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Society has long sought to improve public awareness of the importance of colonial events and individuals in the shaping of America. A number of monuments, plaques, and other markers have been installed by the Society at prevenient sites. The Society also funds research and educational
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The total membership of state societies has for many years remained in the range of 4,000 to 4,500. Approximately 21,000 men have joined the organization during its history, including many prominent
Americans. Members are typically well-educated and professionally accomplished.
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To be eligible for membership in the
Society an individual must be a male over age 18 who is lineally descendant from a person who served either in a military capacity or held public office in one of the original 13 colonies prior to the American Revolution.
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composed of men who trace their descents from forebears who, in military, naval, or civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by acts or counsel, assisted in the establishment, defense, and preservation of the mainland
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initiatives of colonial relevance. In recent years, the goal of improving understanding of the colonial period has additionally been addressed by Samuel Victor
Constant Fellowships, awarded annually for postgraduate study of
1091:"Honoring our Colonial History: Tablets, Monuments, and Memorials Placed by the Society of Colonial Wars 1892–2010", Andrew Ross Huston, Editor. General Society of Colonial Wars, 2011.
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Society of Colonial Wars Index of Ancestors and Members (2011), Register of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California (2008) p. 106.
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societies. The organization was founded in New York in 1892, originally as a state society. The
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1004:
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234:
938:
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261:
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944:
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832:
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687:
580:
558:
498:
418:
189:
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1139:
994:
893:
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739:
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385:
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854:
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The
Society of Colonial Wars is listed as an approved lineage society with the
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216:
119:
950:
825:
796:
666:
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645:
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541:
521:
466:
865:
721:
850:
430:
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1113:
1213:
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1075:"The Political Graveyard: Society of Colonial Wars, politicians"
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873:
Captain
Alexander Macomb Wetherill - Killed in action at the
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Lieutenant
General, U.S. Army Major General and Congressman.
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Hereditary
Society Community of the United States of America
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The General Society presently comprises some thirty-two
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619:, MC – Career Army medical officer. Recipient of the
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864:, USV – Heir to the Astor fortune. Died on the RMS
676:- Veteran of the Civil War and Spanish-American War.
749:– Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient.
742:– Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient.
1255:Service organizations based in the United States
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213:, United States Senator and insurance executive.
375:– Secretary of the Navy, United States Senator.
194:United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1260:United States military support organizations
1158:"Edgar S. Dudley – Cullum's Register – 2326"
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959:– Art historian, architect, and genealogist
817:– Inspector General of the Vermont Militia.
780:, CSA – California State Assembly member.
1250:Men's organizations in the United States
997:(1825–1910) – Rhode Island industrialist
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1227:
1018:– First Episcopal bishop of Minnesota.
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251:- 30th President of the United States
1125:
1123:
1121:
1040:Daughters of the American Revolution
532:
526:Surgeon General of the United States
245:officer, businessman and politician.
1035:Children of the American Revolution
594:Army officer and Vice President of
363:Vice President of the United States
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108:
14:
1271:
1172:
1118:
1235:General Society of Colonial Wars
1212:
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1185:General Society of Colonial Wars
1178:
985:– Princeton University professor
382:, USCGR – United States Senator.
51:General Society of Colonial Wars
20:General Society of Colonial Wars
1045:Sons of the American Revolution
463:– United States Representative.
1150:
1132:
1102:
1085:
1067:
630:- Commanded 5th Corps in Cuba.
282:, USA – United States Senator.
1:
1060:
1010:Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II
275:, CSA – United States Senator
239:Rhode Island Attorney General
890:– Philosopher and theologian
7:
1140:"Charles Wheaton Abbot, Jr"
1028:
977:Alexander Hamilton Rice Jr.
905:– Genealogist and historian
767:Richard Napoleon Batchelder
621:Distinguished Service Medal
495:– Governor of Massachusetts
398:and New York State Senator.
307:Delaware Secretary of State
10:
1276:
1022:Theodore Salisbury Woolsey
475:Rhode Island Supreme Court
427:– Governor of Connecticut.
273:Richard Thomas Walker Duke
128:White House Chief of Staff
16:American patriotic society
1055:Society of the Cincinnati
953:– Architectural historian
898:New York Court of Appeals
881:
835:, USNR – Marine engineer.
802:Brevet Brigadier General
756:Charles Wheaton Abbot Jr.
507:Brevet Brigadier General
317:Governor of Massachusetts
266:Secretary of the Treasury
124:Governor of New Hampshire
100:Membership qualifications
87:colonial American history
37:
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903:Henry L. P. Beckwith Jr.
