Genealogy and Lineage Societies

I am the Founder and Past President of the Order of Descendants of Pirates & Privateers; one of the Founding Members of the Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America; and one of the Founding Members of the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty.   I am the Genealogist General of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America; Genealogist of the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, CT; and Past President of the Winthrop Society.  I was the Reviver and President of the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Connecticut; and am the Registrar of the CT Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America; and the Registrar of the CT Society of the Society of the War of 1812.

I have proved 65 Revolutionary War ancestors through the Sons of the American Revolution. 

I am or have been a member of:

• The Colonial Order of the Crown;
• The Sovereign Order of Descendants of Colonial Americans of Royal Lineage;
• The Plantagenet Society;
• The Baronial Order of the Magna Charta;
• The Military Order of the Crusades;
• The Association of Descendants of Knights of the Garter;
• The Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants;
• The Society of the Founders of Norwich, CT;
• The Society of Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor, CT;
• The Society of Sons & Daughters of the Founders of Newbury, MA;
• Piscataqua Pioneers;
• First Families of Ohio;
• The Society of Saint George in New York;
• The Saint Andrew’s Society of CT;
• The North American Manx Association;
• The Scotch-Irish Society of the USA;
• The Society of Descendants of Early Quakers;
• The Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens;
• The Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy;
• The Sons & Daughters of the Colonial & Antebellum Bench & Bar;
• Flagon and Trencher;
• Descendants of Whaling Masters;
• The Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors;
• The Order of Indian Wars in America;
• The National Society Sons of the American Colonists;
• The Sons of Colonial New England;
• Sons of the American Revolution;
• The Society of Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge;
• The Hereditary Order of the Descendants of the Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution;
• The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War;
• The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States;
• The Military Order of the World Wars;
• The Order of the Second World War;
• The Naval Order of the United States;
• The United States Cavalry Association;
• Presidential Families of America;
• The American Legion;
• The Kelsey Kindred;
• The Roger Williams Family Association;
• The Elder William Brewster Society;
• The Edson Genealogical Association;
• The Watson Clan Association;
• The Murray Clan Association.

I have received the Trencher Award of Flagon and Trencher, the Meritorious Service Award of the CT Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America,
and the Jefferson Award of the Sons of the American Revolution.

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