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
Connecticut New York Oliver Breed - Pvt Green Bentley - Pvt Joseph Butler - Pvt Daniel Fancher - Pvt Ebenezer Chatfield - PS John Fancher, Sr - PS Samuel Chew - Capt Jacob Ford - LCol Daniel Darrin - Pvt Matthew Mcclaughry - Pvt Joseph Doubleday - Pvt Peter Mills - Capt Midian Griswold - Pvt William Nellis - Pvt, PS Daniel Higbee - Pvt Henry Sams - Sol, PS William Huyck - Pvt Saffreness Seeber - Lt Phineas Judd - PS Thaddeus Seymour - Pvt, PS Asahel Noble - CS, PS John St John - Pvt Nicholas Randall - Sgt Lambert Van Valkenburgh - PS Gamaliel Reynolds, Sr - Pvt Ichabod Wilbur - Cpl John Reynolds - Sgt John Wood - Pvt, PS Cyrus Sholes - Pvt Daniel Thomas - Pvt Pennsylvania John Whittlesey - Ens, CS Joshua Anderson - Lcol, PS Matthew Atchison - Pvt Delaware Henry Banta - PS William Talley, Jr - Pvt John Baxter - Pvt Jonathan Benjamin - Pvt Georgia Rudolf Bollinger - Pvt Isham Andrews - PS Christopher Boyer - PS Reps Mayberry - Pvt George Brown, Sr - PS John Cannon - Lt Louisiana John Detter - Pvt Louis Verret - PS Michael Engle - PS Lawrence Etter - PS Massachusetts Jacob Fogelsanger - Pvt Samuel Ammidown - Lt Frederick Garst - Pvt Isaac Bolster - Capt Bernhard Giltner - Pvt Solomon Boynton - Pvt Robert Hayes - Pvt John Brown - Sgt Robert Hayes - Pvt John Burnell - CS Robert Hayes - Pvt George Claghorn - Maj Edward Head - Pvt, PS John Clark - Lt John Hedrick - Ens Joshua Davis, Sr - PS John Kemp - Pvt Timothy Davis - Pvt John Kunkle - Ens John Day - Pvt George Lefevre - Ens Amzi Doolittle - Lt, CS John Lichtenberger - Pvt Joseph Foster - Capt Adam Maurer - PS Lot Fuller - Pvt Daniel Maurer - PS Daniel Gage - Pvt Thomas Mccullough - Pvt Tobias Glidden - Pvt Johann Minnich - PS William Goodale - Pvt Michael Myers - Sct Nathan Gould - Pvt Andrew Ream - Pvt Isaac Hathaway - StaffOf Samuel Reidinger - Pvt Theophilus Hopkins - Pvt Stephen Reidinger - PS William Jernigan - CS David Reynolds - Pvt Daniel Jewett - 1Lt Philip Schock - Pvt Amos Jones - Pvt Adam Simmons - Sol Isaac Kidder - Pvt Jacob Stetzel - PS James Latham - Pvt Mathias Swartzel - PS Tobias Leighton - Pvt Michael Swing - PS Daniel Livermore - Cpl Abraham Timmerman - Pvt Samuel Mears, Sr - Pvt Daniel Ulrich - PS Edmund Pettengill - Pvt Jacob Walker - Lt, PS Edmund Phinney - Col, CS, PS Edward White - PS Abial Pierce - Capt Peter Wikoff, Sr - PS James Ridley - PS Andrew Young - Pvt Elisha Ruggles - Sgt John Zug - PS John Sanderson - Pvt Ebenezer Saunders - Pvt Rhode Island John Shedd, Sr - Lt Nehemiah Angell - Ens Abraham Stickney, Sr - Lt Thomas Bailey - PS Eleazer Stickney - Lt John Parker - Cpl William Stickney, Sr - CS, PS Samuel Peckham - Sgt John Walton, Sr - Capt Giles Pierce - CS John Walton, Jr - Capt Thomas Seamans - Sol Thomas Tabor - Pvt Maryland James Allison - Lt, PS South Carolina Samuel Carrington - Pvt Christian Gates - Pvt Joseph Cresap - Lt Bartholomew Girtman - Capt, PS George Darby - PS James Mcmullen - Sol Henry Dorton - Pvt Thomas Peden - Pvt, PS Josiah Earp - Pvt