Colonial Military of America

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* Lt. Henry Adams (1609-1676), born in Barton St. David, Somerset, England, died in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Ensign Henry Adams III (1657-1733), born in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, died in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Capt. Joseph Adams (1672-1717), born and died in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Capt. Samuel Adams (1618-1688), born in Barton, St. David, Somerset, England, died in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
* Col. Samuel Appleton II (1625-1696), he was Commander-in-Chief of the Massachusetts Militia during King Philip's War
* Maj. Gen. Hon. Humphrey Atherton (1608-1661), 5th Chief Military Officer of the New England forces
* Sgt. Joseph Atherthon (1675-1753), born in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, died in Greenfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, he was in military from Deerfield, Massachusetts and in 1725 served as Sergeant in Father's Rasie's War

B

* Col. James Barrett (1710-1779), soldier in the French and Indian War, Colonel of the Concord Militia at the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolutionary War
* Col. James Barrett (1732-1779)
* Capt. Daniel Barnes (1736-1813), he was a Captain in a company of Minute Men who marched 19 Apr 1775, but arrived after the skirmish was over. Commissioned Captain 25 May 1775, served in 15th regiment, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. John Bent (1596-1672)
* Maj. Samuel Bernard (1737-1792), he was 1st Major, in Col. Samuel Thatcher's (1st Middlesex Co.) regt.; list of officers of Mass. militia; commissioned Feb. 7, 1776; pay roll for service from March 4 to March 9, 1776, 5 days, at Roxbury, at the taking of Dorchester Heights, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary
* Col. William Boarman (1630-1709), born in Bristol, Wiltshire, England, died in Bryantown, Charles County, Maryland, held the rank of Major and Colonel in 1645
* Col. Robert Bolling (1646-1709), born in All Hallows, Barking Parish, London, England, died at Kippax Plantation, Hopewell City, Virginia, USA
* Maj. Hon. John Bolling (1676-1729), born at Kippax Plantation, Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA, died at Cobbs Plantation, Conjurer's Neck, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
* Col. John Fairfax Bolling (1676-1729), born at Kippax Plantation, Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA, died at Cobbs Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
* Col. Robert Boling II (1682-1749), born at Kippax Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA, died at Prince George County, Virginia, USA
* Col. Robert Bolling (1738-1775), born in Henrico County, Virginia, USA, died in Richmond, Virginia, USA
* Col. Judge Melatiah Bourne (1673-1742)
* Capt. Hon. William Bowie (1721-), Member of the Assembly of Freeman, delegate to the Annapolis Convention of (1774-1776)
* Lt. Uriah Brigham (1727-1782), he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Francis Brinley (1690-1765), born and died in England, Colonel in the Massachusetts Militia
* Maj. William Brinley (1754-1840), Major in the American Revolutionary War
* William Brigham (1735-1793), he was the commanding officer of one of four companies listed in the Marlborough 1775 Minuteman Roster that marched on the alarm of 19 April 1775, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Maj. Hon. Thomas Brook Sr, Esq. (1632-1679)
* Col. Thomas Brook, Jr. (1659-c.1630), 2 degree Governor of Restored Proprietary Government
* Col. Abraham Buford (1747-1833), became Colonel in May 1778, Colonel of the 11th Virginia Regiment in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Peter Bulkeley (1641-1688), born and died in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Col. William Burges (c.1622-1685), he was in Ann Arundel County, Maryland by 1650
* Lt. Col. Francis Otway Byrd (1756-1800), a British Royal Navy Officers, but then switched sides during the American Revolutionary War
* Col. William Evelyn Byrd III (1728-1777), born and died at Westover Manor, Charles City County, Virginia. He the Commander of first 2nd Virginia Regiment and succeed Gen. George Washington as it's commander during the American Revolutionary War

