Interested in Membership

Thank you for your interest in the Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants. New members are always welcome!

Mareen Duvall, the Emigrant, born about 1625, arrived in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, circa 1650. He established his home in the Province of Maryland about 1655, married three times and fathered twelve children. His Will was probated in August 1694. While there is another well known DuVal family of Virginia that descends from Daniel DuVal, there is no known connection between these two lines. Many Duvalls are listed in various early state census enumerations, especially in Louisiana. It appears that the Maryland Duvalls migrated west; some through Western Maryland and Pennsylvania to Ohio, or south to Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, the Carolinas, and then west.

Since the Society was founded in 1926 there have been over 1,000 members. We currently have about 425 members from all across the United States and Washington, DC. Our membership files, under each of the twelve children from which a member is descended, are maintained by the Society’s Registrar. The majority of our members descend from Mareen, the Younger, then Benjamin, then Captain John, and then Mareen, the Elder. Mary Duvall Hall and Susannah follow. The remaining children are only represented by a few members, and two have none.

Eligibility for Membership in the Society

Any person above the age of eighteen years, lineally descended from Mareen Duvall the Emigrant, shall be eligible for Regular membership in this Society, through the Registrar, setting forth in writing the proper claim to eligibility of the applicant with satisfactory proof of descent from Mareen Duvall in the form of a pedigree subscribed to by the applicant. A member who is descended from Mareen Duvall in more than one line may, if so desired, file a supplemental lineage paper.

Any wife or husband of a descendant of Mareen Duvall shall be eligible for Associate membership and shall be accorded all rights and privileges of a Regular member except holding positions as Officers of the Council.

Sustaining members are those whose dues are paid, but whose lineage papers are awaited by the Registrar.

Life membership shall be determined by action of the Council.

Membership Application Fee & Dues Schedule

Application/Entrance Fee - $10.00 (one time fee) plus Dues

Regular Membership - $15.00 annually

Associate Membership (spouse of a member) - $15.00 annually

Sustaining Members (pending approval) - $15.00 annually

Life Membership - $200.00 (one time payment, payable in one lump sum)

Membership Application

If you would like to join the Society, please complete the Membership Application and mail it with your check, payable to “The Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants,” in the amount of $25.00, to the Society’s Registrar at the following address:

Mr. Barrett L. McKown

3580 South River Terrace

Edgewater, MD 21037

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