Class Of 2021

Edward Charles Horton

HSC 2021 Honorary Member

Edward Charles Horton was born in Passaic, New Jersey, to Alford Laurance Horton and Jean Patricia Ruehl. He is married to the former Joyce Rudolph and together they have four children Trevor Edward Horton, Meredith Blair Horton, MD, Devon Elizabeth Horton, and Connor Alec Horton.

Ed holds B.A. degrees in Accounting and Economics from Rutgers University where he graduated magna cum laude. His career began as a Certified Public Accountant. He is partner in the Accounting and Advisory firm of Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP and former managing partner of the New Jersey office and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ed was the Founder and Managing Partner of Horton & Company, LLC and was the Former Chairman of the Board of Xicom, Inc.

Memberships

Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Marshal)
Military Order of the Crusades
Descendants of the Templar Knights (Co-Founder)
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne (Assistant Treasurer General)
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (Assistant Treasurer General)
Society of Colonial Wars (Governor, NJ Society)
Society of the Cincinnati
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (Deputy Governor General)
Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors (Treasurer General)
Society of Mayflower Descendants (Deputy Governor, NJ)
Order of the Norman Conquest (Co-Founder; President General)
National Society, Americans of Royal Descent
Most Venerable Order of Saint Louis
Order of the Crown in America
Society, Sons of the Revolution (Board of Managers, NJ)
Sons of the American Revolution (Past President, Abraham Godwin Chapter, NJ)
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Order of the Three Crusades 1096-1192
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Huguenot Society of America
Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
National Society Saints and Sinners
Order of Descendants of the Justiciars
Order of Medieval Women (2nd Vice President)
Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain (Royal Bastards)
Flagon and Trencher Society
Descendants of the Knights of the Bath
Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter
Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at Valley Forge
General Society of the War of 1812
Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War
National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland
Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims (Recording Secretary)
One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal

Authorships

An Additional Child for Thomas5 and Mary (Tinkham) Tripp of Dartmouth, New Bedford, and Fairhaven, Massachusetts – The Genealogist, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2019)
John Walker of Hopkinton Massachusetts and Livermore Maine – The Encampment, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Summer 2019)
Thomas Foster of Plymouth, Husband of Mary Morton – The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 70, No. 1 (Winter 2022)
The Ancestry of Mary Dodson, wife of Thomas Richmond of Freetown, Massachusetts – approved for publication in The American Genealogist (but as yet unpublished).

Other

Member of the Board of Directors of the Joseph Campbell Foundation
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Park Avenue Club
Social Register
Saint David’s Episcopal Church, Kinnelon, NJ

Sumner Gary Hunnewell

HSC 2021 Honorary Member

Sumner Gary Hunnewell, Jr. was born in Portland, Maine, to Sumner Gary Hunnewell and Shirley Ann Mayo. He is married to the former Sylvia Beatrice Richardson and together they have two children Sumner Tristan Hunnewell and Rachel Elanor Hunnewell.

Sumner and his wife are members of St. John’s Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Arnold, Missouri.

He has a B.S. Mathematics/Computer Science from Central Missouri State University and a Master’s degree in Telecommunication Management from Washington University in St. Louis. He is retired from software support, development, and project management for Southwestern Bell/SBC/AT&T.

