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Alliance Chapter Patriot Ancestors
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George Abel (Elizabeth) — Maryland
Matthew Adams (Mary Fisher) — New Jersey
William Adams (Lydia Mahlin) — Virginia
William Aiken (Hannah Hale) — South Carolina
John B. Akers (Nancy Jeffs) — Virginia
William Annin — New Jersey
Cornelius Atkinson (Mary Cross) — Pennsylvania
Thomas Averill (Elizabeth Robinson) — Vermont
Joseph Ball (Rachel Thompson) — New Jersey
Moses Barnard (Hannah Williams) — Connecticut
James Barnett (Jane Greenlee) — Virginia
Thomas Beggs (Sarah Barnes) — Virginia
James Berry (Hannah Williams) — Pennsylvania
Joseph Blackwell (Sally Chandler Banks) — North Carolina
Jacob Blaisdell (Ruth Morse) — New Hampshire
Reading Blouny (Lucy Harvey) — North Carolina
John Bogue/Booge (Asenath Rogers) - Connecticut
Daniel Boone (Rebecca Bryan) — Virginia
Charles Borror (Sidney Wees) — Virginia
Dr. John Boudinot (Rachel VanNorden) — New Jersey
Nathan Bourme (Patience Jones) — Massachusetts
Thomas Bowen (Elizabeth Spicer Daugherty) — Pennsylvania
Samuel Bridgewater (Mary Ann Coughman) — Virginia
Elijah Brittin (Jane Evans) — Pennsylvania
Consider Brockway (Keziah Ferry) — New York
Abner Brown (Naomi) — Massachusetts
Matthew Brown (Mary Throckmorton) — Pennsylvania
John Burnham (Tryphena) — Connecticut
Hanchrist Carlock (Sarah Whitman) — Virginia
Thomas Carr (Ann Sanders) — Virginia
Patrick Cassidy — Pennsylvania
Berry Chase (Pheobe Wixon) — New York
David Condit (JoAnna Williams) — New Jersey
David Conger (Elizabeth Ayers) — New Hampshire
Simeon Cole — Connecticut
Isaac Cook (Lydia Gray) — Rhode Island
Thomas Copley (Mary Holcomb) — Connecticut
Ephriam Corey (Susanna Stevens) — Massachusetts
Jacob Corson (Charity Stillwell) — New Jersey
William Crawford (Martha Cooper) — Virginia
Thomas Cresap (Anna/Hannah Johnson) — Maryland
Andrew Creveling — New Jersey
William Curle (Sarah Brown) — Virginia
Benoni Cutler (Laurana Leavens) — Connecticut
Thomas Dagley — North Carolina
Moes Daniels (Abigail Aldrich) — Massachusetts
Azariah Davis (Elizabeth Wolison)
Robert Davis (Sarah McElroy) — North Carolina
Noah Day (Anna Loomis) —Connecticut
Gideon Dean (Mary V. Lancey) — Massachusetts
James DeAtley — Virginia
William Denny (Mary Shields)
Peter DeWitt (Jane Bray) — Virginia
William Dickey (Mary Stephenson) — Virginia
Obedian Dickinson (Susannah Knowles) — Connecticut
Elijah Dodson (Sarah Everett) — Virginia
Samuel Dyer — Maryland
Joseph Dutton (Mary Winchell) — Connecticut
Peter Earle — New York
Thomas Eaton — Massachusetts
Lawrence Eberhart (Mary) — Massachusetts
Rev. Robert Elkin (Sarah) — Virginia
Martin Fritz (Catherine Wildt) — Pennsylvania
William Gannon (Elizabeth Tibbits) — North Carolina
William Gannon (Betty Tramble) — North Carolina
William Garrett (Elizabeth Black) — Virginia
James Gaston — South Carolina
Silas Gates — Connecticut
Nathan Gilbert (Elizabeth Scout) — Virginia
James Gilmore (Martha Dennison) - Virginia
Benjamin Goble (Amelia Howell) — Pennsylvania
John Goodman (Catherine) — Pennsylvania
Philip Gossard — Pennsylvania
Charles Green — New York/Rhode Island
Charles Greene (Waite Bailey) — Rhode Island
Jacob Gundy (Katherine Maury) — Pennsylvania
William Guthrie (Esther McClelland) — Pennsylvania
Joshua Hadley (Ruth Lindley) — North Carolina
William Hamilton — South Carolina
Joseph Hardin (Jane Gibson) — North Carolina
Alexander Hawkins (Tabitha Satterly) — New York
John Hazeltine (Jane Wood) — Vermont
Daniel Higgins (Mary Pegg) — Pennsylvania
Minor Hilliard (Abigail Hill) — Connecticut
Rev. Oliver Hitchcock (Nancy Parker) — Pennsylvania
Derrick Hoagland — Virginia
Christopher Horn (Elizabeth) — Virginia
Elijah Horton (Jemima Currie) — New York
Uriah Howe (Martha Graves) — Vermont
Phillip Howell (Mary Bewer) — North Carolina
Abraham Howser (Nancy Rohner) — Maryland
Jacob Hunter (Polly) — South Carolina
William James (Elizabeth Wells) — Virginia
Thomas Jeffris (Martha Ferguson) — Virginia
John Johnson — North Carolina
William Johnson (Catherine Tartar) — Pennsylvania
Enos Jones (Mary Whitmore) - Massachusetts
Thomas Keeler (Elizabeth Woolson) — New Jersey
Jacobus Kiersted (Charity Taylor) — New York
Eliphalet Killam (Submit Abbey) — Connecticut
Isaac Kirby (Phoebe Haines) — New Jersey
Samuel Kistler (Catherine Brobst) — Pennsylvania
Peter Knouf (Judy Sullivan) — Maryland
Daniel Lake — New Jersey
Peter Lukens (Martha Johnson) — Pennsylvania
Moses Mann (Frances Bland) — Virginia
Abraham Marlatt (Ann Linder) — Virginia
John Martin (Margaret) — South Carolina
William Matteson (Mehitabel) — New Jersey
William McCain (Charlotte Johnson) — New York
Samuel McCall (Rebecca Sherry) — Virginia
George McConnell (Eva) — Pennsylvania
Phillip McCracken (Mary McKeever) — New Jersey
Alexander McKinley (Mary Wilson) — Virginia
Thomas McLaughlin (Margaret Ayers) — New Hampshire
Daniel Merriman (Damaria Andrews) — Connecticut
Nathaniel Mershon (Martha Stevens) — New Jersey
John Millikin — Virginia
Abraham Monnette (Ann Hilleary) — Virginia
Asa Moor (Huldah King) — Connecticut
Robert Morris (Content Dunham) - New Jersey
Zebediah Morse (Mary Sabin) — Massachusetts
Joahannes Peter Mull (Barbara Kline) — North Carolina
John Musick (Mary Berry) — Virginia
Heman Munson (Abigail Fenn) — Connecticut
Caleb Nash (Rachel Nash) — Massachusetts
John Newland — Pennsylvania
Walter Newman (Catherine Lair) — Virginia
John Nicholson (Catherine Stephenson) — New Jersey
Lot North (Silence Horsford) — Connecticut
David Ogden, Jr. (Mary Wilkinson) — New Jersey
Joseph Ogle (Drusilla Biggs/Briggs) — Virginia
John Park (Sarah Hiscox) — Rhode Island
Joel Philbrook (Mary Leadbetter) — Massachusetts
George Pitts (Lydia Stetson) — Massachusetts
Charles Polk (Delilah Taylor) — North Carolina
Rev. Nehemiah Porter (Rebecca Chipman) — Massachusetts
Daniel Preston (Ann Rigdon) — Maryland
Jonathan Purcell — Virginia
John Quick (Phoebe Smith) — New Jersey
Henry Reavis — North Carolina
Josiah Records (Susannah Tulley) — Pennsylvania
Conrad Reedy — Pennsylvania
John Reynolds (Hishey Gheskie) — North Carolina
Sylvanus Rice — Massachusetts
William Roark — New Jersey
Jacob Roosa — New York
Philip Rothrock (Catherine Kuntz) — Pennsylvania
Jacob Paul Roush — Virginia
Increase Rudd (Bathsheba Johnson) — Vermont
Ebenezer Russell (Elizabeth Stark) — Connecticut
Henry Ruyle, Sr. (Catherine) — Virginia
Andreas Schadt/Shade (Maria Kraft) — Pennsylvania
Thomas Shafer (Mary) — Pennsylvania
Robert Sisson (Sarah Crump) — Virginia
Joshua Skidmore (Catherine Hous) - Pennsylvania
Shorten Smth — New York
John Snell (Elizabeth Watt) — Virginia
James Sodowsky — Virginia
Jacob Solliday (Barbara Laux) — Pennsylvania
Mordecai Soper (Naomi Owens) — Vermont
George Speak (Jemima Gaines Hurt) — Virginia
Simon Stevens (Lydia Silsby) — Vermont
Lemuel Stewart (Rebecca Rose) — Connecticut/Rhode Island
Ephraim Stinchfield — Massachusetts
Jacob Stoneking — Pennsylvania
David Stout (Sarah Parke) - New Jersey
Clayton Stribling (Evaline Kinchloe) — South Carolina
John Stringfield (Sarah Boylston) — North Carolina
John Swearingen (Jennie Barkley) — Pennsylvania
Isaac Taylor (Phebe McIntyre) — South Carolina
Richard Taylor (Sarah Ann Cornet) — Virginia
Charles Thrift (Elizabeth) — Virginia
Mashac Tipton — Pennsylvania
Joseph Tomlinson, Jr. (Elizabeth Hartness) — Virginia
Thomas Truxtun (Mary Van Driell) — New Jersey
William Tuggle — Virginia
Elijah Twining (Lois) — Massachusetts
Tunis Van Arsdale (Martha) — New York
Oakey Vanosdal (Mary South) — New Jersey
John Wadell (Mary Dickey) — Pennsylvania
John Ware (Elizabeth Miller) — Virginia
Benjamin Wayne (Nancy Tankersly) — Virginia
John Weaver (Martha Nichols) — Virginia
Philologos Webster (Sarah Scott) - Connecticut
Benijah West (Anna Younglove) — New York
John Wilmore (Mary Clayton) — Virginia
George Wisegarver (Mary Elizabeth Steele) — Pennsylvania
Adam Woods (Sarah) — Virginia
Richard Woolsey (Sarah) — Pennsylvania
*The name in parentheses is the patriot's spouse.
We regret that we cannot provide lineage details. The information on this page cannot be used as proof of service or lineage for purposes of joining DAR. For membership inquires, please contact our chapter or fill out the membership interest form on the DAR Weh Site at www.dar.org/natsociety/prospective.cfm.
American Revolutionary War heroines - There is the little known story of Rachel and Grace Martin who disguised themselves as men and assailed a British courier and his guards. They took his important dispatches, which they speedily forwarded to General Greene. Then Rachel and Grace released the courier and guards who never knew that they were women.American Revolutionary War heroines - Another heroine of the American Revolution was Anna (Warner) Bailey, wife of Captain Elijah Bailey, who earned the title of "The Heroine of Groton" because of her fearless efforts to aid the wounded on the occasion of the terrible massacre at Fort Griswold in Connecticut. Anna went from house to house to collecting material for bandages for the wounded.
American Revolutionary War heroines - Angelica Vrooman, during the heat of battle, sat calmly in a tent with a bullet mould, some lead, and an iron spoon, moulding bullets for the rangers.American Revolutionary War heroines - Some women went to extraordinary lengths in liberty's cause. At Pepperell, following the men's departure for Concord, the women met, formed a military company, dressed as men, armed themselves, and patrolled the town. Prudence Cummings, elected captain, captured a Tory officer at gun point.American Revolutionary War heroines - Mary Hagidorn, upon hearing the order by a Captain Hager for the women and children to retire to the long cellar, said: "Captain, I shall not go to that cellar should the enemy come. I will take a spear which I can use as well as any man and help defend the fort." The captain, seeing her determination, answered, "Then take a spear, Mary, and be ready at the pickets to repel an attack." She cheerfully obeyed and held the spear at the pickets till hurrahs for the American flag burst on her ear and indicated that all was safe.American Revolutionary War heroines - Margaret (Cochran) Corbin (Captain Molly) was the wife of John Corbin, an artilleryman in Captain Thomas Proctor's 1st Company of Pennsylvania Artillery. Following her husband's example, she was taught how to load and fire cannons gaining the respect and admiration of the soldiers in the company. On November 16, 1776, Margaret assisted in the battle at Fort Washington, New York. "Molly," as she laater became known, stood on the front line with her husband John. In the course of the battle he was mortally wounded. As a result she assumed his duties as matross and was injured herself. Once the fort fell she was moved to Philadelphia where she was paroled and later pensioned by Congress. Corbin was later assigned to the Corps of Invalids at West Point where she remained until her death in 1800. "Captain Molly" is now buried on the grounds of the United States Military Academy.