888:Francis Ellingwood Abbot
731:– Civil War general and
654:U.S. Army Chief of Staff
457:– United States Senator.
388:– United States Senator.
353:Governor of Rhode Island
345:– United States Senator.
337:Cambridge, Massachusetts
291:Governor of Rhode Island
257:– United States Senator.
1240:501(c)(3) organizations
435:U.S. Secretary of State
211:Governor of Connecticut
1079:politicalgraveyard.com
1050:Sons of the Revolution
1016:Henry Benjamin Whipple
1005:Sons of the Revolution
983:Henry Lyttleton Savage
965:– Second Episcopalian
911:– Author and historian
896:– Chief Judge of the
778:Joseph Lancaster Brent
704:– Career Navy officer.
697:– Career Navy officer.
489:– Governor of New York
1162:penelope.uchicago.edu
1024:– Yale law professor.
989:William Watts Sherman
963:William Stevens Perry
929:– Episcopalian priest
915:John Nicholas Brown I
745:Brevet Major General
738:Brevet Major General
727:Brevet Major General
461:Henry Stockbridge Jr.
373:Truman Handy Newberry
355:and U.S. Congressman.
303:Ignatius Cooper Grubb
260:Lieutenant Commander
228:Hartford, Connecticut
184:New York State Senate
154:United States Senator
1187:at Wikimedia Commons
941:– Business executive
935:– Maritime historian
923:– Business executive
909:George Madison Bodge
824:, USNR – Husband of
720:of and Senator from
681:Richard Worsam Meade
603:Frederick Dent Grant
583:– Civil War general.
574:Spanish–American War
546:Battle of Manila Bay
396:New Mexico Territory
367:Governor of New York
349:Charles Dean Kimball
333:Henry Oscar Houghton
319:and militia general.
166:James Phinney Baxter
114:Government officials
1012:— MGM Film Director
1001:John Austin Stevens
862:John Jacob Astor IV
860:Lieutenant Colonel
840:Johnston de Peyster
815:William Seward Webb
791:Morris Cooper Foote
588:William B. Franklin
557:– President of the
555:Stuart H. Ingersoll
539:Admiral of the Navy
509:Stewart L. Woodford
503:Governor of Vermont
450:Governor of Vermont
446:Edward Curtis Smith
323:Carter Harrison Sr.
299:– U.S. Congressman.
297:Charles P. Farnsley
235:Samuel Pomeroy Colt
219:– U.S. Congressman.
202:– U.S. Congressman.
162:– U.S. Congressman.
146:– U.S. Congressman.
69:General information
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939:Rowland Hazard III
933:John B. Hattendorf
927:Alexander Hamilton
875:Battle of Santiago
804:Charles R. Brayton
795:Brigadier General
789:Brigadier General
783:Brigadier General
776:Brigadier General
765:Brigadier General
674:William G. Buehler
487:Charles S. Whitman
455:H. Alexander Smith
416:U.S. Supreme Court
392:L. Bradford Prince
343:Hamilton Fish Kean
285:Brigadier General
262:Clarence D. Dillon
150:William W. Barbour
65:of Great Britain.
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1245:Lineage societies
1183:Media related to
1097:978-1-59932-206-3
1003:– Founder of the
833:Alfred Brooks Fry
753:Brigadier General
688:Joseph B. Murdock
581:Francis Fessenden
568:– Veteran of the
559:Naval War College
533:Military officers
511:- Envoy to Spain.
499:Urban A. Woodbury
419:associate justice
226:, CTM – Mayor of
190:Robert W. Bingham
160:Franklin Bartlett
75:constituent state
63:American colonies
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995:Henry A. Stearns
917:– Philanthropist
894:Willard Bartlett
810:of Rhode Island.
762:of Rhode Island.
760:Adjutant General
747:Theodore S. Peck
663:John R. Bartlett
610:Ulysses S. Grant
515:J. Butler Wright
439:Secretary of War
313:Curtis Guild Jr.
280:Henry A. du Pont
200:Henry S. Boutell
138:U.S. Congressman
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785:Edgar S. Dudley
740:Isaac S. Catlin
617:Robert E. Noble
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481:Henry L. Wilson
412:Stanley F. Reed
386:Thomas C. Platt
287:Elisha Dyer Jr.
249:Calvin Coolidge
224:Louis R. Cheney
207:Morgan Bulkeley
180:Howard R. Bayne
174:Portland, Maine
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635:Joseph Wheeler
633:Major General
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626:Major General
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601:Major General
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586:Major General
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566:John R. Brooke
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359:Levi P. Morton
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