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Sharyn Kelley Worrell
Sharyn “Shari” Kelley Worrell, a native of Lynn,
Massachusetts is the daughter of Richard Allen and Norma
Lovett (Gregory) Kelley. She has a son, Ryan Richard
Worrell and enjoyed a career as a flight attendant; now
retired. Shari is involved with numerous avocational
pursuits and devotes significant time to the lineage
society community, where she has served in many
organizations in various capacities.
Memberships
* National Gavel Society (Vice President)
* Founders Fellowship
* Order of the First Families of New Hampshire 1622-1680
(Founder;
Honorary Governor General; former Editor of the Hampshire Heirs)
* Associated Daughters of Early American Witches
(Honorary
President General; former Editor of the Black Swan)
* National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland
(Reorganizing President
General and Honorary President General; revived Saint Margaret's
Journal, former Editor)
*
Descendants of
Cape Cod and the Islands (Founding President General)
* National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede
(former Third
Vice President General; Surety)
* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
(former
Corresponding Secretary General; former Historian General;
Organizing/Honorary Illinois Governor; founded Illinois Branch
Newsletter; former Editor)
* National Order of the Blue and Gray (former First Vice
Commander)
* Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists and Patriots
American Revolution
(former Organizing Secretary General)
* Order of the First Families of Maine (Charter Member;
former Second
Vice President General, Founding Corresponding Secretary
General)
* Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (former Advisory Council;
former Editor of the Merovingian Mirror)
* National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (National
Meals &
Reservations Committee Member; Former State Second Vice President;
Chapter Honorary President/Charter member)
* National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865
(former Historian
General; Honorary Chapter Regent)
* National Society New England Women (former National
Yearbook
Chairman; Honorary Colony President)
* Plymouth Hereditary Society (Former Marshall General)
* Presidential Families of America (former Illinois Regent)
* Daughters of the American Colonists (former Illinois
Vice-Regent)
* Children of the American Colonists (Senior Adult
Advisor for California)
* National Society Women Descendants of the Ancient and
Honorable
Artillery Company (Founders Scholarship Chairman; former Illinois
Chaplain, Former Illinois Treasurer)
* National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (former Illinois
First Vice
President)
* General Society of Mayflower Descendants (former Illinois
Elder
*
National Huguenot Society of Illinois (former Illinois
Registrar)
* National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum
Planters 1607-1861
(former Chaplain General)
* Society of the Descendants of Washington’s Army at
Valley Forge
* Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
(former Illinois
Teller)
* Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars (Reorganizing
Illinois
Governor; Honorary Illinois Governor; State Charter Member)
* Order of the First Families of Connecticut (Founding
Member)
* Hereditary Order First Families of Massachusetts
(Pioneer Member)
* Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen (Charter
Member; thrice
Master Guilder)
* National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
* Baronial Order of Magna Charta (Surety, Class of 2016)
* Colonial Dames of America
* Flagon and Trencher
* Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
* Hereditary Order of the Presidents and First Ladies of
America
* Military Order of the Crusades
* National Society Colonial Daughters Seventeenth
Century, Inc.
(Founder and President of El Camino Real Chapter)
* National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
* National Society Old Plymouth Colony Descendants
* National Society United States Daughters of 1812
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Historian
General)
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the U.S.A.
* Order of the Three Crusades 1096-1192
* Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and
Chirurgiens
* Order First Families of Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations
1636-1647
* Piscataqua Pioneers
* National Society of the Daughters of Colonial Wars
* Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum
Bench & Bar 1565-
1861
* Society of the Descendants Colonial Clergy (Councillor)
* Winthrop Society
* Dutch Colonial Society
* National Society Americans of Royal Descent
* Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of
the Kings
of Britain
* Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and
Antebellum
America (Founding Member)
* National Society Saints and Sinners
* Society of the Descendants of the Knights of the
Garter (Descendant
Member)
* Family of Bruce International, Inc.
*
Order of Alba (founding Vice President General)
*
Order of the First Families of Vermont 1609-1791
*
Order of the Founders of North America (Charter Member)
* Order of the Norman Conquest
* Order of the Second World War
* Daughters of ‘98
* Order of Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Co., Inc
* Virginia Founding Fathers (Honorary Member)
* National Society Colonial Dames of America
* Bartlett Kelley Circle, LGAR (Founder and President)
Chivalric Orders
*
Member of the Military and Hospitaller Order of
Saint Lazarus of
Jerusalem
Authorships
From Stewardess to Flight Attendant—The Changing Years
The History of Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington,
Illinois
Illinois Court, National Society Women Descendants of
the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company, Celebrating
60 Years
National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865 Centennial Ancestor
Book
Remembering James J.H. Gregory: The Seed King,
Philanthropist, Man
Listed In
Who’s Who in America
Who’s Who in the World
Who’s Who Among American Women
NSDU Centennial Ancestor Book
Other Notes
Shari is a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and has
held many roles, including: Secretary of the
Congregation; Assistant Superintendent of Sunday School;
Secretary of the Board of Education; Public Relations
Chair for the school and church. Additionally, she is a
member of the Clipped Wings. Shari co-founded the
Young Women’s League for Muscular Dystrophy Association
in 1975; the Speakers’ Bureau for Los-Angeles Based
Flight Attendants; and the Immanuel Lutheran School
Education Foundation.
Shari has received many rewards including: Honorary
President of the Auxiliary of Good Shepherd Hospital;
the President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Award; the
Servant of Youth Award from the Boy Scouts of America;
three Awards of Merit from United Airlines; and the
Volunteer Recognition Award from the Y.M.C.A. She
is also a member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky
Colonels.
Shari also lobbied for three years for the exoneration
of the remaining six “Salem Witches” whom were executed
in 1692. On October 31, 2001, Acting Gov. Jane Swift (of
Massachusetts) signed the Bill into Law, exonerating all
six. Shari’s Committee held a Memorial service in June
2002 in Salem, Massachusetts for these martyrs.
She holds membership in numerous genealogical research
societies and family associations. They include:
Barrington Historical Society; Essex Society of
Genealogists; Issac Cummings Family Association; New
England Historic Genealogical Society; New Hampshire
Historical SocietyNew Hampshire Society of Genealogists;
Swift River Valley Historical Society; The American
Genealogist; Topsfield Historical Society; Towne Family
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