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Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks
1LT—First Lieutenant
BGEN—Brigadier General
CAPT—Captain
COL—Colonel
CPL—Corporal
CS—Civil Service
ENS—Ensign
LT—Lieutenant
LCOL—Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ—Major
MGEN—Major General
MID—Midshipman
NONCOM—Non-
Commissioned Officer
PS—Patriot Service
PVT—Private
SGT—Sergeant
SGTMAJ—Sergeant Major
SOL—Soldier
STAFFOF—Staff Officer
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Chapter Patriots
Listed by state of service are the names and ranks for the ancestors of the Joseph McDowell Chapter, NSDAR, members. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolution and ancestors who contributed to the independence cause through civil or patriotic service. For more information on a particular Patriot, go to
Ancestor Search at DAR.org.
Connecticut
- Jacob Boutelle, CPL
- James Boutelle, PVT
- John Daggett, SGT
- Joseph Hawkins, PVT, CS
- Henry Hopkins, CPL
- John Kent, PVT
- Jonathan Leffingwell, PS
- Benjamin Peckham, PVT
- Samuel Perrin, CS
- David Rockwell, Sr., PS
- Newman Trowbridge, CS, PS
- Samuel Welton, CPL
- Benjamin Wright, PVT
Delaware
- Waitman Ferebee, SOL, CS
- John Hackney, NONCOM
Georgia
- William Barron, PS
- John Garrard, PS
- Theophilus Lundy, LT
- Joshua Sanders, PS
- West Sheffield, SOL
Maryland
- Charles Anderson, PVT
- Simon Bogenrieff, Jr., SOL, PS
- Benjamin Bonwell, SOL, PS
- Rhoda Bowie, PVT, PS
- Joseph Burch, CPL
- Francis Clinkscales, SGT, PS
- Lancelot Crown, SOL, PS
- John Heffner, NONCOM
- Notley Maddox, PVT
- Michael Mcguire, CAPT
- Jonathan Shepard, PVT, PS
- George Silver, PVT
- Jeremiah Wellman, PVT, PS
Massachusetts
- Samuel Adams, PVT
- Josiah Carter, Sr., COL
- Samuel Clark, 1LT
- Ebenezer Brewster Gould, LT
- Aaron Guild, MAJ, CS, PS
- Ephraim Jewell, PVT
- James Lamont, CAPT
- Elisha Lincoln, PVT
- Nehemiah May, CAPT, CS, PS
- William Mclean, PVT, PS
- Nathaniel Meserve, PVT
- Humphrey Moody, PVT
- Cyrus Munger, PVT
- Friend Noyes, PVT
- Joseph Reed, LT
- Nathaniel Reynolds, CAPT
- David Underwood, PVT
- Abijah Upham, Sr., NONCOM
- Isaac Winship, Sr., CS
- Benjamin Wood, PVT
- John Woodman, PS
New Hampshire
- Charles Caverly, PVT
- David Fogg, PVT
- Samuel Fogg, PS
- Richard Otis, CPL
- Daniel Reynolds, LCOL
- John Simpson, LT, PS
- John Tash, SOL, PS
- Joshua Woodman, PS
New Jersey
- Gilbert Allen, CAPT
- William Busby, LT, CS
- John Giberson, PVT
- Joseph Lee, PVT
- Daniel Martin, PVT
- Thomas Parker, PS
- Gerardus Ryker, Sr., ENS
- John Thorne, CS, PS
- Isha Van Cleve, PVT
- Elisha Wickes, PS
New York
- Daniel Dunscomb, PS
- Peter Ehle, CPL
- Elkanah Hinckley, CPL
- Philip Livingston, PS, SDI
- David Smith, LT, PS
- Isaac Smith, PVT
- Jacob Tanner, SGT, PS
North Carolina
