Santa Margarita Chapter, NSDAR

Oceanside, California

Our Patriot Ancestors

Listed below are the Patriot ancestors of our chapter members and the state in which they served. Take a look through, and if any of them is a family name to you, email our chapter registrar.

If your ancestor is not listed, you can do a Patriot look-up using the Genealogical Research System (GRS), a free genealogical database service of proven Patriots by NSDAR. If your Patriot is not listed in the GRS database, do not despair! Ask our registrar for help in establishing your Patriot ancestor with DAR using the chapter registrar link above

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.                                                                                                                                               

BACKUS, JOSEPH, NY, PS, SOL HADSELL, BENJAMIN, NC, PVT PARSONS, THOMAS, VA, PVT
BAILEY, ELISHA, VA, PVT HAMNER, JOHN, VA, PVT PHELPS, ELIJAH
BATTEN, HENRY, PA, SGT HARDAWAY, THOMAS, VA, PS PIERCE, GAINER, PA, PVT
BEASLEY, JAMES, VA, PVT HARDING, JOHN, NJ, PVT PIERCE, GAINER, PA, PVT
BENSON, STEPHEN, MA, CPL HARSHBARGER, SAMUEL, PA, PVT PIERCE, GAINER, PA, PVT
BENSON, WILLIAM THOMAS, MD, CS, PS HELPHENSTINE, PETER, VA, MAJ PORTER, ABNER, VA, PS, LT
BLINN, BILLY, CT, CS, PVT HIGGINBOTHAM, JAMES, VA, COL PRICE, JOSEPH, VA, PS
BOSWORTH, DAVID, CT, PVT HOGG, GIDEON, VA, PS PURINGTON, HUMPHREY, MA, PVT
BRADLEY, JOHN, JR., VA, PS, PVT HOLLAND, BENJAMIN, JR., MD, PS, SOL PURKHISER, MICHAEL, PA, PVT
BRADLEY, JOHN, SR., VA, PS HOLLAND, BENJAMIN, SR., MD, PS RADER, CONRAD, PA, PVT
BRASHEAR, WAYMACKE, MD, PS JUNKIN, JOSEPH, PA, PS, LT RAUDEBAUGH, JOHN NICHOLAS, PA, PVT
BRASHEAR, WAYMACKE, MD, PS JUNKIN, JOSEPH, PA, PS, LT RICE, FREDERICK, PA, PVT
BREED, PRISCILLA AVERY, SC, PS KEMMER, NICHOLAS, PA, CPL RILEY, WILLIAM, MD, CAPT
BROWN, ABRAHAM, NH, ENS KENNARD, MICHAEL, MD, PS, PVT RIVES, ROBERT, VA, PS
BUCHANAN, ROBERT, PA, PVT KEYSACKER, JOHN, VA, PS RIVES, WILLIAM, VA, PS
CAMPBELL, JAMES, NC, PS, PVT KING, SAMUEL, RI, SOL SANFORD, ROBERT, VA, SOL
CARSON, CHARLES KNIGHTON, JOSIAH, SC, SOL SARVENT, ABRAHAM, NY, PVT
CARVER, JAMES, VA, PVT KUYKENDALL, ABRAHAM, NC, CS, PS, CAPT SAXTON, FREDERICK, MA, SGT
CASHWELL, HENRY, VA, CPL LAMPHEAR, OLIVER, JR., CT, PVT SHAPPEE, ASHKENAZ, NY, PVT
CASWELL, WILLIAM, MA, PVT LAUMAN, GEORGE, PA, PS, PVT SHERMAN, PELEG, MA, PS, MAJ
CHAFFEE, CLIFFORD, VT, ENS LEARNED, ABIJAH, NH, PS SHIPMAN, JACOB
CHILDS, DANIEL, MA, PVT LEE, JONATHAN, MA, PVT SHIPMAN, JACOB, NC, 
CHURCH, JOSEPH, MA, PVT LEE, JONATHAN, MA, PVT SHOEMAKER, CHARLES, PA, CS, PS
CLAFLIN, CORNELIUS, MA, LT LEE, JONATHAN, MA, PVT SIGSBEE, JOHN, NY, PVT
