Ancestor Service Eligibility List
Ancestor Service Eligibility List
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As outlined in the Society’s bylaws, The Colonial Dames of America shall be composed entirely of women who are descended from some ancestor of worthy life who within the period beginning with the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia, May 13, 1607, and extending to, but not including, the Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775, served one or more of the thirteen original Colonies:
- By holding public office in the government thereof;
- By holding a commission in the colonial militia or regular British military serving in the American Colonies;
- By otherwise serving one or more of said Colonies in the capacities specified in the Eligibility List.
Review below for comprehensive lists of the eligible services in each of the listed colonies:
Carolina
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts Bay
New Hampshire
New Haven
New Jersey
New Netherland
New York
Pennsylvania
Plymouth
Rhode Island
Virginia
*Service Clarifications
Founder of a Town:
The following will be the criteria for Founders of Towns:
Persons of substance who contributed to the settlement of a town as the:
- Person who received the original charter of land from the crown, as a grant or headright, and gave/donated said land to specifically form a town;
- Man or men who purchased land then donated it to specifically form a town;
- Person or persons who were specifically involved in laying out or planning the town;
- Men who held the first offices in the town such as Mayor or similar title.
This category does not include the early settlers of a town.
Proprietors may be used only when clearly stated within the text of the proof that Proprietors and Founders are terms which are used interchangeably.
Colonial Women of Distinction:
Refer to the separate document, “Colonial Women of Distinction” for a list of over ninety women designated as qualifying ancestors as part of the “Colonial Women of Distinction” initiative established in 2021.
Carolina
Chartered/Founded:
1663 Charter from Charles II to eight joint Proprietors
1664 North Carolina, separate charter
1670 South Carolina, separate charter
Eligible Capacities: (North and South Carolina)
- Agent in Great Britain
- Assistant-Judge of the Courts of Sessions and of Common Pleas
- Attorney General
- Cacique
- Chancellor
- Chaplain appointed by General Assembly
- Chief Justice or Associate-Justice
- Church Warden
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Rangers and in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial Boundaries
- Constable
- Deputy-Governor
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of the Admiralty Court
- Justice of the Peace
- Landgrave
- Lieutenant Governor
- Lord Proprietor
- Magistrate
- Member of the Continental Congress 1774-18 April 1775
- Member of the Provincial Congress 1774-18 April 1775
- Member of the Council
- Member of the General Assembly
- Naval Officer, Collector of Customs
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- Receiver-General of Quit Rents or Customs
- Secretary or Deputy-Secretary
- Sheriff/High Sheriff
- Surgeon/Physician
- Surveyor-General
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Connecticut
Chartered/Founded: 1636 Government established (first settlement 1635)
Eligible Capacities:
- Founders
- Thomas Hooker
- John Haynes
- Members of the Commission to govern the Colony, appointed by Massachusetts, March 3, 1635/6 for one year:
- Roger Ludlow
- William Phelps
- William Pyncheon
- Henry Smith
- John Steele
- William Swayne
- Andrew Ward
- William Westwood
- Assistant, Member of the Court of Assistants
- Associate-Judge, County Court (Court of Common Pleas)
- Attorney for the General Court
- Chaplain appointed by General Assembly
- Chaplain of Collegiate School (Yale College)
- Chief-Judge or Associate-Judge, Supreme Court
- Church Warden
- Clerk of the Superior Court
- Colonial Agent to the Court of England
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military and Naval Forces
- Commissioner, Member of County Court (later called Justice of the Peace)
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England
- Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies
- Commissioner to the New England Union
- Constable
- Delegate to the Albany Congress, 1754
- Deputy to the General Court
- Deputy Governor
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- High Sheriff prior to 1700
- Incorporator of the Colony under Charles II
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge, Probate Court
- Judge of Superior Court
- Justice of the Peace
- Justice of the Quorum in County Court
- King’s Attorney
- Magistrate
- Marshall
- Member, Andros’ Council
- Member of the Council
- Member of the Committee of the Pay Table
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774–18 April 1775
- Member of the Council of War
- Member of the Seven Pillars
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of Collegiate School (Yale College)
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- Representative, Member of the House of Representatives
- Selectman
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Vestryman
Delaware
Chartered/Founded: 1702, separated from Pennsylvania in all local affairs, but under same Governor and Council until 1777
Note: Delaware had no separate government as a Colony or Royal Province until 1777. Its territory was part of New Netherland, or the Province of New York, until 1682, except from 1638 to 1655, when it was under the control of Sweden. From 1682 to 1777, it was under the government of the Province of Pennsylvania, though it had a local Assembly.
