Were all the signers of the Declaration of Independence nice people?

In this day and age of clarity and transparency all aided by the internet’s many search engines, how would our founding forefathers measure up to the scrutiny of a background check, search for criminal records, credit checks, what they’ve posted on Facebook, what adult websites they frequent or using the wrong email server? I just watched a Democratic candidate president debate in which former VP Joe Biden was vilified for associating himself with past congress members with racial tendencies. John Adams defended in court the British Regulars that opened fire on a crowd in event called the Boston Massacre. All of the soldiers walked except 2 and they were branded on the thumb as first time offenders of British law as a reduced sentence from the death penalty. Seems similar…Adams was a prickly sort and didn’t have a lot of friends.

His cousin Sam Adams was a political firebrand but…