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Roger Sherman Chapter, NSDAR, Inc.
New Milford, Connecticut

Roger Sherman Chapter NSDAR, inc. New Milford, Connecticut

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Revolutionary War patriots wall of honor

What is a Patriot?

What is a Patriot?

What is a Patriot?

Patriots” were those who resided in the Thirteen Colonies and rejected British rule. They were known as Continentals, rebels, and revolutionaries. Their opposition, the Loyalists, was in support of continued British law. In July of 1776, the United States of America declared itself an independent nation. ​  

What is a Patriot?

What is a Patriot?

Patriots were from every social, economic, and ethnic background. Lawyers, wives, students, planters, merchants, farmers, slaves, and freemen were among those who fought for independence or supported the cause with Patriotic Service or Civil Service.

CONNECTICUT

Joseph Adams, PS      
Aaron Barber, CS             
George Batterson, PVT  
Othniel Belding, PVT    
Richard Blake, PVT   
*Benjamin Bostwick, CS 
Levi Bostwick, PVT        
Thaddeus Bronson, CS    
James Buck, CS         
Turney Bulkley, ENS        
Benajah Burgess, SOL     
John Burgess, Sr., PS 
George Burnham, PS 

Amos Calkins, PVT   
*Jeremiah Canfield, PS 
Moses Cass, PVT           
Jeremiah Chapman, SGT
Noah Chappell, PVT    
Stephen Collins, PVT     
Elisha Dickinson, PS 
John Drew, CS, PS       
Abel Edwards, CPL 
​James Fairchild, CS, PS 
Silas Fairchild, CS, PS 

Eliphalet Ferry, Sgt
Ephraim Gates, CS 
Thomas Gates, CPL  
Noah Gillette, PVT

John Goodsell, Pvt

*Phineas Gorham, PVT
Edmond Grandy, PVT   
Joseph Hart, CS          
*Solomon Hill, PVT    
Gideon Hollister, PS     
Ezra Hutchinson, PVT 
Jonathan Jessup, PVT 

John Peter Kenter, PVT   
Thomas Knowlton, Sr., LCOL
Hezekiah Lee, PVT, PS 
Nehemiah Lewis, PVT            
Hezekiah Matteson, PS 

*Benjamin Mead, PVT             
John Mead, BGEN, PS

Noah Monroe, SOL          
*Zadoch Noble, PS 
*Amos Northrop, LT 
​William Odell, PVT, PS           
Mark Parmelee, PVT              
Jonas Partello, PS    
​Isaac Pease, PVT                    
Noah Phelps, PVT                  
John Pierce, CS, PS     
Joseph Platt, PVT 
James Richards, Sr., CS, PS
*Benjamin Abijah Ruggles, PVT
*Jeremiah Rundle, PVT 
Elkanah Sears, CS, PS  

Isaac Sears, PVT, CS, PS
Joseph Smith, CS                   
Ebenezer Spencer, PS            
Joseph Spencer, Sr., MGEN, CS, PS

Daniel Starr, LT
*Benjamin Stone, CAPT 
Francis Swords, PVT               
Joshua Taylor, SGT                
*James Terrell, PS

*John Terrell, PS
Daniel Trowbridge, PS
Daniel Wood, Jr., PVT, PS     
Daniel Wood, Sr., PS             
Theodore Woodbridge, STAFFOF 
John Woodruff, PVT, CS, PS


GEORGIA
​Thomas Hanna, PVT


MARYLAND

Isaac Darnell, PS 

Christian Hoffert, PS


MASSACHUSETTS
Giles Alexander, PVT
Asa Barrows, PVT
Philemon Collins, PVT
Jonah Crosby, CS, PS
Ambrose Hamilton, PVT
Maximillian Jewett, PVT
Joel Kellogg, PVT
Jonathan Kezer, PVT
Seth Mann, Sr., PVT
Silas Rawson, PVT
Gersham Rust, SGT
Samuel Sampson, PVT
Jacob Stewart, ENS
Benjamin Stockbridge, LT
Solomon Tracy, PVT
Oliver Walton, PVT
David C. Warner, PVT
Israel Washburn, Jr., SGT


NEW HAMPSHIRE

​Hugh Alexander, PVT
Thomas Baker, Sr., CS, PS

Enos Bishop, PVT
James Robertson, LT


​NEW JERSEY

​Abel Everett, PS
​​Abner Leach, PVT
John Ludlam, PS
William Marsh, Sr., PS
​​David Ross, Sr., PS
Cornelius Vermeule, PS


NEW YORK ​

John Carpenter, PS 

John Clark, PS 

Jacob Rutsen DeWitt, CAPT 

Michael Harter, PS 

Peter Harter, PVT 

John Houghtaling, PVT 

George Kilmer, CS ​

Simon Kilmer, PS 

Lawrence Land, PVT​ 

Jacob Lobdell, PVT 

Nathaniel Mighill, LT 

Henry Plass, PVT 

John Reynolds, PVTbishop

John Stillwell, SOL 

Henry Tingue, CS 

John T. Visscher, LT



Patriot Service and Military Ranks

NORTH CAROLINA

Benjamin Buchanan, PS 

Amos Love, CAPT 

Jacob Neely, PVT


PENNSYLVANIA

​​Bernet Eisenhuth, PVT
Christian Funk, PS
John Gearhart, ENS
Adam Gotwals, PS
Henry Gotwals, PS
Phillip Gruber, PVT, PS​​​​​
Mary Schnauffer Hillpot, PS
Jared Ingersoll, PS
Philip Jacob King, Jr., PVT
Ludwick Long, PS
John Lyle, CAPT
George Marsteller, PS
John Miner, CAPT
Philip Mood, PS
Johann Nicholas Pope, PS
Maria Catherine Lazarus Pope, PS
John Rosenberger, PVT, PS
Elias Scholl, PS
Conrad Shellenberger, SOL, PS
Johannes Shellenberger, PS
Robert Smith, PVT
Baltser Steck, PVT
Michael Weaver, CAPT
Michael Zerbe, SGT


RHODE ISLAND
​Gideon Crandall, PVT
George Matteson, PVT, PS


SOUTH CAROLINA 

John McDavid, PS


VIRGINIA
Thomas Cheeley, PS

John Fitzgerald, PS
Henry Haynes, PS
Jacob Hiestand, PVT, PS
Timothy Hixon, CAPT
Wyatt Parker, PVT
Gregory Richard, PS
Francis Webb, MID


VERMONT
Lemuel Buck, Sr., PS



Patriot Service and Military Ranks

Patriot Service and Military Ranks

Patriot Service and Military Ranks

Abbreviations 

BGEN — Brigadier Gen 

CAPT — Captain 

CS — Civil Service 

CPL — Corporal 

ENS — Ensign 

LT — Lieutenant 

LCOL — Lieutenant Colonel 

MID -- Midshipman

MGEN — Major General

PS — Patriotic Service 

PVT — Private 

SGT — Sergeant 

SOL — Soldier

STAFFOF — Staff Officer


The Patriots marked with a  star (*) are New Milford Patriots

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The Patriots listed above have been researched and proven by members of the Roger Sherman Chapter NSDAR, Inc.

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​Last Updated: October 12, 2024


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