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	FN	MN	Suffix	Rank	SVC
Adams	Benjamin			Pvt	MA
Ambrose	Frederick			CS	PA
Anderson	David			StaffOf PS	SC
Andrews	Nehemiah			Pvt	MA
Appell	Jacob			PS	PA
Armstrong	William			CS	VA
Babb	John			PS	PA
Babb	John			PS	PA
Badger	Obadiah			Pvt	MA
Badger	Stephen			Pvt	MA
Baldwin	John			Pvt	MD
Barnhart	John	Wendel		PS	PA
Bartholomew	Henry		Sr	Pvt PS	PA
Beagle	Charles			Pvt	PA
Beckwith	Amos			PS	NC
Behney	George	Peter	Jr	Pvt	PA
Behney	George	Peter	Sr	PS	PA
Bennett	Richard			Sol	NC
Bittner	Mathias			Pvt	PA
Bitzell	Henry			PS	MD
Blanchard	Reuben			Sol	GA
Bliss	Henry			CS	RI
Bowden	Elias			Sol	VA
Bowden	John			PS	VA
Bowen	Benjamin			Pvt	NC
Bradford	John			Pvt	VA
Breitigam	John			Pvt	PA
Breitigam	Paul			PS	PA
Brooks	Samuel			Capt PS	CT
Brubaker	John			Pvt	PA
Brumback	Hermanus	Emanuel		PS	PA
Buck	Abner			Pvt	CT
Bull	Daniel			Pvt	NY
Burbank	Thomas			Pvt	MA
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	Michael			Pvt	MD
Cary	Elihu			Sol	NY
Case	Jedediah			Pvt	CT
Chadwell	David			Capt PS	VA
Chiles	William			PS	VA
Clark	Burgess			Pvt	NC
Clark	John			Capt	PA
Clauser	George			PS	PA
Clay	Henry			PS	VA
Clay	John			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
Cornell	William			Ens	NY
Cornett	William			Pvt	VA
Coryell	John			Maj PS	PA
Croyle	Thomas			PS	PA
Culver	Obadiah			Sol	NY
Curtis	Ebenezer			Pvt	MA
De La Hunte	John			PS	NC
De Turk	John		Sr	PS	PA
De Turk	John		Jr	PS	PA
Dietrich	David			Pvt	NY
Dinwiddie	James			Lt	VA
Disbrow	Henry			Pvt	CT
Dix	Elijah			Pvt	MA
Dodge	Andrew			Pvt	MA
Dresher	Philip			PS	PA
Dupree	Jeremiah			Ens	VA
Duval	Lewis			Pvt PS	PA
Eaton	Aaron			Ens	CT
Eblin	John			PS	PA
Eldredge	Joshua			Pvt	MA
Ellenwood	William			Pvt	MA
Essary	John			Pvt	VA
Evans	Jonathan			Capt	MA
Farmer	Nathaniel			Pvt	MD
Fegley	Christian			PS	PA
Fitzwater	William			PS	VA
Fleming	James			Pvt	PA
Florence	William			Pvt	VA
Forrester	Thomas			Pvt	NC
Fox	Jacob			PS	VA
Frey	Jacob			PS	PA
Fry	Martin			PS	VA
Fuller	Solomon	Lathrop		Pvt	MA
Fuson	William			Pvt	VA
Gabbard	Jacob			Pvt	NC
Gaines	Henry			PS	VA
Gaines	James		Sr	PS	VA
Gaines	William			Pvt	VA
Gardner	James			Pvt	NJ, NY
Garrard	James			Col	VA
Gassaway	Richard			PS	MD
Gearhart	Christopher			PS	PA
Gebhart	Michael			Pvt	VA
Glascock	Peter		Sr	CS	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
Gwinn	Benjamin			Sol PS	VA
Hake	Nicholas			Pvt PS	PA
Hall	Isham			PS	VA
Hamblin	David			Lt PS	NY
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
Heald	John		3rd	Lt CS PS	MA
Hearne	John			Pvt	VA
Heavenor	Jacob			Ens	VA
Hempinstall	Abraham			Ens	VA
Hench	John		Sr	PS	PA
Herb	Jacob			PS	PA
Hess	Johann	Conrad		PS	PA
Hess	John	William		Ens	PA
Hibschman	Heinrich			Pvt PS	PA
High	Daniel			PS	PA
High	Rudolph			PS	PA
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
Ingraham	John			PS	VA
Irwin	Jared			PS	VA
Jaggers	John			Pvt	NJ
Jones	Ambrose			Cpl PS	VA
Jones	Benjamin			Sol	VA
Kelly	Hannah			PS	MA
Kemp	John			Sol	GA
Kepple	Andrew			Sol	PA
King	John		Sr	Capt PS	MA
Kirk	John			Pvt	NC
Klingensmith	Andrew			Pvt	PA
Klingensmith	Philip			PS	PA
Knauss	Henry			Capt PS	PA
Landis	Jacob			Pvt PS	PA
Latham	Hubbard			NCapt PS	NY
Lawrence	John			Col CS PS	VA
Learned	Daniel			Ens PS	CT
Lee	David			Sol	SC
Lehman	Christian			Sol PS	PA
Levy	David			PS	PA
Markell	Jacob	P		Pvt	NY
Marshall	Samuel			Capt PS	VA
Marshall	Daniel			StaffOf PS	GA
Massey	Richard			CS	NC
McConnell	John			Capt	PA
McCoy	John			Capt	VA
McCoy	Elijah			PS	SC
McCoy	Redden			Sgt	SC
McCurdy	John			PS	NH
McHenry	Isaac			Lt	PA
McIntire	John			Pvt PS	PA
McKee	Guian			Pvt	PA
McLean	John			PS	NY
McLean	Neal			Pvt	NY
Means	John			Lt	PA
Mentz	Christopher			Sol	NY
Mentz	John			Pvt	NY
Merckel	John			PS	PA
Mickleborough	Henry			PS	VA
Middleton	Arthur			PS SDI	SC
Miller	Ephraim			Sgt	MA
Milliken	William		Sr	CS	NC
Moll	Michael			PS	PA
Moore	Francis			CS PS	VA
Moore	David			PS	NY
Moore	Robert			CS	PA
Morris	Samuel			Capt	PA
Moseley	William			Pvt	GA
Myers	John			PS	PA
Newkirk	John			Capt	NY
Noble	Mark			Sol	NC
Nourse	James			CS PS	VA, MD
Olinger	Jacob			Sol	VA
Olinger	Philip			PS	VA
Olive	James			PS	NC
Olive	Jesse			PS	NC
Omer	Daniel			Sol	PA
Osborn	Solomon			Sgt	VA
Page	Jeremiah			LCol	MA
Patchen	Josiah			Noncom	CT
Paul	Nicholas			Lt	PA
Pence	Henry			Pvt	VA
Philhower	Philip			CS PS	NJ
Pierce	John			Sol	GA
Pinson	Thomas			PS	VA
Potts	John			Pvt	PA
Pratt	Nathan			Pvt	MA
Raudebaugh	John	Adam		PS	VA
Rector	Henry			PS	VA
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
Ringo	Burtis			PS	VA
Rippetoe	William			PS	NC
Riser	Casper			Pvt PS	PA
Riser	Ulrich			PS	PA
Riser	John			PS	PA
Ritchie	John			Pvt	VA
Ross	James			Sol	RI
Rothermel	Paul			PS	PA
Royster	Nathaniel			Lt	VA
Ruth	Michael			PS	PA
Saunders	Gunnell			Lt	VA
Schepmoes	William			Pvt	NY
Schlottman	Alexander			PS	PA
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		PS	PA
Shirk	Ulrich			Pvt PS	PA
Shoemaker	Henry			Lt PS	PA
Simpson	John			Pvt	NH
Small	Peter			Pvt	PA
Smith	Seth			Sgt	CT
Smith	Joseph			Pvt	VA
Southard	Abraham			Pvt	NJ
Sovain	Abraham			PS	VA
Spalding	Asa			Pvt	MA
Sparks	Matthew		Jr	Pvt	NC
Spear	Samuel			Pvt	NC
Spear	Samuel			Sgt	MA
Stambach	Anna	Christina		PS	PA
Stocker	Andrew			Pvt 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	Joseph			PS	SC
Thompson	Benjamin		Sr	PS	GA
Tolman	Thomas			Lt PS	MA, VT
Umberger	Heinrich			PS	PA
Valle	Francois			PS	LA
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
Welshans	Jacob			Ens	PA
White	Mark			PS	MA
White	George		Sr	CS	CT
White	George		Jr	Capt	NY
White	Nathaniel			Sgt	NY
White	James			PS	PA
Wilder	Lot			Pvt	MA
Wisler	Andrew			Pvt	PA
Wofford	William			LCol CS PS	SC
Wohlpart	George			PS	PA
Woodbury	Joshua			CS	MA
Woodford	William			Pvt	VA
Young	William			PS	VA
Ziegler	Melchior			PS	PA
Ziegler	Philip			Sol PS	PA