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 "The Society of The Colonial Dames of America- shall 
 be composed entirely of women who are legitimately descended 
 in their own persons from some ancestor of worthy life zvho 
 came to reside in an American colony prior to 1776, and who 
 was efficient in the service of the country, either in the found- 
 ing of a town or a commonwealth that has survived and de- 
 veloped into importance; who held an important position in 
 the Colonial Government ; or who, as statesman or officer, con- 
 tributed to the achievement of American independence, through 
 which was created a great and powerful nation." 
 
 No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying 
 service for admission where such ancestor adhered to the 
 enemy during the War of the Revolution, or failed to maintain 
 an honourable record. (See Preamble and Article III of the 
 Constitution.) 
 
 No person shall be admitted unless she shall be eligible 
 by reason of lineal descent from an ancestor, nor unless she 
 be judged worthy of becoming a member and be deemed ac- 
 ceptable by the Board of Managers. (See Article IX of the 
 Constitution.) 
 
 NOTE: 
 
 The Founders of a Colonial Town or Commonwealth are 
 to be carefully distinguished from the ''early settlers," who 
 were not actively instrumental in obtaining its charter or or- 
 ganizing its government. 
 
 "Commissioned Officers" includes only those whose com- 
 missions proceeded from the Governor of a Colony or State, 
 or from its legislature, however styled. 
 
Virginia. 
 
 1606, 
 
 New Netherland. 
 
 1614, 
 
 New York. 
 
 1664, 
 
 Plymouth. 
 
 1620, 
 
 Massachusetts Bay. 
 
 1629, 
 
 Maine. 
 
 1638. 
 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 1629, 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 1632, 
 
 Connecticut. 
 
 1636, 
 
 New Haven. 
 
 1638, 
 
 Rhode Island. 
 
 1638, 
 
 Carolina. 
 
 166.^, 
 
 New Jersey. 
 
 Pennsylvania. 
 
 Delaware. 
 
 Georgia. 
 
 ■Charter. 
 
 Patent (first settlement, 1613). 
 Charter, (retaken by the Dutch, 
 1673. Enghsh rule re-establish- 
 ed, 1674.) 
 Charter. 
 Charter (first settlement, 1624). 
 
 Charter. 
 Charter. 
 
 Government established (first 
 settlement, 1635). 
 Government established. 
 Government established (first 
 settlement, 1636). 
 Charter. 
 
 North Carolina, separate 
 Charter, 1664. 
 
 South Carolina^ separate 
 Charter, 1670. 
 
 Charter (divided into East and 
 West Jersey, 1676, united to 
 New York, 1702, separated 
 again, 1738). 
 
 Charter (first settlement by 
 Dutch, 1623, by Swedes, 1633, 
 called New Sweden), 
 separated from Pennsylvania in 
 all local affairs, but under same 
 Governor and Council until 
 1777. 
 1732, Charter. 
 
 1664, 
 
 1681, 
 
 1702, 
 
Virginia 
 
 COLONIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Historical Founders (1606 — 1616) of the First English Colony 
 
 at Jamestown. 
 Governor. 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor, Deputy-Governor. 
 President and Members of King's Council. 
 Secretary and Deputy-Secretary of the Colony. 
 Colonial Agent to the Court of England. 
 Commissary of the Bishop of London. 
 Royal Escheator-General. 
 Receiver of the Royal Revenues. 
 * High-Sheriff. 
 Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 
 Commissioner of a County. 
 
 Grantee of land, not less than 1,000 Acres in original grant. 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker and Members of the House of Burgesses. 
 
 Member, Revolutionary Convention. 
 
 Member, Committee of Safety and Observation. 
 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY: 
 
 Chancellor. 
 
 Register, High Court of Chancery. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
Virginia 
 
 Chief-Justice. 
 
 Judge of the Supreme Court of Law and Equity. 
 
 Justice of County Court. 
 
 Clerk of County Court. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Lieutenant of the County and Chief Commander of His 
 Majesty's Forces in said County. 
 
 Royal Naval Officer. 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Colonial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
New Netherland 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Director-General of the Province. 
 
 Vice-Director at Fort Orange. 
 
 Vice-Director on the South River. 
 
 Member of the Director's Council. 
 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 
 Receiver-General. 
 
 Surveyor-General. 
 
 Fiscal of New Netherland. 
 
 Burgomaster of New Amsterdam. 
 
 Patroon. 
 
 Director at Rensselaerwyck. 
 
 Agent to Holland. 
 
 Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 
 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 
 Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES AND CONVENTIONS : 
 
 The Nine Men. 
 
 Members of the Conventions of 1653, 1663, 1664, 1673, 1674. 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Masters of the Orphans' Court, 1653 — 1664. 
 
 Masters of the Orphans' Court at Fort Orange, 1652 — 1657. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 Commissioned Officers of the Province. 
 
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 New York 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 Governor. 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor, Acting-Governor. 
 Member of Governor's Council. 
 Member of Leisler's Council. 
 Member of Andros' Council. 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 Provincial Treasurer. 
 Receiver-General. 
 Surveyor-General. 
 Chief Magistrate of Nantucket and Martin's (now Martha's), 
 
 Vineyard, 1664 — 1691. 
 High-Sheriffs of Yorkshire, 1665 — 1680. 
 
 Mayor and Recorder of New York and Albany, prior to 1776. 
 Provincial Agent to England. 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 
 Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies. 
 Lords and Proprietors of Manors, with manorial rights. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of the Assembly. 
 
 Member of Assembly, who served two terms or longer. 
 
 Member of Convention, 1665. 
 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1690, 1745, 1754, 1765. 
 
 Mem.ber, Committee of Safety. 
 
 Member, Committee of One Hundred. 
 
 Member, Provincial Congress. 
 
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 New York 
 
 Member, Council of Safety, 3 May, 1777, to 7 January, 1778. 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Justice of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Chancellor and Master of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery. 
 
 Judge, Court of Admiralty. 
 
 Judge, Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 Judge, Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1683 — 169 1. 
 
 Judge, Prerogative Court, 1692 — 1774. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 Plymouth 
 
 COLONIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Signers of the "Mayflower" Compact. 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor. 
 
 Colonial Secretary. 
 
 Colonial Treasurer. 
 
 Assistant or Magistrate. 
 
 Member of Andros' Council. 
 
 Agent to the Court of England. 
 
 Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England. 
 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS: 
 
 Speaker of the General Court. 
 
 Member of the General Court, who served two terms or longer. 
 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1690. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL. 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval 
 Forces. 
 
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Massachusetts Bay 
 
 COLONIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Founders or Patentees of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor, Lieutenant-Governor. 
 
 President and Deputy-President, 1686. 
 
 Assistant or Councillor. 
 
 Member, Andros' Council. 
 
 Member, provisional government, known as the Council of 
 
 Safety of the People and Conservation of Peace, 1689 
 
 (after the fall of Andros). 
 Colonial Secretary. 
 Colonial Treasurer. 
 
 Comtmissioner of the United Colonies of New England. 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies. 
 Commissioner to treat with the Indians. 
 Colonial Agent to the Court of England. 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of the General Court. 
 
 Member of the General Court, who served two terms or longer. 
 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1690, 1745, 1754, 1765. 
 
 Member, Committee of Correspondence. 
 
 Member, Colonial Congress, 
 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
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Massachusetts Bay 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Chief-Justice, Superior Court of Judicature. 
 
 Associate- Judge, Superior Court of Judicature. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Solicitor-General. 
 
 Advocate-General. 
 
 Marshall-General or High-Sheriff. 
 
 Judge, Court of Comimon Pleas. 
 
 Judge, Court of Admiralty. 
 
 Judge, Probate Court. 
 
 Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Officers of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company. 
 Commissioned Officers in the Colonial and Continental Military 
 or Naval Forces. 
 
 Maine 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Founders and Lords Proprietor, Gorges' Government, 1638 — 
 
 1648. 
 Governor. 
 Member of Council (Secretary, Chancellor, Field-Marshall, 
 
 Admiral, Treasurer, Master of Ordnance). 
 Provincial President and Members of Maine Legislature, 1680 
 
 — 1685 (the Government established by Massachusetts). 
 Member Andros ' Council (Edward Tyng, Bartholomew 
 
 Gedney). 
 
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 Maine 
 
 Commissioner to treat with the Indians. 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES: 
 
 Speaker of the Assemhly. 
 
 Deputy to the Assembly who served two terms or longer. 
 
 Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts, 165 1 — 1664, 
 who served two terms t>r longer. 
 
 Deputy from Kittery or York to General Court of Massa- 
 chusetts, 1674 — 1679. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Provincial Military or Naval 
 Forces. 
 
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 New Hampshire 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES : 
 
 Founders and Proprietors. 
 
 Incorporator of the Province under Charter of Charles II. 
 President, Governor. 
 Deputy-President, Lieutenant Governor. 
 Member of Council. 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 Provincial Treasurer. 
 
 Member, Andros' Council (Robert Mason, John Hincks). 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies. 
 ^"^1' Commissioner to treat with the Indians. 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of Assembly. 
 
 Member of Assembly, who served two terms or longer. 
 
 Deputy to General Court of Massachusetts, between 1641 and 
 
 i679-'8o, who served two terms or longer. 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, i754- ^ 
 
 .Member, Committee of Safety and Correspondence. 
 Signer of the Association Test, 1776. 
 Member, Provincial Congress. 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY: 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Solicitor-General. 
 
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 New Hampshire 
 
 Chief-Justice, Supreme Court (Court of Sessions, Court of 
 
 Common Rights). 
 Associate-Judge, Supreme Court. 
 Judge, High Court of Chancery. 
 Judge, Court of Common Pleas. 
 Judge, Court of Admiralty. 
 Judge, Court of Oyer and Terminer. 
 Judge, Probate Court. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 Maryland 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 Lord Proprietor. 
 Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor, Acting-Governor. 
 Secretary of the Province. 
 Deputy-Secretary of the Province. 
 Treasurer of Eastern and Western Shores. 
 Provincial Councillor. 
 Keeper of the Great Seal. 
 Surveyor-General. 
 High-Sherifif. 
 
 Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 
 Commissary-General. 
 Commissioner of County. 
 Commander of County. 
 Mayor of St. Mary's, prior to 1708. 
 Mayor of Annapolis. 
 Lords of Manors, with manorial rights. 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 Collector of Customs. 
 
 Grantee of land, not less than 1,000 Acres in original grant. 
 '^'2-^c^^-E0iuidei^-e^4«ap©riant towxu 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker and Members of Provincial Assembly. 
 Member, House of Burgesses. 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1754, 1765. 
 Member, Maryland Convention. 
 
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€Iigi6iUtp 3ti^t 
 
 Maryland 
 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 
 Member, Council of Safety and Observation. 
 
 Member, Committee of intercolonial Correspondence. 
 
 Signer of the Maryland Declaration of Independence, July 
 
 3rd, 1776. 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY: 
 Chancellor. 
 Chief-Justice. 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Register of the High Court of Chancery. 
 Members of the Court of Admiralty. 
 Justice or Judge of Provincial Courts. 
 Clerk of the County Court. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 Connecticut 
 
 COLONIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Founders : Thomas Hooker, John Haynes. 
 
 Mem'bers of the Commission to govern the Colony, appointed 
 by Massachusetts, March 3rd, i635-'6, for one year: 
 Roger Ludlow, William Pyncheon, John Steele, William 
 Swayne, Henry Smith, William Phelps, William West- 
 wood, and Andrew Ward. 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor. 
 
