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.

Turner Anderson, VA, LT

Jacob Angus, PA, PVT, PS

Harwood Howard Bacon, VA, PS

John Barnes, Sr., NY, CAPT

Isaiah Beaumont, CT, PVT

Sidney Berry, NY, COL

Richard Biddlecome, VT, PVT

John Bomar, VA, PS

Matthew Clay, VA, 1LT

Rhoda Craig, SC, PS

Peter Danforth, NJ, SOL

William Faulkner, MA, PS

John Folsom, NY, PVT

Frederick Frailey, VA, CS, PVT

John Friend, MD, PVT

John Fulkerson, NJ, PVT

Danile Gillaspie, NC, CAPT

Solomon Goodrich, CT, PVT

Stephen Harding, CT, CAPT, CS

Barnett Idol, NC, PS

William Lackey, NC, SOL

Samuel Lamb, CT, PVT

Hugh McDonaugh, PA, PVT

John Martin, NJ, 1LT

John Jacob Menges, PA, PVT

Morgan Morgan, PA, PVT

John Mullins, VA, PVT

Caleb Olin, VT, ENS

Oliver Prescott, MA, PS

Samuel Ramsey, VA, SOL

William Rankin, PA, PS

Ebenezer Raymond, MA, PVT

Belschazzer Shaffer, GA, PS

John Slaymaker, PA, CAPT

Jacob Snedeker, NJ, PVT

Benjamin Stockbridge, MA, 1LT

George Tubbs, SC, PVT

Ezra Warren, CT, PVT

Johannes Yost Wentz, PA, SGT

Lemuel Wickes, NY, LT

 

Glossary of State Abbreviations
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

 

Glossary of Service Abbreviations
CAPT — Captain
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
CS — Civil Service
ENS — Ensign
LT — Lieutenant
1LT — First Lieutenant
MAJ — Major
NONCOM — Non-commissioned Officer
PS — Patriotic Service
PVT — Private


 

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