Our Patriots

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Narrow Passage Patriots

"The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American!"

— Patrick Henry in 1774, after the Boston Tea Party

We are proud to honor our ancestors who through civil, patriotic, and/or military service contributed to securing the independence of the United States of America. From 1976 forward, Narrow Passage Chapter, NSDAR, member applications have been approved and are on file with NSDAR establishing lineage for the patriots listed here. For information about these patriots, or to search for a patriot not listed below, please visit NSDAR's Genealogy page to learn more.

Listed here are names, ranks, and state of service for the brave ancestors of the members of Narrow Passage Chapter, NSDAR.

Patriot Legend

  • Capt — Captain
  • Col — Colonel
  • Cmsry — Commissary
  • Cpl— Corporal
  • Ens — Ensign
  • Lt — Lieutenant
  • Maj — Major
  • Noncom— Non-Commissioned Officer
  • PS — Patriotic Service
  • Pvt — Private
  • Sgt — Sergeant
  • Sol — Soldier
  • StaffOf — Staff Officer

Virginia

  • Littleton Adams, Pvt
  • William Addington, Cmsry
  • Peter Armentrout, PS
  • John Ashby, Maj
  • William Bailey, Pvt
  • Henry Barker, Pvt
  • Philip Barr, Pvt
  • James Bartlett, CS
  • Susanna Davis Bartlett, PS
  • Edmund Basye, Sol
  • Jacob Beam/Boehm, PS
  • Samuel Beam/Boehm, PS
  • David Beard, Capt
  • Elizabeth X Beard, PS
  • John Berry, Pvt
  • Hudson Blankenship, PS
  • Reuben Blankenship, Pvt
  • William Bowman, PS
  • John Branner, PS Pvt
  • Abraham Brubaker, CS PS
  • John Brubeck, PS
  • Jacob Burner Sr., PS
  • Thomas Burroughs, PS
  • John Bushong, Lt PS (PA)
  • Richard Callaway, CS Col PS
  • John Calvert, PS
  • John Carpenter, Pvt
  • Deedrick Clem, Sol
  • George Clover/Clower, Pvt
  • John Compton, Pvt
  • Zachariah Compton, SOL
  • George Cook, PS
  • William Coppage, PS
  • Michael Crouse, PS
  • Christian Dellinger, Pvt
  • Emanuel Dellinger, CS PS
  • Magdalene X Dellinger, PS
  • Jeremiah Dishman, PS
  • Sarah X Dishman, PS
  • George Doherty, Capt (NC)
  • Moses Dorton, PS Pvt
  • William Dorton Sr., CS
  • Gwin Dudley, PS
  • Thomas Dupree, PS
  • Christopher Eye, Pvt
  • Samuel Ferguson, Ens PS
  • Henry Fravell, PS
  • Peter Folts/Foltz, PS
  • Joseph Gochenour, PS
  • George Grandstaff, PS Pvt
  • Christian Groff/Grove, Pvt
  • Jacob Hammond, Sol
  • Stephen Harnsberger, PS Sol
  • Edmund Holmes, PS
  • George Holmes, PS
  • John Hoover, Cpl
  • George Hottel, PS
  • Jacob Hottel, Pvt
  • Joseph Hottel, Pvt
  • Benjamin Howson/Housden, Sol
  • Matthias House, PS
  • Thomas Hudson, Pvt
  • John Jackson, Pvt
  • Thomas Jameson, PS
  • Edward Kelly, Sol
  • Henry Kibler, PS
  • Johann Daniel Kiblinger, PS Pvt
  • Augustine Leftwich Sr., PS
  • Uriah Leftwich, Ens PS
  • Andrew Lindemuth/Lindamood, PS
  • Philip Long, Pvt
  • Thomas McCulloch, Lt
  • Christian Miller, Sgt
  • Samuel Moore, Pvt
  • James Mullinax, Pvt
  • Samuel Parsons, Sol
  • Gabriel Penn, Col PS
  • Elizabeth Cooke Pickett, PS
  • Martin Pickett, Col PS
  • John Phelps, PS
  • John Powell, CS PS
  • George Prince/Printz, Capt
  • Thomas Purdom, Pvt
  • George Quisenberry, Sol
  • John Redmond, PS
  • Christian Reiff, PS
  • Michael Rhodes, PS Pvt
  • Henry Richards, PS (b. 1753)
  • Jacob Rinker Jr., CS Col PS
  • John George Rinker, Capt
  • Johann Adam Rudolph, PS
  • Anthony Rucker, Capt CS
  • Peter Ruffner, PS
  • Adam Smith, PS
  • Lawrence Snapp Sr., PS
  • Margaret Stephens Snapp, PS
  • Balser Sowers, PS
  • Frederick Sowers, Pvt
  • James Stevenson, PS
  • Benjamin Stickley, Lt PS
  • Isaac Strickler, PS Pvt
  • Christopher Tanner, Sol
  • Dorothy Zimmerman Tanner, PS
  • Jacob Tanner, Sol
  • Daniel Thompson, Pvt
  • John Timmerman/Zimmerman, PS (b.1711)
  • Henry Turner, Ens PS
  • Henry Walters, PS
  • John Weaver, PS Sol
  • William Whitley Sr.
  • Elizabeth Dupree Whitlock, PS
  • Susannah Wallace Woods, PS
  • Thomas Whitlock, CS
  • Robert Wingfield, PS

