Our Patriot Ancestors

Patriot ancestors are the men and women who aided the cause of American independence. Their efforts included military, civil, and patriotic service and occurred during the period between the Battle of Lexington (April 19, 1775) and the withdrawal of British Troops from New York (November 26, 1783). Each Arrowhead Valley DAR member can trace her family lineage to one or more of these ancestors. Each of the many Patriot ancestors listed on this page are related to a current member of the Arrowhead Valley Chapter of the DAR.

Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
BGEN	Brigadier General	MAJ	Major
CAPT	Captain	NONCOM	Non-Commissioned Officer
CHP	Chaplain	PS	Patriot Service
COL	Colonel	PVT	Private
CPL	Corporal	SGT	Sergeant
CS	Civil Service	SOL	Soldier
ENS	Ensign	StaffOf	Staff Officer
LCOL	Lieutenant Colonel


CANADA	Jean Dube, PS

CONNECTICUT	Lemuel Brooks, SOL Odle Close, CAPT, PS William Fosdick, NONCOM Benjamin Greenslit, PVT, PS Roger Gridley, PS David Hanchett, PVT, CS, PS Jarius Handy, CS Josiah Higley, PVT	Benajah Holcomb, SGT Abiel Leonard, StaffOf George Martin, PVT Moses Mather, PS William Middleton, PVT Samuel Whitney, PVT

GEORGIA	Edward Eckles, PS Micajah Paulk, Sr., SOL PS John Adam Treautlen, CAPT, CS, PS

MARYLAND	Peter Barners, PVT, PS Samuel Beall, CS Francis Billingsley, CS, PS Zadock Brashear, SOLl Jesse Gray, PVT Gabriel Williams. SGT

MASSACHUSETTS	John Adams, PVT Paul Dudley, SGT, COL, PS Jabez Eaton, PVT Abijah Fairbanks, CPL Nathaniel Fales, CAPT Timothy Jackson, SGT Richard Jacobs, PS Samuel Jerome, SGTMAJ Francis Libby, PVT Daniel Littlefield, SGT Francis Plummer, SGT Henry Putnam, PVT	Joseph Raymond, CAPT Thomas Rowell, CS, PS Ebenezer Sargent, PVT Seth Thayer, LT Jonathan Thayer, CAPT William Trowbridge, SGT Eliphalet Wood, CPL

NEW HAMPSHIRE	Oliver Booth, Sr., PS Francis Dana, PVT Joseph Kinney, CPL Ebenezer Locke, Sr., PS John McCrillis, PS John Pickering, PS

NEW JERSEY	Gilbert Allen, CAPT John Brown, PVT Onesimus Bell, SOL Naphtal Byram, PVT

NEW YORK	Elias Brewer, PVT Benjamin Brown, PVT Benjamin Elwood, PVT Hemphrey Gifford, SOL Alexander Hamilton, LCOL, PS Henry Hannis, PVT Nathaniel Mead, LT Paul Mersereau, PS - Spy

NORTH CAROLINA	John Barber, PS Robert Carruth, PS George Cregar, PVT John Deatherage, PS Peter Graham, PVT William Givens, CS Abraham Mitchell, PVT Moses Park, CS, PS Jeremiah Rhodes, SOL Ishmael Roberts, PVT Jonathan Stamper, PS	Arthur Stokes, SOL, PS William Stokes, PVT Samuel Woods, CAPT Richard Wright Sr., PVT

PENNSYLVANIA	David Archibald, PVT Jacob Bender, PVT William Crutchlow, PVT Michael Hagenbuch, PS Obadiah Hardesty, PVT John Keller, PVT Michael Koiner, PS Abraham Lasley, PVT Jacob Matter, SOL, PS John Matter, Sr., CPL Brice Mckeehan, PVT	Valentine Santee, PVT Philip Shambach, PVT Robert Slemons, PVT Peter Spyker, CS Henry Stahl, Jr., PVT Daniel Stark, SGT James Stark, PVT, PS Daniel Stoy, PVT Jacob Van Meter, PS James Whaley, PVT

SOUTH CAROLINA	Robert Ramsay, SOL John Gowen, CAPT, PS Sanford Berry, PVT Edward Jackson, PVT James Butler, CAPT, PS

RHODE ISLAND	Eber Angell, CAPT William Bowen, PVT Benjamin Carpenter, PVT Edward Hull, PS William Humphrey, MAJ, PS Aaron Wilbur, Jr., LT Aaron Wilbur, Sr., CAPT, CS, PS Nehemiah Woodward, PVT

VERMONT	Thomas Ashley, PVT, CS, PS Josiah Hale, PVT William Ward, LT, PS

VIRGINIA	George Alexander, PS James Alexander, PS Henry Antill, PS George Ashby, PVT Elias Barbee, PVT William Booton, PS John Burch, SOL, PS Joseph Butler, PS William Butler, PVT, PS Jesse Calvert, PS David Charity, PS John Clardy, PS Samuel Crawford, SOL Sarah Dade Triplett, PS Solomon De Long, SOL Benjamin Dean, PVT Joshua Dobson, PVT George Emmert, PVT William Faris, PVT John Frazier, SGT William Fuson, PVT Francis Gilley, PS Chesley Glover, PS Frederick Green, PS Nathaniel Haggard, PS Stephen Ham, SOL	Benjamin Head, CAPT, PS Susanna Hill Clement, PS John Hinton, PS William Jones, SGT Alexander Keith, PVT George Keysacker, PVT David Kirby, PS Samuel Martin, SGT John Mccutcheon, PVT William Mcmurtry,PVT William Moore, PVT Zachariah Nantz, PVT Michael O'Hair, PVT Samuel Pack, PS Peter Pinegar, PS James Quertermous, PVT Matthew Ralston, CS, PS Peter Randolph, CAPT, PS John George Rinker, CAPT John Trigg, CAPT James Whaley, PVT

Updated June 18, 2025 (J. Walton & J. Morse)

Our Patriot Ancestors

Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks

CANADA

CONNECTICUT

GEORGIA

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

PENNSYLVANIA

SOUTH CAROLINA

RHODE ISLAND

VERMONT

VIRGINIA