Our Patriot Ancestors

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

Our Patriots are listed in alphabetical order with 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. 

 

Abbott, Benjamin, Sr., NH, Pvt, Mm

Adams, Samuel, MA, Pvt

Adams, Henry, PA, 1Lt

Adsit, Benjamin, NY, Pvt

Albritton, John, GA, Sol

Allen, David, MA, Pvt

Allen, Isaac, MA, Pvt

Arbuckle, Matthew, VA, Capt

Arnold, Abraham, PA, Pvt

Arnold, Conrad, PA, PS

Arnold, Peter, PA, Sol

Arthur, James, VA, Pvt

Baker, William, CT, Pvt

Baker, Jacob, PA, Pvt

Ball, William, VA, Lt

Barton, Lewis, Sr., NY, Pvt

Beard, David, VA, Capt

Beatty, John, NY, PS

Benson, William, MD, CS, PS

Berard, Jean, LA, PS

Bingham, Jonathan, NH, PS

Blanchard, Isaac, RI, Lt

Blankenship, Daniel, VA, Pvt

Blankenship, Hudson, VA, PS

Blankenship, Reuben, VA, Pvt

Bohanon, William, VA, Sol, PS

Bolton, William, Jr., MA, Drm

Bowler, Charles, RI, PS

Bowman, John, PA, Pvt

Bowsher, Daniel, PA, PS

Bradshaw, John, VA, Sgt, PS

Brainerd, Stephen, CT, CS

Brewer, Samuel, NJ, Pvt

Brewster, Nathan, NY, Pvt

Brown, Edmund, VT, Ens

Brown, Thomas, VA, PS

Bruce, James, Sr., PA, PS

Bruce, James, Jr., VA, Sol

Bucher, Joseph, PA, Pvt

Burner, Daniel, VA, Pvt

Butler, James, SC, Capt, PS

Caldwell, Samuel, VA, PS

Cary, John, CT, Pvt

Cecil, Samuel, VA, CS, PS

Chapman, Asa, CT, Sgt

Chapman, Caleb, CT, Pvt

Clapp, Perez, MA, Sgt

Colvin, Henry, VA, Pvt

Conger, Uzziah, NY, Cpl

Connett, Daniel, NJ, Sol, PS

Conrey, John, NY, Pvt

Conway, Elizabeth, VA, PS

Conway, John, VA, PS

Conway, Joseph, VA, PS

Corbin, George, VA, Pvt

Curry, Robert, VA, Pvt

Curtis, Benjamin, CT, CS

Cutler, Thomas, MA, Pvt

Cutter, Ammi, MA, CS

Cutter, James, MA, Pvt

Darling, Benjamin, MA, Lt

Day, Jeremiah, NJ, Pvt

De Blanc, Louis, LA, PS

De Livaudais, Jean, LA, PS

De Villiers, Charles, LA, PS

Diefenbaugh, John, PA, Ens

Dill, Matthew, PA, Col

Diller, Casper, Jr., PA, PS

Dixon, Henry, NC, LCol

Dodge, William, MA, Sgm

Du Fossat, Guy, LA, PS

Eargood, Sebastian, PA, Pvt

Efaw, David, VA, Pvt

Elliott, Jonathan, Sr., MA, Pvt

Ent, Peter, NJ, Capt

Fargo, Moses, CT, Sgt

Farnum, Zebadiah, CT, Lt

Farrar, John, VA, Capt

Feeter, William, NY, Pvt

Ferguson, Henry, PA, Pvt

Fisher, George, MD, PS

Fisher, Michael, MD, Slr

Florence, William, VA, PS

Ford, Jacob, NY, LCol

 

