Daniel J. Earnshaw, Esq.
MDSSAR President 2025-
Dan was born and raised in Baltimore, and is a 41 year member of the Maryland Society, Sons of the American Revolution. He obtained his law degree from the University of Baltimore, established his own practice, and retired after 32 years engaging in the profession. He completed R.O.T.C. at Johns Hopkins University and served in the Maryland Army National Guard. Dan has also served in various capacities, in the Maryland Sons and Daughters of Pilgrims, Society of the War of 1812 and the Mayflower Society where he is currently serving as the Governor of the Mayflower Society of Maryland. He currently resides in Havre de Grace, Maryland and enjoys travel, genealogy and boating.
Richard L. Abbott
MDSSAR 1st Vice-
Rick, a native Californian, came to Maryland after earning his Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of California, Davis. After 42 years in industry, he retired and began researching his lineage. He joined the Virginia Society, SAR in 2015 and the Maryland Society, SAR in 2019. He has served as an officer in the Fairfax Resolves Chapter, Virginia SAR, the John Paul Jones Chapter, Maryland SAR, and the Maryland Society SAR. Beyond SAR, he has served as the Commander-
He and his wife, Jan Janssen, currently reside in Herald Harbor, Maryland where they enjoy our tidewater world.
Michael B. Morthland
MDSSAR 2nd Vice-
Michael Morthland was born in Benton, Illinois, and served in the U.S. Navy for over 25 years before retiring in 2009 as a Senior Chief Aviation Electrician’s Mate. During the course of his Naval career, he served in six fixed-
He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution by descent from Patriot Thomas Leftwich and is currently serving as the Thomas Stone Chapter President and as a member of the Color Guard. For the Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution, he is an America 250 Committee member and is also Co-
Currently, he serves as the Program Manager of the Multimedia Technologies Department for Global Technology and Management Resources, Incorporated (GTMR, Inc.) in Hollywood, MD, managing the development of Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETM) and training. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Embry-
Michael is married to the former April Resch (a retired Navy Chief and Registered Nurse) of Colusa, CA. They have five children and five grandchildren.
Rev. W. Joseph Engel
MDSSAR 3rd Vice-
Joe was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Adelphi, MD.
He joined the Army when he was in 18 and served with Special forces in the 82nd Airborne Division.
After his service in the Army, he joined the District of Columbia Fire Department. It was there he was injured in the line of duty and retired from the fire department. The Lord called him to serve, and he went to seminary after graduation.
He was ordained in 1976.
Since beginning his theological career in 1976, Dr. Engel has served as Youth, Associate, Interim and Lead Pastor at several churches in the Maryland area as well in Des Moines, Iowa. In addition, he has held International Revivals in India and Romania.
In 2019 Dr Engel was inducted into the Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution; he served there as Chaplain from 2017-
He serves as Third Vice President of the Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and continues to serve as State Chaplain since 2023.
Currently he is also the Lead Pastor at his church in Emmitsburg since 2017.
He and his wife Rochelle reside in Frederick, Maryland.
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