Patriots
Listed by the state of service are the names and ranks of the ancestors of the Waightstill Avery Chapter, NSDAR, members. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolutionary War and ancestors who contributed to the cause for independence through civil or patriotic service. For more information on a particular Patriot, please visit the NSDAR Ancestor Search webpage.
For a list of acceptable services see the Accepted American Revolutionary War Service webpage for more information.
Connecticut
Isaac Avery, SGT, CS, PS
Oliver Dodge, PVT
Lemuel Fuller, PVT
Jesse Newcomb, PVT
George Nye, PS
Elkanah Sears, CS, PS
Matthias Van Loon, PVT
Delaware
Jordan Manning, PVT
Georgia
Adrian Anglin, PVT
William Cone, PVT, PS
Absalom Hooper, PVT
John Lamar, CAPT
John Mcintosh, LCOL, PS
John Sharp, Sr., CAPT
Henry Ware, Sr., CS, PS
William Wise, SOL, PS
John Webb, PVT
Maryland
James Fisher, PVT
Michael Fox, PVT, PS
Arnold Livers, PS
Joseph Wood, Jr., COL, CS, PS
Joseph Wood, Sr., LCOL, CS, PS
Massachusetts
Joseph Hitchcock, PS
Medad Hitchcock, SGT
Noah Kent, PVT
Gad Lamb, SGT
Nathan Park, PVT
Noadiah Seward, SOL
John Skiff, NONCOM, PS
Abner Stebbins, Sr., PS
New Hampshire
Andrew Cressy, PVT
Henry Ingalls, LT, CS, PS
Leonard Keep, STAFFOF
Gordon Lawrence, PVT, CS, PS
John Prescott, PS
New Jersey
Hannah Ogden Caldwell, PS
James Caldwell, STAFFOF
John Ogden, CS
Cornelius Vermeule, PS
Frederick Vermeule, PS
William Willis, PVT
New York
William Cebra, LT
Ephraim Fish, LT
William Graham, 2LT
Rebecca Waldron Yates, PS
North Carolina
Benjamin Adams, PS
Richard Bennett, PS
Asa Brashear, CAPT
Charles Bruce, PS
William Burns, NONCOM
Stephen Codill, PVT
James Cooper, PS
North Carolina, cont
Samuel Dalton, PS
Thomas Dugan, CAPT
Britain Duke, PS
Samuel Duke, PS
Francis Fonville, CS
Jesse Garrett, PS
Abraham Helton, PVT
Samuel King, CS
Abraham Kuykendall, CAPT, CS, PS
William Ledford, PS
Joseph Lusk, PVT
Jordan Manning, PVT
Daniel McArthur, SOL
Philip McConnell, PVT
Baptist McNabb, PS
David McNabb, CAPT
Benjamin Merrill, PVT
Aaron Moore, CAPT, CS
John Norwood, Sr., CS, PS
George Palmer, PS
Jesse Palmer, PVT
Jacob Pollard, PVT
Absalom Powell, ENS
Mathias Richardson, PS
William Robinson, PVT
Daniel Sargent, PS
Joseph Sargent, PS
Mial Scurlock, MAJ, CS, PS
Joseph Shearin, CS
Owen Slaughter, PS
Henry Smith, PVT
John Stovall, Sr., PS
Andrew Taylor, Sr., CS
Simon Thomas, CS, PS
Jesse Wall, PS
Joshua Whitaker, PS
Joseph Wiseman, PVT
Isaac Wright, PS
Robert Young, PS
Pennsylvania
Peter Baker, PS
Jacob Berlin, PVT
Joseph Bomberger, SOL, PS
Christian Brechbiel, PVT, PS
Adam Butts, Sr., PVT
Samuel Craig, Jr., LT, PS
Hugh Cunningham, PVT, PS
Frederick Gearhart, PS
John Gearhart, PVT
George Holstein, PVT
George Michael Immel, PVT
Christian Lower, Sr., PS
John Moore, Jr., CAPT
John Moore, Sr., PS
Christopher Myers, CS, PS
Henry Myers, CS, PS
John Myers, PS
William Ramsay, Jr., ENS
Peter Reedy, PS
Martha Rodman, PS
William Rodman, CS
Henry Schweitzer, PS
Alexander Shaffer, PS
Henry Shaffer, CAPT, CS
Samuel Stover, PVT
Valentine Trautman, PS
Joseph Wiseman, PVT
Daniel Yount, PVT, PS
Rhode Island
John Clark, PVT
Joseph Green, SGT
South Carolina
Charles Allen, PVT
Elizabeth Potts Allison, PS
James Holmes Bryson, PS
John Cook, CAPT, CS
Wilson Cook, CS, PS
George Cunningham, PVT, PS
Adam Cusack, PS
Christopher Gadsden, BGEN, PS
Casper Gosper Gallman, PVT, PS
William Gault, PVT
John Hodges, PVT
Absalom Hooper, PVT
Joseph Koger, SOL
Robert Lide, MAJ, CS
John Mays, PVT
John McConnell, PVT
Hugh McKelvey, PVT
Benjamin Merrill, PVT
William Moseley, PVT
Rebecca Brewton Mott, PS
George Myers, PVT
Jonathan Newman, PVT
Elizabeth Eliza Lucas Pinckney, PS
James Pinkerton, PS
Hugh Stanaland, PS
Anthony Story, SOL
Benjamin Thurman, PS
John Jacob Ulmer, SGT, PS
William Washington, LCOL
William Wise, SOL, PS
Vermont
Ithamar Hibbard, STAFFOF, PS
Virginia
Adrian Anglin, PVT
James Adams, NONCOM
Jacob Alford, PVT
Joseph Barksdale, SOL, PS
John Blalock, LT
John Bomar, PS
Joseph Bouney, PVT
Andrew Bourne, Sr., PS
Thomas Broadus, PS
Andrew Bunting, CS
James Garrett, PS
John Gillespie, SOL
William Graves, SOL, PS
Thomas Hannan, PS
James Hawkins, CAPT
Obadiah Hooper, Sr., PS
Richard B Hooper, SGT, PS
John Hounshell, PVT
Archelaus Hughes, COL, CS, PS
Ephraim Land, PVT
Archibald Lipscomb, PVT
Joseph Lusk, PVT
Joseph Martin, LCOL, CS, PS
Nicholas Maynard, PS
James McAfee, Sr., PS
William McAfee, CAPT
Zacharias McCubbin, PS
Rodham Petty, PVT
Thomas Rand, PVT
Austin Seay, SGT
Jeremiah Shelton, PS
Lawrence Snapp, Sr., PS
James Tarrant, CAPT
Abraham Van Meter, PVT
William Ward, CAPT
William Washington, LCOL
John Watson, PS
John Yates, SOL, PS
Abbreviations for Patriot Service Ranks
BGEN — Brigadier General
CAPT — Captain
CS — Civil Service
COL — Colonel
CPL — Corporal
ENS — Ensign
LT — Lieutenant
2LT — Second Lieutenant
LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ — Major
NONCOM — Non-Commissioned Officer
PS — Patriotic Service
PVT — Private
SGT — Sergeant
SOL — Soldier
STAFFOF — Staff Officer