A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor #: A102240 Daniel Shays (c.1747 – September 29, 1825) was an American soldier, revolutionary, and farme...

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Jeremiah Olney (1749 – 10 November 1812) was born into an old family from Rhode Island. He formed a company of infantry from that state at the start of the American Revolutionary War. After serving a...

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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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Captain John Linzee was born on March 25, 1743 at Kingston, Portsea, Hants, England. He joined the Royal Navy and rose to the rank of captain at the age of 27. In 1769, he sailed to America as part o...

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Peleg Wadsworth (May 6, 1748 – July 18, 1829) was an American officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from the District of Maine. He was also grandfather of noted American poet ...

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DAR Ancestor #: A071945 Solomon Lovell (1732–1801) was a brigadier general in the militia of the state of Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the land ...

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Photo: USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") under sail, August 19, 2012 George Claghorn (July 17, 1748 [O.S. July 6, 1748 – February 3, 1824), was an American patriot who served in the War of the Ame...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of LIEUTENANT COLONEL. DAR Ancestor #: A094689 Seth Read (March 6, 1746 – March 19, 1797) was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of BRIGADIER GENERAL. DAR Ancestor #: A086405 ) John Paterson sometimes Patterson (1744 – July 19, 1808) was born in New Britain...

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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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) John Brooks (baptized May 4, 1752 – March 1, 1825) was a doctor, military officer, and politician from Massachusetts. He served as the 11th Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823, and was one ...

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William Eustis (June 10, 1753 – February 6, 1825) was an early American statesman. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and studied at the Boston Latin School before he entered Harvard College, ...

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DAR Ancestor #: A031141 Henry Dearborn (February 23, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was an American physician, a statesman and a veteran of both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Born to Si...

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DAR Ancestor #: A104148 ) Major John Simpson (December 1, 1748 – October 28, 1825) was an American Revolutionary War soldier from Deerfield, New Hampshire. He is one of several men traditionally de...

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Moses Little (1724–1798), born on May 8, 1724 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Moses Little served in the Massachusetts militia and with his company marched to the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April...

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Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge (March 5, 1739 – March 8, 1819) of South Hadley, Massachusetts, practiced medicine and law, was a colonel in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary Wa...

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) John Nixon (1724-1815) was an American brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on March 1, 1724 to Christopher an...

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) James Reed (1724 or 1722–1807) was a military officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the latter conflict. Reed was born in Lu...

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Also thought to be buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States (unsupported). --- Seth Pomeroy (May 20, 1706 – February 9, 1777) was an American gu...

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Richard Gridley (3 January 1710 – 21 June 1796) was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a soldier and engineer who served for the British Army during the French and Indian Wars and for the Continen...

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DAR Ancestor #: A066850 Thomas Knowlton (22 November 1740 – 16 September 1776) was an American patriot who served in the French and Indian War and acted as a Colonel during the American Revolution....

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) Colonel James Abercrombie (1732 – 23 June 1775) was a British army officer who died during the American Revolutionary War. There is much uncertainty about Abercrombie's family. He may have be...

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Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet (20 September 1720 – 1 August 1796) was a British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War. Life Robert Pigot was born in London, England in 1720. His ...

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Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744–1818) was a captain in the Massachusetts State Navy. Prior to its existence (or that of the Continental Navy, he commanded the sloop Unity when she captured HMS Margare...

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Gen. John Stark 1728-1822 Parents: Archibald Stark 1697-1758 and Eleanor Nichols 1702- Wife Elizabeth "Molly" "Page Children John Starks's eleven children include: Mary Caleb Gen. John ...

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) Sir Thomas Graves KCB (c.1747 – 29 March 1814) was an officer of the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of admiral after service in the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, and the Fren...

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DAR Ancestor #: A000577 Sam Adams, founder of the Boston Tea Party. The Adams Family, a Massachusetts family of statesmen, scholars, and authors that included two Presidents of the United States. I...

