The rule of precedence for hereditary societies is based upon the chronological order of the date of founding of each society. The following is a comprehensive list of all current hereditary societies (those which qualify for an HSC listing based on membership and longevity), in the appropriate order of precedence. Society insignia should be properly mounted and publicly displayed according to the order listed below.

1637
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
1643
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
1716
National Order of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
1729
Welsh Society of Philadelphia
1729
Saint Andrew's Society of Charleston
1747
Saint Andrew's Society of Philadelphia
1756
Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York
1760
Saint Andrew's Society of Washington, D.C.
1770
Saint George's Society of New York
1771
Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of Philadelphia
1772
Society of the Sons of Saint George of Philadelphia
1783
Society of the Cincinnati
1783
Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of the City of New York
1790
Veteran Corps of Artillery State of New York
1805
New England Society in the City of New York
1814
Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland
1816
La Société Française de Bienfaisance
1826
Military Society of the War of 1812
1835
Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
1835
Saint David's Society of the State of New York
1847
Aztec Club of 1847
1850
Society of California Pioneers
1854
General Society of the War of 1812
1863
Society of the Order of the Southern Cross
1865
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
1865
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
1867
Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent
1868
Morgan's Men Association
1876
General Society Sons of the Revolution
1881
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
1883
Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
1883
Huguenot Society of America
1884
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
1885
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
1885
Holland Society of New York
1885
Huguenot Society of South Carolina
1885
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
1889
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
1890
Colonial Dames of America
1890
Colonial Order of the Crown
1890
Legion of Valor of the United States of America
1890
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
1891
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
1891
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
1892
National Society United States Daughters of 1812
1892
Netherlands Society of Philadelphia
1893
General Society of Colonial Wars
1893
Sons of the Republic of Texas
1894
Colonial Order of the Acorn
1894
Daughters of the Cincinnati
1894
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
1894
Royal Society of Saint George
1894
United Daughters of the Confederacy
1895
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania
1895
National Society Children of the American Revolution
1895
National Society of New England Women
1895
Order of Washington
1895
Pioneer Association of the State of Washington
1895
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
1896
Children of the Confederacy
1896
Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
1896
National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
1896
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
1896
Sons of Confederate Veterans
1896
Order of Indian Wars of the United States
1897
General Society of Mayflower Descendants
1897
Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
1897
Pilgrim John Howland Society
1898
Baronial Order of Magna Charta
1898
National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
1898
Order of the Crown in America
1899
Dames of the Loyal Legion of the United States
1900
Military Order of the Carabao
1901
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
1901
Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers
1902
Plantagenet Society
1903
Daughters of Hawaii
1903
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
1903
Sons of Veterans Reserve
1905
Oklahoma 1889er Society
1905
Piscataqua Pioneers
1906
Alden Kindred of America
1906
Welcome Society of Pennsylvania
1907
Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
1908
National Society Americans of Royal Descent
1908
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
1908
Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers
1909
National Society Magna Charta Dames
1910
National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants
1910
Society of the Ark and Dove
1911
Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America
1912
National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865
1912
Order of First Families of Virginia 1607-1624/25
1913
Monticello Association
1914
United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
1914
Ladies Auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars
1915
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
1916
Society of Indiana Pioneers
1917
Louisiana Colonials
1919
Military Order of the World Wars
1920
Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington
1920
National Society Daughters of the British Empire in the USA
1920
Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles
1921
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
1921
National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede
1921
National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor
1922
Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia
1924
Dutch Settlers Society of Albany
1925
Georgia Salzburger Society
1927
National Society Women Descendants Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co.
