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.
| Elijah Allen, MA, PVT Asa Allen, NY, ENS John Bailey, VA, CAPT George Bennett, PA, PVT PS Francis Blackwell, NJ, PS William Bryan, VA, PS Mary Boone Bryan, VA, PS Archibald Burnett, MA, PVT James Chitwood, SC, PVT William Cloyd, PA, PVT Phineas Coe, CT, STAFFOF Jabez Collins, MA, SGT Henry Coon, Jr, NY, PVT William Daniels, NC, SOL Conrad Dieffenbacher, PA, PVT Cornelius Duval, MD & VA, CS PS Coenradt Esselstyne, NY, PVT Thaddeus Fairfield, MA, PVT John Ferris, NY, SOL Peter Fetterolf, PA, PS Johan Adam Fulmer, PA, PVT Michael Fulmer, PA, PS |
Chelsea Glover, VA, PS Samuel Glover, VA, PS Robert Glover, VA, PS Philip Grimes, VA, PS Peter Guerrant, VA, CAPT PS William Hall, NC & VA, PVT Ralph’s Hart, NJ, CS Oliver Hartwell, Jr, MA, PVT John Hathaway, Jr, MA, PVT Titus Hubbard, CT, PVT Henry Lance, PA, PS Jacob Lance, PA, PS John Lewis, VA, PS Nicholas Martin, MD, CAPT Charles McCall, SC, CS, PS Reuben Miller, CT, ENS Jonathan Miller, CT, PS Morgan Morgan, VA, LT Zebulon Mott, NY, SGT Nicholas Musser, PA, PS |
Jonathan Otis, CT, PS Dan Robinson, Jr, MA, PVT Dan Robinson, Sr, MA, CS Benjamin Romeyn, NJ, PS John Salmon VA & PA, PVT Ferdinand Van Sickler, NJ, PVT Hezekiah Stites, NJ, SGT Job Throckmorton, NJ, PVT Benjamin Tindall, VA, PS John Wagner, PA, PVT Thomas Wallace, DE, LT James Whaley, Jr, VA, LT James Whaley, Sr, VA, CS PS Joseph Wheeler, PA, CPL Joseph Wheeler, CT, PVT William Yelton, VA, PVT |
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CAPT—Captain COL—Colonel CPL—Corporal CS—Civil Service ENS—Ensign LT—Lieutenant 1LT—First Lieutenant 2LT—Second Lieutenant |
MAJ—Major NONCOM—Non-commissioned Officer PS—Patriotic Service PVT—Private SGT—Sergeant SOL—Soldier STAFFOF—Staff Officer |
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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