Our Lexington Chapter NSDAR members are certified descendants of these patriots whose service helped establish American independence. If you recognize a name from your own ancestry and would like to explore the genealogy, please contact us. We may be able to help!
All chapter members can trace their direct ancestry to a person who served the cause of the American Revolution. These were people who served as soldiers, signed loyalty oaths, gave supplies, sewed clothing, hid armaments, helped organize the new government, kept towns running, beat the drums, rallied the people, fed the troops, and a myriad of other things that made the struggle for freedom a success.
The Lexington Chapter NSDAR members descend from patriots including twelve of the original thirteen colonies which engaged in the Revolutionary War. Only Delaware is missing. Can you fill in our gap?
Here is a list of our documented patriots showing their rank or type of service and the state where they served.
Captain John Parker in Lexington, MA
 Name | State | Name | State | Name | State |
Brittain Adams, PS | NC | Pvt. James Agens | NY, MD | Pvt. Richard Aldrich | RI |
John Anthony, PS | VA | Pvt. Samuel Ayer | NH | Pvt. James Baker | NY |
Sgt. Nehemiah Ball | NJ | Pvt. Stephen Barnum | CT | Lt. Col. Nathan Barrett | MA |
Col. James Barrett, Sr. | MA | Peter Bent, CS, PS | MA | Pvt. Ezra Blaisdell | NH |
Sgt. Jesse Bolling | NC | Col. Daniel Boone, CS, PS | VA | Pvt. John Bronsdon | MA |
Cpl. Isaac Buck | MA | Pvt. George Buffington | PA | Pvt. John Carothers | NC, SC |
Pvt. Ninian Chamberlain | PA | Pvt. Joseph Chaplin | MA | Pvt. James Chappelear | MD |
Stephen Choate, CS, PS | MA | Capt. Joseph Churchill | CT | Sgt. Joseph Clark | CT |
Sol. Mitchel Clay, PS | VA | Pvt. Elisha Clayton | NJ | Capt. Benjamin Coe | RI |
Cpl. Amos Conant, PS | NH | Pvt. Nathaniel Cone | CT | Pvt. Asa Corbin | CT |
Capt. Agreen Crabtree | MA | Andrew Creveling, PS | NJ | Sgt. Shubael Crowell | MA |
SN Benjamin Curtis | MA | Pvt. Thomas Cutler | MA | John Cutter, PS | MA |
Col. John Daggett, PS | MA | Pvt. David Dennison | MA | Capt. John Dickey, PS | NC |
Pvt. Godfrey Diefendorfer | PA | Pvt. James Dobbins | SC | Cpl. John Dow | MA |
Sgt. Clementius Dowden | MD | Sgt. Benjamin Duval, PS | MD | Sgt. James Eaton | NH |
Pvt. Michael Eddy | RI | Pvt. George Ellsworth | NY | Salmon Emmons, CS, PS | CT |
Ephraim Fairbanks, Sr., CS, PS | MA | Pvt. Nathaniel Fairbanks | MA | Pvt. Jonas Faulkner | MA |
Pvt. Elijah Fisher | MA | Col. Reuben Fogg | MA | Pvt. Jonas French | MA |
NCO Joseph Gary | MA | Pvt. Joseph Giddings | CT | Pvt. Eli Gould | MA |
Lt. Henry Grier | PA | Pvt. Moses Griggs | MA | Lt. Col. Thomas H Grosvenor | CT |
Pvt. Thomas Hadley | MA | Lt. Gideon Hall | NY | Sgt. Moses Hall | MA |
Lt. Benjamin Harnden | MA | Lt. Moses Harriman | MA | Jonathan Harrington, Sr., CS, PS | MA |
2nd Lt. Moses Harrington | MA | Sol. Hugh Harris | NC | John Hart, PS | NJ |
Zaccheus Hatch | MA | Joseph Hayes, PS | PA | Benjamin Heiskell, PS | MD |
