What was the age range of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (July 1776)?

 The actual signing in

Philadelphia, PA of the

Declaration of Independence

of the 13 colonies took place

on July 3 with it being proclaimed

on the following day :

Benjamin Franklin of

the Pennsylvania Commonwealth

(later designated that same year)

at age 70 was the eldest

Edward Rutledge of

South Carolina colonial govt.

(with its own constitution in

March 1776)

was the youngest at age 26.