Membership Requirements

 

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Any male person eighteen years of age or older, of good moral character and reputation, 
shall be eligible to membership in the General Society and every constituent State Society and Independent Chapter, provided he is lineally descended in the male or female line
from an ancestor:
(1)  Who served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, sailor, or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority of any of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain
which participated with those of the said Colonies in any wars in which
the said Colonies were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, during the
period from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the Battle
of Lexington, April 19, 1775; or
(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates above mentioned as: (a) Director General, Vice Director General, or member of the Council, or
Legislative body, in the Colony of the New Netherland;  (b)  Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, Lord Proprietor, member of
The King’s or Governor’s Council, or of the legislative body,
in the Colony of New York, the Jerseys, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, or Delaware;  (c)  Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy Governor, or member of the Council, or of the legislative body, in Maryland, the Carolinas,
or Georgia; (d)  Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor’s Assistant, or Commissioner
to the United Colonies of New England, or member of the Council,
body of Assistants, or legislative body, in any of the New England
colonies; or
 (e) Justice, Judge, Justice of the Peace, or other judicial officer. No State Society, State Chapter, or Independent Chapter shall adopt any
rule of eligibility for membership other than that prescribed in this
Article nor fail to adopt any rule of eligibility for membership prescribed in this Article. Each application for membership shall be initiated with a State Society or
Independent Chapter and, upon its approval, forwarded to the
General Society for action thereon. Membership in the General Society
or any constituent State Society or Independent Chapter shall not be
held complete until the applicable application has been approved by both
the General Society and the applicable State Society or Independent Chapter.
The General Society shall have the authority to remove from its membership
any member for conduct that it deems detrimental to the General Society
or its reputation and likewise to remove from its membership any member
not holding membership in good standing in at least one State Society
or Independent Chapter. In these matters, the General Society shall act through
the Registrar General in the case of applications for membership and through
its Executive Committee in the case of removals from membership.