…a number of my multi-great-grandfathers, who served under General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the army during thirteen colonies’ war for independence from Great Britain. It was a war that lasted for eight years—something to think about if your ancestors were American colonists.
James Edward “Jesse” Mizell Sr. (1727-1804) of North Carolina
Due to his age at the time, it’s difficult to believe the story his grandchildren told, but there is “an 1814 pension record showing that the widow of James Mizell of Martin County, N.C., was receiving a pension for his service in that war,” according to researcher Patrick Pearsey.
David Rogerson Sr. (1742-1805) of North Carolina
John Alderman Sr. (1742-1822) of North Carolina
John Rogerson (1755/60-1824) of North Carolina
William Griffin Mizell (1730-1809) of Georgia
Isaac Eason Sr. (1731-1786) of North Carolina
Joseph Lilley (1733-1807) of North Carolina
Daniel Roberson Sr. (1755/59-1835) of North Carolina
Daniel Leggett I (1759/60- ) of North Carolina
Benjamin Woolard Sr. (1733- ) of North Carolina
Aert William Barkalow (1750-1777) of New Jersey
Thomas Tewksbury Jr. (1758-1838) of New Hampshire
James Porter II (1737-1822) of Connecticut
Amos D. Allen (1749/51-1804) of Massachusetts
Ignatius Ogdin (1745-1799) of Maryland
John Slaughter, Col. (1731/41-1796) of Virginia
Heinrich Martin Sr. (1755-1845) of Pennsylvania
John Haun Sr. (1740- ) of Maryland
Philip Roush Sr. (1741-1820) of Virginia
Francis Dougherty (1750- ) of Pennsylvania
court-martialed for being insolent and drunk
Lemuel Smith Sr. (1736-1805) of Massachusetts
Jonathan Rogers II (1756-1841) of Massachusetts
deserted
Among my multi-great-grandfathers were two Royalists, a father and son, against whom neighbors didn’t hesitate to testify:
Absalom A. Leggett Sr. (1729/34-1792/96) of North Carolina
great-grandson of an English colonist
Daniel Leggett I (1759/60- ) of North Carolina
later joined the Continental Army
I’ll update this partial list when I discover more. I don’t know the identities of all of my ancestors, and records from that era are spotty.
