Our Chapter Patriots

| Last name | First name | Colony | Comments |
| Byerly | Francis | PA | b 4 Mar 1754 PA, d aft 4 Dec 1802 PA, Pvt PA. |
| Caldwell | James | VA |
b
1724
Tyrone, Ireland, d aft 22 Apr (or Aug) 1804 Wheeling, VA (or WV); Civil
Service
as Justice of the Peace, Ohio Co, VA (or WV). |
| Chapline | Moses | MD |
b 20 Oct 1754 Prince Co, MD, d 10 Feb
1812 Wheeling, VA (or WV), Capt MD. |
| Cummings | Joseph | VA |
b
11
Feb 1762 Fauquier Co, VA, d 8 Dec 1853
Van Buren Co, TN;
Pvt Capt John
Renfro’s Co. at surrender of Cornwallis. At Prince Edward
Court House, under
command of Capt Nathaniel Rice. Marched to Richmond under Capt. Robert
Bush.
VA, pensioner. |
| Dean | Joel | VA |
b
16
Feb 1755 VA, d 5 Feb 1842 Spartanburg, SC;
Pvt NC, VA. |
| Deaver | Nathaniel | VA |
b 11 Nov 1760 Baltimore or
Harford Co, MD, d c. 1811-1816 Monmouth, Illinois Territory; NC. Pvt &
linguist, VA. |
| Dodson | Thomas | PA |
b 15 Sept 1755 Chester Co, PA, d 29
Apr 1818 Chester Co, PA; Pvt
in Capt.
John Christie’s Company of 5th PA Regt. |
| Drury | Luke | MA |
b 11 Mar 1736/7 Grafton, MA, d 1 Apr
1811 Marlborough, MA; Capt
of a company
of Minutemen, Gen Ward’s Regt, 19 Apr 1775; Capt, Gen Artemas
Ward’s (Worcester
Co) Regt 24 May 1775; Capt, same Regt 27 Jul 1775 – 3 Aug
1775; Col Jonathan
Ward’s Regt 1775; Lt Col Commandant; detached 18 Jul 1781,
West Point 18 Aug
1781, discharged 4 Dec 1781. |
| Eastman | Timothy | CT |
b 24 Apr 1744 Ashford, CT, d 15 May
1830 Barnard, VT; Pvt
6 May 1775 in 5th
Company, Capt. Thomas Knolton’s 3rd
Regt from Ashford, Col. Israel
Putnam commanding. Discharged 1 Jan 1775. Re-enlisted Pvt 25 Apr 1777
in Capt.
Daniel Allen’s Company, 3rd Regt, Lt.
Col. Zebulon Butler,
commanding. Discharged 1 Jan 1778. |
| Espy | Samuel | NC |
b 8 May 1758
Cumberland Co, PA, d 16 May (or 29 Dec) 1838, Barbour Co, Alabama (or
NC); Capt. NC
Partisans, wounded at Battle of
Kings Mountain, POW, gunsmith, pensioner. |
| Fisher | Lemuel | MA |
b 10 Dec 1737 Norton, Bristol Co, MA,
21 Jan 1820 Mansfield, Bristol Co, MA;
Pvt, Capt Abiel Clap’s Co. of Minutemen,
Col John Dagget’s Regt, 19-29
Apr 1775; Lt John Dean’s Co, Col John Daggett’s (4th
Bristol Co)
Regt; Capt John Dean’s Co, Col Isaac Dean’s (4th
Bristol Co) Regt,
1-7 Aug 1780. |
| Foreman | Robert | PA |
b 1725 Ulster Province, Ireland, d 2
Jun 1806 Lower Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton Co, PA; Pvt PA 5th
Battalion 3rd class under Col. Bean (Beam). Pvt
under Capt. Jacob de
Witt’s Militia Company, Northampton Co, PA. |
| Franklin | Benjamin | PA |
b 17 Jan 1706 Boston, MA, d 17 Apr
1790 Philadelphia, PA; Diplomat,
congressional delegate, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. |
| Galley | Peter | PA |
b 1750-53 Germany, d Lancaster, PA
1785; Pvt Lancaster
Co, PA. Listed in
Non-Commissioned Officers & Privates of the Second Pennsylvania
Continental
Line, Walter Stewart, Colonel. |
| Gilliland | William | NY |
b 1734 Armagh, Ireland, d 2 Feb
1796 Essex, NY; Lt 1st
NY
Militia under 1st Lt Lashier’s Regt
June 1776; taken prisoner Long
Island 27 Aug 1776; Capt
NY. |
| Haggard | Nathaniel | VA |
b 21 Nov 1723 Albemarle Co, VA, d 21
Aug 1805 Clark Co, KY; Signer of a Declaration of Independence of
Albemarle Co,
VA 21 Apr 1779. |
| Hawthorne | John | NY |
b
9 Jan 1749 Wilmington (Elkton) DE, d 19 Feb 1825 Warwick, NY; Col 5th
Regt Orange Co Militia May 1775. Chairman of Goshen, NY Committee of
Safety
1776. Minisink Alarm 1779. In command of troops Fishkill, NY. |
| Heermance | Peter | NY |
bapt 16 Sep
1724 Rhinebeck, NY, d 21 May 1804 Rhinebeck, NY; Pvt NY |
| Hunt | Pelatiah | NY |
b 28 May 1748
Hillsdale, Columbia, NY, d 26 Nov 1814 Hillsdale, Columbia, NY; Pvt,
Capt
Conrad Kline’s Co, LtCol Henry Livingston’s 10th
Regt, Albany Co.
