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Newsletter of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida Newsletter of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida The Mayflower Chartered 31 July 1937 by Dr. Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs Director, Leiden American Pilgrim Museum Leiden, Netherlands Copyright (c) 2011-2016 J. D. Bangs. 2017-01-February Kenneth E. Carter, Editor All rights reserved. Used with Dr. Bangs’ written permission. GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE Kathleen and I were honored to represent FSMD, as your Actng Assistant General, at the GSMD Annual Meetng held in Indianapolis last September (see picture on right). We experienced a successful and well planned event, thanks to Governor Laura Stocker and the Indiana Society. Since we last communicated with you, we have had the opportunity to visit the Myles Standish Colony (Naples), John Howland Colony (Winter Park), James Chilton Colony (The Villages), William Bradford Colony (St. Petersburg) and the Stephen Hopkins Colony (Vero Beach). It was great to visit with so many of our cousins and their guests. So far, we have been able to visit 14 of the 17 FSMD Colonies. Governor Kenneth E. Carter and wife Kathleen Carter NOTE: Our FSMD Spring Board Meetng will be held on Saturday, 29 April 2017 at the Holiday Inn Express Tampa North, 13294 Telecom Dr., Tampa, FL. Please call the hotel at <><> IN THIIS ISSUE <><> (813) 972-9800 as soon as possible to book a room for Friday night, 28 April (if needed) and make sure you state you are Governor’s Message 1 with the Florida Society of Mayfower Descendants, to receive the room rate of $94.00. If you are a Board Member or Colony News from our Colonies 2-5 Governor, please plan to atend—we have some very In Memorium 6 important items to vote one. Fall Meetng 2017 7-8 Membership Changes 9-13 Ken Legal “Stuf” from Editor 14 Kenneth E. Carter FSMD Governor The Florida Pilgrim - 2017-1-February page 1 <><><><><> NEWS FROM ACROSS THE SUNSHINE STATE - OUR COLONIES IN ACTION <><><><><> Governor William Bradford Colony—St. Petersburg The Governor William Bradford Colony met on Saturday 5 November 2016 at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Members and guests enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, its trimmings and pumpkin pie. Governor Laura Brock presented new member Jef Berg with his certfcate. Jef is a descendant of William Brewster See photo at lef. Elder Margaret Peggy Christe, who atended the General BOA in Indianapolis in September, showed a number of 2020 commemoratve items that she purchased and told us that they are available on line for purchase from the GSMD store. Vice Governor Helen Bennet introduced our speaker, Will Michaels (picture on right). Mr. Michaels has served as the Executve Director and Trustee of the St. Petersburg Museum of History and is currently commissioner on the City Community Planning and Preservaton Commitee. Mr. Michaels is the author of The Making of St. Petersburg and The Hidden History of St. Petersburg. He spoke on “Early Thanksgiving Observances in St. Petersburg”. At the beginning of his talk, Will Michaels showed his collecton of early Thanksgiving postcards datng from the early 20th century. Will then described John Bethell, who setled on Big Bayou in the 1800’s. The Bethell family might have celebrated Thanksgiving by feastng on the abundant food available in nature: such as oysters, mullet and gopher—and also from cultvaton: avocados and sweet potatoes. There were early community observances of Thanksgiving, but no one knows the actual date of the frst Thanksgiving observance in St. Petersburg. GSMD HIGHLIGHTS: 1. We admited our 90 thousandth member since our founding in 1897 and have seen a 25% increase in applicatons 2. We welcomed over 2,000 visitors to the Mayfower Society House for tours and local events such as Illuminate Thanksgiving, Christmas on North Street and Pirates Ashore 3. We established our 53rd Member Society, the Society of Mayfower Descendants in Europe 4. We watched the transformaton of The Mayfower Magazine to The Mayfower Quarterly Magazine, a members-only, full -color, 24 page periodical 5. We published The Cry Of A Stone writen by Pilgrim Robert Cushman in 1619, transcribed and annotated by historian and author Jim Baker 6. We introduced our new publicaton, Mayfower Journal, which features artcles on Pilgrim genealogy, history, literature and arts in Colonial New England. The Florida Pilgrim - 2017-1-February page 2 John Howland Colony—Winter Park The John Howland Colony met on Monday, 9 January 2017 at the Mayfower Retrement Center in Winter Park , Florida. In atendance with 25 members and guests were State Governor, Kenneth Carter and wife Kathleen. (Colony Governor & FSMD Treasurer, Hank Dressel and FSMD Governor, Kenneth Carter shown on right) Everyone present enjoyed a lunch of Chicken Chowder, char-grilled rib-eye steak, sunburst squash, wild