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District of Columbia Sons of the Reuplutin
1904
William K. Carr.
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Gc 973.3406 S7dlsr Sons of the Revolution. District of Columbia Register of the society of the Sons of the revolution
HENRY CLAY TAYLOR PRESIDENT, 1902-
REGISTER
OF THE
SOCIETY OF THE SONS
OF THE
REVOLUTION
IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
1904
EXEGI MONUMENTUM AERA PERENNIUS
WASHINGTON
1904
Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270
COMPILED AND EDITED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BY MARCUS BENJAMIN, Registrar.
OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY.
General President, HON. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Of the Maryland Society.
General Vice-President, GARRET DORSEY WALL VROOM, Of the New Jersey Society.
General Secretary, JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, No. 102 Front Street, New York City, Of the New York Society.
Assistant General Secretary, WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, Of the Maryland Society.
General Treasurer, RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, Of the Pennsylvania Society.
Assistant General Treasurer, HENRY CADLE, Of the Missouri Society.
General Chaplain, REV. THOMAS EDWARD GREEN, D. D., S. T. D., Of the Iowa Society.
General Registrar, WALTER GILMAN PAGE, Of the Massachusetts Society.
General Historian, HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, Of the California Society.
OFFICERS.
President, HARRY CLAY TAYLOR.
Secretary, CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY, No. 617 Fourteenth Street.
Treasurer, BALCH BEALL WILSON, No. 1415 G Street.
Registrar, MARCUS BENJAMIN, U. S. National Museum.
Historian, BARRY BULKLEY.
Chaplain, RANDOLPH HARRISON McKIM, D. D.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS, WILLIAM STONE ABERT,
LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS, MARCUS BENJAMIN,
GREEN CLAY GOODLOE, CAZENOVE GARDNER LEE,
JOSEPH PRENTICE SANGER,
FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER.
Officers.
PRESIDENTS
Elected.
Retired.
1889
JOHN LEE CARROLL
1893
1893
DAVID JOSIAH BREWER
1893
1893 LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS
1895
1895
JOHN GRIMES WALKER
1898
1898 GREEN CLAY GOODLOE
1899
1899 WALTER WYMAN
1900
1900
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS
1902
1902
HARRY CLAY TAYLOR
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Elected.
Retired.
1889
THEODORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON
1891
1891
FRANCIS ASBURY ROE
1893
1893
LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS
1893
1893
GEORGE HENRY ELLIOTT
1894
1894
DAVID JOSIAH BREWER
1895
1895
GEORGE BROWN GOODE
1896
1896
WILLIAM VAN ZANDT COX
1898
1898
ALBION KEITH PARRIS
1 900
1 900
THOMAS BLAGDEN
1902
1902
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS
SECRETARIES
Elected.
Retired.
1889
ARTHUR HENRY DUTTON
1890
1890
CHARLES WORTHINGTON
1891
1891
PICKERING DODGE
1893
1 893
HENRY WARREN RAYMOND
1893
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SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
OFFICERS-Continued
Elected.
Retired.
1893 CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY
1895
1895 WILLIAM PARK METCALF (June to Dec.)
1895
1895 HENRY GREENWAY KEMP
1898
1898
CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY
TREASURERS
Elected.
Retired.
1889
ARTHUR HENRY DUTTON
1 890
1890
ALEXANDER BROWN LEGARE
1895
1895
ALBION KEITH PARRIS
1896
1 896
BALCH BEALL WILSON
REGISTRARS
Elected.
Retired.
1889
ARTHUR HENRY DUTTON
1890
1890 GAILLARD HUNT
1893
1893
WILLIAM HARRISON LOWDERMILK
1895
1895
CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL
1903
1903 MARCUS BENJAMIN
HISTORIANS
Appointed.
Retired.
1 890
GAILLARD HUNT
1900
1900 BARRY BULKLEY
1903
ALEXANDER BROWN LEGARE
1903
CHAPLAINS
Elected.
1891 REV. GEORGE WILLIAM DOUGLAS
1892
1892 REV. RANDOLPH HARRISON MCKIM
1899
1899 REV. JOHN HABERSHAM ELLIOTT
1901
1901
REV. ALEXANDER MACKAY-SMITH
1902
1902 REV. RANDOLPH HARRISON MCKIM
Retired.
