Register of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Iowa

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Register of the Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Iowa; Edited by Frank Hayward Kincaid, secretary; 1912; Davenport, Edward Borcherdt, Printer; MDCCCXII.

Transcribed for the Iowa History Project by Sharyl Ferrall, 2003.

MEMBERSHIP ROLL

(K-P)

KINCAID, Captain Charles Steenbergen, Muscatine, elected 1908.

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel David Mackey, Elk Battalion, Colonel Evan Evans’ Regiment, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Sheriff of Chester County.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Captain John Kincaid, 7^th Company, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Military store keeper at the Manor Meeting House in Chester County in 1778.

Also, Great-grandson of Sergeant Thomas Kincaid of Captain William Henderson’s Company in Colonel Daniel Morgan’s Rifle Regiment. Served at Saratoga, Stillwater and Bemis Heights, 1777.

Also, Great-grandson of Captain William Lucas of Border Brigade organized by Virginia House of Burgesses, 1781; was in 1777 Captain of Virginia Militia and in same year enlisted as a Private in 2^nd Virginia Line, Captain Nathaniel Welch’s Company.

Also, Great-grandson of Corporal “John Hannah of the Brandywine” in Captain Thomas Hayes’ Company, Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Harmar’s Battalion, 7^th Pennsylvania, Continental Line, and served six years, 1776-1781.

KINCAID, Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Hayward, Davenport, elected 1907, insignia #1450. Aide to Governor Carroll & Secretary, Iowa Society.

Great-great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel David Mackey, Elk Battalion, Colonel Evan Evans’ Regiment, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Sheriff of Chester County.

Also, Great-great-great-grandson of Captain John Kincaid, 7^th Company, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militis, 1777; Military store keeper at the Manor Meeting House in Chester County in 1778.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Sergeant Thomas Kincaid of Captain William Henderson’s Company in Colonel Daniel Morgan’s Rifle Regiment. Served at Saratoga, Stillwater and Bemis Heights, 1777.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Captain William Lucas of Border Brigade organized by Virginia House of Burgesses, 1781; was in 1777 Captain of Virginia Militia and in same year enlisted as a Private in 2^nd Virginia Line, Captain Nathaniel Welch’s Company.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Corporal “John Hannah of the Brandywine” in Captain Thomas Hayes’ Company, Lieutenant-Colonel Josiah Harmar’s Battalion, 7^th Pennsylvania, Continental Line, and served six years, 1776-1781.

KINCAID, George Edward, M.D., Clinton, elected 1910.

Great-great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel David Mackey, Elk Battalion, Colonel Evan Evans’ Regiment, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Sheriff of Chester County.

Also, Great-great-great-grandson of Captain John Kincaid, 7^th Company, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Military store keeper at the Manor Meeting House in Chester County in 1778.

KINCAID, William Millar, Muscatine, (date of election not given)

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel David Mackey, Elk Battalion, Colonel Evan Evans’ Regiment, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Sheriff of Chester County.

Also, Great-grandson of Sergeant Thomas Kincaid of Captain William Henderson’s Company in Colonel Daniel Morgan’s Rifle Regiment. Served at Saratoga, Stillwater and Bemis Heights, 1777.

KING, Captain Albert Ady, United States Army, elected 1910.

Great-great-great-grandson of Sergeant Benjamin King. Served as Private in Captain Ezra Town’s Company, Colonel James Marshall’s Regiment, from May 13, 1775, to July 11, 1775. Also Sergeant in Captain James Herron’s Company, Colonel Hazen’s Regiment in 1778.

KING, Elbridge Harrison, M.D., Muscatine, elected 1910.

Great-great-grandson of Sergeant Benjamin King. Served as Private in Captain Ezra Town’s Company, Colonel James Marshall’s Regiment, from May 13, 1775, to July 11, 1775. Also Sergeant in Captain James Herron’s Company, Colonel Hazen’s Regiment in 1778.

KING, Lieutenant Joseph Choate, United States Army, elected 1910.

LAMB, Artemus, deceased, elected 1894, insiginia #1619.

Grandson of Adjutant David Bevier, 3^rd Ulster County Regiment New York Militia, 1778.

LAMB, La Fayette, Clinton, elected 1894, insignia #1615.

Grandson of Adjutant David Bevier, 3^rd Ulster County Regiment New York Militia, 1778.

LETTS, Hon. Fred Dickinson, Davenport, elected 1907.

Great-great-grandson of Nehemiah Letts, who joined the Minute Men and drilled for active duty in his own neighborood, being too young to join the flying camp.

