My Revolutionary War ancestor was Scots-Irish (not sure if he was born in Ireland or in Virginia). He served in the Virginia militia and was at Yorktown. His obituary mentions that he was a soldier and calls him “one of the fathers of our freedom.” It also mentions that he was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
My version was born in VA, his father in England or Scotland. He was in the 1st VA regiment and pressed on board a British ship. LOVING the connections we’ve got.
The Va. Gazette, Williamsburg, Nov. 27, 1778 published in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 80, 85
A list of men that were taken prisoners by the British, belonging to the 1st Va. regiment taken on board the Muskio, and part of whom we pressed on board King’s ships:
Henry Butridge, my 3rd great grandfather, mother’s side
His brother Joseph also served in the VA infantry during the Rev War.