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.

Service Glossary

CAPT — Captain

CPL — Corporal

CS — Civil Service

ENS — Ensign

LT — Lieutenant

MM — Minute Man

NONCOM — Non-Commissioned

PS — Patriotic Service

PVT — Private

SGT — Sergeant

SLR — Sailor

SOL — Soldier

SRGNMTE — Surgeon’s Mate

    CONNECTICUT     NEW JERSEY RUMPH, Jr, Jacob, CAPT
BRIDGMAN, George, PVT DOTY, John, SOL STELLE, John, PVT
COY, Samuel, PVT DRAKE, Andrew, PVT TAYLOR, Daniel
CRANE, Elisha, PVT FITZRANDOLPH, James, PS THOMAS, Liverton, SOL
COUCH, John, CAPT, PS MCAFEE, Benjamin, PVT      VIRGINIA
DOWNING, Daniel, ENS     NEW YORK BATES. James, CPL
HOWE, Asa, PS  BARNES, John, CAPT BUFORD, Henry, CAPT, CS
 HOWE, Joshua  PVT BENEDICT, Caleb, PVT CARTER, David, PVT
JONES, Abraham, PVT LOCKWOOD, David, PVT, PS DUNCAN, Charles, PVT
JUDD, Levi,  NELSON, John, PVT EVERETT, Robert, PVT
JUDSON, John,  PS ODGEN, Daniel, LT FEAMSTER, Thomas, CS
KIDDER, Samuel, PVT REYNOLDS, Joseph, CAPT HENDERSON, Bennett, SOL
LEE, Jonathan, SRGNMTE SCHUYLER, Jacob, PVT, PS HUNTER, Malcolm, SOL, PS
PECK, Silas, PVT     NORTH CAROLINA HURST, John, PS
ROWLAND, Thomas, PS AVERY, George, PVT JOHNSTON, Curtis, CS
UPHAM, Luke, CPL CARTER, David, PVT KESLING, Ditrich, PVT
WHIPPLE, Zebulon, PVT GREEN, Joseph, CAPT, PS MAXEY, William, PVT
WOLCOTT, Josiah, NONCOM, PS HATCH, Lemuel, SOL MCCANDLESS, Robert, PS
    GEORGIA INMAN, Shadrack, SOL, PS REDMON, Aaron, PVT
WARREN, John, CAPT, PS KEENAN, James, COL, PS SEARS, Thomas  
    LOUISIANA MULKEY, Phillip, PVT THURMOND, John, PS
VEILLON, Frances, PS ROSE, William, ENS VINSONHELLER, John, PS
BORDELON, Antoine, PS ROWLAND, Thomas, PS WINN, Daniel, PS
    MASSACHUSETTS SUTTON, Joseph, SOL     VERMONT
CORBIN, Elisha, CS, PS WHITFIELD, William, PS ALLEN, Ebenezer, COL
COREY, Ebenezer, PVT YOUNT, Jacob, SOL     FRENCH NAVY
CUTTER, Ammi, CS     PENNSYLVANIA PFRIMMER, John George, SLR
FLETCHER, Ebenezer, PVT BARTHOLOMEW, Benjamin, CAPT  
GIBSON, William, SGT FEGLEY, Jacob, PVT  
HAZELTON, Daniel, PVT FRATT, Henry, PVT  
JONES, Abraham, PVT HICKENLOPER, Andrew, LT  
KIDDER, Samuel, PVT JONES, Jacob, PVT  
LOOMIS, Noah, PVT KIGHTLINGER, Andrew, CPL, PS  
MARDSEN, George, LT KLEIN, Peter, PVT  
PARSONS, John, LT LOGAN, John, PVT  
PRESCOTT, Timothy, PVT LUPHER, Jacob, PVT  
THAYER, Jonathan, CAPT  LYLE, Robert, SGT  
WILLARD, Ephraim Brigham, PVT MCCANDLESS, Robert, PVT, PS  
    MARYLAND ROBB, William, PVT  
BOWEN, John, PS THOMAS, Liverton, SOL  
COOP, Horatio, PVT, PS     RHODE ISLAND  
HARLAN, John, PS PENDLETON, William, PS  
JONES, Thomas, PVT      SOUTH CAROLINA  
MERONEY, Phillip, CAPT DOWLING, John, PVT  
REYNOLDS, William, PS GIBSON, Guyon, SOL, CS, PS  
SMITH, James, SGT KING, Charles, CAPT, PS  
    NEW HAMPSHIRE PEDEN, Thomas, PVT, PS  
ABBOTT, Benjamin, PVT, MM REEDER, Micajah, SOL  
BELL, Meschach, ENS REIDINGER, Samuel  
BRIDGMAN, Gideon, PVT REIDINGER, Steven  
CRAM, John, CS, PS ROBERTS, Zaccheus, PVT  

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