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.
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Timothy Abbott, VT, LT John Ainsworth, PA, PVT, PS William Allen, Sr., PA, PS Robert Ames, MA, Sgt John Andrews, NH, PVT Daniel Annis, Sr., NH, CS, PS Arthur Arrington, Jr., NC, STAFFOF, CS Arthur Arrington, Sr., NC, CS David Ayer, PA, PVT Oliver Babcock, RI, CS Yancey Bailey, NC, PS John Barcroft, Jr., PA, PVT John Barcroft, Sr., PA, PS James Barker, MA, NH, PVT Joseph Barutel Dit Toulouse, VA, SOL, PS Nathaniel Batchelder, NH, PS David Beaman, NJ, PS Josiah Beaman, NJ, PVT Wilhelmus Becker, NY, PVT George Becton, NC, PS Johannes Bender, Sr., NY, PS David Bliss, VT, PVT John Bolling, VA, PVT William Brundage, NY, PVT Charles Bullis, VT, SOL Charles Burger, NC, CS, PS David Cady, Sr., CT, PS Nathan Carothers, PA, PVT Elisha Chamberlain, MA, PVT Moses Chamberlain, MA, PVT Seth Chandler, CT, SGT William Church, MA, SGT John Clark, NH, CS George Cook, NJ, LT Benjamin Corson, PA, PVT John Critchfield, VA, PVT Nathaniel Crosby, NY, PVT Thomas Currier, NH, PS John Downing, MD, PVT James Drake, NC, PS Joshua Durham, MD, PS Ephraim Elliott, NC, PS |
Alexander Ewing, PA, PVT, PS William Flansburgh, NY, LT Gabriel Fowlkes, VA, LCOL, PS Micajah Frazier, VA, PVT John Fulton, NY, SOL Jonathan Garland, NH, LT Henry Gerrish, NH, LCOL, PS Richard Green, NC, SOL, PS William Griffith, NY, PVT James Grimes, VA, NONCOM Thomas Hagan, MA, PVT James Hall, VA, CAPT Thomas Harriman, NH, PS Nehemiah Hart, Jr., NY, PVT, CS Nehemiah Hart, Sr., NY, PS Moses Harvey, MA, CAPT Johannes Haynes, NC, PS Marcus Haynes, NC, PS Johan Adam Hedrick, NC, LT, PS Peter Hedrick, Sr., PA, LCOL, PS Peter Helphenstine, VA, MAJ John Henderson, VA, PVT John Herdman, DE, SGT, PS George Hill, PA, PVT Robert Hill, PA, PVT Abijah Hinman, MA, PVT Israel Horton, Jr., NY, PVT Martin Houser, MD, PVT, PS David Hoyt, CT, VT, LT Job Hyde, MA, PVT Johnathan Ingersoll, NY, PVT Abraham Inskeep, NJ, PS James Jewett, MA, PVT Francis Kettner, NC, PVT Benjamin Kimball, NH, CAPT Richard Lewis, VA, PVYT Samuel Little, NH, PS Isaac Manchester, RI, PS Gotlop Martin NY, 1Lt, PS Hendrick Martin, NY, PS Alexander Mccurdy, PA, PVT Alexander Mcharg, PA, PS |
Nathaniel Meeker, NJ, PS Isaac Miller, PA, PS Jacob Miller, NC, PS Joseph Miller, NY, LT Thaddeus Miller, NY, PVT John Moore, NH, MAJ Joseph Ogden, NY, PS Barnabas Otis, CT, PVT John Patten, MA, SOL, PS Silas Proctor, MA, LT Benjamin Purdy, Sr., VT, PVT Solomon Purdy, NY, PS Seth Putnam, NH, PVT Eleazer Quimby, NH, PVT Thomas Reed, PA, LT, PS Stephen Reynolds, MA, PVT Jeremiah Sanborn, Sr., NH, PS Robert Sargent, MA, PVT John Nicholas Scholl, PA, PVT Abraham Scranton, CT, LT Henry Shores, NC, SOL, PS Jacob Sink, NC, PS Johannes Sink, NC, PS James Snelson, GA, SOL Nehemiah Snow, NH, PVT Philip Sowers, NC, PS Thomas Stanfield, VA, LT, PS Joshua Stokes, NJ, PS Benjamin Stone, VA, CS John Sturgis, MD, ENS Henry Tarr, NC, PS Hendrick Teeter, NY, PS Jonathan Tenney, NH, MA, PVT, PS Samuel Terry, NY, PVT Swan Thompson, NC, CS, PS Ephraim Twitchell, MA, PVT Benjamin Walker, PA, PVT Jonathan Weeks, NH, PVT John Welch, PA, PVT John Williams, NC, PS Selah Woodman, NY, SOL Rudolph Yonce, NC, SOL |
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Service Glossary |
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1LT — First Lieutenant CAPT — Captain COL — Colonel CS — Civil Service ENS — Ensign |
LCOL - Lieutenant Colonel LT — Lieutenant NONCOM - Non-Commissioned Officer MAJ — Major PS — Patriotic Service
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PVT — Private SGT — Sergeant SOL — Soldier STAFFOF — Staff Officer |
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State of Service Glossary |
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CT — Connecticut DE — Delaware GA — Georgia MD — Maryland MA — Massachusetts |
NH — New Hampshire NJ — New Jersey NY — New York NC — North Carolina PA — Pennsylvania
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RI — Rhode Island SC — South Carolina VT — Vermont VA — Virginia |
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution