- George Washington
George Washington was a central and critical figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation. He led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. He served two four-year terms from 1789 to 1797, winning reelection in 1792.
- William Henry
William Henry was an American gunsmith from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1784, 1785, and 1786. Prior to his service in the Continental Congress, Henry was a gunsmith and provided rifles to the British during the French and Indian War and later the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Over a thirty-year period, Henry's gun factory in Lancaster not only supplied arms to Pennsylvanian and, later, …
- Edward Braddock
General Edward Braddock (1695? - July 13, 1755) was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War. He was born in Scotland circa 1695 to Major-General Edward Braddock (died 1725). His military career started with the Coldstream Guards in 1710. In 1747 as a lieutenant-colonel he served under the Prince of Orange in Holland during the siege of Bergen op Zoom.
- Chief Pontiac
Pontiac or Obwandiyag, was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766), an American Indian struggle against the British military occupation of the Great Lakes region following the British victory in the French and Indian War. Historians disagree about Pontiac's importance in the war that bears his name. Nineteenth century accounts portrayed him as the mastermind and leader of the revolt, …
- Henry Bouquet
Henry Bouquet was a prominent British Army officer in the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. Bouquet is best known for his victory over American Indians at the Battle of Bushy Run, lifting the siege of Fort Pitt during Pontiac’s War.
- John Forbes
John Forbes (5 September 1707 - March 11, 1759) was a British general in the French and Indian War who is best known for leading the Forbes Expedition that captured the French outpost at Fort Duquesne. Forbes was born in Pittencrief, Fife, Scotland in 1707. The son of an army officer, Forbes intended to study medicine, but in his second year as a medical student, he decided to become a soldier.
- Arthur St. Clair
Arthur St. Clair (March 23 1734/1736 -August 31 1818) was the ninth President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation, holding office from February 2 1787 to October 29 1787. He was preceded in office by Nathaniel Gorham and succeeded by Cyrus Griffin. He was also a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, the highest-ranking officer in the US Army (1791-1792), and the only territorial governor of Ohio. St.
- Robert Dinwiddie
Robert Dinwiddie (1693 - July 27, 1770) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to 1758, first under Governor Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, and then, from July 1756 to January 1758, as deputy for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun. Since the governors at that time were largely absentee, he was the de-facto head of the colony for much of the time.
- Charles Lee
Charles Lee (February 6 1732 - October 2, 1782) was a British soldier turned Virginia planter who was a Major General of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. Lee was born in Cheshire England. By the age of twelve, he was already commissioned as an ensign in the British Army. Lee served under Major General Edward Braddock in the French and Indian War along with fellow officers George Washington, Thomas Gage, and Horatio Gates.
- Christopher Gist
Christopher Gist (1706 - 1759) was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States, credited for providing Great Britain and her colonists with the first detailed description of the Ohio Country. He also accompanied George Washington on missions in the Ohio Country at the outset of the French and Indian War. Born in 1706 in Baltimore, Maryland, little is known about his younger years.
- George Clinton
George Clinton (July 26, 1739 - April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and politician. He was the first (and longest-serving) Governor of New York, and then Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
- Andrew Lewis
Andrew Lewis (October 9, 1720 - September 26, 1781) was an American pioneer, surveyor, and soldier from Virginia. He served as a colonel of militia during the French and Indian War, and as a brigadier general in the American Revolutionary War. He is most famous for his 1774 victory in the Battle of Point Pleasant in Lord Dunmore's War.
- William Prescott
William Prescott (February 20, 1726 - 1795) was an American Colonel in the Revolutionary War who commanded the rebel forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Prescott became widely known for his famous quote, <I>"Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes,"</I> an important instruction since his soldiers were very low on ammunition. Prescott was born at Groton, Massachusetts to Benjamin Prescott (1696-1738) and Abigail Oliver Prescott (1697-1765).
