Our Patriot Ancestors

To become a member of the DAR, a candidate must provide documentation that verifies the lineal descent, through their bloodline, from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. Below is a list of the American Revolutionary War Patriots that qualified the members of the Josefa Higuera Livermore Chapter, NSDAR, for membership, along with the state served, and the service performed.

 

 See the legend at the bottom of the page for the meaning of the abbreviations. Listing updated March20, 1026

A

Adair, Joseph,Jr., SC, PS

Adams, James, VA, Noncom

Adams, James, VA, PS

Alexander, Giles, MA, Pvt

Alward, Benjamin, NJ, Pvt

Ambrose, Frederick, PA, CS

Andrews, Ozias , MA, Pvt

Ayer, Elisha , NJ, Pvt PS

B

Bailey, Richard, VA, Pvt

Baker, Micah, MA, Pvt, Capt

Ball, Farlin, VA, PS

Ball, Nathaniel, Sr. NH, PS

Ballou, James, NH, PS

Barlow, Adam, VA, PS

Barnett, Philip, PA, PVTt

Barrick, Peter, MD,SOL

Bartlett, Susanna Davis, VA, PS

Barton, Bezaliel, MA, PVT

Barton, Peter, MA, SOL

Bates, James, VA, CPL

Battle, Jeremiah, MA, SGT, Sgt

Baylies, Benjamin, NJ, PS

Beall, Adam, Sr., MA, CS

Bishop, John , NJ,ENS

Blagrave, Henry, Sr., VA,CS

Blagrave, Henry, JR., VA,PS

Blaine, Michael, SC, CS, Sol

Bonner, Henry, VA, PS

Bonner, Richard, VA, Sgt

Boyd, Hugh, SC, PS

Brainerd, Jabez, CT, CS

Brown , Ephraim, MA, CS

Brown, Jacob, Sr., NC, CS

Brown, Jesse, GA, Sol

Brown, John, Sr., MA, PS

Browning, James , VA, Pvt

Broyles, Mathias, NC, PS

Brumback, Henry, VA, PS

Buffington, Joel, VA, PS

Burns, Michael, MD, Pvt, PS

Butters, Amos, MA, Smn

Butters, William, MA, Pvt

Buttrick John, MA, Col

C

Capell, John, MA, Pvt

Carpenter, John, VA, PS

Carpenter, Michael, VA, Sol

Carswell, Alexander, GA, Pvt

Carter Josiah, Sr., MA, Col

Carter Josiah, JR., MA, Lt

Carter Silas, MA, Pvt

Caswell Samuel, NC, Capt

Cecil, Samuel, VA, CS PS

Cecil, Zacheriah, VA, Sol

Chenoweth, William, VA, Pvt

Cherry, Thomas, PA, Pvt, PS

Cherry, Thomas Perrin, PA, Ens, PS

Childs, Nathan, NC, PS

Cogdell, Richard, NC, CS, PS

Coleman, Page Mann, VA, Sol, PS

Coombs, John, Sr., NC, PS

Coombs, John, Jr., VA, Pvt

Coombs, Mason, Sr., NC, PS

Cooper, Leighton, VA, Pvt

Corey, Samuel, RI, Pvt

Cornelius, William, NC, Pvt

Cornish, Elisha, Sr., CT, PS

Cotton, Joshua, VA, Pvt

Covington, William, VA, PS

Crabtree, James, VA, Pvt

Crosby, Jesse, MA, Pvt

Cummings, William, VA, Pvt

Cunningham, James, VA, PS

Curtis, Thomas, CT, Cpl

D

Damon, Ichabod, MA, CS

Davis, Robert, NH, PS

Dewey, Josiah, CT, Ens, CS

Diehl, Felix, PA, Pvt

Dorsey, William, MD, Ens

Dudley, Christopher, NC, CS, PS

Dunn, Justus, NJ, Pvt, PS

Duval, John, MA, Sol

Duval, Oliver, MA, Pvt

F

Farrar, Perrin, VA, PS

Firestone, Nicholas, PA, Pvt

Folsom, Nicholas, NH, Pvt, PS

Fowler, Abner, NH, Cpl

Fulbright, John, NC, PS

G

Garner, John Fouche, NC, Pvt

 

