Parent Chapter – New York City – For Members Only
About
Founded: 1890
History: The Colonial Dames originated in New York. These founding members became known as the Parent Chapter as women in other cities organized into their own chapters.
Officers: The Parent Chapter does not have a dedicated board. The Society’s Board of Managers provides oversight and approves its membership. An informal group, the Parent Chapter Fellowship Committee, plans activities for our members.
Chapter Project: The chapter is dedicated to the preservation and maintenance of The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, part of the Society’s headquarters. As the CDA’s local members, we are active as volunteers, advisors, and fundraisers. The museum is accredited by the AAM and interpreted as it would have appeared in the 1830s, when the building served as a fashionable day resort near New York City.
Events:
- An Annual Holiday Tea Dance is held in early December for members and guests.
- A Fall Benefit is held each year to raise funds for the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden.
- The Membership Committee holds several receptions each year for candidates and their sponsors, prospective candidates, new members, and Board members.
- The chapter serves as host to the Society’s Annual Meeting and holds a garden party on the Sunday afternoon of the Annual Meeting weekend.
Contact: Nicole Scholet, Executive Director, at director@cda1890.org or (212) 838-5489.
Nancy Corwin
Seale, AL
Ancestor: Col. Thomas Swann
Ashley Ganz
New York, NY
Ancestor: Peter Jones II
Caroline Ingram
Brady, TX
Major Robert Sheppard
Katherine Johnson
New York, NY
Ancestor: Richard Woodhull
Mary Pinckney
Engefield, SC
Ancestor: Edmund Bellinger II
Markie Peter
Baltimore, MD
Ancestor: John Custis II
Corinne Schoeller
New York, NY
Ancestor: William Bradford
Ashley Bernhard
New York, NY
Ancestor: Myles Standish
Kate Borst
Mamaroneck, NY
Ancestor: Roger Williams
Elise de Gelpi-Toro
Bronxville, NY
Ancestor: John Bosman
Dawn Di Stefano
Paoli, PA
Ancestor: Rev. Samuel Skelton
Jennifer Wallace Dobbs
New York, NY
Ancestor: John Howland
Jan Gordon
Los Angeles, CA
Ancestor: Lion Gardiner
Charlotte Haller
New York, NY
Ancestor: Daniel Leeds
Karen Kane
New York, NY
Ancestor: Edmund Lockwood
Reilly McWilliams
New York, NY
Ancestor: William Brewster the Elder
Lier McWilliams
New York, NY
Ancestor: William Brewster the Elder
Anna Rich
New York, NY
Ancestor: John Howland
Gyda Sabaugh
Brooklyn, NY
Ancestor: Ambrose Rucker
Diane Scalogna
Stony Brook, NY
Ancestor: Peter Trexler
Nancy Schultz
Wadsworth, IL
Ancestor: Dick Volkertszen
Laurie Widing
Stahlstown, PA
Ancestor: Edward Fuller
10.12.2018 – A Day at The New York Botanical Garden
A dozen members of the Garden Committee and the Parent Chapter spent a perfect October day at The New York Botanical Garden on October 12. They began with a private showing in the archives of materials about Bertrand Farr, the notable iris hybridizer and nurseryman of the early twentieth century. The visit was enriched by the presence of Lori Galletti, the collector who researched Mr. Farr and donated these materials to the archives, and her mother, an experienced collector in her own right. The Gallettis joined the Dames for lunch, where Lori gave an additional talk about her experience building the collection, then showed photographs of some of the named irises developed by Mr. Farr. Lori has obtained root stock of these plants and now grows them in her own garden in Pennsylvania.
The group also viewed the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit at the NYGB library, then ended the day with a guided tram tour of the grounds and an enthusiastic visit to the gift shop.
Kay Alpaugh
New Orleans, LA
Ancestor: Peter Stilley
Lucy Birch
Vienna, Virginia
Ancestor: Thomas Hinckley
Camilla Bowden
New York NY
Ancestor: Giles Brent
Jane Campbell
Yonkers, NY
Ancestor: Soloman Lombard
Shelby Carr
Thornton, CO
Ancestor: John Greene
Amanda Friedman
London, England
Ancestor: John Mason
Kate Hardy
Garrison, MD
Ancestor: Giles Brent
Katherine Harlow
New York, New York
Ancestor: Thomas Osborne
Geraldine Kaplan
New Rochelle, New York
Ancestor: Thomas Pittman
Kirsten Lewis
New York, NY
Ancestor: John Alston
Beverley Little
West Palm Beach, Florida
Ancestor: Medad Pomeroy
Neva Ross Little
West Palm Beach, Florida
Ancestor: Medad Pomeroy
Christina Wetherill Madsen
Lawrence, New York
Ancestor: Christoper Wetherill
Eugenia M. Middleton
Alexandria, Virginia
Ancestor: Paul Grimball
Anne Nemetz
New York, New York
Ancestor: William Seawright
Kyra Toomre
Alexandria, VA
Ancestor: Paul Grimball
Talyor Evans Van Horn
New York, NY
Ancestor: Hendrick Jorisen Brinherhoff
Penelope Welsh
New York, NY
Ancestor: Thomas Munson
Victoria Bergstrom
New York, New York
Ancestor: William Brewster
Ann Grist
New York, New York
Ancestor: James Dillard
Nancy Langer
Rye, New York
Ancestor: Charles Washington
Lisa Lesko
Germantown, Tennessee
Ancestor: John Armistead
Barbara Lewis
Irving, Texas
Ancestor: John Alston
Angela P. Masand
New York, New York
Ancestor: Thomas Catlin
Jennifer Scheuermann
New York, New York
Ancestor: William Brewster
Adina V. M. Taylor
New York, New York
Ancestor: Francis West
Sarah Calvert Wyrough
New York, New York
Ancestor: Leonard Calvert
Barbara Bispham
Brooklyn, New York
Ancestor: John George
Lee Breedlove
Albany, New York
Ancestor: John Armistead
Jennifer W. Christoper
Luzern, Switzerland
Ancestor: Timothy Dwight
Samantha Graham
New York, New York
Ancestor: Augustine Washington
Lynn McNamara
New York, New York
Ancestor: John Richmond
Susannah Cody Nagle
New York, New York
Ancestor: Mathias Nicoll
Lucy Patricola
New York, New York
Ancestor: Petrus Stuyvesant
Katherine Sharp
New York, New York
Ancestor: Richard Warren
Virginia W. M. Shields
New York, New York
Ancestor: Timothy Dwight
Amber Spradlin-Guidarelli
New York, New York
Ancestor: Richard Warren