Arizona DAR Daughters' Patriots
ASDAR Tree of Patriots
These Patriots and their biographies were captured from October 2018 to April 2019 during the ASDAR Tree of Patriots project in conjunction with the America 250! NSDAR Pathway of the Patriots project by then ASDAR State Historian.
These Patriots and their biographies were captured from October 2018 to April 2019 during the ASDAR Tree of Patriots project in conjunction with the America 250! NSDAR Pathway of the Patriots project by then ASDAR State Historian.
Aaron Nutt
Aaron Nutt, my ancestor, my mother Catherine Nutt Koulas, and her three great aunts cherish this man!
Aaron was a Quaker, tailor, indentured to a man who couldn't go, so Aaron served the cause by bringing supplies.
By his serving, his indentureship was removed. I am proud of my ancestor!
Abel Platts
My four times great grandfather Abel Platts was born in Massachusetts in 1738.
At age 44, he answered the call to serve with Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment
which marched from Rindge, New Hampshire, through 144 miles of forest to Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
There, they re-enforced the Continental Army. He died in Rindge, New Hampshire, in 1819.
Abner Skidmore
Abner Skidmore served under Colonel John McCrea in the 4th Company,
13th Regiment of the Albany County Militia in New York.
He fought in the battles of Saratoga along with his four brothers.
Abraham Runnels
Abraham Runnels was born on May 23, 1718, in Exeter, New Hampshire.
He was a private in Colonel Pierse Long’s Regiment known as Long’s Regiment.
He was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence and fought at Fort Ann on July 8, 1777.
He passed away on July 24, 1804.
Adam Caperton
Adam Caperton was born in Virginia around 1755.
He fought in Lord Dunmore’s War and served as deputy sheriff of Greenbriar County, Virginia.
He was married to Elizabeth Miller and moved to Kentucky.
Adam was killed by Indians in 1782 at Mount Sterling, Kentucky,
in what is known as Estill’s Defeat.
Sergeant Andrew Geist
Andrew Geist was at the battle of Brandywine and he was a teamster.
One night he slipped from his tent and was able to release some horses,
one being his horse, and helped General Washington flee to Philadelphia.
Archelaus Jarratt
Archelaus Jarratt was born on January 5, 1725,
married Elizabeth Mimms in 1747,
and had one son, Thomas in 1764.
He lived in Goochland County, Virginia.
He rendered material aid for the Revolution.
Research indicates he was a carpenter by trade.
I found a possible relative during my research and will make contact.
Captain Basil Prather
Basil Prather, serving as a captain in the Maryland and Virginia militia,
was ordered to join General George Rogers Clark
who was fighting the British and the American Indians in the Northwest Territory (five midwestern states).
This land was subsequently ceded to the United States at the Treaty of Paris.
Captain Benjamin Biggs
Benjamin Biggs 1753-1823.
He joined the military in 1774 where he fought in the War of Dunsmore
and was commissioned lieutenant in the 13th Virginia Regiment in 1777.
In 1778, he was commissioned captain and commanded Fort Henry in Wheeling.
He served in the Virginia Legislature 1790-1795.
He married Priscilla Munday in 1795.
Benjamin Bodge
Benjamin Bodge was born in 1713 in Dover, New Hampshire.
He married Sarah Hunt and lived in Madbury, New Hampshire, for a while.
When Benjamin was 63 years old the Revolution broke out.
He was living in Lee, New Hampshire, where he signed on to the Patriot Cause by pledging his loyalty.
I am very pleased to be his descendant.
Benjamin Buckingham
Benjamin Buckingham of Maryland (1721 - ca 1808/10)
was a land owner in Baltimore County, Maryland.
He provided support by paying the 1783 supply tax
and took the Oath of Allegiance in march 1778.
Casper Hill
The earliest history of the Hill ancestry goes back to a time
when they were protestant refugees in Switzerland.
They came to America with the Palatine emigration 18th Century.
In America, they are called the "Pennsylvania Dutch."
Among these emigrants were five Hills.
Settled in Montgomery and Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Charles Furbush
Served in the French Indian War, and was later at Lexington and Bunker Hill.
Dined twice with General Washington.
He died in 1795, murdered in his sleep by his black servant Pomp.
He had ten children, seven of whom lived.
His house still stands in Andover.
Colonel Colbe Chamberlain
Commissioned first lieutenant in Colonel Sunderlands’ Regiment of New York Militia,
served as captain in Colonel Graham’s Regiment, and served as captain in Colonel Hopkin’s Regiment.
He was breveted colonel for his meritorious conduct in the Battles of White Plains, Fort Montgomery, and Saratoga.
Daniel Hill
Daniel Hill, born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, on May 1, 1752,
was a soldier, serving several years in the Revolution.
He took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
He was a farmer, and a husband, a father but most of all he was a Patriot,
helping to create these United States of America.
Private Daniel Urann
Daniel Urann was born April 10, 1750, in Rowley, Massachusetts.
He moved to Wilmot, New Hampshire, where he married Sarah Keniston.
Daniel was one of the training soldiers drawn on May 27, 1776 in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
He was also a private in Captain Kimball's company and Colonel Stickney's regiment.
He joined the Northern army at Bennington and Stillwater on July 20, 1776,
and was discharged on September 25, 1777.
He died in Wilmot, New Hampshire, January 20, 1827.
Private David Bedford
David Bedford was a private in the 4th Regiment of the Dutchess County, New York Militia.
He was born January 1, 1740, and died September 26, 1815.
David Fisher, Jr.
David Fisher, Jr. of Massachusetts (1759-1829) was a private, military service.
Entered service at 16 years of age in 1776.
Service under Colonel Dike (1176), Colonel Willard (1777), Colonel Thayer (1780).
His widow survived him and filed a pension.
He had thirteen children and settled in New Hampshire.
David Wakefield
David Wakefield was born in 1733 Galway, Ireland.
Escaping religious persecution from the King of England
he sailed to the Colonies with Mary and four children.
They settled in Path Valley, Pennsylvania, where they lived, were wagonmakers, and paid taxes.
He signed the petition "Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of Fannett Township" 1779.
Ebenezer Welch
Ebenezer Welch, 14, volunteered as a private
in Colonel Willet’s Regiment in Captain Peter Tearse's Company,
New York Troops in 1782 at Green River, New York.
During service, he marched to Johnstown,
Fort Herkimer, Fort Stanwix, Fort Plain, and Schenectady, New York,
where he received his discharge, serving one year, nine months.
Elijah Humphrey Janes
Elijah Humphrey Janes served with honor and bravery in the War of the Revolution.
He was initially a Minute Man, then served under Captain William Francis,
and completed his service as a lieutenant and quartermaster in the Cornet Bulls;
a Regiment of Light Dragoons.
His service was of a true and faithful man.
Private Elijah Brace
Elijah Brace was born February 25, 1750, in Hartford, Connecticut.
He married Catherine Calkins in June 1766 and they had seven sons.
He joined the Continental Army and left in February 1776
with Captain Parmelee’s Company to reinforce troops besieging Quebec.
He died September 11, 1824, after an adventurous life.
Elijah Lassiter
Elijah Lassiter was born in 1762 in North Carolina.
