American Ancestors offers a robust databases and sketches on American.Ancestors.org that will focus on Revolutionary War topics and scholarship, including tracing patriot and loyalist ancestors, researching colonial ancestors, and understanding Revolutionary War collections. Recently released and upcoming databases include:
Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies Presented in collaboration with the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum.
Connecticut: Society of the Cincinnati This database, drawn from Biographies of Original Members and Qualifying Officers—Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Connecticut (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2023
Daughters of the American Revolution: Patriots of Color, 1712–1888 This database features more than 6,500 names of individuals of African, Native American, Iberian, Latin American, and multiracial descent who played significant roles in the American Revolution.
Index of Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1800–1900 This collection includes pension and bounty-land warrant application files based on the participation of American military, naval, and marine officers and enlisted men in the Revolutionary War.
Massachusetts: Revolutionary War Pensioners’ Receipts, 1799–1807 & Massachusetts: Revolutionary War Pensioners’ Receipts, 1827–1836 Many Revolutionary War soldiers were given pensions from the federal government for their service. This searchable database is drawn from the manuscript collection at American Ancestors.
Massachusetts: List of Pensioners The full title of this volume is A List of Pensioners in the State of Massachusetts, Comprising Invalid Pensioners and Revolutionary Pensioners Under the Acts of Congress.
Massachusetts: Society of the Cincinnati This database includes information on Massachusetts officers eligible for membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.
Weymouth, MA: Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775–1783 This collection provides names and descriptive text for 324 veterans from Weymouth, Massachusetts.
