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  Ancestors of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Chapter Daughters
              

Please note that the information below does not constitute proof of lineage and cannot be used in place of a record copy.  If you are interested in joining the Mecklenburg Declaration of  Independence Chapter through one of the patriots below or through a different patriot, please  click here and provide a brief sketch of your lineage.





In the Ancestor's Service column, Revolutionary War pensions are noted by an asterisk (*).  Pensions can often be located on Heritage Quest via your local library access.

C - Denotes patriot of current chapter member, P - Denotes patriot of past chapter member


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C or P

Ancestor  Name

Ancestor State of Service

Ancestor's Service

Spouse

P

James

Abernathy

SC

PS: Rendered Material Aid

Elizabeth Cox

P

David

Adams

SC

Soldier in militia

1)Anna Chaplin
2) Mary Lawrence

P

Jacob

Albright

NC

PS: Rendered Material Aid

Sophia Katharine Wilder

P

Abraham

Alexander

NC

PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration  &  CS: JP 

Dorcas  ___

P

Adam

Alexander

NC

PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration

Mary Shelby

C, P

Ezra

Alexander

NC

Soldier & PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration

Mary Alexander

C, P

Hezekiah

Alexander

NC

1st Lieutenant  & PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration, Member of Provincial Congress

Mary Sample

P

James

Alexander

MD

PS: Oath of Allegiance

Margaret McKnitt

C, P

John McKnitt

Alexander

NC

PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration, Member of Provincial Congress  &
CS: Justice of Peace

Jane Bain(Bean)  

C, P

Stephen

Alexander

NC

Captain        *W20583

Martha Wilson

C

William

Alford

VA

PS: Furnished supplies

Littetia ______

C, P

David

Anderson

NC & SC

Private & Ensign  *S6515

Rachel Wade

P

Jeremiah

Arnold

VA

Private

Elizabeth Rizley

C

Jacob

Artz

PA

PS: Paid supply tax

Anna Eva Braun/Brown

P

Ebenezer

Avery

CT

Lieutenant & CS: Moderator  & PS: Committee Member

Phebe Denison  

P

Waightsill

Avery

NC

Colonel & PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration

Leah Probart Franks

P

Barnabas

Barker, Sr.

MA

Private

Sarah Green

C

Andrew 

Barry

SC

Captain

Margaret Katherine Moore

P

Richard

Barry

NC

Private & PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration

Annie Price

P

Andrew 

Baxter, Sr

NC

CS: Juror, Constable

Francis _____

P

Hudson

Berry

NC

Soldier   NC Militia

Sarah Anthony

P

Isaac

Blackwelder

NC

Sergeant

1)Mary Phifer      

C

James

Blackwell

NC

Captain       S*W18613

Temperance Pope

C

Joseph

Blount, Sr

NC

CS: JP, Judge of Court Admiralty & PS: Committee of Safety

Sarah Durant

C

Waterman

Boatman

NC

PS: Oath of Allegiance

Dinah

C

Henry

Bonner

VA

Major

Ann (Nancy) Cate

C, P

Musco

Boulware

VA

Soldier

Nancy Pickett

P

Arthur

Bowen

VA

Captain & PS: Provided supplies

Mary McMurray

P

Francis

Bradley

NC

Private  CS: Tax Collector PS: Instigator toward bringing about Mecklenburg Dec of Independence

Abigail Alexander

P

William Scott

Branch

GA

Private

Dicy/Jane Calicutt

C

Robert

Brashear

NC

PS: Paid for services rendered

Mary Charity Dowell

P

Adam

Brevard

NC

Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service

Mary Winslow

P

John

Brevard, Sr

NC

PS: Member of Committee of Safety

Jean McWhorter

P

Joab

Brooks, Sr.

NC

PS: Member of Court, Justice of Peace

Katharine Dimmaux

C

Edward

Burgess

VA

Private, Spy   *S35806

Nancy Ann Francis

P

John

Burnap

NC

Private

Nancy Stevens

P

Solomon

Burris/  Burroughs

NC-SC

Soldier    S*W3936

Judith Taylor

P

James

Cannon, Sr

NC

PS: Rendered material aid

Margaret Alexander

C

Robert

Cardwell

VA

Private

Alice Rucker

C

Hanchrist

Carlock

VA

Private

Sarah Whitman

C

John

Cary

VA

Soldier

Eliza Williams

C

Zephaniah

Chase

MA

Private

Love West Skiffe

C

Jonathan

Clark

NC

Lieutenant   *S2438

Jane Rogers

C

Jeremiah

Clontz

NC  & SC

Corporal

Catherine Long  

P

James

Coleman

VA

Colonel

Jeane Critcher

C, P

Fleet

Cooper, Sr.  