Memberships

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
Welsh Society of Philadelphia
Andrew's Society of Washington, D. C.
George's Society of New York
Society of the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick of Philadelphia
Society of the Sons of Saint George of Philadelphia
Society of the Cincinnati - New Hampshire
Veteran Corps of Artillery State of New York
Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland
Military Society of the War of 1812
Aztec Club of 1847
General Society of the War of 1812 (Vice President General – Publications)
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (Missouri State Commander)
Centennial Legion of Historic Military Commands
General Society Sons of the Revolution (past Missouri State President)
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (National Webmaster; Past Department Commander - Missouri)
Huguenot Society of America
South Carolina Huguenot Society
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (past Chapter Vice President)
General Society of Colonial Wars (Deputy Governor General; Governor - Missouri)
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania
Order of Indian Wars of the United States
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (Deputy Registrar General; Texas State Registrar/Genealogist)
Society of the Second War with Great Britain in the State of New York
General Society of Mayflower Descendants (Deputy Governor General - Missouri (elect); past Missouri State Governor)
Baronial Order of Magna Charta
Wing Family of America, Inc.
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Auditor General)
Sons of Veterans Reserve
John Libby Family Association
Piscataqua Pioneers
Stetson Kindred of America, Inc. (National Registrar)
Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers (Treasurer General)
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Editor General)
Willard Family Association of America, Inc. (Director)
National Society of Old Plymouth Colony Descendants
United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter
Jamestowne Society
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America
Central Region Association Allied Orders of the Grand Army of the Republic (Past Commander)
National Huguenot Society (Historian General)
National Society of Sons of the American Colonists
The National Gavel Society
Dutch Colonial Society (Genealogist General)
Flagon and Trencher
Thomas Rogers Society
Son of a Witch (past Councilor General)
Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge
Elder William Brewster Society
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
Descendants of Founders of New Jersey
Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts
Order of Descendants of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company (Honorary Governor General)
Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
Plymouth Hereditary Society
Descendants of the Knights of the Bath
Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar
Presidential Families of America (Chaplain General)
Clan Campbell Society [North America]
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
Order of the First Families of Maryland
Order of the First Families of Maine (Honorary President General)
Pilgrim Francis Cooke Society (Director-at-Large)
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783 (Treasurer General)
Order of First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662 (past Historian General)
Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society
National Society of the Descendants of Textile Workers of America, Inc.
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire 1622-1680 (Corresponding Secretary General)
Order of First Families of Vermont 1609-1791
National Society of Saints and Sinners
Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial & Antebellum America (Chaplain General)
Order of Descendants of the Justiciars (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Reverend Robert and Sarah (Winter) Jordan Foundation, Inc.
Order of New England
Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva (Godiva Gazette Editor)
Descendants of Fossors
Military Order of Agincourt (Lieutenant)
Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands (past 2nd Vice President)
Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900 (Honorary Postmaster General)
Founders Fellowship
Order of the Monarchs of Rheims (Registrar General)
Descendants of Colonial Mothers 1607 - July 4, 1776 (Recording Secretary General)
Order of the House of Wessex (Parliamentarian)
Order of Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands (Keeper of the Purse)
Order of El Cid
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants (Honorary President General)
Order of Descendants of Native Americans and Friends (past Director General)
Order of the Sovereigns of Ancient Scandinavia (Recording Secretary General)
Order of Miners 1607-1907 (Secretary General)
First Families of Quebec (Treasurer General)
National Society Founders of Places of Worship in America (2nd Vice President)

Authorships

"A Doleful Slaughter Near Black Point: The Battle at Moore’s Brook, Scarborough, Maine, June 29, 1677," The Maine Genealogist (May and August 2003).

Editor

The 1812 War Cry (2020-), General Society of the War of 1812
The Pilgrims Newsletter (2021-) National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
Godiva Gazette (2023-) Society of Descendants of Lady Godiva
The Post Rider (2018-20, 2023-) Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900
Rest in Peace (2016-), Descendants of Fossors
Bravely for Country (2016-), Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Missouri
Missouri Compact (2018-), Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Missouri
The Bulletin (2018-), Lewis & Clark Chapter, Jamestowne Society
Newsletter of the Missouri Branch—National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (2020-), Missouri Branch, NSSDP
Fletcher Camp Newsletter (2019-), Gen Thomas C. Fletcher Camp #47, Department of Missouri, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Webmaster

General Society of the War of 1812
National Huguenot Society
New England Societies (HOFFMA, ODAHAC, PHS, OFFRI-PP, OFFME, OFFCT, OFFVT)
Missouri Branch—National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (Monuments and Markers)

Past Editor

The Lighthouse (2021-22), Descendants of Cape Cod and the Islands
The Passage (2020-23), National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants
The Circular (2020-22), Missouri Society, Sons of the Revolution

Other Memberships

St. Louis Mercantile Library (Board member)
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels (Secretary of Missouri Chapter)
Royal Society of Saint George
Company of Military Historians (Chapter secretary)
Scottish St. Andrew Society of Greater St. Louis
Logan Brigade
Maine Genealogical Society

Other

Formerly played vintage baseball for the St. Louis Perfectos and Lafayette Square Cyclones.
J. R. R. Tolkien fan historian, working with Marquette University to collect secondary Tolkien material.

Peter Irving Channing Knowles

HSC Consultant || HSC Honorary Member

Peter Irving Channing Knowles II, Captain USAR (Ret.) a twelfth generation Virginian, was raised in Richmond. He and his wife Brantley Carter Bolling Knowles have been married for over 50 years. They maintain residences in both Richmond and Palm Beach, Florida, where they are active in both communities. The Knowles have two sons, one grandson, and three granddaughters. His wife was President General, 2018-2021, of The Society, The Colonial Dames of America, founded in 1890.

