“Samuel Whittemore (July 27, 1696 - February 2, 1793[1][2]) was an American farmer and soldier. He was 78 years of age when he became the oldest known colonial combatant in the American Revolutionary War (1775–83).[3]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Whittemore
” How old were the key participants of the American Revolution?”
Only listing those above 50:
“Abraham Clark, 50^
Benjamin Harrison, 50^
George Mason, 50
Lewis Morris, 50^
Lord Stirling, 50
George Wythe, 50*^
Guy Carleton, 51
John Morton, 51*^
Comte de Rochambeau, 51
Lyman Hall, 52^
James Rivington, 52*
Samuel Adams, 53^
Comte de Grasse, 53
John Witherspoon, 53^
John Burgoyne, 54
Johann de Kalb, 55
Roger Sherman, 55^
Thomas Gage, 56
James Smith, 56^
Israel Putnam, 58
Comte de Vergennes, 58
Lewis Nicola, 59*
George Germain, 60
Philip Livingston, 60^
George Taylor, 60*^
Matthew Thornton, 62^
Francis Lewis, 63^
John Hart, 65*^
Stephen Hopkins, 69^
Benjamin Franklin, 70^
Samuel Whittemore, 81”
http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/ages-of-revolution-how-old-1776/
I am not 78 but I am near 77 and I can tell you that I am not fit for any kind of combat save defense of my home and only if they come slowly.
What do you suppose the age of the average Freeper to be?