ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE DAUGHTERS OF THE COLONIAL WARS
Any woman is eligible for membership in the National Society, Daughters
of the Colonial Wars, who is not less than eighteen years of age and is
lineally descended in the male or female line from an ancestor who, from the
time of the settlement at Jamestown (May 13, 1607) to the battle of
Lexington (April 19, 1775): |
a. Served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, sailor, marine
or privateteersman, under the authority of the Colonies that afterward
formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain that
participated with those of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said
Colonies were engaged, or in which their men were enrolled.
b. Served in any civil position of high trust and responsibility in the
Colonies such as Director General, Vice Director General, Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor's Assistant, Lord Proprietor,
Secretary, or Treasurer of a Colony or Province, member of the King's or
Governor's Council, or Legislative Body in the Colonies, or Commissioner to
the United Colonies or New England, or Member of the Council, or Body of
Assistants, as well as Receiver General, Attorney General, Surveyor General,
and such titles as Sheriff, Constable, Mayor, Judge, Justice of the Peace,
Customs Officer, Master of Ordnance, or other elective or appointed offices
in the Colonies. |
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