Mr. Knowles is a graduate of St. Christopher’s School (Richmond), was graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in 1970, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, and was a Distinguished Military Graduate. Mr. Knowles is a retired Captain in the United States Army Reserves.

Mr. Knowles is a retired general contractor specializing in historic preservation. His early career began at Taylor & Parrish, INC (Richmond) which he later purchased, retiring in 2002 after selling the business. He has worked on or been a consultant to numerous iconic properties and historic churches throughout Virginia and the eastern seaboard from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. In addition, he has built numerous churches, hospital additions, and buildings for schools, universities, and clubs.

Memberships

Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors (Governor General)
Society of the Cincinnati in State of Connecticut
General Society of Colonial Wars (Registrar General; member of the VA, DC, NY, FL Societies; former Governor of the Florida Society; Council Member of the New York Society)
National Gavel Society
Order of the Indian Wars of the United States (Former Commander)
Order of the First Families of Virginia 1607-1624/25
Jamestowne Society
Sons of the Revolution (Virginia Society)
Order of Descendants Colonial Cavaliers
National Order of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal
Descendants of the Knights of the Garter
Preservation VA, Former State President

Chivalric Orders

The Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Bestowed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, II), Commander - North America Priory

Other Notes

Mr. Knowles is former board president of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA)/Preservation Virginia, the nation’s oldest statewide preservation group. He is also a former Trustee of the Historic Richmond Foundation, as well as a former Trustee of Saint Catherine's School (Episcopal), Richmond, Virginia.

In Palm Beach, Mr. Knowles is a former board member of the Historical Society of Palm Beach County, and a retired Commissioner in the Town of Palm Beach serving on the Architectural Review Commission. He has served on the Building and Grounds Committees of both Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Richmond), as well as The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Palm Beach. Mr. Knowles is also a former vestryman of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Richmond).

Mr. Knowles has been a keen student of military history since his VMI years. He is particularly interested in the War of Independence and the period of Colonial Wars.

Patricia Porter Kryder

HSC 2021 Honorary Member

Patricia Porter Kryder, the daughter of the late Marguerite Patricia Porter and George Monroe Kryder, Jr., was born in Akron, Ohio. She was married to Albert Franklin Ganier, III of Nashville, Tennessee, with whom she had three daughters, Patricia Porter Ganier Zone, Alice Anna Ganier Rolli, and Kathryn Kryder Ganier O’Connor.

Patricia is the great granddaughter of Lucy Hubbard White Williams and Judge William Brown Williams of Lapeer, Michigan. Lucy was active in the lineage societies in Michigan as early as 1901, when she was a member of the Louisa St. Clair Chapter (Detroit, Michigan) of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her parents were Enoch J. White and Elizabeth Worthington Gaylord, early settlers of Lapeer and the Michigan territory. Her grandmother was Martha Lamb White, coming from South Hadley, Massachusetts in 1833 as a widow with six young children to join her two sons, Enoch J. White and Jonathan Ripley White, who left Massachusetts in 1831 to build a new family home in the Michigan territory. Lucy was one of eight women to serve on the Board of the General Federated Women’s Clubs in 1910, and as its treasurer, in the movement towards the 19th Amendment. Judge Williams, recognized for his comprehension of the U.S. Constitution as a living document in Haynes v. Lapeer Circuit Judge, 201 Mich. 138; 166 N.W.938; 1918 Mich. LEXIS 719 (January 22, 1918, submitted (Calendar No,28,152); March 28, 1918, Writ Denied, gave advice to the ladies to enable Michigan to become one of the first three states to adopt the 19th amendment six days after being sent out to the states by Congress.

Patricia’s childhood education was in Akron schools, and thereafter she graduated from Denison University in Granville, Ohio with high honors in 1970, and secured certification to teach high school civics in Ohio. She was one of four women in the Vanderbilt University School of Law, Class of 1973, and then graduated from the University of Florida, School of Law Graduate Tax program with an LLM (taxation) in 1978. Patricia became the first woman partner of a major law firm in Nashville, Tennessee in 1982. She is licensed to practice law in Florida (1973), Tennessee (1974), The District of Columbia (1979), and is admitted to practice in all courts in Tennessee, the U.S. Tax Court, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, with a primary focus on tax planning and general business law, including non-profit 501(c)(3).

