National Society of the Lords of the Maryland Manors

13070 Riverhaven Place

Newburg, MD 20664-3235

The Society is composed of men and women who are descended

in their own right, direct and legitimate, from the

First Baron of Baltimore

or from one or more of the Colonists who were granted

by the Lord Proprietor of the Province of Maryland

a manor in fee simple with manorial rights and privileges

or from his or her heir at law.

For purpose of membership, a manor is defined as

a tract of land of not less than 1000 acres

granted by patent to a Maryland Colonist prior to the year 1722.

The grant must have invested the patentee with all manorial rights

and customs of Feudal England including the privileges

of Court Leet and Court Baron.

The title of Lord of the Manor must have descended in

primogeniture as fixed by the laws of Ancient England.

Membership is by invitation only.

National Society Daughters of
the American Revolution

nswfd@juno.com

National Society of the Washington Family Descendants

2221 Shady Lane

Covington, GA 30209-8719

Eligibility for membership in the Society is open to persons

who can prove their lawful, lineal descent from one of the following

ancestors of General George Washington who lived in

Colonial America between 1607 and 1732.

1) Colonel John Washington

2) Nathaniel Pope

3) Nicholas Martiau

4) George Reade

5) Augustine Warner, Sr.

6) Colonel William Ball

7) Mary Johnson Ball Hewes

The aforesaid membership shall also be open

to the lawful lineal descendants of Lawrence Washington,

the brother of Colonel John Washington the immigrant.

National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1781

National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1781

2799 Northside Drive

Atlanta, GA 30305

Membership is limited to men and women eighteen years of age or older

who are lineal or collateral descendants of a Planter

living between 1607 and April 12, 1861,

on land which is today included in the forty-eight states of the continental United States.

Collateral descent is defined as direct descent from a full brother or sister of a planter.

A Planter must have owned not less than 500 acres of land on which

not less than 20 persons were engaged in agriculture or ranching for profit.

The acreage need not be contiguous, or in the same state.

The acreage owned by all spouses, even if not owned by the Planter, can be used to qualify,

providing the applicant is descended from each spouse whose acreage is claimed.

A Planter is not disqualified by virtue of holding a second occupation,

such as lawyer, doctor, merchant, or clergyman, or by the fact that

the planter engaged agents, overseers, or trustees to manage the land.

Membership is by invitation only.