At age of 16, he began serving in the North Carolina Militia as a private
under Captains Peterson, Joel Sherwood, and Major Hogg
fighting in battles from Halifax to Wilmington until the surrender of Cornwallis.
Elijah died in North Carolina in 1848.
Private Frederick Fisher
Frederick Fisher was a private in the Virginia Militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
He was wounded and received a pension.
He died in Marshall County, Tennessee, at the age of 84.
His name is on the monument as one of the 13 privates injured in the battle.
Private George Catt
Private George Catt of Virginia took the Oath of Allegiance on August 25, 1777.
He served in the Monongalia Militia with Captain John Whitsell's
Company of Rangers from May to July 1778.
George Damron
George Damron served as a private and fifer from May 1777 until February 1778
in the 6th Virginia Regiment as a member of the detached Morgan’s Rifle Regiment
commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan.
George served under both Captains Jordan Cabell
and Benjamin Talliaferro and participated in the Battle of Saratoga.
George Gieseman
George Gieseman was born on May 3, 1754, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
He married Catherine Wagner in October 1818 in Berks County.
They had ten children.
During the Revolutionary War, he served as a private
in Captain Henry Shepler's Company, Berks County.
He died March 18, 1754, in Berks County.
George Read
George Read was a delegate from the colony of Delaware selected to attend the First Continental Congress.
During that time, he became infamous for signing the Declaration of Independence.
He served Delaware at the Constitutional Convention,
U.S. Senator, and Chief Justice.
He served his country passionately.
Helena Goltry
Helena Goltry was a widow with multiple children when George Washington
and his army camped on her and 17 of her closest neighbors' farms for five weeks
after the Battle of Bound Brook (April 13, 1777) near Middle Brook, New Jersey.
Helena and her neighbors wrote and signed a petition for reimbursement
from the Army on March 3, 1778.
She was the only woman who signed the petition.
Henry Axtell
Henry Axtell was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
James Chilton, Henry's fourth great grandfather came to America on the Mayflower.
He signed a remonstrance to the Provincial Congress concerning qualified officers.
He was a "minute man" and his nickname was "The Old Major".
Henry Smith, Jr.
In 1777 Henry enlisted under Captain McCullough, Major Ross, and General Williams.
He was in the battle at Briar Creek and Rocky Comfort Creek.
He was under Captain Barnett, Colonel Watson, and General Sumter.
He volunteered to be Morgan's pilot and led the general to the Pacolet River.
Ensign Henry Turner
Ensign Henry Turner served in Amherst County, Virginia, Militia.
He also paid for supplies to give aid to the American Revolutionary War cause.
James Fitzjames Clow
My ancestor was born in Scotland and emigrated to Philadelphia.
He created the ceiling in the Samuel Powell House.
He married Sarah Beach from Connecticut. They had three children.
He served at West Point at the same time as Benedict Arnold.
James Green
James Green was a frontiersman and served as an Indian Scout.
He is listed on a monument to those who served in the "Early wars" at Nickelsville, Virginia.
Among those listed are Daniel Boone, a friend of my Patriot, and his father, Lewis "Bear" Green.
Captain James Kirk
James T. Kirk, Sr., was a member of the First Committee for
Public Protection in Virginia, the chairman being George Washington.
James served as a bodyguard for General George Washington
during the hostilities of the American Revolutionary War
and saw two of his brothers die beside him in battle.
Lieutenant James Martindale
Lieutenant James Martindale was my fourth great-grandfather
and a lieutenant in the South Carolina Militia.
Battles: October 7, 1780, "Battle of Kings Mountain,"
a pivotal battle for the Patriots, and May 22 to June 18, 1781, and
"The Siege of Ninety Six," 28 days centered on an earthen fortification known as Star Fort.
Lieutenant Jeremiah Colburn
Jeremiah Colburn was born in 1736.
He was one of the three original settlers and founders of what is now Orono, Maine.
He served as ensign under Lieutenant Andrew Gilman on the Penobscot,
as sergeant in Captain Solomon Walker's Company,
and as lieutenant under Brigadier General Wadsworth.
Jesse Corwin
Jesse Corwin, son of Joseph Corwin and Susannah Wickerham
was born in Southold Suffolk County, Long Island, New York 1736.
Died 1791 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, District of Virginia.
His service is documented in the Stratford and Wilson,
Certificates and Receipts of Revolutionary in New Jersey, see pages 195 and 196.
He rendered material aid.
John Adams Files, Sr.
John Adams Files, Sr., was a captain who served in the South Carolina Militia.
He was wounded in the "Battle of Cow Pens" on January 17, 1781.
He served with his three sons and was promoted to captain
before he was captured and put to death by the British and Indians in 1781.
John Bethea
John Bethea III, born in 1740 in Virginia, moved to South Carolina in the late 18th century.
He married Absala Parker and had nine children.
Owning almost 8,000 acres of land, he farmed and raised stock.
Listed as serving under the most famous South Carolina militiaman,
Brigadier General Francis Marion,
“The Swamp Fox,” his home is listed as a meeting place for the Liberty Legislature Committee in 1800.
John Bitler
John Bitler was a young man of twenty years, of German descent, when he joined the fight for freedom.
A Pennsylvania farmer he served the Berks County Militia.
He swore an oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
renouncing the King of England.
Private Bitler served under Lieutenant James Gleaves in 1782.
John Button
John Button Patriot was born in 1749 in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island,
and died in 1841 in Brookfield, Madison County, New York.
He married Anna Coon.
His service was to the state of Rhode Island
by serving in Captain George Thurston’s 2nd Regiment,
Hopkinton’s Washington County Militia.
Colonel John Collier
John Collier was colonel over the Randolph County Militia 1779-1782.
He led the Randolph County Regiment of Militia
at the battles of Little Lynches Creek, South Carolina,
Camden, South Carolina, Cox's Mill, and Balfoors Plantation.
He was elected to the North Carolina Senate from 1779-1782.
John Andrew Davisson
John Andrew Davisson was commissioned on December 10, 1776, as captain
of Captain Davidsons Company, Second Maryland Regiment. He served until May 3, 1780.
He married Ann Copeland and they had five children
that they raised on 400 acres of land in West Virginia. Acreage from this land
was donated to a Baptist church for a parsonage and the cemetery, where he is buried.
John Gordon
John Gordon was born circa 1739.
He lived in Hartford County, Maryland.
He enlisted January 29, 1776, was a private
in Captain Ewing's Company of the First Maryland Regiment,
and was issued a bounty land warrant in 1790.
He moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania,
and died there on March 29, 1816.
John Harrington (Herrington)
Born ca 1759 Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Served as a drummer boy and private in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment under Colonel John Patton in 1777.
Listed on muster rolls at Valley Forge from December 1777 to June 1778.
At Morristown, New Jersey, with General Washington winter 1779-1780.
Died 1862, aged 103.
Lieutenant John McMahon
Liuetenant John McMahan was born in Orange County, Virginia, circa 1733,
and died in Augusta County, Virginia ante May 21, 1784.
He was a second lieutenant in Captain William Anderson’s Company
in the Augusta County Militia and also paid a supply tax in 1783.
