Our Patriot Ancestors

We honor our Patriot ancestors for their service, commitment, and sacrifice.

Our Patriots are listed by the state they served and their service. Patriots provided service to the patriotic cause and supported the cause through military service and other actions or contributions. Abbreviations used for types of service in the list below:

First Lieutenant	1LT
Second Lieutenant	2LT
Brigadier General	BGEN
Captain	CAPT
Corporal	CPL
Civil Service	CS
Ensign	ENS
Lieutenant Colonel	LCOL
Lieutenant	LT
Major	MAJ
Non-Comissioned Officer	NONCOM
Orderly	ORDL
Patriotic Service	PS
Private	PVT
Signer of the Declaration of Independence	SDI
Sergeant	SGT
Soldier	SOL

Below is a listing of our members Patriots, their service, and their wife.

Connecticut

William Abel, Pvt, m Lois Merry

Jacob Benton, Jr., Pvt, m Hannah Slade

Ira Bigelow, Pvt, m Rachael Allen
David Botsford, Pvt, m Hannah Skeels

Jonah Chapman, Pvt, m Lidia Taylor

Isaac Cook, PS, m Jerusha Sexton
Ezra Davison (Davidson), Pvt, m Sarah Pride
Bezaleel Farnum, Pvt, m Hannah Lee

Haynes Fitch, Pvt, m Anne Cooke

James Hall, CS, m Mary Lamb
Stephen Otis, Sgt, m Lucy Chandler

Peter Post, CS, m Mary Thompson
Ozias Marvin Jr., Pvt, m Mary Bennett
Ozias Marvin Sr., PS, m Sarah Lockwood
Solomon Morse, Pvt, m Huldah Coleman

David Williams, Pvt, m Mindwell Sage

Elizur Wright, Pvt, m Hannah Boardman

Georgia

George Waggoner, PS, m Elizabeth

Maryland

Joseph Earp, Pvt, m Elender
Adam Miller, Pvt, m Rosannah Kirchner
Joshua Rutledge, Lt, PS, m Augustina Biddle

Van Swearingen Sr., PS, m Elizabeth Walker

David Young, Fifer & Matross, m Nancy Cruse

Massachusetts

Moses Abbott, Lt, CS, m Elizabeth Holt

Ebenezer Bartlett, PS, m Ann Clark

William Bolton, Jr., Drm m Abigail Sheldon
Elisha Clark, Pvt, m Hannah Hopkins
Scotto Clark, CS, m Thankful Crosby

Asahel Cooley, Pvt, Mil, m Esther Warriner

Jeremiah Everett, MD, m Elizabeth Warren
Jeremiah Everett Sr., Pvt, m 1)Rebecca Blackington, 2)Mindwell Woodward

Joshua Farnum, Pvt, m Polly Borden
Gideon Gray, Pvt, m Molly
Ariel Hinsdale, Cpl, m Thankful Severance
Samuel Hinsdale, PS, m Rebecca Leonard
Samuel Hoar, m Elizabeth Wait

Zadok Howe, Pvt, & Lt, m Rachel King
David Morse, Cpl, m Esther Sanger
Joshua Mayo, Pvt, m Lydia Pepper

William Nichols, Pvt, m Keziah Fitts
John Niles, Sgt, m Olive Wales
Nathaniel Niles, Lt, m Mary Clark

Solomon Pierce, Lt, m Amity Fessenden
John Rockwell, Pvt, m Hannah Scott
Moses Scott, Capt, m 1) Miriam Nash, 2) Elizabeth Henry
Ebenezer Severance, CS, PS, m Hannah
Joel Sumner, Cpl, m Elizabeth Warren Everett

Aaron Wakefield, Pvt, m Olive Wight
Gideon Young, Pvt, m Jemima Cilley

New Hampshire

Ebenezer Barrows, Sol, m Rebecca Threshire

Winthrop Carter, Lt, m Susannah Eastman

Nathaniel Emerson, LCol, m Sarah Tilton
Jeremah Fogg, PS, m Hannah Eastman
Moses Lowell, PS, m Sarah Bradbury
Samuel Lowell, PS, m Olive Wright
Daniel Morse, Cpl, m Miriam Hoyt

Joseph Razey, Sr., PS, m Mary Hollon
Jonathan Sawyer, Sgt, m Tabitha Palmer
William Tenney, Pvt, PS m Methitable Jones
Jeremiah Tilton, Wgn, m. Mahitable Hayes

New Jersey

Abraham Bonnell, Lt.Col., m. Elizabeth Foster
Joseph Byram, Pvt., m. Esther Douglas

John Hart, SDI & PS, m Deborah Scudder

Caleb Hopkins, Lt, m. Ruth Hull
Jacob Houghton, LCol., m. Phebe Golden
Phillip Melick, PS, m. Maria King

Joseph Williamson, Pvt, m. Martha Fort

New York

Jonathan Hammond, Pvt, m. Hannah Hoisington

Richard McClaughry, Pvt, m. Anne Burrhus

John McWhorter, Pvt, m Bethia Hall
John More, Pvt, m Elizabeth (Betty) Taylor

North Carolina

Luke Bynum, PS, m Martha (Patsy) Patterson
John Chappell, Sr., PS, m Nancy Harrison

