Qualification
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Florida

The Membership Committee Chairman, SCW-FL, POB 3097, Palm Beach, FL 33480
will provide a preliminary application and guidance for the application process

Ancestor name

Qualifying service 1607-1775

“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 in the State of Florida, 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 the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain which participated with with those of said colonies in any wars which the said Colonies were engaged or in which they enrolled men, from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, or

(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates mentioned, either as (a) Director-General, Vice-Director-General, or member of the Council, or legislative body, in the Colony of New Netherlands. (b) Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy-Governor, Lord Proprietor, member of the King’s or Governor’s Council or legislative body, in the Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware (c) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy-Governor, or member of the Council or legislative body, in Maryland and the Carolinas, or (d) Governor, Deputy-Governor, Governor’s Assistant, or Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or member of the Council, or body of Assistants or legislative body in any of the New England Colonies.

Membership in the Society shall not be held completed until the Application Papers relating thereto have been approved by the Registrar General.

Membership of the Society shall be limited at the discretion of the council.”

Article IV (excerpt) of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Florida bylaws

A list of important colonial battles, sieges and skirmishes are listed near the end of the annual yearbook.
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