Birth: Jan. 12, 1750 Hanover County, USA Death: Oct. 16, 1826 Louisville Jefferson County Kentucky, USA Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer. A charter member of Society of the Cincinnati, for ...

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Joseph Bloomfield (October 18, 1753 – October 3, 1823) was the fourth Governor of New Jersey. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him. Birth Joseph Bloomfield was born in Wo...

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From “Work Family History”, vol. I (1969) & vol. II (1994), compiled by Von Gail Hamilton. Joseph was a Captain in Flying Camp in 1776; was in Col. Lowry's battalion at the Battle of Brandywine. He w...

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Caleb Prew Bennett (November 11, 1758 – May 9, 1836) was an American soldier and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of...

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Col. John Spotswood, Jr. served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and was seriously wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. Col. John Spotswood, Jr. and his family are referred to i...

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George Weedon was a general in the Continental Army. He accompanied Washington during his crossing of the Delaware River and fought at the battle of Trenton, and at the battle of Brandywine. Weedon als...

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Major Samuel Cooper was born in Boston Massachusetts on June 13, 1757 and died August 19, 1840 in Alexandra, Virginia, at the age of 83. The Revolutionary War record of this distinguished patriot was...

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Peter Francisco (c. 1760 – January 16, 1831), known variously as the "Virginia Giant" or the "Giant of the Revolution" (and occasionally as the "Virginia Hercules"), was an American patriot and soldi...

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) Edward Stevens (1745-August 17, 1820) was an officer in the American Revolutionary War and later a state legislator for Virginia, serving in the Virginia Senate. Stevens began his military career...

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See - Wikipedia... Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (French pronunciation: [maʁki də la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), or Lafayette, was a French arist...

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Info added per DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood and published 1895 stating Maj. William Croghan "fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth" ---------...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of LIEUTENANT COLONEL. DAR Ancestor #: A077476 John Francis Mercer (May 17, 1759 – August 30, 1821) was an American lawyer, planter, ...

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) A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA with the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL. DAR Ancestor #: A018048 Find A Grave Memorial # 16676529 General John Cadwalader, eldest son of Dr. Tho...

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Ancestor #: A067057 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Knox 1st United States Secretary of War In office March 8, 1785 – December 31, 1794 President George Washington Succeeded ...

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Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A009914 Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): COLONEL, DEPUTY, QUARTERMASTER, GENERAL Birth: 5-10-1740 PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA Death: 7-14-1814 PHILADELPHI...

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John Hoskins Stone (1750 – October 5, 1804) was an American planter, soldier, and politician from Charles County, Maryland. During the Revolutionary War he led the 1st Maryland Regiment of the Contin...

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John Gunby (March 10, 1745 – May 17, 1807) was an American planter and soldier from Somerset County, Maryland who is considered by many to be "one of the most gallant officers of the Maryland Line un...

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) Thomas Clark (August 1741 – 25 December 1792) was an American officer from North Carolina who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Born to parents Thomas Clark and Barbara Murray, he became a ...

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General Richard FitzPatrick (24 January 1748 – 25 April 1813), styled The Honourable from birth, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, wit, poet, Whig politician and ‘sworn brother’ of the illustrious statesma...

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John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was a British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791–1796. Then frontier, this was modern-day southern Onta...

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John Laurens (October 28, 1754 – August 27, 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. He gained approval by the Continental Congress in 1779 to rec...

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Captain John Montresor (22 April 1736 – 26 June 1799) was a British military engineer in North America. Early life Born in Gibraltar 22 April 1736 to British military engineer James Gabriel M...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA with the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL. DAR Ancestor #: A014783 Daniel Brodhead IV (October 17, 1736 – November 15, 1809) was an American military ...

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Johann von Ewald (20 March 1744 – 25 June 1813) was a German military officer from Hesse-Kassel. After first serving in the Seven Years' War, he was the commander of the jäger corps of the Hessian Le...

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Hans Christian Febiger (or Fibiger) (October 19, 1749 in Fåborg Denmark - September 20, 1796 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) was an American Revolutionary War commander, confidante of General George Wa...

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Henry Burbeck (June 10, 1754 – October 2, 1848), son of William Burbeck and Jerusha Glover, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He served in the United States army for more than forty years most notab...

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) Charles Scott (April 1739 – October 22, 1813) was an American soldier and politician who served as the fourth Governor of Kentucky from 1808 to 1812. Orphaned at an early age, Scott served under Ed...

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General Charles O'Hara (1740 – 25 February 1802) was a British military officer who served in the Seven Years War, American War of Independence, and French Revolutionary War, and later served as Gove...

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Sir John Wrottesley, 8th Baronet (22 December 1744 – 23 April 1787), of Wrottesley Hall in Staffordshire, was a British army officer and Member of Parliament. Bckground and early life Wrottes...

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He gained the rank of General. He was created 1st Baronet Erskine, of Torry [Great Britain] on 21 June 1791. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------ Lieut...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for DELAWARE with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor #: A049521 ) David Hall (January 4, 1752 – September 18, 1817) was an American lawyer and politician from Le...

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Elias Dayton (May 1, 1737 – October 22, 1807), father of Jonathan Dayton, was born in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey. During the French and Indian War, he served first as a lieutenant and then...

