The next Chapter Meeting will be at the Elk’s Lodge on October 16. The scheduled guest speaker is Mr. Scott M. Stroh III. Mr. Stroh is the Executive Director of Gunston Hall, the museum and ca. 1755 home of patriot George Mason. A proven museum professional, Mr. Stroh’s experience includes Executive Directorship of the Milwaukee […]
Hilary Brinson SAR Patriot # P-121315 Hilary Brinson was living in Onslow County, North Carolina at the beginning of the Revolution. Early in the war, about 1777, he first volunteered in the militia in that County under the command of Capt. John Boston and Lt. Solomon Ward. In his first period of service the militia […]
Elijah Hungerford SAR Patriot # P-188035 Elijah Hungerford was born on November 10, 1756, in East Haddam, Connecticut, to Grace Holmes, age 39, and Robert Hungerford, age 41, the youngest of four brothers, all of whom served in the Continental Army. The Hungerfords were a […]
Ebenezer Witter P-323130 DAR #: A127255 Birth: 11 Sep 1732 Preston / New London / CTDeath: 22 Aug 1817 Westfield / Hampden / MA Ebenezer Witter was Captain of the Muskets out of Preston, CT, and his eldest son, also named Ebenezer, was a Musketeer in that Company. As Captain of the Town of Preston Co. […]
John Curd, Jr. (1726-1802), SAR Patriot Number P-142344, DAR Ancestor # A028691 John Curd, Jr., was born on 14 April 1726 to John Curd (1706-1752) and Elizabeth Ann Price Curd (1707-1774) in Henrico County, Virginia. This part of Henrico County, above the fall line of the James River at Richmond, became Goochland County in 1728. […]
Patriot Ancestor: Samuel Chamberlain Samuel Chamberlain was born July 18, 1734, in Holliston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Margaret Atwood Bullard on May 13, 1755, in Mendon, Wooster County, Massachusetts. They had two children: A daughter, Rhoda (Chamberlain) Sage, born November 21, 1760, and a son, Samuel Clark Chamberlain, born May 25, 1765. Samuel Chamberlain enlisted […]