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.

Jedediah Adams, CT, PVT
Stephen Adams, NH, PVT
Levi Adams, NH, SGT
John Altimus, PA, PVT
Eli Baldwin, DE, 1LT
Francis Baldwin, DE, PS
Andrew Banghart, NJ, PS
Hugh Barclay, PA PVT
Martin Barney, MA, RI, PVT
Thomas Bolling
James Bradley, CT, PVT
Samuel Brillhart, PA, PVT
John Butler, PA, PVT, PS
Duncan Carmichael, NC, PVT
Thomas Carr, PS
Nathaniel Carter, MA, CS
Thomas Chandler, Sr., VT, CS
Edwin Conway County, VA, LT
Solomon Denio, MA, CPL
Michael Danner, PA, PS
Ozias Dickinson, CT, PVT
Jeremiah Dudley, MA, NH, PVT
John Dudley, MA, PVT
Frederick Earle, VT, PS
George Earle, VT, CAPT, CS, PS
John Ellis, MA, LT
Jacob Emshwiller, PA, PVT

William Farnsworth, MA, COL
James Farquhar, NC, CAPT
Jeremiah Fisher, MA, PVT
Peter Flickinger, PA, PVT
Warner Ford, VA, PVT
John Garner, NC, PVT
Conrad Gentzler, PA, ENS
John Gibbs, NC, PVT
Gideon Gibson, PA, PVT
John Godding, MA, PVT
Benjamin Gray, MD, SGT, PS
Hezekiah Hargrave, NC, PVT
George Hoffecker, VA, PVT
Johann Holben, PA, PVT, PS
George Hudson, NC, PVT
David Josselyn, MA, PVT
John Josselyn, Sr., MA, PS
John Josselyn, Jr., MA, CAPT, CS
John Kiblinger, Sr., MA, CS
John Kiblinger, Jr., MA, PVT
Jonathan Knight, MA, PVT
Josiah Lassell, CT, SGT
Luther Leet, CT, PVT
Charles Lewis, VA, COL
Abiel Lincoln, Jr., MA, SGT
David Livingston, MD, PVT
Daniel Lothrop, Sr., MA, CAPT

Andrew Low, PA, LT
Michael Low, PA, PVT
Peter Low , PA, PVT
Elias Lyman, Sr., MA, CS, PS
Stephen Lyman , MA, PVT
Charles Mann, VT, PVT, PS
Henry Miser, PA, PVT
Timothy Olcott, VT, CS, PS
Abraham Paine, CT, PVT
Ebenezer Perry, NH, PS
William Phillips, MD, PS
Daniel Reed, VA, SOL
Christopher Reinhold, PA, DRM
James Richardson, MA, PS
James Rowe, VA, CPL
Jonathan Shaw, NJ, PVT
Ebenezer Smith, MA, PVT
Robert Stacy, SC, SOL
John Stroud, NH, PVT
Thomas Taylor, NC, CS
William Toogood, MA, CAPT
Adam Ulmer, SC, SOL, PS
John Waymire, NC, PS
Elisha Wilcox, CT, SOL
Peleg Williams, NH, LT
John Young, NH, DR
William Young, MA, PS

Glossary of United States, Country, and Patriot Service Abbreviations:

UNITED STATES:

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

PATRIOT SERVICE:

CAPT — Captain

COL — Colonel

CPL — Corporal

CS — Civil Service

DR — Physician or Surgeon

DRM — Drummer

ENS — Ensign

LT — Lieutenant

1LT — First Lieutenant

PS — Patriotic Service

PVT — Private

SGT — Sergeant

SOL — Soldier