Meet Our Patriots
Every DAR member has documented lineal descent from a Patriot who supported the cause of American independence. The Patriots represented by members of our chapter are listed below by their state or states of service.
Abbreviations for Rank and Service
BGen
Capt
Col
Cpl
CS
Ens
LCol
Lt
Maj
Noncom
PS
Pvt
Sgt
Sol
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*
**
Brigadier General
Captain
Colonel
Corporal
Civil Service
Ensign
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant
Major
Noncommissioned Officer
Patriotic Service
Private
Sergeant
Soldier
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Served in more than one state
Female Patriot
Connecticut
Charles Churchill, Sr., Capt
William Paddock, CS
Esquire Phillips, Pvt, PS
Adonijah Sherman, Sol, PS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Delaware
John Davis, PS
Georgia
Chesley Bostwick, Capt, CS
* John Calder, Pvt
Alexander Carswell, Pvt
Robert Dixon, Lt
Jeremiah Duckworth, Sol
Onesimus Futch, Sol
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
John Nicholas Griner, Sol, PS
Reuben Nail, Pvt
Robert Patterson, Pvt
Elijah Pugh, PS
John Ramsay, CS
Hugh Rees, Sol
Thomas Wylie, Capt, PS
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Massachusetts
Asa Bates, Pvt
Nehemiah Bates, Pvt
James Davenport, Sgt
Daniel Davidson, Sr., Sgt
James Lamont, Capt
Jesse Perrin, Capt
Martin Severance, Sr., CS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Maryland
Tilghman Blades, Sol
Edward Hyland, PS
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New Jersey
David McCollum, Pvt
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New York
Abrahan Newkirk, Pvt
Peleg Tripp, Pvt​
North Carolina
Francis Bell, Sol, CS
James Bell, PS
George Cariker, Pvt
Alexander Cole, Cpl
George Dellinger, Ens, PS
Michael Dixon, Sgt, PS
Peter Eaker, CS, PS
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
Frederick Hambright, LCol, CS, PS
Henry Hand, Sol
Thomas Henry, Pvt, CS, PS
Isaac Holman, Sr., PS
Jonathan Key, Noncom
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Thomas Matthews, CS
Jesse Neville, Pvt
William Neville, Capt, CS
Reuben Newman, Pvt
Christian Overshine, PS
James Powell, Pvt, PS
Henry Propst, PS
Samuel Reed, Capt, PS
John Roper, Pvt
William Alexander Russwurm, Lt
Robert Rutherford, Col, CS, PS
Isham Sellers, Pvt
William Sherrill, CS, PS
Henry Smith, Maj
* Warren Stow, Pvt
** Mary Buck Willett, PS
Joshua Wilson, Pvt
Misael Wood, Pvt
Pennsylvania
Hugh Boone, PS
John Bunnell, Sgt
Peter Crispin, Pvt, PS
Thomas Gilmore, Pvt, PS
John Nicholas Hoffman, Pvt
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Mathias Miller, Pvt
David Phillips, Capt, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Frederick Watts, BGen
Joseph Wilson, Lt
Michael Wolfe, Capt
Michael Wolfe, Noncom
South Carolina
James Adair, PS
Benjamin Barton, Pvt
Abraham Breler, CS, PS
Absolem Breler, Sol
* John Calder, Pvt
Thomas Camp, Jr., Pvt
Samuel Cannon, CS, PS
John Daniels, Sgt
John Dick, Sgt PS
Edward Dickey, Sol
Major Duke, Sol
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
