Descendants of Nina Willis -- Their Elegibility for Hereditary Societies

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Descendants of Nina (WILLIS) DEAN STRAUB Their Eligibility for Hereditary Societies

Below are ancestors of Nina (WILLIS) DEAN STRAUB who have already been approved as providing eligibility for membership in the societies below, meaning descendants of Nina WILLIS desiring to become members of these organizations can do so by documenting her line to them (and the applicant's connection to her).

Other of Nina's ancestors would provide eligibility to various societies should any of her descendants choose to use them in an application for membership. For example, Nina's great-great-grandfather, Seth HOLT, died in the War of 1812, so her descendants are eligible for that society. Currently, however, many War of 1812 pension files (including Seth's) are unavailable because the National Archives Records Administration is curating them. It may be several years before the files are again available to the public.

Source: Lineages of Hereditary Society Members, 1600s-1900s. Broderbund CD-506.

National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America

"In each lineage is a Founder who arrived in one of the Colonies between May 13, 1607, and May 13, 1687, and a Patriot ancestor who gave military, civil service, or other aid in establishing American Independence in the period of 1775 to 1784."

Founder: Nicholas HOLT (1602-1685), of Andover, MA
Patriot: Silas HOLT (1752-1815), Revolutionary War: 1775, 1777, 1780-83

Additional membership could be applied for via:

1. Joseph LOOMIS, already a recognized by the society as a Founder, and his descendant, Nehemiah HOPKINS, Sr., already recognized by the D.A.R. as a Patriot.

2. Thomas LORD and/or Capt. Thomas STANTON, both already recognized as Founders, and their descendant, Edward C. CHENEY, already recognized by the D.A.R. as a Patriot.

National Society of Colonial Dames

Edmund FAULKNER (-1687), of Andover, MA
Nicholas HOLT (1602-1685), of Massachusetts
Joseph LOOMIS (1590-1658), of Windsor, CT
Thomas LORD (1585-1677), founder/proprietor of Hartford, CT
John MARBLE (c1605-1695), proprietor of Andover, MA
Andrew MESSENGER (c1588-), of Connecticut
James OLMSTEAD (1580-1640), of Connecticut
Nicholas OLMSTEAD (1619-1684), of Connecticut
Robert ROYCE (-1676), of Connecticut

Descendants of Nina WILLIS's second husband, Albert Roy STRAUB,
are also eligible through him via:
Hugh KINSEY (c1585-1667), of Maryland

National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims

John HOPKINS (1613-1654), of Cambridge, MA
Thomas LORD (1585-1677), of Hartford, CT

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Bezaleel HALE (1716-1804), Alarm List of Middlesex County, MA
Nehemiah HOPKINS (1730-c1814), Vermont Militia
Edward C. CHENEY (1752-1813), Minuteman at Lexington

UPDATE (July 2004): My application to the D.A.R. has been approved on a line from Nina WILLIS to Nehemiah HOPKINS. Any of Nina's descendants need only prove their connection to her to gain membership.
Refer to: Diana Gale MATTHIESEN, D.A.R. No. 827427.

The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry

Just because a European surname has a coat of arms does not mean someone of that surname, today, has a right to display the coat of arms as their own. This society recognizes those American families with a heritable right to display the family coat of arms.

Thomas LORD (1585/6-1667)
Edmund FAULKNER (c1625-1687)

[Other Armorial Ancestors]

Society of Colonial Wars

Robert ROYCE (-1676), of Connecticut

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