OUR PATRIOTS
The following is a list of Revolutionary War patriots who are direct ancestors of current members of the Sarah Riggs Humphreys-Mary Silliman Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. If you think you may be related to one of these patriots or another American Revolutionary War patriot, and would like to pursue membership in the DAR, please contact our chapter regent.
Seth Alvord, CT, PVT | Elijah Herrick, Sr., NY, CAPT CS |
Caleb Ammidown, MA, STAFFOF | Stephen Holley, Jr., CT, PVT |
Oliver Bailey, CT, PVT | John Honeyman, NJ, PS |
Samuel Bartlett, MA, PS
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Gideon Hotchkiss, CT, CS PS |
David Beardsley, CT, PVT | Samuel Hurd, CT, PS |
Jonathan Beardsley, CT, CS PS ENS | Benjamin Jaquith, MA & NJ, CS SOL |
Samuel Beardsley, CT, CAPT | Zachariah Jennings, Jr., CT, PVT |
James Benedict, CT, SGT | Winifred Jeter, VA, PS |
Ozias Bissell, CT, CAPT PS | William June, CT, PVT |
James Blakeman, CT, PVT | Richard Keele, VA & NC, PVT |
Timothy Boughton, NY, PVT | Ebenezer Knapp, CT, PVT |
Elijah Bruce, MA-VT, PVT
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Caleb Leach, MA, PVT |
Walter Buddington, CT, CS PS PVT | Nehemiah Lewis, CT, PVT |
Increase Burr, Sr., CT, SOL | James McEwen, CT, CS PS |
Peter Burr, CT, PSOL | Michael Metcalf, NH, PVT |
Samuel Caddall, VA, SOL | Matthew Miner, CT, PVT |
Holder Chase, RI, PS | Nathan Nichols, Sr., CT, PS |
James Chase, RI, PS | George Osbourne, MA, PVT |
Mitchel Clay, VA, SOL PS | John Perry, MA, CAPT |
Robert Cochran, SC, LT PS | Joseph Poor, MA, PS |
David Cooper, NJ, PS | James Puffer, MA, 2LT |
Gilbert Cooper, NY, LTC | Israel Putnam, Sr., CT, MGEN |
Llewellyn Davis, PA, ENS | Philip Reed, VT, CPL |
John DeMerit, NH, MAJ | Rev Rivers, Joel, VA, PS |
Caleb Dexter, VT, PVT | Amos Rogers, NY, CPL |
Gideon Ellis, NH, PS | Joseph Rogers, CT, PS |
Peter Fairchild, CT, CPL |
Simeon Rose, MA, PVT
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John Ferris, NY, PVT | Josiah Seely, NY, LT |
Charles Ferry, MA, LT | David Seigler, SC, PVT PS |
Isaac Foote, CT, CS PS | Phineas Sherman, CT, CAPT |
Peter Foster, VA, MID | Nathan Smith, MD & VA, 1LT |
Gamaliel French, CT, PVT | Thomas Solley, CT, PVT |
Isaac Fuller, MA, LT | Samuel Squire, CT, CS PS |
Jonathan Gale, MA, PVT | Ralph Stewart, VA, CAPT |
Benjamin Gaylord, CT, PVT | Waite Stillman, RI, PVT |
David Gold, PA, PVT
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Richard Thurman, VA, PVT |
Jotham Goodnow, MA, PVT | Noah Webster, CT, CAPT |
Patrick Graham, PA, PVT | Nathaniel Whitney, VT, LT |
Aaron Hall, CT, PVT | Nathaniel Wilson, Jr., CT, CS PS |
Richard Hartley, NC, CS Sol | Daniel Winn, VA, PS |
Oliver Hartwell, Jr., MA, PVT | Orsamus Winn, VA, PS |
LEGEND | |
CAPT — Captain | MGEN — Major General |
CPL — Corporal | MID — Military Intelligence Division |
CS — Civil Service | ORDL — Orderly |
ENS — Ensign | PS — Patriotic Service |
1LT — First Lieutenant | PVT — Private |
2LT — Second Lieutenant | SGT — Sergeant |
LT — Lieutenant | SOL — Soldier |
LTC — Lieutenant Colonel | STAFFOF – Staff Officer |
MAJ — Major |