Jeremiah Files, Pvt
John Files, Sr., Capt
Alexander Foster, Pvt
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
Moses Guyton, Lt
Nathaniel Henderson, Sol, PS
Richard Kirby, PS
Benjamin Long, Maj, CS
Elijah McCoy, PS
Redden McCoy, Sgt
Thomas Miles, Pvt, CS
Mark Murphy, Sol
Josiah Thornton, Sol
Benjamin Thurman, PS
John Tolleson, CS
Thomas Townsend, Pvt
Samuel Wait, Sol
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Vermont
James Blakeslee, Capt
Barnabas Lathrop Chipman, Pvt
Caleb Olin, Ens
Jonathan Underwood, CS, PS
Thaddeus Underwood, Pvt
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Virginia
Vincent Allen, Pvt, PS
Andrew Beatty, Pvt
Matthew Bolton, Sol
Howard Cash, Pvt
John Chastain, PS
Tully Choice, Jr., Capt
Tully Choice, Sr., PS
Valentine Corley, PS
Anthony Crockett, Lt
Chatten Daggett, Capt, CS, PS
Jeremiah Dupree, Ens
John Ford, Pvt
** Martha Jefferson Goode, PS
John Hammond, Pvt, PS
Robert Harris, Sol
Jacob Heavenor, Ens
Jacob Lindsey, Ens PS
Thomas K. Locke, PS
John Looney, CS
Maher Shallal Hasby Lyle, Sol, PS
John May, Pvt
** Sarah Duke Murphy, PS
George Osborn, PS
Samuel Parsons, Sol
William Reeves, Lt
William Richardson, Pvt
Robert Ruffin, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Anthony Thornton, Sr., PS
William Wedgbare Underwood, Pvt
Connecticut
Charles Churchill, Sr., Capt
William Paddock, CS
Esquire Phillips, Pvt, PS
Adonijah Sherman, Sol, PS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Delaware
John Davis, PS
Georgia
Chesley Bostwick, Capt, CS
* John Calder, Pvt
Alexander Carswell, Pvt
Robert Dixon, Lt
Jeremiah Duckworth, Sol
Onesimus Futch, Sol
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
John Nicholas Griner, Sol, PS
Reuben Nail, Pvt
Robert Patterson, Pvt
Elijah Pugh, PS
John Ramsay, CS
Hugh Rees, Sol
Thomas Wylie, Capt, PS
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Massachusetts
Asa Bates, Pvt
Nehemiah Bates, Pvt
Solomon Chapin, PS
James Davenport, Sgt
Daniel Davidson, Sr., Sgt
James Lamont, Capt
Martin Severance, Sr., CS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Maryland
Tilghman Blades, Sol
Edward Hyland, PS
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New Jersey
David McCollum, Pvt
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New York
Abrahan Newkirk, Pvt
Peleg Tripp, Pvt​
North Carolina
Francis Bell, Sol, CS
James Bell, PS
George Cariker, Pvt
Alexander Cole, Cpl
George Dellinger, Ens, PS
Michael Dixon, Sgt, PS
Peter Eaker, CS, PS
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
Frederick Hambright, LCol, CS, PS
Henry Hand, Sol
Thomas Henry, Pvt, CS, PS
Isaac Holman, Sr., PS
Jonathan Key, Noncom
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Thomas Matthews, CS
Avington McElroy, PS
Jesse Neville, Pvt
William Neville, Capt, CS
Reuben Newman, Pvt
Christian Overshine, PS
James Powell, Pvt, PS
Henry Propst, PS
Samuel Reed, Capt, PS
John Roper, Pvt
William Alexander Russwurm, Lt
Robert Rutherford, Col, CS, PS
Isham Sellers, Pvt
William Sherrill, CS, PS
Henry Smith, Maj
* Warren Stow, Pvt
** Mary Buck Willett, PS
Joshua Wilson, Pvt