Major John Pearson
John Pearson, born on May 30, 1743, in Richland County, South Carolina.
During the American Revolutionary War, he served as militia major under Thomas Sumter.
After the war, he was elected as brigadier general of the South Carolina Eighth Brigade in 1800.
Pearson was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives
and later the senate. He died in 1819.
Private John Ryland
John Ryland, Private, Pennsylvania, served 1778-1783.
Taken prisoner by the British while in the 17th Regiment.
He escaped or was traded to fight again.
He found time to marry on September 1, 1781.
He was entitled to donation lands, normally reserved for officers
for service 1783, 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.
John Shepard
In North Royalton Ohio, the Ohio Historical Society
placed a historical marker, “John Shepherd - an American Hero
March 16, 1729-January 3, 1847,
John Shepherd is believed to be the longest-lived veteran of the American Revolution.
He died at the age of 117 years, 9 months, and 18 days...”
John Twibell
Born in Ireland, drafted as a British soldier, ran away and joined the colony to be free and fought the British.
Was in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment.
Two sons were in the Civil War.
Moved to Indiana. Died age 93, buried
and marked with a special gravestone of a 13-star American Flag.
Hartford City, Indiana, DAR inscribed a bronze plaque on large boulder on the public square.
John Woodruff
John Woodruff was named for his occupation as a "forest warden."
He served with Washington in the winter encampment of Valley Forge as a private.
His father Captain John Woodruff was captain of militia in Connecticut in 1750.
John and his wife Hannah Lambert had three sons who also served in the American Revolutionary War.
Joseph Hebert
Joseph Hebert, born circa 1739, married Francoise Hebert circa 1762.
Acadian prisoners at Nova Scotia in 1763, arrived in Louisiana in 1765 with son Louis.
Joseph served in Cabanocé and Attakapas Militias
and drove cattle to aid Spain's campaign against West Florida.
Joseph died October 13, 1790, at Fausse Pointe.
Joseph Shoemaker
At age 16, he carried mail for army on the Deleware River.
He was shot twice and carried the musket balls until his death at age 106, (1759-1864).
At age twenty-eight, participated in the Wyoming and
Valley Massacre 'Shut Up' property destroyed by "Connecticut People."
Age fifty-two, he served in the War of 1812, New York Militia at the Battle over Black Rock.
"Never Give Up What is Owed"
Joshua Wyeth
A young sixteen-year-old blacksmith apprentice boarded a ship in Boston.
His retelling of this event was the first published about the Boston Tea Party
"We were merry at the idea of making so large a cup of tea for the fishes...I never worked harder in my life."
Kinchen Martin
Kinchen Martin of Southampton County, Virginia, enlisted
in Captain Whitehead's Company at the young age of 14.
During the war, he served as private, sergeant-major, adjutant, and ensign.
He later settled in Anson County, North Carolina,
where he married Chloe Hough, had four children,
and died in 1841.
Lawton Palmer
Patriot Lawton Palmer, DAR Ancestor number A086694,
was born November 24, 1727, in Little Compton, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, and died September 1803.
He married Mercy Hall.
His service state was Rhode Island
and was one of the signers of Hopkinton, Rhode Island Association
Test in 1776 pledging allegiance to the colonies.
Private Jacob Shade
Jacob was born in 1756 in Germany and died in 1842 in Virginia.
He served four times, three from Maryland and once from Virginia.
He walked from Maryland to New York and back several times.
He escorted prisoners from Yorktown to the stockade in Baltimore.
Private Levi Carey
Levi Carey of Connecticut served as a wheelwright from 1775 to 1783.
He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trenton, and was at Valley Forge.
He was in New York City at the time of its surrender to the British.
He passed away in 1845 at 90.
Sergeant Lewis Gifford
Lewis was the fourth generation of a family known for defending religious freedom.
He enlisted for Dartmouth, Massachusetts, several times, seeing combat in Rhode Island.
At his pension hearing, Lewis, 75, displayed the fragment of exploded cannon he still bore.
With wives Jedidah Taber, then Susanna Ashley, he raised twelve children.
Michael Hargan
In 1768, 16-year-old Michael Hargan sailed from Donegal, Ireland with his two sisters.
Michael was an expert rifleman who joined the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment in Hagerstown, Maryland,
and traveled to Canada gathering troops.
Patrick Henry awarded him a land grant in Fort Knox, Kentucky,
and surrounding areas, where Hargans live today.
Morris Roberts
A Virginia farmer, he was one of many unsung heroes
who supported the American Revolutionary War by furnishing supplies such as food,
blankets, clothing, and caring for their horses.
Without men like him, the struggle for independence for America would have been nearly impossible.
He is my ancestor and my hero.
Lieutenant Michael Schall
Michael Schall (Baden, Germany, 1739) came to Pennsylvania at 15.
In 1776, Michael was reported to be trained and armed for the defense of the Commonwealth.
He first appears in records as a sergeant and later as a lieutenant.
Michael distinguished himself, and the family has many well-preserved legends about his service.
Lieutenant Moses Andrews
Lieutenant Moses Andrews resided in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania during the war.
Andrews served as a lieutenant under Captain Samuel Fulton
and Colonel Henry Slagle in the 8th Battalion of the York County Militia.
Nathaniel Hall French
Nathaniel Hall French (born February 14, 1767 in Weston, Connecticut,
died May 30 1853 in New Haven, Vermont)
At age 12, he substituted for his father, Samuel French,
in the Connecticut State troops as a guard at Newfield Harbor (Bridgeport), Connecticut.
When 15, he enlisted and was a guard at Blackrock Fort in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Nathaniel married Beulah Champion.
Captain Nathaniel Huntoon
Captain Nathaniel Huntoon (1721-1793), was born in Kingston, New Hampshire, and married to Anna Dearborn.
He signed the Association test in Unity in 1776 and he was a Selectman.
He was the captain of the 9th Company of the Sixteenth Regiment of Militia of the Colony of New Hampshire.
Ensign Nicholas Day Amos
Nicholas Day Amos was born in 1742 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
He served in the Harford County Militia and signed an Oath of Fidelity. He married Christiana Ditto in 1761.
He eventually settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he died in 1799.
Private Nicolas Stansill (Stansell)
Nicolas Stansell served in the Mohawk Valley Militia while a teenager
and joined Tryon County, New York’s 1st Regiment during the American Revolutionary War.
He fought in the Battle of Oriskany.
In 1789, Stansell and nine family members
became the first white settlers of Lyons, Wayne County, New York.
Ozias Perry
Ozias was born on June 20, 1757, to Eliakim Perry and Hepzibah Ladd.
Four days before his 21st birthday, Ozias joined the Vermont Militia
and was sent to help guard the frontier.
In 1806, Ozias moved from Vermont to Dresserville, New York.
He died on May 10, 1831, and was buried on his farm.
Peter Ginther
Peter Ginther was a second-generation Pennsylvania German who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
As a member of the Moravian religion, he was a Conscientious Objector,
even so, he joined the Pennsylvania Militia in 1776 and 1781.
Ginther fought under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edwards and Commander John Stone.
