Membership in the Order of Descendants of Pirates & Privateers is open to men and women 21 years of age and over, who are lineally or collaterally 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."
To see a list of the pirates and privateer ancestors of our members, click here.
