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 |
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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution