Members of the Lansing Chapter, NSDAR, are proud of our direct lineage to the Patriots who aided the cause of the American Revolutionary War through military, civil, or patriotic service. The table below lists the name, state of service, and rank of the Patriot ancestors of our chapter members. The table is searchable and can also be sorted by each category.
If you think you have a Patriot ancestor not listed here, you can visit the NSDAR Ancestor Search webpage.
| Last Name | First Name | State Served | Rank/Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott | Joseph | New Hampshire | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Adams | John | Massachusetts | Lieutenant |
| Adams | Thomas | Massachusetts | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Alexander | James | Maryland | Patriotic Service |
| Allen | George | New York | Private |
| Argabrite | George | Virginia | Private |
| Armstrong | Bela | Connecticut | Private |
| Avery | Ebenezer | Connecticut | Lieutenant Colonel, Civil Service |
| Axline | Adam | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Bacon | Oliver | New Hampshire | First Lieutenant |
| Baker | George | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Balch | Veren | Connecticut | Private |
| Bates | Theodore | Massachusetts | Private |
| Bates | William | Massachusetts | Civil Service |
| Benedum | Peter | Pennsylvania | Soldier |
| Bigelow | Noah | Massachusetts | Sergeant |
| Bitler | John | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Blank | George | Pennsylvania | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| Bowen | Lilly | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Bowen | Robert | Virginia | Captain |
| Brayton | James | Rhode Island | Private |
| Breed | Allen | New Hampshire | Corporal |
| Briscoe | William | Virginia | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Bristol | Abraham | New York | Private |
| Britton | Ebenezer | New Hampshire | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Britton | John | Virginia, New Jersey | Private |
| Brokaw | George | New Jersey | Private |
| Brotherton | William | North Carolina | Private |
| Brown | George | North Carolina | Private |
| Bull | John | Massachusetts | Captain |
| Burbank | Abijah | Massachusetts | Captain |
| Cady | Stoddard | Massachusetts | Corporal |
| Carpenter | Elisha | Massachusetts | Patriotic Service |
| Cary | Joseph | Massachusetts | Patriotic Service |
| Chouinard | Julien | Canada | Patriotic Service |
| Collins | Thaddeus | Massachusetts | Private |
| Cox | John | Pennsylvania, New Jersey | Lieutenant Colonel, Patriotic Service |
| Craig | John | South Carolina | Private |
| Crawford | John | New York | Private |
| Crutchlow | James | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Cunningham | John | New Jersey | Private |
| Curtis | Solomon | New York | Private |
| Cushman | Consider | New York | Private |
| Daggett | Samuel | Massachusetts | Lieutenant |
| Dague | Frederick | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Davis | William | Pennsylvania | Corporal |
| Dean | Micajah | New Jersey | Private |
| Dickinson | Elisha | Connecticut | Patriotic Service |
| Dinsmore | John | New Hampshire | Patriotic Service |
| Dodge | Noah | Massachusetts | Soldier |
| Drake | Benjamin | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Du Bois | Martin | New York | Private |
| Du Mont | Harmonus | New York | Patriotic Service |
| Du Mont | Ignatius | New York | Private |
| Du Mont | Peter | New York | Private |
| Eastman | Richard | Massachusetts | Civil Service |
| Eastman | Richard | New Hampshire | Patriotic Service |
| Elwood | Abraham | Connecticut | Private |
| Ely | Gurdon | Connecticut | Private |
| Esselstyne | Richard | New York | Major |
| Etheridge | Henry | South Carolina | Sergeant |
| Etheridge | Samuel | South Carolina | Private |
| Failing | John | New York | Patriotic Service |
| Fancher | Abraham | New York | Lieutenant |
| Farwell | Josiah | New Hampshire | Civil Service |
| Faulkner | Charles | Connecticut | Private |
| Fay | Edward | Connecticut | Corporal |
| Firestone | Daniel | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Foght | George | Pennsylvania | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Foster | Jedediah | Massachusetts | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Foster | Theodore | Rhode Island | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Foster | Thomas | Connecticut | Private |
| Fuller | Stephen | Connecticut | Captain |
| Funk | Michael | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Gaulden | William | Virginia | Private |
| Gee | William | New York | Major |
| Goldsmith | John | New York | Patriotic Service |
| Gould | Samuel B. | Pennsylvania | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Grant | Elisha | Massachusetts, Connecticut | Private |
| Gregory | Hezekiah | Connecticut | Private |
| Griffin | Ezra | Connecticut, New Jersey | Private |
| Grumbine | Leonard | Pennsylvania | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Heaslet | Andrew | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Hemingway, Sr | Isaac | Massachusetts | Private |
| Hess | Christian | New York | Sergeant |
| Hinckley | Elkanah | New York | Corporal |
| Hinckley | Ichabod | Connecticut | Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Holland | Moses | Virginia | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| Holmes | Nathaniel | New Jersey | Lieutenant, Patriotic Service |
