wilson (PA)
Birthplace: St. Andrews, Scotland
Age at Convention: 45

1) Religion
-- Wilson Began as a Presbyterian, then became Episcopalian. However, most who have studied him assert that, in his final views on religion, Wilson was a deist.

2) Slavery
-- Early voice against slavery
-- "Slavery, or an absolute and unlimited power in the master over life and fortune of the slave, is unauthorized by the common law... The reasons which we sometimes see assigned for the origin and the continuance of slavery appear, when examined to the bottom, to be built upon a false foundation. In the enjoyment of their persons and of their property, the common law protects all."

3) Upbringing
-- Educated at universities of St. Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.
-- Emigrated to America

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/wilson.html
2) http://www.johnadams.net/cases/samples/Winfrey-Wilson/index.html
3) http://www.christiananswers.net/q-wall/wal-g003.html
4) http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/Relig-Politics/JWilson.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (36) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (18), Partial Abolitionist (25) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (31)

4 - Hugh Williamson (NC)

#4 - Hugh Williamson (NC)
Birthplace: West Nottingham, Pennsylvania
Age at Convention: 51

1) Religion
-- Became a licensed Presbyterian preacher (was not ordained)

2) Slavery
-- Opposed slavery
-- Voted for compromise that allowed slave trade to continue for 20 years

3) Upbringing
-- Eldest son of a large family whose head was a clothier
-- Education was oriented towards Presbyterian ministry

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/williamson.html
2) http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/williamson_hugh.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (35) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (25) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (30)

5 - George Washington (VA)

#5 - George Washington (VA)
Birthplace: Wakefield Plantation, VA
Age at Convention: 55

1) Religion
-- Prayed at Valley Forge
-- Had a prayer journal
-- Issued a proclamation for a national day of Solemn Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer

2) Slavery
-- Owned slaves
-- Emancipated slaves in his will

3) Upbringing
-- Eldest of 6 children from his father's second marriage
-- Education was rudimentary

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/washington.html
2) http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/washington/prayer.html
3) http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/PrayerAndCounseling/Intercession/washington_prayer.aspx
4) http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id=44

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (34) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (24) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (29)

6 - Caleb Strong (MA)

#6 - Caleb Strong (MA)
Birthplace: Northampton, Massachusetts
Age at Convention: 42

Note: Delegate to the Congress, but did not sign the Constitution.

1) Religion
-- As governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, issued a proclamation for a day of public fasting, humiliation, and prayer.

2) Slavery
-- Did not support slavery

3) Upbringing
-- Educated at Harvard
-- studied law and was admitted to bar in 1972

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/strong.html
2) http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1209850
3) http://books.google.com/books?id=glwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq=caleb+strong+abolition&source=web&ots=WXAvKhfcqh&sig=M06mkVnOVUkeOpXj4CA0Pxw3tOM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA373,M1
4) http://books.google.com/books?id=AyauEC_1cucC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=caleb+strong+abolition&source=web&ots=BHBbuk1TSX&sig=CX196hhCwHnh1vcSF9zmhNdWPxg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (33) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (23) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (28)

7 - Richard Dobbs Spaight (NC)

#7 - Richard Dobbs Spaight (NC)
Birthplace: New Bern, NC
Age at Convention: 29

1) Religion
-- "As to the subject of religion, I thought what had been said would fully satisfy that gentleman and every other. No power is given to the general government to interfere with it at all. Any act of Congress on this subject would be a usurpation"

2) Slavery
-- Slave holder

3) Upbringing
-- Born of distinguished English-Irish parentage.

References:
1) http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/delegates/spaight.html
2) http://www.geocities.com/peterroberts.geo/Relig-Politics/RDSpaight.html

Running tabulation:
1) Religiously Active (32) or Primarily Secular (17)
2) Abolitionist (17), Partial Abolitionist (22) or Non-Abolitionist (10)
3) Wealthy (22) or Middle-Class/Poor (27)