LEWIS, Henry Norton, Washington, D.C., elected 1911.

Great-great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Guild who carried on an iron furnace at Stoughtonham, Massachusetts, where he manufactured gun carriage wheels, cannon, shot and other weapons of war for the American Army. He also contributed $225.00 to pay for hiring soldiers for the defense of the country.

Also, Great-great-great-grandson of Elijah Copeland, Sr., who served three months at Providence beginning December 30^th, 1777. Member of Company which left Easton August 4^th, 1780, to aid the French fleet which had lately arrived at Newport.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Dr. Samuel Guild, an assistant surgeon in the Army, and member of Committee of Safety, Easton, Mass. In service one month and four days as member of Captain Abiel Clapp’s Company, Colonel Carpenter’s Regiment, 1777.

Also, Great-great-great-grandson of Ensign Elijah Howard of Captain Macey’s Company of Easton, Mass. Member of Committee of Correspondence and Inspection for the year 1778.

LILLY, Benjamin Gordon, Muscatine, elected 1911.

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Nathan Howland, Vermont Troops, 1780.

LITTLE, Frederick Henry, M.D., Muscatine, elected 1894. Surgeon-General Iowa National Guard, 1897.

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Samuel Reed, 11^th Pennsylvania, 1779-1780; 3^rd Pennsylvania, 1781; 1^st Pennsylvania, 1783.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Jacob Ziegler, Ensign 1^st Pennsylvania Battalion, 1775; Second Lieutenant, 1776; First Lieutenant 2^nd Pennsylvania, 1776; Resigned August, 1777.

LOCKWOOD, Edmund, San Diego, Cal., elected 1898.

Grandson of Private David Lockwood, Private in Captain John Drake’s Company, Colonel Morris Graham’s Regiment New York Levies, 1778; served under Captain James Nicholson on board the Frigate “Trumbull” in 1780. In conflict, June 2, 1780, with the British Letter of Marque “The Watt”, received a wound in the hand. Afterward served on Privateer “Morning Star”. Taken prisoner and detained on a prison-ship at Charleston, S.C., for nine months.

LOOMIS, Lee Pierson, Muscatine, elected 1911.

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant Parker Hall Lee. Ensign Fourth Maryland Regiment, January, 1777; Second Lieutenant November 19^th, 1777; First Lieutenant October 16, 1778. Inservice to March, 1780.

MACK, Walter Brewster, deceased, elected 1897.

Great-great-grandson of Armourer Robert Mack; served in Captain George Reid’s Company, Colonel John Stark’s Regiment New Hampshire Militia; entered service April 23, 1775, and was engaged at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775.

MacLEAN, George Edwin, LL.D., Iowa City, elected 1900.

Great-grandson of Anasa Sessions, Connecticut Line. In battle of Long Island.

MAGOON, George Edward, deceased, elected 1911.

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel David Mackey, Elk Battalion, Colonel Evan Evans’ Regiment, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Sheriff of Chester County.

Also, Great-grandson of Sergeant Thomas Kincaid of Captain William Henderson’s Company in Colonel Daniel Morgan’s Rifle Regiment. Served at Saratoga, Stillwater and Bemis Heights, 1777.

MARTIN, Annson Vere, Chicago, elected 1896.

Great-grandson of Corporal David Martin; Corporal in Captain Joseph Raymond’s Company, 3^rd Regiment Massachusetts Bay Militia, Colonel Israel Chapin, 1777.

MASON, Hugh Sample, Wetaskiwin, Alta., elected 1894.

Great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Ephraim Blaine, member of the Committee of Obervation for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, chosed July 12, 1774; Lieutenant-Colonel 1^st Battalion Cumberland County Associators, 1777; also one of the Commissioners of Purchases for Pennsylvania, commissioned February 19, 1778.

MASON, James Blaine, Des Moines, elected 1894.

Great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Ephraim Blaine, member of the Committee of Obervation for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, chosed July 12, 1774; Lieutenant-Colonel 1^st Battalion Cumberland County Associators, 1777; also one of the Commissioners of Purchases for Pennsylvania, commissioned February 19, 1778.

MAY, Calvin Dexter, Clinton, elected 1894, insignia # 1630.

Great-grandson of Colonel Ezra May of Massachusetts; Delegate to 2^nd Provincial Congress, 1774; Major in Colonel Seth Pomeroy’s 2^nd Hampshire County Regiment Massachusetts Militia, 1776; Colonel of above regiment, 1777. Served at White Plains, Stillwater and Saratoga.

McCOLM, Charles Pollock, Flushing, New York, elected 1911.