Misael Wood, Pvt
Frederick Hambright, LCol, CS, PS
Pennsylvania
Hugh Boone, PS
John Bunnell, Sgt
Peter Crispin, Pvt, PS
Thomas Gilmore, Pvt, PS
John Nicholas Hoffman, Pvt
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Mathias Miller, Pvt
David Phillips, Capt, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Frederick Watts, BGen
Joseph Wilson, Lt
Michael Wolfe, Capt
Michael Wolfe, Noncom
South Carolina
James Adair, PS
Benjamin Barton, Pvt
Abraham Breler, CS, PS
Absolem Breler, Sol
* John Calder, Pvt
Thomas Camp, Jr., Pvt
Samuel Cannon, CS, PS
John Daniels, Sgt
Edward Dickey, Sol
Major Duke, Sol
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
Jeremiah Files, Pvt
John Files, Sr., Capt
Alexander Foster, Pvt
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
Joseph Griffith, Capt
Moses Guyton, Lt
Nathaniel Henderson, Sol, PS
Thomas Howard, Sol
Richard Kirby, PS
Benjamin Long, Maj, CS
Elijah McCoy, PS
Redden McCoy, Sgt
Thomas Miles, Pvt, CS
Mark Murphy, Sol
Josiah Thornton, Sol
Benjamin Thurman, PS
John Tolleson, CS
Thomas Townsend, Pvt
Samuel Wait, Sol
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Vermont
James Blakeslee, Capt
Barnabas Lathrop Chipman, Pvt
Caleb Olin, Ens
Jonathan Underwood, CS, PS
Thaddeus Underwood, Pvt
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Virginia
Vincent Allen, Pvt, PS
Andrew Beatty, Pvt
Matthew Bolton, Sol
Howard Cash, Pvt
John Chastain, PS
Tully Choice, Jr., Capt
Tully Choice, Sr., PS
Valentine Corley, PS
Anthony Crockett, Lt
Chatten Daggett, Capt, CS, PS
Jeremiah Dupree, Ens
John Ford, Pvt
** Martha Jefferson Goode, PS
John Hammond, Pvt, PS
Robert Harris, Sol
Jacob Heavenor, Ens
Thomas K. Locke, PS
John Looney, CS
Maher Shallal Hasby Lyle, Sol, PS
John May, Pvt
** Sarah Duke Murphy, PS
George Osborn, PS
Samuel Parsons, Sol
William Reeves, Lt
William Richardson, Pvt
Robert Ruffin, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Anthony Thornton, Sr., PS
William Wedgbare Underwood, Pvt
William Reeves, Lt
Connecticut
Charles Churchill, Sr., Capt
William Paddock, CS
Esquire Phillips, Pvt, PS
Adonijah Sherman, Sol, PS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Delaware
John Davis, PS
Georgia
Chesley Bostwick, Capt, CS
* John Calder, Pvt
Alexander Carswell, Pvt
Robert Dixon, Lt
Jeremiah Duckworth, Sol
Onesimus Futch, Sol
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
John Nicholas Griner, Sol, PS
Reuben Nail, Pvt
Robert Patterson, Pvt
Elijah Pugh, PS
John Ramsay, CS
Hugh Rees, Sol
Thomas Wylie, Capt, PS
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Massachusetts
Asa Bates, Pvt
Nehemiah Bates, Pvt
James Davenport, Sgt
Daniel Davidson, Sr., Sgt
James Lamont, Capt
Jesse Perrin, Capt
Martin Severance, Sr., CS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Maryland
Tilghman Blades, Sol
Edward Hyland, PS
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New Jersey
David McCollum, Pvt
​
New York
Abrahan Newkirk, Pvt
Peleg Tripp, Pvt​
North Carolina
Francis Bell, Sol, CS
James Bell, PS
George Cariker, Pvt
Alexander Cole, Cpl
George Dellinger, Ens, PS
Michael Dixon, Sgt, PS
