Eligibility for Membership — Any person, eighteen years of age or over, shall be eligible for membership in the Society who is a direct, hereditary, lawful lineal descendant of a member of the clergy regularly ordained, or regularly installed or regularly settled over any Christian Church within the limits of the thirteen original colonial prior to July 4, 1776.
The Society of the Descendants
of the
Colonial Clergy - 1620-1776
The Society shall be dedicated to patriotic, religious, historical and educational purposes in remembering the contributions of the clergy of colonial America in the establishment of the United States of America.
Objectives:
To cherish and maintain the memory of the lives and accomplishments of the colonial clergy
of America
To perpetuate the spirit and desire for religious freedom sought by the colonial clergy
To strive to perpetuate the buildings and the memory of the congregations which the
colonial clergy served
To promote the celebration of anniversaries of organized ecclesiastical groups and churches
To collect and preserve documents, histories, biographies and memorials of the colonial
clergy of America
To promote friendship and discussion among the descendants of the colonial clergy.
Wisconsin Society Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
Mrs. Crofton E. Thorp, Jr.
E-mail - Pete-Jean@worldnet.att.net
13536 West Burleigh Road #3
Brookfield, WI 53005-3032
414-821-2915
For National Membership requirements contact:
Mrs. Alexander Joshua Smith, Jr.
17 Lowell Mason Road
Medfield, MA 02052-1709
(508) 359-4904
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