 Assistant, known as Magistrate until 1662. 
 
 Colonial Secretary. 
 
 Colonial Treasurer. 
 
 Member, Andros' Council. 
 
 Incorporator of the Colony under Charter of Charles II. 
 
 Colonial Agent to the Court of England. 
 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 
 Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies. 
 
 Commissioner to the Indians. 
 
 Marshall of the General Court. 
 
 High-Sheriff. 
 
 Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England. 
 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of the General Court. 
 
 Deputy to the General Court, who served two terms or longer. 
 
 Member, Council of Safety. 
 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1745, 1754, 1765. 
 
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(CIt0iBilitp %i^t 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 Member, Committee of Safety and Correspondence. 
 
 Member, Continental Congress. 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 Judge, Supreme Court. 
 Judge, Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 Commissioned Officers in the Colonial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
 New Haven 
 
 COLONIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Founders : John Davenport, Theophilus Eaton. 
 
 "The Seven Pillars" (Framers of the Constitution). 
 
 Governor, (known as Magistrate from 1639 to 1643.) 
 
 Deputy-Governor. 
 
 Assistant. 
 
 Colonial Secretary. 
 
 Colonial Treasurer. 
 
 Colonial Agent to the Court of England. 
 
 Commissioner to treat with the Indians. 
 
 Commissioner to treat with other Colonies. 
 
 Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England. 
 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of the General Court. 
 
 Deputy to the General Court, who served two terms or longer. 
 
 Member, Council of War. 
 
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New Haven 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval 
 Forces. 
 
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Rhode Island and Providence 
 
 Plantations 
 
 COLONIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Founders of the Charter Colonies: Providence, 1636; Ports- 
 mouth, 1638; Newport, 1639; Warwick, 1642. 
 Town Treasurer, Providence, 1636 — 1640. 
 Arbitrators, Providence, 1640. 
 Judge, Aquidneck (Portsmouth), 1638 — 1640. 
 President, 1647 — 1662. 
 Governor. 
 Deputy-Governor. 
 Elder, Assistant. 
 General Recorder. 
 Colonial Secretary. 
 Colonial Treasurer. 
 
 Colonial Agent to the Court of England. 
 Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England. 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies. , 
 Commissioner to the Indians. 
 Member, Andros' Council. 
 
 Incorporator of the Colony under the Charter of Charles II. 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of the General Court. 
 
 Commissioner to the Court of Commissioners, 1652 — 1663, who 
 
 served two terms or longer. 
 Deputy to the General Court, who served two terms or longer. 
 
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(eiigibilitp %m 
 
 Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 
 
 Member of Council or Committee of War. 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1754, 1765. 
 Member, Committee of Safety and Correspondence. 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Chief Judge, Superior Court of Judicature. 
 Assistant Judge, Superior Court of Judicature. 
 Judge, Court of Equity. 
 Judge, Admiralty Court. 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Colonial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 North Carolina 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 Lord Proprietor. 
 Landgrave. 
 Cacique. 
 
 Proprietary and Royal Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Acting-Governor. 
 Member, King's Council. 
 Member, Governor's Council. 
 Treasurer and Secretary of the Province. 
 Commissioner of the Province. 
 Commissary of the Bishop of London. 
 Receiver-General. 
 Surveyor-General. 
 
 Collector and Commissioner of Customs. 
 Provincial Agent to the Court of England. 
 High-Sheriff. 
 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 Grantee of land, not less than i,ooo Acres in original grant. 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker and Members of Assembly. 
 
 Member, Provincial Council of Safety. 
 
 Member, Committee of Safety. 
 
 Member, Provincial Congress. 
 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 
 Signer of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
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North Carolina 
 
 JUDICIARY: 
 Chancellor. 
 
 Judge and Master in Chancery. . 
 Chief-Justice. 
 Attorney-General. 
 Solicitor-General. 
 
