The following members have been reported deceased since the printing of the 2019 roster (click here for 2016)
William Stevenson MacLaren Arnold (1990)
born Point Pleasant, New Jersey, 4 July 1926
died Reno, Nevada, 10 December 2016
Captain, U.S. Navy, 1944-80
Great-great-great-great grandnephew of Dr. Ebenezer Stockton, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line. Original Member.
Bernard Bailyn, Ph.D., L.H.D., Litt.D., L.L.D. (2006)
born Hartford, Connecticut, 10 September 1922
died Belmont, Massachusetts, 7 August 2020
Adams University Professor of History, and James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, Harvard University, Emeritus
James Benenson, Jr. (1989)
born Moultrie, Georgia, 9 March 1936
died South Hamilton, Massachusetts, 17 March 2023
Lieutenant, U.S. Army Chemical Corps, 1958-59
Great-great-great-great grandson of Capt. Benjamin Chambers, Second Canadian (Hazen’s) Regiment, Continental Army.
Horace Rollin Boynton III (1987)
born Los Angeles, California, 1 August 1924
died San Francisco, California, 29 May 2019
Sergeant, U.S. Army Intelligence; World War II
Great-great-great-great grandson of Capt. Daniel Moor, First Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
Pierce Kendall Bullen (2008)
born Worcester, Massachusetts, 24 July 1934
died Raleigh, North Carolina, 4 May 2020
Great-great-great-great grandson of Capt. Andrew Buntin, Col. Nahum Baldwin’s Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line. Killed in Action
Newell Flather (1967)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 28 February 1938
died Newton, Massachusetts, 30 August 2021
U.S. Peace Corps, 1961-1963
Great-great-great-great grandson of Brig. Gen. Enoch Poor, Continental Army. Died in service.
David Barker Ford (2017)
born Providence, Rhode Island, 4 January 1946
died New York, New York, 20 September 2020
Collateral representative of Lt. Col. Joseph Wait, Col. Timothy Bedel’s New Hampshire Rangers. Died in service.
John H. Frye III (1987)
born Birmingham, Alabama, 10 August 1936
died Charlottesville, Virginia, 9 October 2020
Captain, U.S. Army Reserve
Great-great-great grandnephew of Maj. Isaac Frye, First and Third Regiments, New Hampshire Continental line. Original Member.
Alexander Gaston (1999)
born New York, New York, 26 October 1946
died Waimalu, Hawaii, 19 August 2021
U.S. Navy Reserve, 1963-69
Great-great-great-great grandson of Capt. Jeremiah Parmelee, Second Canadian (Hazen’s) Regiment, Continental Army.
James Pinchot Gaston (1999)
born New York, New York, 14 December 1931
died New York, New York, 13 November 2022
Surgeon, U.S. Public Health Service; Vietnam
Great-great-great-great grandson of Capt. Jeremiah Parmelee, Second Canadian (Hazen’s) Regiment, Continental Army.
Richard Kimball Lincoln (2002)
born Fall River, Massachusetts, 30 October 1930
died Belmont, Massachusetts, 17 February 2022
Ensign, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1953-55
Great-great-great-great grandnephew of Capt. Benjamin Kimball, First Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line. Killed in action at Tioga, Pennsylvania.
John Bertram Little, M.D. (1983)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 5 October 1929
died Brookline, Massachusetts, 24 May 2020
Captain, U.S. Army, 1956-58
Collateral representative of Lt. Peletiah Whittemore, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
Charles Edwin Menefee, Jr. (2002)
born Morganton, North Carolina, 21 June 1930
died Plantation, Florida, 21 November 2020
U.S. Navy Reserve, 1950-55; Korean War
Great-great-great-great grandson of Lt. Samuel Prioleau, Jr., South Carolina militia. Imprisoned for fifteen months at St. Augustine
Hollis Warren Merrick, III, M.D. (1993)
born Watertown, New York, 1 October 1938
died Perrysburg, Ohio, 8 June 2022
Captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Army, 1965-67
Great-great-great-great-great grandson of Capt. Amos Emerson, First Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line. Original Member.