Great-great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel David Mackey, Elk Battalion, Colonel Evan Evans’ Regiment, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Sheriff of Chester County.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Private John Davidson of Captain Whitcomb’s Company, Colonel Prescott’s Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, “Lexington Alarm.” Enlisted in Captain Jacob Hoskin’s Company, Colonel John Jacobs’ Regiment, for service in Rhode Island, 1778-1779.

McCOLM, Edwin Leroy, Muscatine, elected 1911.

Great-great-great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel David Mackey, Elk Battalion, Colonel Evan Evans’ Regiment, 1^st Class Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia, 1777; Sheriff of Chester County.

McNUTT, Hon. Robert Stuart, Muscatine, elected 1910.

Great-grandson of Captain William Lucas of Border Brigade organized by Virginia House of Burgesses, 1781; was in 1777, Captain of Virginia Militia and in same year enlisted as a private in 2nd Virginia Line, Captain Nathaniel Welch's Company.

McQUESTEN, William, Muscatine, elected 1911.

Great-great-grandson of Timothy Hatch of Captain Hooker’s Company, Boston, 1776. In 1777 enlisted in Third Troop Colonel Sheldon’s Regiment of Light Dragoons. Taken prisoner at battle of White Plains and confined in New York Bridewell.

MALLORY, Hon. Smith Henderson, deceased, elected 1897.

Great-grandson of Private Samuel Henderson. Served in the Pennsylvania Line, 1781.

MEAD, Enoch, deceased, elected 1890.

Grandson of Private Ebenezer Mead, Connecticut Continental Line, 8^th Company, 7^th Regiment, Colonel Charles Webb, 1775, at siege of Boston, adopted as Continentals; also in Captain Hobby’s Company, Greenwich, Connecticut, under General Wooster, 1776-1777.

MERCHANT, Prof. Frank Ivan, Ph.D., Cedar Falls, elected 1897.

Great-grandson of Lieutenant Jonathan Scott of Vermont, Private “with the men that went over the mountain” to assist the Sheriff, 1779; Ensign in Captain Safford’s Company “Alarm to Castleton,” 1781; Lieutenant in Colonel Herrick’s Regiment raised to guard public stores in Bennington, 1778-1779.

Also, great-grandson of Private Obadiah Dunham, in Captain Thomas Sawyer’s Company Vermont Militia, raised for defense Northern frontiers, 1779; in Captain Eli Noble’s Company, 1780; in same Company in the “Alarm to Castleton,” 1781.

MERCHANT, Lorenzo Stoddard, deceased, elected 1894, insignia #1585.

Great-grandson of Private Obadiah Dunham, in Captain Thomas Sawyer’s Company Vermont Militia, 1779; also in Captain Eli Noble’s Company, Major Ebenezer Allen’s Detachment, Vermont.

MINER, John Avery, Davenport, elected 1912.

Great-great-grandson of Jonathan Ransford, Miner, Corporal in Captain Richards’ Company, Connecticut Line, 1777-1780. Taken prisoner at the battle of Groton Heights, Conn., while serving at Fort Griswold resisting Arnold’s attack on New London.

MONROE, William Chester, Nara Vista, N.M., elected 1899.

Great-grandson of Private Gersham Pope; served in Captain Samuel Hall’s Company, Major Backus’ Regiment Light Horse, Connecticut Line, 1776.

Also, great-grandson of Josiah Monroe of Captain Rainsford’s Company, Colonel John Durkee’s 20^th Continental Line Regiment, Connecticut Troops.

MORRISON, Samuel Turner, Iowa City, elected 1899.

Great-great-grandson of Colonel Charles Warfield, member of the Committee of Observation of Frederick County, Maryland.

MUSSER, Clifton Robert, Muscatine, elected 1911.

Great-great-grandson of Sergeant Samuel Hutchinson. Private in Captain Clark’s Company, Colonel Stickney’s Regiment, General Stark, New Hampshire Troops, 1777. Corporal of Captain Levi Spaulding’s Company, Colonel Reed’s Regiment. Sergeant of Captain William Lee’s Company, Colonel Moses Kelly’s Regiment for Rhode Island service.

NORTON, Lieutenant Colonel William Sheffield, M.D., Muscatine, elected 1911. Chief of Engineers, Iowa National Guard, 1910-1911.

Great-great-grandson of Captain Alexander Harper. First Lieutenant in Captain John Harper’s Company of Rangers, 1777. Appointed Captain in the 5^th Tryon County Regiment, March 3, 1780. Captured by Tories and Indians and held prisoner in Canada from April 7, 1780 to November 28, 1782.

