The Society of Colonial Wars is
a Social, Genealogical, and Historical organization with Societies in
30 states, the City of Washington, and Great Britain. Our common business
is conducted through our National organization, the General Society of
Colonial Wars.
The arms in the seal of the Maine society (above) are those used 1603-1688,
1702-1707, as Sovereigns of Stuart. During the reign (1688-1702) of William
III and Mary II they used an impaled coat of arms, her shield being as
above, his 'defaced' with an inescutcheon of the arms of the House of
Orange-Nassau. The Maine Society chose to use these arms rather than those
of either Sir Ferinando Gorges or the Massachusetts Bay Colony, thereby
avoiding taking sides in that issue.
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