Our Patriots

Every Daughter traces her lineage to a Patriot of the American Revolution who provided service to our country. For some, this came in the form of military service. Others rendered civil service or provided material aid to further the cause of independence. Members of the Great Bridge Chapter, NSDAR, are descended from the following Patriots:


Connecticut
Oliver Ellsworth, CS, PS
Thomas Spencer, Pvt
Stephen Webster, CS
Ezekiel Whitney, Pvt

Georgia
Jesse Peters, Pvt
John Wheat, PS

Louisiana
Francisco Gonzales Cabo, PS
Martin Ourso, PS

Massachusetts
Daniel Ames, Capt
John Barker, Sgt
Martin Brewster, Pvt
Zenas Dewey, Cpl
Nathaniel Hamlin, Pvt
Thomas Harrington, Pvt
Benjamin Marsh, Pvt
Asa Merrill, Lt
Eleazer Rhodes, Pvt
Adam Rice, Sgt
William Rice, Pvt
Jonathan Saunders, Pvt
William Spaulding, Cpl

Maryland
Philip Berry, PS
John Fearall, PS
Abraham Miller, Pvt
Francis Rawlings, PS
John Webster, Pvt

North Carolina
Leven Ballance, Pvt
Andrew Bass, PS
Marshall Bowman, Pvt
Byus Boykin, PS
Francis De Loach, PS
Daniel Dillon, PS
Charles Eure, PS
Abel Gallup, PS
Isaac Garrison, PS
Samuel Harrell, Maj
Henry Holliday, PS
John Ingraham, Sol, PS
Jonathan Jacocks, PS
Samuel Jeter, PS
Simon Jones, PS
Christpher Kirby, Ens
John Knott, PS
Drury Logan, Pvt
Adam Lugar, Pvt
Robert Rutherford, Col, CS, PS
Jesse Taliaferro, Pvt
Moses Teague, PS
Thomas Wade, Col PS
John Whitaker, CS
Philip Wolfe, Sol

New Hampshire
John Bell, Pvt, PS
Ezra Spalding, Pvt

New Jersey
John Hart, PS, SDI

New York
Jesse Hall, Pvt
Joel Haskins, Lt
Peter Heermance, Pvt, PS
David Mulford, Sr., PS
Elijah Reed, PS
David Sutherland, PS
Robert Thompson, Ens

Pennsylvania
John Bright, Pvt, PS
Lydia Darrah, PS
Michael Dearmond, Pvt
Godfrey Diefendorfer, Pvt
John Diefendorfer, Pvt
Philip Fenstermacher, Pvt
William Gadd, Pvt
Ludwig Herring, Jr., Lt
Nathan Hoopes, Sr., PS
Jacob Leibersperger, Pvt, PS
Theodore Pridmore, Noncom
George Shaffer, Sgt
Priscilla Stevens, PS
Joseph Walker, PS
Martin Wenger, Pvt

Rhode Island
Joshua Clark, CS
Guilford Evans, Lt
Samuel Gray, Lt
Richard Palmer, StaffOf
Jonathan Simmons, Lt

South Carolina
Burwell Boykin, Sol, PS
William Day, Pvt
John Mccall, Pvt
Hugh Nixon, Mid
Thomas Ousby, Lt, PS
Alexander Peden, Pvt

Virginia
David Barnett, Sol
Sylva Bell, PS
Richard Bland, PS
John Bradshaw, PS
Robert Chambers, Cpl
Josias Cofer, PS
William Cook, Pvt
Parker Cope, Pvt
William Davis, Pvt
James De Jarnette, Capt, CS, PS
Anthony Dibrell, Jr., Pvt
John Dobson, Pvt
John Drake, Pvt CS
George Elliott, StaffOf
Charles Forsie, Pvt
Cantwell Garrison, PS
Abraham Gooding, Pvt
Frederick Green, PS
Charles Harrison, BGen
William Hinds, Pvt
Solomon Holmes, Ens, PS
George Hottel, PS
Abraham Jones, Pvt
Thomas Joplin, Jr., CS, PS
Thomas Joplin, Sr., PS
William Langhorne, PS

Virginia
Richard Henry Lee, Col, PS, SDI
Reuben Lovett, PS
Richard Luttrell, Pvt
James Mccann, PS
Gabriel Miller, PS
Nathaniel Nichols, PS
Richard Nottingham, Capt
William Park, PS
Samuel Phipps, Sol
William Powers, Ens, PS
Archibald Prather, Sol, PS
Obediah Pyland, PS
Zephaniah Ratcliff, PS
Arthur Robbins, CS
William Robbins, PS
John Seahorn, Capt, CS
Elias Shufflebarger, Sol
James Stevens, CS, PS
Edmund Terrell, Capt
William Terrell, Lt
Anthony Thornton, Sr., PS
Olympia Trabue, PS
William Walker, Jr., Sgt
John Augustine Washington, Col, PS
Edward White, PS
Richard Wilson, Cpl


Legend

BGen: Brigadier General
Capt: Captain
Col: Colonel
Cpl: Corporal
CS: Civil Service
Ens: Ensign

Lt: Lieutenant
Maj: Major
Noncom: Non-Commissioned Officer
PS: Patriotic Service
Pvt: Private

SDI: Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Sgt: Sergeant
Sol: Soldier
StaffOf: Staff Officer
SurGen: Surgeon General