Johannes Quattlebaum - CS Francis Gilpin - PS Samuel Reynolds - Pvt Robert Glenn - Lcol, PS David Robertson - Pvt Thomas Jones - Maj John Townsend - Sol Henry Keen - Lt, PS Light Townsend - Pvt John Leaverton - PS John Lee - Pvt Virginia Richard Moffatt - Sgt William Booth - PS Joseph Rench - PS Lilly Bowen - PS Peter Snyder - Pvt, PS Richins Brame - PS John Veazie - Capt, CS, PS John Burton - Pvt Thomas White - Pvt Robert Cary - Pvt Mitchel Clay - Sol, PS North Carolina James Cowden - PS Isaac Beeson - PS William Crawford - Col Thomas Bradford - PS Benjamin Crow - Sgt James Bradford - Pvt Levi Deaton - PS Alexander Clark - Capt, CS, PS John Dent - Lt Benjamin Duncan - Pvt John Dunbar - PS Nicholas Fain - PS Henry Fizer - PS Thomas Fain - Sol Owen Gwathmey - Capt, CS, PS Isaac Garrison - PS Michael Hahn - PS Jonathan Gore - Pvt John Hanson - Pvt Andrew Hampton - Col, CS, PS Thomas Helm - CS Aaron Harlan, Sr - PS William Helm - Capt Nathaniel Hart - Capt, PS John Hite - CS Abraham Lane - Sol Thomas Holland - Pvt Adam Mileham - CS, PS Henry Holman - Pvt John Randleman - Sgt Benjamin Holtzclaw - PS Crawford Rush - PS John Jester - Slr Daniel Taylor - PS John Josselyn - Cpl Stephen Tompkins - PS Edward Lyon - Pvt George Walker - Capt William Mason - PS David Watson - PS Isaac Nichols - Pvt, PS John Waymire - PS Caleb Odell - Lt CS Isaac Odell - Sol New Hampshire John Overstreet - Pvt Samuel Bradford - Sol, PS Joseph Paine - Lt Timothy Bradford - Sol, CS, PS Samuel Pickerill - Noncom Benjamin Clement - Pvt Samuel Ramsay - Sol Jonathan Cone - Pvt Benjamin Rankin - Capt, PS Andrew Cressy - Pvt Jane Roberts - PS Elijah Grout - PS John Roberts - PS Enoch Hale - Col, CS William Roff - PS Hezekiah Hayes - PS William Russell, Sr - BGen PS Hercules Mooney - Col Jacob Seabourn - Pvt Thomas Nevins, Jr - Pvt William Settle - Capt Ephraim Tibbetts - Sgt Jeremiah Stark - PS Noah Worcester, Sr - Capt, CS, PS John Summers - Sol, PS William Tate - Pvt New Jersey John Threldkeld - Pvt Elijah Clayton - Pvt John Tiller - Sol Theunis Dey - Col, PS Dawson Wade - CS Jonathan Elmer - PS George Wade - PS Frederick Kramer - Capt Robert Warren - PS Caleb Meeker - Noncom John Williams - PS Benjamin Peachy - Pvt Richard Wooldridge - Sol Nicholas Perrin - Pvt Lewis Yancey, Sr - PS Philemon Yancey, Sr - PS Vermont William Breckenridge - Sol Richard Harrington - Pvt Azariah Rood - PS
Glossary of United States, Country and Patriot Service Abbreviations:
1Lt — First Lieutenant LCol — Lieutenant Colonel 2Lt —Second Lieutenant Lt — Lieutenant 2Sgt —Second Sergeant Mm — Minuteman Arfr — Artificer Maj — Major BGen — Brigader General Matr — Matroos Capt — Captain Noncom — Non-Commissioned Officer Cdr — Commander PS — Patriotic Service Chp — Chaplain Pvt — Private Col — Colonel Sct — Scout Cpl — Corporal SDI — Signer of the Declaration of Independence CS — Civil Service Sgm — Sergeant Major Drm — Drummer Sgt — Sergeant Dr. — Physician or Surgeon Sol — Soldier Ens — Ensign StaffOf — Staff Officer Fif — Fifer Tms — Teamster Updated 11/2/2022