- William Aiken, LT
- William Fleming Bailey, SOL
- John Barnes, PS
- George Bayne, PS
- Thomas Bentley, PS
- Peter Best, PS
- Francis Bradley, CS
- Isaac Brooks, CS
- Sampson Carver, SOL
- Adam Clapp, PVT
- John Philip Clapp, PS
- Henry Dellinger, SOL, PS
- Aaron Deveny, CAPT
- Isaac Dunn, SOL, PS
- John Edwards, Jr., SOL
- Abram Forney, CAPT
- Aaron Freeman, PS
- John Freeman, CS, PS
- Johann Michael Fry, PS
- Johann Valentine Fry, Sr., PS
- Charles Gosnell, PS
- William Gurley, CAPT
- Benjamin Hadsell, PS
- George Hammond, PVT
- Robert Harris, CS, PS
- Sherwood Harris, PS
- Elisha Hearne, PS
- Whitmel Hill, COL, PS
- Joseph Hodges, SOL
- Joshua Hodges SOL
- Jabez Jarvis, CAPT
- Larkin Johnston, PS
- Daniel Killian, SOL
- John Lanning, PVT
- George Leadbetter, CAPT
- Lewis Liles, PVT
- Daniel Little, SOL
- John Massey, PVT
- William Mckee, PS
- William Mcswain, PVT
- Andrew Means, PS
- James Morgan, PS
- Perminter Morgan, PS
- Benjamin O'Neal, CS
- Benjamin Park, ENS, PS
- Jesse Ray, NONCOM
- David Raynor, PS
- Travis Reese, PS
- Hezekiah Rice, CAPT
- Jacob Schuck, PVT
- James Smith, MAJ, PS
- Edward Teague, PS
- Benjamin Thomas, PVT
- John Tuttle, PVT
- William Vaughan, Sr., PS
- James Reuben Walker, PVT
- Joshua Whitaker, PS
- John White, PVT
- Benjamin Whitner, PS
- Joseph Williams, PVT
- William Williams, CAPT
Pennsylvania
- Daniel Anderson, PS
- Jacob Anthony, PVT
- Daniel Axtell, PVT, PS
- Jacob Baer, PVT, PS
- Michael Beaver, PVT
- Simon Bogenrieff, Sr., CS, PS
- Christian Brechbiel, PVT, PS
- Ulrich Brinker, PVT, PS
- Nicholas Cassell, PVT, PS
- Stephen Crumrine, CAPT
- Peter Deshler, PVT
- Thomas Dickens, PS
- Nicholas Diehl, CAPT, PS
- Francis Harbison, PVT, PS
- Robert Hayes, LT, PS
- James Humphrey, PVT
Pennsylvania (Continued)
- Jacob Jones, ENS
- Matthew Laird, PS
- Michael Long, PS
- Christian Martin, PS
- Thomas Mccalmont, PVT, PS
- David Mead, ENS
- Samuel Meals, PS
- John Moore, CS
- Egidius Myers, PS
- John Range, LT, PS
- Isaac Ream, PVT
- George Redsecker, Jr., PVT
- George Redsecker, Sr., LT
- Christian Seiberling, PVT
- George Stocker, PVT
- George Ulrich, LT
- Evans Watkins, PS
- James Weakley, LT, PS
- James Wilkinson, BGEN
- Caleb Wiseman, PVT, PS
Rhode Island
- John Higginbotham Sherman, ENS
South Carolina
- David Anderson, STAFFOF, PS
- Archibald Barron, PS
- James Black, SOL, PS
- Thomas Blair, SOL
- William Brandon, SOL
- Joseph Burton, PS
- John Calvert, CS, PS
- Isaac Cannon, PVT
- Samuel Cannon, CS, PS
- Francis Coleman, SOL, CS, PS
- James Conyers, Jr., MAJ, CS, PS
- James Conyers, Sr., CS, PS
- James Cooper, SGT
- Harman Davis, CS
- Enoch Deason, SOL
- Henry Foster, PVT, PS
- John Geiger, SOL, PS
- Richard Gladney, PVT
- Lewis Golson, MAJ, CS, PS
- Simon Hirons, PS
- William Hogan, LT
- John Holliday, SOL
