"Bearded" conjures up images of hirsute men, faces covered with varying degrees of hair.
My ancestors included many men who fit in this category, as I have previously written here.
However, the word also has another meaning as a verb: to boldly confront or challenge someone formidable. Using this definition, I want to write about my great-grandfathers who fought in the Revolutionary War, a war that pitted fledgling colonists who often lacked both equipment and training against the army that was considered at the time to be the best fighting force in the world. Definitely a bold challenge.
AUSTIN, NATHANIEL JR (6X GG), about whom I have previously written. DAR Ancestor #: A003842 Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER Birth: CIRCA 1743 BRUNSWICK CO VIRGINIA Death: POST 2-13-1798 LAURENS CO NINETY-SIX DIST SOUTH CAROLINA Service Source: SC ARCH, ACCTS AUD #208, ROLL #4 Service Description: 1) QUARTERMASTER SGT UNDER CAPT DRURY, MILITIA 2) FURNISHED WAGON, TEAM & DRIVER
Nathaniel, the oldest son of Captain Nathaniel Austin Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Manning, was born in 1743 in London, England. He emigrated to America about 1750 with his parents and two brothers. He married Sara Anderson in South Carolina about 1762 and had ten children with her. He died in 1817 in Laurens County SC.
BARBER, BARNET WHITE (5X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A005815 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, PRIVATE Birth: CIRCA 1748 ST MARYS CO MARYLAND Death: 5-21-1802 WICOMICO RIVER ST MARYS CO Service Source: CLEMENTS & WRIGHT, MD MIL IN THE REV, P 210; BEITZELL, ST MARYS CO, MD IN THE AMERICAN REV, CAL OF EVENTS, PP 77, 108 Service Description: 1) MILITIA, COL J JORDAN; FURNISHED SUPPLIES, 1780; JUROR, 1781
Barnett White Barber, the son of Edward and Sarah Barber, was born about 1748 in St. Mary's County MD. He married Elizabeth Storey Briscoe about 1775 and had six children with her. He drowned in the Wicomico River in 1802 at age 54.
BLACKSTONE, NEHEMIAH HERBERT (5X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A010777 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: CIRCA 1740 ST MARYS CO MARYLAND Death: ANTE 6-8-1816 ST MARYS CO MARYLAND Service Source: OATH OF ALLEG - CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S, MO BULL OF ST. MARY'S CO HIST SOC, V 4, JULY 1956, #7 ,P 41; CAL OF MD ST PAPERS, EXEC MISC 1781 BLUE BK V 3 #1047, P 142; ARCH OF MD, V 47, 1781, PP 295-296 Service Description: 1) MADE PRISONER & SUFFERED LOSSES BY 2) DEPREDATION OF THE ENEMY; OATH OF ALLEG.
Nehemiah Herbert Blackistone, the son of John Blackistone and Elizabeth Dent, was born in St. Mary's County MD about 1740. He married first Mary Cheseldine and had seven children with her. He married second in 1801 Eleanor Gardiner Hebb and had six children with her. He died in St. Mary's County MD in 1816 at age 76.
Captain John Brewer Dent, the youngest son of Benjamin Dent and Susannah Brewer, was born at the family plantation (Dent's Inheritance) in Charles County MD in 1759. He married his cousin, Priscilla Elizabeth Dent in 1785 and had eight children with her. He died in 1838 in Charles County MD at age 79.
HILL, HENRY (4X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A055745 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN Birth: ANTE 1757 PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND Death: 4-27-1822 PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND Pension Number: *W14907 Service Source: *W14907; BRUMBAUGH, MD RECS: COL, REV, CHURCH, VOL 2, P 297 Service Description: 1) FLYING CAMP, COL MARBURY 2) SIGNED OATH OF FIDELITY
Captain Henry Darnall Hill, Jr., the only son of Henry Darnall Hill and Mary Ann Hoskins, was born in Prince George's County MD about 1755. He was with Gen. Washington at Valley Forge. He married Hester Maxwell Brooke in 1781 and had thirteen children with her. He died in Prince George's County MD in 1832 at age 77. When Henry's widow made a pension claim in 1840, the US Senate turned her down saying they did not have sufficient evidence of his service, his records having been lost when his house burned down in 1832.