  NC   

PS: Oath of Allegiance

 ____________

C

Giles

Connell

SC

PS: Rendered material aid

Elizabeth Gibbs

P

Zophar

Cooper

NY

PS: Signer of the Association in Suffolk Co in 1775

Mary  ____

C

William

Cowan/ Cowing

PA

Private

Sarah _______

P

Anthony

Crumbley

GA

Soldier

Elizabeth  Armstrong

P

William

Culver

NY

PS: Suffered deprivation

Hannah Bishop

P

John

Cureton

VA

Ensign

1) Winifred Heath
2) Hannah Davis

C

Ebenezer

Cutler, Jr

MA

Private   *W14555

Elizabeth Brown

P

John

Davidson

NC

Major & PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration

Violet Winslow Wilson

P

Samuel

Denny

MA

Colonel & PS: Rep to General Court

Elizabeth Bass Henshaw

P

John

Dickey

NC

Captain & PS: Member of Rowan Co Comm of Safety

Mary Looney

C

John

Dowden/Dowtin

NC

Private      *S6801

Milly Williams

P

Henry

Downes

NC

PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration  & CS: Grand Juror & Assessor

Frances Chew

P

Jacob

Drake

NJ

Colonel

1)Charity Young
2)Esther Dickerson

P

John

Duckworth

NC

Private    *S6805

Mary Robertson  

P

John

Duffy/Duffey

MD

Private

Margaret Pharr

P

Benjamin

Dumas

NC

PS: Furnished supplies, signed petitions

Jemima McClendon

C

Edward

Dyehouse

VA

Private     *W8664

Mary  ____

P

Charles R.

Eaton

NC

Lt Colonel & PS: Member of Provincial Congress

Elizabeth Jeffreys

C

Johannes

Ebling

PA

PS: Paid supply tax

Maria Phillipina

C

John

Elwell

NC

Signer of Liberty Point Declaration of Independence

Anne Carver

P

Peter

Epes

VA

CS: Sheriff Prince GA Co VA  & PS: Comm of Safety

Mary Poythress

C

Richard

Eubank

VA

Sergeant

Susan Gary

C

Johann Dieter

Fahl

PA

Soldier & PS: Paid supply tax

Elizabeth ___

C

Benjamin

Farmer

NC

Private

Elizabeth Dew

P

Walter

Farr

NC

Private

Sarah O'Bryan

C, P

James

Faucett

NC

Soldier - Wagonmaker in QM Dept

Susannah Woods

C

Jacob

Faust

PA

Private

Elizabeth Kiefer

C

Samuel

Ferebee

NC

Ensign    *S8466

Peggy Dauge

C, P

John

Foard / Ford

NC

Private & PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration

Catherine Robinett

C

Daniel

Foster

MA

Sergeant      *S29805

Dorothy Pingree

C

Thomas

Foster

MA

Captain in militia

Mehitable Peaody

C

Edward

Freeman

NC

Signed Oath of Allegiance to Make Land Entry

 _____

C

Joseph

Freeman

NC

PS: Oath of Allegiance

Aggy Freeman

P

Thomas

Gaddy

NC

Corporal

Millison/Millicent   ____

P

James

Gaines

VA

Private     S*W25652

4 wives

P

Ezekiel

Gaskins

SC

PS: Furnished  supplies

1)  ______

2) Tolitha ___

P

William

Gaston

SC

Private

Jane Harbison 

P

James

Glenn

SC

Private   *S21768   

Martha Craig Boyd

C

George

Gordon 

PA

Corporal

Mary McLean

P

Joseph

Graham

NC

Major     *S6937

Isabella Davidson

P

John

Gray

MA

Soldier

Mary Barker

P

Thomas

Griffin

VA

Private

Mary Elizabeth Mullis

C

Philip

Guice

PA

PS:  Furnished Substitute

Nancy  ______

P

Edward

Hall, Jr.

MA

Private

Esther Fuller

P

John

Hall

NC

Private

Mary Haire

P

Thomas

Halliburton

NC

Private

Martha Louiza Humphries

C

Frederick J.

