Our Patriots

Judge David Lynn

Judge David Lynn held his commission under King George of England and was one of the twelve "Immortal Judges" who, on November 23, 1765, decided that before the English Stamp Act would be recognized by the Maryland Courts, the Courts must be officially notified of the passage of that Act. This ruling was considered an act of treason against the English Crown and was one of the first of the various actions against England which resulted in the revolt of the colonists.

In memory of this courageous stand, a large bronze tablet was erected in the Courthouse at Frederick, Maryland, by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1904. November 23rd was designated as Repudiation Day by the Maryland General Assembly and is a legal bank half-holiday in Frederick County.

Our Daughters descend from Patriots as diverse as they are.

Connecticut

Gideon Ackley (Ens)

Samuel Bement (PS)

James Benedict (Sgt)

Nathan Carter (Pvt)

Sylvanus Cone (Cpl)

Jethro Delano (Pvt)

Richard Doane (Pvt)

Abel Frisbie (Mid, PS)

Aaron Hale (Capt)

Aaron Hawley (Staff Of)

Jedediah Hyde Post (NonCom)

Eliphalet Reynolds (Pvt)

John Willey (Capt)

Delaware

John Rogers (Pvt)

Georgia

John Autry (Capt)

Jesse Miller (Sol)

William Ramsay (Pvt)

George Tucker (Lt)

Massachusetts

John Badger (Pvt)

John Buttrick (Col)

James Chadbourn (Pvt)

Samuel Cooper (Lt, PS)

Philip Goldthwaite (PS, Pvt)

John Holden (Capt)

Jacob Joy (Pvt)

James Kidder (Lt)

Adam Nichols (Pvt)

Robert Phinney (Capt)

Simeon Spalding (Col, PS)

John Trowbridge (LCol, CS)

Frederick Taft (Sgt)

Samuel Taft (Pvt)

Benjamin Trafton (Lt)

Daniel Trowbridge (Pvt)

Ezra Wood (Col, CS, PS)

Maryland

George Bealle Jr (Maj, PS)

Edward Hamilton (Lt)

Abraham Houser (PS)

David Lynn Sr. (CS, PS)

Robert Orme (PS)

George Silver (Pvt)

John Shryock (Lt, PS)

Michael Trout (PS)

North Carolina

Thomas Beatty (Col, CS)

Benjamin Bowen (Pvt)

Jones Brough (Pvt)

Richard Davis (PS)

Azariah Doty (Pvt)

John Hunt (Pvt)

Thomas Jones (PS)

Stephen Merritt (Capt)

Reuben Pennell (Pvt)

John D. Reeves (Lt.)

Jacob Slaughter (PS)

Matthew Sparks (CS)

Jacob Woodall (PS)

New Hampshire

Joseph Hatch (PS)

Reuben Hatch (CS)

Jonathan Moulton (Col, PS)

Adam Nichols (Pvt)

New Jersey

Joseph Applegate (Pvt)

Jacob Cregar (Sgt)

David S. Demarest (Capt)

Abraham Quick (Pvt)

New York

James Burt (Sgt)

Nathan Delano (Pvt)

Aaron Hale (Capt)

Daniel Ludlam (Sgt)

Philip Rockefeller (Staff Of)

Nicholas Summers (Sol)

Pennsylvania

John Adair (Pvt, PS)

Joseph Applegate (Pvt)

George Bruner (Lt)

Henry Bush (Pvt, PS)

Philip Crist (Sgt)

Barnett Cunningham (Pvt)

Gerlach Paul Flick (Capt, PS)

Martin Funk (Pvt)

John Hawes (Pvt)

Alexander Lowrey (Col, PS)

Andrew Lynn (Capt)

Peter Mattern (Pvt)

David Martin (Pvt)

James Patterson (PS)

William Patterson (Pvt)

Godfrey Stull (Pvt)

Cornelius Van Sant (Lt)

Frederick Zorger (Pvt)

Rhode Island

Pardon Angell (Sgt)

James Cranston (Sol)

John Green (Pvt)

Samuel Vernon (PS)

South Carolina

William Hamilton (Pvt, CS)

Francis Kinloch (Staff Of, PS)

William Liddell (Pvt)

Andrew McElwain (Lt, PS)

Christopher Rhodes (Pvt)

John Tolleson (CS)

James Wofford (Sol)

Virginia

David Allee (Pvt)

Nicholas Allee (PS)

Spencer Ball (PS)

Edward Braden (Sol, PS)

Robert Cardwell (Pvt)

David Castleman (PS)

Anthony Chavers (Pvt)

James Clark (Capt, PS)

Micajah Clark (PS)

William Cornett (Pvt)

Joseph Duncan (PS)

William Duncan (PS)

John Frantz (Pvt)

David Fulton (CS, PS)

Philip Harless (Pvt)

Matthias Ulrich Harshman (PS)

John Houchings (Pvt)

Minitree Jones (Sol, PS)

William Jones (Sgt)

Jeremiah Kirk (PS)

John Larue (PS)

Israel Meadows (Pvt)

Anne Catherine Moore (PS)

William Mountjoy (PS)

Thomas Nelson (BGen, CS, SDI)

Conrad Phillips (PS)

Solomon Phillips (PS)

James Powell (PS)

Henry Price (PS)

Mary Randolph (PS)

Stephen Threldkeld (Sol, PS)

Luke Valentine (Pvt)

John Walker (ADC, CS, PS)

Thomas Walker (CS, PS)

Mary Sims Walton (PS)

Abel Westfall (Capt)

John Westfall (PS)

Vermont

Thomas Freeman (Pvt)