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

Captain Henry Connelly b. 1752 - d. 1840

My Paternal 5th Great Grandfather

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Elisha Collins b. 1762 - d. 1854

My Maternal 4th Great Grandfather

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Isaac Matthew Ruggles b. 1754 - d. 1810

My Maternal 5th Great Grandfather

Colonel William McAlevy b. 1728 - d. 1822

My Maternal 5th Great Grandfather

DAR Ancestor # A074360

Robert Harris Sr. b. 1702 - d. 1788

My Maternal 6th Great Grandfather

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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

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Sergeant Lawrence Williams b. 1758 - d. 1834

My Paternal 5th Great Grandfather

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Captain Basil Lee Williams b. c. 1728 - d. 1799

My Paternal 6th Great Grandfather

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