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.
| James Alexander, PA, PVT, PS Asa Allen, NY, ENS Elijah Allen, MA, PVT John Allen, NC, PVT George Anderson, SC, PS Conrad Arnold, PA, PS Johannes Arnold, PA, SOL Amos Ashcroft, VA, PVT, John Bailey, VA, CAPT George Bennett, PA, PVT, 2LT Frances Blackwell, NJ, PS John Blassingame, SC, PVT Reuben Brookins, MA, PVT Mary Boone Bryan, KY, PS William Bryan, NC, VA, PS Archibald Burnett, MA, PVT George Burnett, PA, 2LT, PS John Burnside, VA, PS Micajah Callaway, VA, PS Beverly Chase, NY, PVT James Chitwood, SC, PVT Robert Clark, CT, PVT Hugh Cochran, PA, PS Hugh Cochran, Sr., PA, PS Phineas Coe, CT, PVT Jabez Collins, MA, CN Henry Coon, PA, PS Daniel Crockett, MA, PVT Jacob Davis, CT, SOL Anthony Dech, PA, PVT Conrad Dieffenbacher, PA, PVT Simon Jacob Diehl, PA, PVT Josiah Dunbar, Jr., MA, PVT Cornelius Duvall, VA, MD, PS Coenradt Esselstyne, NY, PVT Aaron Estey, NH, VT, PVT, PS |
Thaddeus Fairfield, MA,PVT John Ferris, NY Peter Fetterolf, PA Joshua Fletcher, VA, SOL, PS Zachariah Foss, MA, PVT John Francis, Sr., VA, LT Henry Francis, VA, CAPT Joseph Fuller, CT, CAPT Johan Adam Fulmer, PA, PVT Michael Fulmer, PA Chesley Glover, VA, PS Robert Glover, VA, PS Samuel Glover, VA, PS Philip Grimes, VA, PS Peter Guerrant, VA, PS William Hall, NC, VA, PVT Ralph Hart, NJ, PS Oliver Hartwell, Jr., MA, PVT John Hathaway, Jr., MA, PVT Simon Hornbeck, VA, PS David Herron, PA, PS Titus Hubbard, MA, PVT Anthony Kintz, PA, PVT Henry Lance, PA Jacob Lance, PA John Lehr, PA, LT, PS John Lewis, VA, PS Abraham Marsh, PA, PVT David Marsh, PA, PVT Nicholas Martin, MD, CAPT Charles McCall, SC, PS Jonathan Miller, CT, PS Rueben Miller, CT, ENS Morgan Morgan, VA LT Zebulon Mott, NY, SGT Nicholas Musser, PA |
Aaron Parsons, MA, CS Henry Poole, MD, PS Samuel Poole, Jr., MA, LT Samuel Poole, Sr., MA, PS Michael Radar, VA, MAJ James Rabb, SC, SOL Michael Radar, VA, MAJ Dan Robinson, Jr., MA, PVT Dan Robinson, Sr., MA, PVT John Salmon, PA, PVT John Schock, PA, PVT Richard Sparks, PA, COL Hezekiah Stites, NJ, SGT John Theobold, PA, PS Job Throckmorton, DE, LT Benjamin Tindall, VA, PS Ferdinand Van Sickler, NJ, PVT John Wagner, PA, PVT Thomas Wallace, DE, LT Samuel Weaver, NC, VA, PVT George Adam Werkheiser, PA, PVT James Whaley, Sr., VA, PS James Whaley, Jr., VA, LT Joseph Wheeler, PA, CPL Joseph Wheeler, CT, PVT Reuben Wilkinson, CT, PVT Ester William, VA, ENS, PS Anthony Willoughby, NC, SOL Asa Witter, CT, ENS, PS Samuel Wood, NC, SOL |
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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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