Excerpted from the Bylaws Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Adopted 20 March 1896, as amended through 3 March 1988
II. QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
Any male person above the age of eighteen years, of good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, provided he be lineally 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 in any wars in 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 above mentioned, as
- Director General, Vice Director General, or member of the Council, or legislative body, in the Colony of the New Netherland;
- Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, Lord Proprietor, member or 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 of 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; or - Justice, Judge, Justice of the Peace, or other judicial officer.
