Our Patriots

Who Are Our Patriots?

Forgotten Patriots

The DAR is working diligently to identify minority individuals who contributed to America’s independence in the American Revolutionary War era. The National Society has published a book, Forgotten Patriots, which describes heroism and acts of service by American Indians and African Americans. To date, thousands of forgotten Patriots have been identified, and DAR researchers continue to uncover these individuals and their unique stories.

Female Patriots

Have you ever considered the role that your female ancestors played in the American Revolutionary War? Women and other under-recognized individuals played an important role in the formation of our great nation. We are currently researching to add Lydia Barnes Potter as a Patriot for her hard work at sewing uniforms for the soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. Many women worked for the government washing, caring, and helping with the clothing of our dear Revolutionary soldiers.

Chapter Patriots

These American Revolutionary War Patriots listed have been researched and proven by our members. They are listed in alphabetical order, first name, last name with the colony where each ancestor served our country.

Their service in the American Revolutionary War included military service, civil service and patriotic service. We hope you will find one of your ancestors listed here!

This list is updated as our chapter grows, so please check back!

America 250!

In the year 2026, we will celebrate 250 years of independence. Along with the National Society, we are very excited about our opportunity to honor the Patriots of the American Revolution while increasing knowledge of their service and sacrifice. A message from the NSDAR President General: “Let us never take for granted the courage of our Patriot ancestors. While it is relatively easy to see why our ancestors chose “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” in hindsight, we must never forget that it must have been agonizing to do so at the time. They risked lives and fortunes of their families when choosing sides.”

Patriot Surname	Patriot First Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Colony	Service
Baker	Joel	1765	5 Nov 1839	New Hampshire	PVT
Batchelder	Samuel	15 May 1749	5 Jun 1815	Massachusetts	PVT
Beauchamp	William	31 Jul 1743	26 Oct 1807	Maryland	StaffOf
Belknap	Abel	24 May 1754	3 Apr 1838	Massachusetts	PVT
Bell	Martha	1735	9 Sep 1820	North Carolina	PS
Billingsley	Walter	14 July 1761	Post 1 Jan 1838	North Carolina	PS
Blodgett	Artemus	31 Dec 1752	23 Sep 1830	Connecticut	PVT
Brown	Ezekiel	10 Aug 1755	4 Jun 1798	Massachusetts	Noncom
Brown	Jacob	12 Feb 1763	10 – 1845	Massachusetts	PVT
Burnham	Josiah	28 Apr 1716	10 Mar 1800	Connecticut	CS
Cadwell	Timothy	28 Aug 1747	13 Jan 1797	Connecticut	CPL
Carr	Jonathan	15 Apr 1757	28 Apr 1849	Massachusetts	PVT
Castner	Peter	23 Jun 1783	24 Sep 1819	Pennsylvania	PVT
Chapoton	Jean Baptiste	17 Jun 1721	22 Jan 1803	Virginia	PS
Chase	Lemuel	1765	Ante 13 Dec 1823	New York	PVT, FIF
Childress	Willliam	25 Dec 1762	14 Jan 1839	North Carolina & South Carolina	PVT, PS
Cole, Sr.	Joseph	3 May 1716	ANTE 25 Jun 1785	Virginia	PS
Cole, Sr.	Sampson	7 Mar 1750	ANTE 18 Jul 1833	Virginia	PS
Colvin	Levi	1745	21 Dec 1834	Vermont	ENS
Cram	Peter	20 Aug 1728	4 Oct 1779	Massachusetts	Cpl
Crosby	Joseph	23 Mar 1752	19 Feb 1843	New Hampshire	PVT
Dennison	Daniel	16 Dec 1730	16 Mar 1793	New York	SGT
Dewey, Jr	Ebenezer	7 Mar 1740	28 Feb 1820	New Hampshire	PS
Dewey, Sr	Ebernezer	24 Feb 1712	24 Nov 1791	New Hampshire	CS, PS
Dickinson	Richard	10 Jan 1735	21 Jul 1816	Massachusetts	SGT
Dill	Archibald	C 1748	Ante 22 May 1840	North Carolina	PVT, PS
Dilley	Ephraim	6 Nov 1755	26 Jul 1844	New Jersey	PVT
Dodson	Lazarus	7 Oct 1728	Ante 16 Sep 1797	Virginia	PS
Dungan	Jesse	22 Feb 1766	12 Jul 1823	Pennsylvania	PVT
Durfee	James	14 Jul 1749	1805	Rhode Island	PVT
Dwinell	Aaron	10 Aug 1762	5 Aug 1844	Massachusetts	PVT
Eldredge	William Case	17 Apr 1765	1842	Connecticut	PVT
Fisher	Thomas	11 Feb 1760	1 Dec 1841	Virginia	PVT
Foster	William	24 Dec 1763	10 Jul 1825	New Hampshire	PVT
Funkhouser	Abraham	C 1748	2 Jul 1825	Virginia	SOL
Garris	Benjamin	C 1742	Ante 8 – 1832	North Carolina	SOL
Garris	Sikes	25 Feb 1762	Post 19 Jun 1841	North Carolina	PVT, PS
Greenwalt	Philip	10 Jun 1725	28 Feb 1802	Pennsylvania	COL
Grossman	Michael	22 Jan 1748	7 Oct 1810	Pennsylvania	PVT
Hall	James	20 Apr 1720	2 Feb 1807	Connecticut	CS
Hall	Peter	1 Aug 1755	25 Aug 1835	Connecticut & Vermont	CPL
Harrison	Joseph	1750	21 Feb 1804	New York	Capt
Herrick	Ebenezer	24 Jun 1739	17 Jun 1775	Massachusetts	SGT Maj
Hoffman	Jacob	1746	Ante Apr 1816	North Carolina	PS
Holcomb	Roger	18 Oct 1742	22 Oct 1824	Connecticut	CPL
Holman	Elisha	13 May 1739	20 May 1812	Massachusetts	SGT
Hubbell	Abijah	27 Apr 1763	18 Jul 1841	New York	PVT
Hubbell	Justus	1744	Post 1793	New York & Virginia	PVT, CS, PS
Hughart	James	C 1748	25 Jan 1791	Virginia	PVT
Ijams	John Frederick	1765	24 Jan 1839	Maryland	PVT
Jackson	Benjamin	5 Mar 1752	5 Jun 1842	New Jersey	SGT
Jenks	Joseph	1714	25 May 1784	Rhode Island	CAPT
Jennings	Benjamin	1758	12 May 1845	Pennsylvania	PVT
Killinger	George	1757	21 Mar 1842	Pennsylvania	SOL
Kimball, Sr	John	9 Aug 1735	28 Oct 1810	Connecticut	CAPT
Kneisley	John Michael	21 Sep 1752	15 Dec 1834	Pennsylvania	PVT
Kresge	Conrad	C 1740	ANTE 6 Jul 1805	Pennsylvania	PVT, PS
Leavenworth	Ebenezer	29 Dec 1734	18 Mar 1778	Connecticut	CS
Lewis	John	23 Jun 1748	17 Feb 1835	Virginia	SGT
Lincoln	Zadock	18 Dec 1744	13 Jun 1813	Massachusetts	PS
Linderman	Jacob	1722	Oct 1792	New York	PVT
Madding	Thomas	C 1760	Aug – 1810	Virginia	PVT, PS
Mather	Asaph	22 Aug 1753	Jan 1849	New Hampshire	CPL, PS, CS
Maxfield	Nathaniel	24 May 1743	1797	New Hampshire	PVT, PS
