The Society of Colonial Wars

in the British Isles

If you would like to become a member please write to our Deputy Governor, Mr Anthony Furse, at The Coach House, Nerquis Hall, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 4EW or e-mail: anthony@furse.org Annual Subscriptions are curently £15:00 or $25

Qualification For Membership

Article II of the Bylaws provides;

"Any person above the age of twenty-one years of good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, who is lineally descended in the male or female line from an ancestor:

1. 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, 13^th May 1607 to the battle of Lexington, 19^th April 1775; or



2. Who held office in any of the colonies between the dates above mentioned, either as:
   
   
   1. Director General, Vice-Director General, or member of the Council or legislative body in the Colony of New Netherland;
   
   
   
   2. 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;
   
   
   
   3. Lord Proprietor, Governor, deputy Governor, or member of the Council, or the legislative body in Maryland, the Carolinas, or Georgia;
   
   
   
   4. 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.

No person who may have been enrolled a member shall be permitted to continue in membership all of whose lines of descent or eligibility or the proof thereof shall be found to be defective."

Purposes

The Preamble of the Articles of Incorporation of the General Society reads:

"Whereas it is desirable that there should be adequate celebrations commemorative of the events of Colonial History which took place within the period beginning with the settlement of Jamestown, Va., 13^th May 1607, and preceding the battle of Lexington, 19^th April 1775.

The purpose for which the corporation is organized, is to perpetuate the memory of those events, and of the men who, in military, naval, and civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by their acts or counsel, assisted in the establishment, defense, and preservation of the American Colonies, and who were in truth founders of the nation. To this end, it seeks to collect and preserve manuscripts, rolls, relics, and records; to hold suitable commemorations, and to erect memorials relating to the American Colonial period; to inspire in its members the fraternal and patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and inspire in the community respect and reverence for those whose public services made our freedom and unity possible."