National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

General Josiah Harmar Chapter

 

Sterling Heights, Macomb County, Michigan

Organized June 25, 1938

      

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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) is a national charitable service organization made up of women who can trace their roots back to the War for Independence – The Revolutionary War.

 

Our chapter, General Josiah Harmar, originated in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan on June 25, 1938. We promote education, patriotism, preservation of history, and are active with veterans. Specifically, we honor high school graduating seniors who are selected to be their school’s Good Citizen. We also work to promote the Constitution of the United States and to follow the American Creed. We firmly believe all Americans need to preserve patriotism and our American heritage.

 

Originally many of our members were teachers and our meetings were held on the third Saturday of the month at noon. That schedule holds even today, although we now serve the Sterling Heights, Macomb County, Michigan area as of the fall of 2004. We are a small group and normally meet in our homes except for special events so the location changes monthly. We do not meet during the months of January or February. Members enjoy an afternoon of friendship and also an opportunity to work on various patriotic projects.

 

 

 

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Our Story

 

The General Josiah Harmar Chapter, NSDAR, was organized by twelve women. The name was chosen to honor General Josiah Harmar who, following the Treaty of Peace, September 7, 1783, was chosen by Congress in 1784 to carry the ratification of the treaty of Paris and deliver it to Benjamin Franklin. In 1785, Harmar was appointed Indian Agent for the Northwest Territory. In 1787, he was brevetted Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania Militia. He resigned February 27, 1799.

 

A gavel was turned from a piece of the dispatch chest that contained General Josiah Harmar’s papers, which were purchased by the William Clements Library, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Josiah Harmar, IV, made possible an inscribed silver band on the head of the gavel and presented it to the chapter.

 

 

General Josiah Harmar was born November 10, 1753, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was educated in a Quaker school. He married Sarah Jenkins of Philadelphia on October 19, 1784. He died August 20, 1813, at his estate, The Retreat, near Philadelphia and was buried in the churchyard of Saint James Church of Kingsessing, Protestant Episcopal, 6838 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, Section A, Lot 61. His grave is marked by a table type stone with a fourteen line inscription on the to flat surface. It is also marked with an SAR Insignia Marker.

 

For further information on becoming a member of the NSDAR please contact us at: Cogrady@aol.com or bkushner@wideopenwest.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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   The following is a list of our Patriots who sacrificed for the cause of freedom.  

 

 

 

A - D

Ancestor and Service	Colony	Ancestor and Service	Colony
Adams, Nathan, Private	MA	Arms, Consider, Constitutional Convention 1778	MA
Atwood, Jonathan, Captain	NH	Back, Judah, Lieutenant	CT
Barnes, Lemuel, Private	MA	Barry, Andrew, Captain	SC
Bigelow, Ivory, Lieutenant	MA	Bird (Byrd), James, Captain	CT
Bottorff (Bottorf), Henry, Ensign	PA	Bottorff, Henry
Brewer, James, Patriot	MD	Brightman, Peleg, Private	MA
Brockman, John, Colonel	NC	Bulkley, Charles, Lieutenant & Captain	MA
Butler, Jonathan III, Captain	CT	Cady, David, Colonel	NY
Caldwell, Joseph, Private	PA	Carruth, John, Ensign	MA
Caryl, Jonathan, Private	VT	Chamberlain, William, Lt. Colonel	NJ
Church, Benjamin, Private	NY	Clarke, Samuel, Patriot	MA
Corning, Bliss, Sea Coast Duty Soldier	CT	Crippen, Silas, Private	CT & NY
Crowell, Aaron	NJ	Dains, Asa, Private	CT
Doane, Richard, Private	CT	Downer, Eliphalet, Dr., Army Surgeon	MA
Drury, Zedekiah, Private	NH

                                                                                                     

 

 

 

 

 

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E-N

Ancestor and Service	Colony	Ancestor and Service	Colony
Fanning, Jonathan, Captain	CT	Farmer, John, Patriot	NY
Farr, Aaron Sr., Private & Patriot	NH	Fichthorn, Andrew, Gunsmith	PA
Fisk, John, Commissary – NY Militia	NY	Foote, Charles, Private	CT
Ford, John, Captain	MD	Fowler, John, Private	NC
Fuller, Abraham, Captain	CT	Furgeson, Samuel, Orderly Sergeant & Private	CT
Futrell, Nathan, Drummer	NC	Gerrish, Joseph, Private	MA
Gray, Isaiah, Patriot	MA	Hale, Thomas, Drummer	MA
Hall Sr., Ebenezer, Sergeant	MA	Hardin, James, Private	PA
Hill Sr., William, Member Prov. Congress	NC	Hoisington, Titus Vespasian
Holcombe, John, Captain	VA	Horton, Israel Jr., Private	NY
Hosford, Joseph Jr., Drummer & Private	NY	Hoyt, Ebenezer, Private	CT
Hull, Jehiel, Ensign	CT	Hutton, Timothy, Lieutenant	NY
Iddings, William, Private	PA	Johnson, Stephen Jr., Private	CT
Kaigler, Andrew, Lieutenant	SC	Kester, Peter	PA
Kimmel, George, Private	PA	Kirkpatrick, John, Private	NC
Knapp, Benjamin, Private	CT	Kremer, Martin Luther, Patriot	NY
LaDue, Peter, Private	NY	Lamb, David, Private & Sergeant	MA
Leasure, John	PA	Lomax, William, Private	NC
Long, William, Private	PA	Lossing, Nicholas, Private	NY
Marvin, Matthew, Sergeant	CT	Mead, Timothy II, Private	VT
Montgomery, Charles	SC	Nevins, Thomas, Private	NH

 

 

  

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O-Z

Ancestor and Service	Colony	Ancestor and Service	Colony
Owen, Elijah, Sergeant	MA	Pettibone, Seth, Sergeant	MA & VT
Pickens, Andrew, Brigadier General	SC	Potter, John, Captain	NJ
Purcy, William, Private	PA	Purdy, Daniel, Sergeant, Ensign	VT
Riblet, John, Private	PA	Rice, Eber, Private	VT
Richmond, Zebulon, Private	MA	Rixey, Richard Jr., Captain	VA
Roof, Peter, Private	PA	Roush, George, Private	VA
Roush, John George	PA	Russell Sr., William, Patriot	MD
Sargent, Nathaniel, Lieutenant	MA	Sellers, Elisha, Private	NC
Shepard, John Jr., Lieutenant	MA	Stamp (Stump), John, Private	NY
Steen, Matthew, Private	PA	Stickney, Sylas Richard, Private	NH
Stowell, Israel, Patriot	NH	Stratton, Jonathan, Private	MA
Talmadge, Abram	NJ	Thorton, Anthony II, Patriot	VA
Thurston, Stephen, Private	NY	Towne, Elijah, Captain	MA
Townsend, Daniel, Private	MA	Tryon, Amos, Patriot	CT
Upchurch, Moses, Private	NC	Van den Bergh, Benjamin, Private	NY
Vinton, John, Captain	MA	Watrous, Benjamin, Private	CT
Whitney, Jonathan, Captain	MA	Winchell, Joseph, Private & Sergeant	MA
Wisner, David, Ensign	NY	Wood, Solomon, Lieutenant	MA
Woodin, Peter Jr., 2nd Lieutenant	MA	Wright, John, Captain	CT

 

 

 

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