| Holt | Benjamin | New Hampshire | Patriotic Service |
| Hottel | Jacob | Virginia | Private |
| Houtz | John | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Hull | Henry | Virginia | Private |
| Johnston | James | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Johnston | Nathan | South Carolina | Private, Civil Service |
| Kent | Cephas | Vermont | Patriotic Service |
| Kilts | Peter | New York | Private |
| Kimball | Stephen | Rhode Island | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Kinter | Peter | Pennsylvania | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Lamberson | Lawrence | New Jersey | Private |
| Lamphear | Nathan | Rhode Island | Private |
| Lawrence | Benjamin | South Carolina | Lieutenant |
| Leach | Jabez | Connecticut | Private |
| Leach | John | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Lindsey | Abraham | Connecticut | Private, Civil Service |
| Livermore | Daniel | Massachusetts | Civil Service |
| Lovejoy | Henry | New Hampshire | Patriotic Service |
| Lowther | William | Virginia | Major, Civil Service |
| Mapes | Samuel | New York | Soldier |
| Marshall | Gilbert | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Matthewson | Abraham | Rhode Island | Civil Service |
| Mccreary | Alexander | New York | Private |
| Mercom | Jacob | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Merrick | Gad | Massachusetts | Private |
| Mitchell | Arthur | North Carolina | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Moore | James | North Carolina | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| New | William | North Carolina | Private |
| Newkirk | Abraham | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Nichols | Daniel | New Hampshire | Corporal, Civil Service |
| Northrop | Isaiah | Massachusetts | Private |
| Oldham | William | Virginia | Captain |
| Palmer | John | New York | Private |
| Patterson | Thomas | New Hampshire | Patriotic Service |
| Peebles | Robert | Massachusetts | Private |
| Penrod | John | Pennsylvania | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Phifer | Jacob | New York | Corporal |
| Phinney | Isaac | Massachusetts | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Preston, Sr. | Isaac | New Jersey | Colonel |
| Price | Phillip | Maryland | Civil Service |
| Randall | Jethro | Massachusetts | Private |
| Ray | Timothy | Connecticut | Private |
| Register | William | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Root | Eliazar | Connecticut | Private |
| Roush | Jacob | Virginia | Soldier, Patriotic Service |
| Ruggles | Benjamin | Connecticut | Lieutenant, Civil Service |
| Russell | Matthew | South Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Russell | Thomas | North Carolina | Private |
| Russwurm | William | North Carolina | Lieutenant |
| Sample | William | North Carolina | Soldier |
| Sanders | Hezekiah | Rhode Island | Lieutenant |
| Severance | Daniel | New Hampshire | Private, Civil Service |
| Sherman | Roger | Connecticut | Civil Service, Patriotic Service, Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Sherwood | Albert | Connecticut | Ensign |
| Shumway | David | Massachusetts | Sergeant |
| Sloan | David | North Carolina | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Smith | Alexander | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Smith | David | New York | Private |
| Snell | Peter | New York | Private |
| Stanley | George | Connecticut | Lieutenant, Patriotic Service |
| Stark | John | Connecticut, New Hampshire | Sergeant |
| Stark | Moses | New Hampshire | Private |
| Stepp | Moses | North Carolina, South Carolina | Private |
| Straw | Jonathan | New Hampshire | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Stribling | Thomas | South Carolina | Soldier |
| Sudduth | William | Virginia | Corporal |
| Swaim | Mathias | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Sweet | Amos | New York | Private |
| Tabor | Water | Rhode Island | Sergeant |
| Tappan | John | New Jersey | Corporal |
| Timmerman | William | New York | Sergeant |
| Transue | Jacob | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Turner | Lemuel | Massachusetts, New York | Sergeant |
| Utter | Josiah | Connecticut | Patriotic Service |
| Van Alstyne | William | New York | Private |
| Walker, Jr. | Jonathan | Massachusetts | Private |
| Walker | Jonathan | Massachusetts | Private |
| Wall | John | Connecticut, New York | Private |
| Walters | Charles | Connecticut | Sergeant |
| Waterman | John | Rhode Island | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| Watson | William | Massachusetts | Captain |
| Weisel | George | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Wentworth | John | Massachusetts | Private |
| Wetmore | Seth | Connecticut | Patriotic Service |
| Whaley | James | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Wheeler | John | Massachusetts | Private |
| Whitney | Jason | Massachusetts | Private |
| Wilcox | Amos | Connecticut | Lieutenant Colonel, Patriotic Service |
| Willard | Moses | New Hampshire | Civil Service |
| Winck | Jacob | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Winegar | Garret | New York | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Wolfe | Johann | Pennsylvania | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Wright | John | North Carolina | Soldier |
| Wygant | John | New York | Sergeant |
| Yeomans | Daniel | Connecticut | Civil Service |
| Yeomans | Stephen | New York | Private, Patriotic Service |