CLAFLIN, INCREASE, MA, SGT LEE, JONATHAN, MA, PVT SMOKE, ANDREW, SC, PVT
COLE, ISAAC, NY, PS, PVT LIBBY, THOMAS, MA, CS, PS STOCKTON, JOHN, NJ, PVT
COLEMAN, FRANCIS, SC, CSE, PS, SOL MARSHALL, SAMUEL, VA, PVT STONE, RICHARD, VA, PS
COSBY, JAMES, SR, VA, PS MATTESON, AARON, NJ, PS TARBELL, JAMES, MA, PS
COSBY, JAMES, SR., VA, PS MATTHEWSON, JOSEPH, RI, PVT TARBELL, JAMES, MA, PS
CUPP, VALENTINE, PA, PVT MCDOWELL, DANIEL, PA, PS, SGT TATE, JOHN, PA/NJ, SGT
DAY, ELIPHALET, MA, PS MCDOWELL, JOHN, PA, PS TAYLOR, ANDREW, SR., NC, CS
DRAKE, SAMUEL, PA, CAPT MCKELVEY, HUGH, SC, PVT TAYLOR, ANDREW, SR., NC, CS
DUKE, JOSEPH, SC, SOL MCMAHON, JOHN, SC, PVT TAYLOR, HARRISON, VA, PS
DUKE, THOMAS, SC, PVT MCNABB, BAPTIST, NC, CS TEMPLIN, JAMES, PA, PVT
DURRETT, RICHARD, SR., VA, PS MCNABB, BAPTIST, NC, PS THOMPSON, JAMES, MD, SGT
EANES, JOSIAH, VA, PVT MCNABB, DAVID, NC, CAPT TORREY, JOSEPH, MA, PVT
ERTZBERGER, DANIEL, NY, PVT MCNABB, DAVID, NC, CAPT TORREY, JOSEPH, MA, PVT
ESTES, RICHARD, VA, PS, LT MERRIFIELD, RICHARD, VA, PS TOWER, MALACHI, SR., MA, CS, PVT
EVELAND, FREDERICK, CT, SGT MILLER, BARNEY, VA, PVT TROXELL, JACOB, PA, PVT
EVERHART, LAWRENCE, MD, SGT MILLER, JACOB, JR., VA, PS, SOL TROXELL, JACOB, PA, PVT
FERRILL, ROBERT, VA, PS MORGAN, TEMPERANCE AVERY, CT, PS TUTT, JOHN, VA, CAPT
FINCH, JAMES, NY, PS, PVT MORGAN, WILLIAM, CT, PS UTT, ADAM, PA, PVT
FOGHT, JOHN MORRIS, NY, CAPT MORRILL, HENRY, MA, COL WADSWORTH, GAD, CT, STAFF OF
FRENCH, HAYNES, VT, PVT MORRILL, HENRY, MA, COL WATKINS, SAMUEL, VA, PVT
FUDGE, JOHN, VA, PS MORRIS, WILLIAM, SR., VA, PS WELLS, LEWIS, SC, SOL
FULLER, JOSEPH, CT, CAPT MYERS, PETER, PA, PVT WHITE, RANDOLPH, VA, PVT
GARRETT, EDWARD, SC, PS NEAL, YOUNGER, NC, PS WHITTINGTON, THOMAS, MD, PS
GILL, CHARLES, MD, PS OBER, JOHN, PA, PS, PVT WILBUR, JOHN, RI, SGT
GILL, ROBERT, SR., MD, PS PACKER, AARON, PA, PVT WILLARD, ELIAS, CT, PVT
GILL, WILLIAM, PA, PVT PALMER, TRUEWORTHY, NH, PS, PVT WRIGHT, JOHN, JR., NC, CS, PS
GISH, CHRISTIAN, SR., PA, PVT PARROTT, JOSEPH, VA, LT YALE, JOB, CT, CAPT
    YOUNGBLOOD, JAMES, NC, PS

  

  

State and Service Legend
   
State Glossary Service Glossary
CT - Connecticut CAPT — Captain
DE - Delaware CPL — Corporal
GA - Georgia CS — Civil Service
MD - Maryland ENS — Ensign
MA - Massachusetts COL — Colonel
NH - New Hampshire LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel
NJ - New Jersey LT — Lieutenant
NY - New York MAJ- Major
NC - North Carolina PS — Patriotic Service
PA - Pennsylvania PVT — Private
RI - Rhode Island SGT — Sergeant
SC - South Carolina SOL — Soldier
VT - Vermont STAFF OF - Staff Officer
VA - Virginia  

 

 

 

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