America's 250th celebration of my Revolutionary War ancestors

Spirit of '76 by Archibald Willard

It's America's 250th Birthday this year.  In honor of my ancestors who fought in the American Revolutionary War for Independence.  I wanted to make a list of those who fought and served.  I did find it strange that in my direct line of male Smith ancestors, the first ancestor who actually served during a war was my grandfather, Donald Clifford Smith during World War I.  I have no direct Smith ancestor who served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 or the Civil War.   I have cousins who served in the military since World War II, it seems that age wise during these conflicts, my Smith ancestors were either too old to serve or too young.  Neither the less, I have many other ancestors who fought for Independence either serving months or years.   

My Dad's Paternal Revolutionary War ancestors:

1. Nathaniel Wiggin, Stratham, New Hampshire
2. Nicholas Rollins, Stratham, New Hamphsire
3. Ralph Devereux, Castine, Maine
4. Joseph Hibbert, Penobscot, Maine
5. Elijah Winslow, Penobscot, Maine
6. George Parkhurst, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
7. Isaac Cottle, Tisbury, Massachusetts
8. Thomas Manchester, Tisbury, Massachusetts
9. Joseph Spaulding, Chelmsford, Massachusetts
10. Ephraim Heald, Temple, New Hampshire
11. Joseph Weston, Skowhegan, Maine
12. Levi Powers, Hollis, New Hampshire
13. Roger Chase, Hallowell, Maine

My Dad's Maternal Revolutionary War ancestors:

1. John Skinner, Durham, Maine
2. Jeremiah Jordan, Falmouth, Maine
3. Ebenezer Shaw, Standish, Maine
4. William Wood, Falmouth, Maine
5. Ebenezer Atwood, Eastham, Massachusetts
6. Daniel Dow, Epping, New Hampshire
7. Constant Southworth, Duxbury, Massachusetts
8. Nathaniel Ambrose, Moultonborough, New Hampshire
9. Richard Sinkler/Sinclair, Moultonborough, New Hampshire
10. Benajmin Mooar, Andover, Massachusetts
11. James Ames, Oakham, Massachusetts
12. Ezekiel Wiley, Concord, New Hampshire
13. John Tucker, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

My Mom's Paternal Revolutionary War anestors:

1. Enoch Strout, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
2. Daniel Small, Falmouth, Maine
3. Joseph Cobb, Falmouth, Maine
4. Peter Bither, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
5. Abraham Tyler, Scarborough, Maine
6. Josiah Libby, Scarborough, Maine
7. John Bickmore, Friendship, Maine
8. Prince Hatch, Scituate, Massachusetts
9. Phinneas Carter, Leominster, Massachusetts
10. Nathaniel Sawyer, Lancaster, Massachusetts
11. John Ball, Westborough, Massachusetts

My Mom's Maternal Revolutionary War ancestors:

1. Noah Moulton, Rye, New Hampshire
2. Jonathan Weymouth, Berwick, Maine
3. James Labree, Georgetown, Maine
4. Thomas Paine, Falmouth, Maine
5. Robert Plummer, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
6. Peter Woodward, Brunswick, Maine
7. Israel Damon, Woolwich, Maine
8. William Douglass, Albion, Maine
9. Jonathan Woodman, Freeport, Maine