Our Patriot Ancestors
Listed below are the Patriot ancestors of our chapter members and the state in which they served. American Revolutionary War Patriots include signers of the Declaration of Independence, members of local and state militias, members of the Continental Army or Continental Navy, men and women who rendered other types of aid to the cause of American independence, and those taking oaths of loyalty. With a few exceptions, military service began with the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) and ended when the British evacuated New York (26 November 1783). Patriots may have also provided civil service, conducting public business in the newly formed American states.
State and Service Legend
State Glossary | Service Glossary | |
CT - Connecticut | CAPT - Captain | |
DE - Delaware | COL - Colonel | |
GA - Georgia | CPL - Corporal | |
LA - Louisiana | CS - Civil Service | |
MD - Maryland | DR - Physician or Surgeon | |
MA - Massachusetts | ENS - Ensign | |
NH - New Hampshire | LCOL - Lieutenant Colonel | |
NJ - New Jersey | LT - Lieutenant | |
NY - New York | MAJ - Major | |
NC - North Carolina | NONCOM - Non-Commissioned Officer | |
PA - Pennsylvania | ORDLSGT - Orderly Sergeant | |
RI - Rhode Island | PS - Patriotic Service | |
SC - South Carolina | PVT - Private | |
VT - Vermont | SDI - Signer of the Declaration of Independence | |
VA - Virginia | SGT - Sergeant | |
SOL - Soldier | ||
SMN - Seaman | ||
STAFFOF - Staff Officer |
Below is a listing of our members' Patriots, the state they served, and their service.
ABBOTT, James, CT, SGT ABRAHAM, Maury, VA, CS, PS ADAMS, David, VA, LT, PS ALDERSON, John, Jr., VA, PS ALDERSON, Thomas, VA, STAFFOF ALDRICH, Caleb, RI, CS, PS ALDRICH, John, MD, PS ALLENDER, William, MD, PVT, PS ALLISON, John, MD, PS ALTMAN, Peter, PA, PS ANDERSON, Samuel, NY, PVT ANKENY, Dewalt, MD, PS ANKENY, Peter, PA, CAPT BAKER, John, PA, PVT BALDWIN, William, VA, PS BALLARD, Israel, CT, PVT BALLINGER, Richard, VA, PS BARKLEY, Thomas, NY, PVT BARNUM, Thomas, NY, SGT, PS BARSTOW, Gideon, MA, LT BEALL, Thomas Allen, MD, PVT BEATTY, Francis, NY, SOL BEAUCHAMP, Fountain, MD, PVT BEAUCHAMP, Rhoda Adams, MD, PS BEAUCHAMP, William, MD, PVT BEDDO, Absolum, MD, PVT, PS BENJAMIN, John, CT, MAJ BERRYMAN, John, NJ, CS BLAKEMORE, John, NC, VA, CAPT, CS, PS BLANCHARD, Ozias, MA, LT BONINE, Daniel, PA, PVT, PS BONNETT, John, PA, CS BOTSFORD, Jared, CT, LT BOULWARE, James, SC, PS BRANDON, Francis, VA, PVT BROOKS, Paul, PA, SOL BROOKS, Samuel, Sr., NH, CS, PS BROOKS, Samuel, Jr., NH, STAFFOF BROWN, Heman, VT, PVT BROWN, Matthew, SC, PVT BROWNING, Jacob, VA, PS BROWNING, Samuel, VA, PS BURGESS, Edward, VA, PVT BURROUGHS, Thomas, VA, PS BURTON, Abraham, NH, PVT, CS, PS BURTON, John, NH, PS BURTON, John, VA, SMN BUSH, William, VA, LT BUTLER, Nehemiah, NH, CS, PS BYERS, Elizabeth Thomasson, VA, PS BYERS, John, VA, CAPT, PS CALVERT, William, MD, PVT CANFIELD, John, CT, PS CANFIELD, Phineas, CT, PVT CANTRELL, Sarah, VA, PS CANTRELL, Stephen, VA, CS CARPENTER, Daniel, PA, CAPT, PS CARPENTER, Reuben, MA, PVT CATCHINGS, Benjamin, GA, CS, PS CHASE, Nathan Green, NH, CS CHILES, John, VA, CAPT