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John Hancock 1737-1793 Representing Massachusetts at the Continental Congress Born: January 12, 1737 Birthplace: Braintree (Quincy), Mass. Education: Graduated Harvard College (Merchant.) ...

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General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, m...

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Admiral Samuel Graves (17 April 1713 – 8 March 1787) was a British Royal Navy admiral who is probably best known for his role early in the American War of Independence. Military career Son of...

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) General Sir Henry Clinton KB (16 April 1730 – 23 December 1795) was a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence. First arr...

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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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Margaret Kemble Gage (1734-1824) was the wife of General Thomas Gage, who led the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, and is said to have spied against him out of sympathy for the Rev...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of LIEUTENANT. DAR Ancestor #: A012942 Thaddeus Bowman was the last scout sent out by Capt. John Parker at Lexington, MA, but th...

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DAR Ancestor #: A081211 ) Colonel William Munroe (October 28, 1742 – October 30, 1827) was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He was the orderly sergeant of the Lexington militia at the B...

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William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth PC, FRS (20 June 1731 – 15 July 1801), styled as Viscount Lewisham from 1732 to 1750, was a British statesman who is most remembered for his part in the government...

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He was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. He was celebrated after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, and Revere's name and h...

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. Abel Prescott, Jr. (April 12, 1749 – September 3, 1775) was one of the Americans who rode to warn that the British soldiers were coming to Concord, Massachusetts on the eve of the American Revoluti...

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Samuel Prescott (August 19, 1751 – c. 1777) was a Massachusetts Patriot during the American Revolutionary War. He is best remembered for his role in the "midnight ride" to warn the townspeople of Con...

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General Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland gained the title of 2nd Duke of Northumberland. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----------------------------- Lieutenant...

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John Pitcairn (December 28, 1722 – June 17, 1775) was a British Marine who was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts at the start of the American Revolutionary War. Pitcairn was born in late December ...

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James Barrett was Colonel of the Concord, Massachusetts Militia during the Battles of Lexington and Concord that began the American Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, during the Battle of Concord,...

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John Robinson (July 24, 1735 – June 13, 1805) was a Massachusetts militia and Continental Army officer from Westford, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, during th...

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Private Abner Hosmer was killed during the American advance on the British at the Old North Bridge in the Battle of Concord (Concord, Massachusetts). This was the first battle of the American Revolutio...

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for MASSACHUSETTS with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor #: A030323 Photo: "The Minute Man" by Daniel Chester French, depicting Isaac Davis ) Isaac Davis (Feb...

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General in Revolutionary War. Died at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. Namesake of Warren, Connecticut. When Joeph attended Harvard College with the inention of practicing medicine, he e...

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DAR Ancestor #: A054002 Wikipedia Summary "... William Heath (March 7, 1737 – January 24, 1814) was an American farmer, soldier, and political leader from Massachusetts who served as a major genera...

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) John Parker (13 July 1729 - 17 September 1775) was an American farmer, mechanic, and soldier, who commanded the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. Parker was born in Le...

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MILITARY: Lieutenant-Colonel - 4th Regiment Foot. OFFICE: Lieutenant Governor of St. Vincent, 1763 Under orders from General Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on Septe...

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Photo: The Old Powder House in Somerville, Massachusetts, as it stood in 1935, atop the hill at Nathan Tufts Park overlooking Powder House Square ------------------------------ -----------------------...

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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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Thomas Gage (c.1719 – April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander-in-chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775 during the early days of the American Revolution. Thomas Gage (1719 ...

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DAR Ancestor #: A113076 Added by Elwin Nickerson Ii about my Ancestor: Major General John Thomas Continental Army Major General John Thomas (1724 – 2 June 1776) John Thomas was an American doctor...

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DAR Ancestor #: A092589 Namesake of the General Israel Putnam House and Putnam, Connecticut Sources: Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790) was an American army general who fought...

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Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. President John Adams described him as "...uni...

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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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