theMAYFLOWER QUARTERLY magazine

Vol. 82, No. 3 Fall 2016 theMAYFLOWER QUARTERLY The Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 0148- 5032) is published quarterly by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow St, Plymouth, MA magazine 02360 and is available to all members in good stand- Circulation over 28,000 to all 50 states, District of Columbia, ing. Periodical postage paid at Plymouth, Massachusetts Canada and many other countries and additional offices. Published since 1935 by POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the General So- ciety of Mayflower Descendants, PO Box 3297, Plymouth, MA 02361-3297. General Society of Mayflower General Society of Descendants Mayflower Descendants Executive Committee Officers 2014-2017

Editorial Committee Governor General Elder General SG Susan E. Roser, Editor Lea Sinclair Filson Kenneth R. Whittemore Jr. FGG Bruce C. MacGunnigle Louisiana California & DC Laurie A. Sutherland Assistant Governor General Captain General George P. Garmany Jr., MD Reynolds P. Cushing Editorial Staff Colorado Florida Christina M. Scott, Assistant Editor Secretary General Surgeon General Contact Us Susan E. Roser Naomi S. Mann, MD Canada Louisiana General Inquiries - 508.746.3188 [email protected] Treasurer General Member-at-Large Membership - Georgi Hess Donald T. Studley Virginia A. Mucciaccio [email protected] Connecticut Massachusetts Librarian - Carolyn Travers Historian General Member-at-Large [email protected] Marjorie ‘Midge’ K. Hurtuk Steven B. Arnold Connecticut Washington Publications & Mail Order - Debbie Sirois [email protected] Counsellor General Member-at-Large Insignia - Deb Yingst Richard S. Gilmore, Esq. C. Richard Denham Massachusetts Texas [email protected] Office & Library 4 Winslow Street The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine contains up-to-date Plymouth, MA 02360 news, pictures, activities and events surrounding GSMD and Mailing Address our Member Societies throughout the US and Canada. PO Box 3297 To submit to the Quarterly, please visit Plymouth, MA 02361-3297 www.TheMayflowerSociety.org and click on the tab “Publications” and read our submission guidelines. Deadlines for submissions are as follows: Connect with us online: January 15 for the Spring issue www.TheMayflowerSociety.org April 15 for the Summer issue July 15 for the Fall issue /TheMayflowerSociety October 15 for the Winter issue If you have any questions, please email Christina Scott at /GSMD [email protected] /TheMayflowerSociety Welcome from Governor General By Governor General Lea Sinclair Filson Fall 2016 September is a month that Mayflower We will discuss exciting issues that highlights descendants look forward to; it is the will determine our future, as well as plans Cole’s Hill Monument month we all come together to see each for our upcoming 400th Anniversary of Repairs Completed other at our annual meeting. Whether it the Mayflower voyage in 2020. We recently Page 4 is a General Board of Assistants (GBOA) passed the 90,000 mark for applications meeting or Congress, we greet one another accepted into the Society. All these years Historic Sites Tour 2017 with smiles and much discussion as we do later, we are still standing strong for our Page 5 the business of the Society. ancestors and making sure they are never This year will be a landmark year for forgotten. - Happy Coincidence! us in Indianapolis as we celebrate 100 As we enjoy the beauty, smells and Page 6 years with the Indiana Society and at the wonder of fall, let us be thankful for one Member Society same time take a vote to welcome a brand another and our journey of growing old Fees and Dues 2015 new Society of Mayflower Descendants in together. Page 7 Europe. Our Family in Plymouth From the Editor’s Desk Page 8 Recrossing the Ocean: I may be biased, but I am SO excited The Society of Mayflower with this, the first of our expanded issues Descendants in Europe with 24 pages! With your support, our Page 10 Members-Only magazine will continue to get bigger and better. Member Society Happenings Our big news in this issue is the Page 12 upcoming formation of a new Mayflower GSMD on the Web Society – The Society of Mayflower Page 16 Descendants in Europe. Nancy Naro of the UK has written an article describing Governer General’s Travel Gallery the journey. Page 17 Thank you to those Member Societies and members who have sent news, pictures From the GSMD Archives... and ideas for this issue. What a great way autumn leaves will begin to color and for Minutes of the Founding Meeting to share and benefit from each other; in some of us, the days will be cooler. As we Page 18 particular, check out the Kentucky Society’s gather around the table with family and friends this Thanksgiving, we are mindful Annual Report 2015-2016 Highlights ideas for member benefits at meetings. Page 20 Note that reservations are now being of our duty to pass on the story of our taken for the GSMD Historic Sites Tour Pilgrim ancestors to the generations who Family Society Partnership in September 2017. This is a wonderful follow. I would welcome pictures and ideas Page 21 opportunity to visit historic places of our for our next issue showing how you plan to Pilgrim ancestors in England and Holland. engage (or have in the past) younger family Holiday Shopping with GSMD I’ve reserved my spot – have you? members to remember and honor their Page 22 By the time this issue reaches you, the ancestors.