 Justice or Judge of Provincial Court. 
 Member of the Court of Admiralty. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 South Carolina 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES : 
 Lord Proprietor. 
 Landgrave. 
 Cacique. . 
 
 Proprietary and Royal Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Acting-Governor. 
 Member of King's Council. — 
 Member of Governor's Council. 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 Provincial Treasurer. 
 Commissary of the Bishop of London. 
 Receiver-General. 
 Provost-Marshall. 
 
 Commissioner and Collector of Customs. 
 Surveyor-General. 
 
 Provincial Agent to the Court of England. 
 Commissioner to the Indians, appointed by the Provincial 
 
 Government. 
 Commissioner on Boundaries between Provinces. 
 Grantee of land, not less than i,ooo Acres in original grant. 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker and Members of Commons' House of Assembly. 
 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1765. 
 
 Member, Council of Safety. - 
 
 Member, Committee of Observation. -- 
 
 Member of Provincial Congress. 
 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. - 
 
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aEligiBilitp %m 
 
 South Carolina 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Judge and Master in Chancery. 
 
 Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor. 
 
 Chief-Justice. 
 
 Judge of Superior Court of Law and Equity. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Justice or Judge of Provincial Court. 
 
 Member of the Court of Admiralty. 
 
 Clerk of the County Court. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers of the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 New Jersey 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Governor, under the Swedes. 
 
 Director-General and Vice-Director, under the Dutch. 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Acting-Governor. 
 
 Proprietors of East and West Jersey. 
 
 Secretary and Register of the Proprietors. 
 
 Member, King's Council. 
 
 Member, Andros' Council. 
 
 Member, Governor's Council. 
 
 Keeper of the Great Seal. 
 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 
 Provincial Treasurer. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Surveyor-General. 
 
 Receiver-General, Commissioner in Land Office. 
 
 Commissioner to treat with the Indians. 
 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 
 Agent to England. 
 
 High-Sheriff of County. 
 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 Chief Administrator (Anthony Colve), and Commissioners 
 (Nicholas Boes, Abram Ferd. Van Zyll), of the Dutch 
 Rule, 30 July, 1673 to 9 February, 1674. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of the Assembly. 
 
 Member of Assembly, who served two terms or longer. 
 
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New Jersey 
 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1765. 
 Member, Committee of Correspondence and Safety. 
 Member, Congress of Correspondence. 
 Member, Provincial Congress, 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Chancellor. 
 
 Judge and Master in Chancery. 
 
 Justice of the Supreme Court (Court of Assize, Court of Com- 
 mon Rights). 
 Associate Judge of the Supreme Court. 
 Judge, Court of Common Pleas. 
 Judge, Court of Oyer and Terminer. 
 Members of the Court of Admiralty. 
 Judge, County Court. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 Pennsylvania 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES : 
 
 Dutch and Swedish Directors and Governors. 
 Commissioner and Commissary under the Dutch and the 
 Swedes. 
 
 Proprietor of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor, Acting-Governor. 
 
 Secretary of the Province. 
 
 Treasurer of the Province. 
 
 Keeper of the Great Seal. 
 
 Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, 1682 — 1774. 
 
 Member, Governor's Council. 
 
 Member, Provincial Council. 
 
 Commissary-General. 
 
 Receiver-General for the Proprietor. 
 
 Commissioner of Land Office, Receiver-General and Secretary. 
 
 Surveyor-General, 1682 — 1775. 
 
 Commissioner on Boundaries between Provinces. 
 
 Commissioner on Treaties with French and Indians. 
 
 Commissioner on Indian Affairs. 
 
 Register-General. 
 
 High-Sheriff. 
 
 Mayors of Philadelphia, Lancaster and Bethlehem. 
 
 Member, City Council of Philadelphia, 1701 — 1776. 
 
 Alderman of Philadelphia, 1701 — 1775. 
 
 Founder of important town. 
 
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Pennsylvania 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker of the Assembly. 
 
 Member of the Assembly. 
 