Eligible Capacities:
- Chaplain appointed by the Assembly
- Church Warden
- Collector of the Port of Newcastle, 1682–1774
- Commissary (under Swedish rule at the South River)
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers of the Colonial Military and Naval Forces
- Commissioner under the Duke of York
- Constable
- Factor and Secretary (under Swedish rule at the South River)
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor (under Swedish rule at the South River) or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Magistrate
- Mayor of Newcastle
- Member of the Assembly of “the three lower counties of Pennsylvania”
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774–18 April 1775
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Vestryman
Georgia
Chartered/Founded: 1732 Charter
Eligible Capacities:
- Agent in Great Britain
- Assistant or Member of Council
- Attorney General
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chief Justice
- Church Warden
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers of the Rangers and of the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial Boundaries
- Constable
- Customs Officer
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of the Admiralty
- Justice of a General Court
- Justice of the Peace
- Magistrate
- Member of Commons House of Assembly
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774–18 April 1775
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President, Governor, Acting Governor, or Vice-President
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- Register of the Court of Chancery
- Secretary
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Surveyor-General
- Treasurer
- Trustee for establishing the Colony of Georgia
- Vestryman
Maine
Chartered/Founded: 1639 Charter from Charles I
Note: Unification of Maine and Massachusetts was accomplished in 1692 by the Charter of William and Mary, whereby the Colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth, and the Province of
Maine, the territory of Sagadahock and the territory of Acadia were united under the name of Massachusetts Bay. After 1692 the separate eligibility list for Main
Eligible Capacities:
- Agent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Church Warden
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of the Court at Saco, 1636–1638
- Constable
- Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts Bay, between 1653 and 1679
- Deputy to the General Court or General Assembly of the Province of Maine or the Province of Lygonia
- Deputy-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor
- Deputy Governor
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of County Court and Sessions of the Peace (Associate or Magistrate of the Counties of Yorkshire and Devonshire)
- Justice of the Peace
- Lord Proprietor
- Magistrate
- Member of Council (Councilor, Magistrate, Assistant)
- Member of Council under Gorges
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- Chancellor to determine matter of Equity
- Deputy or Lieutenant Governor
- Marshal, the Military Officer
- Master of Ordnance, in charge of military stores
- President of the Board or Chief Magistrate
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President, Deputy-President
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- Selectman
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Vestryman
Maryland
Chartered/Founded: 1632 Patent, Charles I to George Calver
Eligible Capacities:
- Attorney General
- Chancellor, Keeper of the Great Seal
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chief Justice
- Church Warden
- Commander of a County
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissary-General, Judge of Probate
- Commissioned Officers in the Rangers or in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial Boundaries
- Constable
- Delegate to the Albany Congress, 1754
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of the Court of Admiralty
- Justice of the Peace (Commissioner of a County, Justice of a County Court)
- Justice of the Provincial Court
- Lord of a Manor, prior to 1692
- Lord Proprietor
- Lord Proprietor’s Agent, Receiver-General
- Magistrate
- Mayor of St. Mary’s City, prior to 1708
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774–18 April 1775
- Member of the Council
- Member of the Lower House of Assembly
- Naval Officer or Collector of Customs
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- Secretary
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Surveyor General
- Treasurer of the Eastern or of the Western Shore
- Vestryman
Massachusetts Bay
Chartered/Founded: 1629
Eligible Capacities:
- Advocate General
- Associate Judge, Quarterly or Particular Courts
- Attorney General
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chaplain of Harvard College
- Chief Judge (or Justice) of Inferior Court of Common Pleas or General Sessions of the Peace
- Chief Judge, Associate Judge, or Special Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature
- Church Warden
- Colonial Agent to the Court of England
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer
- Commissioner of the County Court, prior to 1692
- Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England
- Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies
- Constable
- Delegate to the Albany Congress, 1754
- Deputy Governor, Lieutenant Governor
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of the County Court and the Sessions of the Peace, prior to 1692
- Judge, Court of Admiralty
- Judge, Probate Court
- Justice of the Peace
- Magistrate
- Member of Andros’ Council
- Member of the Continental Congress 1774- 18 April 1775
- Member/Deputy of the General Court, House of Deputies or Representatives
- Member of the Governor’s Council (Assistant or Magistrate)
- Member, provisional government known as the Council of Safety of the People and the Conservation of Peace, 1689 (after the fall of Andros)
- Officers of the Ancient and Honorable
- Artillery Company
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President and Deputy-President, 1686
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- President of Harvard College
- Selectman
- Sheriff/High Sheriff
- Signer of the Portsmouth Compact of 1638
- Solicitor-General
- Surgeon/Physician
- Vestryman
New Hampshire
Chartered/Founded: 1629 Grant to Capt. John Mason
Note: New Hampshire was under the control of Massachusetts By, 1641 to 1679, and known from 1643 to 1679 as Norfolk Country, Massachusetts Bay.