1927
Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury Massachusetts
1927
Sons of Spanish-American War Veterans
1928
North American Manx Association
1929
Children of the Republic of Texas
1929
Society of Descendants of Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
1931
Friends & Descendants of St George's (Descendants of Knights of the Garter)
1931
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
1932
Military Order of the Purple Heart
1932
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars
1932
Somerset Chapter Magna Charta Barons
1932
Sons of the American Legion
1933
National Society Sons of Utah Pioneers
1933
Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
1934
Military Order of the Crusades
1934
Order of Daedalians
1936
Jamestowne Society
1936
Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192
1938
Military Order of the Stars and Bars
1938
Russian Nobility Association in America
1938
National Society of the Lords of the Maryland Manors
1939
National Society Children of the American Colonists
1939
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America
1942
American Ex-Prisoners of War
1946
Governor William Bradford Compact
1950
Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons & Daughters of the Kings of Britain
1951
National Huguenot Society
1954
National Society of the Washington Family Descendants
1956
National Society of Sons of the American Colonists
1958
Order of Lafayette
1962
Dutch Colonial Society
1962
Flagon and Trencher
1962
National Society Southern Dames of America
1963
Society of the Founders of the City of New Orleans
1964
First Families of Ohio
1965
San Jacinto Descendants
1966
Hood's Texas Brigade Association
1967
Order of the First Families of Mississippi 1699-1817
1967
Soule Kindred of America
1967
Society of the Descendants of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
1969
Los Californianos
1973
Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists & Patriots American Revolution
1974
Descendants of Whaling Masters
1974
Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens
1974
Thomas Rogers Society
1975
National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland
1975
Son of a Witch
1976
The Society of First Families of South Carolina 1670-1700
1976
Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge
1978
Elder William Brewster Society
1979
Canary Islands Descendants Association
1980
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
1980
Society of Descendants of Ireland
1980
Society of Descendants of Scotland
1980
Society of Descendants of the Conquest
1981
Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge
1982
Descendants of Founders of New Jersey
1982
Pilgrim Edward Doty Society
1982
Prairie Pioneers
1983
Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor
1985
Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts
1985
National Society Sons of Colonial New England
1986
First Families of Georgia 1733-1797
1987
Associated Daughters of Early American Witches
1987
Descendants of Austin's Old Three Hundred
1988
Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars
1988
First Families of the Twin Territories
1988
National Society Ladies of the Thistle
1988
Order of Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company
1989
Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
1990
Menorcan Cultural Society
1990
National Order of the Blue and Gray
1990
Plymouth Hereditary Society
1991
Descendants of the Knights of the Bath
1991
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
1991
Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1991
Point Lookout Prisoner of War Organization
1992
Fuller Society
1992
Order of First Families of North Carolina
1993
Order of the First World War
1994
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
1994
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861
1995
Presidential Families of America
1995
Society of Descendants of the Founders of the New Haven Colony
1995
Order of the Second World War
1996
Noble Society of Celts
1996
Winthrop Society
1997
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
1998
American Rosie the Riveter Association
1999
Order of the First Families of Maryland
2000
Alamo Defenders' Descendants Association
2000
Los Floridanos Society
2001
Order of Descendants of Pirates and Privateers
2003
Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America
2003
Order of the First Families of Maine
2003
Pilgrim Francis Cooke Society
2004
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783
2004
Hereditary Order of the Signers of the Bush Declaration
2004
Order of First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662
2004
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
2005
First Families of Kentucky
2005
Noble Company of Saint Mary of Walsingham
2005
Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society
2005
Registry of Infamous and Famous Relatives in American Families
2007
National Society of the Descendants of Textile Workers of America, Inc.
2007
One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal
2009
American Descendants of the House of Burgesses 1619-1699
2009
First Settlers of the Shenandoah Valley
2009
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire 1622-1680
2010
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America
2010
Hereditary Society of Teachers
2010
National Society of Saints and Sinners
2010
Order of First Families of Vermont 1609-1791
2010
Virginia Huguenot Society
2011
Order of Descendants of the Justiciars
2011
Society of the First Families of New York
2011
Sons and Daughters of World War II Veterans
2012
Order of the Founders of North America 1492-1692
2013
Order of the Norman Conquest
2013
Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva
2013
Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers
2014
Descendants of Fossors
2014
National Society Children of 1812
2014
Order of Alba
2015
Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands
2015
Military Order of Agincourt
2015
Order of American Cousins of the Present and Future Sovereigns of GB
2016
Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900
2016
Order of the Vietnam War
2017
Descendants of Colonial Mothers 1607 - July 4, 1776
2017
Families of Antebellum Missouri
2017
Order of the First Families of the Alabama Territory
2017
Order of Medieval Women: Women of Consequence
2017
Order of the House of Wessex
2017
Order of Monarchs of Rheims / Order of Saint Denis
2017
Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
2018
Descendants of Brian Boru
2018
Descendants of the First Families of Germantown
2018
Hereditary Order of the Red Dragon
2018
Legion of Vikings and Valkyries
2018
Military Order of the Southern Cross in the Pacific Theatre
2018
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants
2018
Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands
2018
Order of the Descendants of El Cid
2019
National Society Descendants of American Farmers
2019
Order of the Sovereigns of Ancient Scandinavia
2019
Order of the Steel Magnolias
2019
Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends