DAR members come from a variety of backgrounds and interests, but all share a common bond of having an ancestor who helped contribute to securing the independence of the United States of America. Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible to join.
You can use the table below to see a list of the patriot ancestors of our current members. It’s possible to have multiple patriot ancestors in your family tree.
You can also use DAR’s online genealogical portal, the Genealogical Research System (GRS), for free.
Service Abbreviations
PVT = Private | PS = Public Service | SOL = Soldier | NONCOM = Non commissioned |
CPL = Corporal | SGT = Sergeant | ENS = Ensign | LT = Lieutenant |
CAPT = Captain | MAJ = Major | LCOL = Lieutenant Colonel | |
Last Name | FN | MN | Suffix | Rank | SVC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams | Benjamin | Pvt | MA | ||
Ambrose | Frederick | CS | PA | ||
Anderson | David | StaffOf PS | SC | ||
Andrews | Nehemiah | Pvt | MA | ||
Appell | Jacob | PS | PA | ||
Armstrong | William | CS | VA | ||
Babb | John | PS | PA | ||
Babb | John | PS | PA | ||
Badger | Obadiah | Pvt | MA | ||
Badger | Stephen | Pvt | MA | ||
Baldwin | John | Pvt | MD | ||
Barnhart | John | Wendel | PS | PA | |
Bartholomew | Henry | Sr | Pvt PS | PA | |
Beagle | Charles | Pvt | PA | ||
Beckwith | Amos | PS | NC | ||
Behney | George | Peter | Jr | Pvt | PA |
Behney | George | Peter | Sr | PS | PA |
Bennett | Richard | Sol | NC | ||
Bittner | Mathias | Pvt | PA | ||
Bitzell | Henry | PS | MD | ||
Blanchard | Reuben | Sol | GA | ||
Bliss | Henry | CS | RI | ||
Bowden | Elias | Sol | VA | ||
Bowden | John | PS | VA | ||
Bowen | Benjamin | Pvt | NC | ||
Bradford | John | Pvt | VA | ||
Breitigam | John | Pvt | PA | ||
Breitigam | Paul | PS | PA | ||
Brooks | Samuel | Capt PS | CT | ||
Brubaker | John | Pvt | PA | ||
Brumback | Hermanus | Emanuel | PS | PA | |
Buck | Abner | Pvt | CT | ||
Bull | Daniel | Pvt | NY | ||
Burbank | Thomas | Pvt | MA | ||
Burdick | Peter | Pvt | CT | ||
Carlin | Joseph | PS | LA | ||
Carpenter | Andrew | PS | VA | ||
Carr | John | Lt | PA | ||
Carson | James | PS | VA | ||
Carson | Thomas | Pvt | VA | ||
Cary | Absalom | Sol PS | NY | ||
Cary | Michael | Pvt | MD | ||
Cary | Elihu | Sol | NY | ||
Case | Jedediah | Pvt | CT | ||
Chadwell | David | Capt PS | VA | ||
Chiles | William | PS | VA | ||
Clark | Burgess | Pvt | NC | ||
Clark | John | Capt | PA | ||
Clauser | George | PS | PA | ||
Clay | Henry | PS | VA | ||
Clay | John | PS | VA | ||
Cleveland | Aaron | Sr | Capt | CT | |
Coan | Mulford | Pvt | CT | ||
Colding | Blanchard | Pvt | SC | ||
Cole | Henry | Sr | PS | NC | |
Cole | Martin | Sgt PS | NC | ||
Cooper | Fleet | Sr | PS | NC | |
Cooper | Fleet | Jr | Sol | NC | |
Cornell | William | Ens | NY | ||
Cornett | William | Pvt | VA | ||
Coryell | John | Maj PS | PA | ||
Croyle | Thomas | PS | PA | ||
Culver | Obadiah | Sol | NY | ||
Curtis | Ebenezer | Pvt | MA | ||
De La Hunte | John | PS | NC | ||
De Turk | John | Sr | PS | PA | |
De Turk | John | Jr | PS | PA | |
Dietrich | David | Pvt | NY | ||
Dinwiddie | James | Lt | VA | ||
Disbrow | Henry | Pvt | CT | ||
Dix | Elijah | Pvt | MA | ||
Dodge | Andrew | Pvt | MA | ||
Dresher | Philip | PS | PA | ||
Dupree | Jeremiah | Ens | VA | ||
Duval | Lewis | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Eaton | Aaron | Ens | CT | ||
Eblin | John | PS | PA | ||
Eldredge | Joshua | Pvt | MA | ||
Ellenwood | William | Pvt | MA | ||
