Ron Benson is a member of the following organizations, for which he prepared applications including proofs of lineage meeting today's Genealogical Proof Standard.


  • Society of the Cincinnati (1 officer)
  • General Society Sons of the Revolution (1 soldier)
  • National Society Sons of the American Revolution (15 soldiers)
  • General Society of Colonial Wars (1 soldier in King Philip's War)
  • General Society of the War of 1812 (1 soldier)
  • Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (2 Founder/Patriot pairs)
  • General Society of Mayflower Descendants (4 passengers on the Mayflower, 1620)
  • National Huguenot Society (1 Huguenot immigrant, arrived 1675)
  • Winthrop Society (1 passenger with the Winthrop Fleet,1630)


Ron has also served as the Registrar for a local chapter of SAR, state society for OFPA, and state society for NHS.  In those roles, he assisted a number of applicants in putting together lineage applications, as well as review of those applications, which received approval by the parent organizations.

Francis Cooke, Mayflower, 1620

Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower, 1620

Richard Warren, Mayflower, 1620

John Tilley, Mayflower, 1620

John Hall, Winthrop Fleet, 1630

Isaac Mixer, Elizabeth, 1634

John Benson, Confidence, 1638

Lineage and Heritage Societies

Revolutionary War

Capt. Elkanah Sprague
Lt. Marcus Cole
Lt. Cornelius Claflin
Cpl. John Claflin
Cpl. Abijah Pratt
Cpl. Moses Benson
Pvt. Peter Benson
Pvt. Timothy Mixer
Pvt. John Grow
Pvt. Archibald McMillan
Pvt. Noah Porter
Pvt. Ichabod Jewett
Pvt. George Stimson
Pvt. Nathaniel Flint
Pvt. Jesse Cooke
Pvt. Elisha Freer

King Philip's War
Pvt. Joseph Benson

War of 1812
Drummer Jesse Ellis