Eligible Capacities:
- Associate-Judge, Superior Court
- Attorney General
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chaplain of Dartmouth College
- Chief Justice, Superior Court
- Church Warden
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military and Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies
- Constable
- Delegate to the Albany Congress, 1754
- Deputy to Massachusetts General Court, 1641–1679/80
- Deputy to the Assembly of New Hampshire
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Incorporators of the Province under Charles II
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of County Court and Sessions of the Peace (prior to 1679)
- Judge, Court of Common Pleas
- Judge, Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace
- Judge, Probate Court
- Justice of the Peace
- Lieutenant Governor
- Magistrate
- Member of Andros’ Council (Robert Mason, John Hincks)
- Member of Council
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774–18 April 1775
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- President of Dartmouth College
- President, Deputy-President
- Selectman
- Sheriff / High Sheriff / Sheriff of the Province
- Surgeon / Physician
- Surveyor-General
- Vestryman
New Haven
Chartered/Founded:
1639 Settlements; plantation government of towns
1665 Merged into Connecticut Colony
Eligible Capacities:
- Founders:
- John Davenport
- Theophilus Eaton
- “The Seven Pillars” (Framers of the Constitution):
- John Davenport
- Jeremiah Dixon
- Theophilus Eaton
- Thomas Fugill
- Matthew Gilbert
- Robert Newman
- John Punderson
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Church Warden
- Colonial Agent to the Court of England
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England
- Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies
- Constable
- Deputy to the General Court
- Deputy, Plantation Court
- Deputy Governor
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor (Called Magistrate from 1639 to 1643) or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Magistrate
- Member, Council of War
- Member, Governor’s Council (Deputy-Magistrate or Assistant)
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Vestryman
New Jersey
Chartered/Founded:
1664 Deed to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Cartaret; 1676 Division into East and West Jersey; 1702 United to New York; 1738 Separated from New York.
Eligible Capacities:
- Agent to England
- Attorney General
- Chancellor, and Masters of the Court of Chancery, after 1702
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chaplain of Queen’s College (Rutgers University)
- Chaplain of the College of New Jersey (Princeton College)
- Chief Administrator (Anthony Colve), and Commissioners (Nicholas Boes, Abram Ferdinand Van Zyll) of the Dutch Rule, 30 July 1673 – 9 Feb 1674
- Chief Justice or Associate Judge (Second Judge) of the Supreme Court, after 1702
- Church Warden
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner for the Probate of Wills, after 1702
- Boundaries
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial
- Constable
- Councilor Extraordinaire (from 1738)
- Deputy Governor, Lieutenant Governor
- Director-General and Vice-Director, under the Dutch
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Governor, under Swedish rule
- High Sheriff of County, before 1700
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of a County Court (Common Pleas and General Sessions) aft.1702
- Judge or Justice of Court of Oyer and Terminer
- Justice of a County Court (Monthly Court or Court of Sessions) (1664–1702)
- Justice of the Peace
- Magistrate
- Member of the Assembly (1668, 1675 et seq.)