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OFFICERS-Continued
BOARD OF MANAGERS
1889
NICHOLAS LONGWORTH ANDERSON ARCHIBALD HOPKINS DANIEL MORGAN TAYLOR
1890 FRANCIS ASBURY ROE JAMES AUGUSTIN GREER CLARENCE EDWARD DUTTON CHARLES WORTHINGTON
1891 LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS ALBION KEITH PARRIS SAMUEL RHODES FRANKLIN JAMES AUGUSTIN GREER CHARLES WORTHINGTON ARCHIBALD HOPKINS BENJAMIN LEWIS BLACKFORD HENRY BRADBURY CILLEY
1892 SAMUEL RHODES FRANKLIN FRANCIS ASBURY ROE WILLIAM BEATTY ROCHESTER ALBION KEITH PARRIS GARRICK MALLERY JAMES AUGUSTIN GREER CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL RICHARD CRAIN DEAN
1893 WALTER WYMAN OSCAR FITZALAN LONG FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS HENRY BRIGHAM LOOKER RICHARD CRAIN DEAN ALBION KEITH PARRIS
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OFFICERS-Continued
CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL HENRY GREENWAY KEMP GARRICK MALLERY
1894
DANIEL WEBSTER FLAGLER GAILLARD HUNT ALBION KEITH PARRIS BENJAMIN LEWIS BLACKFORD CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL BARRY BULKLEY FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS
HENRY GREENWAY KEMP CHARLES FREDERICK TIFFANY BEALE
1895
MARK BURCKLE HATCH GAILLARD HUNT JAMES HENRY HAYDEN FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS BARRY BULKLEY CHARLES FREDERICK TIFFANY BEALE
CAZENOVE GARDNER LEE
FRANCIS SMITH NASH THOMAS BLAGDEN
1896
GAILLARD HUNT CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY MARK BURCKLE HATCH FRANCIS SMITH NASH THOMAS BLAGDEN
FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS
CAZENOVE GARDNER LEE JAMES HENRY HAYDEN CHARLES FREDERICK TIFFANY BEALE
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OFFICERS-Continued
1897
GAILLARD HUNT CHARLES LAWRENCE GURLEY CHARLES FREDERICK TIFFANY BEALE MARK BURCKLE HATCH FRANCIS SMITH NASH THOMAS BLAGDEN FRANCIS PRESTON BLAIR SANDS CAZENOVE GARDNER LEE GREEN CLAY GOODLOE
1898
THOMAS BLAGDEN HARRISON HOWELL DODGE NEVIL MONROE HOPKINS CAZENOVE GARDNER LEE EDWARD IRELAND RENICK ERNEST WILKINSON ROBERT HENRY YEATMAN
1899
THOMAS BLAGDEN MARK BURCKLE HATCH ALBION MASON LATHROP HENRY BRIGHAM LOOKER EDWARD IRELAND RENICK EDMUND MYERS TALCOTT MONTGOMERY BLAIR JAMES HENRY HAYDEN LEWIS PAINTER CLEPHANE
1900
BARRY BULKLEY GREEN CLAY GOODLOE JOHN SPEED SMITH WILSON GURLEY REED MARK BURCKLE HATCH HENRY NIXON MOSS
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OFFICERS-Continued
BENJAMIN DE MIER MILLER EDWARD OLIVER BELT THOMAS GERRY TOWNSEND
1901
EDWARD MACOMBER PADELFORD LEWIS PAINTER CLEPHANE EDWARD FISK RIGGS OSCAR JONES RICKETTS BARRY BULKLEY THOMAS GERRY TOWNSEND GEORGE HELLEN JAMES MALCOLM HENRY RALPH LEE
1902
FRANK WHEATON FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER IRVING HALL DUNLAP ALBERT FRANKLIN MARSH ROYAL THAXTER FRANK ROBERT SMITH CHILTON, JR. RICHARD GRAHAM DAVENPORT JOHN VAN RENSSELAER JAMES MORRIS MORGAN
1903
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS GREEN CLAY GOODLOE JOSEPH SANGER WILLIAM STONE ABERT MARCUS BENJAMIN CAZENOVE GARDNER LEE FREDERIC WOLTERS HUIDEKOPER WILLIAM VAN ZANDT. COX
JOHN LEE CARROLL PRESIDENT, 1889-1893
List of Members.
