Our Patriot Ancestors
Listed below are the Patriot ancestors of our chapter members, the state they served, and their service. 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 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.LIST OF OUR MEMBERS'AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTS
| James Allison - MD, Lt, PS | Nathan Gould - MA, Pvt | Samuel Peckham - RI, Sgt |
| Holbert Allison - VA, Sol, PS | William Gray - NC, Lt | Edmund Phinney - MA, Col, CS, PS |
| Samuel Alward - NJ, Pvt | Ignatius Greenwell - MD, Pvt | Samuel Pickerill - VA, Noncom |
| Joshua Anderson - PA, Lcol, PS | Midian Griswold - CT, Pvt | Giles Pierce - RI, CS |
| Nehemiah Angell - RI, Ens | Elijah Grout - NH, PS | Abial Pierce - MA, Capt |
| Amos Ashcraft - PA, Pvt | Owen Gwathmey - VA, CS | John Pitts - NC, PS |
| Matthew Atchison - PA, Pvt | Michael Hahn - VA, PS | Johannes Quattlebaum - SC, CS |
| Thomas Bailey - RI, PS | Enoch Hale - NH, Col, CS | Samuel Ramsay - VA, Sol |
| Henry Banta - PA, PS | Andrew Hampton - NC, Col, CS, PS | William Ramsay - VA, PS |
| John Baxter - PA, Pvt | John Hanson - VA, Pvt | Nicholas Randall - CT, Sgt |
| Isaac Beeson - NC, PS | Aaron Harlan, Sr. - NC, PS | Benjamin Rankin - VA, Capt, PS |
| Jonathan Benjamin - PA, Pvt | Richard Harrington - VT, Pvt | Andrew Ream - PA, Pvt |
| Rudolf Bollinger - PA, Pvt | Richmond Harris - NC, Pvt | Elijah Reed - NY, PS |
| Isaac Bolster - MA, Capt | Isaac Hathaway - MA, StaffOf | Samuel Reynolds - SC, Pvt |
| William Aylett Booth - VA, PS | Robert Hayes - PA, Pvt | John Reynolds - CT, Sgt |
| Christopher Boyer - PA, PS | Hezekiah Hayes - NH, PS | David Reynolds - PA, Pvt |
| Solomon Boynton - MA, Pvt | Thomas Helm - VA, CS | Gamaliel Reynolds, Sr. - CT, Pvt |
| Thomas Bradford - NC, PS | William Helm - VA, Capt | James Ridley - MA, PS |
| Samuel Bradford - NH, Sol, PS | Daniel Elton Higbee - CT, Pvt | Jane Roberts - VA, PS |
| Timothy Bradford - NH, Sol, CS, PS | Gad Hitchcock, Jr. - MA, StaffOf | John Roberts - VA, PS |
| James Bradford - NC, Pvt | John Hite - VA, CS | David Robertson - SC, Pvt |
| William Breckenridge - VT, Sol | Andrew Hoover, Jr. - NC, PS | Azariah Rood - VT, PS |
| Oliver Breed - CT, Pvt | Theophilus Hopkins - MA, Pvt | Henry Sams - NY, Sol, PS |
| John Brown - MA, Sgt | William Huyck - CT, Pvt | Ebenezer Saunders - MA, Pvt |
| George Brown, Sr. - PA, PS | William Jernigan - MA, CS | Philip Schock - PA, Pvt |
| William Bugg - VA, CS | Daniel Jewett - MA, 1Lt | James Scott - VA, Lt |
| Salathiel Bump - NY, Pvt | William Johnson - CT, Pvt | Jacob Seabourn - VA, Pvt |
| John Pleasant Burton - VA, Pvt | Thomas Jones - MD, Maj | Thomas Seamans - RI, Sol |
| Joseph Butler - CT, Pvt | Amos Jones - MA, Pvt | Saffreness Seeber - NY, Lt |
| Samuel Carrington - MD, Pvt | John Josselyn - VA, Cpl | William Settle - VA, Capt |
| Robert Philipson Cary - VA, Pvt | Henry Keen - MD, Lt PS | John Shedd, Sr. - MA, Lt |
| Ebenezer Chatfield - CT, PS | John Kemp - PA, Pvt | Cyrus Sholes - CT, Pvt |
| Samuel Chew - CT, Capt | Abraham S. Lane - NC, Sol | Adam Simmons - PA, Sol |
| Mitchel Clay - VA, Sol, PS | James Latham - MA, Pvt | Jonathan Slocomb - CT, PS |
| Elijah Clayton - NJ, Pvt | Jacob Layman - VA, Pvt | John St John - NY, Pvt |
| Benjamin Moody Clement - NH, Pvt | John Foster Leaverton - MD, PS | Eleazer Stickney - MA, Lt |
| Jonathan Cone - NH, Pvt | John Lee - MD, Pvt | William Stickney, Sr. - MA, CS, PS |
| Joseph Cresap - MD, Lt | George Lefevre - PA, Ens | John Summers - VA, Sol, PS |