HILLERY, HENRY (5X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A056197 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 2-15-1726 PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND Death: 5- -1783 PRINCE GEORGES CO MARYLAND Service Source: BRUMBAUGH, MD RECS: COL, REV, CHURCH, VOL 2, P 302; BRUMBAUGH & HODGES, REV RECS OF MD, PP 31-32 Service Description: 1) OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, GRAND JUROR, 1780
Lt. Henry Hilleary, the youngest son of Thomas Hilleary and Eleanor Young, was born in 1726 at the Hilleary homestead (Three Sisters) in Prince George's County MD. He married Cassandra Magruder in 1751 and had 14 children with her. He died in Prince George's County MD in 1783 at the age of 56.
KENT, DANIEL (5X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A065006 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, ENSIGN Birth: 8-3-1745 CALVERT CO MARYLAND Death: ANTE 2-24-1804 CALVERT CO MARYLAND Service Source: DAR UNPUBLISHED REV RECS OF MD, GRC 1939, S I, VOL 63, PP 8, 12; CLEMENTS & WRIGHT, MD MIL IN THE REV, P 147 Service Description: 1) CAPT CHARLES WILLIAMSON; OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, CALVERT CO, 1778
Daniel Kent, the only son of Joseph Kent and Ann Rawlings, was born in Calvert County MD in 1754. He married first Sarah Bond. He married second Ann Weems Wheeler and had ten children with her, including Governor Joseph Kent, about whom I have previously written. He died in Calvert County MD in 1802 at age 48.
SOMERVILLE, ALEXANDER (6X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A107052 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): LIEUTENANT COLONEL Birth: 1734 CALVERT CO MARYLAND Death: 3-22-1783 CALVERT CO MARYLAND
Lt. Col. Alexander Somervell, the youngest son of the immigrant, Dr. James Somervell and Sarah Howe, was born in Calvert County MD in 1734. He married Rebecca Dawkins in 1759 and had four children with her. In addition to his military service, he served as sheriff of Calvert County and as a member of the legislature. He died in Calvert County MD in 1783 at the age of 48.
TUBMAN, RICHARD JR (5X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A116571 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): LIEUTENANT Birth: 1752 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND Death: 8-26-1813 DORCHESTER CO MARYLAND Service Description: 1) CAPT KEENE'S 'BUCKS' CO' 2) CAPT STAPLEFORT'S CO LOWER BATT. Served in the same company with his brother-in-law, Benjamin Keene, above.
WALLACE/WALLIS, FRANCIS (5X GG), about whom I have previously written. DAR Ancestor #: A119886 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): LIEUTENANT Birth: 10-5-1749 KENT CO MARYLAND Death: ANTE 12-17-1787 KENT CO MARYLAND Service Source: CLEMENTS & WRIGHT, MD MIL IN THE REV, PP 176, 179 Service Description: 1) CAPT NATHANIEL COMEGYS, COL DONALDSON YEATES 2) 27TH BATT, KENT CO MILITIA
Francis Wallis, the son of John Wallis and Hannah Bodien, was born in Kent County MD 1749. He married first Sophia Brooks and had two children with her. He married second Elizabeth Smith and had one daughter with her. He died in Kent County MD in 1789 at the age of 40. Although the Quakers had disowned him for his military service, they did reinstate him later and he is buried in the burial ground of the Cecil Meeting in Kent County.
YATES, JONATHAN (5X GG) DAR Ancestor #: A129440 Service: MARYLAND Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, MAJOR Birth: ANTE 1743 CHARLES CO MARYLAND Death: ANTE 12-20-1787 CHARLES CO MARYLAND Service Source: ARCH OF MD, VOL 11, P 206; VOL 21, P 479; VOL 45, P 280; FORCE, AMERICAN ARCH, 4TH SER, VOL 4, PP 1494, 1495; DAR, UNPUBLISHED REV RECS OF MD, S1, VOL 62, P 90; HALL OF RECS COMMISSION, RED BOOK, #4, PART 2, P 234 Service Description: 1) ALSO CAPT, CHARLES CO MILITIA; JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, 1778; 2) SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1778; PROVIDED CLOTHING, 1778
Major Jonathan Yates, the son of Robert Yates and Ann Gwinn, was born in Charles County MD in 1743. He married Elizabeth Bruce (the sister of Col. William Bruce, about whom I have previously written) and had four children with her. He died in Charles County MD in 1787 at the age of 44.
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