Our Patriots

Our chapter members are very proud to be descendants of the following Patriots who fought and gave aid to help gain American independence during the time of the American Revolutionary War. Our Patriots are from Connecticut (CT), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Pennsylvania (PA), South Carolina (SC), Vermont (VT), and Virginia (VA).

Military Service is noted by listing the military rank of the Patriot. (CAPT-Captain, COL-Colonel, CPL-Corporal, ENS-Ensign, LT-Lieutenant, MAJ-Major, NCO-Noncommissioned Officer, PVT-Private, SGT-Sergeant, SOL-Soldier)

SDI is a Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

CS is Civil Service. These are people who held a civil office such as Constable, Jailor,
Juror, Justice of Peace, Moderator, Ordinary, Selectman, Sheriff, Surveyor of Highways,
Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, etc.

PS is Patriotic Service, which covers a variety of types of services such as an Associator,
Collector of Provisions, Defender of Fort or Frontier, Delegate to a Continental Congress
or a Provincial Congress, Express Rider, Fence Viewer, Furnishing a substitute,
Gunsmith who gave his services, Inspector of Provisions, Legislator, Member of the
Boston Tea Party, the Cherokee Expedition, the Galvez Expedition, or the
Kaskaskia Campaign, Member of a Committee made necessary by the War, Minister who
made patriotic sermons, Munitions maker, Nurse, Taking an Oath of Allegiance,
Patroller, Prisoner of War or of the Indians, Refugee Rendering aid to the wounded,
Rendering material aid, Signer of a petition made necessary by the war, Surgeon,
Wheelwright.

Allen, Valentine, NC, PS Allison, James, SC, CS Barcley, Jacob, PA, PVT Beam, Christopher, PA, PVT Bice, Dennis, NJ, LT Bly, Jonathan, NY, PVT Bowser, John, PA, PVT Brandt, John, PA, PVT Brintnall, Thomas, MA, CAPT Brown, George, Jr., PA, LT Byram, James, VA, PVT Campbell, William, PA, PS Carnine, Andrew, VA, PVT Carter, Thomas, PA, PVT Caughey, Andrew, PA, PVT, PS Caughey, Francis, PA, PS ​Cessna, John, PA, MAJ, CS, PS Chambers, Edward, PA, PVT Clayton, Lambert, NC, SGT Coon, Andrew, PA, PVT ​Corwin, Joshua, NY, PVT Craig, Samuel, Sr., PA, SOL, PS Critchfield, William, VA, PVT Croyle, Adam, PA, PVT Croyle, Thomas, PA, PS Crum, Richard, NY, PVT Demarest, Petrus, VA, SOL, PS Edson, Nathan, MA, SGT Felgar, Henry, PA, PVT Fell, John, PA, PS Filler, Frederick, MD, PVT Fritz, Christian William, PA, PVT Fullwood, Thomas, NC, SOL Galbraith, James, PA, PS Galbraith, Thomas, PA, CS, PS Gangwer, Philip, PA, PVT Gary, Peter, PA, SGT Geer, Roger, CT, PVT Hamill, Hugh, PA, PVT Harmon, Philip, PA, PS Harris, Israel MA, VT, CAPT Hart, John, NJ, SDI, PS Henderson, Thomas, VT, PVT Henshaw, John, VA, PVT Hill, Joseph, Sr., PA, PVT Houck, John, MD, PS Hughes, William, PA, PS, SOL Hume, Stephen, MA, PVT Johnson, George, VA, NCO Johnston, Robert, PA, ENS, PS Joyce, Elijah, NC, PVT Keltz, George, Sr., PA, SOL Kepple, Nicholas, PS King, Michael, PA, PS Klinefelter, Michael PA, PVT Kneisley, Adam, PA, PS, SOL ​

Larrison, John, PA, PS Levering, Wigard, PA, PS ​Lowmaster, Frederick, PA, PVT Markell, Peter, PA, PS Matthews, George, MD, CPL Matthews, Jacob, MD, PS McCabe, James, PA, LT McClure, George, PA, PVT McDowell, James, PA, PVT McDowell, William, PA, SOL McLean, Andrew, PA, PVT Mead, Darius, Jr., PA, PVT Means, Robert, NC, PS Merriam, Timothy, MA, PVT Nash, Joseph, CT, PVT Orr, Robert, NC, PS Paine, Stephen, MA, SGT Park, Zebulon, NJ, SGT Parkinson, Benjamin, PA, PVT, CS Pettit, Benjamin, VA, LT Pickens, William, SC, PS Riggs, Preserve, NJ, PS Riggs, Zebulon, NJ, PS Rogers, Obadiah, NY, PS Root, Elihu, MA, SOL ​ Rose, David, Jr., NY, PVT, PS Ruble, David, Sr., PS, ENS Ruffner, George Adam, PA, SGT Ruffner, Simon, Jr., PA, SGT Ruffner, Simon, Sr., PA, PS Ryker, Gerardus, Jr., VA, SOL, PS Ryker, Gerardus, Sr., NJ, ENS Shannon, Samuel, PA, PS, CAPT Shipley, WIlliam, Sr., MD, PS Slick, William, MD, PVT Smith, Andrew, CT, PS, CS Smock, Jacob, VA, SGT Stabler, Christian, PA, PVT Stattler, Casper, PA, PS Stewart, Elisha, CT, PVT ​Stoy, Daniel PA, PVT Tantlinger, Henry, PA, PVT Trent, James, PA, PVT Vaughn, Daniel, CT, PS ​Wagerman, John, PA, NCO Weaver, Jacob, PA, PVT Weil, Peter, PA, PVT Webster, Alexander, NY, COL, PS Weller, Frederick, PA, PVT Wilcox, Josiah, CT, NCO Wilkins, William, PA, LT ​ Winship, John, MA, SGT, PS Winter, George, PA, PS Wishart, William, PA, PS Witter, Elijah, CT, PS, ENS Wright, Ebenezer, MA, PVT