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CONGRESS 2017: PLYMOUTH, MA - SEPTEMBER 8 - 12, 2017 GBOA 2018: CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 8, 2018 GBOA 2019: DENVER, CO - SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

CONGRESS 2020: PLYMOUTH, MA - SEPTEMBER 11 – 15, 2020

3 Cole’s Hill Monument Repairs Completed

By Assistant Governor General and Chair of the Cole’s Hill Anthropological Project [CHAP] George P. Garmany Jr., MD. Regular readers of The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine will remember the article in the Summer issue, describing the poor condition of the Sarcophagus on Cole’s Hill. That article includes two photos of the condition of that monument as it has looked for many years. Our Society recently joined with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to repair the monument, but at the time of the recent publication we did not know just when that refurbishment would occur. To our delight, the repairs have now been completed and here are two new photos, showing how much better the Sarcophagus looks today. One of these pictures is a close- up of the section that was shown in the earlier article. You are invited to compare them to see the “before” and “after” appearances. The other photo shows the entire monument and you will quickly note how much easier it is to see the text, which has been restored to its original appearance. The letters now look substantially the same as they did in 1921 when our Society first dedicated the monument. When the Department of Conservation and Recreation (the state agency that administers the land on Cole’s Hill) was approached about the repairs, it was agreed that the work would be a restoration of the original monument. Accordingly, no changes were made to reflect new scholarship from the last century, and older styles of presentation were preserved. One of the first steps by the firm that did the work was to obtain GSMD descriptions of the original preparation of the monument and the dedication ceremony in 1921. These documents enhanced their ability to return the Sarcophagus to its original appearance. These repairs are part of the preparation for the 400th Anniversary commemoration. Thanks to the 2020 Committee for sponsoring the project and to the Executive Committee for approving the funds. It is hoped that many of you will be able to attend the next GSMD Congress in 2017 and have the opportunity to see the results of this project with your own eyes.

Now for something Richard Anderson of the Utah Society brings to our attention two broadcasts on Thanksgiving from 1950 and 1951. They are half- different: hour radio dramatizations, Episodes #675 and #763 from DuPont’s RADIO weekly “The Cavalcade of America” series, available from OTRCAT: BROADCASTS https://www.otrcat.com/p/cavalcade-of-america 4 General Society of Mayflower Descendants HISTORIC SITES TOUR 2017 The Historic Sites Tour 2017 is set for 19 September - 2 October 2017. Join us for a three country adventure which takes us back 400 years in the land of our Pilgrim ancestors!

Cities and towns visited will be: London, Canterbury, Dorking, Southampton, Plymouth, Droitwich, Shipton, Wrexham, Wales, Babworth, Gainsborough, Doncaster, Immingham, Boston, Fishtoft, Peterborough area, Henlow, Cambridge, Fenstan- ton, Redenhall, Delfshaven, , Amsterdam. Price is $3,737, land only, deposit $250. Flight, $300 deposit. (USD)

Please contact Barbara Williams, [email protected], 803.374.6394 or Plymouth Travel, [email protected], 508.747.1432.

Dress like an Authentic Pilgrim

By Education Committee Chair Mary Brown and Ellen Swayne Members have asked the GSMD Education Committee about period clothing in anticipation of 2020 events. There are several articles on this in the issues of the Mayflower Education Gazette available online at www.TheMayflowerSociety.org. Login to the Members- Only section, click on “Committees” then go to “Education.” There are directions and suggestions for both women’s and men’s outfits. Don’t embarrass yourselves with black and white outfits, buckles on your hats and other clothing pieces that are not of the time period. We have done much research to make these outfits as authentic as possible. Pictures are provided with each item of clothing and you may also contact the authors at the addresses at the end of each article. GSMD Education Committee: Mary Brown, Chair, Ellen Swayne, Grace Bliss and James Battles