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774–18 April 1775
- Member of the Provincial Court (Court of Assize, or Court of Common Right) (1664–1702)
- Member, Andros’ Council
- Member, Governor’s Council (Commissioner, Magistrate, Councilor)
- Member, King’s or Royal Council (1702–1738)
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of Queen’s College (Rutgers University)
- President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton College)
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- President, Provincial Council (from 1738)
- Proprietors of East and West Jersey, before 1702
- Register, Principal Surrogate, or Surrogate of the Prerogative Court, after 1702
- Secretary and Register of the Proprietors
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Surveyor General
- Surveyor General of Customs (from 1738)
- Twelve Men (East Jersey, from 1682)
- Vestryman
New Netherland
Chartered/Founded:
1614 Charter to New Netherland Co. for four trading voyages; first trading post and fort 1614/15
1621 Charter to West India Co.
1624 First Settlements
Eligible Capacities:
- Burgomaster of New Amsterdam
- Church Warden
- Colonial Agent to Holland
- Colonial Secretary
- Commissioned Officers of the Province
- Commissioner of Indian Affairs
- Commissioner of Inter-Colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies
- Constable
- Council of Five
- Director at Rensselaerwyck
- Director-General of the Province
- Eight Men
- Fiscal of New Netherland
- Founder of a Town*
- Indian Interpreter
- Inspector of Fur and Tobacco
- Magistrate
- Masters of the Orphans’ Court, 1653–1664
- Matron of Orphans
- Matron of the Hospital
- Member of the Director’s Council
- Member of the Vice-Director’s Council
- Members of the Orphans’ Court at Fort Orange, 1652–1657
- Midwife
- Patroons
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- Receiver-General
- Schout
- Schout Fiscal
- Schepens
- Sheriff / High Sheriff
- Surgeon / Physician
- Surveyor-General
- The Nine Men
- Twelve Selectmen
- Vestryman
- Vice-Director at Fort Orange
- Vice-Director on the South River
- West Indian Company officers having power in local government
New York
Chartered/Founded:
1664 New Netherland taken by the British
1673 Retaken by the Dutch
1674 British rule restored
Eligible Capacities:
- Associate or Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court
- Attorney General
- Auditor General
- Chancellor and Masters of the Court of Chancery
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chaplain of King’s College (Columbia College)
- Chief Magistrate of Nantucket and Martin’s (now Martha’s) Vineyard, 1664-1691
- Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court
- Church Warden
- Colonial Agent to England
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies
- Constable
- Delegate to the Albany Congress, 1754
- Founder of a Town*
- First Judge or Associate Judge, Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions
- Governor or Acting Governor
- High-Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1665-1680
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1683-1691
- Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty
- Justice of the Peace
- Lieutenant-Governor, Acting Governor
- Lords and Proprietors of Manors, with Manorial rights
- Magistrate
- Mayor or Recorder of New York and Albany
- Member of Andros’ Council
- Member of Dongan’s Assembly
- Member of Governor’s Council
- Member of Leisler’s Council
- Member of the Assembly
- Member of the Continental Congress 1774- 18 April 1775
- Member of the Court of Assize
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- President of King’s College (Columbia College)
- Registrar and Principal Surrogate of the Prerogative Court
- Sheriff/High Sheriff
- Surgeon/Physician
- Surveyor-General
- Vestryman
Pennsylvania
Chartered/Founded:
1681 Charter to William Penn
1623 First settlement by Dutch
1638 Swedish settlement, called New Sweden
Eligible Capacities:
- Attorney General
- Chancellor (Governor) and Masters of the Court of Chancery
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chaplain of the Academy of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania)
- Chief Justice, Associate or Puisne Judge, Supreme Court;
- Church Warden
- Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, 1682-1774
- Colonial Judge (Member of the Governor’s Council)
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissary-General
- Commissioned Officers of the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner and Commissary under Dutch and Swedish rule
- Commissioner of Inter-colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of the Land Office
- Commissioner of Treaties with French and Indians
- Constable
- Delegate to the Albany Congress, 1754
- Deputy Governor, Lieutenant Governor
- Directors and Governors under Dutch and Swedish rule
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting-Governor
- High-Sheriff
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty
- Judge or Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer
- Judge, Court of Equity
- Judge, Probate and Surrogate Court
- Justice of the Peace
- Magistrate
- Mayors of Philadelphia, Lancaster and Bethlehem
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774 –18 April 1775
- Member, City Council of Philadelphia, 1701 to April 18, 1775
- Member, Governor’s Council
- Member, Provincial Council
- Member of the Assembly
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the Academy of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania)
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- Proprietor of Pennsylvania
- Register-General
- Signer of William Penn’s Great Charter
- Sheriff/High Sheriff
- Surgeon/Physician
- Surveyor-General
- Vestryman
Plymouth
Chartered/Founded: 1620 Charter
Note: Plymouth Colony was merged into Massachusetts Bay Colony under the Charter of
William and Mary, 1692, at the beginning of the administration of Sir William Phips.
