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.
| Allen | George | New York | Private |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | James | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Allen | John | Virginia | Sergeant |
| Altizera | Emera | Virginia | Private |
| Anderson | James | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Anderson | William | Virginia | Ensign, Patriotic Service |
| Anthony | Jacob | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Atkinson | Samuel | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Avery | Ebenezer | Connecticut | Lieutenant Colonel, Civil Service |
| Bacon | Oliver | New Hampshire | First Lieutenant |
| Baker | George | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Barker | Zebediah | Massachusetts | Sergeant |
| Bates | Moses | Massachusetts | Private |
| Bates | Theodore | Massachusetts | Private |
| Bates | William | Massachusetts | Civil Service |
| Beebe | Ezekiel | Massachusetts | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| Benedum | Peter | Pennsylvania | Soldier |
| Bitler | John | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Blank | George | Pennsylvania | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| Bowen | Lilly | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Bowen | Robert | Virginia | Captain |
| Bricker | Peter | Pennsylvania | Patriotic Service |
| Briscoe | William | Virginia | Captain, Patriotic Service |
| Bristol | Abraham | New York | Private |
| Britton | John | Virginia, New Jersey | Private |
| Brokaw | George | New Jersey | Private |
| Brotherton | William | North Carolina | Private |
| Brown | Leonard | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Burbank | Abijah | Massachusetts | Captain |
| Butler | Joel | Vermont | Private |
| Carpenter | Elisha | Massachusetts | Patriotic Service |
| Cary | Joseph | Massachusetts | Patriotic Service |
| Chambers | John | Virginia | Private |
| Christy | James | Virginia | Private |
| Churchill | Nathaniel | Connecticut | Private |
| Churchill | Nathaniel, Sr. | Connecticut | Captain |
| Close | Jabez | New York | Private |
| Coe | Joseph | Massachusetts | Private |
| Colburn | John | Maryland | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Cole | Francis | Massachusetts | Private |
| Cole | John | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Collins | Thaddeus | Massachusetts | Private |
| Cooper | Zebulon | New York, Pennsylvania | Private |
| Cox | John | Pennsylvania, New Jersey | Lieutenant Colonel, Patriotic Service |
| Craig | John | South Carolina | Private |
| Crawford | John | New York | Private |
| Crutchfield | Henry | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Crutchlow | James | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Cunningham | John | New Jersey | 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 |
| Dodd | Allen | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Dodd | Nathaniel | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Dodge | Noah | Massachusetts | Soldier |
| Drake | Benjamin | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Du Bois | Martin | New York | Private |
| Eastman | Richard | New Hampshire | Patriotic Service |
| Elwood | Abraham | Connecticut | Private |
| Emerson | Nathaniel | New Hampshire | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 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 |
| Farley | Matthew | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Farwell | Josiah | New Hampshire | Civil Service |
| Firestone | Daniel | Pennsylvania | Private |
| 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 |
| Gillespie | David | New York | Sergeant, Patriotic Service |
| Grant | Elisha | Massachusetts, Connecticut | Private |
| Graves | Ann | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Green | Job | Rhode Island | Lieutenant |
| Gregory | Hezekiah | Connecticut | Private |
| Grumbine | Leonard | Pennsylvania | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Harsh | Henry | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Heaslet | Andrew | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Hemingway | Isaac | Massachusetts | Private |
| Hess | Christian | New York | Sergeant |
| Hinckley | Elkanah | New York | Corporal |
| Hinckley | Ichabod | Connecticut | Captain, Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Hobbs | William | North Carolina | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Holland | Moses | Virginia | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| Holmes | Nathaniel | New Jersey | Lieutenant, 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 |
| Keyes | Joseph | New Hampshire | Private |
| Kimball | Stephen | Rhode Island | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Kimbrough | Eleanor | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Kinter | Peter | Pennsylvania | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Lamberson | Lawrence | New Jersey | Private |
| Lamphear | Nathan | Rhode Island | Private |
| Last Name | First Name | State Served | Rank/Service |
| Lawrence | Benjamin | South Carolina | Lieutenant |
| Liles | Lewis | North Carolina | Private |
| Lindsey | Abraham | Connecticut | Private, Civil Service |
| Lowther | William | Virginia | Major, Civil Service |
| Marshall | Gilbert | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Matthewson | Abraham | Rhode Island | Civil Service |
| Mccreary | Alexander | New York | Private |
| Mcpherson | William | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Meader | Jehu | Virginia | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Mercom | Jacob | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Merrick | Gad | Massachusetts | Private |
| Morrison | Francis | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Nevius | Christian | New Jersey | Private |
| 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 |
| Penfield | Nathaniel | Connecticut | Civil Service |
| Penrod | John | Pennsylvania | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Phinney | Isaac | Massachusetts | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Pinson | Aaron | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Pond | Joseph | Massachusetts | Private |
| Price | Phillip | Maryland | Civil Service |
| Price | Reece | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Price | Thomas | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Randall | Jethro | Massachusetts | Private |
| Ray | Timothy | Connecticut | Private |
| Ray | William | Massachusetts | Private |
| Register | William | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Robinson | Edward | Virginia | Soldier |
| Robinson | Edward, Sr. | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| 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 |
| Schmeisser | Michael | Pennsylvania | Lieutenant Colonel, Patriotic Service |
| Seeley | Samuel | Connecticut | Private |
| Severance | Daniel | New Hampshire | Private, Civil Service |
| Sherman | Daniel | Massachusetts | Corporal |
| Sherman | Roger | Connecticut | Civil Service, Patriotic Service, Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Sherwood | Albert | Connecticut | Ensign |
| Shirley | John | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Sloan | David | North Carolina | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Smock | John | New Jersey | Soldier |
| Snell | Peter | New York | Private |
| Stanley | George | Connecticut | Lieutenant, Patriotic Service |
| Stark | John | Connecticut, New Hampshire | Sergeant |
| Stark | Moses | New Hampshire | Private |
| Stovall | John | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Straw | Jonathan | New Hampshire | Civil Service, Patriotic Service |
| Stribling | Thomas | South Carolina | Soldier |
| Stubblefield, Jr. | Richard | North Carolina | Private |
| Stults | Adam | Virginia | Patriotic Service |
| Sudduth | William | Virginia | Corporal |
| Tabor | Water | Rhode Island | Sergeant |
| Taylor | Reuben | North Carolina | Patriotic Service |
| Thorp | Reuben | New Jersey | Private |
| Timmerman | William | New York | Sergeant |
| Turner | Lemuel | Massachusetts, New York | Sergeant |
| Utter | Josiah | Connecticut | Patriotic Service |
| Van Alstyne | William | New York | Private |
| Visscher | Eldert | New York | Private |
| Waight | Isaac | South Carolina | Civil Service |
| Walker, Jr. | Jonathan | Massachusetts | Private |
| Wall | John | Connecticut, New York | Private |
| Walters | Charles | Connecticut | Sergeant |
| Warner | Nathaniel | Connecticut | Private |
| 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 |
| Whitney | Jonathan | Massachusetts | Captain |
| Wilcox | Amos | Connecticut | Lieutenant Colonel, Patriotic Service |
| Willard | Moses | New Hampshire | Civil Service |
| Wilson | William | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Winck | Jacob | Pennsylvania | Private |
| Wolfe | Johann | Pennsylvania | Private, Patriotic Service |
| Wright | John | North Carolina | Soldier |
| Wygant | John | New York | Sergeant |
| Yeomans | Daniel | Connecticut | Civil Service |