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* Capt. David Chandler (1712-1796), born and died in Pomfret, New London County, Connecticut
* Col. John Chandler III (1665-1743), born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, died in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
* Capt. Joseph Chandler (1683-1750), born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, died in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
* Col. Joshua Chandler (1695-1768), born in New London, New London County, Connecticut, died in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
* Capt. Samuel Chandler (1735-1790), born and died in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, proprietor of a farm of 300 acres win Woodstock, Connecticut, officer in the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Thomas Chandler (1628-1703), born in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, died in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts
* Col. Thomas Chandler, Esq. (1709-1785), born in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut
* Capt. John William Chandler (1698-1754), born in New London, New London County, Connecticut and died in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
* Capt. Isaac Chaplin (1584-bef.1628) of the British Royal Navy and arrived in Virginia in 1608
* Col. Archibald "Old Iron" Cary (1721-1787), born in Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia, died in Chesterfield County, Virginia
* Col. Charles Clinton (1690-1773), born in County Longford, Ireland, immigrant from Ireland
* Col. Hon. Thomas Contee (1729-1811)

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* Col. John Dandridge (1700-1756), born in England, died in Fredericksburg, Virginia
* Capt. Hon. George Dent, Gent. (c.1758-1813), Captain during the American Revolutionary War
* Lt. Col. Cole Diggs (c.1691-c.1744), born and and died in York County, Virginia
* Col. John Donelson (1718-1785), Colonel in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Edward Dorsey (bef.1646-1705), he was in Ann Arundel County, Maryland by 1650, Edward Dorsey (c.1644-1705), Esq., in 1667 he was a boat wright like his father; in 1679, 1686 and in 1689 he was Justice of Anne Arundel County; in 1686 he was Captain of militia 1687 he was Major of Horse of Anne Arundel County; on 4 Sep 1689 he was Major of Anne Arundel County; on 9 Oct 1664 he was commissioned Associate Commissioner in Chancery; on 17 Oct 1694, in 1695, 1696 and 1697 he was Burges of Anne Arundel County; in 1701-1705 he was Associate Commissioner for Baltimore; on 2 Mar 1695/96 he was Judge of High. Court of Chancery; in 1702 he was commissioned Colonel of the Calvert County Militia; in 1694 he was on the Committee to lay out the town lots and a common for Annapolis; in 1696 he was Trustee of King William and Mary School and a Commissioner for the erection of St. Anne's Church in Annapolis. About 28 Feb 1694/95 the first session of Mary Legislature, which was in Annapolis was held at his house when he was a Major in Annapolis
* Capt. Hon. John Dorsey (1699-1761), on 10 Jun 1734 he and his brother John panted 632 acres under the name of Brother's Partnership, in 1712/14 he was Justice of Baltimore County, in 1742 he was Captain of Militia
* Col. John Douglas (1636-1678), he was in Charles County, Maryland, by 1661

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* Maj. Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820), helped establish the boundaries of Washington, DC with Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) who was an African American, Andrew was a officer in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Arthur Ewrin (1726-1791), Colonel of the 4th and 2nd Battallions of Bucks County Militia, immigrant from Ireland

