Our Patriot Ancestors

Our Patriots are listed in alphabetical order by name, the state served, and service. Patriots provided service to the patriotic cause and supported that cause through military service and other actions or contributions. Other service abbreviations:

CAPT = Captain   1LT = First Lieutenant
COL = Colonel   2LT = Second Lieutenant
CS = Civil Service   PS = Patriotic Service
CL = Continental Line   PVT = Private
ENS = Ensign   S.D.I. = Signer of The Declaration of Independence
LTC= Lieutenant Colonel   SGT = Sergeant
LT = Lieutenant   SMN = Seaman
    STAFFOF = Staff Officer
     

 

Glossary of United States, Country, and Patriot Service Abbreviations:

UNITED STATES:

CT — Connecticut

GA — Georgia

LA — Louisiana

MD — Maryland

MA — Massachusetts

NH — New Hampshire

NJ — New Jersey

NY — New York

NC — North Carolina

PA — Pennsylvania

RI — Rhode Island

VT — Vermont

VA — Virginia

 

 

Levi Adams, NH, SGT

Jacob Anthony, MA, PVT

John Ball, VA, CAPT

John Bishop, NJ, ENS

Joseph Blackwell, Sr., VA, CS, PS

Calvin Bliss, MA, PVT

Reuben Boston, VA, PVT

Thomas Boyd, NC, PVT

Jean Baptiste Broussard, LA, PS

John Campbell, NC, PVT

James Cason, VA, PVT

Mosby Childress, VA, PVT

John Chilton, VA, CAPT

Jonathan Clark, VA, PS, LTC

Joshua Ecklin, NC, PVT

Gilbert Fanning, CT, CS, PS

Mark Finks, VA, CAPT

John Finley, PA, PVT

Thomas Fortson, VA, LT, PS

William Gibbs, GA, PVT

John Green, VA, PS

Thomas Hardeman, NC, PS

William Hardy, VA, PS

Covington Hardy, VA, PS

Walton Harris, GA, PS

Henry Harshbarger, PA, PVT

John Hart, NJ, S.D.I., PS

Abraham Jackson, Sr., VT, CS, PS

Dorothy Chamberlayne Jones, VA, PS

John Kirkpatrick, NJ, 2LT

Lydia Lewis Kirkpatrick, NJ, PS

Henry Mclean, VA, PVT

Richard McKay, VA/MD, PS, PVT

Ambrose Medley, VA, PS

Jacob Medley, VA, PS

Gabriel Ogden, NJ, PVT

John Patterson, VA, SOL

Henry Robertson, Sr., VA, PS

William Robinson, PA, 1LT

John Rockefeller, NJ, 1LT

Christopher Roff, NY, PVT

Elisha Sheldon, Jr., CT, COL

Simon Shunk, PA, PVT

Thomas Spelman, Jr., VA, PVT

John Stafford, RI, PVT

Benjamin Thornburgh, VA, PS

Benjamin Thurston, MA, PVT

Jacob Wheeler, MD, PS

Gamaliel Wilder, CT, CS, PS

William Wright, VA, PVT

Abraham Yocum, PA, PVT, PS

Jacob Zech, PA/VA, PVT


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