Profiles of Patriots: A Biographical Reference of American Revolutionary War Patriots and their Descendants is a compilation of 39 biographies of American Revolutionary War patriots and includes an introduction and brief history of the El Palo Alto Chapter of the DAR and its founders. This book is a commemorative work celebrating the Chapter's 100th Anniversary of its founding. Each patriot biography summarizes the patriot's service record in the War of Independence as well as key biographical information. In addition, each author of these biographies is a direct descendant of the patriot and provides a summary of their lineage. This book provides a unique look into the history of these rank and file soldiers, officers and other patriots who contributed to the formation of our country as well as insights into their descendants' migrations over many generations. Profiles of Patriots: A Biographical Reference of American Revolutionary War Patriots and their Descendants El Palo Alto Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution By Moira Ann Jacobs AuthorHouse Copyright © 2013 Moira Ann Jacobs All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4918-1283-9 Contents Introduction...............................................................ixEl Palo Alto Chapter History...............................................xiPatriot Biographies........................................................1Sias Billingsley by Robin Alice LaCroix Kamradt and Jennifer Robin Kamradt Allen......................................................................3Ezekiel Billington by Yvonne Russell.......................................8Richard Brandon by Lynn Eisberg............................................10Ichabod Brewster II by Caroline Landes.....................................14James Brown by Erin Bentham................................................15John Butler, Jr. by Moira Ann Jacobs.......................................19Johan Simon Claar by Gayle Quadt, Wendy Goeking and Kelly Waggoner.........24Daniel Conant by Nancy Ingraham Greenland..................................26Abner Cory by Catherine Baumann and Cynthia Johnson........................28George Ball Custer by Mary Murphy Shuttinger...............................30Manasseh Cutler by Donna Menche............................................32William Duvall by Shirley Ann Duvall Reseck................................36Stephen Fuller by Barbara Elizabeth Matson Schwartz........................39Benjamin Gist by Gloria McPherson Clark....................................42Carter Henry Harrison by Christine Roberts Czarnecki.......................45Benjamin Howard by Vickie Watson Tregner...................................52James Howe by Cynthia Brinkmann............................................55John Kennedy by Catha Hall.................................................56Henry Lake by Mary March Robell............................................59William Ledford by Sarah Elizabeth Evans Bryant............................61Henry Levens by Jane Trowbridge............................................64Henry Lusk by Jonnie Rivas.................................................66James McQuiston by Beverley Jones Zimmerman................................68William Moffett by Diana Moffett Powell....................................75Kendall Parker by Diana Meister Shull......................................77Eliezer Parsons by Karen Jackson...........................................79John Pierson by Virginia Stephenson........................................82Benjamin Randall by Karen Johnsen..........................................85Abraham Ream, the Miller by Valerie Vivian Shaeffer Hamilton...............92Robert Ricketts by Carol Driesen...........................................95William Ritchie (Ritchey) by Claire Sims Ravi..............................99Appendix...................................................................119Uriah Roundy by Shirley Stokes.............................................101William Speer by Kathleen Much.............................................103Samuel Stanford by Martha Nell (Thomas) Lundquist..........................105Reuben Thayer by Judith Sisk...............................................106Silas Wheeler by Kathy Oleary..............................................108Job Wilcox by Marsha Davis.................................................111Isaac Wiseman by Becky Edwards.............................................113Johann Martin Zettelmoyer by Geneva Riggle Knell...........................115 CHAPTER 1 Patriot Biographies Presentation of the Declaration ofIndependence, Philadelphia, PA, July 4, 1776Artist: John Trumbull, Oil on canvas, 12' x 18'Commissioned 1817, purchased 1819, placed in theCapitol Rotunda 1826, Washington, D.C. Many members in the DAR can trace their family heritage back toancestors which included signers of the Declaration of Independence.Yet most members' ancestors inc