Hambright

NC

Lt Colonel & PS: Member of Committee of Safety &
CS: Justice of Peace

Mary Dover

C, P

Samuel

Hammond

NC

PS: Oath of Allegiance

Mary Jenkins

P

John

Harding/Harden

NC

PS: Express Rider

Sarah Holt

C

Michael

Harlow

VA

Private    S*W8914

Lucy  ______

C

Hugh

Harris

NC

Soldier  Militia

Martha Robison

P

Sherwood

Harris

NC

PS: Justice of Peace

Elizabeth Jones

P

Kearns

Henderson

NC

CS: Road Overseer  &
PS: Furnished supplies

Elizabeth Robinson

P

Robert

Henderson

NC

PS: Rendered material aid

Isabella   _____

C

John

Hereford

VA

Sergeant, Adj    S*W1425   

Betsy Patterson

P

Robert

Herriot

SC

Colonel & PS: Furnished supplies

Mary Ouldfield

P

Catherine Schnell

Hertzog

SC

PS: Provided supplies

George Hartzog/Hertzog

P

William

Hill

SC

Colonel

Jane McCall

P

Caleb

Holt

CT

Sergeant

Mary Merrick

C

Moses

Hopkins

MD

Private & PS: Oath of fidelity

Susannah  ____

C

Thomas

Hopkins

NY

Private

Hannah  ____

P

William

Houston

NC

Captain

Margaret Williams

P

Asa

Howe, Jr

MA

Private

Esther Bowker

P

Joseph

Howell

NC

CS: Grand Juror & PS: Paid for services rendered

Margaret Garmon

P

Peter

Hubbard

SC

Lieutenant  *S31154

Mary  ______

P

Henry

Hunter

NC

Private    *S7057

Martha Sloan

C

Edwin

Ingraham/ Ingram

NC

Ensign   *S9741

Nancy Montgomery

P

Nathaniel

Irwin

NC

Soldier  & CS: Juror

1)  X
2)  Leah Julian  

P

Robert

Irwin

NC

Colonel  & PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration Independence

1) Mary Alexander   2) Mary Barry

P

William

Irwin

NC

Private

Sallie Ross

C

Sara Anne

Robinson Irwin

NC

PS: Saved the life of a wounded soldier

Alexander Irwin

C

Samuel

Johnson

NC

Captain of Calvary   S*W5012

Mary Hammond

C, P

Isaac

Jones

PA

Private, Drummer Boy

Mary Canada

C

John/ Johann  Anton

Kastner

NC

Private

Maria Magdalena Spach

C

Cephas

Kent, Jr

VT

Aide-de-camp, Corporal

Lydia Sheldon

C

George Adam

Kiker

NC

Private    S*W7997

Elizabeth Bolton 

C

James

Kilgore

SC

Private

Elizabeth ____

C

David

King

NC

Private

Abigail Young

P

Benjamin

Knox

NC

Private     *S8800

Katie Wilson

C

John

Koontz

NC

Private

Dorothea Clodfelter

P

Jacob

Kornegay

NC

Captain Militia

Mary Ward

C

Abraham

Kuykendall

NC

Captain Militia & CS: Justice of Peace & PS: Committee of Safety

Elizabeth

C

James

Landrum

VA

Private    *W800

Mary Clarke Alford

C

Younger

Landrum

VA

Captain  Militia

Patsey ___

C

John

Latimer/ Lattimore

SC

Soldier & PS: Furnished a horse

Jemima Stockton

 C

Drury

Ledbetter

VA

Private

Rebekah ____

P

Stephen

Lee

SC

Lieutenant

Dorothea Smiser Alison

P

John

Lemon/Lemmond

NC

Soldier

Elizabeth Queary

P

William

Lemon/Lemmond

NC

Sergeant, Physician or Surgeon

Margaret Buchanan  

P

William

Lenoir

NC

Captain & CS: Justice

Ann Ballard

P

Josiah

Lewis

NC

PS: Furnished supplies

Anne Mullington  

P

John

Lilley

NC

Soldier

Eleanor Dumas

C

William

Littlejohn

NC

CS: Commissioner & PS: Oath of Allegiance, Provided Supplies

Sarah Blount

P

James

Litton

NC

PS: Rendered material aid

Sarah Osborne

P

James

Malcolm

VA

Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service

Nancy Ganaway

C

Dixon

Marshall

NC

1st Lieutenant   *W18493

Lucy Nichols

C

William

Massey

SC

Lt Colonel & CS: Tax Collector & PS: Provided Supplies

Elizabeth Rives

C

James

Matthews  

NC

Soldier

Nancy Dickensen

P

John

Matthews  

NC

Soldier  *S31839

Lydia  _____

C, P

Matthew

McClure

NC

PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration & CS: Assessor, Petit Juror