HONOR, justice, and humanity call upon us to hold and to transmit to our posterity, that liberty which we received from our ancestors. JOHN DICKINSON.
WILLIAM STONE ABERT
Great-great-grandson of TIMOTHY MATLACK; Colonel in command of the 5th Rifle Battalion of the Pennsylvania Volunteers.
JAMES OSGOOD ADAMS
Great-great-grandson of STILSON EASTMAN; Lieutenant New Hampshire Troops; participated in the battle of Trenton.
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL HUNTOON; Private and Sergeant in Colonel Frye's Massachusetts Regiment.
ANTHONY CALLIS ADDISON
Great-grandson of ANDREW LEITCH ; Major, Virginia Conti- nental Line. Killed in the action of Harlem Heights, 1776.
HENRY TUREMAN ALLEN
Great-grandson of Major JOHN ALLEN.
DAVIS CARNEAL ANDERSON
Grandson of RICHARD CLOUGH ANDERSON ; Captain, 5th Virginia Regiment ; Major, Ist Virginia Militia; Lieutenant- Colonel, Continental Army ; Brigadier-General, Virginia Militia, Aide-de-Camp to Lafayette ; original member oi the Society of the.Cincinnati.
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EDWARD LOWELL ANDERSON
Grandson of RICHARD CLOUGH ANDERSON; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, 5th Virginia Continental Line ; Briga- dier-General, Virginia Militia; Aide-de-Camp to Lafayette; and original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
FREDERICK POPE ANDERSON
Grandson of RICHARD CLOUGH ANDERSON; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, 5th Virginia Continental Line ; Briga- dier-General, Virginia Militia ; Aide-de-Camp to Lafay- ette ; and original member of the Society of the Cin- cinnati.
GEORGE BURGWIN ANDERSON
Great-grandson of PERCIVAL BUTLER ; 2d Lieutenant, 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment; served until the surrender at Yorktown.
GEORGE SMITH ANDERSON
Great-great-grandson of GAUIN MCCOY; Captain, Ist Bat- talion Somerset County, New Jersey State Troops.
EBEN DODGE APPLETON
Great-grandson of ROBERT DODGE ; Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and Colonel of Massachusetts Troops.
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
Great-grandson of JOHN TAYLOR; Captain, 4th Regiment Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia ; 2nd Major, Col- onel Read's Battalion, New Jersey State Troops ; Lieut- enant-Colonel, 4th Regiment Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia ; Colonel of same Regiment.
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DAVISSON ARMSTRONG
Grandson of WILLIAM ARMSTRONG; Ensign, Captain Wil- liam Bratten's Company, Colonel William Irvine's Regi- ment, 7th Pennsylvania Line.
WILLIAM WATSON AYRES
Great-grandson of JOHN AYRES; Private in Captain Matthew Smith's Company of Riflemen, 1775; and afterward, in Captain James Murray's Company, Colonel James Burd's 4th Battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia.
Great-great-grandson of WILLIAM AYRES; Private in Cap- tain James Murray's Company, Colonel James Burd's 4th Battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia.
EDWIN BURR BABBITT
Great-great-grandson of JONATHAN TITCOMB ; member of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, 1774; Colonel of a Massachusetts Regiment in the Rhode Island expe- dition, 1778 ; member of the State Convention of Massa- chusetts in 1780 ; and Brigadier-General of Militia.
GEORGE HERBERT BEAMAN
Great-grandson of JOSEPH BEAMAN; Private, Captain Benjamin Houghton's Company, Massachusetts Troops.
EDWARD OLIVER BELT
Great-great-grandson of ENEAS CAMPBELL; Captain, Ist Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp, 1776, under Brigadier-General Rezin Beal.
LAURENCE VINCENT BENET
Great-great-grandson of THOMAS HELM; Ist Lieutenant, 3d Battalion Virginia Forces.
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MARCUS BENJAMIN
Great-great-grandson of NATHAN BENJAMIN; Private in Lieutenant Andrew Loomis' Company, Colonel Moses Ashley's Militia.
Great-great-grandson of ELIPHALET TERRY; Ensign, Ist Company or Train-Band of Enfield, 1775 ; Commissioner in Enfield for supplies for War and Loan Office, 1778.