CHISMAN, John, VA, PS CLARK, Oliver, RI, CAPT CLOUGH, Zaccheus, NH, LT, CS, PS COLGROVE, James, NY, SOL COOPER, Christopher, VA, CS, LT COPELAND, Moses, MA, PVT CORBIN, David, VA, PS CORYELL, Cornelius, NJ, SOL COX, Moses, PA, SOL, PS CRANSON, Elisha, MA, CAPT, PS CRAWFORD, James, NH, SGT CRUMP, Thomas, VA, PVT CUMMINS, Thomas, NC, CS CURRY, William, NY, PVT DOANE, Prince, CT, SGT DODSON, Elisha, VA, PS DUSTIN, James, NH, PVT EASTMAN, John, NH, PVT EASTMAN, Patience Smith, NH, PS EASTMAN, Timothy, NH, PS EDWARDS, Richard, VA, PVT EGGLESTON, Samuel, CT, PVT EUBANK, James, Sr., VA, PS EUBANK, John, VA, SOL EVANS, John, MD, PS EVANS, Sarah Campbell, MD, PS FARLEY, Stewart, VA, PS FARLEY, William, VA, PS FEATHERSTONE, Burwell, VA, PS FERRIS, Benjamin, NY, PS FISHER, Lewis, MA, PVT FISHER, Timothy, MA, PVT FLOYD, William, NY, SOL, SDI FORESMAN, Samuel, PA, PVT FOX, John, SC, LT, PS FRIEND, James, MA, CPL GAINES, William, VA, PVT GAINEY, Meredith, NC, PS GALE, Jacob. NH, COL GARDNER, Robert, MA, PVT GENTZLER, Conrad, PA, ENS GEORGE, Nicholas, VA, PS |
GIDDINGS, John, NH, CS, PS GIDDINGS, Zebulon, NH, CS GILBERT, Benjamin, Sr., VA, PS GLENN, William, VA, PS GLOVER, Henry, CT, PS GLOVER, Solomon, CT, PS GOODWIN, Uriah, MA, SGT, CS GRAVES, Ezekiel, CT, SOL GRAYSON, Benjamin, NC, SOL GREEN, Joseph, NC, CAPT, PS GREIDER, Jacob, VA, PVT GRIFFITH, Joseph, SC, CAPT GRIFFITH, Joshua, SC, PS GUICE, Christopher, NC, PS HAGGARD, Nathaniel, VA, PS HALL, Jacob, NH, VT, CAPT HALL, Moses, VT, PVT, PS HAMILTON, Andrew, SC, MAJ HARDING, Benjamin, VA, PVT HARLAN, Aaron, Jr., NC, PS HARLAN, Aaron, Sr., NC, PS HARMON, Jacob, PA, PVT HARRIS, Nathaniel, VA, PVT HARRIS, Nelson, NC, SGT HARRIS, Robert, VA, CAPT HARRISON, James, PA, PVT HART, Timothy, CT, PVT HAWKINS, John, VT, CAPT HAY, William, VA, PS HIGH, Robert, NC, CAPT HIXSON, Joseph, MD, SOL, PS HIXSON, William, NC, SOL HODGE, William, CT, SOL HOOKER, James, Jr., CT, CPL HOUGHTON, Elijah, MA, PVT HOWERTON, William, VA, PS JESSE, John, NC, NONCOM JOHNSON, Abner, MA, PVT JOHNSON, Caleb, GA, SGT KEECH, Stephen, RI, CS, PS KEELEY, John, PA, PVT KEENAN, Elizabeth Johnston, NC, PS KEENAN, James, NC, COL, PS KENNERLY, James, VA, PS KENNEY, David, NH, PS KNOX, George, VA, PVT LE GRANDE, Alexander, VA, PS LEWIS, Edward, NJ, PS LOMBARD, Abiel, MA, PVT LOUGH, John, PA, PVT MAGEE, James, NC, VA, PVT McALEXANDER, James, VA, PS McALEXANDER, John, VA, PVT McALLISTER, Alexander, NC, COL, PS McCLANAHAN, Thomas, Sr., VA, PS McCLARRAN, Hugh, PA, SOL, PS McCLUNEY, William, SC, SOL McCLUNG, John, VA, PS McCLUNG, William, VA, PS McCLURE, David, CT, LT McCONNELL, Philip, NC, PVT McCOY, Alexander, PA, PVT MEDLIN, Henry, NC, PVT, PS MEIGS, Josiah, CT, PS MENDENHALL, Mordecai, NC, PS MERRICK, James Jr., MA, PVT, CS, PS MILLER, Christian, VA, SGT MILLER, James, VA, PVT MILLER, Robert, PA, PS MILLIKEN, Samuel, NC, PS MILLIKEN, William, Sr., NC, CS MILLS, Aaron, NC, PS MILLS, Henry, NC, PS MORRIS, Thomas, PA, PVT MORROW, James, VA, PVT MUNGER, Cyrus, MA, PVT MUNSON, Theophilus, CT, CAPT MYERS, Jacob, NC, PVT NEAL, Micajah, VA, PVT NEWMAN, Thomas, MA, SGT NEWMAN, William, VA, PVT NOLAND, Ledstone, NC, PVT