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BRIGADIER-GENERAL MATTHIAS OGDEN. Matthias Ogden, took an early and a decided part in the late contest with Great Britain. He joined the army at Cambridge, and such was his zeal and resolution, that ...

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William Woodford (6 October 1734 – 13 November 1780) was an American Revolutionary War general from Virginia. He was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in a town now known as Woodford. He served in...

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Thomas Hartley (September 7, 1748 – December 21, 1800) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician from York, Pennsylvania. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania and practiced law in York. He se...

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) Walter Stewart (1756 – 16 June 1796) was born in Ireland and began his military career as captain of a Pennsylvania infantry company at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. He served as...

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George Weedon (1734–1793) was an American soldier during the Revolutionary War from Fredericksburg, Virginia. He served as a Brigadier General in the Continental Army and later in the Virginia militi...

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DAR Ancestor #: A067701 John Lacey (February 4, 1755 – February 17, 1814) was an American military officer during the American Revolutionary War. He was appointed a brigadier general in the Pennsyl...

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Daughter of American Revolution Ancestor #: A091609 Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: MAJOR GENERAL Birth: 1729 CO TYRONE IRELAND Death: 11-27-1789 POE FARM/ANTRIM TWP PENNSYLVANIA Service Descriptio...

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Jethro Exum Sumner (1733 – 18 March 1785) was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Sumner's military service began in the French and Indian War, but he i...

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) William Maxwell (1733 – November 3, 1796) was an Ulster-born brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Although Irish-born, he was known in the army by the so...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor #: A091775 ) COL. THOMAS PROCTOR Thomas Proctor was born in Longford County, Ireland, in 1739 of Franc...

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Biographical Summary " Sir Thomas Musgrave, Baronet [S 1638] , only surviving brother and heir male, born 1737; was an officer in the army, becoming eventually (1802) full General, and being at his d...

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) James Grant, Laird of Ballindalloch (1720–1806) was a major general in the British Army during the American War of Independence. He served as Governor of East Florida from 1763 to 1771. Early c...

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Major Patrick Ferguson (1744 – October 7, 1780) was a Scottish officer in the British Army, early advocate of light infantry and designer of the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in th...

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Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, KB PC (23 October 1729 – 14 November 1807) was one of the most important British generals of the 18th century. He was the fourth son of Sir Henry Grey, 1st Baronet, of Ho...

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"Henry, who gloriously fell in 1778 at the head of the Grenadiers in America after he had attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in his Majesty's service" (details from memorial in Brewood Parish Ch...

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) Lieutenant-Colonel John Maitland (1732 – 25 October 1779) was a British military officer who was the tenth son of Charles Maitland, 6th Earl of Lauderdale and Lady Elizabeth Ogilvie. He served as a...

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General Sir Robert Abercromby GCB (1740–1827), the youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, was a general in the army, a knight of the Bath, and at one period the governor of Bombay and commander-in...

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Sir George Osborn, 4th Baronet served as an officer in the British army during the American Revolutionary War and as a Member of Parliament. In 1777 he led a detachment of the Guards Brigade at the bat...

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Son of James Alexander of New York the de jure 6th Earl of Stirling. He was the de jure 7th Earl of Stirling. Due to the political rights to Nova Scotia his exact descent from the first Earl was hidden...

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John Sullivan (b. February 17, 1740, Somersworth, New Hampshire – d. January 23, 1795, Durham, New Hampshire) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a delegate in the Continental Congress...

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Wikipedia: Moses Hazen was a Brigadier-General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Hazen was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. During the French and Indian War, he served...

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. John Armstrong (October 13, 1717 – March 9, 1795) was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a major general in the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress fo...

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Overview 1st president of the United States of America, George Washington Links Biography George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) served as the first President o...

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NATHANAEL GREENE AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION "It had been happy for me if I could have lived a private life in peace and plenty, enjoying all the happiness that results from a well-tempered s...

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Peter Muhlenberg John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746 – October 1, 1807) was a clergyman, a soldier and a politician of the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post-Revolutionary eras in Pennsyl...

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Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was a United States Army general and statesman. Wayne adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military...

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William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (August 10, 1729 – July 12, 1814) was a British army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence....

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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British A...

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General Sir William Medows KB (31 December 1738 – 14 November 1813) was an Englishman and a general in the British Army. Military career Sir William was the son of Philip Medows, deputy range...

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) Brigadier-General James Tanner Agnew (1719 – 4 October 1777) was a British Army officer killed by a sniper in the Battle of Germantown during the American Revolutionary War. Personal Life ...

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Francis Nash (1742 – October 7, 1777) was a brigadier general killed in the American Revolutionary War. Nash was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. At an early age he became prominent as a N...

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DAR Ancestor #: A093959 Enlisted as private, 2nd Reg. MD Continental Troops, commanded by Col Thos Price and wounded at Battle of Brandywine. Blacksmith, farmer, carpenter Timothy had four brothers...

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Samuel Davies Musgrave, Sr. was the son of John Musgrave. He was born in 1747 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and died Sep. 2, 1834 in Anderson Township, Warrick Co., Indiana. Samuel married Elizaebth...

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