Eligible Capacities:
- Agent to the Court of England
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Church Warden
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England
- Constable
- Deputy Governor
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Justice of the Peace
- Magistrate
- Member of Andros’ Council
- Member of the General Court
- Member of the Governor’s Council (Assistant or Magistrate)
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- Sheriff/High Sheriff
- Signer of the “Mayflower” Compact
- Surgeon/Physician
- Vestryman
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Chartered/Founded: 1638 government established (first settlement 1636)
Eligible Capacities:
- Arbitrators, Providence, 1640
- Attorney General
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chaplain of College of Rhode Island
- Chief Judge or Justice of Inferior Court of Common Pleas, or General Sessions of the Peace
- Chief or Associate Judge, Superior Court of Judicature
- Church Warden
- Colonial Agent to the Court of England
- Colonial Secretary
- Colonial Treasurer
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Colonial Military and Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-colonial Boundaries
- Commissioner of Treaties with other Colonies
- Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England
- Constable
- Delegate to the Albany Congress, 1754
- Deputy to the General Court
- Deputy Governor
- Founder of a Town*
- General Recorder
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Incorporator of the Colony under Charles II
- Indian Interpreter
- Judge (Moderator or Chairman), Aquidnecke (Portsmouth), 1638- 1640
- Judge, Court of Equity, 1741-1743
- Judge, Court of Vice Admiralty
- Judge or Presiding Justice of County Court (Court of Common Pleas, or Quarter Sessions)
- Justice of the Peace
- Magistrate
- Member of the Continental Congress 1774- 18 April 1775
- Member, Andros’ Council
- Member, Committee or Council of War
- Member, Governor’s Council (Elder or Assistant)
- Member of the Assembly
- Moderator and Commissioner to the Court 1652-1663 o Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the College of Rhode Island (Brown University)
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- President, (1647-1662), Governor
- Selectman
- Sheriff/High Sheriff
- Signer of the Portsmouth Compact of 1638
- Solicitor-General
- Surgeon/Physician
- Vestryman
Virginia
Chartered/Founded: 1606 Charter to Virginia Company of London
Eligible Capacities:
- Agent in Great Britain
- Attorney General
- Chaplain appointed by the General Assembly
- Chaplain of the College of William and Mary
- Church Warden
- Commissary of the Bishop of London
- Commissioned Officers in the Rangers and in the Colonial Military or Naval Forces
- Commissioner of Inter-colonial Boundaries
- Constable
- Deputy Governor
- Deputy Secretary
- Enumerated on the First Muster at Jamestown, 1624
- Founder of a Town*
- Governor or Acting Governor
- Indian Interpreter
- Inspector of Tobacco
- Judge, Superior Courts of Law and Equity
- Justice of the General Court
- Justice of the Peace, i.e., Justice of a County Court
- Lieutenant of a County
- Lieutenant Governor
- Magistrate
- Member of the Continental Congress, 1774–18 April 1775
- Member of the First London Company / Virginia Company (and lived in the colony 5 years)
- Member of the House of Burgesses
- Naval Officer, Collector of Customs
- Pocahontas
- Preacher of Election Sermons
- President of the College of William and Mary
- President of the Continental Congress before 19 April 1775
- President, or Member, of the Council
- Receiver-General
- Secretary of State
- Sheriff/High Sheriff
- Surgeon/Physician
- Surveyor-General
- Surveyor of Roads/Overseer
- Treasurer
- Vestryman