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
·         ADC Aide-de-Campe
·         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