On my father’s side, the ancestors who served in the Rev War were 3 Dutch Reform, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Congregationalist, and 1 Episcopalian. One of the Dutch Reform ancestors led one of the charges at Yorktown under Alexander Hamilton. On mother’s side, one of my ancestors watched the battle from a hill while serving as a driver for the army. A couple more serving might have been Presbyterian as they were Scotch-Irish. Long term military family. But the important thing to me was that they were ALL fighting for a new country, side by side, regardless of their religious persuasions. Had uncles and cousins on the British side, but no direct ancestors.
what all dutch reformed, the scottish presbyterians, and the english puritans all had in common was that they were all calvinists...who were the big losers of the wars of the 1600’s in europe.
On my Father’s side, had four ancestors that fought in the Rev War including one at Yorktown, and on my Mother’s two that fought against Great Brittan, and one was a British soldier who was captured in 1777 and stayed in America after the war.
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.