Our Patriot Ancestors

Listed below are 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.

Adams, Winborn, NH, LT COL	Drury, Ebenezer, NH, PVT	McLean, JOHN, NC, CS PS
Aiken, William, Jr, SC, PVT	Drury, Zedekiah, NH, PVT	McMillan, James, PA, PVT
Aiken, William, Sr, PA, PVT	Duval, John, VA, PS	Nebuckar Jr, John, DE, PVT
Apperson, John, VA, PVT	Eldridge, Jesse, Jr, CT, CS PS	Owen, Joseph, MA, PVT
Ashbrook, Thomas, PA, CS	Forman, Jonathan, NJ, Cornet	Palmer, Christopher, CT, PVT
Baldwin, Nahum, NH, COL	Gordon, John, VA, PVT	Pangburn, Stephen, NJ, PS
Barnet, Joseph, PA, PS	Goss, Zebulon, MA, PVT	Pangburn, William, NJ, PVT
Barton, Rueben, MA, LT	Harper, John, NH, LT	Pentacost, Dorsey, VA, PA, CS, COL
Beeler, Joseph, PA, VA, CS, COL	Hart, Edward, NJ, PVT	Pettengill Sr, Benjamin, MA, PS, PVT
Bennett, Oliver, CT, PVT	Hart, John, NJ, SDI	Price, William, NC, PVT
Booth, Daniel, VA, PS	Hatch, Jeremiah, MA, NONCOM	Redway, Preserved, CT, CPL
Booth, James, VA, CAPT	Hatch, Nathaniel, MA, PVT	Stark, Jeremiah, SC, CS
Brown, John, MA, PS	Heald, Asa, MA, SGT	Story, Andrew, MA, PVT
Brown, Nathaniel, MA, PVT	Knapp, Samuel, NY, SOL	Story, Jacob, MA, LT
Brown, Simon, MA, PS	Koontz, John, NC, PVT	Strickland, Jacob, NC, PS
Caldwall, James, NJ, CHAP	Ladue, William, NY, PVT	Sylvester, Caleb, MA, SGT
Choate, Simeon, MA SGT	Leffingwell, Daniel, CT, LT	Talbot, Williston, VA, CS, PS, LT
Clason, Stephen, CT, PVT	Lent, Henry, NY, PVT	Tolles, Lamberton, CT, SOL CS
Cobb, Clisby, NJ, PVT	Mason, Jacob, NJ, PS	Van Meter, Henry, PA, PS
Davis, William, MA, PVT	Mason, William, PA, PVT	Van Meter, Joseph, PA, PS
De La Grange, Christian, NY, PS	Matteson, Nehemiah, PA, PVT	Walker, James, Sr, PA, PS PVT
De La Grange, Omie, NY, SOL	Maxwell, Henry, PA, PVT	Ward, William, NC, PS
Donaldson, Andrew, PA, PVT	McBride, JOHN, NC, PS LT	Wilt, Jacob, France, PVT

State Glossary

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

SC — South Carolina

VT — Vermont

VA — Virginia

Service Glossary

CAPT — Captain

CHAP — Chaplain

CS — Civil Service

LT — Lieutenant

LT COL — Lieutenant Colonel

NONCOM — Non-commissioned Officer

PS — Patriotic Service

PVT — Private

SDI — Signer of the Declaration of Independence

SOL — Soldier (no known details)