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"There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!" -- John Hancock after signing his name in large letters on the Declaration of Independence
"The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American!" -- Patrick Henry in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party
"Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own." -- Thomas Jefferson, 1774
"One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle." -- James Otis, Massachusetts lawyer, 1761
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it." -- Thomas Paine, 1777
"The American war is over; but this far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the drama is closed. It remains yet to establish and perfect our new forms of government, and to prepare the principles, morals, and manners of our citizens for these forms of government after they are established and brought to perfection." -- Benjamin Rush, Founding Father, in his Address to the People of the United States, May 25, 1786
"But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations...This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution." -- John Adams, 1818
"The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts." -- William Ellery (1727-1820)
"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer." -- Benjamin Franklin, November 1766
"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree." -- James Madison, July 11, 1787
"Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust be men of unexceptionable characters. The public cannot be too curious concerning the character of public men." -- Samuel Adams, letter to James Warren, November 1775
Captain Gilbreth Falls-Absolom Hooper Chapter
Our Patriot Ancestors
As part of our commitment to historic preservation and patriotism, we are proud to honor our ancestors. Our chapter members are descendants of these patriots who rendered civil, patriotic, and/or military service in the American war for independence. Many of them sacrificed their lives and fortunes for our freedom.
| A | Acker, Peter | SC |
| Alden, Prince | CT | |
| Andrews, Daniel | NC | |
| Anthony, John | NC | |
| Arnold, Jabez | RI | |
| Arnold, Zibey | NJ | |
| Aspley, John | NC | |
| Atkins, Lewis | VA | |
| Avery, Gardiner | MA | |
| Axtell, Thomas | PA | |
| Aycock, Richard | GA | |
| B | Badgett, James | NC |
| Baker, Robert | MA | |
| Baker, Thomas | VA | |
| Ballard, William | VA | |
| Banner, Joseph | NC | |
| Barnes, John | NC | |
| Barrett, Jonathan Jr. | CT | |
| Barrett, Jonathan Sr. | CT | |
| Barron, John | GA | |
| Barron, William | GA | |
| Barrows, William | MA | |
| Barry, Andrew | SC | |
| Barry, Richard | SC | |
| Beckwith, Silas | CT & NY | |
| Bell, James Sr. | NC | |
| Benoit, Jean Charles | LA | |
| Bernard, Michel | LA | |
| Berry, John | VA | |
| Bethea, John | SC | |
| Beville, John | VA | |
| Bloomfield, Jeremiah | PA | |
| Bloss, Valentine | VA | |
| Bond, John | NC | |
| Booth, Charles | PA | |
| Botkin, Charles | VA | |
| Boxley, Benjamin | VA | |
| Boyd, James | NH | |
| Brewer, Peter | MD | |
| Brisbane, Adam Fowler | GA & SC | |
| Broadwell, David | NC | |
| Brubeck, John | VA | |
| Bruce, Charles | NC | |
| Bryant, David | NJ | |
| Bullen, Michael | NC | |
| Burford, Philip Terrell Jr. | NC | |
| C | Cantrell, Joseph | NC |