Essary | John | Pvt | VA | ||
Evans | Jonathan | Capt | MA | ||
Farmer | Nathaniel | Pvt | MD | ||
Fegley | Christian | PS | PA | ||
Fitzwater | William | PS | VA | ||
Fleming | James | Pvt | PA | ||
Florence | William | Pvt | VA | ||
Forrester | Thomas | Pvt | NC | ||
Fox | Jacob | PS | VA | ||
Frey | Jacob | PS | PA | ||
Fry | Martin | PS | VA | ||
Fuller | Solomon | Lathrop | Pvt | MA | |
Fuson | William | Pvt | VA | ||
Gabbard | Jacob | Pvt | NC | ||
Gaines | Henry | PS | VA | ||
Gaines | James | Sr | PS | VA | |
Gaines | William | Pvt | VA | ||
Gardner | James | Pvt | NJ, NY | ||
Garrard | James | Col | VA | ||
Gassaway | Richard | PS | MD | ||
Gearhart | Christopher | PS | PA | ||
Gebhart | Michael | Pvt | VA | ||
Glascock | Peter | Sr | CS | VA | |
Glatfelder | George | Pvt PS | NC | ||
Goddard | John | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Gooch | Rowland | Pvt | NC | ||
Goulding | Daniel | H | Sol PS | PA | |
Green | Joseph | Capt PS | NC | ||
Greenawalt | Jacob | Jr | Capt | PA | |
Gregory | Thomas | Sol | NC | ||
Gregory | William | Pvt | NC | ||
Gwinn | Benjamin | Sol PS | VA | ||
Hake | Nicholas | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Hall | Isham | PS | VA | ||
Hamblin | David | Lt PS | NY | ||
Hamlin | Eleazer | Capt | MA | ||
Hart | John | PS SDI | NJ | ||
Hartle | Frederick | Pvt PS | MD | ||
Hartle | Hans | George | PS | MD | |
Hartsfield | Andrew | PS | NC | ||
Hatch | Nathan | Pvt | CT | ||
Heald | John | Jr | CS | MA | |
Heald | John | 3rd | Lt CS PS | MA | |
Hearne | John | Pvt | VA | ||
Heavenor | Jacob | Ens | VA | ||
Hempinstall | Abraham | Ens | VA | ||
Hench | John | Sr | PS | PA | |
Herb | Jacob | PS | PA | ||
Hess | Johann | Conrad | PS | PA | |
Hess | John | William | Ens | PA | |
Hibschman | Heinrich | Pvt PS | PA | ||
High | Daniel | PS | PA | ||
High | Rudolph | PS | PA | ||
Hill | Leroy | PS | VA | ||
House | Jacob | PS | VA | ||
Hubbell | John | Noncom PS | NJ | ||
Hudgins | Samuel | Pvt | VA | ||
Hulett | John | Sgt | MA | ||
Hunnicutt | Randolph | CS | NC | ||
Hunt | John | CS | NC | ||
Hunt | Memucan | CS PS | NC | ||
Ingersoll | William | Sr | CS PS | MA | |
Ingraham | John | PS | VA | ||
Irwin | Jared | PS | VA | ||
Jaggers | John | Pvt | NJ | ||
Jones | Ambrose | Cpl PS | VA | ||
Jones | Benjamin | Sol | VA | ||
Kelly | Hannah | PS | MA | ||
Kemp | John | Sol | GA | ||
Kepple | Andrew | Sol | PA | ||
King | John | Sr | Capt PS | MA | |
Kirk | John | Pvt | NC | ||
Klingensmith | Andrew | Pvt | PA | ||
Klingensmith | Philip | PS | PA | ||
Knauss | Henry | Capt PS | PA | ||
Landis | Jacob | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Latham | Hubbard | NCapt PS | NY | ||
Lawrence | John | Col CS PS | VA | ||
Learned | Daniel | Ens PS | CT | ||
Lee | David | Sol | SC | ||
Lehman | Christian | Sol PS | PA | ||
Levy | David | PS | PA | ||
Markell | Jacob | P | Pvt | NY | |
Marshall | Samuel | Capt PS | VA | ||
Marshall | Daniel | StaffOf PS | GA | ||
Massey | Richard | CS | NC | ||
McConnell | John | Capt | PA | ||
McCoy | John | Capt | VA | ||
McCoy | Elijah | PS | SC | ||
McCoy | Redden | Sgt | SC | ||
McCurdy | John | PS | NH | ||
McHenry | Isaac | Lt | PA | ||
McIntire | John | Pvt PS | PA | ||
McKee | Guian | Pvt | PA | ||
McLean | John | PS | NY | ||
McLean | Neal | Pvt | NY | ||
Means | John | Lt | PA | ||
Mentz | Christopher | Sol | NY | ||
Mentz | John | Pvt | NY | ||
Merckel | John | PS | PA | ||
Mickleborough | Henry | PS | VA | ||
