The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Ensign / Patriotic Service
Patriot biographies must be the original work of the author, and work submitted must not belong to another person or group, in observance with copyright law. Patriot biographies are to be written in complete sentences, follow the established rules of grammar, syntax and punctuation, be free of typographical errors, and follow a narrative format. The narrative should unfold in a logical manner (e.g. the narrative does not jump from time period to time period) or have repeated digressions, or tell the history of the patriot's line from the patriot ancestor to the author. The thinking here is that this is a patriot biography, not a lineage report or a kinship determination project or other report published in a genealogy journal. The biography should discuss the qualifying service (military, patriotic, civil) of the patriot ancestor, where the service was rendered, whether this was a specific state or Continental service, as well as significant events (as determined by the author) of the patriot's life. This is the entire purpose of a patriot's biography.
Additional guidelines around the Biography writeup can be found here:
Send your submission1, in a Microsoft Word compatible format, to patriotbios@sar.org for inclusion in this space 1Upon submission of a patriot biography, the patriot biography becomes the property of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and may be edited to conform to the patriot biography submission standards.
Additional Information:
DAR NOTE: (there are potential issues) regarding this man's lineage
LAURINDA, DAUGHTER OF PATRIOT'S SON, JACOB, WAS CHILD OF MARTHA BENNETT, HIS 2ND WIFE, NOT OF HANNAH BUCK, HIS 1ST - Jul 2012
NO PROOF SON NICHOLAS'S MIDDLE NAME WAS BARELY OR BIERLY
Enlisted May 17, 1776, served two years as a Private
Participated in the Battle of Long Island, August, 17, 1776, White Plains, October 4, 1777
Private , 1777 & 1778, wintered in Valley Forge
Served two months in the summer of 1778 in Capt. Jacob Baldy's Co. PA in Battalion commanded by Lt Col Jospeh Heister of Berks Co.
May 10, 1780, elect to Ensign in a company of Milita in Berks Co., PA