Patriot Ancestors
In applying for DAR membership, women must document their lineage back to an ancestor who aided the cause of American independence. These efforts may come through military, civil or patriotic service and must occur during the period between April 19, 1775 (Battle of Lexington) and November 26, 1783 (withdrawal of British Troops from New York).
The following men and women are the documented Patriot ancestors of Susannah Smith Elliott Chapter, NSDAR, members.
CONNECTICUT David Craw Pvt |
Richard Doane Pvt |
Isaac Sherman Kimberly Lt |
Nicholas Starr Sgt CS |
DELAWARE William Fleming PS |
GEORGIA Joel King PS |
Robert Stewart PS |
George Tucker Lt |
MASSACHUSETTS Samuel Chaffin, Sr. Sgt |
Nehemiah Grover Pvt |
James Knox Sgt |
Neil McCoy Pvt |
Jacob Thayer Pvt |
John Thompson Sgt |
Luke White Pvt |
MARYLAND Thomas Cresap PS |
John Cronise PS |
Richard Hawkins PS |
Basil Hayden Pvt PS |
James Morse PS |
NORTH CAROLINA John Armstrong LCol |
Andrew Carothers Lt PS |
Edward Carter Sgt |
Josiah Chandler Pvt |
Rudolph Conrad Capt PS |
Moses Cox Pvt |
William Davidson Capt |
John Davis Pvt |
John Delany PS |
David Edwards CS |
John Edwards, Sr. CS |
James Gillespie Capt PS |
William Glover Pvt |
Thomas Gregory Sol |
Thomas Halliburton Pvt |
Frederick Hambright LCol CS PS |
James Hayes Lt PS |
James Jennings Pvt |
Reuben Johnson Pvt |
Lyttleton Johnston Sgt PS |
Darling Jones Pvt |
Thomas Park, Jr. PS |
Jacob Riley PS |
John RIley PS |
James Rutherford CS |
Michael Schell Pvt |
Joseph Taylor Pvt PS |
Thomas Thompson PS |
James Warnock PS |
Henry Whitner, Jr. Sol |
John Witherspoon Pvt |
Solomon Yeomans Pvt |
NEW HAMPSHIRE Abiel Foster CS PS |
NEW JERSEY Hezekiah Hand Pvt |
James Herbert Pvt |
John Hubbell Noncom PS |
Cornelius McClow Pvt |
Malcolm McCurry Staff Of |
Jabez Shipman PS |
Jacob Van Etten Lt |
Henry Van Way Pvt PS |
William Wartenbe Pvt |
NEW YORK Jonathan Arnold Noncom |
Garret Eckerson Capt PS |
Soverinus Koch Capt |
Thomas Seaman PS |
PENNSYLVANIA Walter Beatty Pvt |
Evan Evans Col CS PS |
James Johnson Col |
Abram Markoe PS |
David McKinley Pvt |
Anthony Shomo Ens |
RHODE ISLAND Henry Thorne Pvt |
SOUTH CAROLINA Joshua Ammons Pvt |
Robert Cooper Cpt |
Joseph Guyton CS |
James Johnston Pvt PS |
Andrew Kersh Pvt |
William Lewis Pvt |
John Peebles Lt |
Joshua Pettit Sol |
Thomas Powe Lt |
Joseph Reed Lt |
William Shaw Pvt |
Ebenezer Singletary Sol |
Josiah Tanner Lt |
Britton Williams CS PS |
VIRGINIA David Allee Pvt |
James Anderson PS |
Jeffrrey Barksdale Pvt |
Matthew Bolton Sol |
Robert Boush Ens |
Samuel Bousch PS |
Benjamin Branch Capt PS |
Margaret Simmons Brent PS |
John Brooks Pvt PS |
Lewis Brown PS |
Adam Brubeck Sol |
Jacob Brubeck PS |
Endymion Carmack PS |
Josiah Carter PS |
Howard Cash Pvt |
Stephen Cash PS |
Mary Collins PS |
Terence Connor Pvt |
James Cowherd Sgt |
Jonathan Cowherd, Sr. PS |
John Dent Lt |
George Duncan Pvt |
James Edmands PS |
John Evans Col CS |
George Evans StaffOf PS |
Fredrick Hanger, Sr. PS |
James Henley Capt PS |
Nowdina Dauge Henley PS |
Jesse Hodges Sol PS |
Daniel Joseph PS |
John King Pvt |
Blackman Moseley Capt PS |
Edward Hack Moseley CS PS |
Robert Prunty PS |
George Purvis PS |
James Renfrew Pvt |
Samuel Rudder PS |
Thomas Shores, Jr. Pvt |
Ralph Stewart Capt |
George Thompson PS |
Joshua Wade Pvt |
Bailey Washington PS |
Moses Wright Pvt |
Leonard Young PS |
· BG Brigadier General
· CAPT Captain
· CHP Chaplain
· CL Continental Line
· COL Colonel
· CPL Corporal
· CS Civil Service
· ENS Ensign
· FIF Fifer
· 1LT First Lieutenant
· LTC Lieutenant Colonel
· MAJ Major
· MATR MATROOS
· MM Minute Man
· NONCOM Non-Commissioned Officer
· ORDL Orderly
· PNSR Pensioner
· PS Patriotic Service
· PVT Private
· PVTR Privateer
· S.D.I. Signer of the Declaration of Independence
· SGT Sergeant
· SGRMAJ Sergeant Major
· SOL Soldier
· STAFFOF Staff Officer
· WGM Wagon Master
· WPNSR Wife who received a pension