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* Abijah Fairbanks (1754/46-1830), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Amos Fairbank (1737-1809)
* Aaron Fairbanks (c.1742-), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Asa Fairbanks (1731-)
* Capt. Asa Fairbanks (1758-1803)
* Benjamin Fairbanks (1759-c.1834)
* Drum Major Dea. Cyrus Fairbanks (1752-1852), he was the last prisoner of the town of Asburnham in 1788. He was a drummer in Capt. Jonathan Davis's Company in Col. John Witcomb's Regiment of Minute Men who responded to the the Lexington Alarm on 19 Apr 1775 and was also a drummer in the eight months service. He was present at the Siege of Boston in Capt. Jonathan Davis's Company in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment and was quartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and afterward on Prospect Hill. In 1776 he was a Drum Major in the army near Hudson; marched via Worcester, New Haven, Fairfield and White Plains to dobb's Ferry, where he remained till his term of service expired. In Sep 1777, when Burgoyne was advancing, he enlisted at Harvard for one month; marched to Petersham where his company was organized and was chosen corporal in a militia company of Capt. Hill; thence to Fort Edward where he passed through Bennington, Vermont. He remained in service during the entire term of his enlistment
* Capt. David Fairbanks (1731-1776)
* Sgt. Ephraim Fairbank (1753-c.1838)
* Elijah Fairbank (1735-1803), responded to the Lexington Alarm in a militia during the American Revolutionary War
* Pvt. Elijah Fairbanks (1756-), entered the American Revolutionary War in the winter of 1777 and served three months as a private in Capt. Dennis Getchell's Company in Col. Joseph's North's Regiment and participated in the Bagaduce expedition
* Capt. George Fairbanks (-1682)
* Corp. Dr. George Fairbanks (1751-1829), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Ithamar Fairbanks (1767-1847), he served for thirty days as a guard in Boston
* Lt. Jabez Fairbanks (1738-1822), Lieutenant in the Lancaster Regiment of Militia
* Capt. John Fairbanks (1643-)
* Lt. Jabez Fairbanks (1755-c.1795)
* Sgt. Ephraim Fairbank (1753-c1838)
* Sgt. James Fairbanks (1756-1836), enlisted as a private on 29 Jan 1776 in Capt. Samuel's Cowell's Company of Col. Lemuel's Robinson's Regiment. He reenlisted in Apr 1777 as a Corporal and soon promoted to Sergeant
* Joel Fairbanks (1747-), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Maj. John Fairbank (1755-), he spent a harsh winter at Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Jonas Fairbanks (1747-1832), was a minute man that responded to the Lexington Alarm; enlisted in New Hampshire and served as a private in Francis Towne's Company in Col. David Gilman's Regiment, which was raided by the state of New Hampshire in Dec 1776 to reinforce the Continental Army in the State of New York, at Fort George and Ticonderoga from Dec 1776 to Mar 1777
* Jonathan Fairbanks (1654-1711/12), he served in the first or Mount Hope Campaign
* Joseph Fairbanks (1743-1784), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Lt. Joshua Fairbank (1727-1781)
* Jotham Fairbanks (1757-1834), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Laban Fairbanks (1758-1832), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Luther Fairbank (1755-1836)
* Lt. Moses Fairbanks (c.1740-)
* Col. Moses Fairbanks (1782-1854), he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Nathaniel Fairbanks (1754-1791), he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Oliver Fairbank (bapt.1751-1829), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Saccheus Fairbank (1759-1845), served in Capt. Aaron Gardner (-) in Col. Brooks Regiment for 62 days; served in Capt. Gleason's Company and served at Concord and Lexington on 19 Apr 1775
* Capt. Samuel Fairbanks (1753-) responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Seth Fairbank (1755-1833), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Thomas Fairbank (1741-1813), responded to the Lexington Alarm during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. William Fairbank (1759-1832)
* Pvt. Zenas Fairbanks (1752-1829)
* Lt. Gen. Gov. Josias Fendall, Esq. (c.1628-1687), 4th Proprietary Governor of Maryland
* Col. John Fendall I, Esq. (1672-1734)
* Capt. Hopestill Foster (1620-1676)
* Col. Gerard Fowk (c.1625-c.1669), he was in Charles County, Maryland by 1662
* Lt. Isaac Fowle (c.1648-1718), born and died in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Lt. James Fowle (c.1643-1690), born in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, died in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Capt. James Fowle (1667-1714), born and died in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Capt. John Fowle (1671-1744), born and died in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Maj. John Fowle (1695-1775), born and died in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Capt. Hon. William French (1603-1681), was born on 15 Mar 1603 in Halstead, Essex, England and died on 20 Nov 1681 at Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, in about 1655 he held the rank of Captain in the militia

