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Our Revolutionary War Patriot Ancestors

All of our ancestor patriots lived in one of the 13 original colonies at their time of service in the Revolutionary War.
Connecticut
Abel Abel
Abner Adams

Sherman Babcock
James Benedict
John Charter, Jr.
Johnathon Colton
Joel Doane
Jonathan Dorr, Sr.
Elijah Jones
Levi Loveland
Asa/Asahel North
Abijah Savage

Judah Paddack Spooner
Joseph Whiston

Delaware
William Butcher
​Hugh Stephenson
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Massachusetts
Joseph Horton
Philip Ingraham
John Langdon
David Nichols
Joseph Penley

Ebenezer Raymond
John Sprague
Thomas Whipple
James Wilder

Maryland
Thomas Belt
William Chipley
Christopher Coy
James Howard
​George Stricker


New Hampshire
JosephAtwood
Abijah Pinkham
Thomas Pinkham
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New Jersey
Andrew Bray
Jonathan Catlin
William Chamberlain
Richard Compton
William Eastlick
Philip Fulkerson
Thomas Gardner
​John Miller


New York
Solomon Lemley
Thode Norton


North Carolina
William Bridge
Henry Carter
George Dickey
James Garrison
Richard Haskins

Ambrose Mauldin
James Mauldin
Benjamin Melton

John Melton
North Carolina (Cont.)
​Zachariah Melton
Joseph Neely
John Nicks
​Joshua Taylor

Robert Taylor
James Thomas, Jr.
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Pennsylvania
Melchior Brenneman
Emanuel Brown
Robert Fitzrandolp
John Fridley
Jacob Fry
Christopher Harrold
Mathew Hennen
John Kelly
Joseph Lawrence
Peter Mann
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Daniel McFarland
Michael Miller
William Mooberry
Jacob Rettge

Mathias Ruble
Stephen Sink
Christopher Stark
Daniel Stark
James Stark


Rhode Island
William Crandall
John Hoxie
Boomer Jenks


South Carolina
Jacob Barker
William Hamilton
Samuel Knox

Vermont
James Walworth 

Virginia
Malcum Allen
Thomas Anderson
Henry Buford
George Coffinberry
James Curtis
Job Curtis
Henry Dressler
David Edwards
William Forman
William Hawkins
Samuel Henderson, Sr.
Robert Hodgen
John Jefferson
James Manus
Jesse Maxey
Frederick Mayberry, Jr.
John Mcclure
Patrick Mcelyea
Hugh Morrison
Adam Rickabaugh
William Saxton

Michael Snyder ​
William Tyler
Isaac Votaw
Updated 8 August 22
Did you know? 
  • More Revolutionary War battles were fought in South Carolina than in any other state. At least 250 well-documented conflicts took place there, including three of the war's most decisive battles —Camden, Cowpens and Kings Mountain.
  • The Revolutionary War officially ended on September 3,  1783, when the Peace of Paris was signed.​
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Melton and Coy memorialMarker honoring three patriots buried in Wabash County, IL.
Three of our patriots, Benjamin Melton, Christopher Coy and Jacob Barker, died and are buried in Illinois.
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Christopher Coy was born in Maryland in 1761. He enlisted in 1779 under Captain Henry Gaither and Colonel William Smallwood. He served to the close of the war at the siege of Yorktown. He moved to Kentucky and from there to Lawrence County, Illinois, where he died on October 12, 1839. He is buried in the Spring Hill cemetery. He was pensioned.

Benjamin Melton served in the North Carolina troops with Captain Berry Turner and Colonel Henry Dixon in 1776. He was drafted in 1781 and served three months with Captain William Hardin and Major Sharp. He later served for one year with Captain Tilgham Dixon and Colonel Henry Dixon. He came to Lawrence County, Illinois in 1820 and died there. He is buried in the Melton graveyard in Denison township. He was pensioned. Benjamin Melton was Christopher Coy's son-in-law.

The historical monument above, was dedicated by the DAR and the American Legion to honor Christopher Coy, Benjamin Melton and William Melton. The marker is located south of Bridgeport, Illinois. 

Jacob Barker was from South Carolina where he was born in 1764.  He served as a private under Captains Bishop, Mayberry, Hill and Brashers, as well as Colonels Winn and David Hopkins. He did not receive a pension as he served for less than six months.  He died on July 19, 1847 and is buried in the Barker Cemetery in Hamilton County, Illinois. 
Barker tombstone
Jacob Barker's tombstone
Barker Cemetery
Barker family cemetery
Barker tombstone
Commemorative marker
Click here for a partial list of Patriots buried in Illinois. ​​  If you are a member of the Rockford Chapter NSDAR and have a patriot ancestor buried in Illinois, please contact Marsha Ackerman so we can add your ancestor to this page.   
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