My DAR qualifying Quaker ancestor served as a paymaster and quartermaster in the Revolution, thus rendering service but not fighting. There was a debate when a pension application was made over whether he was doing it for the military or the Legislature. After a Judge ruled it was for the military (the Judge was his half-uncle), the pension was declined by not deciding the question on the basis of the application having been made by grandchildren, who were lot eligible to receive pension benefits. Barbara Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. Attorney, historian, genealogist, grandmother 155 Polifly Road Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 (201) 567-9440 office http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:00:00 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] DAR Lineage Books Mark- It doesn't mean the "bar is low" to qualify for membership in DAR. It merely means you have to prove your ancestor either served in the military or in some other way rendered services to the Patriot cause and continued to do so (in other words didn't take the Tory side at a later date or be fined for not serving or something of that nature). So the ancestor has to have shown some support for the Patriot cause--maybe put up troops in their house or fed the troops and sold them cows for food -- something to support the cause. Patriotic Service is frequently how Quaker ancestors might qualify. For me, on my mother's line which were mostly Quakers, I didn't find a single qualifying ancestor. I had to turn to my father's Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors for DAR Patriot service. Joan