HISTORY

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The Order was founded in June 1974 by Mrs. Harry Clark Boden IV, in cooperation with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hungerford and Grahame Thomas Smallwood, Jr. 

In honoring colonial physicians, chirurgiens, and midwives, the Order recognizes their faithful adherence to duty and commemorates their years of service dedicated to humanity, which earned for them the high esteem of their communities. Without these early practitioners, many colonists would not have survived to become our ancestors.

PRESIDENT GENERAL                                       Mrs. Harry Clark Boden IV

VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL                               Mrs. M. Woodbridge Chadwick

SECRETARY GENERAL                                      Mrs. Edward Hungerford

TREASURER GENERAL                                     Edward Hungerford

REGISTRAR GENERAL                                      Grahame Thomas Smallwood, Jr.

GENEALOGIST GENERAL                                  Timothy Field Beard

Mrs. Harry Clark Boden, IV 1974-1977

Mrs. Edward Hungerford 1977-1980

Mrs. Thor Bjorn Andersen 1980-1984

Timothy Field Beard 1984-1988

Mrs. Charles B. Robison 1988-1991

Mrs. Richard C. McGehee 1991-1994

Charles Owen Johnson 1994-1997

Marilyn Creedon 1997-2000

Fritzi Martin 2000-2003

Dr. John M. Pogue 2003-2006

Duane L. C. M. Galles 2006-2009

Dr. Thomas E. Bird 2009-2012

John Michael Phelps, Esq. 2012-2014

Jane Routt Power 2014-2018

Davine Moore Roberts 2018-2021

Xan Alexander 2021-2023

Melissa Harrison Fischer 2023-2024