NORTHROP, John, CT, CAPT NUTTER, Matthew, VA, PS OSBORNE, Joseph, CT, PVT, NONCOM OWEN, Glen, GA, SOL OWENS, David, SC, PS PALMER, Benjamin, VA, PS PARK, Samuel, VA, PS PARKER, Jacob, MD, PVT PARKER, Thomas, MA, PVT, CS, PS PARMELEE, Samuel, CT, CAPT PENDLETON, Nathaniel, Sr., VA, PS PERRY, Josiah, NC, PS PERRY, Reuben, MA, SGT PETTUS, William, VA, LCOL, PS PHILLIPS, Phillip, MA, CS, PS PHILLIPS, Thomas, Sr., MA, CS PLATT, Nathaniel, NY, CAPT PLATT, Zephaniah, Sr., NY, PS POINDEXTER, Thomas, NC, CAPT, CS |
POMEROY, Timothy, MA, CPL PRATHER, Zachariah, MD, SGT, PS PRATT, Asa, MA, NH, PVT PRATT, Moses, NH, PS PROVANCE, John, NC, SOL PUTNAM, Ebenezer, MA, PVT PUTNAM, Jacob, Jr., NH, SGT, PS PUTNAM, Jacob, Sr., NH, PS RAMSAY, William, NC, ORDLSGT RAND, Ephraim, NH, PVT RAND, Israel, NH, PVT RANDALL, Joseph, MA, CPL, CS RANDALL, Thomas, MA, PS REED, Samuel, MA, SOL REMINGTON, Joshua, Jr., MA, VT, PVT REMINGTON, Joshua, Sr., MA, PS RENTZ, Michael, PA, PVT RINGER, Michael, PA, PVT RITTER, Casper, PA, CPL ROBERTS, Abner, VA, PVT ROBERTSON, William, VA, PS ROGERS, Joel, MA, CS ROLFE, Ephraim, NH, PVT ROUSH, John Adam, VA, PS RUNNELS, Job, Jr., NH, PVT, CS, PS RUNNELS, Job, Sr., NH, PS RUSS, Jonathan, NH, PVT, CS SACKETT, Benjamin, NY, PVT SAMUEL, Thomas, VA, PS SANGER, John, NH, VT, PVT, PS SAUNDERS, Philemon, VA, PVT SCHOCK, Philip, PA, PVT SEARS, Alden, MA, PVT SECRIST, Jacob, PA, PVT SELLERS, Isaac, PA, VA, SGT SEWARD, Samuel, NJ, PVT SHISSLER, Conrad, PA, PVT SHUFFLEBARGER, Elias, VA, SOL SHUFFLEBARGER, Jacob, VA, SOL SINGLETON, Sarah Sally Craig, VA, PS SMITH, Alexander, VA, PS SMITH, Alexander, MA, CS SMITH, John, SC, PS SMITH, Jonas, Jr., MA, LT SMITH, Jonas, Sr., MA, PVT SPALDING, Eleazer, Sr., MA, CPL STIVERS, Daniel, NJ, PVT STANFORD, Caleb, NH, PS STONE, Thomas, MD, VA, PS STRICKLAND, Jonathan, NY, CS, PS STRINGER, Daniel, SC, PVT, PS STURTEVANT, Caleb, CT, PVT SWIFT, Jirah, CT, CAPT SYKES, Nathaniel, Jr., MA, PVT TAINTER, Nahum, MA, SGT TATUM, John, NC, PVT TAYLOR, Moses, MA, CS TEETER, Henry, PA, PVT TERRY, John, VA, SOL THOMAS, Richard, MD, PVT THOMASSON, George, VA, PS THOMPSON, Lawrence, NC, CS TOWER, Bethiah Nichols, MA, PS TRIMBLE, James, VA, PS TRUESDALE, Hugh, PA, PVT TYLER, Enos, CT, CS, PS TYLER, Nathaniel, CT, NONCOM UPDIKE, Jacob, NJ, PVT UPDIKE, John, NJ, PS UPHAM, Ivory, CT, PVT VAN VOORHEES, John, NY, PVT VAUGINE, Etienne Martin, LA, PS VOTAW, Isaac, VA, PS WALKER, Elnathan, Sr., MA, PS WALKER, Solomon, MA, CAPT, CS, PS WALTERS, Jacob, PA, PVT WALTERS, John, CT, PVT WEISER, Adam, VA, PS WHIPPLE, Benajah, RI, CAPT WHITE, Henry, VA, PS WHITESIDE, John, NC, CAPT, PS WHITFIELD, WILLIAM, Sr., NC, PS WHITNEY, Abraham, Sr., MA, CS, PS WHITTIER, Richard, Jr., MA, CS WIGHT, Aaron, MA, DR WILDER, Thomas, Sr., MA, PVT WILLIAMS, James, VA, PVT WILLIAMS, Seth, MA, LT WILLIS, Caleb, NC, SOL WILSON, Ephraim, MA, PVT, PS WINSOR, Abraham, RI, CAPT WINSOR, Joseph, RI, PS WOLCOTT, Jesse, MA, PVT WOODWARD, Abraham, NC, PS WORLEY, Brice, PA, SOL WORRELL, William, VA, SOL WRENKLE, Lorentz, NY, PVT WRIGHT, Andrew, MA, PVT YOUNGER, Joshua, VA, PVT
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