Great-great-great-grandson of EPHRIAM TERRY; Committee of Correspondence to receive money for destitute Boston people ; Major, Enfield, Connecticut Train-Band.
Great-great-grandson of DAVID MITCHELL; Lieutenant, Captain James Campbell's Company, Colonel Ashley, Jr.'s, Regiment; was present at the surrender of Gen- eral Burgoyne.
Great-great-great-grandson of MATTHEW MITCHELL; Cor- poral, Captain John Hinman's Company, 13th Connecti- cut Militia.
Great-great-grandson of DANIEL DIBBLE; Lieutenant, Cap- tain James Campbell's Company, Colonel Ashley, Jr.'s, Regiment ; was present at the surrender of Burgoyne.
Great-great-grandson of JOEL HOUGH; Private, Captain Jesse Moss' Company, Colonel James Wadsworth's Connecticut Regiment, 1775 ; Private, Captain Isaac Bronson's Company ; Colonel Hezekiah Sabin's Regi- ment, 1779.
MELVIN GRAY BENJAMIN
Great-great-grandson of WILLIAM GREGORY; Private in Ist North Carolina Regiment under command of Colonel James Moore.
LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS PRESIDENT, 1893-5
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ROBERT ROOT BENNETT
Great-great-grandson of ROBERT BENNETT; Lieutenant, Ist Company, Smithfield Militia, Rhode Island, 1779 and 1780.
Great-grandson of MOSES ROOT; Corporal, Captain Aaron Rowley's Company, Colonel John Brown's Regi- ment, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Militia, 1777.
Great-great-grandson of STEPHEN RUST; Private, Captain Jonathan Stoddard's Company of Artillery, Colonel Thomas Craft's Massachusetts Militia, 1777.
Great-great-grandson of JOHN LATIMER; Captain, Lex- ington Alarm List, New London, Connecticut, 1776.
FRANK HAGAR BIGELOW
Great-grandson of CONVERS BIGELOW; Private, Captain Samuel Lawson's Militia Company, 1775, also Private, Captain Asahel Wheeler's Militia Company, Colonel John Robinson's Regiment, 1776.
Great-great-grandson of JOSIAH BIGELOW; Lieutenant, Captain Israel Whittemore's Militia Company, 1775.
Great-grandson of NATHAN HAGAR; Private, Captain Samuel Lawson's Militia Company, 1775.
Great-grandson of ELIJAH TRAVIS; Private, Captain Ben- jamin Gates' Company, Colonel Manter's Regiment, 1776; Private, Lieutenant Samuel Lamb's Company, 1776; and Private, Captain Abel Holden's Company, Colonel Nixon's Regiment, 1778.
BENJAMIN LEWIS BLACKFORD
Grandson of JOHN MINOR of Hazel Hill; Cadet and Private under General Nelson.
Great-grandson of JOHN MINOR of Caroline; Major in the Virginia Line.
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THOMAS BLAGDEN
Great-grandson of GOLD SELLECK SILLIMAN; Colonel, 4th Connecticut Militia; Colonel in regular service, May, 1776; Brigadier-General, December, 1776; appointed by the Legislature to command all the Cavalry of Con- necticut, June, 1776.
MONTGOMERY BLAIR
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL GIST; Colonel and Brigadier- General, Virginia State Troops.
Great-great-grandson of PETER WOODBURY; Captain Taylor's Company, New Hampshire Troops, 1775; Signer of Declaration of Revolution, 1776; member of Committee of Safety and Delegate to State Convention. Great-grandson of ASA CLAPP; Volunteer under General Sullivan, 1778; 3rd Officer of Captain Dennis' ship; promoted to Ist Lieutenant.
Grandson of JAMES WOODBURY; Signer of Declaration of Revolution, 1776.
WOODBURY BLAIR
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL GIST; Colonel and Brigadier- General, Virginia State Troops.
Great-great-grandson of PETER WOODBURY; Captain Taylor's Company, New Hampshire Troops, 1775; Signer, Declaration of Revolution, 1776; member of Committee of Safety and Delegate to State Convention. Great-grandson of ASA CLAPP; Volunteer under General Sullivan, 1778; 3rd Officer of Captain Dennis' ship; promoted to Ist Lieutenant.