Philip Johnston
Philip Johnston was born on August 27, 1741.
He was the first colonel in the New Jersey Militia to die in the American Revolutionary War.
As a husband and father, he died at the head of his regiment,
at the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776.
Prudence Cummings Wright
Prudence Cummings Wright stopped the King's Army from getting the Colonists' artillery in Concord.
She rallied the town's women to meet at the bridge.
Her brother, Tory, and his friend were coming through on their way to Boston
with the weapon's location. "Prue" succeeded; the message did not get through.
Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia, in 1749 and married Matilda Davis in 1771.
He served as captain of the Tarter and Hornet while under a commission in the Virginia State Navy.
He was wounded in a conflict with the enemy while in command of a flotilla in the waters of the Chesapeake in 1779.
Lieutenant Robert Elliott
Lieutenant Robert Elliott enlisted in the 12th Virginia Continental Line
from Botetourt County, Virginia December 16, 1776.
He fought in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown,
wintered with his company at Valley Forge,
survived to fight in the Battle of Monmouth,
and extended his commission until late 1780.
Robert Sample
Captain Robert Sample, born 1747 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died 1823 Davidson County, Tennessee.
He served in the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army until the close of the war.
He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Germantown
and kept in confinement on board the British prison ships at New York for two years.
Colonel Samuel John Atlee
Colonel Samuel John Atlee fought in the French and Indian War.
He trained the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia preparing for the American Revolutionary War.
He fought at the battle of Long Island, captured and survived on a prison ship.
After release, became a delegate to the Continental Congress.
Buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Benjamin Franklin.
Samuel Dedman
Samuel was born in 1750 in York County, Virginia.
Son of Philip Dedman and Easter Langston.
Married Elanor Howard in 1771.
He was a surveyor on January 16, 1775.
Moved his family to Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
to safeguard them from the American Revolutionary War.
Samuel Fitz Randolph
Samuel Fitz Randolph was born October 17, 1738, Piscataway, New Jersey,
married Margaret Fitz Randolph March 25, 1761,
commissioned as an ensign in 1777, in the Second Regiment Sussex County, New Jersey Militia,
promoted to captain, founded Salem, West Virginia, in 1792,
died February 18, 1825, and was a Mayflower descendant.
Corporal Seth Higley
Corporal Seth Higley was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, on October 29, 1746.
He served in the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Militia
where he answered the Lexington Alarm and then marched to New York.
After the war, he owned a sawmill and a tavern.
He had ten children.
He died February 2, 1794.
Shadrach Pearson
Shadrach Pearson, the oldest of triplet boys born in Virginia in 1754 to Charles and Sally (Weathers) Pearson,
served in the Virginia Continental Line during the American Revolutionary War, 1776-1781.
He was with General George Washington when they crossed the Delaware River,
and at Brandywine, Fort Mifflin, Valley Forge, and Stony Point.
Sherwood Mays
Sherrod Mayes provided goods during the war.
He was from Virginia. He was a scout and scouted what is now Tennessee.
He owned land in Tennessee when it was known as Frankland "The Lost State".
He owned and operated a ferry on the Holston River.
He died May 18, 1834.
Sergeant Solomon Stratton
As a member of the Virginia Militia, he fought in the Battle of Alamance
and was a member of George Rogers Clark’s expedition
to Illinois in which Fort Kaskaskia was captured from the British.
Stephen Kelsey
Stephen Kelsey (1757-1833) was born and died in Killingworth, Connecticut,
married to Lois Griffin, March 27, 1783.
He enlisted in the American Revolutionary War in July 1776
and fought in Captains Baldwin and
Bristol’s Train Band during Tryon’s Invasion of Connecticut
in the Alarm of East Haven on July 7, 1779.
Thomas Cooch
Thomas Cooch was born in Hatfield, England, and upon arriving in 1746,
he purchased 200 acres containing a grist and sawmill.
In 1776 a militia was organized in New Castle, Delaware, and he was elected colonel.
He also served as a captain in the French and Indian War.
Corporal Thomas Duffield
Corporal Thomas Duffield served in Colonel Thomas Procter's
4th Artillery Regiment, of the Pennsylvania line and was a Prisoner of War (POW) on the prison ship Jersey.
He worked as a tanner and all equipment was taken or destroyed by the British during the war.
He and his wife Rachel Northrop had three children and lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Timothy Hosmer
Timothy Hosmer served as a surgeon in the American Revolutionary War.
A portion of that time was on General Washington's staff.
It was Dr. Hosmer that felt for a pulse on Major Andre
and made the announcement to General Washinton.
Hosmer's today are proud we had two Hosmers at the Old North Bridge in Concord on April 15, 1775.
William Barker
William Barker was born in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut,
he had fourteen children with two wives. The first wife was Lydia Parmlee and his second wife Phoebe Buckingham.
His widow, Phoebe, applied for and received a pension for his service during the American Revolutionary War.
He is buried in South Wales Cemetery in South Wales, Erie, New York.
William Devin, Jr.
William Devin enlisted in the Continental Line
in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in December 1776, and was appointed a sergeant.
He participated in the battles of Brandywine Crossing, Germantown, and Monmouth.
William contracted and recovered from smallpox while at Valley Forge.
He was discharged from service in March 1780.
William Grimes
William Grimes was born in Hanover County, Virginia, circa 1762.
During the American Revolutionary War, he resided in Hanover County Virginia.
William Grimes provided patriotic service by furnishing supplies.
He died in Elbert County, Georgia, ante 1795.
William Howland
William’s American Revolutionary War pension, dated August 18, 1832,
states he enlisted in 1776/1777 in Gloucester Providence, Rhode Island,
as a private in the company commanded by Captain Wilmot
of the regiment of Colonel Frey for the state of Rhode Island.
He was in service for 21 months and 10 days.
William died February 8, 1835.
William Simmons
William Simmons fought during the American Revolutionary War at Little Compton, Rhode Island.
William Simmons saw service as an ensign in the Rhode Island Navy
under the command of Gideon Simmons and Ephram Simmons.
Captain William Smith
William Smith was a captain of Lower County
of foot militia in Upper Alloway Creek in eastern Batt County of Salem, New Jersey.
He took part in a skirmish with the enemy at Quinton's Bridge on March 18, 1778.
There is a DAR monument at the site of the bridge.
William Walton, Sr.
During the American Revolutionary War, William Walton, Sr., (1736-1806)
served in Captain John Loving's Company from Virginia
and Captain John Brown's North Carolina mounted riflemen.
He served with Colonel Benjamin Cleveland
in the Battle of Kings Mountain; a decisive victory
and a turning point of the War.
Private Zephaniah Rogers
Zephaniah Rogers enlisted in Litchfield on April 16, 1776, in the Connecticut line.
Eight companies were reassigned to the Northern Department
under Colonel Elmore’s Battalion of Forces
and protected the garrison at Fort Stanwix in Johnstown, New York.
Johnstown was a strategic and critical location to win over the British.
Private Zophar Searle
Zophar was the youngest of twelve children born to Nathaniel and Priscilla Webb Searl.
They owned the only house in Southhampton, Massachusetts with more than one room.