| Carr, Andrew | PA | |
| Carrico, James | MD | |
| Chapman, John | VA | |
| Chitwood, James | SC | |
| Clark, John | VA | |
| Clark, Joshua | RI | |
| Clark, Richard Langhorn | MD | |
| Clarke, Christopher | VA | |
| Clarke, Micajah | VA | |
| Clay, Mitchel | VA | |
| Clement, Simon | NC | |
| Clement, Zephaniah | SC | |
| Cloyd, Joseph | VA | |
| Collins, Elisha | VA | |
| Coon, John | SC | |
| Cooper, Frederick | PA & NC | |
| Cowing, Gathelus | MA | |
| Cracraft, Samuel | VA | |
| Crane, John | NC | |
| Creekbaum, Philip | MD | |
| Curtis, Giles | CT | |
| D | Danner, George | NC |
| Daugherty, Jarvis | VA | |
| Dew, Arthur | NC | |
| Dixon, Joseph | NC | |
| Dodson, Thomas Jr. | VA | |
| Donaldson, William | VA | |
| Duncan, William | NC | |
| Durant, Henry | SC | |
| Duval, Cornelius | MD & VA | |
| E | Easterling, Thomas | NC |
| Elliott, Robert | VA | |
| F | Fain, Nicholas | NC |
| Falls, Gilbraith | NC | |
| Farmer, Isaac | NC | |
| Farquhar, James | NC | |
| Ferguson, Samuel | VA | |
| Ferry, Frederick | NJ | |
| Fisher, Conrad | PA | |
| Fleetwood, Isaac | VA | |
| Forrest, Robert | NH | |
| Francis, Henry | VA | |
| Freeman, Samuel | NC | |
| G | Garland, William | SC |
| Garrard, John | GA | |
| Garrell, John Stephen | PA | |
| Garth, John | VA | |
| Garth, Thomas | VA | |
| Gates, William | NC | |
| Gay, Allen | NC | |
| Gay, Richard | NC | |
| Gentry, James | VA | |
| Getchell, David | PA | |
| Gibbs, Julius | VA | |
| Givens, Daniel | VA | |
| Goodknight, Michael | NC | |
| Goodwin, Uriah | MA | |
| Grant, Daniel | VA | |
| Greider, Martin | NC | |
| Guthrie, Levi | NC | |
| H | Hallmark, George | VA |
| Hand, Elizabeth Anderson | VA | |
| Hand, Henry | VA | |
| Hanks, Moses | VA | |
| Harding, Benjamin Sr. | NC | |
| Harlan, Aaron Jr | NC | |
| Harlan, Aaron Sr | NC | |
| Harmon, Anan | MA | |
| Harney, Jonathan | DE | |
| Haskins, James | NC | |
| Hawkins, John | NC | |
| Haynes, Henry | VA | |
| Haynes, John, Jr | VA | |
| Haynes, John, Sr | VA | |
| Haynes, William | VA | |
| Haynie, William | VA | |
| Hazen, Andrew | CT | |
| Hedgpeth, John | NC | |
| Henry, Malcolm | SC | |
| Hicks, George | SC | |
| Higginbotham, Burroughs | GA | |
| Hinman, Asabel | NJ | |
| Hobson, Charles | NC | |
| Hoffpauir, Thomas | LA | |
| Holley, James Sr | VA | |
| Hooper, Absolom | SC & GA | |
| Houser, Ulrich | PA | |
| Howard, Hiram | NC | |
| Howard, Obediah | SC | |
| Hoyle, John | NC | |
| Hubbell, Comfort | CT | |
| Huddleston, Seth | MA | |
| Hunt, John | NC | |
| Hurst, Henry | VA | |
| I | Inabinet, Margaret Negly | SC |
| Ivey, Charles | NC | |
| J | Jackson, Isaac | SC |
| Jefferson, Thomas | VA | |
| Jessop, Thomas | NC | |
| Job, Samuel | NC | |
| Jones, Thomas | GA | |
| Jordan, Henry | VA | |
| Josselyn, Abraham | MD | |
| Junkin, Lancelot | PA | |
| Justice, John Jr | SC | |
| K | Keith, Henry | VA |
| Kershner, John | MD | |
| Key, Martin | VA | |
| Key, William Bibb | VA | |
| Kimmel, Philip | PA | |
| Kincaid, David | DE | |
| Kincannon, Francis | VA | |
| Kirtley, Francis | VA | |
| Kirtley, Thomas | VA | |
| Kline, Jonas | NY | |
| Kolb, Benjamin | SC | |
| Kyle, William | VA | |
| L | Lacey, Edward | SC |
| Land, John | NC | |
| Lander, Charles | VA | |
| Larid, Robert | SC | |
| Lewis, Ephraim | SC | |
| Ligon, Blackman | VA | |
| Litsey, Anthony | VA | |