Frederick Hargis, Capt, m Philipine Miller

Nathaniel Hart, PS, & Capt, m Sarah Simpson
James Humphrey, Pvt, m X
Thomas Mathis, and South Carolina, PS, m Mary Ann Rutherford

John Nicholson, Pvt, m X
Robert Rutherford, Col, m Dorothy Ann Brooks

Stephen Treadwell, Lt, m Rachael Walker
William Snipes, Pvt, m Sarah

Pennsylvania

Ludwig Bretz, Sgt & PS, m Susan Margaret Bishop

William Brisbane, Pvt, m Jannett Moore

Robert Brownfield Sr., PS, m Elloner Sutton

Robert Callender, Col, PS, m Frances Gibson

James Christy m Mary Campbell

Stephen Duncan, Pvt, CS, PS, m Ann Fox

Ruth Faith, PS, m Thomas Faith

Killyon Gary, Pvt, m Catherine Neff

John Gerberich, Pvt

John Ickes, Pvt, m Elizabeth Stambaugh

Edward Jones, 2Lt, m Rachel Lewis

Jacob Krohn, PS, m Maria Margaretha Dritt

Andrew Leist, Sgt, m Elizabeth (Landman)

Alexander Lewis, PS, m Mary Smith

Henry Markley, Maj, m Barbara Frick

Robert Maxwell, Pvt, m Elizabeth

Melchoir Miller, PS, m Rosanna Wunderlich

Morris Mitchell, Pvt, m Elizabeth Hoosang

John Ramsey, PS, m Isabella Paxton

Jacob Shaffer, Pvt, m Nancy Allen

Rhode Island

Philip Aylesworth, PS, m Elizabeth Jordan

Edward Lillibridge, PS, m Thankful Tefft Wells

South Carolina

Joseph Breed, Sol, m Catherine Lee

Samuel Elder, Pvt, m Cynthia Mackelwain
Arthur Goodson, Pvt, m Nancy
John Kinnard, Pvt, Mil, m Catrine (Kitty)

Vermont

No associated Patriots for this state at this time

Virginia

William Anderson, Sr., PS, m Mary Rachael

Elisha Bailey, Pvt
George Barmore, Pvt, m X

Samuel Bonifante, Pvt, m Dorcus James
Stephen Bourne, PS, m Hannah
Stephen Bourne, Sr., PS, m Hannah
Isaac Browning Sgt, Capt, m Hannah Browning

John Claypoole, PS, m Rachael Scott
Daniel Coleman, PS, m Anne Payne Harrison

Richard Conway, Pvt, m Polly
William Custer, Pvt, m Anne Smith
Daniel Davis, Pvt, m Betsy Stevenson
James Douglas, PS, Sol, m Hannah Huston

John Ely/Ealy, Pvt, m Barbara Jane Fry
Henry Francis, Capt, m Leah

Wendle Freshour, PS, m Mary

Lawrence Gordon, Pvt, m Nancy

Nathaniel Hart, Capt, PS, m Sarah Simpson

William Haymond, Capt, m Cassandra Clelland
Patrick Henry, Col, PS, m Dorothea Dandridge
William Henshaw, Capt, m Agnes Ann Nancy Anderson

Robert Johnson, Capt, m Jemima Suggett

William Kincheloe, Capt, m Mary White

Samuel Love, CS, m Dorcas Bell

John McDaniel, Pvt, m Margaret Rucker

James McGuire, Lt, m Elizabeth Black
Jacob McNeil, Sr., Pvt, m Margaret Cool
David Minear, Pvt, m Catherine Saylor
John Myrick, Lt, PS, m Ann Thompson
Owen Myrick, PS, m Elizabeth
Amey Peatross, PS, m Matthew Peatross
Hezekiah Ford Pigg, PS, m Elizabeth
John Pigg, PS, m Ann Clement
William Ross, Tms, m Jane Allison

Stephen Ruddle, CS, PS, m Mary
James Simpkins, Pvt. m X
Thomas Terrell, PS, m Rebecca Peatross

William Tillson, PS, m Mary Ransom

Jonathon Tipton, Lt, m Frances Daughterty

William Vaughan, PS

Nathaniel Venable, PS, m Elizabeth Michaux Woodson

Henry Ward, PS, m Martha Barbour
Jonathan Weldon. Pvt, m Mary (Betsy) Hanks

Thomas Wilkerson, Sr., PS

Benjamin Wilson, Col, PS, m Anne Ruddle

James Wilson, Pvt, m Agnes Pickett

William Wilson, PS m Elizabeth Blackburn

Legend:

2Lt — Second Lieutenant	Maj — Major
Capt — Captain	Mil — Militia
Col — Colonel	PS — Patriotic Service
Cpl — Corporal	Pvt — Private
CS — Civil Service	Sgt — Sergeant
Drm — Drummer	Sol — Soldier (no known details)
LCol — Lieutenant Colonel	Tms — Teamster
Lt — Lieutenant	Wgn — Wagoneer
m — Married	X — Unknown

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution