Patriot Ancestors – Alafia River Chapter, Brandon, Florida

DAR members come from a variety of backgrounds and interests, but all share a common bond of having an ancestor who helped contribute to securing the independence of the United States of America. Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible to join.

You can use the table below to see a list of the patriot ancestors of our current members. It’s possible to have multiple patriot ancestors in your family tree.

You can also use DAR’s online genealogical portal, the Genealogical Research System (GRS), for free.

Service Abbreviations

PVT = Private	PS = Public Service	SOL = Soldier	NONCOM = Non commissioned
CPL = Corporal	SGT = Sergeant	ENS = Ensign	LT = Lieutenant
CAPT = Captain	MAJ = Major	LCOL = Lieutenant Colonel

Last Name	First Name		Suffix	Rank	State
Adams	Benjamin			PVT	MA
Ambrose	Frederick			CS	PA
Ambrose	Frederick			CS	PA
Andrews	Nehemiah			PVT	MA
Babb	John			PS	PA
Badger	Obadiah			PVT	MA
Badger	Stephen			PVT	MA
Baldwin	John			PVT	MD
Baldwin	John			PVT	MD
Beagle	Charles			PVT	PA
Beckwith	Amos			PS	NC
Behney	George	Peter	Jr.	PVT	PA
Behney	George	Peter	Sr.	PS	PA
Bittner	Mathias			PVT	PA
Bitzell	Henry			PS	MD
Blanchard	Reuben			SOL	GA
Bliss	Henry			RI	CS
Bowden	Elias			SOL	VA
Bowden	John			PS	VA
Bradford	John			PVT	VA
Breitigam	John			PVT	PA
Brubaker	John			PVT	PA
Brumback	Hermanus	Emanuel		PS	PA
Bull	Daniel			PVT	NY
Burdick	Peter			PVT	CT
Carlin	Joseph			PS	LA
Carpenter	Andrew			PS	VA
Carr	John			LT	PA
Carson	James			PS	VA
Carson	Thomas			PVT	VA
Cary	Absalom			SOL PS	NY
Cary	Elihu			SOL	NY
Cary	Michael			PVT	MD
Case	Jedediah			PVT	CT
Chiles	William			PS	VA
Chiles	William			PS	VA
Clark	John			CAPT	PA
Clay	Henry			PS	VA
Cleveland	Aaron		Sr.	CAPT	CT
Coan	Mulford			PVT	CT
Colding	Blanchard			PVT	SC
Cole	Henry		Sr.	PS	NC
Cole	Martin			SGT PS	NC
Cooper	Fleet		Sr.	PS	NC
Cooper	Fleet		Jr.	SOL	NC
Cooper	Fleet		Sr.	PS	NC
Cooper	Richard			SOL	NC
Copeland	John			SOL	SC
Cornett	William			PVT	VA
Coryell	John			MAJ PS	PA
Crafts	John			PVT	VA
Crafts	John			PVT	VA
Culver	Obadiah			SOL	NY
Curtis	Ebenezer			PVT	MA
De La Hunte	John			PS	NC
De Mott	Lawrence			PS	NJ
De Turk	John		Jr.	PS	PA
Demarest	John		Jr.	PVT	NJ
Dietrich	David			PVT	NY
Dinwiddie	James			LT	VA
Disbrow	Henry			PVT	CT
Disbrow	Henry			PVT	CT
Dix	Elijah			PVT	MA
Dodge	Andrew			PVT	MA
Dupree	Jeremiah			ENS	VA
Duval	Lewis			PVT PS	PA
Eaton	Aaron			ENS	CT
Eldredge	Joshua			PVT	MA
Ellenwood	William			PVT	MA
Essary	John			PVT	VA
Evans	Jonathan			CAPT	MA
Farmer	Nathaniel			PVT	MD
Fitzwater	William			PS	VA
Fleming	James			PVT	PA
Florence	William			PVT	VA
Florence	William			PVT	VA
Forrester	Thomas			PVT	NC
Fox	Jacob			PS	VA
Fry	Martin			PVT PS	PA
Fuller	Solomon	Lathrop		PVT	MA
Fuller	Solomon	Lathrop		PVT	MA
Fuson	William			PVT	VA
Gaines	Henry			PS	VA
Gaines	James		Sr.	PS	VA
Gaines	William			PVT	VA
Gardner	James			PVT	NJ
Gassaway	Richard			PS	MD
Gearhart	Christopher			PS	PA
Gebhart	Michael			PVT	VA
Glatfelder	George			PVT PS	NC
Goddard	John			PVT PS	PA
Gooch	Rowland			PVT	NC
Goulding	Daniel	H		SOL PS	PA
Green	Joseph			CAPT PS	NC
Greenawalt	Jacob		Jr.	CAPT	PA
Gregory	Thomas			SOL	NC
Gregory	William			PVT	NC
Gritton	John			PVT PS	PA
Hake	Nicholas			PVT PS	PA
Hamlin	Eleazer			CAPT	MA
Hart	John			PS SDI	NJ
Hartle	Frederick			PVT PS	MD
Hartle	Hans	George		PS	MD
Hartsfield	Andrew			PS	NC
Hatch	Nathan			PVT	CT
Heald	John		Jr.	CS	MA
Heavenor	Jacob			ENS	VA
Hess	Johann	Conrad		PS	PA
Hess	John	William		ENS	PA
