Patriot Ancestors
William P. Duval Chapter, NSDAR, bench dedicated to American Revolution Patriots in Central Park, Winter Park, Florida
Would you like to preserve your family’s heritage and honor your Patriot Ancestor? DAR members have documented their lineage back to a Patriot Ancestor who aided the cause of American Independence between April 19, 1775 (Battle of Lexington) and November 26, 1783, by performing Civil Service, Patriotic Service, Military Service, or being a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. The DAR Genealogy Research System is available to the public to find out if your Revolutionary War era ancestor is a verified Patriot Ancestor.
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Chapter members and families remember their Patriot Ancestors who sacrificed their lives, liberties, and fortunes for our freedoms. Listed below are those Patriot’s names and the state in which they served.
Patriot |
State |
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| Jacob | Allem | PA | |
| Josiah | Allen | SC |
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| James | Anderson | VA | |
| William | Anderson | VA | |
| Walter | Anderson | VA | |
| John | Andrews | PA | |
| Samuel | Annis | NH | |
| John | Anspach | PA | |
| Jesse | Austin | CT | |
| Henry | Baldwin | MD | |
| John | Ball | GA | |
| William | Ballard | VA | |
| Jacob | Baltzell | MD | |
| Dirck | Banta | NJ | |
| Howland | Beall | MA | |
| Lydia | Bean | NC | |
| William | Bean | NC | |
| Hudson | Berry | NC | |
| Converse | Bigelow | MA | |
| John | Bost | NC | |
| Charles | Botkin | VA | |
| John | Bowers | PA | |
| Anthony | Bowsher | PA | |
| Asa | Bray | CT | |
| William | Brooks | VA |
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| Daniel | Brower | PA | |
| Joshua | Brown | CT | |
| Michael | Brown | NC | |
| Samuel | Bryson | NC | |
| James | Buchanan | VA | |
| Silas | Bunker | MA |
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| Martin | Burkhalter | PA | |
| Reuben | Burr | CT | |
| Joshua | Burton | MD |
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| Frederick | Byrod | PA |
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| Robert | Bywaters | VA | |
| William | Cathey | NC | |
| William | Chain | PA | |
| Gurden | Chamberlain | NY | |
| John | Chiles | VA | |
| Thomas | Chism | GA | |
| George | Clayton | NC | |
| Lambert | Clayton | NC | |
| James | Clement | MD | |
| Moses | Cleveland | CT | |
| John | Cleveland | NC | |
| Joseph | Cole | VA | |
| Simeon | Cole | MA | |
| James | Connor | SC | |
| Valentine | Cook | VA | |
| Thomas | Coon | NJ | |
| Jonathan | Cooper | PA | |
| John | Corbley | VA | |
| Zaccaeus | Corley | SC |
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| Anthony | Cosart | NJ | |
| James | Croft | NY | |
| Allerton | Cushman | CT | |
| Samuel | Darnell | MD | |
| George | Dashiell | MD | |
| Peter | David | VA |
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| James | Dawson | PA | |
| Joseph | De Golyer | NY | |
| Samuel | De Surrency | SC | |
| James | Dew | MD | |
| Thomas | Dickens | PA |
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| Andrew | Dillenback | NY | |
| Henry | Dominick | SC | |
| Philip | Dotterer | NJ | |
| Philip | Doty | NY | |
| John | Dowling | SC | |
| James | Dowling | SC | |
| John | Duncombe | VA | |
| Thomas | Egle | NY |
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| Evan | Evans | PA | |
| Calvin | Fairbanks | MA | |
| Harbour | Farnsworth | MA | |
| John | Fast | VA | |
| Hugh | Fergus | PA | |
| John | Fergus | PA | |
| Thomas | Florence | VA | |
| Thomas | Flower | NC | |
| John | Foster | MA | |
| John | Foster | MA | |
| Alexander | Frazier | GA | |
| Michael | Freese | MD | |
| Ludwick | Friedline | PA | |
| Samuel | Frost | CT | |
| Henry | Frownfelter | PA | |
| Isaac | Fry | NH |
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| James | Gardner | VA | |
| Thomas | Gillis | MD | |
| Gideon | Glenn | NC | |
| Nash | Glidewell | VA |
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| Edward | Goddard | NH | |
| John | Goddard | PA | |
| Edward | Goode | VA | |
| Uriah | Goodwin | MA | |
| Joshua | Gore | VA | |
| Peleg | Gorton | NY | |
| William | Graves | VA | |
| Elias | Graves | MA | |
| John | Green | RI | |
| John | Greider | NC | |
| Johannes | Grissinger | PA | |
| Peter | Grow | MA |
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| Daniel | Gunn | NC | |
| Elizabeth | Halbert | VA | |
| William | Halbert | VA | |
| Abraham | Haldeman | PA | |
| Lewis | Hale | VA |
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| William | Hall | VA | |
| Philip | Hammond | VA | |
| Henry | Handy | MD | |
| John | Hankins | VA |
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| Joel | Harbour | VA | |
| Giles | Hawkins | VA | |
| Caleb | Hawley | PA | |
| Drury | Hearne | NC | |
| Peter | Hedrick | PA |
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| Peter | Hedrick | NC | |
| Robert | Hendry | NC | |
| Joseph | Henry | NC |
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| Thomas | Henry | NC | |
| Pomfrett | Herndon | NC | |
| John | Hess | PA | |
| Benjamin | Hester | NC |
