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 (20 November 1783). Patriots may have also provided civil service, conducting public business in the newly formed American states. 

 

LIST OF OUR MEMBER'S

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOTS

 

Glossary of United States and Patriot Service Abbreviations: 

 

CAPT=CAPTAIN   1LT=1ST LIEUTENANT
CPL=CORPORAL   MAJ=MAJOR
COL=COLONEL   NONCOM=NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER
CS = Civil Service   PS = Patriotic Service
ENS = Ensign   PVT=PRIVATE
LT=LIEUTENANT   SGT=SERGEANT
    SOL = Soldier (no details known)

CT--Connecticut NH--New Hampshire PA-Pennsylvania
LA--Louisiana NJ--New Jersey SC-South Carolina
MD--Maryland NY-New York VA--Virginia
MA--Massachusetts NC-North Carolina  


James Alexander, PA, NC, PVT 
Holbert Allison, VA, SOL, PS 
Benjamin Anderson, VA, 1LT 
Peter Andreas, PA, SGT
Elisha Baldwin, NY, PVT
John Ball, VA, CAPT
William Ball, VA, CAPT
James Ballou, NH, PS          Teunis Barhydt,  NY, Pvt
William Barnhill, NC, CS, PS
Benjamin Beall, Sr., MA, LT
Benjamin Birdwell, NC, PVT
George Birdwell, VA, CS
Wadsworth Brewster, CT, CPL
John Brockman, VA, PS
Samuel Brockman, VA, PS
Thomas Burroughs, VA, PS
Christopher Bustin, VA, PS
Pleasant Bybee, VA, PS
George Cathey, NC, CAPT Ichabod Chadler, MA, PVT
Jonathan Chandler, MA, PVT
Micajah Clark, Sr., VA, PS
Abraham Comegys, Sr., MD, PVT
John Cook, VA, PVT
Dennis Copeland, NC, PS      James Cowherd, VA, SGT
Samuel Crawford, VA, SOL, PS
Nicholas Crigler, Sr., VA, PS
William Culbertson, DE, PVT
Ebenezer Cushing, MA, PVT, PS                            
Artemas Cushman, MA, CS Francis Cybert, Jr., NC, CS
William Dawes, Jr., MA, MAJ, PS 
John Dent, VA, LT              Edward Dixon, VA, CS          Harry Dixon, VA, PS
Mathusalim Du Bois, NY, PS, ENS  Hendricus Du Bois, Sr, NY, PS                       
Charles Dunnagan, NC, PS Josiah Eanes, VA, PVT
John Ellis, Sr, NH, PS
John Embry, Sr, VA, PS
John Evans, VA, COL, CS       John Evans, Sr., PA, PVT      William Fauntleroy, VA, PS
Samuel Ferguson, VA, ENS, PS
John Ferrier, PA, PVT
Daniel Fitzhigh, VA, PS          John Fitzhugh, VA, PS  Joseph Flippen, VA, PVT Phillip W. Fox, NY, PS                       

 

Moses Fussell, NC, PS          Dudley Gatewood, VA, PS  James Gatewood, VA, PS    David Gentry, VA, PVT        Richard Gentry, VA, PVT 
James Glass, SC, PA, PVT
Samuel Goode, II, VA, PS    Elizabeth X Goss, PA, PS
Moses Gray, MA, PVT
Samuel Grier, PA, PVT        Henry Gutherie, NC, PVT
Henry Haas, PA, PVT
Jonas Hadley, MA, PVT        Jonathan Hallock, NY, Ens, PS
Benjamin Harrison, VA, COL
Joshua Headley, PA, PS
Bernard Hendricks, VA, PS
Zadock Hersey, MA, NONCOM 
Isaiah Hersey, Sr., MA, PVT
John Holman, VA, PVT
Samuel Holt, NH, PVT          Henry Dude Hooe, VA, PS    Howson Hooe, VA, PS          Levi Hopkins, MA, PVT
Simon Hornbeck, VA, PS
Otis Howe, NH, CS, PS
Tilly Howe, NH, SGT 
Henry Ingalls, NH, LT, CS, PS
James Kennedy, VA, LT
Leonard Krauss, VA, PVT
John Michael Lampman, NY, CAPT, PS                     
Eleazer Lawrence, NY, PVT, CS                               
Simon Lawrence, MA, PVT  Eleazer Leland, MA, PVT
Welcome Lincoln, MA, PVT
Abraham Lincoln, VA, CAPT
Cornelius Linderman, NY, PVT
Jacob Linderman, NY, PVT
David Lindsey, PA, PVT
William Long, VA, CAPT
Peter Lyon, VA, PVT, PS
John Major, VA, SOL
Thomas Martin, VA, PS        Conrad Mattice, NY, PVT
Isaac Messenger, CT, PVT
David Mims, Sr., VA, PS 
John Mitchell, VA, PVT
Jacob Moore, DE, LT, PS 
William Moore, NC, CS, CAPT 

Achilles Moorman, VA, PS    Andrew Moorman, VA,PS         Hugh Nickerson, MA, PVT    James Norvell, VA, PS    Nicholas Oblinger, PA, PVT, PS
William Oliver, Jr., MA, PVT
William Oliver, Sr., MA, PVT
Jean Baptiste Ortes, LA, PS
Samuel Packwood, VA, PVT
Edward Parish, MD, PVT
Jeremiah Pate, VA, CAPT
Samuel Peabody, MA, PVT      
Jesse Peck, Sr., CT, CPL    Joseph Provance, PA, PVT  Joshua Pruitt, VA,PVT
James Purdy, PA, COL
Richard Quinn, Sr., VA, PS
James Quinn, VA, CPL
Robert Ray, NJ, CAPT    Shadrack Riggs, NC, SOL
John Robinett, VA, SOL      Thomas Scott, VA, PVT
David Shawhan, PA, MD, PVT
Michael Shover, PA, PS
Parish Simms, NC, SOL
Peter Slater, MA, PVT
David Smith, PA, PVT 
Eleazer Spaulding, MA, 1LT
Ebenezer Stevens, MA, LT
Charles Swearingen, MD, COL, PS
Van Swearingen, Sr., MD, PS
Zephaniah Teed, NY, PVT    George Teeter, VA, SOL, CS, PS 
Samuel Terrell, NH, PS
Daniel Tichenor, NJ, CPL
Shadrack Turner, VA, PS    Thomas Turner, VA, PS
Marmaduke Vickery, NC, PS  Rezin Virgin, VA, CAPT, PS  Ebenezer Watson, MA, CS
Henry Watterson, VA, CAPT, PS 
Fulgam Wester, NC, PS Theophilus Wilder, Jr., MA, CAPT, PS
Theophilus Wilder, Sr., MA, PVT
Joseph Williams, NC, LCOL, PS Thomas Wilmot, CT, PVT
George Winn, VA, PS
William Withers, VA, LT
Obediah Wood, NC, PVT
John Woolsey, CT, NONCOM
Daniel Wright, NY, MA, PVT 
Earl Wright, NY, PVT
Adam Zumwalt, VA, PS, PVT
Jacob Zumwalt, VA, PVT

     

 

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