- Mary Jemison
Mary Jemison was an American frontierswoman and an adopted [Seneca Nation|Seneca]. Mary Jemison was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship "William and Mary" in the fall of 1743 while en route from Northern Ireland to America. Upon their arrival in America, the couple and their new child joined other Scots-Irish immigrants and headed west from Philadelphia, …
- George Croghan
George Croghan (c. 1720 - August 31, 1782) was a prominent American colonist and early advocate of westward expansion. He was an experienced Indian agent and fur trader. His name is also seen spelled as "Crogan" and "Crowgan", and is said to have been pronounced with a silent "g". George Croghan was born in Dublin, Ireland around 1720, moved to Colonial America in 1741, and became a fur trader in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
- William Alexander
William Alexander (1726 - 1783), who claimed the disputed title of Earl of Stirling, was an American major-general during the American Revolutionary War. Born in New York City, Alexander was an educated, ambitious and bright young man and was proficient in mathematics and astronomy. He joined his mother in a successful provisioning business and, in 1747, married Sarah Livingston, …
- William Crawford
William Crawford was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was tortured and burnt at the stake by American Indians in a notorious incident near the end of the American Revolution.
- Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm (February 28, 1712 - September 14, 1759) was the commander of the French forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (the North American phase of which is called the French and Indian War in the United States). He is most remembered for his role in the Fall of Quebec, and remains a controversial figure.
- William Franklin
William Franklin (1731 - November 16, 1813) was the last Colonial Governor of New Jersey. William was a steadfast Loyalist throughout the Revolutionary War, despite his father's role as one of the most prominent Patriots during the conflict, a difference that tore the two apart. He was born in Philadelphia, the illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin. His mother's identity is unknown though evidence suggests she was a "Low Woman",.
- Mary Campbell
Mary Campbell (1748-1801) was an American colonial settler, taken captive by Native Americans during the French and Indian War, and believed to have been the first white child to travel to the Western Reserve.
- John Parker
John Parker (July 13, 1729 - September 17, 1775) was an American farmer, mechanic, and soldier who commanded the Massachusetts militia near Lexington during the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Parker was born in Lexington and his experience as a soldier in the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) at the Siege of Louisbourg and conquest of Quebec most likely led to his election as militia captain by the men of the town.
- Francis Bernard
Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet (1712-16 June 1779) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Francis was born in Brightwell, Oxfordshire, England to the Rev. Francis and Margery Bernard and was christened on July 12, 1712. He was first educated at St. Peter's College and then spent seven years at Oxford, where Christ Church granted him a master of arts in 1736.
- Rufus Putnam
Rufus Putnam (April 9, 1738 - 1824) was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was instrumental in the initial settling of the Ohio Country following the war.
- William Williams
William Williams (1731-1811) was a merchant, and a delegate for Connecticut to the Continental Congress in 1776, and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence Williams born in Lebanon, Connecticut the son of a minister, Tim Solomon Williams, and Mary Porter. He studied theology and graduated from Harvard in 1751. He continued preparation for the ministry for a year, but then joined the militia to fight in the French and Indian War.
- Oliver Wolcott
Oliver Wolcott (December 1, 1726 - December 1, 1797), was a signer of the United States' Declaration of Independence as a representative of Connecticut. Oliver Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, the first of fourteen children of the Royal Governor Roger Wolcott. He attended Yale College, graduating in 1747. He was commissioned to raise a militia company to fight in the French and Indian War, and he served the King as captain in this unit on the northern frontier.
- John Hart
John Hart (1706-1777) was a militia officer during King George's War and the French and Indian War from the Province of New Hampshire. John Hart was born in Dover, New Hampshire on July 8 1706 to Mary Evans and Captain Samual Hart. He was married three times to Mary Dennett, Abigal Landale and Sara Savill.
- John Bradstreet
John Bradstreet (21 December 1714 - September 25, 1774) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the French and Indian War who helped Britain gain control of Lake Ontario by capturing Fort Frontenac, now Kingston, Ontario. Bradstreet died in New York City in 1774.
- James Abercrombie
James Abercrombie or Abercromby (1706 - April 23, 1781) was a British general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War who met with disaster in the Battle of Carillon (1758). He was born in Glassaugh, Banffshire, Scotland to a wealthy family, and purchased a major's commission to enter the army in 1742. He was promoted to colonel in 1746, and major-general in 1756.