| Andrew Cressy - NH, Pvt | Tobias Leighton - MA, Pvt | Thomas Tabor - RI, Pvt |
| Benjamin Crow - VA, Sgt | John Killian Lichtenberger - PA, Pvt | William Talley, Jr. - DE, Pvt |
| George Darby - MD, PS | Solomon Lombard, Jr. - MA, Pvt | William Tate - VA, Pvt |
| Daniel Darrin - CT, Pvt | Solomon Lombard, Sr. - MA, CS, PS | James Templeman - VA, Sol |
| Timothy Davis - MA, Pvt | David Loughborough - NJ, Pvt | Tufts Thomas - MA, Pvt |
| Joshua Davis, Sr. - MA, PS | Reps Mabry - GA, Pvt | Timothy Thompson - MA, Sgt |
| John Day - MA, Pvt | Phillip Magee - NC, Sol | John Threldkeld - VA, Pvt |
| John Dent - VA, Lt | William Mason - VA, PS | Ephraim Tibbetts - NH, Sgt |
| Theunis Dey - NJ, Col, PS | Adam Jacob Maurer - PA, PS | John Tiller - VA, Sol |
| Amzi Doolittle - MA, Lt, CS | Daniel Maurer - PA, PS | Abraham Timmerman - PA, Pvt |
| Joseph Doubleday - CT, Pvt | Thomas Mccullough - PA, Pvt | John Townsend - SC, Sol |
| John Dunbar - VA, PS | Lilly Mcilhaney Bowen - VA, PS | Light Townsend - SC, Pvt |
| Josiah Earp - MD, Pvt | James Mcmullen - SC, Sol | Isaac Tripp - CT, PS |
| Jonathan Elmer - NJ, PS | Samuel Mears, Sr. - MA, Pvt | Lambert P. Van Valkenburgh - NY, PS |
| Lawrence Etter - PA, PS | Caleb Meeker - NJ, Noncom | John Ward Veazie - MD, Capt, CS, PS |
| Nicholas Fain - NC, PS | Adam Mileham - NC, CS, PS | Louis Verret - LA, PS |
| Thomas Fain - NC, Sol | Peter Mills - NY, Capt | George Wade - VA, PS |
| Daniel Fancher - NY, Pvt | Johann Wendel Minnich - PA, PS | George Walker - NC, Capt |
| John Fancher, Sr. - NY, PS | Richard Moffatt - MD, Sgt | John Walton, Jr. - MA, Capt |
| Henry Fizer - VA, PS | James Moore - NY, Lt | John Walton, Sr. - MA, Capt |
| Jacob Ford - NY, LCol | Asahel Murray - CT, Sol, CS | David Watson - NC, PS |
| Henry Fortney, Sr. - PA, PS | Michael Myers - PA, Sct | John Rudolph Waymire - NC, PS |
| Joseph Foster - MA, Capt | William Nellis - NY, Pvt, PS | John Webster - NH, Lt |
| Lot Fuller - MA, Pvt | Thomas Nevins, Jr. - NH, Pvt | Thomas White - MD, Pvt |
| Daniel Gage - MA, Pvt | Isaac Nichols - VA, Pvt, PS | Samuel Whitney - VT, Pvt |
| Isaac Garrison - NC, PS | Asahel Noble - CT, CS ,PS | John Whittlesey - CT, Ens, CS |
| Frederick Garst - PA, Pvt | Caleb Odell - VA, Lt, CS | Peter Wikoff, Sr. - PA, PS |
| Christian Gates - SC, Pvt | Isaac Odell - VA, Sol | Ichabod Wilbur - NY, Cpl |
| Francis Green Gilpin - MD, PS | John Overstreet - VA, Pvt | John Wood - NY, Pvt, PS |
| Bernhard Giltner - PA, Pvt | John Parker - RI, Cpl | Richard Wooldridge - VA, Sol |
| Bartholomew Girtman - SC, Capt, PS | John Parmelee - NC, Pvt, PS | Lewis Davis Yancey, Sr. - VA, PS |
| Tobias Glidden - MA, Pvt | Benjamin Peachy - NJ, Pvt | Andrew Young - PA, Pvt |
Glossary of United States, Country, and Patriot Service Abbreviations:
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UNITED STATES: CT — Connecticut DE — Delaware GA — Georgia MD — Maryland MA — Massachusetts NH — New Hampshire NJ — New Jersey |
NY — New York NC — North Carolina PA — Pennsylvania RI — Rhode Island SC — South Carolina VT — Vermont VA — Virginia |
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PATRIOT SERVICE: Capt — Captain Col — Colonel Cpl — Corporal CS — Civil Service Ens — Ensign Lt — Lieutenant 1Lt — First Lieutenant LCol - Lietenant Colonel Maj — Major |
Noncom — Non-commissioned Officer POW—Prisoner of War PS — Patriotic Service Pvt — Private Sgt — Sergeant Sgt Maj — Sergeant Major Sol — Soldier StaffOF – Staff Officer |
*List as of December 2020
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