| Lockwood, Jeremiah | CT | |
| Long Mary X | VA | |
| Long, John | VA | |
| Love, Alexander | SC | |
| Love, Andrew | SC | |
| Love, Robert | VA | |
| Lowrey, John | NC | |
| Lyon, Ephraim | CT | |
| M | Mann Sr., Jacob | VA |
| Markley, Adam | MD | |
| McAnally, Charles | NC | |
| McCutcheon, Samuel | VA | |
| McMurray, William | VA | |
| Medearis, John | NC | |
| Merritt, James | NC | |
| Mileham, Bartlett | VA | |
| Mileham, John Sr | VA | |
| Miner, Absolom | CT | |
| Moody, Samuel | MA | |
| Moore, Charles | SC | |
| Moore, David | PA | |
| Moore, Samuel | VA | |
| Morgan, Jacob | PA | |
| Morgan, James | NC | |
| Morton, Joseph | VA | |
| Mosely, Robert | NC | |
| Motley, David | VA | |
| Motley, Joseph | VA | |
| Muchmore, William | NJ | |
| Murdock, Thomas | VT | |
| Myers, Abraham | SC | |
| N | Neely, Samuel | SC |
| Nelson, John | VA | |
| Nelson, Thomas | VA | |
| Nesbet, William | SC | |
| Nicholas, Jeremiah | NC | |
| Niswonger, John | MD | |
| Null, Philip | PA | |
| P | Palmer, Martin | VA |
| Parish, William | VA | |
| Parr, Arthur Jr | SC | |
| Pedigo, Edward | VA | |
| Peebles, Jehu | VA | |
| Peebles, John | SC | |
| Peebles, Lewis | SC | |
| Pendleton, Philip | VA | |
| Peyton, Ephraim | VA | |
| Pickens, William | SC | |
| Picket, Micajah | SC | |
| Pope, Jesse | NC | |
| Posey, Micajah | PA | |
| Pound, Reuben | GA | |
| Prather, James | MD | |
| Pressley, David | SC | |
| Puckett, Richard | VA | |
| Putnam, Daniel | MA | |
| Putname, Timothy | NH | |
| Q | Quarles, John | VA |
| Quarles, Samuel | SC | |
| R | Rabalais, Jean Baptiste | LA |
| Reinhardt, Jacob | NC | |
| Rentz, Catherine Majer | SC | |
| Reynolds, Elisha | NC | |
| Rhodes, John | VA | |
| Richardson, Luther | NH | |
| Ring, Eleazar | MD | |
| Robert, Peter | SC | |
| Robertson, John | VA | |
| Rogers, William | NC | |
| Rose, John | NC | |
| Russell, William | VA | |
| Ryckman, Mark | NC | |
| S | Samson, Francois | LA |
| Schidtler, George | PA | |
| Scott, James | VA | |
| Scott, Josiah | PA | |
| Seamster, John | VA | |
| Sexton, Elijah | CT | |
| Shackelford, John | VA | |
| Sharp, William | MD | |
| Shearer, Frederick | NC | |
| Sherman, Prince | MA | |
| Simms, Robert | NC | |
| Skillern, William | VA | |
| Skinner, Richard | VA | |
| Smith, Charles | VA | |
| Smithson, Micajah | VA | |
| Snyder, Johannis | NY | |
| Spears, John | VA | |
| Spooner, Daniel | VT | |
| Starr, Comfort | VT | |
| Steen I, William | SC | |
| Stevens, Lewis | VA | |
| Swing, Samuel | NJ | |
| T | Tatum, Edward | NC |
| Taylor, Thomas | NH | |
| Thomas, John | VA | |
| Thornton, Samuel | MA | |
| Trego, William | PA | |
| Tyson, Moses | NC | |
| U | Uzzelle, Elisha | NC |
| V | Van Auken, Daniel | NY |
| Van Gieson, John | NJ | |
| Van Houten, Helmagh | NJ | |
| Venable, Samuel Woodson | VA | |
| W | Wade, Thomas | NC-SC |
| Waller, Nathaniel | NC | |
| Walters, Conrad | VA | |
| Watkins, Francis | VA | |
| Watkins, Thomas | VA | |
| Watson, Samuel | SC | |
| Watts, John A | NC | |
| Weaver, Michael | PA | |
| Webster, Thomas | GA | |
| Weels, Richard Sr | VA-PA | |
| Wells, Joseph | PA | |
| Whaley, James Jr | VA | |
| Whiston, Joseph | CT | |
| Wickersham, Peter | PA | |
| Wiggins, William | NC | |
| Wilkes, Samuel | VA | |
| Williams, David | NC | |
| Williamson, Joseph | NC | |
| Wilson, William | SC | |
| Woodruff, John | CT |