Jane/Jennet ____ 

P

James

McComb

NC

Soldier militia & PS: Furnished supplies

Mary   ______

P

Francis

McCorkle

NC

Captain & CS: Juror & PS: Mem Comm of Safety

Elizabeth Brandon

P

Malcolm

McCown

VA

Sergeant

Elinor/Nelly Moss

C

William

McCoy

PA

Private

Elizabeth Rice

C

William

McCoy

PA

Private

Jean   _____

P

John

McDowell

NC

Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service

Jane/Jean Parks

P

Roger

McGill

SC

PS: Supplied beef for Commissary

Elizabeth Westbury

P

Robert

McKay

NC

Private    R6745

Jennet/Jeanette McIntosh  

P

William

McKenzie, Sr

SC

Captain

Mary X

P

William

McLean

NC

Physician or Surgeon

Mary Davidson

P

Henry

Medlin

NC

Private & PS: Oath of Allegiance

 ______

P

Samuel

Mobley II

SC

Private & PS: Furnished horse

Mary Wagner

P

Charles

Moffitt/ Moffatt

NC

PS: Furnished supplies

Mary Cox

P

Alexander

Moore

NC

Private    *S9423

Elizabeth Robinson

P

Alexander

Moore

VA

Captain

Dorcas Erwin

P

James

Moore

NC

1st Major & PS: Committee Of Safety

Ann Thomson

P

Neill

Morrison

NC

CS: Juror, Assessor  &
PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration

Annabella Johnston

C

John

Morton

VA

Captain

Mary Elizabeth Anderson

P

John

Nelson

VA

Private

1) Cela Coleman    
2) Ruth Stratford 

C

Abraham

Newkirk

NY

Private

Maria Garritson

C

Julius

Nichols

NC

CS: Commissioner to survey lines & PS: Procured firearms

Elizabeth  ____

P

Samuel

Nichols, Sr

VT

PS: Committee of Safety

Annie Stevens

P

John N.

Nisbet/Nesbitt

SC

Private & PS: Furnished supplies

Isabel White

P

James

Orr

NC

Private militia   *S7282

Emily Hannah

P

Alexander

Osborn

NC

Colonel in militia & PS: Member of Committee of Safety

Agnes McWhorter 

P

William

Osborn

NC

PS: Furnished Supplies

_____

P

Moses

Park

NC

CS: Assessor & PS: Furnished supplies

Mary Hill

P

Philip

Paul

NC

Private

Lillie Howell

P

John

Peden

SC

Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service

Margaret McDill

P

Abner

Penton

NJ

Captain

Ann Smith

C

William

Pickard/Packard

NC

PS: Oath of Allegiance for land entry

______

C

Joel

Pittman

NC

Soldier

Lurannah ____

P

Reuben

Plunkett

VA

Sergeant    *S25752 

Nancy Purvis

P

Isaac

Price

NC

Armorer

Esther   ____

C

William

Price

VA

Captain 

Mary Williamson

P

William C.