Zophar married Anna Clarke in 1764.
They had ten children, including my great-great-grandfather.
They both lived to be in their eighties.
Aaron Nutt, my ancestor, my mother Catherine Nutt Koulas, and her three great aunts cherish this man!
Aaron was a Quaker, tailor, indentured to a man who couldn't go, so Aaron served the cause by bringing supplies.
By his serving, his indentureship was removed. I am proud of my ancestor!
Abel Platts
My four times great grandfather Abel Platts was born in Massachusetts in 1738.
At age 44, he answered the call to serve with Colonel Enoch Hale's regiment
which marched from Rindge, New Hampshire, through 144 miles of forest to Fort Ticonderoga, New York.
There, they re-enforced the Continental Army. He died in Rindge, New Hampshire, in 1819.
Abner Skidmore
Abner Skidmore served under Colonel John McCrea in the 4th Company,
13th Regiment of the Albany County Militia in New York.
He fought in the battles of Saratoga along with his four brothers.
Abraham Runnels
Abraham Runnels was born on May 23, 1718, in Exeter, New Hampshire.
He was a private in Colonel Pierse Long’s Regiment known as Long’s Regiment.
He was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence and fought at Fort Ann on July 8, 1777.
He passed away on July 24, 1804.
Adam Caperton
Adam Caperton was born in Virginia around 1755.
He fought in Lord Dunmore’s War and served as deputy sheriff of Greenbriar County, Virginia.
He was married to Elizabeth Miller and moved to Kentucky.
Adam was killed by Indians in 1782 at Mount Sterling, Kentucky,
in what is known as Estill’s Defeat.
Sergeant Andrew Geist
Andrew Geist was at the battle of Brandywine and he was a teamster.
One night he slipped from his tent and was able to release some horses,
one being his horse, and helped General Washington flee to Philadelphia.
Archelaus Jarratt
Archelaus Jarratt was born on January 5, 1725,
married Elizabeth Mimms in 1747,
and had one son, Thomas in 1764.
He lived in Goochland County, Virginia.
He rendered material aid for the Revolution.
Research indicates he was a carpenter by trade.
I found a possible relative during my research and will make contact.
Captain Basil Prather
Basil Prather, serving as a captain in the Maryland and Virginia militia,
was ordered to join General George Rogers Clark
who was fighting the British and the American Indians in the Northwest Territory (five midwestern states).
This land was subsequently ceded to the United States at the Treaty of Paris.
Captain Benjamin Biggs
Benjamin Biggs 1753-1823.
He joined the military in 1774 where he fought in the War of Dunsmore
and was commissioned lieutenant in the 13th Virginia Regiment in 1777.
In 1778, he was commissioned captain and commanded Fort Henry in Wheeling.
He served in the Virginia Legislature 1790-1795.
He married Priscilla Munday in 1795.
Benjamin Bodge
Benjamin Bodge was born in 1713 in Dover, New Hampshire.
He married Sarah Hunt and lived in Madbury, New Hampshire, for a while.
When Benjamin was 63 years old the Revolution broke out.
He was living in Lee, New Hampshire, where he signed on to the Patriot Cause by pledging his loyalty.
I am very pleased to be his descendant.
Benjamin Buckingham
Benjamin Buckingham of Maryland (1721 - ca 1808/10)
was a land owner in Baltimore County, Maryland.
He provided support by paying the 1783 supply tax
and took the Oath of Allegiance in march 1778.
Casper Hill
The earliest history of the Hill ancestry goes back to a time
when they were protestant refugees in Switzerland.
They came to America with the Palatine emigration 18th Century.
In America, they are called the "Pennsylvania Dutch."
Among these emigrants were five Hills.
Settled in Montgomery and Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Charles Furbush
Served in the French Indian War, and was later at Lexington and Bunker Hill.
Dined twice with General Washington.
He died in 1795, murdered in his sleep by his black servant Pomp.
He had ten children, seven of whom lived.
His house still stands in Andover.
Colonel Colbe Chamberlain
Commissioned first lieutenant in Colonel Sunderlands’ Regiment of New York Militia,
served as captain in Colonel Graham’s Regiment, and served as captain in Colonel Hopkin’s Regiment.
He was breveted colonel for his meritorious conduct in the Battles of White Plains, Fort Montgomery, and Saratoga.
Daniel Hill
Daniel Hill, born in Sherborn, Massachusetts, on May 1, 1752,
was a soldier, serving several years in the Revolution.
He took part in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
He was a farmer, and a husband, a father but most of all he was a Patriot,
helping to create these United States of America.
Private Daniel Urann
Daniel Urann was born April 10, 1750, in Rowley, Massachusetts.
He moved to Wilmot, New Hampshire, where he married Sarah Keniston.
Daniel was one of the training soldiers drawn on May 27, 1776 in Salisbury, New Hampshire.
He was also a private in Captain Kimball's company and Colonel Stickney's regiment.
He joined the Northern army at Bennington and Stillwater on July 20, 1776,
and was discharged on September 25, 1777.
He died in Wilmot, New Hampshire, January 20, 1827.
Private David Bedford
David Bedford was a private in the 4th Regiment of the Dutchess County, New York Militia.
He was born January 1, 1740, and died September 26, 1815.
David Fisher, Jr.
David Fisher, Jr. of Massachusetts (1759-1829) was a private, military service.
Entered service at 16 years of age in 1776.
Service under Colonel Dike (1176), Colonel Willard (1777), Colonel Thayer (1780).
His widow survived him and filed a pension.
He had thirteen children and settled in New Hampshire.
David Wakefield
David Wakefield was born in 1733 Galway, Ireland.
Escaping religious persecution from the King of England
he sailed to the Colonies with Mary and four children.
They settled in Path Valley, Pennsylvania, where they lived, were wagonmakers, and paid taxes.
He signed the petition "Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of Fannett Township" 1779.
Ebenezer Welch
Ebenezer Welch, 14, volunteered as a private
in Colonel Willet’s Regiment in Captain Peter Tearse's Company,
New York Troops in 1782 at Green River, New York.
During service, he marched to Johnstown,
Fort Herkimer, Fort Stanwix, Fort Plain, and Schenectady, New York,
where he received his discharge, serving one year, nine months.
Elijah Humphrey Janes
Elijah Humphrey Janes served with honor and bravery in the War of the Revolution.
He was initially a Minute Man, then served under Captain William Francis,
and completed his service as a lieutenant and quartermaster in the Cornet Bulls;
a Regiment of Light Dragoons.
His service was of a true and faithful man.
Private Elijah Brace
Elijah Brace was born February 25, 1750, in Hartford, Connecticut.
He married Catherine Calkins in June 1766 and they had seven sons.
He joined the Continental Army and left in February 1776
with Captain Parmelee’s Company to reinforce troops besieging Quebec.
He died September 11, 1824, after an adventurous life.
Elijah Lassiter
Elijah Lassiter was born in 1762 in North Carolina.
At age of 16, he began serving in the North Carolina Militia as a private
under Captains Peterson, Joel Sherwood, and Major Hogg
fighting in battles from Halifax to Wilmington until the surrender of Cornwallis.
