Kankakee Chapter
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Our Patriots
Listed are name, rank, state of service, and spouse for patriot ancestors of the Kankakee Chapter NSDAR members. This list includes patriots of the American Revolutionary War and ancestors who contributed to the independence cause through civil or patriotic service.
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Rank Legend
| ADJ | Adjutant |
| ARTIF | Artificer |
| CAPT | Captain |
| COL | Colonel |
| CPL | Corporal |
| CS | Civil Service |
| ENS | Ensign |
| LT | Lieutenant |
| LTC | Lieutenant Colonel |
| MAJ | Major |
| PS | Patriotic Service |
| PVT | Private |
| QM | Quartermaster |
| SN | Seaman |
| SGT | Sergeant |
| STAFFOF | Staff Officer |
| SOL | Soldier |
| Patriot | Rank | State | Spouse | |
| Noah Alden | PS | MA | Joanna Vaughn | |
| Issac Andrews | PVT | NH | Rebecca Symonds | |
| James Bachelder | PVT | NH | Hannah Southworth | |
| John Ball | CAPT | VA | Sarah Ellen Payne | |
| Lemuel Bancroft | PVT | MA | Comfort Munson | |
| Adam Bantz | PS | MD | Maria Elizabeth | |
| Adam Barr, Sr. | PS | DE | Mary Claycomb | |
| Benjamin Barstow | PVT | MA | Susannah Hussey | |
| Benjamin Barton | PVT | MA | Mehitable Frye | |
| Hinsdale Bates | PVT | CT | Hannah Sutlift | |
| Oliver Bates | CAPT | CT | Lois Drew | |
| James William Bell | PVT | PA | Mary Ford | |
| Onesimus Bell | SOL | NJ | Anna Cosart | |
| Samuel Benton | PS | CT | Prudence Seymour | |
| George Bloom | PVT | PA | Mary Ater | |
| William Bodley | MAJ | PA | Isabella Parker | |
| Henry Bollinger | PS | NC | Mary Magdelene Savits | |
| John Bordner | ENS | PA | Anna/Maria Groh | |
| Jacob Borror | PVT | VA | Magdalene Strader | |
| John Bowman | PVT | PA | Eve Breneman | |
| Alexander Breckenridge | CAPT | VA | Magdalene Gamble | |
| John Brewer | PVT | NY | Mary Twist | |
| David Bright | PS | PA | Sarah | |
| John Bright | PVT | PA | Anna Maria Leiss | |
| William Brockett | CAPT | SC | Martha (Patsy) Ives | |
| Abner Brown | PVT | MA | Naomi | |
| Daniel Brown | LT | MA | Rebecca Cleveland | |
| William Browning | PS | MA | Rebecca McFarland | |
| Adam Bruner | PVT | PA | Elizabeth Rice | |
| Frederick Bumpus | PVT | NY | Catherine | |
| Jabez Burchard | PVT | MA | Lucina Barton | |
| Frederick Burnham | SOL | VT | ||
| William Busby | LT | NJ | Sarah Burrough | |
| James Butterfield | ENS | NH | Lydia Sawyer | |
| Matthias Button | CAPT | VT | Phoebe Brown Butts | |
| Joseph Button | CPL | VT | Sarah Glass | |
| Edmund Chadwick | STAFFOF | NH | Elizabeth Gookin | |
| James Chesebrough | PVT | RI | Lucy Pendleton | |
| Thomas Choate | CAPT | MA | Dorothy Proctor | |
| Asahel Clark | LT | MA | Submit Clapp | |
| Benjamin Clark | SGT | MA | Thankful Watkins | |
| John Clark | SGT | MD | Jane | |
| Thomas Clark, Sr. | PVT | VA | Jemima Scutt | |
| William Clark | LTC | MA | Mary Mower | |
| Joshua Collins | SOL | NY | Mary White | |
| Gilbert Coombs | PVT | NJ | Christiana Denton | |
| William Comins | LT | MA | Margaret Hammond | |
| William Covenhoven | PVT | NJ | Elizabeth Schenck | |
| St. Leger Cowley | ADJ | NY | Mary Reed | |
| Charles Cracraf | MAJ | PA | Eleanor Atkinson | |