 

G

Garner, John Fuschee NC Pvt

Garrison, Ephraim, PA, Sol

Gaylord, Timothy, CT, Capt

Gerberich, Andreas, PA, Pvt, PS

Gilbert, Nathan, VA, Sol

Gillespie, Thomas, NC, CS, PS

Gish, Christian, Sr., PA, Pvt

Glidewell, Nash, VA, Pvt

Greenawalt, Abraham, PA, Pvt

H

Hallmark, George, VA, PS

Hanks, William, MA, Pvt

Harper, Alexander, NY, Capt, PS

Heaton, Thomas, VA, Pvt

Hellman, George, Jr., PA, Pvt

Helm, George, VA, Pvt

Hider, Benjamin, NC, PS

Hinkle, Casper, NC, Pvt

Hurd, Justus, NH, CS, PS

J

Jewett, Elam, MA, Sgt

Jewett, Maximillian, MA, Pvt

Johnson, Griffith, MD, Capt

Johnston, Lyttleton, NC, Sgt, PS

Jones, Malachi, SC, Sol

K

Kellogg, Silas, Sr., MA, PS

Kenton, William, VA, Lt

L

Lee, Daniel, CT, Pvt

M

Mavity, William, VA, Sgm, PS

McAdams, Joseph, NC, PS

McComb, John, PA, Pvt

McElhannon, John, PA, Pvt

Meacham, Samuel, NH, Pvt, PS

Means, Andrew, NC, PS

Miller, Mordecai, SC, Pvt

Miller, William, NH, Pvt

Mills, Gideon, CT, Lt, CS

 

M

Morse, Jedediah, CT, Pvt, CS, PS

Murphy, Mark, SC, Sol

Myers, Philip, PA, Lt

Muzzey, John, NH, Pvt

N

Nelson, John, NC, Sol

O

Olmstead, Samuel, CT, CS, PS

Olney, Gideon, Sr., RI, PS

P

Parker, Asa, MA, Cpl

Prather, Thomas, PA, Pvt

Putnam, Henry, Sr., MA, Sol

R

Redwine, Jacob, NC, Pvt

Rhoads, Henry, PA, Capt

S

Scott, Hugh, Sr., PA, Maj, CS

Seeley, Abner, VT, Capt

Smith, John, NH/VT, Pvt

Steuben, Jonathan, CT, Sgt

T

Taney, John, MD, Lt

Taylor, Samuel, Jr., MA, Pvt

Tucker, William, NC, PS 

V

Valentine, Obadiah, NJ, Pvt

Van Der Volgen, Cornelius, NY, Pvt

Van Horn, Thomas, NY, Lt

W

Ward, William, MA, Pvt

Watts, John, VA, Sol

Webster, Taylor, NJ, PS

Welshans, Jacob, PA, Ens

Westerfield, Samuel, VA, Pvt

White, Thomas, PA, PS

Whitney, Moses, MA, Cpl

Whitney, Nathaniel, MA, PS

Williams, Philip, VA, PS

Wilson, Samuel, NC, Sol

Wilson, John, MD, Sol

Wooley, William, NJ, PS

Wright, John, Sr., VA, PS

Wright, John, JR. NC, CS, PS

Y

Yates, George, VA, PS

Yates, John, VA, SOL PS

State

CT - Connecticut

DE - Delaware

GA - Georgia

MD - Maryland

MA - Massachusetts

 

NH - New Hampshire

NJ - New Jersey

NY - New York

NC - North Carolina

PA - Pennsylvania

 

RI - Rhode Island

SC - South Carolina

VT - Vermont

VA - Virginia

 

 

Service

Capt - Captain

Col - Colonel

Cpl - Corporal

CS - Civil Service

Ens - Ensign

 

Lt - Lieutenant

Maj - Major

PS -Patriotic Service

Pvt - Private

 

 

Sgt - Sergeant

Sgm - Sergeant Major

Smn - Seaman

Sol - Soldier

 

 

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