Grandson of JAMES WOODBURY; Signer, Declaration of Revolution, 1776.
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STANHOPE ENGLISH BLUNT
Great-great-grandson of JOHN BLUNT; member of the New Hampshire Legislature, 1778-81.
THOMAS MAYO BOSSON
Grandson of WILLIAM BOSSON; one of the Minute-man of Massachusetts; Lieutenant, Captain Crane's Artillery Company, Colonel Joseph Reed's Regiment.
BENJAMIN BOYLAN BRADFORD
Great-grandson of SAMUEL KELLETT BRADFORD; Captain of Artillery; Major and Aide-de-Camp to General George Weeden; a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
DAVID JOSIAH BREWER
Great-grandson of TIMOTHY FIELD; Sergeant-major 7th Connecticut Regiment, 1776; Ist Lieutenant, afterwards Captain of Connecticut Company raised to protect the shore, 1781.
JOHN JONES BRICE
Great-grandson of BENJAMIN WILSON; Colonel command- ing Virginia Troops, and Delegate to Convention.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM BRICE; Ensign in Pennsyl- vania Line under Colonel Evan Evans; Lieutenant under Colonel Sterling, and commissioned Captain by General Washington.
MERVYN CHANDOS BUCKEY
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL WALTER WASHINGTON; Colonel and Aide-de-Camp on the staff of his brother, General George Washington.
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BARRY BULKLEY
Great-great-grandson of THOMAS PEACOCK; Sergeant, Captain Van Keuren's Company, Colonel Newkirk's Regiment, New York Troops.
ROBERT WELLS BULKLEY
Great-great-grandson of THOMAS PEACOCK; Sergeant in Captain Van Keuren's Company, Colonel Newkirk's Regiment, New York Troops. He was with General Washington in his retreat through New Jersey, crossing the Delaware.
ELIPHALET TUCKER BUSHNELL
Great-grandson of ASA LAY; Corporal of the 9th Company, 6th Regiment, Connecticut Line; prior to 1777 was Adjutant of Colonel Ely's Regiment; Ist Lieutenant of 9th Company, 6th Regiment, Connecticut Line; com- missioned Captain of the 4th Company, same regiment, in 1780; served under General Putnam during 1781.
CHARLES HARROD CAMPBELL
Great-great-grandson of ELIAS DAYTON; Brigadier-General, Continental Army.
FRANCIS JOSEPH MARIE CARMODY
Great-grandson of JOHN DOYLE; Captain of Independent Pennsylvania Company, July, 1776; company became part of the IIth Pennsylvania, December 16, 1777; one of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati.
JOHN GRIMES WALKER PRESIDENT, 1895-8
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JOHN DOYLE CARMODY
Great-grandson of JOHN DOYLE; Captain of Independent Pennsylvania Company, July, 1776; company became part of the 11th Pennsylvania, December 16, 1777; one of the original members of the Society of the Cin- cinnati.
WILLIAM KEARNEY CARR
Great-great-grandson of JONAS JOHNSTON; Major, North Carolina Militia, who died of wounds received at battle of Stono Ferry, 1779.
JOHN LEE CARROLL
Great-grandson of CHARLES CARROLL, of Carrollton; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; also a mem- ber of the first Congress.
CHARLES SHIRLEY CARTER
Great-grandson of THOMAS NELSON, JR .; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Commander-in-Chief, Virginia State Forces; Governor of Virginia; Major- General, Yorktown Campaign.
PLIMPTON B. CHASE
Great-grandson of BEVERLY CHASE; Private in Captain Brown's Company, 3rd Regiment, Dutchess County, New York Militia, Colonel Wynkoop.
RICHARD BENJAMIN BROOKES CHEW, JR.
Great-grandson of BENJAMIN BROOKES; Ensign of Com- pany No. 2, of the seven Independent Companies of Maryland, Captain John Gunby commanding, 1776; Ist
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Lieutenant, Captain Robert Bowie's Company, 3rd Battalion, Maryland Flying Camp, 1776; Colonel Thomas Ewing, commanding; Captain 3rd Battalion, Maryland regulars, 1777, Colonel Mordecai Gist, com- manding; Major, 5th Maryland Regiment, 1781, Lieu- tenant-Colonel Benjamin Ford, commanding; Major of 2nd U. S. Regiment of Artillery and Engineers at the time of his death.
