Listed on this page are the patriot ancestors of the current members of Doctor Susan Anderson Chapter NSDAR. Revolutionary War patriots include signers of the Declaration of Independence, members of local and state militias, members of the Continental Army or Continental Navy, men and women who rendered other types of aid to the cause of independence, and those taking oaths of loyalty. Other included patriots are foreign soldiers who served the cause of American independence and Spanish soldiers serving in the presidios at Santa Fe, El Paso, and New Orleans. With a few exceptions, military service began with the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) and ended when the British evacuated New York (26 November 1783). Patriots may have also provided civil service, conducting public business in the newly formed American states. Click on any name below to learn more about that patriot’s service during the Revolution.
If you are a woman age 18 or older and believe one of your ancestors may have aided the cause of freedom during the American Revolution, we may be able to help you establish your genealogical line for DAR membership. If you are interested in documenting your lineage and joining our chapter, or have any questions, please send us a message using our Contact Us page.
| PATRIOT | STATE | SERVICE |
| Benjamin Abbott, Jr | NH | Sergeant |
| John Abernathy, Jr | VA | Patriotic Service |
| John Abernathy, Sr | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Robert Aiken | PA | Private |
| Christian Andereck | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Andrew Appell | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Job Arnold | RI | Private |
| Elkanah Babbitt | MA | Private |
| Stephen Bartlett | NH | Lieutenant |
| Jacob Beall | PA | Patriotic Service |
| John Bebout Sr | NJ | Patriotic Service |
| Jacob Beeler | NC | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Thomas Belt | MD | Private |
| John Blakeney Sr | SC | Captain |
| Conrad Bobb | PA | Patriotic Service |
| Thomas Bouldin Jr | VA | Ensign |
| Thomas Bouldin Sr | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Reuben Bowen | VA | Private |
| Carpenter Bradford | MA | Civil Service |
| Mathieu Brignac | LA | Patriotic Service |
| John Brocklebank Jr | MA | Private |
| Francois Brou | LA | Patriotic Service |
| Michael Broughton | CT | Private |
| James Bulkley Jr | VA | Sergeant |
| James Bulkley Sr | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Samuel Bunch | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Jacob Bushong | VA | Private |
| Benjamin Butterfield | VT | Patriotic Service |
| Peter Cain | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Enos Campbell | NJ | Private |
| Nathan Carothers | PA | Private |
| Thomas Carroll | SC | Soldier |
| John Carter | CT | Captain |
| Curtis Cates | VA | Patriotic Service |
| John Cates | VA | Patriotic Service |
| John Catland | MA | Sergeant |
| William Challis | NH | Patriotic Service |
| Japheth Chapin | MA | Private & Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| Paul Chapin | MA | Private |
| Jacob Chestnut | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Stephen Clark | NH | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| John Colwell | NC | Private |
| Ephraim Conant | MA | Private |
| Peter Conant, Sr | MA | Soldier |
| Thomas Conway | PA | Private |
| William Cook | MD | Private |
| William C. Coram | VA | Private |
| Elisha Corbin | MA | Patriotic Service |
| John Peter Corn | VA | Private |
| William Cornett | VA | Private |
| Mary Batte Cox | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Silas Crane | NJ | Private |
| John George Crisler | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Bartholomew Crowder Jr | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Bartholomew Crowder Sr | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Francis Davenport | SC | Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| David Davidson | VA | Private |
| Jonathan Dickerman Sr | CT | Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| Lucius Doolittle | MA | Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| Samuel Dorman | MD | Soldier |
| John Eddy | RI | Captain |
| Susannah Wathen Edelen | MD | Patriotic Service |
| Andrew Emerick | PA | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Abraham Enlow | PA | Soldier & Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| William Erskine | VA | Corporal |
| Matthias Fisher | PA | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Peter Fleck | PA | Private |
| Jesse Foote | CT | Soldier |
| Frederick Freeman | CT | Private |
| Wendle Freshour | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Nathaniel Friend | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Sarah Bass Friend | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Benjamin Gardner Jr | NY | Sergeant |
| James Gaston | SC | Private & Patriotic Service |
| John Gaston Sr | SC | Civil Service |
| William Gaston | SC | Captain |
| Samuel Gavin | NC | Soldier |
| Joseph Gist | MD | Major |
| Felix Glatfelder | NC | Patriotic Service |
| David Goodwin | SC | Private |
| Richard Gregory | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Roger Gregory | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Christian Groff | VA | Private |
| Uriah Hanks | CT | Patriotic Service |
| Samuel Hartwell | MA | Private |
| Edward Hatcher | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Elisha Hawley | CT | Patriotic Service |
| William Hay | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Johan Adam Hedrick | NC | Lieutenant & Patriotic Service |
| Peter Hedrick Sr | PA | Lieutenant Colonel & Patriotic Service |
| Adam Heiskell | VA | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| Bellias Hill | MA | Private |
