Membership Qualifications

Hereditary Membership in the General Society of Colonial Wars is open to any male person above the age of eighteen years of good moral character and reputation, provided he belineally descended in the male or female line  from an ancestor 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 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 the 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 who held office in any of the colonies between the dates mentioned above, as Director General, Vice-Director General, or member of the Council or legislative body in the Colony of New Netherland; 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; Lord Proprietor, Governor, deputy Governor, or member of the Council, or the legislative body in Maryland, the Carolinas, or Georgia; 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; a Justice, Judge, Justice of the Peace, or other Judicial officer.