ROBERT SMITH CHILTON, JR.
Great-great-grandson of GEORGE BRENT; member of Committee of Safety and Observation of Stafford County, Virginia, July, 1774, to devise means to resist the taxation of Great Britain and to encourage the people of Boston.
LEWIS PAINTER CLEPHANE
Great-grandson of AUGUSTUS COLLINS; Private, Lexing- ton Alarm, 1775; Ensign, 2nd Company, General Woosters' Ist Connecticut Regiment; 2nd Lieutenant Captain Hand's Guilford Company, Colonel Talcott's Regiment, 1776; Captain, 3rd Company, Colonel Thad- deus Cook's Regiment, 2nd Battalion of State Regiments, Generals Spencer and Wooster, 1776; appointed Captain by the General Assembly of a Battalion raised for the defence of the State of Connecticut, 1777; Major 28th Regiment, 1782.
Great-grandson of THOMAS PAINTER; Private, Captain Robert Brown's Company; also served under Captain James Prentice; afterwards served on many vessels, and was captured by H. M. S. Ship of War, "Albicore."
WALTER COLLINS CLEPHANE
Great-grandson of AUGUSTUS COLLINS; Private, Lexing- ton Alarm, 1775; Ensign, 2nd Company, General
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Woosters' Ist Connecticut Regiment; 2nd Lieutenant Captain Hand's Guilford Company, Colonel Talcott's Regiment, 1776; Captain, 3rd Company, Colonel Thad- deus Cook's Regiment, 2nd Battalion of State Regiments, Generals Spencer and Wooster, 1776; appointed Captain by the General Assembly of a Battalion raised for the defence of the State of Connecticut, 1777; Major 28th Regiment, 1782.
Great-grandson of THOMAS PAINTER ; Private, Captain Robert Brown's Company ; also served under Captain James Prentice ; afterwards served on many vessels and was captured by H. M. S. Ship of War, " Albicore."
GEORGE FREDERICK COOKE
Great-grandson of DAVID CARSWELL; Private in Captain Sharswood's Company, Colonel Lewis Graham's New York Regiment.
JOHN COCHRAN COPENHAVER
Great-great-grandson of SIMON COPENHAVER; Captain, 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, York County, Pennsyl- vania Militia.
HENRY CLARK CORBIN
Great-grandson of JOHN CORBIN ; Private, 3rd Regiment, Virginia Line, Commanded by Colonel Wheaton.
WILLIAM VAN ZANDT COX
Great-grandson of JAMES COX ; Private and Lieutenant, Ist Regiment, Monmouth County, New Jersey Militia ; Lieutenant, Colonel Asher Holmes' Regiment, New Jersey State Troops; participated in the battles of Germantown and Monmouth.
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Great-great-grandson of JACOBUS (JAMES) VAN ZANDT; Private, Captain Henry Lott's Company, 4th Associators, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Militia, 1775.
Great-grandson of WILLIAM DENISON; Private and Cor- poral, 3rd and 4th Connecticut; enlisted 1777; served to close of war; his company was detached from the Con- necticut Line and sent to Virginia to serve under Lafay- ette, and formed part of the battalion that stormed the redoubts at Yorktown, October 14, 1781.
Great-great-grandson of JOHANNES KROESEN; Second Lieutenant, Captain Henry Lott's Company, 4th Asso- ciators, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Militia, 1775.
Great-great-grandson of WILLIAM DENISON; Private in the Continental Army, and also served in the New Jersey Militia.
Great-great-grandson of WILLIAM POTTS; Private in Con- tinental Army; appointed a member of the Committee of Observation for the City and County of Burlington, February 14, 1775, of which William Tallman was Chairman.
SHERMAN MONTROSE CRAIGER
Great-great-grandson of THOMAS VANDERSLICE; Private, Light Dragoons, County of Philadelphia, commanded by Lieutenant David Snyder.
JOHN ADOLPH BERNARD DAHLGREN
Great-great-great-grandson of JAMES REED; Colonel of the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment; was promoted to Brigadier General in the U. S. Army, August 1778.
Great-great-great-grandson of HENRY WISNER ; delegate to the First Continental Congress, 1774.
