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
  • NCO— Non-Commissioned Officer
  • PS — Patriotic Service
  • PVT — Private
  • SGT — Sergeant
  • SOL — Soldier

Virginia


  • Littleton Adams, PVT
  • William Addington, CMSRY
  • Peter Armentrout, PS
  • John Ashby, MAJ
  • William Bailey, PVT
  • Henry Barker, PVT
  • Phillip Barr, PVT
  • James Bartlett, CS
  • Susannah Davis Bartlett, PS
  • David Beard, CAPT
  • Elizabeth X Beard, PS
  • John Berry, PVT
  • Hudson Blankenship, PS
  • Reuben Blankenship, PVT
  • Jacob Boehm, PS
  • Samuel Boehm, PS
  • William Bowman, PS (b. before 1749)
  • John Branner, PVT PS
  • Abraham Brubaker, PS CS
  • John Brubeck, SOL
  • Jacob Burner Sr., PS
  • Thomas Burroughs, PS (b. 1722)
  • John Bushong, LT PS
  • Richard Callaway, COL
  • George Clover/Clower, PVT
  • John Compton, PVT
  • Zachariah Compton, SOL
  • George Cook, PS
  • William Coppage, PS
  • Christian Dellinger Jr., PVT
  • Emanuel Dellinger, CS PS
  • Magdalene X Dellinger, PS
  • Jeremiah Dishman, PS
  • Sarah Dishman, PS
  • George Doherty, CAPT (NC, b. 1749)
  • Moses Dorton, SOL
  • William Dorton Sr., CS
  • Gwin Dudley, PS
  • Thomas Dupree, PS
  • Samuel Ferguson, ENS PS
  • Henry Fravel, PS
  • Joseph Gochenour, PS
  • Joshua Gore, PS
  • George Grandstaff, PVT PS
  • Jacob Hammond, SOL
  • Stephen Harnsberger, SOL PS
  • John Hoover, CPL
  • Jacob Hottel, PVT
  • Joseph Hottel, PVT
  • Benjamin Housden, SOL
  • Matthias House, PS
  • Thomas Hudson, PVT
  • John Jackson, PVT
  • Thomas Jameson, PS
  • George Keller, PS (b. 1712)
  • Edward Kelly, SOL
  • Jacob Kesling, PVT
  • Henry Kibler, PS
  • Johann Daniel Kiblinger, PVT PS
  • Augustine Leftwich Sr., PS
  • Uriah Leftwich, ENS
  • Andrew Lindamood, PS
  • Phillip Long, PVT
  • Thomas McCulloch, LT
  • Christian Miller, SGT
  • Samuel Moore, PVT
  • James Mullinax, PVT
  • Gabriel Penn, COL PS
  • John Phelps, PS
  • Martin Pickett, COL
  • John Powell, CS PS (b. 1744)
  • George Printz, CAPT
  • George Quisenberry, SOL
  • Christian Reiff, PS
  • Michael Rhodes, PVT PS
  • Henry Richards, PS (b. 1753)
  • Jacob Rinker Jr., COL
  • John George Rinker, CAPT
  • Johann Adam Rudolph, PS
  • Thomas Simms, PS
  • Lawrence Snapp Sr., PS
  • Margaret Stephens Snapp, PS
  • Balser Sowers, PS
  • Frederick Sowers, PVT
  • Benjamin Stickley, LT PS
  • Isaac Strickler, PVT PS
  • Christopher Tanner, SOL
  • Dorothy Zimmerman Tanner, PS
  • Jacob Tanner, SOL
  • Henry Turner, ENS PS
  • Henry Walters, PS
  • Elizabeth Dupree Whitlock, PS
  • Susannah Wallace Woods, PS
  • Thomas Whitlock, CS
  • John Zimmerman, PS (b.1711)

Connecticut

  • John Billings, CPL
  • Samuel Billings, PVT
  • David Hungerford, PVT PS

Georgia

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

Maryland

  • Daniel Burleigh, PS
  • Thomas Chappell, CPL
  • William Lawrence, PVT
  • Thomas Reinhard, PVT & PS
  • Nicholas Worthington, COL

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
  • Joseph Frail, PVT
  • Daniel Garnett Sr, PVT
  • Jabez Hart, PVT
  • James Noble, CAPT (b. 1736)
  • Jacob Parker, SGT
  • Nathaniel Pierce, PVT
  • Seth Pierce, PVT
  • John Wales, PVT
  • John Thompson, SGT (b. 1755)
  • George Williams, Sr., COL
  • Jesse Willis, CS

New Hampshire

  • Simon Ames, PS
  • Daniel Batchelder, PVT
  • Peter Burbee Sr., PVT
  • Moses Gilman, CPL
  • Benjamin Heath, SOL
  • Josiah Hovey, PVT
  • Andrew McClary, MAJ
  • Eliphalet Sanborn, SOL PS

New Jersey

  • John Abbott, PVT
  • Henry Arnett, PVT
  • Jacob Hahn, PS
  • Phillip Hahn, PS
  • Joseph Hough, PVT
  • Ralph Lanning, PVT
  • David Slaybach, PS
  • William Slaybach, PVT
  • Jacob Staley, PVT
  • Henry Stull, PS

New York

  • Jonathan Brown, ENS
  • Andries Cole, PS
  • Henry Cooper, PVT
  • Andrew Hill, MAJ
  • William Hill, PVT
  • Stephen Marvin, PVT PS
  • Simeon Purdy, PVT

North Carolina

  • Elijah Anderson, PS
  • Joseph Cunningham, LT
  • Daniel Dillon, PS
  • Benajah Doty, MAJ PS
  • Richard Fenner, LT PS
  • Alexander McAllister, COL
  • Alexander Rosenbaum, PS
  • George Tubbs, PS

Pennsylvania

  • Hugh Evans, PVT
  • George Glick, PVT
  • Michael Holderbaum CAPT
  • John Jordan, CAPT
  • John Melchoir, PS
  • Daniel Niederhaus, PVT
  • Richard Tennant, NCO (VA)
  • Michael Umberger, PS
  • Peter Zeigler, PVT

South Carolina

  • Prescott Bush, PVT
  • John Campbell, SOL
  • Dorothy Tidmore, PS