Memberships

Daughters of the American Revolution (Recording Secretary General Francis Nash Chapter, Nashville Tennessee; member of the Nipissing Chapter, Lapeer, Michigan, Nipissing+-100th anniversary-2017; Great Grandmother-Lucy Hubbard White Williams, Founding Regent)
National Society Colonial Dames of America+ (Registrar; Nashville Town Committee)
Society of Mayflower Descendants- (Michigan Chapter+)
Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors+ (Councillor General)
National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (Michigan Chapter+)
Order of the Crown in America+
National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede+ (Corresponding Secretary; Treasurer)
Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter+

+ Indicates Membership follows Great-Grandmother, Lucy Hubbard White Williams.

Friends of St. George’s Chapel at Windsor (Descendant Member)
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (Hereditary Descendant Member)
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
National Order of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe (Chancellor General)
National Society Americans of Royal Descent
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Counselor)
The National Society Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland (Founding Chancellor General)
One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal (Tennessee Regent)
Order of the Monarchs of Reims (Regent)
The Order of St. Denis (Founding Member; Vice-President)
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne
Dutch Colonial Society of Delaware (President)
Jamestown Society (Council)
National Society Sons and Daughters of Pilgrims (Counselor General)
Order of Medieval Women: Women of Consequence (Founding Chancellor General)
Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers
Presidential Families of America (Tennessee Regent)
Governor William Bradford Family Compact
The Alden Kindred of America
National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1585-1861 (Chancellor General)
Order of the First Families of Maine
Order First Families of Maryland (Deputy Gov. SE-USA)
National Society of New England Women (Tennessee Registrar)
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial & Antebellum America (Chancellor General)
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783
Order of the Descendants of the Justiciars (Chancellor General)
The Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars
The Order of Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co, Inc. (Chancellor General)
Descendants of the Founders of Ancient Windsor
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire (Chancellor General)
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Chancellor General)
Society of Middleton First Settlers Descendants
Colonial Dames of America (Strategic Planning Committee)
The National Gavel Society
Plymouth Hereditary Society (Chancellor General)
Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Chancellor General)

Other

Retired Master, Member Master Foxhounds Association of North America (MFHA) (Retired Master, Mells Foxhounds, Lynnville, Tennessee)
Junior League of Nashville
Sponsor, National Debutante Cotillion and Thanksgiving Ball, Washington D.C.
St. George’s Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee
The Centennial Club, Nashville, Tennessee

Marilynn “Lynn” Alice Mast Long

HSC 2021 Honorary Member || HSC Sponsor

Marilynn “Lynn” Alice Mast Long, a native of Flossmoor, Illinois, is the daughter of Maurene June Frey and Casper Leo Mast, Jr. Maurene’s father was a 32nd degree Mason and also a Commander of the Englewood Commandery in Chicago. He became a dedicated genealogist in his fifties, placed Lynn into C.A.R. when she was nine months old and transferred her into DAR when she was 22. Lynn is married to Melvin Dwight Long, has three children, Jonathan, Laura, Richard, with grandchildren Alyssa, Melanie and Ryan living near them.

Mrs. Long attended Denison University for two years and graduated from the University of Kentucky with an A. B. degree in Education. While teaching in the elementary grades in the Homewood School District, she started graduate work at the University of Illinois where she met Mel. When Mel started a new job and they relocated, she retired from teaching. After two more moves they settled in McHenry County, IL where they have been for forty-five years. Both enjoy many shared interests including travel, birding, gardening, reading and participated in activities with their grandchildren ranging from conservation, library programs, baseball and softball to C.A.R.

