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National Society United States Daughters of 1812
500 Mount Pleasant Road N. E
Fairmount, GA 30139-3406
(770) 382-6676
Admission to membership in the National Society is by invitation
after an affirmative vote by the chapter or state society.
Applicants shall have the endorsement of two members in good standing
to whom the applicant is personally known.
Membership is available to women age eighteen and over who can offer satisfactory proof
that they are lineal descendants of an ancestor who, during the period of
1784-1815 inclusive, rendered civil, military, or naval service to our country,
rendered material aid to the U.S. Army or Navy, or who participated
in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Junior membership is available to girls and boys from birth through age 21.
Young women between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five are known as
Flora Adams Darling Daughters in honor of the Society's first president.
Service may be, but not limited to the following:
a. Those who signed the Oath of Allegiance or the Loyalty Test.
b. All state, county and town officials and also jurors.
c. A member of the Continental or Federal Congress, or a member of
a State Assembly or Legislature of one of the first eighteen states.
d. A delegate to the convention which framed The Constitution of the United States.
e. A member of a State Convention which ratified The Constitution of the United States.
f. An elector of one of the first four Presidents of the United States.
g. A legislative, executive or judicial officer of the United States of America,
including such appointive officers as Treaty Commissioners, Territorial Officers, etc.
Military or Naval Service in any of the following insurrections or wars:
1. Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, 1784-1787. (A local disturbance
between settlers from Connecticut and Pennsylvania in said valley.)
2. Shay’s Rebellion, Massachusetts, 1786-1787. (Local, grew out of burdensome
taxation. Confined to and suppressed by militia of the State of Massachusetts.)
3. Wars with Indians, 1784-1815.
4. Whiskey Insurrection, Pennsylvania, 1794. (Local, arose in consequence of
certain taxes on domestic spirits. Suppressed by the authority of the United States.)
5. War with France (Undeclared), 1798-1800. (Naval, carried on
by the United States through its Navy and privateers.)
6. Sabine Expedition, Louisiana, 1806.
7. Attack of British warship Leopard upon the United States frigate Chesapeake.
(Disturbance growing out of attack of the British warship Leopard on the
American frigate Chesapeake, as the result of the British claim to the right
to search. The attack occurred at sea off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
The militia was called out by the authority of the President.)
8. Embargo troubles, - Lake Champlain, 1808.
9. Engagement between United States frigate President and the
British ship Little Belt. (An engagement on the Atlantic, off the southern coast
of the United States, resulting from the British claim of right to search.)
10. Expedition against Lafitte Pirates, 1814. (Local, conducted by the
authority of the United States.).
11. Wars with the Barbary Powers, 1801-5 and 1815. (Conducted by the
authority of the United States through its Navy on the northern coast of Africa.)
12. War with Great Britain, 1812-1815. (General, covering nearly the
entire territory of the United States, especially the seaboard.)
13. The Creek War, 4 October 1814 to 24 January 1815. (Local, but
conducted by the authority of the United States.)
14. Lafitte Aides to General Andrew Jackson.
15. Local or state militia service, 1784-1815, or giving material aid to
the Army and Navy. 16. Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-6.
(Military exploring expedition to find land route to the Pacific Ocean.)
National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co.
nbcobos@verizonmail.com
National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co.
49 Carriage Hills Drive
Windham, ME 04062-4927
Membership is available to any woman over the age of eighteen years,
who is lineally descended from a member of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company of Massachusetts, between the years 1637 and 1774,
provided she is acceptable to the National Board of Management.
Membership is by invitation only.
New England Society in the City of New York
New England Society in the City of New York
122 East 58th Street
New York, NY 10022
212-752-1938
Applicants for membership must be either of New England ancestry,
have attended a New England school or college,
or have part or full-time residence in New England.
Applicants must be at least eighteen years old,
and a Proposer and Seconder are necessary.
Membership is by invitation only.
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Post Office Box 339
426 South Main Street
Pembroke, KY 42266-0339
Membership is restricted to individual, age eighteen or over,
of good moral character and reputation,
provided he or she proves his or her descent from an immigrant American ancestor
who was a settler in one of the thirteen original Colonies uniting to form
the United States of America or in the United States who had
a proved right to bear arms in the country of his or her origin.
Membership is by invitation only.
Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America
Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America
Post Office Box 269
Roxbury, CT 06783
Men and women who are supposed to be lineally descended
in either the male or female line from a recognized
Patroon, Seigneur, or Lord of a Manor of New Netherland,
or of the Province of New York,
or a similar system of colonial landholding
in any other of the original colonies,
and who are invited to join, may be eligible for membership.
Membership is by invitation only.
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
109 Southern Hills Drive
New Bern, NC 28562
252-633-9069
Membership is limited to descendants of Ancient Planters,
defined as "those persons who arrived in Virginia before 1616,
remained for a period of three years, paid their passage,
and survived the massacre of 1624.
They received the first patents of land in the New World as authorized
by Sir Thomas Dale in 1618 for their personal adventure.
Persons unknown to members of the Society may submit the name of
their ancestor with a letter of endorsement.
An invitation may then be issued. An invitation is valid for one year
from the date it is issued.
Persons under the age of twenty-one may become Junior Members
upon the approval of application papers and payment of application fee.
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