Our Patriots

“Patriots” were those who resided in the Thirteen Colonies and rejected British rule. They were known as Continentals, rebels, and revolutionaries. Their opposition, the Loyalists, were in support of continued British law. In July 1776, the United States of America was declared an independent nation. Members in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution have proven a direct line from someone who gave service to our country in the American Revolutionary War.  

The following is a list of the patriots of our chapter members.  If your ancestor is listed below, congratulations! You are well on your way to becoming a DAR member!  If you need help locating a patriot ancestor visit the DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) for help.  You may also contact our Registrar for help.  


A

Akers, William (Cpl, NJ)                               

Allen, Adam (Pvt, PA)                                            

Allen, Drury, (PS, NC)                                       

Allen, Job (Sgt, VT)                                                  

Armstrong, Alexander (Sgt, PS, VA)                       

 

B

Babb, Peter (Pvt, MA)                                           

Bacon, Isaac (Pvt, PA)                                             

Ballard, Proctor (Sgt, VA)        

Ballou, Simeon (Lt, RI)                                      

Beaver, Michael Sr (PS, VA)                             

Bell, Hendrick (Pvt, NY)

Benfer/Benford, John George (Pv,t PA)             

Benjamin, Ebenezer (Capt, NY)           

Blue Sr., John (PS, VA)

Booth, James (Pvt, VA)                                      

Bowker, John (PS, MA)            

Bradbury, Sanders (Pvt, NH)                                     

Brockett/Brackett, Giles (Pvt, CT)             

Bridges, John (CS, NC)

Bronson, William (Capt, MA)                           

Bryan, William (Pvt, PS, NC)                             

Burns, Isaac (Pvt, PA) 

Butler, James (Sgt, VA)          

Byers, David (Ens, PA)

 C

Carpenter, Rufus (Pvt, VT)          

Carr, James (Capt, MA)                                     

Castle, Phineas (Capt, CT)   

Castor, Benjamin (Pvt, PA)               

Chappell, Thomas (Pvt, RI)             

Churchill, John (Pvt, PS VT)                               

Clark, Elijah (Pvt, MA) 

Clapp,Barney (NC)                                      

Cleveland, Ephraim (Capt, MA)    

Clopton, John (Lt, VA)                                        

Collins, Joshua (Sol, NY)   

Corbley, John (Pvt, PS, VA)                 

Corey, Ephraim (Capt, MA)                               

Cory/Corey, Elnathan (Pvt, NJ)                              

Crandall, David (Sol, RI)                   

Crane, Josiah (Capt, NJ)                   

Crites, Jacob Sr (Pvt, PA)    

Cushing, Pickels (Ens, MA) 

 D

Dale, Mathew (PS, MD)                                     

Davis, Robert (PS, MD)                                      

Dean, John Wilson (PS, DE)                              

Deppen, Christian (PS, PA)

Denton, John (Ma,j VA)                 

Dewey, Medad (Pvt, MA)                                  

Dill, Solomon (Lt, DE)              

Doty, Peter (Wgm, NJ)                     

Dungan, Benjamin (Capt, PA)

Dunlap, William (Pvt, SC)                                  

Dyer, Thomas (PS, MD)                                           

 E

Edwards, John (Pvt, NJ)

Eidson, Henry (ENS, VA)

Eskridge, George (Lt VA)                                  

Eubank, Achilles (Pvt, VA)

 F

Flagg, Ebenezer (Sgt, MA)

Flenniken, John (Sol, PS, NC)     

Foster, John (Pvt, MD) 

Foster, William (Pvt, MA)

French, Gideon (Pvt, MA)                     

Fuller, Isaac (Pvt, CT, MA) 

Funk, Henry (Pvt, PA)

 G

Gannon, William (Pvt, NC)

Gearhart, Peter (Pvt, PA)

Gilmore, Ephraim (Pvt, PA)

Gooding, Abraham (Pvt, VA)