Hibschman	Heinrich			PVT PS	PA
High	Daniel			PS	PA
Hill	Leroy			PS	VA
Hill	Leroy			PS	VA
House	Jacob			PS	VA
Hubbell	John			NONCOM PS	NJ
Hudgins	Samuel			PVT	VA
Hulett	John			SGT	MA
Hunnicutt	Randolph			CS	NC
Hunt	John			CS	NC
Hunt	Memucan			CS PS	NC
Ingersoll	William		Sr.	CS PS	MA
Ivey	Adam			PS	VA
Jaggers	John			PVT	NJ
Jones	Ambrose			CPL PS	VA
Jones	Benjamin			SOL	VA
Kemp	John			SOL	GA
Kepple	Andrew			SOL	PA
Ketchum	Joshua			SOL	NY
King	John		Sr.	CAPT PS	MA
Kirk	John			PVT	NC
Klingensmith	Andrew			PVT PS	PA
Klingensmith	Philip			PS	PA
Knauss	Henry			CAPT PS	PA
Landis	Jacob			PVT PS	PA
Lawrence	John			COL CS PS	VA
Learned	Danile			ENS PS	CT
Lehman	Christian			SOL PS	PA
Leitheiser	Hartman			ENS	PA
Levy	David			PS	PA
Loveland	Charles			LT	NJ
Markell	Jacob	P		PVT	NY
Massey	Richard			CS	NC
Mcclung	John		Sr.	PS	VA
McConnell	John			CAPT	PA
McCoy	Elijah			PS	SC
McCoy	John			CAPT	VA
Mccoy	Redden			SGT	SC
Mccurdy	John			PS	NH
Mchenry	Isaac			LT	PA
Mchenry	Isaac			LT	PA
McIntire	John			PVT PS	PA
Mckee	Guian			PVT	PA
Mckee	Guian			PVT	PA
McLean	Neal			PVT	NY
Means	John			LT	PA
Means	John			LT	PA
Mentz	Christopher			SOL	NY
Mentz	John			PVT	NY
Miller	Adam			SOL	MD
Milliken	William		Sr.	CS	NC
Moll	Michael			PS	PA
Moore	Francis			CS PS	VA
Noble	Mark			SOL	NC
Nourse	James			CS PS	VA
Odell	Jeremiah			PVT	VA
Olinger	Jacob			SOL	VA
Olinger	Philip			PS	VA
Olive	James			PS	NC
Olive	Jesse			PS	NC
Omer	Daniel			SOL	PA
Osborn	Solomon			SOL	VA
Page	Jeremiah			LCOL	MA
Paul	Nicholas			LT	PA
Pence	Henry			PVT	VA
Philhower	Philip			CS	NJ
Pierce	John			SOL	GA
Pierce	John			SOL	GA
Pinson	Thomas			PS	VA
Pope	Thomas			PS	VA
Porter	Patrick			SGT CS PS	VA
Potts	John			PVT	PA
Pratt	Nathan			PVT	MA
Redway	Comfort			PVT	CT
Reiff	Daniel			CAPT PS	PA
Reitmeyer	George	William		CAPT PS	NY
Rhodes	Gabriel			PVT PS	PA
Rice	Benjamin			LT CS PS	VA
Rippetoe	William			PS	NC
Riser	Casper			PVT PS	PA
Riser	John			PS	PA
Riser	Ulrich			PS	PA
Ritchie	John			PVT	VA
Rose	Jacob			PVT	NY
Ross	James			SOL	RI
Ross	William			PVT	MA
Royster	Nathaniel			LT	VA
Ruth	Michael			PS	PA
Sanford	Henry			PVT	CT
Schepmoes	William			PVT	NY
Schweyer	Nicholas		Sr.	PS	PA
Searcy	Reuben			CS PS	NC
Shaffer	Jacob			PVT	PA
Shane	Peter			PS	PA
Shellenberger	Lorentz			PVT PS	PA
Shellenberger	Maria Christina	Seifert		PS	PA
Shirk	Ulrich			PVT PS	PA
Shirley	John		Sr.	PS	VA
Shoemaker	Henry			LT PS	PA
Simpson	John			PVT	NH
Skinner	William			PVT	PA
Small	Peter			PVT	PA
Smith	Joseph			PVT	VA
Smith	Seth			SGT	CT
Smith	Zephaniah			PVT	MA
Southard	Abraham			PVT	NJ
Southard	Abraham			PVT	NJ
Spalding	Asa			PVT	MA
Sparks	Matthew		Jr.	PVT	NC
Spears	Samuel			PVT	NC
Spears	Samuel			SGT	MA
Stambach	Christina	Kuntz		PS	PA
Strack	Henry			PS	PA
Sumner	Joseph			SOL	GA
Swain	Stephen			ENS PS	NC
Taylor	Chase			CAPT	NH
Terwilliger	Simon			SGT	NY
Thatcher	Jeremiah			PS	NJ
Thompson	Benjamin		Sr.	PS	GA
Thompson	Joseph			PS	SC
Tolman	Thomas			LT PS	MA
Tyler	Zelotes			PVT	MA
Umberger	Heinrich			PS	PA
Van De Mark	Wilhelmus			LT	NY
Van Tuyl	Isaac			ENS	NJ
Waring	Robert	Payne		CAPT CS PS	VA
Warner	John			SOL	VA
Watts	Jacob			PS	VA
Webster	Moses			PVT	NH
Webster	Jonathan			PS	CT
Welshans	Jacob			ENS	PA
Welshans	Jacob			ENS	PA
Welshans	Jacob			ENS	PA
White	Mark			PS	MA
White	George		Jr.	CAPT	NY
White	George		Sr.	CS	CT
White	James			PS	PA
White	Nathaniel			SGT	NY
Wilder	Lot			PVT	MA
Wisler	Andrew			PVT	PA
Wohlpart	George			PS	PA
Womelsdorf	Daniel			CAPT	PA
Woodford	William			PVT	VA
Wotring	Samuel			CPL	PA
Ziegler	Philip			SOL PS	PA