courtesy of Plimoth Plantation 5 John Howland - Happy Coincidence! Mayflower Journal Submitted by Holly Stotler Badman GSMD’s newest publication, Mayflower Journal made its debut in May with the Spring 2016 issue focus- ing on Pilgrim history, archeology and genealogy in colonial New England. Contributions were selected carefully by Interim Editor Dr. Walter Powell with the assistance of Editorial Board members Dr. Jeremy Bangs, Susan E. Roser and James W. Baker. The Fall 2016 issue will be avail- able electronically for members online and a physical copy mailed to subscribers by mid-October. Annual subscriptions to May- flower Journal are $15.00 for GSMD members, with a complimentary electronic copy available under the Members-Only section of our website under “Publications.” If you would Holly Stotler Badman in block house at Fort Western in 1963 like to subscribe over the phone, My name is Holly Stotler Badman. When I was a teenager, I was a guide at Fort or if you have questions, please call Western Museum in Augusta, Maine from 1960-1963. Today I am 70, but while I was Debbie Sirois, Sales and Publications a guide at the Fort, my dad gave me an old book he found titled Fort Western written by Manager, at 508.746.5058. George Francis Dow (pub. 1922, Gannett Publishing Co. of Augusta, ME). Dad thought I might be interested but being about 16 at the time I didn’t read the book, but I did tuck it away and it has moved around with me during my lifetime. Fifty years later after retiring, I decided it was time to do some cleaning out at home. While tackling a pile from an old desk/bookcase, I found the old book and thought I finally had the time, so later I sat down to read it. When I got to page 7, I was absolutely astounded at what I read. It said that in 1634 John Howland and had run a trading post at Cushnoc (Augusta, ME) and it was located on the same site as Fort Western, where I worked for three years! Why was I so surprised? After years of researching my family history, I found that I Governer General was descended from John Howland and on March 30, 2016 I joined the Maine Society GBOA Conference of Mayflower Descendants. What are the chances that I would work at the same location Calls - July 2016 where my 12th great grandfather John Howland ran the first trading post over 330 years ago! To say that I was thrilled is an understatement! Quarterly teleconference re- ports from Governor General Lea Sinclair Filson are available for our members as recordings and PDF transcripts. If you would like to listen or read the GBOA Conference Call reports, login to the Members-Only section of the website. Under the Society Business tab, you can click on “GBOA Recorded Calls.” This will bring you to a list of available 2015 and 2016 recordings, PDF transcripts and notes. For a quick link, you can listen to the most recent GBOA Confer- ence Call from July 6, 2016 by going to the link below:

https://fccdl.in/8xWSzgUhb Cushnoc Trading Post Memorial, on the site of Fort Western. 6 Member Society Fees and Dues 2015

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7 Our Family in Plymouth

Submitted by Ruth Major, Vineyard Haven, MA Life Member, Massachusetts Society I just read the recent issue of The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine this morning and decided to take you up on the offer to make comments and share ideas about how to involve and interest children in our Society and Mayflower history. I believe it is our responsibility as adult members of the to expose our children and grandchildren to their Pilgrim heritage, and as a teacher, I believe we should start early. Once our lineage to both John Alden and Priscilla Mullins and to John Howland and was proven, my daughter Paris and I brought my young grandchildren, then 1, 3 and 5, to Plymouth. We wanted to begin to expose them to historical sites in Plymouth including the Jabez Howland House which has two of my historical paintings, one of the 1628 Plymouth trading post in Maine and another of the 1650 homestead of John and Elizabeth Howland in Kingston, MA.