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| Moses | Hobbs | NC | |
| Robert | Hobday | NC |
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| John | Hodges | SC | |
| Benjamin | Hodnett | VA | |
| Edmund | Hogan | NC | |
| Jacob | Honaker | VA | |
| Esek | Hopkins | RI |
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| Groves | Howard | NC | |
| Seth | Howland | MA | |
| Airs | Hudspeth | NC | |
| John | Hunter | VA | |
| James | Hurley | NJ | |
| John | Ingraham | NC | |
| Joseph | James | VA |
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| Thomas | Jefferson | VA |
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| John | Jefferson | VA | |
| Thomas | Johns | VA | |
| Zephaniah | Keith | MA | |
| Ezekiel | Kellogg | MA | |
| Edward | King | MD |
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| Solomon | Kittredge | NH | |
| Solomon | Langston | SC | |
| Lewis | Lanier | VA | |
| Henry | Lauffer | PA |
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| John Cato | Lee | NC |
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| Sebastian | Levan | PA | |
| Isaac | Lewis | PA | |
| Abraham | Lichtenwalter | PA |
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| Thomas | Livingston | VA | |
| Matthew | Locke | NC | |
| Joshua | Lockwood | SC | |
| John | Loving | VA | |
| John | Low | NJ | |
| William | Luckett | MD | |
| John | Lundy | VA | |
| John | Matter | PA | |
| Daniel | Maupin | VA | |
| Alexander | Mcallister | NC | |
| James | Mcburney | PA | |
| John | Mccoy | NY | |
| James | Mcculloch | MA | |
| Patrick | Mcelmurray | SC | |
| Guian | Mckee | PA | |
| Jesse | Meader | VA | |
| John | Minter | VA | |
| Hammond | Morris | VA | |
| John | Morrison | NY | |
| David | Moseley | MA | |
| Abner | Mundle | PA | |
| Hezekiah | Munsell | CT | |
| Oliver | Myers | VT | |
| William | Nesbitt | SC | |
| Anthony | Newhouse | VA | |
| Henry | O’neal | NJ | |
| George | Oatman | VT | |
| Lewis | Ogier | SC |
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| Rhesa | Oliver | NC |
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| Samuel | Orcutt | NH | |
| Eleazer | Osborn | CT | |
| David | Otis | MA | |
| Samuel | Otterson | SC |
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| John | Overmyer | PA |
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| Claibourne | Parish | NC | |
| John | Paxton | PA | |
| Enos | Pearson | NJ | |
| Robert | Peele | NC | |
| Abram | Penn | VA | |
| Oliver | Pettengill | CT | |
| Christian | Plantz | PA | |
| Alexander | Porter | NC | |
| Daniel | Potter | CT | |
| Israel | Putnam | CT | |
| John | Pyle | NC | |
| Archibald | Ranaldson | NC | |
| Jesse | Ray | NC | |
| Benjamin | Reed | MA | |
| Eliakin | Rice | MA | |
| Jonathan | Rich | MA | |
| John | Rosser | GA |
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| George | Rowe | PA |
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| John | Rowland | PA | |
| Nathaniel | Russell | CT | |
| Francisco | Sanchez | FL |
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| Oliver | Sawtelle | VT | |
| Isaac | Secor | NY |
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| Samuel | Seeger | PA | |
| Seth | Seeley | CT | |
| Anthony | Shaffer | PA | |
| James | Shepard | SC | |
| Seth | Sherwood | NY | |
| William | Shields | MD | |
| John | Shine | NC |
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| Edward | Shipman | SC | |
| John | Shirley | VA | |
| Philip | Short | MA |
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| John | Showalter | PA | |
| Sampson | Simmons | NC | |
| Arthur | Simpkins | SC |
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| George | Slagle | PA | |
| Ludwig | Smith | PA |
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| Peter | Sones | PA | |
| Adam | Spach | NC | |
| Timothy | Spalding | CT | |
| Laodicea | Springfield | SC | |
| Samuel | St John | MA | |
| Joseph | Stanley | NH | |
| James | Steele | PA | |
| Jeremiah | Stone | VA | |
| Thomas | Storer | NJ | |
| Nathan | Swanson | VA | |
| William | Swanson | VA | |
| James | Tenney | MA | |
| Hendricus | Terwilliger | NY |
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| Bartholomew | Thompson | NC | |
| Moses | Tichenor | NJ | |
| Tobias | Tillman | NC | |
| Joseph | Tingley | NJ | |
| John | Trice | VA | |
| Abraham | Truax | NY | |
| John | Tucker | PA | |
| Lodowick | Tuggle | VA | |
| Joseph | Underwood | VA | |
| Thomas | Ussery | NC | |
| Josiah | Utter | CT | |
| Harmon | Utterback | VA | |
| Micah | Vail | VT | |
| Isha | Van Cleve | NJ |
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| Abraham | Vandall | NY | |
| Joseph | Vought | NY | |
| William | Wagner | NC | |
| William | Waldron | NY | |
| John | Webb | GA | |
| Jacob | Weigle | PA | |
| Henry | Wertz | SC | |
| Jacob | Wetzel | NC | |
| William | White | MA | |
| William | Wild | MA | |
| Roger | Williams | VA | |
| John | Willoughby | NH | |
| William | Winder | MD | |
| Daniel | Wolfe | PA | |
| David | Womack | NC | |
| Jason | Wood | MA | |
| John | Woodgate | DE | |
| Edward | Woodham | NC | |
| Jacob | Workman | MD | |
| William | York | NJ | |
| William | Young | VA | |
| Nicholas | Yount | PA |