Willis Carleton Merrill , Jr. (1996)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 28 September 1930
died Pensacola, Florida, 16 March 2020
Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Aircraft Wing, 1954-58
Great-great-great-great-great grandnephew of Capt. Reuben Dow, First Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line. Wounded in action at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Henry Gilman Nichols, Jr. (1963)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 30 August 1927
died Brunswick, Maine, 2 August 2022
U.S. Army, 1946-48
Great-great-great-great grandson of Col. Nicholas Gilman, New Hampshire militia in Continental service.
Henry Adams Pillsbury (2001)
born Chicago, Illinois, 12 January 1937
died Paris, France 17 August 2019
Great-great-great-great-great grandson of First Lieutenant Moses Little, First Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
Philip Winston Pillsbury (1985)
born Chicago Illinois, 20 November 1935
died Washington, District of Columbia, 3 March 2021
U.S. Foreign Service
Great-great-great-great-great grandson of First Lieutenant Moses Little, First Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
George John Rabstejnek (2013)
born New York, New York, 14 June 1932
died Cohasset, Massachusetts, 13 October 2021
Commander, United States Naval Reserve, 1954-1975; Korean War
William Hall Sawyer (1970)
born York, Maine, 4 February 1932
died Kittery Point, Maine, 2 October 2021
Private First Class, U.S. Army; Korean War
Great-great-great-great grandnephew of Lt. Col. Benjamin Titcomb, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
Benedict Joseph Semmes III, M.D. (2004)
born Bremerhaven, Germany, 20 October 1949
died Wonalancet, New Hampshire, 18 June 2020
U.S. Army, 1969-1971; Vietnam
Great-great-great-great-great grandson of Purser Jacob Walden, Frigate Ranger, Continental Navy.
James Russell Owen Sullivan (2020)
born Framingham, Massachusetts, 7 November 1933
died Dover, Massachusetts, 10 July 2020
Naval Aviator, U.S. Navy, 1955-1963
Great-great-great-great grandnephew of Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, Continental Army. Original Member.
John Lowell Thorndike (1998)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 17 October 1926
died Needham, Massachusetts, 20 May 2020
Cadet, U.S. Army Air Corps; World War II
Great-great-great grandson of Capt. Israel Thorndike, Schooners Warren and Scorpion; Lieutenant of the Brig Tyrannicide and the ship Resource.
William Blakely Tyler (1988)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 24 September 1925
died Newton, Massachusetts, 9 April 2021
U.S. Army, Combat Engineers; World War II
Collateral representative of Lt. Edward Parsons, Eighth Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
Chandler Lee Van Orman (1975)
born Oak Park, Illinois, 15 January 1941
died Washington, District of Columbia, 10 May 2021
Collateral representative of Lt. Joseph Chandler, Second Continental Infantry. Killed in the Battle of Fort Independence.
Arthur Bryant Whitcomb, Jr. (2017)
born New York, New York, 6 May 1965
died Pawling, New York, 17 May 2020
Collateral representative of Maj. Edward Sherburne, Aide-de-Camp to General Sullivan, Continental Army.
Littleton Waller Tazewell Waller II, (2000)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 13 November 1926
died Beverly, Massachusetts, 22 November 2019
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), 1945-1969, Korea, Vietnam
Great-great-great grandnephew of Capt. David McGregor, Third Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
Sinclair Weeks, Jr. (1964)
born Barnstable, Massachusetts, 28 July 1923
died Concord, Massachusetts, 28 February 2021
Lieutenant, Flight Officers, U.S. Army Air Force; World War II
Collateral representative of Lt. Daniel Gookin, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line. Original Member.
Henry Sewall Woodbridge, Jr. (1984)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 11 December 1928
died Putnam, Connecticut, 22 December 2021
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1951-65
Great-great-great-great grandson of Regimental Quartermaster Enoch Woodbridge, Col. Seth Warner’s Continental Regiment.
Edward Franklin Woods, D.M.D. (1973)
born Boston, Massachusetts, 25 August 1920
died Weymouth, Massachusetts, 5 January 2020
Sergeant, Chemical Warfare Service, U.S. Army; World War II
Marshal of the General Society, 2004-2010
Great-great grandson of Ensign Josiah Magoun, Second Regiment, New Hampshire Continental line.
Richard Taliaferro Wright (2003)
born Hankow, China, 6 February 1932
died Charleston, South Carolina, 5 September 2022
Captain, U.S. Navy
Great-great-great-great grandson of Capt. George Turner, New Hampshire Artillery Company.