Connecticut

  • John Billings, Cpl
  • Samuel Billings, Pvt
  • Edward Fay, Cpl
  • Timothy Hosmer, StaffOf
  • David Hungerford, PS Pvt

Delaware

  • Edmund Knowles, Sol PS

Georgia

  • Robert Beville, CS
  • Thomas Hanna, PS Pvt
  • Agnes Whigham, PS

Maryland

  • Peter Barrick
  • Richard Beall, Capt CS PS
  • Daniel Burleigh, Ens PS
  • Thomas Chappell, Cpl PS
  • Samuel Darnell, Pvt
  • William Lawrence, Pvt
  • Thomas Reinhard, PS Pvt
  • Nicholas Worthington, CS Col PS

Massachusetts

  • Joel Adams, Pvt
  • William Andrews, CS PS
  • Thomas Bixby, PS
  • Benjamin Bonney, Capt CS PS
  • John Cunningham Jr., Capt
  • John Cunningham Sr., PS
  • Asa Douglas, Sr., Capt PS
  • Joseph Frail, Pvt
  • Daniel Garnett Sr, Pvt
  • Jabez Hart, Pvt
  • James Noble Sr., Capt
  • John Packard, Lt
  • Jacob Parker, Sgt
  • Ebenezer Patch, Sol
  • Sarah Patch, PS
  • Simon Patch, Pvt
  • Nathaniel Pierce, Pvt
  • Seth Pierce, Pvt
  • John Thompson, Sgt (b. 1755)
  • John Wales, Pvt
  • George Williams, Sr., Col
  • Jesse Willis, CS
  • Richard Woolworth, PS

New Hampshire

  • Simon Ames, PS
  • Daniel Batchelder, Pvt
  • Peter Burbee, Pvt
  • Richard Dow, PS
  • Moses Gilman, Cpl
  • Benjamin Heath, Sol
  • Josiah Hovey, Pvt
  • Andrew McClary, Maj
  • Eliphalet Sanborn, PS Sol

New Jersey

  • John Abbott, PS Pvt
  • Henry Arnett, Pvt (NY)
  • Jacob Hahn, PS
  • Phillip Hahn, PS
  • Joseph Hough, Pvt
  • Ralph Lanning Jr., Pvt
  • David Slaybach, PS
  • William Slaybach, Pvt
  • Jacob Staley, Pvt
  • Elizabeth Pool Stillwagon, PS
  • Henry Stull, PS
  • John Stull, PS

New York

  • Jonathan Brown, Ens
  • Andries Cole, PS
  • Henry Cooper, Pvt
  • Andrew Hill, Maj
  • William Hill, Pvt
  • Stephen Marvin, PS
  • Simeon Purdy, Pvt

North Carolina

  • Elijah Anderson, PS
  • Cary Cox, Sol
  • Joseph Cunningham, Lt
  • Daniel Dillon, PS
  • Benajah Doty, Maj PS
  • William Duke, CS
  • Richard Fenner, Lt PS
  • James Hardison, Pvt
  • Charles Holt, Pvt
  • Alexander McAllister, Col PS
  • Andrew Ramsey, PS Pvt
  • Peter Rhine, Sgt
  • Alexander Rosenbaum, PS

Pennsylvania

  • Emanuel Brown, PS
  • Hugh Evans, Pvt
  • Robert Field, PS
  • Abraham Frederick, PS
  • Peter Frederick, Pvt
  • George Glick, Pvt
  • Michael Holderbaum, Capt
  • John Jordan, Capt
  • Edward Joy, PS Pvt
  • John Melchoir Sr., PS
  • Daniel Niederhaus, Pvt
  • John Newberry, Pvt
  • Richard Tennant, Noncom (VA)
  • Michael Umberger, PS
  • Jesse Willett, PS
  • Richard Willett, PS
  • Peter Zeigler, Pvt

Rhode Island

  • Job Green, Pvt

South Carolina

  • Prescott Bush, Pvt
  • John Campbell, Sol
  • Thomas Clendenin, PS
  • Major Duke, Sol
  • Enoch Enlow, Sol
  • Mark Murphy, Sol
  • Sion Murphy, Sol
  • Dorothy Tidmore, PS