The Mayflower Society

The Mayflower Society
Mayflower House Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts

The General Society of Mayflower Descendants (also known as the Mayflower Society) is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Society was founded at Plymouth in 1897.

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Organization

A primary goal of the Society is to educate the public about the role of the Pilgrims in the early history of what would later become the United States of America. There are Mayflower societies in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada.

Today, tens of millions of Americans have at least one ancestor who was among this group of early settlers.[1] The following are the names of the 29 adult Mayflower passengers currently known to have descendants.

The Pilgrims
Hymn written for the PA Society[2] in 1900

Museum

Mayflower Society Headquarters (Mayflower House Museum) in Plymouth, Massachusetts in an early 20th century postcard

In 1941 the Society purchased the Edward Winslow House in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The mansion home was originally built in 1754 by the great-grandson of Edward Winslow, third Governor of Plymouth Colony. The Society operates the home as the Mayflower House Museum, an 18th century historic house museum with period decorations and furnishings. The offices and library of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants are located behind the mansion.

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See also

External links

  • The Mayflower Society
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio houses a collection of records for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Texas. The collection spans the years 1931 through 2003 and documents the activities of the state chapter and the duties performed by the Society's officers. Records include correspondence, legal documents, articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, membership ledgers and index cards, photographs, newsletters published by the Connecticut Society and some material connected with the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.

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