NUTTING, Grant Hosford, Davenport, elected 1896.

Great-great-grandson of Private Daniel Nutting; served in Captain Reuben Butterfield’s Company, Colonel David Green’s Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, “Lexington Alarm,” and in Captain Ebenezer Bancroft’s Company, Colonel Bridge’s Regiment, in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Also, Great-great-great-grandson of Private Increase Burch, Private in Yates’ Regiment, Vanderburg Company New York Militia.

Also, Great-great-great-grandson of Private Henry Boshart, Private in Dubois’ Regiment, Fonda Company New York Militia.

NUTTING, Lieutenant-Colonel, James Ralph, Davenport, elected 1896. President Iowa Society, 1907. Aide to Governor Drake.

Great-grandson of Private Daniel Nutting; served in Captain Reuben Butterfield’s Company, Colonel David Green’s Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, “Lexington Alarm,” and in Captain Ebenezer Bancroft’s Company, Colonel Bridge’s Regiment, in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Private Increase Burch, Private in Yates’ Regiment, Vanderburg Company New York Militia.

PEPPER, Honorable Irvin St. Clare, Muscatine, elected 1911.

Great-grandson of Private Benjamin S. Prettyman of Captain William Perry’s Independent Company of “Foot” raised for the safeguard of the pilots and persons and goods of well affected subjects of the State near the town of Lewes and the coast of Delaware Bay, 1777.

PERRY, Right Reverend William Stevens,D.D., LL.D. (Oxon.), D.C.L., Bishop of Iowa, deceased, elected 1890.

Grandson of Lieutenant Abel Perry, Continental LIne, Massachusetts, 32d Regiment Continental Foot.

Also, great-grandson of William Stevens, seaman on Continental Frigate “Boston”.

PETERSON, Charles Joseph, Dubuque, elected 1894.

Great-grandson of Private Jabez Rockwell, Connecticut Troops, 1777.

Also, great-great-grandson of Robert Buchanon who served five years in a New York Regiment.

PHELPS, George Benajah, Clinton, elected 1895.

Great-great-grandson of Captain John Stark, in Colonel Ira Allen’s Regiment, Vermont Militia; was wounded at the battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777; at Skeensboro and Ticonderoga, in 1780; also Captain in Colonel Samuel Fletcher’s BAttalion, 1781.

Also, great-great-grandson of Private Abel Phelps, in Captain Thomas Bull’s Company in Colonel Ira Allen’s Regiment, Vermont Militia, 1781.

Also, great-great-grandson of Sergeant Ephraim Sawyer, in Colonel Ashley’s Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, Ticonderoga Alarm, in 1776; in Captain Waitstill Scott’s Company, and also in Captain John Cole’s Company in same regiment in 1777; in General Sark’s Brigade in 1777, and took part in the battle of Bennington; in Continental Service in 1779.

Also, great-great-grandson of Private Hugh Graham, in Colonel Thornton’s Regiment of New Hampshire Militia in 1776; in Colonel Hercules Mooney’s Regiment in Continental Service in Rhode Island in 1779.

PHELPS, Hon. Ralph Gurley, deceased, elected 1896.

Grandson of Private Samuel Phelps, Private in 4^th Connecticut Regiment, Colonel Hinman; served with this Regiment from its formation until September, 1775; in 18^th Connecticut Regiment at the siege of New York, 1776.

PORTER, Arthur Lemoyne, Spokane, Wash., elected 1911.

Great-great-grandson of Captain William Lucas of Border Brigade organized by Virginia House of Burgesses, 1781. Was in 1777, Captain of Virginia Militia and in same year enlisted as a private in 2^nd Virginia Line, Captain Nathaniel Welch’s Company.

PORTER, George Martin, Billings, Montana, elected 1911.

PORTER, George William, Muscatine, elected 1911.

Great-grandson of Captain William Lucas of Border Brigade organized by Virginia House of Burgesses, 1781. Was in 1777, Captain of Virginia Militia and in same year enlisted as a private in 2^nd Virginia Line, Captain Nathaniel Welch’s Company.

PUTNAM, William Clement, deceased, elected 1892, insignia #1505.

Great-great-grandson of Private Stephen Putnam, Elisha Whitcomb’s Company, Colonel Timothy Bedel’s Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, 1777-1778.

Also, Great-great-grandson of Reverend James Caldwell, Chaplain in Colonel Dayton’s New Jersey Regiment, also for a time Assistant Commissary; killed at the battle of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on November 14, 1781.

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