Gordon, Hugh (PS, VA)

Graff/Groff, George (Capt, CS, PA)

Granger, John (Pvt, MA) 

Griffon, Ralph (Pvt, SC)    

Gritton, John (Pvt, Spy, PA) 

Grosvenor, Richard (Drm, PA)

  H

Hamilton, Robert (Cpl, PA)

Harbour, Joel (Pvt, PS, VA)

Harbour, Talmon (PS, VA)

Harbour, Thomas (PS, VA)

Harris, John (Drm, VA)

Hart, James (Pvt, VA)

Hartman, John (Pvt, CMan, PA)   

Hedden, Abraham (Sol, VA)

Hess, George Baltzer (PS, PA)

Henshaw/Hinshaw, William (PS, NC)

Hough, Ambrose (PS, CT)

Hume, George (PS, VA)

Hunt, Stephen (Col, PS, NJ) 

Hutchison, James (Pvt, PA)

Hyer/Hier/Hyre, Leonard Sr (PS, VA)    

 

              

I

Inman, Rufus (Pvt, MA)

  J

Jackson, Peter (Sgt, PA)

Johnston, Archibald (Capt, CS, NY, CT)

Jones, Benjamin Jr (Pvt, PA, NY)

 K

Kelsey, Giles (Pvt, PS, NH)

Kennedy, Thomas (PS, VA)

Kenton, Simon (Capt, PS, VA)                    

Kepner, Benjamin (PA)

Kirkpatrick, John (Lt, NJ)     

Koiner, Michael (PS, PA) 

 L

Lane, Hendrick (Pvt, NJ) 

LaRosh, Rudolph (Pvt, PA)

Latham, Nehemiah (Lt, MA)

Lathrop/Lothrop, Ebenezer Sr (Capt, CT)

Lauffer, Henry (Pvt, PA)

Lee, Randolph (Pvt, VA)                    

Leisenring, Conrad (Pvt, PS, PA)

Leonard, James (Pvt, PS, PA)

Levick, Caleb (Sgt, VA) 

Lewis, Thomas (Pvt, PS, VA)

Livesay, George (Pvt, VA)

Lothrop/Lathrop, Zephaniah (Pvt, CT)

Loughridge, Andrew (Maj, VA) 

Loveless, John (PS, PA)   

Lowell, Reuben (PS, NH)

Luse/Luce, Matthias (Pvt, NJ) 

 M

Mansperger, John George (Pvt, PA)

Martin, Charles (Pvt, Pvtr, CT)

Mayberry, Frederick (Pvt, VA)

McBride, William (Capt, CS, VA)

McCurdy, James (Sol, PA)

McLaughlin, Thomas (Capt, NH)

Mefford, George (Pvt, PA)

Mendenhall, Mordecai (PS, NC)

Mercer, Robert (PS, VA)

Mershon, Aaron (Pvt, NJ)

Miller, John Jr Pvt, PA)                                  

Mills, Aaron (PS, NC)                                           

Mills, Henry (PS, NC)                                          

Mitchell, John (Pvt, MA)                                        

Mitchell, Jonathan (PS, MA)                           

Mizner, Henry (PS, Spy, PA)

Montelius, Marcus (Pvt, PA)                         

Munford, William Green (Col, PS, VA)

 N

Newcomb, Luther (Pvt, Slr, CT, MA)

 O

Oakes,Samuel (Pvt, PA)                                       

Oden, Hezekiah (CS, PS, SC)                             

Overstreet, John (Pvt, VA)                                 

 P

Palmer, James (Pvt, VA)

Parker, Philomon (Pvt, MA)                              

Parker, Phineas (Pvt, CT)

Parkinson/Parkison, Joseph (CS, PS, PA)

Parkinson, William (PS, PA)

Parmenter, Joshua (Pvt, MA)

Patterson, William (PS, VA)

Peake, David (Pvt, VA)