Cpl. Jonas Hobart | NH | Pvt. Philo Hodge | CT | Sol. William Hodge | CT |
Pvt. Jacob Houser | PA | Pvt. Thaddeus Howe | MA | Pvt. Asa Howe, Jr. | MA |
Pvt. Ebenezer Hoyt | MA | Pvt. Amos Humphrey | MA | Pvt. Jonathan Ingalls | MA |
Pvt. John Ingraham, Jr. | RI | Pvt. David Jewett | MA | Sol. Uriah Jillson | RI |
Pvt. George Keck, PS | PA | Abel Kimball, PS | CT | Amasa Kingsbury, CS, PS | MA |
Pvt. John Knox | MA | Pvt. Peter Krake, PS | PA | Pvt. James Lane | MA |
Benedict Arnold Law, PS | CT | Cpl. Jonas Learned | MA | Capt. Thomas Lee | NY |
Capt. John Lillard, Sr. | VA | Abigail Hagar Livermore, PS | MA | Ralph Logsdon, PS | MD |
Pvt. Joseph Lord, Sr. | CT | Pvt. Isaac Marion | MA | Pvt. Alexander McClure | VA |
John Jacob Mickley | PA | Pvt. John Benjamin Mitchell | CT | George Adam Mohler, PS | VA |
Pvt. Jonathan Moore | NY, NJ | Capt. Samuel Moore | NH | Col. Zacquill Morgan, PS | VA |
Pvt. Amos Morse | MA | James Muse, Sr., CS | NC | Lt. Daniel Newcomb, PS | MA |
Cpl. Bethuel Norton | CT | Pvt. Leonard Parkhurst | MA | Pvt. John Phillips | VT, CT, NY |
Pvt. Jonathan Phillips | PA | Isaac Phinney, CS, PS | MA | Joseph Powell | NC |
Moses Putnam, CS | NH | Pvt. Edmund Quincy, PS | MA | Jacob Ramey, Sr., PS | VA |
Joseph Reese, PS | SC | Pvt. Asa Rogers | MD | Maj. John Rolle | MD |
Sol. Jacob Rudy | VA | Cpl. Christian Ruffner | PA | Sgt. George Adam Ruffner | PA |
Pvt. Abel Sage | MA | Pvt. Thomas Saltmarsh | NH | Pvt. Nathan Savory | MA |
Eliphaz Shelton, PS | VA | Pvt. Elisha Smith | NY | Benjamin Smith, PS | NH |
Pvt. James Spencer | CT | Pvt. William Sperling | VA | David Stearns, Sr., PS | MA |
Pvt. Cutting Stevens, PS | NH | Sgt. John Story, CS | MA | Pvt. Abraham Stryker, Jr. | NJ |
James Tarbell, PS | MA | Capt. Benajah Thompson | NJ | Pvt. Asa Tracy | MA |
Benjamin Tufts, Sr., PS | MA | Pvt. Job Turner | MA | John Turner, Sr., CS, PS | MA |
Pvt. Watts Turner, PS | MA | Lt. Col. Samuel Tuthill | NJ | Pvt. Jonathan Warner | MA |
Capt. Wilhelmus Westfall | NY | Capt. Benjamin Whaley | VA | James Whaley, PS | VA |
Sgt. Asa Wheelock | MA | Lt. Ebenezer White | MA | 2nd Lt. Thomas Whitman | MA |
Pvt. Zachariah Whitman | MA | NCO Jacob Whitney | MA | Jeremiah Whittemore, PS | MA |
Pvt. James Wills | RI, MA | Enos Woodward, PS | CT | Richard Woolworth, CS, PS | MA |
Pvt. Isaac Wright | MD | NCO Charles Young | PA | Col. Francis Ottomar Ziegler | PA |
LEGEND: Adc.—Aide-de-Camp Brig. Gen.—Brigadier General Capt.—Captain Chp.—Chaplain Cl.—Continental Line Col.—Colonel Cpl.—Corporal CS—Civil Service Ens.—Ensign Fif.—Fifer 1st Lt.—First Lieutenant 2nd Lt.—Second Lieutenant Lt.—Lieutenant Lt. Col.—Lieutenant Colonel |
Maj.—Major MM—Minute Man Mus.—Musician NCO—Non-Commissioned Officer Ordl.—Orderly Pnsr.—Pensioner PS—Patriotic Service Pvt.—Private S.D.I.—Signer of The Declaration of Independence Sgt.—Sergeant Sgt. Maj.—Sergeant Major Sol.—Soldier Staff Ofc.—Staff Officer Wpnsr.—Wife who received pension |