Pyron

NC

Private    *S8675

Mary Powell

C

Alexander

Queary/ Query

NC

Soldier & PS: Gave material aid 

Lady Peggy McCord

P

John

Queary/ Query

NC

PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence

Ellen ____

P

Daniel

Rackett

NY

PS: Refugee, suffered deprivation

Bethian Havens

P

Reynolds

Ramsay

PA

PS: Paid supply tax

Naomi Alexander  

C

Robert

Raper

NC

Private     S*W4569

Nancy ____ 

P

John

Ray, Jr

NC

Soldier

Nancy Secrest

P

David

Reese, Sr

NC

PS: Signer of Mecklenburg Declaration & CS: Justice of Peace

Susan Ruth Polk

P

George

Reeves, Sr

VA

Lieutenant & PS: Oath of Allegiance

Jane Burton

C

Edward

Richardson

NC

Soldier  -  Wagoneer

Polly Mason

C

Edward

Rippy

NC

Private      *S9059

Mary Elmore

P

David

Robinson

NC

Private

Mary Hayes

P

James

Roseberry

GA

Soldier

Martha ____

P

John

Rutledge

SC

Soldier militia & PS: Furnished supplies

Hannah  ____

P

William

Sample

NC

Soldier

Elizabeth Alexander

C

Samuel

Sayre

NJ

Private

Betsey Hedden

C

Nicholas

Seahorn

SC

Soldier

Polly ______

C

Abraham

Shaffer

PA

Private

Barbara ___

P

William

Sharpe

NC

Aide-de-camp & PS: Member of the Assembly, Provincial & Continental Congress

Catherine Reese

C

Joseph

Shearin

NC

CS:  Juror & Processioner, Assessor

Amey  ____

C

Evan

Shelby, Sr

SC

Private      R9471V

Susan Polk Alexander

P

Rees

Shelby

NC

Soldier militia & PS: Paid for services

Mary  ___

P

William

Shepherd

NC

Private

Elizabeth Ashe

P

William

Sherrill

NC

CS: Juror & PS: Rendered material aid

Agnes White

P

Frederick

Shonnard

NY

Private

Elizabeth Fairchild

C

John

Slack

NC

Corporal     S*W6072

Maria Margaret Auman

C

John

Sloan

NC

Soldier & PS: Member of Committee of Safety

Mary Green

P

Robert

Sloan

NC

Private

Nancy Agnes Curry

P

Alexander

Smith

NC

Private

Keziah Lamar

P

John

Springs

NC

Captain

Sarah Alexander

P

Richard

Springs

NC

Captain

Jane Baxter

C

Mathias

Steelman

NC

PS: Oath of Allegiance  to make land entry

Ruth ____

P

Prince

Stevens

MA

Private

Reliance Hinkley

P

Jeremiah

Stokes

MD

PS: Paid for Services Rendered

Elizabeth Hughes

C, P

Jacob

Strope/ Stroup

NC

PS: Rendered Material aid

Nancy Hambright Rhyne

C

Peter

Stryker

NJ

Private

Sarah Lowe

P

George

Suttles

VA or NC

Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service 

Nancy Byers

P

Amos

Tapley

MA

Lieutenant

Hannah Putnam Preston

C

Francis

Timberlake

NC

 Private

Nancy Poindexter

C

Richard

Timberlake

NC

Corporal 

Mary  _____

P

Thomas

Trull

NC

PS: Oath of Allegiance

Charity  ____

P

John

Turner

SC

Captain

Margaret Adger

C

David

Vance

NC

Captain

Priscilla Brank

P

Daniel

Veech/ Veatch, Jr

VA

Private

Charity Baker

C

Augustin

Verret

LA

PS: Galvez-Cabahanocy militia

Marie Madelaine Bisot

C

Adam

Walker

SC

Private

Rhoda Terry

C

Isaac

Waters

NC

Private

Priscilla   (Long)

C

Ephraim

Watson

NC

Private

Nanny _______

C

Charles

Wellons

VA

Private    S*W3903

Bethany Gerald Jones

C

Richard

Wells

VA & GA

Orderly Sergeant    S*W6437

Susanna Hatcherson

P

James

White

NC

PS: Oath of Allegiance to make land entry

Mary Lawson

C

George

Whitaker

VA

PS: Furnished beef for the army

Ruth Whitacre

C

Nathaniel

Whitney

VT

Lieutenant

Mary Houghton

P

Blake Baker

Wiggins

NC

CS: Justice of Peace &
PS: Procured firearms

Sallie Lee

P

Joseph John

Williams

NC

Paymaster & PS: Member of Provincial Congress & Comm. of Safety

1) Rosanna Conner
2) Elizabeth Alston

C

Luke

Williams

VA

PS: Rendered Aid: supplying pasturage and 225 lbs of beef

Lucy ____

P

John

Williamson

NC

PS: Rendered Aid

Mary/Polly  ____

P

Samuel

Wilson, Sr

NC

Future Applicants Must Prove Correct Service

3 wives

P

Violet

Wilson

NC

PS: Signed resolutions to Committee of Safety

John Davidson

P

Moses

Winslow

NC

PS: Member of Provincial Congress

Jean Osborn

C

William

Winston, Sr.

NC

PS: Paid for Goods & services

________

C

William

Wyatt, Jr.

VA

Soldier

Frances Newton