Register of the society of the Sons of the revolution in the District of Columbia, 1904, Part 1

Author: Sons of the Revolution. District of Columbia Society; Benjamin, Marcus, 1857- comp; Sons of the Revolution. District of Columbia Society
Publication date: 1904
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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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IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


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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