General Society of Colonial Wars
Qualifications:
Membership in the General
Society comes from membership in a State Society. For a specific State Society’s membership eligibility
requirements and application procedures interested parties should contact the
State Secretary. In general, here
are the eligibility requirements:
Any male
above the age of eighteen years, of good moral character and reputation, shall
be eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, provided he be
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 privateers man, 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 Netherlands;
(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, New Jersey, 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.
(e) Justice,
Judge, Justice of the Peace or other judicial officer.
General Society of Colonial Wars
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