McClaren	Daniel	17 May 1749	Ante 1844	South Carolina	PVT, PS
Moffitt	James	1730	Post 17 Apr 1793	North Carolina	PS
Monnett	Abraham	16 Mar 1748	7 Dec 1810	Maryland	PVT
Morton	Bryant	C 1705	1793	Massachusetts	CAPT, CS, PS
Newhall	Andrew	9 Mar 1730	C 1795	Massachusetts	SOL
Newman	Ebenezer	7 Jun 1756	29 Sep 1839	Massachusetts	PVT
Nickerson	Reuben	21 Jan 1748	ANTE 11 Oct 1829	Massachusetts	PVT
Oberlin	John Michael	31 Aug 1751	ANTE 10 Jun 1818	Pennsylvania	CAPT, PS
Olmstead	James	13 May 1751	21 Sep 1811	Connecticut	LT
Ott	Johan	24 Jun 1745	13 Feb 1814	Pennsylvania	PVT
Park, Jr.	Smith	13 Nov 1749	3 June 1841	New York	CPL
Park, Sr	Smith	5 Nov 1721	12 Feb 1807	Connecticut	SOL
Parker	Jonathan	1 Jan 1722	27 Oct 1803	New Hampshire	PS
Parker	Samuel	11 Nov 1754	5 Jul 1841	New Hampshire	PVT
Phillips	Job	1741	22 Jan 1835	Connecticut	CPL
Platt	Abel Sr	6 Feb 1703	23 Jul 1777	New Hampshire	PS
Platt	Joseph SR	19 Feb 1726	25 Aug 1817	New Hampshire	PS
Pontius	John	18 Aug 1717	ANTE 27 May 1794	Pennsylvania	CS, PS
Pontius	John Henry	24 Feb 1744	13 Dec 1822	Pennsylvania	LT, PS
Potter	Lemuel	13 Nov 1755	26 Feb 1826	Connecticut	CPL
Powe	William	1759	8 Nov 1839	Virginia	PVT
Redshaw	Joseph	C 1752	ANTE 20 Oct 1829	Virginia	PS
Robinson	Amos	7 Sep 1735	13 Aug 1809	Vermont	SOL
Rumbaugh	John	C 1740	28 Aug 1822	Pennsylvania	LT
Rundle, Jr.	Reuben	10 Mar 1757	25 Oct 1848	New York	PVT, FIF
Schertzer	Jacob	3 Aug 1712	19 Jan 1794	Pennsylvania	PS
Slaughter	Jacob	C 1730	Ante 8 Oct 1824	North Carolina & South Carolina	PS
Smith	Jacob	C 1743	ANTE 12 Dec 1803	Pennsylvania	PS
Snodgrass	Joseph	ANTE 1750	ANTE 18 Mar 1828	Virginia	PS
Spalding	Moses Clark	Ante 1756	Post 1810	Maryland	PS
Spangler	Rudolph	08 Aug 1738	05 Aug 1811	Pennsylvania	CAPT
Stedham	Samuel	C 1747	Post 1833	North Carolina	PVT, PS
Stevens	Solomon	22 Feb 1725	11 Nov 1807	Massachusetts	LT, PS
Stoddard	Orange	29 May1742	3 Oct 1824	Massachusetts	CAPT
Terry	Elisha	8 Aug 1743	C 1811	Massachusetts	PVT
Tilson	William	15 Mar 1741	C 1825	Virginia	PS
Toothaker	Ebenezer	C 1740	ANTE 18 Jun 1788	Massachusetts	CS, PS
Toothaker	Roger	C 1751	ANTE 13 Apr 1814	Massachusetts	CS, PS
Torrence	Hugh	15 Oct 1732	1813	North Carolina	CS
Treadwell	Josiah	8 Nov 1713	1798	Connecticut	PS
Tryon	Josiah	13 Sep 1762	9 Oct 1824	Connecticut	PVT
Van Voorhees	Isaac	3 Oct 1758	4 Oct 1844	New Jersey	PS
Wafer	Francis	1750	1823	South Carolina	CAV
Wampler	George Hans	1736	ANTE 10 May 1815	Pennsylvania	PVT
Wardwell	Daniel	17 Apr 1734	17 Jan 1803	Massachusetts	PS
Warren	Aaron	3 Jul 1762	21 Apr 1849	New Hampshire	CPL
Warren	David	24 May 1742	1820	New Hampshire	LT, PS
Webster	Jonathan	5 Oct 1705	14 Nov 1781	Connecticut	PS
Wheeler	James	1730	Ante 28 Mar 1804	New York & Virginia	CS, PS
White	Thomas	5 Mar 1754	25 Apr 1824	Pennsylvania & North Carolina	LT, PS
Whitehill	David	25 May 1743	12 Nov 1809	Pennsylvania	CAPT, PS
Wilson	John	25 Oct 1749	Ante 11-1813	Deleware	PS

Key to Abbreviation for DAR Patriots’ Services

PVT – Private
CPL – Corporal
SGT – Sergeannt
SGTMaj – Sergeant Majjor
LT – Lieutenant
CAPT – Captain
ENS – Ensign (Army Rank)
CAV – Cavalry
SMN – Seaman
DRM – Drummer
FIF – Fifer
NONCOM – Noncommissioned
SOL – Soldier

PS – Patriotic Service – donated/sold goods or services to patriot cause, paid supply tax designated for war effort, signed oath of allegience

CS – Civil Service – Federal, State or Local Office where Americans gained control of locality, i.e. selectman, juror, justice of the peace, overseer of roads, overseer of the poor.

SDI – Signer of Declaration of Independence

National Society Daughters of American Revolution
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