Elijah died in North Carolina in 1848.
Private Frederick Fisher
Frederick Fisher was a private in the Virginia Militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
He was wounded and received a pension.
He died in Marshall County, Tennessee, at the age of 84.
His name is on the monument as one of the 13 privates injured in the battle.
Private George Catt
Private George Catt of Virginia took the Oath of Allegiance on August 25, 1777.
He served in the Monongalia Militia with Captain John Whitsell's
Company of Rangers from May to July 1778.
George Damron
George Damron served as a private and fifer from May 1777 until February 1778
in the 6th Virginia Regiment as a member of the detached Morgan’s Rifle Regiment
commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan.
George served under both Captains Jordan Cabell
and Benjamin Talliaferro and participated in the Battle of Saratoga.
George Gieseman
George Gieseman was born on May 3, 1754, in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
He married Catherine Wagner in October 1818 in Berks County.
They had ten children.
During the Revolutionary War, he served as a private
in Captain Henry Shepler's Company, Berks County.
He died March 18, 1754, in Berks County.
George Read
George Read was a delegate from the colony of Delaware selected to attend the First Continental Congress.
During that time, he became infamous for signing the Declaration of Independence.
He served Delaware at the Constitutional Convention,
U.S. Senator, and Chief Justice.
He served his country passionately.
Helena Goltry
Helena Goltry was a widow with multiple children when George Washington
and his army camped on her and 17 of her closest neighbors' farms for five weeks
after the Battle of Bound Brook (April 13, 1777) near Middle Brook, New Jersey.
Helena and her neighbors wrote and signed a petition for reimbursement
from the Army on March 3, 1778.
She was the only woman who signed the petition.
Henry Axtell
Henry Axtell was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
James Chilton, Henry's fourth great grandfather came to America on the Mayflower.
He signed a remonstrance to the Provincial Congress concerning qualified officers.
He was a "minute man" and his nickname was "The Old Major".
Henry Smith, Jr.
In 1777 Henry enlisted under Captain McCullough, Major Ross, and General Williams.
He was in the battle at Briar Creek and Rocky Comfort Creek.
He was under Captain Barnett, Colonel Watson, and General Sumter.
He volunteered to be Morgan's pilot and led the general to the Pacolet River.
Ensign Henry Turner
Ensign Henry Turner served in Amherst County, Virginia, Militia.
He also paid for supplies to give aid to the American Revolutionary War cause.
James Fitzjames Clow
My ancestor was born in Scotland and emigrated to Philadelphia.
He created the ceiling in the Samuel Powell House.
He married Sarah Beach from Connecticut. They had three children.
He served at West Point at the same time as Benedict Arnold.
James Green
James Green was a frontiersman and served as an Indian Scout.
He is listed on a monument to those who served in the "Early wars" at Nickelsville, Virginia.
Among those listed are Daniel Boone, a friend of my Patriot, and his father, Lewis "Bear" Green.
Captain James Kirk
James T. Kirk, Sr., was a member of the First Committee for
Public Protection in Virginia, the chairman being George Washington.
James served as a bodyguard for General George Washington
during the hostilities of the American Revolutionary War
and saw two of his brothers die beside him in battle.
Lieutenant James Martindale
Lieutenant James Martindale was my fourth great-grandfather
and a lieutenant in the South Carolina Militia.
Battles: October 7, 1780, "Battle of Kings Mountain,"
a pivotal battle for the Patriots, and May 22 to June 18, 1781, and
"The Siege of Ninety Six," 28 days centered on an earthen fortification known as Star Fort.
Lieutenant Jeremiah Colburn
Jeremiah Colburn was born in 1736.
He was one of the three original settlers and founders of what is now Orono, Maine.
He served as ensign under Lieutenant Andrew Gilman on the Penobscot,
as sergeant in Captain Solomon Walker's Company,
and as lieutenant under Brigadier General Wadsworth.
Jesse Corwin
Jesse Corwin, son of Joseph Corwin and Susannah Wickerham
was born in Southold Suffolk County, Long Island, New York 1736.
Died 1791 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, District of Virginia.
His service is documented in the Stratford and Wilson,
Certificates and Receipts of Revolutionary in New Jersey, see pages 195 and 196.
He rendered material aid.
John Adams Files, Sr.
John Adams Files, Sr., was a captain who served in the South Carolina Militia.
He was wounded in the "Battle of Cow Pens" on January 17, 1781.
He served with his three sons and was promoted to captain
before he was captured and put to death by the British and Indians in 1781.
John Bethea
John Bethea III, born in 1740 in Virginia, moved to South Carolina in the late 18th century.
He married Absala Parker and had nine children.
Owning almost 8,000 acres of land, he farmed and raised stock.
Listed as serving under the most famous South Carolina militiaman,
Brigadier General Francis Marion,
“The Swamp Fox,” his home is listed as a meeting place for the Liberty Legislature Committee in 1800.
John Bitler
John Bitler was a young man of twenty years, of German descent, when he joined the fight for freedom.
A Pennsylvania farmer he served the Berks County Militia.
He swore an oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
renouncing the King of England.
Private Bitler served under Lieutenant James Gleaves in 1782.
John Button
John Button Patriot was born in 1749 in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island,
and died in 1841 in Brookfield, Madison County, New York.
He married Anna Coon.
His service was to the state of Rhode Island
by serving in Captain George Thurston’s 2nd Regiment,
Hopkinton’s Washington County Militia.
Colonel John Collier
John Collier was colonel over the Randolph County Militia 1779-1782.
He led the Randolph County Regiment of Militia
at the battles of Little Lynches Creek, South Carolina,
Camden, South Carolina, Cox's Mill, and Balfoors Plantation.
He was elected to the North Carolina Senate from 1779-1782.
John Andrew Davisson
John Andrew Davisson was commissioned on December 10, 1776, as captain
of Captain Davidsons Company, Second Maryland Regiment. He served until May 3, 1780.
He married Ann Copeland and they had five children
that they raised on 400 acres of land in West Virginia. Acreage from this land
was donated to a Baptist church for a parsonage and the cemetery, where he is buried.
John Gordon
John Gordon was born circa 1739.
He lived in Hartford County, Maryland.
He enlisted January 29, 1776, was a private
in Captain Ewing's Company of the First Maryland Regiment,
and was issued a bounty land warrant in 1790.
He moved to Greene County, Pennsylvania,
and died there on March 29, 1816.
John Harrington (Herrington)
Born ca 1759 Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Served as a drummer boy and private in the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment under Colonel John Patton in 1777.
Listed on muster rolls at Valley Forge from December 1777 to June 1778.
At Morristown, New Jersey, with General Washington winter 1779-1780.
Died 1862, aged 103.
Lieutenant John McMahon
Liuetenant John McMahan was born in Orange County, Virginia, circa 1733,
and died in Augusta County, Virginia ante May 21, 1784.
He was a second lieutenant in Captain William Anderson’s Company
in the Augusta County Militia and also paid a supply tax in 1783.
Major John Pearson
John Pearson, born on May 30, 1743, in Richland County, South Carolina.
During the American Revolutionary War, he served as militia major under Thomas Sumter.