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* Capt. Lion Gardiner (1599-1683), Lord of the Manor of Gardiner's island, military engineer, he oversaw the construction of the Saybrook Fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River, which he was the commander of, he fought in the Pequot War from 1636 to 1637
* Col. David Gilman (1735-1826), appointed Captain of an Alarm Company and with the rank of Colonel on 2 Jul 1787, American Revolutionary War officer
* Maj. Gen. Daniel Gookin (1612-1687)
* Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene (1742-1786), Major General during the American Revolutionary War, Commander of the Kentish Guards
* Col. Nicholas Greenberry (1627-1697), he was in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, by 1693

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* Maj. Samuel Hanson (1705-1749)
* Maj. Samuel Hanson, Jr. (1738-1817), Major during the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Jr., Esq. (1645-1712), sent to England as Commissioner from the Colony of Virginia
* Col. Benjamin Harrison (1743-1807), member of the Council of the State of Virginia
* Capt. Hon. Carter Henry Harrison (1732-1793), born in Berkeley Hundred, Charles City County, Virginia, member of the Cumberland Committee of Safety, Member of the Virginia House of Delagates
* Col. Hon. Nathaniel Harrison (1677-1727), proprietor of 7,000 acres, Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
* Col. Nathaniel Harrison, Jr. (1703-1791), member of the Council of the State of Virginia,
* Col. Hon. John Haynes (1594-1654), 4th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
* Col. John Hathorne, (1641-1717), commissioned colonial of Salem militia in 1711
* Maj. Hon. William Hathorne (1606-1681), 1st Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* Col. Hon. Henry Hooper I (c1620-1676), he was an immigrant from England, he was Captain of the Calvert County Militia, Gentlemen Justice of the Peace for Calvert County, a first settler of Hooper's Island
* Col. Isaac Horsey (1665-1752)
* Col. Cyprian Howe (1726-1790), when he was a captain, his company was made up of 46 men, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, he was from Marlborough, he served this country proudly and with out men like him we would not be a free nation. As Captain he served under Colonel Henry Gardiner in the 4th Middlesex County Militia Regiment at the opening of the Revolution and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington Alarm on the 19th of April 1775 (but not found on the local minuteman rosters). He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1776 and Colonel in 1779 when he became commanding officer of the 4th Middlesex Regiment. He served in many battles through the region and after years of struggles we defeated the British to be an independent United States of America, he was a soldier of the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Francis Hutchinson (-), he was in Calvert County, Maryland, by 1682
* Col. Thomas Hynson (c.1591-1679), he was in Kent County, Maryland by 1651

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* Maj. Gen. Hon. Henry Knox (1750-1806), Founding Father of the United States, 1st Senior Officers of the United States Army, 1st and 2nd United States Secretary of War, Major General and Chief of Artillery during the American Revolutionary War

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* Capt. Henry Lee I (1691-1747)
* Maj. Gen. Hon. Henry Lee III (1756-181), Major and Lieutenant Colonel during the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Richard Lee I (1618-1664)
* Maj. Gen. John Leverett (bapt.1616-1678/79)
* Maj. Hon. Ambrose London (c1618-1706), he was an immigrant from England, planter, Justice of the Peace, elected to the Lower House of Maryland General Assembly
* Col. Hon. Philip Ludwell (c.1638-c.1723), 1st Governor of Carolina
* Col. Hon. Nathaniel Lyttleton (1605-1654), born at Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England, died in Accomac County, Virginia, arrived in 1635 in Virginia and made his home at Nandau Creek and then in Northampton County, Virginia. He established a patent for a trading post in Northampton County for dealing with the Native Americans. He served as Justice of Northampton County, Virginia from 1642 to 1652. He was a Member of the House of Burgesses in 1652. He and Argall Yeardley were appointed commissioners to assure Dutch settlers of their rights to citizenship on 25 Mar 1651/52. He married before 1 Jun 1640 in Northampton County, Virginia to Ann Southey (c1610-bef1656)