- James Abercrombie
Colonel James Abercrombie (1732-June 23, 1775), sometimes referred to (without apparent basis) as James Abercrombie, Junior was a British army officer who died of battle wounds as a lieutenant colonel. He had served in the French and Indian War as a captain in the 42nd Foot before being made aide-de-camp to General Amherst in 1759. He was promoted to the grade of lieutenant colonel in 1770.
- Ephraim Williams
Ephraim Williams Jr. (March 7, 1715 - September 8,1755) was the benefactor of Williams College, located in northwestern Massachusetts. Ephraim Jr. was the eldest son of Ephraim Sr. (1691-1754) and Elizabeth Jackson Williams (d.1718). He was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and was raised by his maternal grandparents after his mother died in 1718. In his youth, Ephraim Jr. was a sailor. In 1742, he moved to Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where his parents had relocated, …
- Nicholas Herkimer
Nicholas Herkimer (c. 1728-August 16, 1777) was a militia general in the American Revolutionary War, who died of wounds after the Battle of Oriskany. He was the son of immigrants Catherine and Johan Jost Herchheimer (one of various spellings) from the German Palatinate living in German Flatts in the Mohawk Valley in the Colony of New York. He had served as a militia captain in the French and Indian War. In 1775 he headed the Tryon County Committee of Safety, …
- James Clinton
James Clinton (August 9,1733 - September 22 1812) was an American Revolutionary War soldier who obtained the rank of major general. He was born in Ulster County in the colony of New York, in a location now part of Orange County, New York. He was the brother of George Clinton, who was governor of New York from 1777 to 1795 and U.S. Vice President from 1805 to 1812. James Clinton was also the father of DeWitt Clinton, who was Governor of New York.
- Philip Livingston
Philip Livingston (January 15, 1716 - June 12, 1778), was an American merchant and statesman from New York City. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1778, and signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Albany, New York into the prominent Livingston family. His grandfather, who had immigrated to New York and controlled the large grant called "Livingston Manor", was known as Robert, 1st Lord of the Manor.
- William Thompson
William Thompson (1736 - 3 September 1781) was soldier from Pennsylvania and a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Thompson was born in Ireland and emigrated to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. During the French and Indian War, Thompson served as a captain in the Kittanning Expedition under John Armstrong. After news of the Battle of Bunker Hill reached Pennsylvania in 1775, …
- Tanacharison
Tanacharison or Tanaghrisson (c. 1700? - 4 October 1754) was an American Indian leader who played a pivotal role in the beginning of the French and Indian War. He was known to European-Americans as the Half King, a title also used to describe several other historically important American Indian leaders. His name has been spelled in a variety of ways. Little is known of Tanacharison's early life.
- Caesar Rodney
Caesar Rodney (October 7 1728 - June 26 1784), was an American lawyer and politician from St. Jones Neck, in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware, east of Dover. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and President of Delaware during most of the American Revolution.
- John Wentworth
John Wentworth (1719-1781) was a jurist, soldier, and leader of the American Revolution in New Hampshire. He was often referred to as the Judge or as Colonel John to distinguish him from his cousin, the John Wentworth who was the colony's governor. This John Wentworth was born in Dover, New Hampshire on March 30, 1719. After service in the French and Indian War, …
- Joseph Coulon de Jumonville
Joseph Coulon de Villiers, Sieur de Jumonville (8 September 1718 - May 28 1754) was a French Canadian military officer. His defeat at the Battle of Jumonville Glen and his murder after surrendering to George Washington would help spark the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War).
- John Winslow
John Winslow (May 10 1703-April 17 1774), descendant of Pilgrim Edward Winslow, was an officer during the French and Indian War. John was the son of Sarah and Issac Winslow. He was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1703. He married Mary Little, a descendant of Pilgrim Richard Warren in 1725. They had three children: Josiah, Pelham and Issac Winslow.
- Charles Scott
Charles Scott was born in Cumberland County, Virginia. He served as a non-commissioned officer in Braddock's Expedition in 1755 in the French and Indian War. Scott raised a company of militia in Virginia at the outset of the Revolutionary War. He became a colonel in 1776. He served under George Washington at the Battle of Trenton. He became a general in 1777. Scott was captured by the British at Fall of Charleston in 1779. He was held prisoner for two years.