Our Patriots

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
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
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
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
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