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.
Society of Colonial Wars in Missouri Links
General Society of Colonial Wars
King George's War (1744–1748)
https://www.uswars.net/king-georges-war/
Era Introduction- Colonial Wars
https://www.history.nd.gov/exhibits/lewisclark/colonialwars.html
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)
https://historyofmassachusetts.org/queen-annes-war/
King William's War 1689-1698
https://www.uswars.net/king-williams-war/
French and Indian wars 1756 to 1763
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/french-and-indian-war
Pequot War, war fought in 1636–37
Lord Dunmore's War or Dunmore's War—1774
https://www.uswars.net/lord-dunmores-war/
Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) 1763-1766
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pontiacs-rebellion-begins
The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina September 22, 1711 -February 11, 1715
https://www.uswars.net/tuscarora-war/
The Dummer's War - a series of battles between New England and the Wabanaki Confederacy who were allied with New France. : Jul 25, 1722 – Dec 15, 1725
https://www.uswars.net/dummers-war/
Medicine in Colonial North America
Ancestry Paths
http://www.ancestrypaths.com/lineage-and-hereditary-societies/society-of-colonial-wars/
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Capture of Louisburg 1758
https://www.britishbattles.com/french-indian-war/battle-of-louisburg-1758/
Fort de Chartres
The Great Swamp Fight fought during King Philip's War
http://www.burnpit.us/2012/12/great-swamp-fight-colonial-militia-assault-indian-stronghold
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
https://www.familysearch.org/en/
Ancestry Search
American Revolution Center
Cyndi’s List
familysearch.org
HeritageQuest.com
chronicalingamerica.com
findagrave.com
dar.org
genforum.com
fold3.com
usgenweb.net
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