Peter Eaker, CS, PS
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
Frederick Hambright, LCol, CS, PS
Henry Hand, Sol
Thomas Henry, Pvt, CS, PS
Isaac Holman, Sr., PS
Jonathan Key, Noncom
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Thomas Matthews, CS
Jesse Neville, Pvt
William Neville, Capt, CS
Reuben Newman, Pvt
Christian Overshine, PS
James Powell, Pvt, PS
Henry Propst, PS
Samuel Reed, Capt, PS
John Roper, Pvt
William Alexander Russwurm, Lt
Robert Rutherford, Col, CS, PS
Isham Sellers, Pvt
William Sherrill, CS, PS
Henry Smith, Maj
* Warren Stow, Pvt
** Mary Buck Willett, PS
Joshua Wilson, Pvt
Misael Wood, Pvt
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Pennsylvania
Hugh Boone, PS
John Bunnell, Sgt
Peter Crispin, Pvt, PS
Thomas Gilmore, Pvt, PS
John Nicholas Hoffman, Pvt
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Mathias Miller, Pvt
David Phillips, Capt, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Frederick Watts, BGen
Joseph Wilson, Lt
Michael Wolfe, Capt
Michael Wolfe, Noncom
South Carolina
James Adair, PS
Benjamin Barton, Pvt
Abraham Breler, CS, PS
Absolem Breler, Sol
* John Calder, Pvt
Thomas Camp, Jr., Pvt
Samuel Cannon, CS, PS
John Daniels, Sgt
John Dick, Sgt PS
Edward Dickey, Sol
Major Duke, Sol
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
Jeremiah Files, Pvt
John Files, Sr., Capt
Alexander Foster, Pvt
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
Moses Guyton, Lt
Nathaniel Henderson, Sol, PS
Richard Kirby, PS
Benjamin Long, Maj, CS
Elijah McCoy, PS
Redden McCoy, Sgt
Thomas Miles, Pvt, CS
Mark Murphy, Sol
Josiah Thornton, Sol
Benjamin Thurman, PS
John Tolleson, CS
Thomas Townsend, Pvt
Samuel Wait, Sol
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Vermont
James Blakeslee, Capt
Barnabas Lathrop Chipman, Pvt
Caleb Olin, Ens
Jonathan Underwood, CS, PS
Thaddeus Underwood, Pvt
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Virginia
Vincent Allen, Pvt, PS
Andrew Beatty, Pvt
Matthew Bolton, Sol
Howard Cash, Pvt
John Chastain, PS
Tully Choice, Jr., Capt
Tully Choice, Sr., PS
Valentine Corley, PS
Anthony Crockett, Lt
Chatten Daggett, Capt, CS, PS
Jeremiah Dupree, Ens
John Ford, Pvt
** Martha Jefferson Goode, PS
John Hammond, Pvt, PS
Robert Harris, Sol
Jacob Heavenor, Ens
Jacob Lindsey, Ens PS
Thomas K. Locke, PS
John Looney, CS
Maher Shallal Hasby Lyle, Sol, PS
John May, Pvt
** Sarah Duke Murphy, PS
George Osborn, PS
Samuel Parsons, Sol
William Reeves, Lt
William Richardson, Pvt
Robert Ruffin, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Anthony Thornton, Sr., PS
William Wedgbare Underwood, Pvt
Connecticut
Charles Churchill, Sr., Capt
William Paddock, CS
Esquire Phillips, Pvt, PS
Adonijah Sherman, Sol, PS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Delaware
John Davis, PS
Georgia
Chesley Bostwick, Capt, CS
* John Calder, Pvt
Alexander Carswell, Pvt
Robert Dixon, Lt
Jeremiah Duckworth, Sol
Onesimus Futch, Sol
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
John Nicholas Griner, Sol, PS
Reuben Nail, Pvt
Robert Patterson, Pvt
Elijah Pugh, PS
John Ramsay, CS