American Revolutionary War heroines - In Menotomy (Arlington), Mother Batherick while digging dandelions accepted the surrender of six fleeing British soldiers with the admonishment, "...tell King George that an old woman took six of his grenadiers prisoner."American Revolutionary War heroines - Alice (Stearns) Abbott, like many others, remained at home (Watertown) with her mother and sisters making cartridges and sending food to the army. Later she would write, "I suppose it was a dreadful day in our house and sad indeed for our brother, so dearly loved, never came home." American Revolutionary War heroines - Mrs. Butterfield, of Menotomy, returned home one day to find a bleeding, dying British officer in her bed. Though accused of being a Tory, she cared for him some 10 days until he died. When a neighbor threatened to kill him, Mrs. Butterfield protected him shouting, "Only cowards would want to kill a dying man." American Revolutionary War heroines - Mary (Flint) Hartwell, of Lincoln, upon hearing Dr. Prescott's night alarm for her Minuteman husband, handed their baby to a servant and ran a distance in the dark to warn Lincoln's Captain Smith of the approaching danger.American Revolutionary War heroines - At age 71, Martha Moulton, of Concord, was at home when the soldiers entered town. When sparks from burning captured materials caught the Town House roof on fire, Martha begged and harangued the British into extinguishing the blaze. The resulting smoke was observed by the Americans mustered near Buttrick's farm and caused them to march to the town's rescue, precipitating the "shot heard 'round the world."American Revolutionary War heroines - Various acts of bravery were performed on that fateful day by women of Concord. Mrs. Amos Wood saved military stores from British capture by insisting a locked room harbored women and thus it was left unopened. Hannah Barron/Barns/Burns protected the Provincial Treasurer's chest of money and important papers by blocking soldiers from entering a tavern room, claiming it and the trunk to be hers.
American Revolutionary War heroines - Abigail Wright, wife of the Concord Tavern proprietor, is said to have secreted the church communion silver in soap barrels to avoid it being stolen. The same tale is attributed to Mrs. Jeremiah Robinson, who supposedly gathered the silver, hid it in her basement soap barrels and barricaded her door against British intrusion.American Revolutionary War heroines - Rebecca Barrett, wife of Concord's militia colonel, helped hide military stores and equipment around the farm and then remained at home to protect family and property from the expected British. She fed the searching soldiers upon request but refused money thrown at her commenting, "we are commanded to feed our enemy" and that their coins were "the price of blood." Rebecca's actions saved valuable military materials from discovery as well as her property from damage and her son from arrest.Another Barrett woman—James' and Rebecca's granddaughter, Meliscent, age 15—had learned from a British officer how to roll powder cartridges. On the night of April 18th, she supervised young women of Concord in preparing these items that were most likely used against the Regulars at North Bridge.
American Revolutionary War heroines - Margaret (Kemble) Gage, American-born wife of Boston's British military governor, was suspected by both sides and harbored hopes that her husband's actions would not be the cause of blood-spilling. It is believed that she may have been the "spy" who leaked word of the Regulars' mission to Concord.
American Revolutionary War heroines - For most wives and mothers, it was a time of fear, trauma, uncertainty, terror, and often sadness as their husbands and sons went off to fight. Yet the women contributed to freedom's stand as best they could. Lydia Mulliken, Lexington, watched her fiance Dr. Prescott ride off with Revere and Dawes to warn Concord of the British threat. During the enemy's retreat, the soldiers would burn her house and shop.From her house near Lexington Green, Ruth Harrington watched as her husband, Jonathan, who was standing with Parker's company, was struck by a British musket ball and crawled to their house and died at her feet.
From the Manse, Phoebe (Bliss) Emerson, the Concord minister''s wife would watch the bridge fight in dismay and wonder after the welfare of her William.
American Revolutionary War heroines - Many women spied for the cause: Ann (Trotter) Bailey carried messages across enemy territory in 1774. Sarah (Bradlee) Fulton, sometimes called the "mother of the Boston Tea Party," delivered dispatches through enemy lines. Emily Geiger rode 50 miles throough British and Tory enemy territory to deliver a message to General Sumter.
American Revolutionary War heroines - On Oct. 27, 1991, a new stone was placed on the grave of Elizabeth Pledge Poindexter by the Jonathan Hunt Chapter of the NSDAR, Surry County, North Carolina, to honor her as a Patriot of the American Revolution.Elizabeth was born in Goochland County, Virginia, in 1740, the daughter of William and Betty Pledge. She married Thomas Poindexter February 12, 1760, in Goochland County, Virginia, and he died on February 9, 1816. They had 12 children: Ann Radford, Frances A., William, Martha Milner, Thomas, Elizabeth P., Mary W., John G., Archibald Pledge, Sarah/Sallie, Robert A., and Dorothy/Dollie Poindexter.
Thomas was a Captain in a company of Revolutionary soldiers in the North Carolina Militia. There were skirmishes along the Yadkin River that brought the enemy (Tories) close to the Poindexter home. Elizabeth sewed letters in her young daughter's petticoat and sent her through the enemy lines. On Oct. 14, 1780, a few miles down the rivers, the Whigs met the Tories in the "Battle of Shallowford."
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