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.

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution

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