After the war, he was elected as brigadier general of the South Carolina Eighth Brigade in 1800.
Pearson was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives
and later the senate. He died in 1819.
Private John Ryland
John Ryland, Private, Pennsylvania, served 1778-1783.
Taken prisoner by the British while in the 17th Regiment.
He escaped or was traded to fight again.
He found time to marry on September 1, 1781.
He was entitled to donation lands, normally reserved for officers
for service 1783, 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.
John Shepard
In North Royalton Ohio, the Ohio Historical Society
placed a historical marker, “John Shepherd - an American Hero
March 16, 1729-January 3, 1847,
John Shepherd is believed to be the longest-lived veteran of the American Revolution.
He died at the age of 117 years, 9 months, and 18 days...”
John Twibell
Born in Ireland, drafted as a British soldier, ran away and joined the colony to be free and fought the British.
Was in the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment.
Two sons were in the Civil War.
Moved to Indiana. Died age 93, buried
and marked with a special gravestone of a 13-star American Flag.
Hartford City, Indiana, DAR inscribed a bronze plaque on large boulder on the public square.
John Woodruff
John Woodruff was named for his occupation as a "forest warden."
He served with Washington in the winter encampment of Valley Forge as a private.
His father Captain John Woodruff was captain of militia in Connecticut in 1750.
John and his wife Hannah Lambert had three sons who also served in the American Revolutionary War.
Joseph Hebert
Joseph Hebert, born circa 1739, married Francoise Hebert circa 1762.
Acadian prisoners at Nova Scotia in 1763, arrived in Louisiana in 1765 with son Louis.
Joseph served in Cabanocé and Attakapas Militias
and drove cattle to aid Spain's campaign against West Florida.
Joseph died October 13, 1790, at Fausse Pointe.
Joseph Shoemaker
At age 16, he carried mail for army on the Deleware River.
He was shot twice and carried the musket balls until his death at age 106, (1759-1864).
At age twenty-eight, participated in the Wyoming and
Valley Massacre 'Shut Up' property destroyed by "Connecticut People."
Age fifty-two, he served in the War of 1812, New York Militia at the Battle over Black Rock.
"Never Give Up What is Owed"
Joshua Wyeth
A young sixteen-year-old blacksmith apprentice boarded a ship in Boston.
His retelling of this event was the first published about the Boston Tea Party
"We were merry at the idea of making so large a cup of tea for the fishes...I never worked harder in my life."
Kinchen Martin
Kinchen Martin of Southampton County, Virginia, enlisted
in Captain Whitehead's Company at the young age of 14.
During the war, he served as private, sergeant-major, adjutant, and ensign.
He later settled in Anson County, North Carolina,
where he married Chloe Hough, had four children,
and died in 1841.
Lawton Palmer
Patriot Lawton Palmer, DAR Ancestor number A086694,
was born November 24, 1727, in Little Compton, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, and died September 1803.
He married Mercy Hall.
His service state was Rhode Island
and was one of the signers of Hopkinton, Rhode Island Association
Test in 1776 pledging allegiance to the colonies.
Private Jacob Shade
Jacob was born in 1756 in Germany and died in 1842 in Virginia.
He served four times, three from Maryland and once from Virginia.
He walked from Maryland to New York and back several times.
He escorted prisoners from Yorktown to the stockade in Baltimore.
Private Levi Carey
Levi Carey of Connecticut served as a wheelwright from 1775 to 1783.
He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, Battle of Trenton, and was at Valley Forge.
He was in New York City at the time of its surrender to the British.
He passed away in 1845 at 90.
Sergeant Lewis Gifford
Lewis was the fourth generation of a family known for defending religious freedom.
He enlisted for Dartmouth, Massachusetts, several times, seeing combat in Rhode Island.
At his pension hearing, Lewis, 75, displayed the fragment of exploded cannon he still bore.
With wives Jedidah Taber, then Susanna Ashley, he raised twelve children.
Michael Hargan
In 1768, 16-year-old Michael Hargan sailed from Donegal, Ireland with his two sisters.
Michael was an expert rifleman who joined the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment in Hagerstown, Maryland,
and traveled to Canada gathering troops.
Patrick Henry awarded him a land grant in Fort Knox, Kentucky,
and surrounding areas, where Hargans live today.
Morris Roberts
A Virginia farmer, he was one of many unsung heroes
who supported the American Revolutionary War by furnishing supplies such as food,
blankets, clothing, and caring for their horses.
Without men like him, the struggle for independence for America would have been nearly impossible.
He is my ancestor and my hero.
Lieutenant Michael Schall
Michael Schall (Baden, Germany, 1739) came to Pennsylvania at 15.
In 1776, Michael was reported to be trained and armed for the defense of the Commonwealth.
He first appears in records as a sergeant and later as a lieutenant.
Michael distinguished himself, and the family has many well-preserved legends about his service.
Lieutenant Moses Andrews
Lieutenant Moses Andrews resided in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania during the war.
Andrews served as a lieutenant under Captain Samuel Fulton
and Colonel Henry Slagle in the 8th Battalion of the York County Militia.
Nathaniel Hall French
Nathaniel Hall French (born February 14, 1767 in Weston, Connecticut,
died May 30 1853 in New Haven, Vermont)
At age 12, he substituted for his father, Samuel French,
in the Connecticut State troops as a guard at Newfield Harbor (Bridgeport), Connecticut.
When 15, he enlisted and was a guard at Blackrock Fort in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
Nathaniel married Beulah Champion.
Captain Nathaniel Huntoon
Captain Nathaniel Huntoon (1721-1793), was born in Kingston, New Hampshire, and married to Anna Dearborn.
He signed the Association test in Unity in 1776 and he was a Selectman.
He was the captain of the 9th Company of the Sixteenth Regiment of Militia of the Colony of New Hampshire.
Ensign Nicholas Day Amos
Nicholas Day Amos was born in 1742 in Baltimore County, Maryland.
He served in the Harford County Militia and signed an Oath of Fidelity. He married Christiana Ditto in 1761.
He eventually settled in Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he died in 1799.
Private Nicolas Stansill (Stansell)
Nicolas Stansell served in the Mohawk Valley Militia while a teenager
and joined Tryon County, New York’s 1st Regiment during the American Revolutionary War.
He fought in the Battle of Oriskany.
In 1789, Stansell and nine family members
became the first white settlers of Lyons, Wayne County, New York.
Ozias Perry
Ozias was born on June 20, 1757, to Eliakim Perry and Hepzibah Ladd.
Four days before his 21st birthday, Ozias joined the Vermont Militia
and was sent to help guard the frontier.
In 1806, Ozias moved from Vermont to Dresserville, New York.
He died on May 10, 1831, and was buried on his farm.
Peter Ginther
Peter Ginther was a second-generation Pennsylvania German who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
As a member of the Moravian religion, he was a Conscientious Objector,
even so, he joined the Pennsylvania Militia in 1776 and 1781.
Ginther fought under Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edwards and Commander John Stone.
Philip Johnston
Philip Johnston was born on August 27, 1741.
He was the first colonel in the New Jersey Militia to die in the American Revolutionary War.