Middleton | Arthur | PS SDI | SC | ||
Miller | Ephraim | Sgt | MA | ||
Milliken | William | Sr | CS | NC | |
Moll | Michael | PS | PA | ||
Moore | Francis | CS PS | VA | ||
Moore | David | PS | NY | ||
Moore | Robert | CS | PA | ||
Morris | Samuel | Capt | PA | ||
Moseley | William | Pvt | GA | ||
Myers | John | PS | PA | ||
Newkirk | John | Capt | NY | ||
Noble | Mark | Sol | NC | ||
Nourse | James | CS PS | VA, MD | ||
Olinger | Jacob | Sol | VA | ||
Olinger | Philip | PS | VA | ||
Olive | James | PS | NC | ||
Olive | Jesse | PS | NC | ||
Omer | Daniel | Sol | PA | ||
Osborn | Solomon | Sgt | VA | ||
Page | Jeremiah | LCol | MA | ||
Patchen | Josiah | Noncom | CT | ||
Paul | Nicholas | Lt | PA | ||
Pence | Henry | Pvt | VA | ||
Philhower | Philip | CS PS | NJ | ||
Pierce | John | Sol | GA | ||
Pinson | Thomas | PS | VA | ||
Potts | John | Pvt | PA | ||
Pratt | Nathan | Pvt | MA | ||
Raudebaugh | John | Adam | PS | VA | |
Rector | Henry | PS | VA | ||
Redway | Comfort | Pvt | CT | ||
Reiff | Daniel | Capt PS | PA | ||
Reitmeyer | George | William | Capt PS | NY | |
Rhodes | Gabriel | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Rice | Benjamin | Lt CS PS | VA | ||
Ringo | Burtis | PS | VA | ||
Rippetoe | William | PS | NC | ||
Riser | Casper | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Riser | Ulrich | PS | PA | ||
Riser | John | PS | PA | ||
Ritchie | John | Pvt | VA | ||
Ross | James | Sol | RI | ||
Rothermel | Paul | PS | PA | ||
Royster | Nathaniel | Lt | VA | ||
Ruth | Michael | PS | PA | ||
Saunders | Gunnell | Lt | VA | ||
Schepmoes | William | Pvt | NY | ||
Schlottman | Alexander | PS | PA | ||
Schweyer | Nicholas | Sr | PS | PA | |
Searcy | Reuben | CS PS | NC | ||
Shaffer | Jacob | Pvt | PA | ||
Shane | Peter | PS | PA | ||
Shellenberger | Lorentz | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Shellenberger | Maria | Christina | PS | PA | |
Shirk | Ulrich | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Shoemaker | Henry | Lt PS | PA | ||
Simpson | John | Pvt | NH | ||
Small | Peter | Pvt | PA | ||
Smith | Seth | Sgt | CT | ||
Smith | Joseph | Pvt | VA | ||
Southard | Abraham | Pvt | NJ | ||
Sovain | Abraham | PS | VA | ||
Spalding | Asa | Pvt | MA | ||
Sparks | Matthew | Jr | Pvt | NC | |
Spear | Samuel | Pvt | NC | ||
Spear | Samuel | Sgt | MA | ||
Stambach | Anna | Christina | PS | PA | |
Stocker | Andrew | Pvt PS | PA | ||
Strack | Henry | PS | PA | ||
Sumner | Joseph | Sol | GA | ||
Swain | Stephen | Ens PS | NC | ||
Taylor | Chase | Capt | NH | ||
Terwilliger | Simon | Sgt | NY | ||
Thatcher | Jeremiah | PS | NJ | ||
Thompson | Joseph | PS | SC | ||
Thompson | Benjamin | Sr | PS | GA | |
Tolman | Thomas | Lt PS | MA, VT | ||
Umberger | Heinrich | PS | PA | ||
Valle | Francois | PS | LA | ||
Van De Mark | Wilhelmus | Lt | NY | ||
Van Tuyl | Isaac | Ens | NJ | ||
Waring | Robert | Payne | Capt CS PS | VA | |
Warner | John | Sol | VA | ||
Watts | Jacob | PS | VA | ||
Webster | Moses | Pvt | NH | ||
Welshans | Jacob | Ens | PA | ||
White | Mark | PS | MA | ||
White | George | Sr | CS | CT | |
White | George | Jr | Capt | NY | |
White | Nathaniel | Sgt | NY | ||
White | James | PS | PA | ||
Wilder | Lot | Pvt | MA | ||
Wisler | Andrew | Pvt | PA | ||
Wofford | William | LCol CS PS | SC | ||
Wohlpart | George | PS | PA | ||
Woodbury | Joshua | CS | MA | ||
Woodford | William | Pvt | VA | ||
Young | William | PS | VA | ||
Ziegler | Melchior | PS | PA | ||
Ziegler | Philip | Sol PS | PA |