Membership

Eligibility for Membership

The membership of the Corporation shall be composed of present life members of the Jamestowne Society, an incorporated association. All members must be descendants of stockholders in the London Company or of the Virginia Company, or descendants of those who owned land, or who had domiciles in Jamestowne, or on Jamestowne Island prior to the year 1700. 

Because of the nature of their duties, all Governors, Secretaries of State, Treasurers, Attorneys General and Auditors General of the Colony, Members of the Council of State and House of Burgesses, and Clerks and Deputy Clerks of Court prior to the year 1700 shall be conclusively presumed to have had their domiciles on Jamestowne Island during their terms of office.

A list of "Qualifying Ancestors" can be found on the Jamestowne Society website.