- Daniel Holliday, Sr., PS
- Reuben House, 1LT, PS
- Edward Jackson, PVT
- John Kintzer, CAPT, CS, PS
- James Kirby, PVT
- James Marler, PVT
- James Mayson, COL
- John Mcmurray, LT
- James Nelson, PVT
- Samuel Nelson, PS
- John Nesbitt, PVT, PS
- William Nesbitt, CAPT, PS
- Mary Raiford Pearson, PS
- James Pettigrew, PS
- William Pitts, MID, PS
- Edward Plowden, CAPT
- John Poole, PVT
- Johannes Quattlebaum, CS
- William Reeder, CS
- James Richbourgh, SOL
- John Richbourgh, CAPT, PS
- Samuel Rosamond, CAPT
- Alexander Stewart, PVT
- John Taylor, CAPT
- John Verner, Jr., PVT
- John Verner, Sr., SOL, CS
- William Watson, PS
- James Wilson, PVT
Vermont
- Ebenezer Sprague, CS
- Joseph Sprague, CS, PS
Virginia
- Isham Blake, SOL
- James Board, PS
- Daniel Boone, COL, CS, PS
- John Boyd, PVT, PS
- John Bullock, SGT, PS
- Gertrude Courtwright Bumgardner, PS
- Godfrey Bumgardner, SOL
- Robert Buoy, PVT
- John Burnett, SOL
- Nathaniel Burwell, COL
- John Cabaness, PS
- George Calvert, Sr., CAPT, PS
- Elizabeth Ellsworth Cheuvront, PS
- Joseph Louis Cheuvront, PS
- John Cole, PS
- Robert Cole, SGT
- William Cole, SGT
- John Peter Corn, PVT
- Robert Covington, PVT
- Lewis C. Davis, PVT
- Thomas Dillard, COL, CS, PS
- Thomas Drake, PS
- John Edwards, Sr., PS
- Thomas Edwards, PS
- Anna Maria Hinkle Ellsworth, PS
- Moses Ellsworth, PS
- Alexander Ferguson, PVT, PS
- Nathan Formby, PVT
- Joseph Gill, Jr., LT, PS
- Joseph Gill, Sr., PS
- James Green, PVT
- Thomas Griffin, PVT, PS
- William Haley, SOL
- Robert Hampton, PS
- Housen Harrell, PVT
- James Harris, PS
- John Hendricks, PVT
- John Justus Hinkle, Sr., PS
- Maria Magdalena Eschmann Hinkle, PS
- Vachel Hinton, PVT
- David Hopkins, ENS
- Matthias House, PS
- Susannah Maria Diefenbaugh Hull, PS
- John Hurst, SOL, PS
- Evan Hyatt, PS
- Sarah Stafford Joseph, PS
- William Joseph, CS, PS
- Thomas Leftwich, CAPT
- Augustine Leftwich, Sr., PS
- James Lewis, SGTMAJ, PS
- Robert Lindsey, PS
- William Lindsey, MAJ
- Jacob Lockhart, SOL
- Joseph Martin, PVT
- Daniel Maupin, III, SGT
- Nathan Mills, SGT
- Edward Moody, PVT, PS
- David Morgan, PS
- Zackquil Morgan, PVT
- John Netherton, MAJ
- Henry Overstreet, PVT
- Jeremiah Perkinson, PS
- Isaac Ruddle, CAPT, PS
- Gerardus Ryker, Jr., SOL, PS
- John Scott, PVT
- Agnes Caldwell Skidmore, PS
- Jeremiah Smith, Sr., PS
- Jacob Smock, SGT
- James Steptoe, CS
- John Sullins, PS
- George Taylor, LT
- William Triplett, PS
- Martin Turman, PS
- John Van Arsdale, PS
- William Walthall, PS
- John Webster, PVT
- James West, SGT
- Jesse White, PVT
- John Wiggins, PS
- Jacob Woodson, CAPT
- Benjamin Wright, PS
- John Wright, Sr., PS
- Charles Yelton, PS
- Catherine Hull Zickafoose, PS
- Peter Zickafoose, STAFFOF
- John Zinn, PVT, PS
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