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.

Daniel Ackley Private New Jersey
Benjamin Bradbury Private Massachusetts
Charles Wessel Brodhead Captain New York
David Camp Private Pennsylvania
Pain Converse, Jr. Ensign, Captain Connecticut
Christian Crum Patriotic Service Virginia
Lambert Darland Private Virginia
Nehemiah Day Sergeant New Jersey
Edward Dodge Private Connecticut
Jacob Eberly Private Pennsylvania
Thomas Edwards Second Lieutenant Virginia    
Ludwig Falkenstein Patriotic Service Pennsylvania
Moses Fay Private Connecticut
Johann Adam Feuerbach Private Pennsylvania
John Folsom Private New Hampshire
Adam Frankenfield Private Pennsylvania
Isaac Gibson Private Massachusetts
David Golladay Major Virginia
Nathan Gould Private Massachusetts
William Hardwick Sergeant South Carolina
Daniel Harrington Private Pennsylvania, Maryland 
Joshua Hart Patriot Service, Chaplain New York
Dr. John Hazelton Surgeon’s Mate Vermont         
Joshua Hemstead Patriotic Service  
Joseph Hill Private Pennsylvania
John Jones Private Pennsylvania
Thomas Jones Major Maryland
John Baptiste Joyal Private New York
Robert Kerr, Jr. Private North Carolina
Martin Key, Jr. Second Lieutenant Virginia
Richard King Soldier North Carolina
Peter Little, Sr. Patriotic Service North Carolina
Charles Lockwood Private Connecticut
Jacob Lowrance Sergeant South Carolina
Aaron Lumbard Private Massachusetts
John Lyle Private Pennsylvania
Zaccheus Macy Civil Service, Patriotic Service Massachusetts
Dixon Marshall Lieutenant North Carolina
Samuel Marshall Private Pennsylvania
Joshua Martin Private Pennsylvania
John McMillan Private New York
Frizzell McTyeire Sergeant Virginia
Nathaniel Moseley Colonel Connecticut
William Nicholson Soldier South Carolina
Stephen Northrup Private Massachusetts
William Orr Soldier North Carolina
Solomon Palmer Soldier Georgia
Lemuel Perin Sergeant Massachusetts
Ute Perkins Private North Carolina
Martha Pettigrew Witherspoon Patriotic Service North Carolina
Rev. Benjamin Prescott Patriotic Service Massachusetts
Robert Quarterman Private Georgia
Jacob Reed Patriotic Service Pennsylvania
William Roe   New York
Joseph Rooker Non-Commissioned Officer New York
David Ruble, Sr.  Ensign Pennsylvania
Simon Ruffner, Jr. Private Pennsylvania
Alexander Scott, Jr. Private Pennsylvania
John Smith Lieutenant Connecticut
William Stacy, Sr. Major, Lieutenant Colonel Massachusetts
Elizur Talcott Colonel Connecticut
Israel Tennis Private Pennsylvania
Stephen Thompson Private Massachusetts
John Todd Drummer Connecticut
William Tomlin Private New Jersey
Daniel Urann Private New Hampshire
Johann Valentine Fry Patriotic Service North Carolina
William Wallace Civil Service North Carolina
John Weir (Ware) Soldier South Carolina
Simeon Wells Private Massachusetts
Alvah West Corporal Connecticut
Eleazer Whipple Private Rhode Island
Abel White Corporal Vermont
Elijah Wilbur Private Massachusetts
Lilburn Williams Captain Maryland
John Witherspoon, Sr. Civil Service North Carolina
William Witman Second Lieutenant Pennsylvania
Henry Wolfe Patriotic Service Maryland
Silas Youngs Patriotic Service New York

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution