Our Patriot Ancestors

The following list of individuals served our country in the American Revolution and to whom the Canton Chapter, NSDAR, members can trace their lineage. If you share one of these ancestors or if you had a different ancestor who served in the American Revolutionary War you are eligible to join the Daughters of the American Revolution!

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Connecticut

Pvt. John Taylor

Lt. Judah Back

PS Eleakim Walker

Maryland

PS Elijah Robinett

PS John Sluts

Sol. PS Anthony Goszler

PS Charles Dorsey

PS Nicholas Dorsey

PS Sarah Dorsey

PS William Miles

PS Eleanor Pigeon Miles

PS Henrietta Montgomery

Sol. PS Joseph Thompson

PS Thomas Thompson

Pvt PS Michael Conway

PS Christian Hoffert

Capt Thomas Beall

Sol. James Howard

Massachusetts

Cpl. Benjamin Hodgman, Jr.

Cpl. Solomon Cutter

Pvt. Nathan Baxter

CS Jeremiah Shattuck

Pvt PS Ebenezer McIntosh

Pvt James Ranstead

New Hampshire

Pvt. Nathaniel Shattuck

Pvt. Ebenezer McIntosh (also served in MA)

PS Oliver Heald

New Jersey

Pvt. David Sayre

Sgt. Joseph Fulkerson

Pvt. Thomas Thomas

Pvt. Freegift Taylor

Capt George Grant

New York

Pvt. Peter Markell

Sol Solomon Tice

PS William Eager

Pvt Elias Manchester

North Carolina

Ens. Samuel Ferebee

PS Robert Lawrence

PS George Hughes, Jr.

PS George Hughes, Sr.

PS John Outlaw

Pvt. PS Joseph Whitley

Sgt. John Cake

PS Thomas Harden (Harding)

CS PS Edward Boone (also served in VA)

PS John Ramsay

PS Philemon Bradford

Pennsylvania

Pvt. Simon Essig

Lt. Conrad Haverstock

Ens. Adam Smith

Sol. James Dennis

Pvt. Philip Burbach

Pvt. Christian Flickinger

Pvt. Jacob Van Gilder

PS John Sallada

PS Michael Messenger Sr

Pvt Philip Messenger

Sol. George Rowe, Sr.

PS John Rowe

Pvt. PS William Little

PS Evan Watkins

Col. Richard Thomas

PS George Althouse

Sgt George Kline

Pvt Michael Neff

Pvt John Prior

PS George Weisel Sr

Pvt. PS William Frampton

Col. George Stewart

Pvt George Dehuff

Pvt Jacob Wolfe

Col Richard Thomas

Pvt John Mossholder

PS Griffith Johns Sr

PS Griffith Johns Jr

PS Reuben Johns

Non Com Henry Althouse Jr

Sol. Peter Horlacher

Lt. Bernard Bauman

Pvt. George Weisel

Pvt. John Pryor

Sol. John Ross

Sol James Dennis

Pvt Daniel Shuster

PS Israel Whelan

Pvt Leonard Willaman

Pvt PS Herman Reamschnieder

Pvt. PS William Little

Pvt. John Harrington

Lt. Cornelius Atkinson

Pvt George Elder

Virginia

Pvt. Daniel Shuster

Sgt. Christian Peters

Pvt. Samuel Paxton

Pvt. John Mitchell

Pvt. John Wyatt

Capt. Edward Worthington

Pvt. Andrew Skidmore

Sol. PS. William Elliott

PS. Charles Hole

PS John Bradshaw

Pvt. James Kelly

Pvt. Gideon Faris

Pvt. Abraham Hornbeck

Lt. PS Robert Christian

PS William Powell

CS William Kleber, Sr.

Sol. Edward Kelly

PS John Cotton

PS Jacob Prickett, Sr.

PS William Bristow

Sol. Joseph Bennett

PS John Cackley

Legend

· ADC Aide-de-Campe

· BG Brigadier General

· CAPT Captain

· CHP Chaplain

· CL Continental Line

· COL Colonel

· CPL Corporal

· CS Civil Service

· ENS Ensign

· FIF Fifer

· 1LT First Lieutenant

· LTC Lieutenant Colonel

· MAJ Major

· MATR MATROOS

· MM Minute Man

· NONCOM Non-Commissioned Officer

· ORDL Orderly

· PNSR Pensioner

· PS Patriotic Service

· PVT Private

· PVTR Privateer

· S.D.I. Signer of the Declaration of Independence

· SGT Sergeant

· SGRMAJ Sergeant Major

· SOL Soldier

· STAFFOF Staff Officer

· WGM Wagon Master

· WPNSR Wife who received a pension