During the latter part of this past January, I finally sat down and pulled
together my application and supplementary material to submit to the local
chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Since that time there have been
many rounds of updates, revisions, and completing additional applications (and
securing the appropriate documentation) for other family members. In all, five
applications have now been submitted with more on the way once these initial
memberships are approved. All of this work has been done while in direct
contact with the state registrar who has been a tremendous asset throughout the
process.
While
it will still be approximately another two months before we hear back from the
National Headquarters regarding our applications, I have remained quite busy
during the wait pulling together the list of supplementary applications that I
will be completing once my membership is approved. While this initial lineage
is a line that is found on my father’s side, the next set of documents will be
those from my mother’s side of the family. The hope is that I will have the
information available to those family members who are interested in joining
regardless of which side with whom I am speaking.
So,
over the next year or two, I will be delving into the other lines that I have
discovered thus far in my research. While there are many that I will be able to
prove I am certain that there are some that are either incorrect or for which
there is insufficient supporting documentation. However, I won’t find out until
I am able to focus on each of the patriots below. While I am only confident
about the first three I am sure that there will be endeavors that prove to be
fruitful. So, here you go, this is the list of the patriots to whom I will be
tracing my lineage:
- John Noblit, Private, 7th Battalion,
Chester County Militia; Suffered depredation.
- Thomas Noblit, Private, Chester County Militia,
survived Battles of Chadds Ford and Brandywine.
- Jacob Duffordt, Virginia Patriotic Service,
Provided supplies to the Continental Army
- Peter Rough/Rauch, 2nd Battalion,
Northampton County Pennsylvania Militia
- John Snider/Snyder, Corporal, Flying Camp
Maryland Militia; Wounded at White Plains.
- George Michael Wilfong / Wildtfang, Virginia Patriotic
Service, Paid Supply Tax
- John Cook, Private, Logan County Virginia Militia
- David Riggin, 2nd Delaware Regiment
- Richard Payton Bailey, 15th Virginia
Regiment
- Robert Stinson, Massachusetts Patriotic Service, Committee
to Produce Soldiers
- George Clapsaddle, Franklin County Pennsylvania
Militia
- Johann David Von Nida, Virginia Patriotic Service,
Paid Supply Tax
- Frederick Boyer, Philadelphia County Militia
- Thomas Brown, Private in Virginia Militia
- John Beverly, North Carolina Patriotic Service,
Paid For Services
- William Terry, 3rd and 5th
Virginia regiments
- Jacob Gery, 6th Battalion, Philadelphia
County Militia
- John Philip Mumbauer, Private, Bucks County
Pennsylvania Infantry
- Johann Andreas Dressler (Andrew Tressler), 2nd
Battalion, Berks County Militia
- Johan Heinrich (Henry) Myers, 5th
Battalion, Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia
- John Philip Negley, Private in Gray’s Pennsylvania
Regiment
- John Norbeck, 1st Battalion, Berks
County Pennsylvania Militia
- John Phillip Young, 6th Battalion, Philadelphia
County Militia
- Rufus Cone, 7th and 17th
Connecticut Regiments; Taken prisoner at the Battle of Long Island; Died
aboard the prison ship off the coast.
- George Philip Royer, 4th Battalion, Philadelphia
County Militia
- George Walker, Cumberland County Pennsylvania
Militia
- Matthias Kerlin, Pennsylvania Patriotic Service,
Paid Supply Tax
- John Sheaff, Private, 6th Battalion,
Chester County Pennsylvania Militia
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania
Patriotic Service, Representative to Continental Congress
- Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania Patriotic Service, Patriot Minister
If
you add in the application already submitted tracing back to John Redcross that
makes for 31 ancestors that I will be researching. In addition to the history
interest and family history that will certainly be uncovered during this endeavor,
there is also a much more practical reason for not settling and submitting as
many supplementary applications as I possibly can… verification. Many of the
aforementioned names are recent discoveries and while there are many lines
which I am confident that they are correct, there are some where the generational
connections are tenuous at best.
However,
overall, by submitting each of these lines and the supporting documents, I am
able to have the research certified by and independent third party, the Sons of
the American Revolution. In those instances where they are able to verify my
findings, the family history just got that much stronger. All of the sudden,
those branches which have been withering for decades, are once again vibrant
and proving to be some of the more colorful contributors to the family foliage.
And, just think, we will be able to pass this down to future generations and
nearly ensure that our family history is not forgotten.
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