My Ancestors in the American Revolutionary War: Four with Patriotic Service Designation from the DAR

 

While researching those ancestors in my family tree who actually saw battle during the Revolutionary War, I discovered that three ancestors in my family tree are listed by DAR for their patriotic service, not military service. One ancestor is not listed in the DAR, but did sign the Oath of Allegiance, according to historical references.

ANCESTORS IN THE LINEAGE OF MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER RUBY BOLTON BROWN MARTINE WITH PATRIOTIC SERVICE DESIGNATION

ANDREW JEWETT son of JOSEPH JEWETT & ANNA WIGGIN,  was born 28 October 1750 Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He married about 1776 MARY "MOLLY" PIPER, then 2nd to LYDIA MORRISON inabout 1796.   He died 11 February 1819 in Sanbornton, Belknap County, New Hampshire. DAR indicates he signed the Association Test (Oath of Allegiance) proposing to defend the Colonies from the British in 1776; was appointed with four others to the Committee of Safety in 1777, and was a Selectman for several years in Sanbornton.

Rev BENJAMIN BUTLER was born 6 April 1729 in Windham, Connecticut, the son of MALACHI BUTLER & JEMIMA DAGGETT of Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts (Martha's Vineyard), then Connecticut.   BENJAMIN attended Harvard University, attaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1752, then a Masters degree in 1758, and was ordained as a minister. He married DORCAS ABBOTT on 17 April 1754 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. After his ordination, he became  Reverend for Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire at the town's Congregational  church for a period of twelve years, and continued to live in Nottingham afterward. He was a Civil Magistrate until his death in 1804. During the Revolutionary War period he was commissioned as a Captain in the local Militia, but never saw battle and was more involved in finding gunpowder,  supplies and enlisting men, as a Civil Magistrate.  An excellent biography is available through the book (now FamilySearch database) Colonial Collegians. Rev BENJAMIN BUTLER died 29 December 1804 in Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire. 

IGNATIOUS BUTLER b 1755 MONONGALIA COUNTY VIRGINIAIS NOT THE SON OF  REV BENAMIN BUTLER OF NOTTINGHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE

ANCESTORS IN THE LINEAGE OF MY MATERNAL GRANDFATHER R B MARTINE WITH PATRIOTIC SERVICE DESIGNATION

ROBERT PETER MOSELEY  was born 14 Feb 1731 in Henrico County, Virginia, the son of ROBERT LIGON MOSELEY & SARAH RACHEL TAYLOR.   He married MARY MAGDALAINE GUERRANT on 23 September 1756 in Powhatan County, Virginia.  His plantation, Willow Lake, was located in Buckingham County, Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, ROBERT PETER MOSELEY  provided supplies for the Continental Army, as per DAR records.  ROBERT PETER MOSELEY died 30 January 1804 at Willow Lake Plantation. He is not the same person as Lt ROBERT MOSELEY who served in Kentucky.  There were several of this name who served in the Revolutionary War.

JEREMIAH MARTINE  was born 1734 in Tarrytown, Westchester, New York, the son of JEAN/JOHN MARTINE II and EVA AEFJE MABIE.  He married RACHEL BAREE/BARET abt 1760 in Tarrytown, likely at the Dutch Reformed Church at Sleepy Hollow. When the Revolutionary War broke out, JEREMIAH was living in Haverstraw, Orange (later Rockland) County, New York.  He signed the Association Test/Oath of Allegiance proposing to defend the Colonies from the British in 1776, along with his brother JOHN MARTINE III (married RACHEL VAIL).  Several of JOHN MARTINE III's sons fought in the Revolution.  There are no DAR records for JEREMIAH MARTINE,  but their participation is noted in several local histories. 

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Betty

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