Pennsylvania lawyer and politician.

Clerk for Northampton County commissioners (1773-79). Secretary of the Northampton committee of correspondence (1774-77). Admitted to the bar (1777). Sheriff of Northampton County (1781-83). Pennsylvania assemblyman (1785-86). Member of the Supreme Executive Council (1787-88). Associate judge of Northampton County (1796-98).

Born in the Orkney Islands.