resting_place predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place article_title office signature_alt birth_date order term_start known_for image signature term_end name occupation
common burying ground , newport paul mumford paul mumford 15 february 1820 newport , rhode island newport , rhode island william ellery
 chief justice of the rhode island supreme court cursive signature in ink 2 december 1727 23rd june 1785 signer of the united states declaration of independence william ellery.jpg william ellery signature.png may 1786 william ellery lawyer
william ellery

william ellery -lrb- december 2 , 1727 -- february 15 , 1820 -rrb- was a signer of the united states declaration of independence as a representative of rhode island .
in 1764 , the baptists consulted with ellery and the congregationalist reverend ezra stiles on writing a charter for the college that became brown university .
however , ellery and stiles attempted to give control of the college to the congregationalists , but the baptists withdrew the petition until it was rewritten to assure baptist control .
neither ellery nor stiles accepted appointment to the reserved congregationalist seats on the board of trustees .