Frazier, William, VA, PS

Freeman, Moody, VT, Pvt

Frisbie, Reuben, CT, Pvt

Gaines, Moses, CT, Sgt

Gates, Isaac, NH, Pvt, PS

Ginn, James, MA, Lt

Gordon, Thomas, PA, Pvt

Graves, William, CT, Pvt

Graves, Perez, Sr., MA, Capt, CS, PS

Green, Warren, CT, PS

Greenawalt, Jacob, PA, PS

Greenawalt, Jacob, PA, Capt

Grevemberg, Francois, LA, PS

Griffin, Jasper, CT, PS

Griffith, John, MD, PS

Gum, Jacob, Sr., VA, Pvt

Hamilton, John, Sr., PA, Pvt

Hanks, William, VA, PS

Harnsberger, Stephen, VA, Sol

Harrison, Benjamin, Sr., VA, PS, SDI

Hartman, Paul, PA, PS

Haskins, James, VT, Cpl

Hemingway, Daniel, Sr., MA, CS, PS

Henry, Patrick, VA, Col, PS

Henshy, Henry, Jr., PA, Pvt

Herndon, Edward, Sr., VA, PS

Hildebrand, Felix, PA, Pvt

Hildebrand, Johannes, PA, PS

Hills, James, MA, Pvt

Holliday, Daniel, Sr., SC, PS

Holliday, Daniel, Jr., SC, Sgt, PS

Houck, Jacob, PA, Pvt

Houtz, John, VA, PS

Hovis, Frederick, PA, Pvt

Howard, Claiborne, VA, Pvt

Howard, John, MD, LCol

Howell, Levi, NJ, PS

Hubbard, Ebenezer, MA, PS

Hunter, Andrew, SC, Sct

Hurlburt, Azor, CT, Ens, CS, PS

Hutchins, John, CT, Pvt

Ingalsbe, Ebenezer, Sr., MA, Capt

Inman, William, VA, PS

Jameson, James, PA, Pvt

Johnson, Josiah, Jr., MA, Sgt

Johnson, Josiah, Sr., MA, Capt, PS

Johnson, George, VA, NonCom

Kendall, Obadiah, MA, Sol

Kent, Jacob, NH, Col, CS

Kershner, Peter, PA, PS

Kidd, John, VA, Sol

Kimberlin, John, VA, PS

Knapp, Joshua, Sr., CT, CS, PS

Knapp, Joshua, Jr., CT, Ens

Lackey, John, VA, CS, PS

Lashells, George, NJ, Pvt

Lee, Richard, VA, Col, PS, SDI

Leiby, Johan, PA, Capt, PS

Leinbach, Benjamin, PA, Pvt, PS

Leinbach, Frederick, MD, PS

Lemon, William, PA, Lt

Lewis, Andrew, Sr., VA, BGen, PS

Lewis, James, PA, PS

Liddon, Benjamin, NC, Capt

Lightner, George, PA, Lt

Lillard, John, VA, Capt

Little, Ephraim, CT, Pvt

Little, James, CT, Pvt, PS

Long, Reuben, VA, Lt

Lowrey, John, MD, Pvt, PS

Lutz, Nicholas, PA, Col, CS, PS

Lyman, John, MA, PS

Lyman, John, Jr., MA, Lt

Maynard, John, CT, Pvt

Mccarty, Jonathan, VA, Capt, PS

Mckeever, Paul, VA, PS

Mcmillan, John, SC, Pvt, PS

Means, George, VA, Pvt

Medtart, Jacob, MD, Pvt, PS

Melott, Peter, MD, Lt

Mentzer, David, PA, Pvt

Merriam, Nathaniel, CT, Lt

Montgomery, James, PA, Pvt

Moore, Andrew, PA, PS

Moore, George, PA, Pvt

Morgan, Daniel, PA, Pvt

Morse, Daniel, MA, Cpl

Moses, Jacob, PA, Pvt, PS

Moylan, Stephen, PA, BGen

Olivier, Charles, LA, PS

Olmstead, Ichabod, CT, PS

Olmstead, John, CT, Tms

Osborn, Joseph, III, MA, Pvt

Page, Jeremiah, MA, LCol

Park, Ebenezer, CT, Pvt

Peabody, Richard, CT, Ens

Pecker, James, Sr., MA, StaffOf

