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 | |
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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 |