The 26 categories of acceptable colonial service are: | |
1. | In battle under colonial authority |
2. | Under the banner of Great Britain in North America in any of the wars in which the colonists participated |
3. | All military and naval service of the colonies |
4. | Furnished troops or funds |
5. | Filled office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Deputy Governor |
6. | Member or Delegate to Council or Assembly |
7. | Member of House of Burgesses |
8. | Deputy or Representative to the General Court |
9. | Commissioner of the United Colonies, of Boundaries or Treaties, of Import or Excise, to the French or Indians |
10. | Secretary, Magistrate, Selectman, Justice, Judge of any Court of Law or Equity, Attorney, Advocate, Solicitor, Juryman, Sheriff, Constable, or other forms of civil service |
11. | Founder or Trustee of any College in North America |
12. | Minister of the Gospel or Commissary of the Bishop of London |
13. | Member of the Committee of Safety of the Continental Congress, 1774 and 1775 |
14. | Member of the Council of Safety of 1689 |
15. | Signers of the Mayflower Compact and documented Mayflower passengers who arrived in Plymouth and resided in the colonies |
16. | Speaker of the House of Deputies |
17. | Physician or Surgeon |
18. | Member of the Provincial Congress |
19. | Signer of the Declaration of Independence |
20. | Huguenot Refugee |
21. | Signer of the Oath of Allegiance to Great Britain |
22. | Original Land Owner, not inheritor |
23. | Member of the London, Plymouth or Virginia Companies who actually came to the colonies, or the first immigrant descendant of any member of these companies who resided in the colonies |
24. | Palatine Settler |
25. | Convenanter from Scotland who actually came to the Colonies or the first immigrant descendant of a Convenanter from Scotland |
26. | Salzburger of Georgia |