Pecker, William, MA, Pvt

Perkins, Israel, MA, Pvt

Perry, David, CT, Lt

Perry, Eliakim, Sr., NY, PS

Phelps, Joseph, CT, Ens

Phifer, Jacob, PA, PS

Plumley, John, NH, Pvt

Puryear, John, VA, PS

Putnam, Edmund, MA, Capt

Pyle, David, VA, PS

Ragsdale, Peter, VA, CS

Record, Josiah, VA, Capt

Rector, Henry, VA, PS

Reed, John, MA, Sgt

Reed, Isaac, PA, Pvt

Rice, Noah, MA, NonCom

Rishel, Ludwig, PA, Pvt

Robertson, James, NH, Lt

Rogers, Joshua, CT, Pvt

Ross, Lawrence, PA, Pvt

Russell, Jacob, CT, Pvt

Russell, Seth, MA, PS

Sayre, Nathan, CT, Pvt

Schuyler, Philip, NY, Col

Sears, Thomas, NY, Lt

Sessions, John, NC, Pvt

Severance, Jonathan, MA, CS, PS

Sherburne, James, NH, Cpl

Slocomb, Samuel, VT, Pvt

Smith, Thomas, CT, Cpl

Smith, Absalom, NJ, PVT, TMS

Smith, John, MA, Capt

Southwick, Ebenezer, MA, CS

Soyars, James, VA, Cpl

Spencer, Obediah, CT, Pvt

Spencer, Joseph, VA, LCol

Squire, Nathaniel, NJ, Capt

Stambach, Philip, MD, Pvt

Stanley, Matthew, NH, PS

Strong, Ozias, MA, Pvt

Strong, Joseph, CT, StaffOf

Stump, John, PA, Pvt

Sturgis, Hezekiah, CT, PS

Sturgis, Jonathan, CT, CS, PS

Sturgis, Solomon, CT, PS

Sweet, Gideon, RI, Pvt

Thomas, Ebenezer, CT, Sgt

Totten, Joseph, NY, Sol

Treat, Timothy, Jr., MA, Cpl

Treat, Timothy, Sr., MA, Cpl

Turner, Lewis, VA, PS

Van De Mark, Sylvester, NY, Pvt

Vance, David, NC, Capt

Wait, James, PA, Pvt

Walton, Jesse, VA, Sol, PS

Walton, Mary, VA, PS

Warner, Lemuel, CT, CS

Warriner, Reuben, MA, Cpl

Webb, William, CT, Pvt PS

Wilkerson, James, VA, Pvt

Williams, Jonathan, Sr., MA, PS

Williams, Jonathan, Jr., PA, PS

Williams, Joseph, VT, PS

Williams, Robinson, CT, CS

Wilson, William, NC, Pvt

Wilson, David, SC, Sol

Wilson, David, MA, Pvt

Winder, John, PA, PS

Wood, Daniel, NY, Capt

Yearwood, John, NC, Pvt

Young, Jesse, NH, Lt

 

Glossary of United States, and Patriot Service Abbreviations:

State Glossary

CT — Connecticut

DE — Delaware

GA — Georgia

LA — Louisiana

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

1Lt  — First Lieutenant

2Lt  —Second Lieutenant

2Sgt  —Second Sergeant

Arfr  — Artificer

BGen — Brigader General

Capt — Captain

Cdr  — Commander

Chp  — Chaplain

Col — Colonel

Cpl — Corporal

CS — Civil Service

Drm  — Drummer

Dr.  — Physician or Surgeon

Ens — Ensign

Fif  — Fifer

LCol — Lieutenant Colonel

Lt — Lieutenant

 

Mm — Minuteman

Maj — Major

Matr — Matroos

Noncom — Non-Commissioned Officer

PS — Patriotic Service

Pvt — Private

Sct  — Scout

SDI  — Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Sgm  — Sergeant Major

Sgt — Sergeant

Sol — Soldier

StaffOf — Staff Officer

Tms  — Teamster