Our Patriot Ancestors

Listed below are most of the Patriot ancestors of our chapter members, the state they served, and their service. 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 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.


John Adams, CT, CAPT Comfort Barnes, MA, CS, PS Ephraim Bates, VA, SGT Daniel Baylies, NJ, PVT William Bennett, PA, LT William Miller Bledsoe, VA, PVT Michael Brobst, PA, LCOLTimothy Blodgett, MA, PVT George Buttolph, CT, PVT Jose Campos Redondo, SA, PSLaughlin Campbell, NC, PS Hanchrist Carlock, VA, PVT Solomon Carter, VA, PS Jonathan Catlin, NJ, PVTJoseph Chandler, CT, SGT/PS William Winn Cockerham, VA, PSJoshua Corbin, MA, PVT John Peter Corn, VA, PVT John Cryder, PA, LTAbel Curis, MA, PVT Nathaniel Davis, VA, SOL Juan Luis De Herrera, SA, PSJohn Deppen, PA, PS George Edgington, Jr., PA, PVT Josiah Flournoy, VA, PS Daniel Gray, MA, PVT Enoch Grigsby, SC, LT John H Guildin, PA, LCOL, PS John Hackett, MA, PVT Ambrose Hale, MA, PVT Hezekiah Hargrave, NC, PVT George Helfferich, Sr., PA, PVT, PS Christopher Frederick Hepler, PA, PVT, PS	Daniel Hiester, PA, PS Daniel Higgins, VA, PVT, PS John Holden, MA, LT Justus Hubbell, NY/VA, PVT, CS, PSAbraham Husted, CT, SGT Edward Humston, VA, CS, PS Jacob Hunt, MA, PVTHenry Hunter, NC, PVT Curtis Johnston, VA, CS Horatio Jones, PA, NONCOM, PS Richard Kennon, NC, PS Benjamin Kimsey, VA, PS Asa Lake, VT, NONCOM Jesse Lane, NC, PVT James Lillard, VA, PS Beza Lincoln, MA, PVT Christopher Liner, VA, PVT Michael Long, PA, PVT George Mason, VA, PSJohn McArthur, NY, Lt William McMurray, VA, SOL, CS, PS Joseph Meek, VA, PS Isaac Melvin, MA, CPL Isaac Miller, VA, LT, CSJohn Minthorn, NJ, SGT MAJ John Morehead, VA, PSLester Morris, VA, PS Aaron Noble, MA, LT David Olmstead, CT, CAPT Antonio Jose Ortiz, SA, PS	Thomas Partridge, VT, PVT Benjamin Peck, CT, PVT Amos Ponder, SC, PVT Eleazer Putnam, MA, LT Henry Putnam, Sr., MA, SOLPeter Raub, PA, PVTJose Campos Redondo, SA, PSBenjamin Ring, PA, PS/PVT James Roddy, NC, CAPT George Roush, VA, PVTEzra Rowden, CT, PVT John Adam Roush, VA, PS John Sailor, PA, PVT John Sandidge, VA, CS, PS Nathaniel Sessions, CT, PVT Asa Sherwood, CT, PVT William Sledd, VA, SOLJames Tate, VA, CPT John Taylor, VA, PVT Hiram Thompson, MA, PVT Baltzer Trout, PA, PS Israel Underwood, CT, PVT Benjamin Wallace, NC, PVT James Warren, VA, PS Thomas Watkins, VA, CAPT, PS Edmund Welch, MA, PVTOliver Wolcott, CT, Signer Decl. of Independence, Major General Jesse Womack, VA, SOL George Wood, PA, PVT Jonathan Wright, CT, ENS Joseph Yaden, VA, NONCOM Michael Zirkle, VA, PVT, PS

Glossary of United States, Country, and Patriot Service Abbreviations:

UNITED STATES:

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

SA— Spanish America

SC — South Carolina

VT — Vermont

VA — Virginia

PATRIOT SERVICE:

CAPT — Captain

CPL — Corporal

CS — Civil Service

ENS — Ensign

LT — Lieutenant

LTCOL — Lieutenant Colonel

NONCOM — Non-commissioned Officer

PS — Patriotic Service

PVT — Private

SGT — Sergeant

SOL — Soldier