Pearsall, Sampson (Pvt, PS, PA)

Pease/Pees, Nicholas (Pvt, PA)

Pinney, Martin (Sgt, CT)

Pond, Phineas (Pvt, MA)

Pontius, George (Pvt, PA) 

Pontius, John Sr (CS, PS, PA)

 R

Randolph, William (Capt VA)

Ranney, Ephraim Sr (Capt, VT)

Ranney, Ephraim Jr (Capt,  VT)

Reed, Amos C. (Pvt, NJ, PA)

Remington, Anthony (Mrnr, RI)

Reno, Benjamin (Pvt, PA)

Reno, John (PS, VA)

Rewalt, John (Capt, PA)

Rhodes/Rhoades, Samuel (PS, PA)

Rhodes/Rhoades, Peter (CS, PS, PA)

Richardson, John (Pvt, VA)

Righter, William (PVT, NY)

Robinson, William (PS, VA)

Ross, James Sr (PS PA)

 S

Sabin, Timothy (Pvt, NY)

Salmon, John (Pv,t NY)

Scott, John (PS, VA)

Sharp, Asa (Pvt, CT)

Shears, Andrew (Pvt, NY)

Shepherd, Thomas C (Sol, VA)

Shive, Francis (Sgt, PS, PA)

Shrewsbury, Samuel (PS, VA)                           

Simons/Simmons, Isham (Pvt, CT)

Simpson, William (Pvt, VA)

Skaggs, John (Spy, PS, VA)

Smith, Peter (PS, NC)


S

Smith, Shorten (Pvt, NY)

Spalding, Henry (CS, MA)

Spangler, Peter (Pvt, PA)

Stanford, Abraham (Pvt, PA)

Stark, John (Lt Col, NJ)

Steckel, Henry (Pvt, PA)

Steele, Josiah Jr (Sgt, CT)

Steers/Steere, Hugh (Pvt, PA)

Stiner/Stoner, Peter (Pvt, NC)

Stone, Spencer (Pvt, VA)

Stone, William (Pvt, SC)

Story, Joseph (Pvt, NH)

Stoutenburgh, Peter (Capt, PS, NY)

Strode, Richard (PS, PA)

Stubblefield, Edward (Lt, PS, VA)

Stucky/Stooky, Abraham (PS, VA)

Summers, George (En, NJ)

Swearingen, John, Sr. (PA)

 T

Taggart, John (PS, PA)

Teague, Moses (PS, NC)

Townsend, James (Pvt, VA)

Tucker, George (PVT, MD)

Tucker, Joseph (PS, MD)

Tuttle, Solomon (Pvt, PS, CT, NH)

 V

Van Hook, Samuel (Sgt, VA

Van Horn, Bernard (1st Lt, PA)

Van Horn, Isaac (Capt, PA)

Vaughan, Pierce (PS, VA)

W

Walker, Elizabeth Sealy Harding (PS, SC)

Wallace, John (PS, VA)

Ward, John (Pvt, MA)

Watts, Nicholas (Pvt, MA)

Webster, Constant (Capt, MA)

Wilkinson, Ichabod (Pvt, CT)

Williams, Ennion (Maj, PA)

Wilson, Samuel (Pvt, PA)

Wisegarver, George (PS, CS, PA)

Woods, James (PS, VA)

 Z

Zollinger, Nicholas (Lt, PA)

 






Rank Legend

1Lt - First Lieutenant
Adj - Adjutant
Bgen - Brigadier General
Capt - Captain
Chp - Chaplain
Col - Colonel
Cpl - Corporal
CS - Civil Service
Dr - Doctor
Ens - Ensign
LCol - Lieutenant Colonel
Lt - Lieutenant
Maj - Major
PS - Patriotic Service
Pvt - Private
QM - Quartermaster
Sgt - Sergeant
Stf - Staff Officer
Sol - Soldier
Wgm - Wagon Master