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* Col. James Madison (1723-1801), he was a Colonel in the Virginia Militia
* Capt. John Mason (c.1600-1672), 8th Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony
* Maj. John Marshall (1726-1800), died during the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Hon. John Marshall (1755-1835), Founding Father of the United States
* Lt. Ephraim Morton (1684-1731)
* Maj. Hon. Perez Morton (1751-1837), Massachusetts Attorney General, two time Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Major during the American Revolutionary War
* Ensign Robert Munroe (1712-1775), Ensign, he was the third highest ranking officer at the Battles of Lexington and Concord during the American Revolutionary War

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* Sgt. Jacob Perkins (1624-1699), he was a Sergeant of the Ipswich Militia
* Sgt. Rev. John Perkins, Jr. (1609-1686), 1st Minister of Salem, Massachusetts
* Maj. Hon. John Purnell (1698-c1755), he was born in Somerset County, Maryland and died in Worcester County, Maryland, in 1776 he held the rank of Captain and was of the Maryland Militia, from 1742 to 1754 he was Commissioner of Worcester County
* Capt. Benjamin Putnam (1664-1715)
* Col. Enoch Putnam (1731/32-1796)
* Col. David Putnam (1707-1768)
* Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam (1718-1790), officer in the French and Indian War, Major General in the American Revolutionary War
* Lt. James Putnam (1661-1727)
* Lt. Jethro Putnam (c.1702-1815)
* Capt. John Putnam (1627-1710)
* Capt. Jonathan Putnam (1657-1739)
* Capt. Nathaniel Putnam (1619-1722)
* Brig. Gen. Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), he was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and was instrumental in the initial settling of the Ohio Country following the war
* Lt. Stephen Putnam (1694-1772)
* Lt. Thomas Putnam (1615-1686)
* Col. Hon. John Pynchon (1626-1702), Commander-in-Chief of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia
* Lt. Col. Hon. John Pynchon, Jr. (1647-1721), Representative from Springfield, Massachusetts
* Col. John Pynchon III (c.1674-1742), Clerk of the Court of Common Please and Court Sessions
* Col. William Pynchon I (1689-1741), Representative from Springfield, Massachusetts, Clerk of Springfield, Massachusetts

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* Capt. Edward Randolph (1690-aft.1756), born on Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia
* Capt. Edward Randolph (1724-1757), born London, England, died in Virginia
* Col. Isham Randolph (1685-1742), born on Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia, died in Goochland County, Virginia
* Col. Thomas Randolph (1683-1729), born and died in Tucahahoe, Henrico County, Virginia
* Col. Willian T. Randolph (1714-1745), born and died in Tuckahoe, Henrico County, Virginia
* Col. William Randolph (bef.1651-1711), born in Morton Hall, Morell, Warwickshire, England, died on Turkey Island, Hernico County, Virginia
* Col. William Randolph, Jr. (1681-1741), born and died on Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia
* Seth Read (-), he was the Commander of the Massachusetts 26th and 15th regiments and founded Erie, Pennsylvania. The Read brothers owned half of the land in the towns of Uxbridge and Northbridge, Massachusetts, in the mid 18th century. The family is known as "Reed" in Pennsylvania, and the Read name and spelling continued in Massachusetts. At some point after the revolution, Joseph Read moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1801. He and his wife Eunice are buried in Brookfield. His brother Seth Reed, founded Erie, PA, and died there in 1797, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War

