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

Connecticut

Elijah Foote, SOL

Abraham Gould, LCOL

Georgia

Meshack Matthews, PS

John Peters, PS

Joel Phillips, Sr., SOL, PS

Maryland

William Dent, PVT

Hawkins Downs, PS

Massachusetts

Isaac Coolidge, SGTMAJ

Josiah Gilbert, PVT

Seth Hoyt, PVT

Joseph Munger, PVT

David Nelson, SGT

Benjamin Nye, MAJ

Samuel Spalding, PVT

Israel Stone, PVT

Hosea Sturtevant, PVT, PS

David Tarbell, Sr., PVT

New Hampshire

Samuel E. Andrews, PVT

Benjamin Greeley, SOL

Eliphalet Webster, PS

New Jersey

William Brinley, PVT

John Hamlin, PVT, PS

Francis Hopkinson, SDI, PS

New York

John Brady, 2LT

North Carolina

Patrick Gracey, PS

Jarvis Green, PVT

Joseph Hinds, PS

George Holt, SGT

Joseph Ladd, PVT

Phillip Magee, SOL

Pennsylvania

William Baker, CPL

Samuel Brady, PVT

Emanuel Coryell, CPT

Joseph Hinds, PS

George Kneisley, Jr., PVT

Adam Mengel, PS

Joseph Parker, PS

John Phillip Rupert, LT

South Carolina

John Campbell, SOL

Gershom Cohen, PS

Fleming Smith, PVT

Vermont

John McRoberts, NONCOM

Virginia

Peter Brickey Jr., PVT

Rawleigh Portius Downman, PS

Richard Durrett, Jr., SOL

Robert Elder, PVT

Thomas Farley, SOL

Archelaus Jarratt, PS

John Neblett, PS

Richard Ship, SOL

William Stanley, PS

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

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