Society of the Descendants of the Founding Fathers of New England

Post Office Box 215

Wolfeboro, NH 03894

603-569-7902

Membership is open to any person who can provide proof of

lineal descent from a male ancestor who was in New England before 1650.

Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge

Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge

Post Office Box 915

Valley Forge, PA 19482-0915

610-647-5532

Eligibility for membership is based upon direct descendants

over eighteen years of age of a soldier serving in the Continental Army

under the command of His Excellency George Washington

at the encampment at Valley Forge in 1777-1778.

Junior Membership is available to those under eighteen years of age

who are otherwise qualified to be Hereditary Members.

Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1585-1861

Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1585-1861

200 Foston Chapel Road

Hopkinsville, KY 42240-5300

Men and women, age 18 or older, who can prove lineal descent

from an ancestor who served in lands now comprising

the continental United States of America as a judge or lawyer

prior to 12 April 1861 in any court-trial, intermediate of Supreme,

under laws applicable to the original thirteen English colonies

or under laws applicable to other colonies than the

original thirteen English colonies or under laws of the

National Government enacted pursuant of either

the Articles of Confederation

or the Constitution of 1789

or under laws applicable to States and Territories of the United States

or under the laws of the Republic of Texas

or the Republic of Mexico

are eligible for membership in this Society.

Ancestral eligibility includes, but is not restricted to,

the required service as a judge or lawyer under the laws

of the various Colonial Powers

(such as England, France, Spain, the Netherlands, or Sweden)

or under the laws of the Republic of Texas or the Republic of Mexico.

The fact that in the colonial era there were no clearly separated

judicial, legislative, and executive branches does not prevent members

of those colonial bodies having multiple functions including

a judicial function from qualifying as "judges"

and thus eligible propositi for this Society.

Both Justices of the Peace and Lords of the Manor

with the privilege of Court Leete and Court Baron

qualify as "judges".

Each applicant for membership must be sponsored by two members,

or must belong to one or more of the hereditary societies

as, but not limited to,

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

or the National Society Sons of the American Revolution.