As a husband and father, he died at the head of his regiment,
at the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776.
Prudence Cummings Wright
Prudence Cummings Wright stopped the King's Army from getting the Colonists' artillery in Concord.
She rallied the town's women to meet at the bridge.
Her brother, Tory, and his friend were coming through on their way to Boston
with the weapon's location. "Prue" succeeded; the message did not get through.
Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia, in 1749 and married Matilda Davis in 1771.
He served as captain of the Tarter and Hornet while under a commission in the Virginia State Navy.
He was wounded in a conflict with the enemy while in command of a flotilla in the waters of the Chesapeake in 1779.
Lieutenant Robert Elliott
Lieutenant Robert Elliott enlisted in the 12th Virginia Continental Line
from Botetourt County, Virginia December 16, 1776.
He fought in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown,
wintered with his company at Valley Forge,
survived to fight in the Battle of Monmouth,
and extended his commission until late 1780.
Robert Sample
Captain Robert Sample, born 1747 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and died 1823 Davidson County, Tennessee.
He served in the 10th Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army until the close of the war.
He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Germantown
and kept in confinement on board the British prison ships at New York for two years.
Colonel Samuel John Atlee
Colonel Samuel John Atlee fought in the French and Indian War.
He trained the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia preparing for the American Revolutionary War.
He fought at the battle of Long Island, captured and survived on a prison ship.
After release, became a delegate to the Continental Congress.
Buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania near Benjamin Franklin.
Samuel Dedman
Samuel was born in 1750 in York County, Virginia.
Son of Philip Dedman and Easter Langston.
Married Elanor Howard in 1771.
He was a surveyor on January 16, 1775.
Moved his family to Mecklenburg County, Virginia,
to safeguard them from the American Revolutionary War.
Samuel Fitz Randolph
Samuel Fitz Randolph was born October 17, 1738, Piscataway, New Jersey,
married Margaret Fitz Randolph March 25, 1761,
commissioned as an ensign in 1777, in the Second Regiment Sussex County, New Jersey Militia,
promoted to captain, founded Salem, West Virginia, in 1792,
died February 18, 1825, and was a Mayflower descendant.
Corporal Seth Higley
Corporal Seth Higley was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, on October 29, 1746.
He served in the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Militia
where he answered the Lexington Alarm and then marched to New York.
After the war, he owned a sawmill and a tavern.
He had ten children.
He died February 2, 1794.
Shadrach Pearson
Shadrach Pearson, the oldest of triplet boys born in Virginia in 1754 to Charles and Sally (Weathers) Pearson,
served in the Virginia Continental Line during the American Revolutionary War, 1776-1781.
He was with General George Washington when they crossed the Delaware River,
and at Brandywine, Fort Mifflin, Valley Forge, and Stony Point.
Sherwood Mays
Sherrod Mayes provided goods during the war.
He was from Virginia. He was a scout and scouted what is now Tennessee.
He owned land in Tennessee when it was known as Frankland "The Lost State".
He owned and operated a ferry on the Holston River.
He died May 18, 1834.
Sergeant Solomon Stratton
As a member of the Virginia Militia, he fought in the Battle of Alamance
and was a member of George Rogers Clark’s expedition
to Illinois in which Fort Kaskaskia was captured from the British.
Stephen Kelsey
Stephen Kelsey (1757-1833) was born and died in Killingworth, Connecticut,
married to Lois Griffin, March 27, 1783.
He enlisted in the American Revolutionary War in July 1776
and fought in Captains Baldwin and
Bristol’s Train Band during Tryon’s Invasion of Connecticut
in the Alarm of East Haven on July 7, 1779.
Thomas Cooch
Thomas Cooch was born in Hatfield, England, and upon arriving in 1746,
he purchased 200 acres containing a grist and sawmill.
In 1776 a militia was organized in New Castle, Delaware, and he was elected colonel.
He also served as a captain in the French and Indian War.
Corporal Thomas Duffield
Corporal Thomas Duffield served in Colonel Thomas Procter's
4th Artillery Regiment, of the Pennsylvania line and was a Prisoner of War (POW) on the prison ship Jersey.
He worked as a tanner and all equipment was taken or destroyed by the British during the war.
He and his wife Rachel Northrop had three children and lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Timothy Hosmer
Timothy Hosmer served as a surgeon in the American Revolutionary War.
A portion of that time was on General Washington's staff.
It was Dr. Hosmer that felt for a pulse on Major Andre
and made the announcement to General Washinton.
Hosmer's today are proud we had two Hosmers at the Old North Bridge in Concord on April 15, 1775.
William Barker
William Barker was born in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut,
he had fourteen children with two wives. The first wife was Lydia Parmlee and his second wife Phoebe Buckingham.
His widow, Phoebe, applied for and received a pension for his service during the American Revolutionary War.
He is buried in South Wales Cemetery in South Wales, Erie, New York.
William Devin, Jr.
William Devin enlisted in the Continental Line
in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in December 1776, and was appointed a sergeant.
He participated in the battles of Brandywine Crossing, Germantown, and Monmouth.
William contracted and recovered from smallpox while at Valley Forge.
He was discharged from service in March 1780.
William Grimes
William Grimes was born in Hanover County, Virginia, circa 1762.
During the American Revolutionary War, he resided in Hanover County Virginia.
William Grimes provided patriotic service by furnishing supplies.
He died in Elbert County, Georgia, ante 1795.
William Howland
William’s American Revolutionary War pension, dated August 18, 1832,
states he enlisted in 1776/1777 in Gloucester Providence, Rhode Island,
as a private in the company commanded by Captain Wilmot
of the regiment of Colonel Frey for the state of Rhode Island.
He was in service for 21 months and 10 days.
William died February 8, 1835.
William Simmons
William Simmons fought during the American Revolutionary War at Little Compton, Rhode Island.
William Simmons saw service as an ensign in the Rhode Island Navy
under the command of Gideon Simmons and Ephram Simmons.
Captain William Smith
William Smith was a captain of Lower County
of foot militia in Upper Alloway Creek in eastern Batt County of Salem, New Jersey.
He took part in a skirmish with the enemy at Quinton's Bridge on March 18, 1778.
There is a DAR monument at the site of the bridge.
William Walton, Sr.
During the American Revolutionary War, William Walton, Sr., (1736-1806)
served in Captain John Loving's Company from Virginia
and Captain John Brown's North Carolina mounted riflemen.
He served with Colonel Benjamin Cleveland
in the Battle of Kings Mountain; a decisive victory
and a turning point of the War.
Private Zephaniah Rogers
Zephaniah Rogers enlisted in Litchfield on April 16, 1776, in the Connecticut line.
Eight companies were reassigned to the Northern Department
under Colonel Elmore’s Battalion of Forces
and protected the garrison at Fort Stanwix in Johnstown, New York.
Johnstown was a strategic and critical location to win over the British.
Private Zophar Searle
Zophar was the youngest of twelve children born to Nathaniel and Priscilla Webb Searl.
They owned the only house in Southhampton, Massachusetts with more than one room.
Zophar married Anna Clarke in 1764.
They had ten children, including my great-great-grandfather.
They both lived to be in their eighties.