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Chicora Chapter

Organized April 30, 1988

Organizing President of Chicora Chapter:  Mary Kate O’Doherty

The National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century is an organization of women, eighteen years of age or over, who are lineal descendants of an ancestor who lived and served prior to 1701 in one of the Original Colonies in the geographical area of the present United State of America.  Our members are devoted to preserving the memory of those that settled in the United States of America prior to 1701.

The objects of the National Society of Colonial Dames XVII Century shall be:

1.  To aid in the preservation of the records and historic sites of our country;
2. To foster interest in historical colonial research;
3. To aid in the education of the youth of our country;
4. To commemorate the noble and heroic deeds of our ancestors, the Founders of our great republic;
5. To maintain zealously those high principals of virtue, courage, and patriotism which led to the independence of the Colonies and the foundation and establishment of the United States of America;
6. To maintain a Library of Heraldry and preserve the lineage and Coats of Arms of our Armorial ancestors;
7. To develop a library specializing in the seventeenth century American Colonial data.

Society Motto

“Hold high the standards of the XVII century heroes.
Let all true Americans emulate their noble deeds of loyalty to our country”