Gabriel, 2003 Gabriel, 2007

Initial exposure to Plymouth sites for little ones is very different than taking older children to visit. My advice is to take children to Plymouth every few years, so they can learn at their own pace and have hands-on experiences that will inspire them to learn more on their own. One thing I have learned as a teacher is that children learn by experience and they learn differently. The rich hands- on sensory experiences offered to children at educational sites across Plymouth allow children to learn by using all of their senses. This is meaningful education where children learn through play and shared experiences with family. Now that my grandchildren are teenagers, allow me to share a few photos of our experiences while exploring Plymouth over the years, learning about our Mayflower ancestry in the best way possible. To begin, there is a photo above of my grandson when he was five, in 2003, treasuring his new sailboat that he spent all of his trip money on. He was thrilled to learn that his ancestors had sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a big ship just like the one in the water behind him, and that they sailed smaller shallops up and down the New England coast. John Howland was Commander of the trading post on the Kennebec, and John Alden brought supplies and English trade goods to Maine from Plymouth and Boston in a covered extended shallop. Every Mayflower passenger left stories for their descendants to discover. In 2007, Gabriel and I sailed the replica shallop Elizabeth Tilley with Brad Gorham, past President of the Howland Society and other Howland Society members. Gabriel and I sailed to Plymouth dressed as Elizabeth Tilley and her first son John, and we met my daughter Paris and granddaughters Isabella and Tatianna in Plymouth. Then we spent the weekend together touring all the museums, monuments and historical sites in Plymouth to the delight of all of us. It was our second trip to Plymouth and the children knew exactly where they Ruth as Priscilla Mullins with Gabriel, 2014 8 Ruth [2nd from left] with granddaughters Tatianna and Isabella, and daughter Paris, 2015 wanted to go. They were increasing their knowledge of their Pilgrim ancestors according to their individual interests and ages - seeing John Alden’s carved wooden hutch at and corn grinding at the Jenny Grist Mill, churning butter, writing on a slate, touring the Mayflower II again and wondering how John Howland survived falling overboard, smelling a loaf of sugar, hearing interpreters speak as Pilgrims did, watching a rooster try to snatch corn from a woman who was shucking, seeing thick bedding hung over fences to air, or being invited into the Pilgrims’ tiny thatched-roof homes to warm by a fire blazing in a huge hearth, and smelling fresh bread baking in an outside oven. Over the years we returned to Plymouth several times, and each Ruth Major as Elizabeth Tilley, 2007 time we have all learned more and been more inspired. Isabella played Priscilla Mullens in 4th grade for their festive and theatrical “Biography Night,” and Tatianna who is part Mayan Indian took a fascination with the Wampanoag culture, wetu and handmade artifacts. Gabriel continued his love of sailing and boats. Now my grandchildren are all young adults, nearly 16, 18 and 20. They are moving on to separate paths, but I am confident they are taking their Pilgrim heritage with them. Recently, Gabriel was awarded several scholarships at graduation and he will soon be attending Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. He wants to study ship design and technology and was accepted by their Dept. of Engineering, Technology and Management. If you ask my daughter and me, it is no surprise that Gabriel will develop his maritime skills. We believe he was first inspired long ago when he and his sisters were preschoolers playing in the Plymouth Fort and going aboard the Mayflower II. Our interest in our ancestry has spread to many others in our extended family. What is most heartening for me now is that my grandchildren proudly tell others about their Pilgrim ancestors. Thank you for all you do to keep the memory of our Mayflower ancestors and their many accomplishments alive, and for continuing to research, preserve and share our collective history. 9 Recrossing the Ocean: The Establishment of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Europe