GREEN CLAY GOODLOE PRESIDENT, 1898-9
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RICHARD GRAHAM DAVENPORT
Great-grandson of RICHARD GRAHAM ; member of Com- mittee of Safety and Observation of Prince William County, Virginia, and Commissioner of Revenue for the support of the Revolution.
Great-great-grandson of GEORGE BRENT ; member, Com- mittee of Safety and Observation, Stafford County, Virginia.
Great-great-grandson of CHARLES JONES; Commissioner of Revenue for Support of the War, and first Judge of Montgomery County, Maryland, 1777.
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL LOVE, SR .; member, Committee of Safety and Observation of Charles County, Maryland ; also member, Maryland Convention, 1774.
LEWIS JOHNSON DAVIS
Great-grandson of MATTHEW DAVIS; Major and Com- missary of New York Militia.
Great-grandson of JOHN SANTFORD; Captain, 9th Com- pany, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk County Minute-men, 1775 ; Adjutant, Colonel Malcom's Regiment, 1776; original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
LEWIS ADDISON DENT
Great-grandson of HATCH DENT; Ensign and Captain in Smallwood's Battalion of the Maryland Line, 1776 to I778.
HARRISON HOWELL DODGE
Great-grandson of ROBERT DODGE; Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and Colonel of Massachusetts Volunteers ; served during the entire war.
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EDWARD WILTON DONN, JR.
Great-grandson of SAMUEL GARDNER; Private in the Essex County, New Jersey, Militia.
GEORGE WILLIAM DOUGLAS
Great-great-grandson of ASA DOUGLAS; Major, 17th Regi- ment, King's District, New York, Colonel William B. Whiting.
Great-great-grandson of DAVID SUTHERLAND; Colonel 6th Regiment, Dutchess County, New York.
WILLIAM JAMES DREW
Great-grandson of ANDREW DREW; Private, Captain Dronne's Company, Colonel Peabody's Regiment, Gen- eral Sullivan's Division; also in the Colonial service in Rhode Island.
IRVING HALL DUNLAP
Great-grandson of DIARCA ALLEN; Private, Ist Con- necticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel Josiah Starr; May 22, 1777-May 22, 1780.
CLARENCE EDWARD DUTTON
Great-grandson of WILLIAM DOUGLAS; Captain, Con- necticut Company, May 1775; commanded flotilla on Lake Champlain and accepted rank of Commodore in the autumn of 1775; commissioned Colonel, 6th Connecticut Regiment.
JOSEPH GILES EATON
Great-grandson of EBENEZER EATON; Corporal and Ser- geant in the IIth Connecticut Regiment.
Great-great-grandson of HENRY FARWELL; Captain in Colonel Prescott's, Massachusetts Regiment.
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CLINTON GOODLOE EDGAR
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL GILL; Ensign, 4th Vir- ginia, February, 1776; Ist Lieutenant, November, 1776; Captain, January, 1777.
Great-great-grandson of ARCHIBALD WOODS; Captain in the Virginia Militia; served under Colonel Russeel, Colo- nel Lewis, Colonel Donnelly, and Colonel Henderson.
EUGENE ELLICOTT
Great-great-grandson of DANIEL CARROLL; one of the Committee of three who framed the Constitution.
JOHN HABERSHAM ELLIOTT
Grandson of WILLIAM ELLIOTT; Private in Captain Ed- ward Barnwell's Company, and Captain, Alexander's Company; also served under Colonel Stephen Ball in the South Carolina Troops.
HOWARD FISHER
Great-grandson of JOHN MIDDLESWARTH; Quartermaster- Sergeant in Colonel Sylvanus Seeley's Regiment, New Jersey State Troops.
ROYAL THAXTER FRANK
Grandson of JAMES FRANK; Private, Captain Samuel Noyes' Company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment; served from 1775 to 1779.
SAMUEL RHODES FRANKLIN
Great-great-grandson of SAMUEL RHODES; member of the First Congress, 1774-1775.
Great-grandson of JONAS SIMONDS; Captain, Pennsyl- vania Artillery; Colonel 6th Continental Infantry.
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SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
WILLIAM HENRY GARDNER
Grandson of SAMUEL GARDNER; Private in the Essex New Jersey Militia; also served as Minute Man of the same Company.
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