Hugh Rees, Sol
Thomas Wylie, Capt, PS
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Massachusetts
Asa Bates, Pvt
Nehemiah Bates, Pvt
James Davenport, Sgt
Daniel Davidson, Sr., Sgt
James Lamont, Capt
Jesse Perrin, Capt
Martin Severance, Sr., CS
* Warren Stow, Pvt
Maryland
Tilghman Blades, Sol
Edward Hyland, PS
​
New Jersey
David McCollum, Pvt
​
New York
Abrahan Newkirk, Pvt
Peleg Tripp, Pvt​
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North Carolina
Francis Bell, Sol, CS
James Bell, PS
George Cariker, Pvt
Alexander Cole, Cpl
George Dellinger, Ens, PS
Michael Dixon, Sgt, PS
Peter Eaker, CS, PS
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
North Carolina (continued)
Frederick Hambright, LCol, CS, PS
Henry Hand, Sol
Thomas Henry, Pvt, CS, PS
Isaac Holman, Sr., PS
Jonathan Key, Noncom
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Thomas Matthews, CS
Jesse Neville, Pvt
William Neville, Capt, CS
Reuben Newman, Pvt
Christian Overshine, PS
James Powell, Pvt, PS
Henry Propst, PS
Samuel Reed, Capt, PS
John Roper, Pvt
William Alexander Russwurm, Lt
Robert Rutherford, Col, CS, PS
Isham Sellers, Pvt
William Sherrill, CS, PS
Henry Smith, Maj
* Warren Stow, Pvt
** Mary Buck Willett, PS
Joshua Wilson, Pvt
Misael Wood, Pvt
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Pennsylvania
Hugh Boone, PS
John Bunnell, Sgt
Peter Crispin, Pvt, PS
Thomas Gilmore, Pvt, PS
John Nicholas Hoffman, Pvt
* Johann Jacob Klotz, Col
Mathias Miller, Pvt
David Phillips, Capt, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Frederick Watts, BGen
Joseph Wilson, Lt
Michael Wolfe, Capt
Michael Wolfe, Noncom
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South Carolina
James Adair, PS
Benjamin Barton, Pvt
Abraham Breler, CS, PS
Absolem Breler, Sol
* John Calder, Pvt
Thomas Camp, Jr., Pvt
Samuel Cannon, CS, PS
John Daniels, Sgt
John Dick, Sgt PS
Edward Dickey, Sol
Major Duke, Sol
* Thomas Entrekin, Pvt
Jeremiah Files, Pvt
John Files, Sr., Capt
South Carolina (continued)
Alexander Foster, Pvt
* Henry Graybill, Lt, PS
Moses Guyton, Lt
Nathaniel Henderson, Sol, PS
Richard Kirby, PS
Benjamin Long, Maj, CS
Elijah McCoy, PS
Redden McCoy, Sgt
Thomas Miles, Pvt, CS
Mark Murphy, Sol
Josiah Thornton, Sol
Benjamin Thurman, PS
John Tolleson, CS
Thomas Townsend, Pvt
Samuel Wait, Sol
​
Vermont
James Blakeslee, Capt
Barnabas Lathrop Chipman, Pvt
Caleb Olin, Ens
Jonathan Underwood, CS, PS
Thaddeus Underwood, Pvt
​
Virginia
Vincent Allen, Pvt, PS
Andrew Beatty, Pvt
Matthew Bolton, Sol
Howard Cash, Pvt
John Chastain, PS
Tully Choice, Jr., Capt
Tully Choice, Sr., PS
Valentine Corley, PS
Anthony Crockett, Lt
Chatten Daggett, Capt, CS, PS
Jeremiah Dupree, Ens
John Ford, Pvt
** Martha Jefferson Goode, PS
John Hammond, Pvt, PS
Robert Harris, Sol
Jacob Heavenor, Ens
Jacob Lindsey, Ens PS
Thomas K. Locke, PS
John Looney, CS
Maher Shallal Hasby Lyle, Sol, PS
John May, Pvt
** Sarah Duke Murphy, PS
George Osborn, PS
Samuel Parsons, Sol
William Reeves, Lt
William Richardson, Pvt
Robert Ruffin, PS
* Richard Tennant, Noncom
Anthony Thornton, Sr., PS
William Wedgbare Underwood, Pvt