How do I find out if my ancester was in the DAR?

-I want to know if Phillip Deen was in the American RevolutionYou can access the public DAR site and check the Patriot list. I found no "Deen" but there are two Philip Deans. DAR is Daughters of the American Revolution. We are descendants of those men and women who served or aided in the Revolutionary War



DEAN, PHILIP JR Ancestor #: A031092 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE

Birth: 1762 TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS Death: 1823 TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS Service Description: 1) CAPT.EBENEZER DEAN,COL.THOMAS CARPENTER



DEAN, PHILIP SR Ancestor #: A031091 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: CORPORAL

Birth: 1734 TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS Death: 11-28-1780 TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS



And there is a member Mrs Philip Deen who is a descendant of a Philip Dean whose service information needs to be updated. This happens sometimes with the older patriots so new research needs to be done to prove service using current genealogy standards.
The DAR is a historical society for the female descendants of the American Revolution. DAR + Daughters of the American Revolution. You must be able to submit a documented pedigree to be come a member, among other requirements. You could type Phillip Deen 1776 or Phillip Deen American Revolution into the search and probably get an military list from that period. Or you could try looking in the National Archives. You could attempt to look him up on the DAR site. If someone else has applied as his decedent and been accepted their information will be available/
two angles to your question, and they are different. DAR is A WOMEN'S organization, those women having had ancestors in the Revolution. YOUR female ancestor would like have been under her name (which isn't necessarily the same as the soldier), not to mention, your grandma (for example) might not have joined..but a cousin of hers (also female) would also be a descendent who qualified.

The second part seems to clarify wanting to know if Phillip Deen was a soldier. Your best bet from that approach is being more specific. You need to define your proven ancestor to be the man of this name, who lived in a named location during that time frame, and perhaps you have documents that he was the son/brother of others in the locality. I say this because in the 1700s it was not uncommon for there to be more than one man, of the exact same name, and both having served...but their records will be different. Such as, one died in a battle and left no children, while the other did have a family.

Other sources might be that you find your ancestor in (say) Tennessee in the early 1800s, and there are lists of pensioners. Those pensions are normally backed up by affidavits from the person or widow, that contain very specific info on themselves, as well as their service. Here's the deal on that..you CAN find Rev. documentation, and proof of your line/service, but that is not always going to mean that anyone ever joined DAR on that record.

http://www.dar.org/

Assuming you have your files supported (and his name MIGHT have been Dean, you know), I urge you to contact the state officers for the DAR. They really like having new members and will help you.