rice pilaf and white chocolate raspberry cake for dessert. The speaker was David Head, (shown on the lef) Historian, Author and Professor at the University of Central Florida whose topic was “Privateers of the Americas: Spanish-American Privateering in the early years of the United States”. The early years of Amelia Island opened up a new picture in the beginning of the State of Florida. GSMD HIGHLIGHTS (contnued from Page 2) 7. We installed an additonal 152 inscribed bricks in the Mayfower Society House garden as part of our Garden Walkway Project 8. We published a new Silver Book: John Alden, Volume 16, Part Five, Sarah Alden 9. The GSMD Historic Sites Commitee announced the itnerary for the 2017 Mayfower trip to visit historic Pilgrim sites in England and Holland 10. We established the Family Society Partnership and have welcomed fve family societes: Samson, Howland, White, Fuller and Hopkins 11. We have begun talks to bring the First Parish Meetnghouse, located at Burial Hill in Plymouth, into the GSMD family. More informaton to come in 2017! 12. We presented the second Pilgrim Academic Research Award to Dr. David Landon and Dr. Christa Beranek for discovering evidence of the original Plymouth Colony setlement. Our list of accomplishments for the year 2016 ended with the 75th anniversary celebraton of the purchase of the Mayfower Society House on December 5, 1941, making it the ofcial headquarters of the General Society of Mayfower Descendants. The Florida Pilgrim - 2017-1-February page 3 Myles Standish Colony– Naples The Meetng of the Myles Standish Colony was held on Thursday, 19 January 2017 at “Grill Room” The Moorings in Naples with 55 members and guests in atendance. A lovely luncheon was enjoyed by all. The speaker of the day was Francis Cooke Colony Governor & FSMD Endowment Chair, Ruth Ann Fay. Her topic was “16th & 17th Century Clothing”. Past FSMD, Fran Lopus talked about one of her ancestors. The Florida Pilgrim - 2017-1-February page 4 Stephen Hopkins Colony—Vero Beach The Stephen Hopkins Colony held their Meetng on 9 February at C.J. Cannon’s Restaurant at the Vero Beach Executve Airport with 40+ members and guests present. Colony Governor, Brian McWaters, newly elected, presided. Guest speaker was FSMD Governor, Kenneth E. Carter (both shown at lef). A wonderful luncheon was enjoyed by all. Colony Historian, Kurt Bressner indicates that they have many new members working on various stages of their applicatons and they contnue to increase their membership. James Chilton Colony—The Villages The James Chilton Colony was pleased to have Doug Hughes as our speaker Saturday, January 21, 2017 during a general membership meetng. Mr. Hughes spoke to us regarding Pilgrim Fables as they pertain to the History of Early New England. We learned that much of what is talked about regarding our Mayfower Pilgrims is only part of the whole story. His talk took us from the village of Scrooby, Notnghamshire to Leyden, Holland to Plymouth, England and fnally to the New World and Plymouth Colony. He reviewed the Separatst (Saints) and the Strangers. Our members were so interested and intrigued they were wantng for more when Mr. Hughes fnished his presentaton. 2020 PROGRESS: AGG and 2020 Chair, George Garmany has been working on putng together an extended 2020 Congress celebraton for our anniversary. Governor General, Lea Filson is assistng him in creatng an event that ofcers, members, and family societes will long remember. Details will be forthcoming , but tentatvely, we will begin the event in Boston and spend three days there before decamping for Plymouth for the fnal ceremonies and our Congress meetngs. The events will be memorable and worth the trip to Massachusets in September of 2020. You will begin hearing more about 2020 plans as 2017 unfolds. The Florida Pilgrim - 2017-1-February page 5 IN MEMORY OF RICHARD SPICE WHEELER, ESQ. Former Utca, New York resident, Richard Spice Wheeler, 70 years old, died at his home in Eusts, Florida. He had been a Florida resident since 1983 and was an Atorney by profession, but his passions were American History (especially the Civil War) and Wheeler Family Genealogy. Born June 22, 1946, in Utca, he was the eighth of nine children of Everet Jesse Wheeler, Sr. and Marjorie Elizabeth Spice who raised all their children in the same house at 72 Prospect Street. Like all his siblings, Richard atended John F. Hughes School and Utca Free Academy, graduatng in 1964. In 1968 Richard received a Bachelor’s Degree from Colgate University, his Father’s Alma Mater, and in 1971, a Juris Doctor Degree from Albany Law School of Union University, where he was an Editor of the Law Review. Afer graduatng from Law School and passing the New York Bar, Richard served a 2-year appointment as Confdental Law Assistant to the nine Justces of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, of the New York State Supreme Court in Rochester, N.Y.
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