| William Craig | PVT | VA | Jane Allen | |
| Joseph Crane | LT | NJ | Ruth Miller | |
| Alexander Culbertson | PVT | PA | Ruth Brice | |
| James Curry | CAPT | VA | Mary Magdalene Burns | |
| John Darling | PVT | NH | Phebe Robert | |
| Henry Darrah | CAPT | PA | Ann Jamison | |
| Daniel Davis, Jr. | CAPT | CT | Elizabeth Whittemore | |
| Frederick DeGraff | PVT | NY | Sarah G. Marselis | |
| James De Jarnette | CAPT | VA | Edna George | |
| John Dent | LT | VA | Margaret Evans | |
| John Dietrich | CPL | PA | Anna Margaretha Long | |
| George Dieffenbaugh | ENS | PA | Ava Maria Magdalene Kapp | |
| John Dresser | CS | MA | Sara Scott | |
| Julius Dugger | PVT | NC | Mary Hall | |
| Gideon Durfee | PVT | RI | Anne Bowen | |
| George Dyer | LT | MD | Rachel Dalton | |
| Thomas Dyer | PS | MD | Sarah Webster | |
| Josiah Emery | PVT | NH | Rebecca Woodman | |
| Joseph Enos | PVT | CT | Abigail Keyes | |
| Jacob Erb | PS | PA | Magdalena Schantz | |
| John Erb | PVT | PA | Judith Hull | |
| Simon Farmer | PVT | MA | Relief Stearns | |
| William Findley | CAPT | PA | Mary Cochran | |
| James Firth | PVT | DE | Phoebe Thompson | |
| John Fluke | PVT | PA | Dorothy Ott | |
| Ebenezer Foss | SOL | NH | Sarah Hoyt | |
| William Garrard | PVT | SC | Ruth Sharp | |
| John Garrett | MAJ | CT | Mary Woodford | |
| George Adam Geiss | PS | PA | Anna Barbara Haag | |
| Thomas Gillfillan | PVT | PA | Agnes High | |
| Elnathan Goodrich | PS | CT | Elizabeth Showers | |
| Andrew Gordon | PS | MA | Martha Whitten | |
| Edmund Grandey | PVT | CT | Mary Hinsdale | |
| Benjamin Green | SOL | MD | Elizabeth Thomas | |
| Thomas Greenwood | CPL | MA | Mary Goodrich | |
| Stephen Gregory | PVT | CT | Mary Benedict | |
| Leonard Griesemer | PS | PA | Elizabeth LaFebre | |
| John Grigsby | PS | VA | Rosanna Etchison | |
| William Grimes | SGT | NH | Mary Willard | |
| Moses Griswold | SGT | CT | Anna Holcomb | |
| Jacob Gundy | PVT | PA | Katherine Maury | |
| Johan Georg Haag, Sr. | PS | PA | Appolonia | |
| Jonathan Hakes, Sr. | PVT | CT | Hannah F. Brown | |
| David Hamblin | 2LT | NY | Hannah Townsend | |
| Andrew Hannah | 2LT | VA | Anne Cunningham | |
| Hezekiah Hardesty | PVT | PA | Sarah Griffin | |
| Michael Harness | PS | VA | Maria Elizabeth Diffenbach | |
| Jonathan Harnet | LT | PA | Catherine Arvacost | |
| Jacob Harvick | PVT | NC | Catherine | |
| Arthur Hathaway | CPL | MA | Esther Tobey | |
| Samuel Hawkins | PVT | VA | Christina Worthington | |
| Israel Haynes | PVT | MA | Sarah Darby | |
| Thomas Heaton | PVT | VA | Susan Taylor | |
| James Hendricks | PS | VA | Priscilla Pettit | |
| Okey Hendrickson | PVT | NJ | Mary Ann Steepe | |
| John Herrick | CPL | CT | Anise Newton | |
| George Baltzer Hess | PS | PA | Mary Eve Hansel | |
| John Hilton | PVT | MA | Rachel Gray | |
| Joseph Hitchcock | SOL | MA | Mary Burt | |
| James Hodges | SGT | NY | Abigail Cable | |
| George Holmes | PVT | MA | Rachel Allen | |
| John Holmes | PS | PA | Elizabeth Jacques | |
| Robert Holmes | LT | NC | Margery | |
| Jonathan Houghton | PVT | VT | Joanna Burgh | |
| Antipas Howe | PVT | NH | Joanna Lawrence | |
