
A Family of Patriots

The Revolutionary War (1775-83), also known as the American Revolution, arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their independence. France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778, turning what had essentially been a civil war into an international conflict. After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.

Ancestors That Fought For Our Independence

My Paternal 5th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor #A025047

My Maternal 4th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor # A024476


My Maternal 5th Great Grandfather

My Maternal 5th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor # A074360

Robert Harris Sr. b. 1702 - d. 1788
My Maternal 6th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor # A051847

Jonathan Osborne b. 1753 - d. 1834
My Paternal 6th Great Grandfather

Samuel Perkins b. 1751 - d. 1797
My Maternal 5th Great Grandfather

Hendrick Hier b. c. 1757 - d. 1841
My Maternal 5th Great Grandfather

Christian Pearson b. c. 1755 - d. 1819
My Paternal 5th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor # A087001

My Paternal 5th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor # A126506

Captain Basil Lee Williams b. c. 1728 - d. 1799
My Paternal 6th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor # A125882

Timothy Dimmick b. 1726 - d. 1795
My Maternal 6th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor #A200509

Thomas Joines b. 1750 - d. 1835
My Paternal 5th Great Grandfather
DAR Ancestor #A064140

Joseph Ham b. 1740 - d. 1799
My Paternal 5th Great Grandfather