Memberships

National Gavel Society
Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial & Antebellum America (Honorary President General; Founder; Nominating Committee Chair)
Order of the Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (Past Governor General)
Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (former Nominating Chairman, former Reorganizing Historian)
National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (Honorary National Trustee for life, former Curator General, former National Chairman Historical and Grave Marker, former Illinois State President, former Illinois State 1st Vice President, former State Trustee)
Plymouth Hereditary Society (former Historian General, former Recording Secretary General)
Order of the First Families of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations (former Historian General)
Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts (Recording Secretary General)
Order of the First Families of New Hampshire (former Founding Secretary General)
First Families of Connecticut (former Councilor at Large; Charter Member)
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (former Illinois Branch Organizing Registrar)
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (former State Vice-Chairman, Honorary Chapter Regent; former 1st Vice Chapter Regent; former 2nd Vice-Chapter Regent; former Chapter Chairman)
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (former National Meals and Reservations Committee Member, former State Chairman, former Chapter 1st Vice President, former Chapter Chairman)
National Society New England Women (former Colony Historian)
National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 (former Chapter Director)
National Society Children of the American Revolution (former Senior State Chairman, Senior Society Vice President, former Senior Society President)
Flagon and Trencher, Descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers
Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens
Illinois Cameo Society (Charter Member)
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench & Bar 1565-1861 (Charter Member)
National Society Colonial Daughters Seventeenth Century, Inc.
First Families of the Twin Territories
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen (Charter Member, Master Guilder)
Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution (Librarian General)
National Society United States Daughters of 1812
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
Winthrop Society
Sons and Daughters of the Province and Republic of West Florida
Descendants of Old Plymouth Colony
Presidential Families of America
National Order of the Blue and Gray
Hereditary Order of the Family of Presidents and First Ladies (former Chaplain General)
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
National Society Daughters of American Colonists
Jamestowne Society
National Society Southern Dames of America
Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
Colonial Dames of America
Dutch Colonial Society (former Patroon)
Descendants American House of Burgesses 1619-1699 (Charter Member)
Registry of Infamous & Famous Relatives in American Families
United Daughters of the Confederacy (Charter Chapter Member)
Hereditary Society of Teachers (Charter Member)
Sons and Daughters of the Founding Fathers of Virginia (Charter Member)
Descendants of Fossors 1607-1860 (Charter Member)
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (Illinois Circle, Charter Member)
Descendant of Cape Cod and the Islands (Charter Member)
Swedish Colonial Society
Founders Fellowship (Co-Founder)
Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
Descendants of Colonial Mothers (Founding Member)
Descendants of Early Postmasters (Charter Member)
Order of the Steel Magnolias (Charter Member)
Order of the Descendants of Pirates and Privateers
National Society Descendants of Colonial Indentured Servants (Founding Member)
Order of the Descendants of Native Americans and Friends (Founding Member)
National Society Descendants of American Farmers
The IX
Descendants of Miners (Founding Member, Miner General)
Bacon’s Rebellion (Charter Member)
Descendants of Continental Colonial Officers (Charter Member)
Descendants of American Prisoners of War (Charter Member)

Other Notes

Lynn belongs to St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, is secretary of her road association, has been an Election Judge in national elections, been a room mother for the fourth and fifth grades, a volunteer in the office of the Johnsburg High School and a member of the Citizens Advisory Council of Johnsburg High School. She is also a life member of the Friends of the Johnsburg Library.

Due to her interest in genealogy she was a Charter Member of the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society, belongs to the McHenry County Historical Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Underhill Society.

Lewis L. “Ted” Neilson

HSC 2021 Honorary Member

Lewis L. “Ted” Neilson, Jr. was born in Bryn Mawr, PA to Lewis Levick Neilson and Caroline Reed Molthan. He is married to Carol Newhall Neilson and they have two daughters, Sarah Newhall Neilson and Anne Reed Neilson. His family resides in Villanova, PA.

His interest in genealogy and history continues a family tradition. His mother, Mrs. Caroline Reed Molthan (Neilson) (Wurts), did extensive genealogical research. His grandmother, Mrs. Winthrop Cunningham Neilson, was enrolled in the National Society Magna Charta Dames in 1929. His grandfather, Brigadier General Emil Henry Molthan, served as Commander of the Pa. Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars. His great grandfather, Lewis J. Levick, was a member of a number of hereditary societies including the Society of Colonial Wars and Colonial Society of PA.

Ted’s genealogical journey was inspired by a family collection of historical books and collections, primarily relating to early Quaker Ancestry in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He was enrolled in the Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, elected a member of Council and discovered an impressive community interested in its family history and the legacy of its ancestors. After having the privilege of leading several Societies, with the assistance of kind mentors, Ted was offered the opportunity in 1989 to continue the Old World Hereditary Societies. The initial challenge was the required conversion from written to digital membership records. The Societies are now thriving.

The Old World Societies provide a reminder of ancestral accomplishments inspiring a sense of responsibility to continue tradition. The culture of friendship and fellowship and successor members encourages participation; not only ancestral education but also reinforced family connections between recent generations.