| Daniel Howe | CAPT | VA | Nancy Haven | |
| Barnabas Howes | SN | MA | Lois Mayo | |
| John Hoyt | PS | NH | Abigail Carter | |
| Richard Hubbell III | PS | CT | Penelope Fayerweather | |
| Benjamin Hutchens | LTC | CT | Ruth | |
| Strangeman Hutchins | PS | VA | Elizabeth Cox | |
| Stephen Hyland | COL | MD | Araminta Hamm | |
| James Ingels | PVT | PA | Catherine Boone Dehart | |
| Nelson Jolley | PVT | PA | Mary Graham | |
| Michael Kegereis | PVT | PA | Anna Margaretha Hettler | |
| Griffith Johnson | CAPT | MD | Elizabeth Thomas | |
| Silas Kellogg | PVT | MA | Sarah Cook | |
| Benjamin Kingsley | CPL | MA | Innocent Mason | |
| James Knight | PVT | PA | Margaret Prigmore | |
| Ebenezer Lacey | SGT | CT | Freelove Canfield | |
| Johannes Lanius | PS | NC | Anna Catherina Rominger | |
| Joseph Leavitt | SGT | MA | Nancy Ann Bradbury | |
| Peter Leiss | PS | PA | Catherine Elisabeth Mann, Susanna Muller | |
| Abijah Livermore | LT | MA | Anna Graves | |
| John Long | PS | PA | Mary Barbara La Bar | |
| Nathaniel Thomas Loring | CPL | MA | Sarah Watson | |
| Jacob Levi Lough | SGT | MD | Nancy Warner | |
| Jacob Lowell | PVT | NH | Sally Keyes | |
| Benjamin Lyon | CAPT | CT | Sara May | |
| Gershom Makepeace | PS | MA | Jane Elyot | |
| Matthew Manchester | PS | RI | Freelove Gorton | |
| John Mann | PVT | PA | Annie Dean | |
| John George Mansperger | PVT | PA | Mary | |
| Elisha Mason | ARTIF | CT | Lucretia Webster | |
| Thomas Maxwell | SOL | VA | Mary Pemberton | |
| John McDougall | ENS | NY | Elizabeth Beattie | |
| John McCain | PVT | NJ | Elizabeth Logan | |
| Amos McKinstry | PVT | MA | Sarah Pike | |
| Thomas McLaughlin | CAPT | NH | Margaret Ayers | |
| Abdiel McClure | LT | PA | Mary Cummins | |
| Roger McPike | CPL | VA | Sarah Drake | |
| Elijah Mitchell | PVT | NC | Sarah Freland | |
| Joseph Morris | MAJ | NJ | Hannah Ford | |
| John Mosby | PS | VA | Elizabeth | |
| Daniel Munger | PVT | MA | Elizabeth Worthington | |
| Patrick Murray | PVT | PA | Mary Brereton Beatty | |
| Samuel Musgrove | PVT | PA | Elizabeth | |
| John Myer | SOL | MD | Ann Charity Wise | |
| Joseph Neely | PVT | PA | Martha Johnston | |
| John Newell | PVT | MA | Mary Willard | |
| Adam Nichols | PVT | MA, NH | Polly Andrews | |
| Christian Ober | PVT | PA | Elizabeth Huntsberger | |
| Gabriel Ogden | PVT | NJ | Mary Shotwell | |
| Gideon Olin | MAJ | MA | Patience Dwinell | |
| George Orwig | PVT | PA | Maria Magdalen Gilbert | |
| Robert Otis | PVT | CT | Lydia | |
| Thomas Owsley | PS | VA | Mary Middleton | |
| Rufus Park | PVT | CT | Zerviah Larabee | |
| Asa Payso | SGT | MA | Elizabeth Whitney | |
| Isaac Peabody | CAPT | NY | Molly Clark | |
| Ezekiel Pearce | PVT | RI | Sarah | |
| David Perry | LT | CT | Anna Bliss | |
| Nathaniel Phelps | PS | CT | Mary Curtice | |
| Abiel Pierce | CAPT | MA | Hannah Canedy | |
| William Pierce | PVT | VA | Elizabeth Freeman | |
| Nehemiah Porter | STAFFOF | MA | Rebecca Chipman | |
| John Powers | PVT | CT | Anna Napier Meyers | |
| Samuel Pratt | PVT | MA | Experience White | |
| Simon Prior | PVT | NJ | Susannah Morgan | |
| Christopher Prong | PVT | PA | Elizabeth | |
| Zadock Putnam | SGT | MA | Abigail Elliott | |
| John Ransom | CS | CT | Bethia Lewis | |
| Michael Rantz | PVT | PA | Sarah Dietrich | |
| Seth Reed | LTC | MA | Hannah Harwood | |
| Daniel Rhoads | PVT | PA | Eva Foust | |
| Edward Robinson | PVT | MA | Eunice Rix | |
| Christopher Rockey | PS | PA | Catherine Funk | |
| Daniel Robertson | PVT | VA | Nancy Agnes | |
| Samuel Rogers | PVT | NY | Rebecca Brown | |
| Simeon Rogers | PVT | NJ | Abigail Howard | |
| Jacob Roller | PS | PA | Maria Agnes Hammer | |
| Andrew Rudy | PVT | PA | Catherine Baer | |
| Abraham Rundel | PVT | NY | Mercy Reynolds | |
| Ezra Rutty | ENS | NY | Mary Simons | |
| Samuel Rutty | SOL | MA | Patience Wright | |
| Thomas Samuell | CS | VA | Ann Brooking | |
| Thomas Sawyer | PVT | MA | Susanna Wilder | |
| Jochem Schoonmaker | PS | NY | Lydia Rosekrans | |
| Simeon Shurtleff | LT | MA | Submit Kingman | |
| Arthur Scott | CAPT | NC | Frances Kerr | |
| Nathan Shaw | LT | NJ | Julia Meyers | |
| Rees Shelby | SOL | NC | Mary | |
| Jabesh Shipman | PS | NJ | Phebe Rogers | |
| Henry Shreffler, Jr. | PVT | PA | Christina Kaerper | |
| Jacob Snyder | PVT | VA | Margaret | |
| Jacob Staley Sr. | PVT | PA | Catherine | |
| Phineas Stearns | PVT | MA | Mary Wellington | |
| William Stearns | PVT | MA | Joanna Duncan | |
| Peter Stevens | PVT | CT | Lois Glass | |
| William Stitt, Sr. | PVT | PA | Elizabeth Morrison | |
| David Henry Stitzer | PVT | PA | Barbara Ann Eliz. Pofenhouser | |
| Robert Stockton | QM | NJ | Helen McComb | |
| John Stoker | PVT | VA | Elizabeth Critton | |
| John Storm | PVT | VA | Mary Lloyd | |
| Solomon Strickland | PS | NC | Amy Pace | |
| John Stucky | PVT | PA | Salome Zimmerman | |
| Samuel Sutliff, Sr. | CPL | CT | Eunice Curtiss | |
| Elisha Swift | CAPT | CT | Mary Ransom | |
| John Swift | PVT | CT | Rhoda Sawyer | |
| James Tappan | PVT | NJ | Nancy Dunham | |
| Adonijah Taylor | LT | MA | Rachel Sawtelle | |
| John Thompson | PVT | PA | Abigail | |
| Nathaniel Thurber | PVT | MA | Polly Shores | |
| William True | LT | MA | Miriam Clough | |
| Michael Van Der Cook | PS | NY | Cornelia Van Ness | |
| Gilbert Van Deusen | SGT | NY | Neeltje Van Antwerp | |
| Rudolph Van Hoevenberg | LT | NY | Lydia Van Dyke | |
| Roger Wales | PVT | CT | Esther Brewster | |
| William Augustine Washington | LTC | VA | Jane Washington | |
| Joseph Wasson | PVT | NC | Sarah Smith | |
| Joel Watkins | COL | VA | Agnes Woodson Morton | |
| Samuel Weir | CAPT | PA | Mary Lyle Thompson | |
| Henry Whistler | PS | VA | Ann Seegrist | |
| Antipas White | PVT | MA | Lucinda Brewster | |
| Onesimus Whitehead | PVT | NJ | Rebecca Condit | |
| John Whitley | PVT | VT | Betsey Cook | |
| Aaron Whittemore | PVT | NH | Sarah Gilman | |
| Abijah Wilder | PS | NH | Beulah Johnson | |
| Jotham Wilder, Sr. | PVT | MA | Phebe Wheeler | |
| Lawrence Williams | SGT | MD | Mary McGavie | |
| Jeremiah Willison | LT | MD | Sarah Death | |
| Thomas Winn | CS | VA | Sarah | |
| David Wood | PVT | MA | Eleanor Cooley | |
| Ephraim Wright | SOL | MA | Abigail Lyman | |
| Nicholas Zollinger | LT | PA | Margaret Magdalena Shay |
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