Hereditary Societies in Connecticut

Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers

2002

Objectives:
The Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers is a hereditary organization created to honor the memory and deeds of pirate and privateer ancestors. 

Requirements:
Membership in the Order of Descendants of Pirates & Privateers is open to men and women 21 years of age and over, who are lineally descended from any of the following, of the period 1609-1865:

• Officers and Crew of Pirate Ships, of any Nation, so long as such Pirates were of, or engaged the American Colonies or Nation.
• Officers and Crew of American Privateers, including those of the Confederacy,
• Coastal Raiders,
• Shore-based parties engaged in the diversion and scuttling of vessels,
• Any person who engaged in the establishing, supporting, and/or maintaining any of the above. For instance, ship owners, investors, bonders, those issuing Letters of Marque, etc. The involvement must be direct- those merely employed in ship-building do not necessarily qualify.

Members of the Society shall be referred to as "Shipmates."

Leader and Membership Contacts:

National Web Site:
http://www.piratesprivateers.org/