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* Col. Judge Nathaniel Saltonstall (1639-1707), Judge of Court Oyer and Teminer, the court of the Salem Witch Trials
* Col. Richard Saltonstall (c.1672-1714), born and died in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
* Maj. Gen. Robert Sedgwick (c1611-1656), 4th Chief Military Officer of the New England forces
* Col. James Smallwood (1639-c.1714), he was in Charles County, Maryland by 1666
* Col. Nicholas Spencer, Jr. (1633-1689)
* Maj. John Stith (1631-1694), born in Kikrham, Lancashire, England, died in Virginia, he was lieutenant in 1656, Captain in 1676 and Major of the Virginia Militia in 1680
* Capt. Hon. Benjamin Stoddert (1751-1813), soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Capt. Hon. John Stoddert (c.1710-1767), Captain of the County Militia
* Lt. Thomas Stoddert (1712-1755), soldier in the French and Indian War
* Maj. William Truman Stoddert (-), soldier of the American Revolutionary War
* Deacon Samuel Stone, Jr. (1656-1743), served in Capt. Thomas Prentinc's Troop of Horse in the Narragansett Expedition during King Philip's War

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* Col. Hon. Benjamin Tasker, Jr. (1720/211760), Provincial Governor of Maryland
* Col. William Tayloe (1599-1655), born in Gloucestershire, England, died in Kings Creek, York County, Virginia
* Lt. Col. Raleigh Travers (c1622-bef1670), Lieutenant Colonel of the Lancaster County Militia
* Col. Hon. William Travers (c1630-1679), Colonel of the Lancaster County Militia, 17th Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
* Col. Robert Bradley Tyler VI (1759-1793), Captain during the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Robert Tyler V, Esq. (1727-1777), Colonel during the American Revolutionary War

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* Maj. Gen. Artemas Ward (1727-1800), the Continental Army at Boston was under command of General Artemus Ward of Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA (and the same of Marlborough parents), until July 3, 1775 when he was succeeded, by order of the Continental Congress, by George Washington (1732-1799). On July 2nd, Washington stopped at the Williams Tavern in Marlborough, being escorted by an honor guard of prominent citizens of this and adjoining towns, and he then proceeded through Marlborough along the Post Road, accompanied by a military delegation from the Boston battle front to Cambridge where he took over Gen. Ward’s command. The 1775 minuteman companies are frequently listed as part of Ward's Regimen, he was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War
* Col. Augustine Washington II (1720-1762), born in Bridge's Creek, Westmorland County, Virginia, died in Wakefield, Westmorland County, Virginia
* Col. Charles Washington (1738-1799), born in Hunting Creek, Stafford County, Virginia, died in Happy Retreat, Charles Town, Jefferson, Alexandria, Virginia
* Col. Samuel Washington (1734-1781), born in Wakefield, Westmorland County, Virginia, died in Harewood, Jefferson, Alexandria, Virginia
* Maj. Gen. George Washington (1732-1799), born in Popes Creek, Westmorland County, Virginia, died at Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, he was Colonel of the Virginia Regiment and then General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and eventually the 1st President of the United States of America
* Capt. Samuel T. Washington (1765-1831), born in Westmorland County, Virginia, died in Saint Albans, Kanawha County, West Virginia
* Col. William Augustine Washington (1757-1810), born in Wakefield, Westmorland County, Virginia, died in Washington, Arlington County (now Washington, DC)
* Maj. John Welch (c.1630-1683), he was in Anne Arundel County, Maryland by 1681
* Col. Paul Wentworth (1678-1748), Selectmen of Dover, for fourteen years, Ensign in 1716 and 1717, Captain in 1727 and Colonel for many years
* Capt. Hon. Benjamin Wentworth (c.1691-c.1725), in the Dover Militia he was Sergeant in 1717 and then Captain
* Maj. John Wheeler (c.1630-c.1694), he was in Charles County, Maryland by 1652
* Capt. William Whittington I (c.1616-1659)
* Col. William Whittington II (1650-) born in Northampton County, Virginia to Capt. William Whittington I (c.1616-1659) and Elizabeth Weston (c.1625-) and died before 11 Apr 1720 in Somerset County, Maryland, North America. He was a Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
* Maj. Gen. John Whitcomb (1712-1785), elected the first Major General of the Massachusetts Army in Jun 1775, Major General during the American Revolutionary War, commissioned a Brigadier-General in the Continental Army by Gen. George Washington, but refused the commission

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