Militia. |
| Keller | John | PA |
b 24 Feb 1732, d 1 Mar 1831 Morris
Twp, Huntingdon Co, PA; Pvt Lancaster Co Militia PA. |
| Mason | Hezekiah | MA |
b 18 Nov 1754 Swanson, MA, d 9 Mar
1825 Stephentown, NY; Pvt under Capt David Whaler and Daniel Brew, MA. |
| Patton | John | PA | b 1745 Sligo, Ireland, d 9 Sept 1804 Boalsburg, PA; Major, 2nd Battalion Miles PA Rifle Regt 13 Mar 1776. Major 9th PA Regt 25 Oct 1776, Colonel 16th PA Cont. Regt; member of Washington’s body guard. |
| Porterfield | John | PA |
b 1747 Lancaster Co, PA, d 1811
Wilson Co, TN; Private 4th class First Battalion
from Cumberland Co,
PA 1777; Sgt 4th class 1777-1779. |
| Post | Jacobus T. | NY |
bp
8 Dec 1754 Acquackanonk, NJ, d Jan 1812 Warwick, NY; Pvt, Corporal, Sgt
Orange
Co, NY Militia, 4th Regt under Col John Hathorn
and Maj Adrian
Wynkoop. |
| Post | Jacobus | NJ |
b 20 Jun 1726
NJ, d 6 Feb 1798 Bergen Co, NJ; Maj Regt of Light Horse, Eastern Div of Colony
of NJ under Col Mattias Williamson, 27 Oct 1775 – 3 Feb 1776; Deputy from
Bergen Co, NJ, to Provincial Congress Oct 1775. Member Constitutional Convention
1776. |
| Power | Michael | PA |
b about 1755 PA, d about 1805 PA; Pvt
3rd class PA Militia, LtCol Thomas Cooke and Capt Thomas Parkeson,
commanding. |
| Rose | William | PA |
b 25 Dec 1746
VA, d 23 Jan 1783 Fayette Co, PA; Pvt Army of Independence, PA. |
| Sprigg | Zachariah | VA |
b
12 May 1751 (MD or) VA d about Jun 1829
(will 26 May 1828) Wheeling, Ohio Co, VA ( or WV); Pvt, Justice of the Peace,
Ohio Co, VA 1777, Oath of Allegiance 24 Sep 1777. |
| Torrey | Luther | MA |
b 26 Sept 1733 Scituate, Plymouth Co,
MA, d 9 or 14 April 1825 Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA; Pvt in Capt. Orr’s Company,
Minute Men, Col. Biley’s Regt, MA, 19 Aug 1775 (4 days). Re-enlisted 6 June
1775 Capt. Turner’s Company, John Thomas’ Regt, Hanover. Roxbury Camp 22 Dec
1775, Capt. Turner’s Company, Col. John Cushing’s (& Plymouth Co.) Regt (15
days). Marched to Bristol, RI 8 Dec 1776. Capt. Calvin Partridge’s Co, Col.
Josiah Whitney’s Regt 30 July 1778. Discharged 13 Sept 1778. Made the first
borer in the U. S. for fitting cannons. |
| Turner | Joshua | MA |
b 13 Dec 1757 Middleborough, MA, d 22
Dec 1820 Hadley, NY; Pvt, Capt Simeon Hazeltine’s Co., Col Fellows’s Regt 1775;
Capt John Crawford’s Co., Col James Convers’s Regt 1777; RI; Continental Army,
Capt James Black; Capt Lyman’s Co., Col. Lee’s Regt, 3 years; 7th
Worcester Co. Regt, Capt. Benjamin Nye and Capt William Henry; Pvt, Cpt John
Hasting’s 2nd Co., Col Henry Jackson’s 16th Regt 1777-80;
Capt Daniel Lyman’s Co, Col Jackson’s Regt, commanded by Lt Col Jackson Regt.
Further service records exist. |
| Williams | Joshua | MA |
b 1747 Taunton, Bristol Co, MA, d aft
4 Mar 1833 Great Pond, Hancock, ME; Pvt under Capt Allen’s co., Col Ward’s Regt, MA Militia. Pensioner 1818. |
| Wisner | Jehiel | NY |
b 16 Jun 1762 Warwick, Orange Co, NY,
d aft 3 Dec 1838 Hillsdale Co, MI; Pvt NY, pensioner. |
| Woofter | John | VA | b 1760 VA or NJ, d Mar 1821 Lewis Co, VA; Pvt VA. |
| Worcester | Noah, Jr. | NH |
b 25 Nov 1758 Hollis (Hillsborough)
NH, d 31 Oct 1837 Brighton, Suffolk Co, MA; Fifer and Fife Major, Capt Reuben
Dow of Hollis, NH 19 Apr 1775; Capt Dow, Col William Prescott’s Regt of
Pepperell; Capt Daniel Emerson’s unit 1777; Col Moses Nichols, Capt Goss unit
July – Aug 1777. Pensioner 1833. |