Ancestors
The Society of Colonial Wars was founded in New York in 1892 for the purpose of furthering the interest in, and study of, America’s Colonial history for the period between the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia on May 13, 1607 and the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.
The following SCW State of Missouri ancestors served in the Colonial Wars in the military or governmental capacity.
Isaac Allerton
Maj. John Albro
Col./Gov. John Anderson
Capt. John Ashby
Col. William Aylett
Enoch Beers
Hopestill Bent
John Bishop: Magistrate of Guilford, Connecticut, 1639-1643.
Thomas Blackledge
Thomas Blatchley: Elected Deputy to the Connecticut General Court from
Branford in May 1667, Oct. 1668, Oct. 1669.
John Bliven
Richard Borden bapt. 22 Feb 1595 - 25 May 1671 Assistant 1653-54, General Treasurer 1654-55; Commissioner 1667-70; Deputy 1667-70
John Boyle
John Brockett
Andrew Brown (abt 1658 - wp 3 Mar 1740-1)
Oliver Brown
John Thomas Buford
William Callaway
Captain John Carter Born 1720 Died Dec 18, 1783
commissioned a captain in the Spotsylvania Militia October 25, 1758. Member of the county court July 17, 1772.
Colonel Landon Carter Member House of Burgesses of Virginia (1748-1764)
Humphrey Chadbourne (bp. 23 Apr 1615 - 12 Sep 1667 inv.)
Benjamin Church
Capt. Daniel Clark
Gov. William Coddington
Col. Richard Cocke
William Comstock Soldier in Pequot War
John Coy, Sr.
Robert Cutt
Francis Dade
Elihu Daggett
Moses Davis
Thomas Dudley
Capt. Timothy Dwight
Thomas Edmondson
Colonel Joshua Fry
Maj. Jasper Griffin
George Harlan
Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr.
George Hume
Josiah Hunnewell (25 Jun 1702 - aft Jun 1755)
Capt. Richard Hunnewell
Lieut. Ebenezer Johnson
Thomas Judd
Issac Kingsland
Captain Stephen Lane
Stephen Larrabee: Killed by natives at Jewell's Island after escaping from North Yarmouth, ME, during King Philip's War.
Thomas Larrabee (? - 19 Apr 1723)
Thomas Larrabee II (16 Jun 1719 - 4 Jun 1797)
Benjamin Lee
Richard Lippincott
Joseph Loomis
(Jan) John Mabee
Thomas Marshall
Samuel Magruder
Col. Martin Pickett, French and Indian War, 1761, as Lieut. in Capt. William Edmunds Company of Virginia Troops
Col. Thomas Prather, Major "of Conococheague" and Col. In Frederick Co., Maryland
John Milam, Sr
Henry Norton, Provost Marshall and Provost in the Province of Maine
Peter Porcher
Thomas Posey
Col Andrew Lewis Treat
Captain Thomas Prentice
Joseph Shores Price
Ensign John Pritchard (Pritchett)
Lt. Col. William Randolf
Lt. Col. Henry Ridgely
Alexander Shapleigh
Lt. John Shapleigh
John Shepley IV, Ensign, Queen Anne's War
Edward Shippen
Alexander Spence
Lt. Philip Thomas
Capt. William Torrey
Robert Turner
Capt. Richard Warfield, Jr.
Thomas Warne
Samuel Welles
Richard Welton
John Whitman
Josiah Willard: Land granted in Wethersfield, CT, "As Pequot soldier."
Peleg Willard: Soldier in Capt. Peleg Redfield's company during the Campaigns
against the French in 1759 and 1760.
Simon Willard: Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts, 1636
Charles Willing 08 May 1710 - 30 Nov 1754 Service in Pennsylvania: Common Council (1743); Justice (1745, 1749, 1752, 1754); Justice of the City Court (1747); Captain, Associated Regiment of Foot (1747); Mayor of Philadelphia (1748, 1754)
Gov. Edward Winslow
Joseph Wood