A treasured experience was recognizing the 800^th Anniversary of Magna Charta, standing where his ancestors stood, in 1215 and then 2025, and shaking the hand of Queen Elizabeth II a descendant of King John. Another treasured experience was serving as an Officer with the First Troop Philadelphia Cavalry, a unit which began service with George Washington upholding values from Magna Charta. Ted was mounted on horseback with the Troop in the inaugural parade for President Ronald Reagan.

Ted graduated from the Hotchkiss School, received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Babson College, received a J. D. from Delaware Law School of Widener University and received an L.L.M. in Taxation from Temple University. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. He is a Lieutenant Colonel having served over 24 years in the Pennsylvania National Guard including 13 years as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He initially served as an officer in the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry of which he is now a member of the Honorary Roll. Ted is a principal in the law firm of Stewart and Neilson in Wyndmoor, PA.

Memberships & Organizations With Founding Dates

National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons -1909 (Chancellor & CEO including the National Society Magna Charta Dames©- 1909 and Somerset Chapter Magna Charta Barons© -1932, Magna Carta 2015 800th Anniversary Committee Member)
National Gavel Society -1963
Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati-1783
Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (former Governor)
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Delaware (member of Council)
General Society of Colonial Wars -1893 (Deputy Governor General from Pennsylvania and Deputy Chancellor General)
Military Order of Foreign Wars -1894 (Past Commander General)
Military Order of Foreign Wars -Pennsylvania Commandery (Past Commander)
Colonial Society of Pennsylvania -1895 (former Governor)
General Society Sons of the Revolution -1876 (former Board Member of the Pennsylvania Society -1888; Veteran Member of the Color Guard of the Pennsylvania Society)
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States -1865 (former Commander of the Pennsylvania Commandery)
Welcome Society of Pennsylvania -1906 (former Director)
Religious Society of Free Quakers -1781
Military Order of World Wars -1919
Society if the Sons of Saint George of Philadelphia -1772
Saint Andrews Society of Philadelphia -1747
Royal Society of Saint George -1894
Colonial Order of the Acorn -1894
Baronial Order of Magna Charta -1898
Military Order of the Crusades -1934

Additional Memberships & Honors:

First Troop Phila City Cavalry -1774 (Hon. Lt.)
Magna Carta Trust (UK) (Trustee)
Philadelphia City Institute Library -1852 (Past President & Current Manager)
Admiral in the Texas Navy
Colonel in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Lieutenant Colonel in the State of Alabama
Pilgrims of the United States
Penn Club
Victory Services Club (UK)

Other

Ted’s additional commitment to public service and education includes one year as Chairman of the Special Gifts Section of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania and four years, 2008 to 2012, as President the Philadelphia City Institute Library, founded in Philadelphia in 1852.

Laura Dean Ramsay

HSC 2021 Honorary Member

Laura Dean Ramsay is the daughter of the late Charles Alexander Dean and Mildred Eugenia Wall Dean. She is married to Erskine Ramsay, II and they have two sons and three grandchildren. The Ramsays maintain residences in Birmingham, Alabama and Cashiers, North Carolina.

Mrs. Ramsay, a sixth generation Alabamian, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Birmingham-Southern College. After graduation, she taught Art and English at The Altamont School before retiring to raise her children.

Memberships

Colonial Dames of America (Registrar General)
National Society Colonial Dames of America
Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors (2nd Deputy Governor General)
Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion
National Order of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal
Order of the Crown in America
Order of the First Families of Virginia 1607-1624/5
National Society of Americans of Royal Descent
Order of the Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers (Councilor 2018-2022)
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (3rd Vice President General)
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne the United States of America (Recording Secretary General)
Baronial Order of the Magna Charta (Surety Class of 2025)
Order of the Three Crusades 1096-1192 (1st Vice President General)
Descendants of Knights of the Garter (Secretary General 2020-2022)
The Jamestowne Society (Alabama Governor 2020-2022)
Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
Daughters of the American Revolution
Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen 1607-1783 (Honorary President General 2017-2019)
National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar (Secretary General 2016-2018)
Order of the First Families of Maine (Former 2nd Vice President General; Former 1st Vice President General)
First Families of New Hampshire
First Families of Alabama
Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin (Former Alabama President)
The National Gavel Society

Other

Additionally, Mrs. Ramsay serves on the Council of American Ancestors/New England Historic and Genealogical Society (NEHGS).

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