| Nathaniel Holder | MA | Private |
| Henry Hollingsworth | NC | Private |
| Zebulon Hollingsworth | NC | Private |
| Oliver Hopkins | RI | Private |
| Abraham Horton | NC | Private |
| Mathieu Hotard | LA | Patriotic Service |
| John Huber | PA | Captain |
| John Hughes | VA | Captain |
| Samuel Hull Sr | CT | Sergeant |
| Crippen Hurd Jr | CT | Private |
| John Hurst | VA | Soldier & Patriotic Service |
| Arthur Irwin | NC | Soldier & Patriotic Service |
| Moses Johnson | VA | Private |
| Charles Johnston | NH | Lieutenant Colonel & Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| Joseph Kennedy | SC | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Samuel Kidder | MA | Private & Civil Service |
| Joseph Kimball | RI | Captain |
| Philip Kinsler | NC | Civil Service |
| John Knight | SC | Private |
| George Kress | PA | Corporal |
| Consider Law | NY | Private |
| John Leavitt, Jr | CT | Private |
| James Leith | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Alexander Lermond, Sr | MA | Civil Service |
| William Lermond | MA | Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| William Lewis | VA | Patriotic Service |
| George Little | SC | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| William Little | NC | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| Isaac Lucas | MA | Private |
| Aaron Lyon Sr | MA | Civil Service |
| Henry Malick | NJ | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Edmund Matthews | NC | Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| William McElwee Sr | SC | Civil Service |
| Moses Mckenzie | MD | Noncommissioned Officer |
| Edward McMaster | NJ & PA | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Peter Melott | MD | Lieutenant |
| Jesse Merrill | NH | Private |
| John Metcalf Sr | VA | Civil Service |
| Daniel Miesse | PA | Private |
| John Miles | VA | Private |
| Peter Miller | NJ & NY | Private |
| William Milliken Sr | NC | Civil Service |
| Edward Moseley | VA | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| John Mummert | PA | Private |
| Burkhardt Musser | PA | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Jonathan Newman | SC | Soldier |
| Jonathan Norton | NH | Patriotic Service |
| Nathan Norton | NH | Patriotic Service |
| Mark Nowell | MA | Seaman & Patriotic Service |
| Richard Oldham | NC | Private |
| Eleazer Orvis, Sr | CT | Patriotic Service |
| Josiah Padget | SC | Private |
| Stephen Penn | MD | Private |
| Abijah Peters | PA | Sergeant |
| Drura Pilkington | VA | Private |
| James Pillow | VA | Private |
| James Pitman | GA & VA | Lieutenant |
| John Raines | VA | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| Ephraim Rand | NH | Private |
| Joseph Reed Jr | NH | Civil Service |
| Frederick Reinhard | PA | Private |
| Charles Richards | PA | Private |
| William Rives | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Archibald Robinson | MA | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Thomas Rogers | NC | Patriotic Service |
| John Rorebaugh | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Philip Roush | VA | Private |
| Joseph Scott | NC | Patriotic Service |
| William Scott | NH & MA | Major |
| Nathaniel Seymour | CT | Private |
| Frederick Shaffer | VA | Private |
| Daniel Shelton | VA | Major & Patriotic Service |
| John Shelton | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Michael Shirley | VA | Private |
| Silas Shurtleff | MA | Soldier |
| Augustin Simms | VA | Private |
| Richard Simms | VA | Private |
| Jacob Sink | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Johannes Sink | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Frederick Slemp | VA | Private |
| John Smith | NC | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Daniel Sparks | SC | Captain |
| Allen Spear | NH | Soldier |
| John Spell | NC | Civil Service |
| Philip Spohn | PA | Lieutenant |
| William Sprague | MA | Civil Service |
| Christian Stevens | PA | Private |
| Samuel Stevens | PA | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Thomas Stinchcomb | MD | Captain |
| Hopestill Sumner | MA | Civil Service |
| Jeremiah Taylor | NY | Private |
| John Thompson | NY | Captain |
| Solomon Tice | NY | Soldier |
| Benjamin Tomlinson | VA | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| Harris Tomlinson | VA | Lieutenant |
| Samuel Trogdon | NC | Patriotic Service |
| William Trogdon | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Benjamin True Sr | NH | Private & Patriotic Service |
| Reuben Tucker | VA | Private |
| Edward Turner | MA | Lieutenant |
| Samuel Tuttle Sr | MA | Lieutenant |
| Harmon Van Buren | NY | Major |
| Matthias Wade | NJ | Private |
| Daniel Wagner | NC | Patriotic Service |
| Jacob Wagner Sr | NC | Patriotic Service |
| John Waldrop | SC | Private & Civil Service |
| David Walters | PA | Private |
| William Walthall | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Samuel Walker Sr | MA | Private |
| John Ward | PA | Private |
| Jacob Weatherholt | VA | Private |
| Andrew Webster | MA | Private |
| Conrad Weiser | PA | Patriotic Service |
| John Welch | SC | Soldier |
| Adam Wetzel | VA | Captain & Patriotic Service |
| Michael Whitley | PA | Captain |
| Nathaniel Wilkinson | VA | Patriotic Service |
| William Williams | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Lewis Wills | VA | Private |
| Daniel Wilson | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Thomas Branch Wilson | VA | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Samuel Wood | MA | Private |
| William Woodbury | NH | Private |
| John Wright Jr | NC | Civil Service & Patriotic Service |
| John Wright Sr | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Robert Wright | VA | Patriotic Service |
| Thomas Wright | NC | Private |