History
The first two Governors General served the Order for the first seven years of its existence. In 1903, Miss Gail Treat of East Orange, New Jersey became the new Governor General of the Order. Ms. Treat was a descendant of Robert Treat, whose served as governor from 1683-1698. Miss Treat would serve as Governor General from 1903 to 1944 and upon her death all of the records of the Order vanished and the group entered a period of dormancy.
In 1954 a group of members reorganized the Order and sought to preserve whatever records and information they could locate. The Order published a Register of known members in 1980 and in 2004 Lineage Book II was produced. In 2006, the Order published a comprehensive list of the Colonial Governors Prior to 4 July 1776. The Order presently consists of over five hundred members throughout the United States of America and overseas and has its annual meeting in April of each year in Washington, DC at the Metropolitan Club.
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