Patriot Ancestors
Joshua ABSTON
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Captain in the Pittsylvania County, Virginia Militia
Robert ACKERMAN
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Corporal in the 13th Reg. Albany Co., NY Militia
Charles William Wesley BICKLEY
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CAPTS RUSSELL, MONTGOMERY, SHELBY, SNODDY, COLS BLADSOE & CAMPBELL
Nathan BABBITT
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1st Lt., in Captain John Cranes Company - 2nd Norton Train Band, 1771.Also on Alarm List at Norton, 1775.
James BARBER
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Pvt under Capt James Babcock, and Col Charles Dyer
Conrad BEIGHLEY/BECHLE
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Private Fourth Class, Lt Bachmann and Capt Wagner's First Company, Lt Col Philip Boehm's Fourth Battalion, Northampton Co., PA, Continental Line, until 1782
Rufus BENNETT
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Pvt and Personal Body Guard to General George Washington
Pvt under Capts Samuel Ransom, Durkee, Spaulding, & Edward Eels' Companies; Cols Grosvenor & Zebulon Butler's Regts, CT Troops
Elisha BOWMAN
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Private and Corporal in Catp Lyon and Col Malcomb's CT Troops
Jonathan BUCK
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Private in Capt George Enslow's Company, 1st Battalion, Bedford County Militia, Pennsylvania 26 Jul - 29 Oct 1782
Benjamin CATCHINGS
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MEMBER OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
JUSTICE FOR WILKES CO.
RECD BOUNTY LAND AS REFUGEE CITIZEN AS PER ACT OF 20 AUGUST 1781
John CRAIG Sr
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Private-Virginia Continental Line, Montgomery County Virginia Militia
NSDAR RC #362984 states: PATRIOTIC SERVICE; TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE BEFORE JOHN MONTGOMERY.
Shadrach/Shadrack CLAYWELL
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Private., Cav. and Inf., VA Militia
John DENSON
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NC LINE;
MARINE ON 'SARAH GRAY' COMMANDED BY CAPT JAMES BRISTELL, 1782;
POW
John Jacob DIEFENDORF
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Served as an Orderly Sergeant under Captain Jacob Diefendorf
Also served under Captains Henry Diefendorf and Robert Krous, Colonels Campbell, Clyde, and Willett at Fort Plank
Seerved at Fort Stanwsix and fought at Battle of Fort Johnston
Hawkins DOWNES
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Subscribed to Oath of Fidelity to State of Maryland 01 Mar 1778
TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1778, CAROLINE COUNTY
Michael ECKARD
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Signed Oath of Allegiance to Maryland 1778.
Nathan EDSON
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PVT, LEXINGTON ALARM IN CAPT HAYDEN'S CO OF MINUTEMEN;
PVT & SGT, CAPTS COLE, COBB, COL TITCOMB;
As a Private - Lexington Alarm in Captain Haydens Company of Minutemen, Colonel Bailey's Regiment. which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775; service of 12 days. Private and Sergeant in Captain Cole and Cobb under Colonel Titcomb, MA Militia. Enlisted as a Sergeant in 1777 & 1778.
John EMERSON
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Served as a Lieutenant under Captain George McCormick, and Captain under Colonels William Russell and John Gibson in the 13th Virginia Regiment
Benajah GENTRY
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Patriot, confiscated property of Tories
Juror in Albemarle County, VA 1779
Thomas GIBSON
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FIRST LIEUTENANT IN CONTINENTAL LINE
FURNISHED BEEF
Joseph GUYTON
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Juror, Ninety-Six District, Spartan District, South Carolina.
Samuel HAIGHT
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Captain, NY Militia
John HARRINGTON
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Soldier serving from South Carolina and patriotic service
Henry SMITH Sr
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Provided home for distressed patriots duing Revolutionary War
CARED FOR WOUNDED GEN THOMAS SUMPTER AT HIS HOME
Alpheus HARMON
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Captain's Grant, Cochran, Noble, Conckey, Colonel's Thean Allen, Warner, Easton
Josiah HAYWARD
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Served as a Private in Captain Simon Hunt's Company, Colonel Brook's Regiment in Acton, Massachusetts
was in the contest at Concord
Patrick HENRY
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Member of Convention
Member of House of Delegates
Governor of Virginia 1776 - 1779
Member of Continental Congress
Colonel and Commander-in-Chief, Virginia Forces, September 1775 - February 1776
Henry HOTCHKISS Jr
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Private
Also, signed Oath of Fidelity and Petition Against Disloyal Officers, Wallingford 1821
Henry HOTCHKISS Sr
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Private. Also, took Oath of Fidelity, Wallingfor CT
John HURLBUT Sr
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Member of Committee of Correspondence, officiated as a Selectman.
MEMBER OF COMMITTEE OF INSPECTION, 4 DEC 1774;
SELECTMAN, 4 DEC 1775;
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, MAY 1779
Israel JONES Sr
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Private, 18th CT Militia
Captain Connecticut Militia, 7th and 18th Regiments
Thomas JONES
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CAPT JAMES JUDSON, MAJ JOHN SKINNER
John KESTER
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Private, Captain Thomas Carpenter, West Bradford Twp - Chester Co. PA, Militia
Colonel Bradfors First Battalion. First Company, Private - PA
PAID SUPPLY TAX 1782, 1783
Phillip MALLORY
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Provided material aid
Chester MAY
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Private in the MA Militia
Nehemiah MAY
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Captain of 14th Company, 1st Hampshire County (MA) Regiment, COL David Leonard; 72 days of service at Fort Ticonderoga, New York
Selectman
Representative to the General Court
James MELROSE
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RENDERED MATERIAL AID
John MELROSE
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Private in the New Jersey Militia serving in Captain James Moore's Company, Seely's Regiment.
James MIDDLETON
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At the Provisional Congress held at Wilmington, North Carolina on June 13, 1776, it was resolved that James Middleton be appointed as Lieutenant to the Independent Inlet stationed between the New River and Deep Inlet under the command of Brigadier General John Ashe of Cape Fear. On July 12, 1776 he was referred to as Captain.
Temperance AVERY/MORGAN
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Rendered aid, supplied stockings and "Rifel frocks.”
John MORTON
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Co. Capt in the VA 4th Reg
Thomas NEAL
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Private - Captain Wood's Calvary, Col Malmedy's North Carolina Regiment; Gunner - Col Long;
Gunstroker, Artificers of Halifax, NC, 8-23-1781
Thomas OWEN
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Ens. David Lynn, Major Francis Deakins.
Took Oath of Fidelity.
Benjamin POLLARD
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Commissioned as a Lt of Virginia Marines on 29 Mar 1776 and assgned to the Virginia Navy Galley Hero under Captain George Muter
Later promoted to Captain replacing Samuel Hanway and sered until the end of the war
Rewarded with land in KY for his service and moved there in 1790
Also signed the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Maryland in 1778
William POLLARD
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Signed Oath of Fidelity to the State of Maryland before Thomas Jones of Dorchester County, Maryland in 1778
Served as Private in Thomas Jones Company, Seventh Maryland Regiment, 30 Apr 1778 - September 1779
Paid Supply Tax 1783.
Henry RHODES/RHOADS Jr
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Captain, Brothers Valley Third Company, Col William Parker's Regiment, Bedford Co. PA Militia
Member of the Constitutional Committee, 1776
DAR RC # 983960 and A095980 cite: BROTHERS VALLEY 3RD CO, COL WILLIAM PARKER
Anthony RITTER
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Signed the Oath of Fidelity to the State of Maryland in 1778 before Richard Cromwell
Daniel ROBINS
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Served as a Private in Captain Jonathan Danforth's Company, Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Continental Regiment of the Masachusetts Line
Jacob ROBBINS
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Served under Captain James Burt, Colonel Asa Whitcomb, Lexington Alarm
John SEXTON
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Private in the Continental Line of Virginia in 10th Co., 14th Regiment under Captain Joseph Michaux.
Adam SIMMONS
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Soldier of York County, Pennsylvania Militia 1st Battalion, st Company, 4th Class under Captain William Dodds
John SIMMONS
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Guarding the Prisoners confined in the New York City Hall
Allowed Meetings to be held at his House, 1775
John Simmons had an inn on Wall Street near City Hall in New York, New York at which committee and council meetings were held for the welfare of the City and the Cause of Independence
Anthony STAHLER
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Pvt, 8th Class, 7th Co, 2nd Battalion under Colonel George Breinig and Captain Christian Fisher.
TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1777
CAPT CHRISTIAN FISHER, COL GEORGE BREINIG
Thomas SUMRALL/SUMMERALL/SUMERLIN Sr
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Took Oath of Allegiance to Make Land Entry, Anson County, North Carolina, 26 August 1778.
Provided Beef for the South Carolina Militia on 14 Jul 1780 and 22 Nov 1782.
Moses THOMPSON
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Col. Baldwin's Regt. of NJ
Soloman WALES
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Captain of Alarm Company of Connecticut Militia for 15 months
Appointed by the Connecticut Assembly in 1777 as a Justice of the Peace
Samuel WALKER Jr
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Private in the 6th Co. of NH Militia
Signer of the NH Declaration of 12 Apr 1776
Capt Samuel WALKER Sr
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Private with Captain Henry Haskell, 1775 (Lexington Alarm)
Peter WHEELER
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Signed the NH Declaration of 12 Apr 1776
John YOUNG
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Captain, VA Militia, Commissioned by Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia, 14 Nov 1775.
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