 Delegate to intercolonial Congress, 1745, 1754, 1765. 
 
 Signer of the Non-Importation Resolutions, 1765. 
 
 Member, Committee of Safety and Observation. 
 
 Member, Committee of Correspondence. 
 
 Member, Provincial Congress. 
 
 Secretary, Provincial Congress. 
 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 
 Chaplain, Continental Congress. 
 
 Member, Board of War. 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Chancellor. 
 
 Master of the Rolls 
 
 Judge^ High Court of Chancery. _ 
 
 Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Justice of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Judge-Advocate. 
 
 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Justice of the Peace from 1682. (These were the Judges of 
 the County Courts, established under the Royal Charter to 
 Penn, viz. : Common Pleas, Quarter Sessions, Orphans' 
 Court. These Courts were held until 1791.) 
 
 Judge, Court of Equity. 
 
 Judge, Court of Oyer and Terminer. 
 
 Judge of the Probate and Surrogate Court. 
 
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 Pennsylvania 
 
 Judge, Admiralty Court. 
 Judge, City Court. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers of the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 Delaware 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Commissioner and Commissary under the Swedes and EHitch. 
 
 Governors of Pennsylvania and of the Settlements on the 
 Delaware before the formation of the Province of Penn- 
 sylvania in 1682. 
 
 Governor. 
 
 Deputy-Governor. 
 
 Provincial Secretary. 
 
 Provincial Treasurer. 
 
 Keeper of the Great Seal. 
 
 Surveyor-General. 
 
 Register-General. 
 
 Receiver-General. 
 
 High-Sheriff. 
 
 Secretary of the Land Office. 
 
 Commissioner on Boundaries between Provinces. 
 
 Mayor of Newcastle. 
 
 Collector of the Port of Newcastle, 1682 — 1774. 
 
 Founder of important town. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 Member, Provincial Assembly. 
 Member intercolonial Congress. 1765. 
 Member, Provincial Conference. 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 Member, Committee of Safety. 
 Member, Committee of Correspondence. 
 Member Supreme Executive Council, 5 March, 1777. 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
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 Delaware 
 
 JUDICIARY : 
 
 Master of the Rolls. 
 
 Justice of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Judge- Advocate. 
 
 Justice of the Peace and Courts. 
 
 Member, Court of Admiralty. 
 
 Judge, Probate Court. 
 
 Judge, Court of Equity. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Officers in the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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 Georgia 
 
 PROVINCIAL OFFICES: 
 
 Trustee. 
 President. 
 Assistant. 
 Royal Governor. 
 
 Lieutenant-Governor, Acting-Governor. 
 Member of Governor's Council. 
 Secretary of the Province. 
 King's Treasurer. 
 Receiver-General. 
 Provost Marshall. 
 Surveyor-General of Lands. 
 Surveyor-General of Customs. 
 Secretary and Register of Records. 
 
 Commissioner to the Indians, appointed by the Provincial Gov- 
 ernment. 
 Commissioner of intercolonial Boundaries. 
 Provincial Agent to the Court of England. 
 Grantee of land, not less than i,ooo Acres in original grant. 
 Founder of important tow^n. 
 
 ASSEMBLIES, CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES: 
 
 Speaker and Members of Assembly. 
 
 Member of Council of Safety and Correspondence, 
 
 Member of Provincial Congress. 
 
 Delegate to the Continental Congress. 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
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^IigiBilitp aii^t 
 
 Georgia 
 
 JUDICIARY: 
 
 Judge and Master in Chancery. 
 
 Register of Court of Chancery. 
 
 Chief-Justice of the Province of Georgia. 
 
 Justice of the Supreme Court. 
 
 Attorney-General. 
 
 Member of the Court of Admiralty. 
 
 Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 Presiding Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. 
 
 MILITARY AND NAVAL: 
 
 Commissioned Oflicers of the Provincial and Continental Mili- 
 tary or Naval Forces. 
 
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