Submitted by Nancy Priscilla Naro of the UK Social Media has become such a vital Owing to constraints on my available time, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, and Portugal part of everyday communications that the posting of upwards of one hundred responded positively. The question then we are obliged to regularly consult our letters to GSMD residents in the UK and became how to draft the request. The computers, iPhones and iPads in order to Europe was delayed until March. The GSMD does not specify a form on which keep abreast of technological advances, letters requested email responses to my the request should be submitted or how Facebook news, LinkedIn employment invitation to be a charter member of a UK the signatures of the respondents should possibilities, and the latest word from Society and also requested the name or be recorded. The GSMD has a procedure or about close friends and family. I was names of Mayflower ancestors. A handful to verify the membership status and lineage therefore taken by surprise in August of such letters were returned unanswered papers of each signatory to the request for 2015 to come across a letter addressed and a few brief emails expressed no the charter. I did wonder how long it would to me with a return address in the State interest in such a proposal. There was no take to fill the shortfall of five signatures of Washington. The letter concerned the response to the majority of the letters, but expressed my gratitude for the fifteen forthcoming 2020 commemorations of leaving me to suppose that given the many members who had stood fast and signed the sailing of the Mayflower. In a gesture social organizations that compete for their support for the new Society. To my to reach out to GSMD members resident memberships, GSMD members preferred great surprise, the members of the GSMD outside of the United States, the writer, to remain affiliated to the US rather than Executive Committee unanimously decided Steve Arnold, Member-at-Large of the join an overseas branch of the GSMD. Had to add their names to the document, thus GSMD, was issuing a call to establish a I envisioned broader horizons at the time, surpassing the required quota of twenty local branch of the GSMD. the naming of the new Society would have with twenty-nine signatures in support of I expressed an interest in this been, and now is, the Society of Mayflower the request for the charter. endeavour and met the Governor General, Descendants in Europe. Thanks to the unstinting support Lea Sinclair Filson, and other members In order to establish a branch of of the fifteen original signatories and of the GSMD Executive Committee the Society, the GSMD required twenty the encouragement and enthusiasm of at a luncheon at the Mayflower Pub in signatories on a request for a charter. Fifteen the Governor General, the Executive Rotherhithe London that September. respondents from the UK, Italy, France, Committee, and the officers at GSMD headquarters, the first step towards the establishment of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Europe was on its way to realization by the end of June with the possibility that a charter would be approved by the end of this year. The grant of a charter is a fundamental part of establishing a branch of the GSMD outside of the US. The proposed new European branch of the GSMD is looking to the GSMD Constitution and the charters of the Canadian branch (the first GSMD Society outside of the US) and the charters of several US state branches to provide guidelines for the new Society. Volunteers have been forthcoming for most of the main positions but to date the offices of Surgeon, Counsellor and Elder remain unfilled. Regulations and considerations regarding either dual or single membership, the duties of officers, the amount of yearly dues and the exchange rates need to be decided, as do agendas for events and meetings. Once again, social media will be vital to communications due to the geographical distances and costs Nancy Naro and her family, June 2016 involved in travel in Europe. In the 10 initial months, email, Skype, Facetime, and Whatsapp will become the preferred means of communication. On a personal note, in the months following the September 2015 luncheon at the Mayflower Pub, I have embarked on an historical journey into the vast literature on the circumstances surrounding the Mayflower and its passengers. In June, I made my first visit to Plymouth Massachusetts and had a productive early meeting with the GSMD Executive Director, Walter Powell and the Membership Services Manager, Georgi Hess. My family then accompanied me through the still recognizable cranberry bogs and through the rough palisades surrounding the Plimoth Plantation where we visited the modest wooden homes of William Brewster and the others. We reflected later on the outcome of the Native American settlements as represented by the Wampanoag Village and by the statue of Nancy Naro, GG Lea Filson, AGG George Garmany and Massassoit. We also explored the restored MAL Virginia Muccacio in England in September 2015 replica of the Mayflower and listened to commentaries on the rigors of the Atlantic crossing for the one hundred plus lived accompanied a brief description of announcements of the new Society of passengers and crew in 1620. It was hardly Brewster’s activities as a Separatist. The Mayflower Descendants in Europe will th surprising from the crude navigational Mayflower Trail also included the local 17 generate an interest in ancestry, especially instruments at hand that they were to land century water mill which has lost its wheel, among young family members. It is so very far from their intended objective St. Wilfred’s church which has been much generally agreed that social media has its th in Virginia. Near the altered, and the narrow 17 century home shortcomings but email has considerably in Plymouth Harbor, we strolled down of Brewster’s uncle where a member of the reduced the length of time it used to take Brewster Street and finally undertook an 400 Committee currently resides. for correspondence from abroad to reach unsuccessful search for William Brewster’s Steve Arnold’s letter was a catalyst for our letterboxes. In a matter of months, grave. Back in England, a recent walk me. It precipitated the process to establish this rapid, if not always proper, form of on the Mayflower Trail in the village of the Europe branch of the GSMD which communication has brought about the Scrooby, a prettier and more interesting is yet another legacy of the Mayflower foundations for a new Society of Mayflower place than its name would suggest, brought experience here and in the US. As the 400 “cousins.” It would be my pleasure to William Brewster back to life, at least in Committees on both sides of the Atlantic contact other Mayflower descendants a figurative manner. His likeness and a finalize plans for the commemorations residing in Europe if any GSMD members photo of the Manor House where he of the Mayflower in 2020, I hope that the can supply me with email addresses.

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Pennsylvania Society Holds First Training Session

On May 21, 2016, the Pennsylvania Society held its first Training and Information Session. The primary objective of TIS is to introduce new members to their duties as volunteers and meet incumbents and past board members, sharing suggestions and experiences in their assigned duties. The focal point is on new members and roles as Committee Chairs to expand the knowledge base of all Board members yearly, ensuring officers, Board of Assistants and Chairs have consistent experience and background knowledge. Governor Peter Adams’ 2016-2017 Strategy Plan is to reach 1,000 active members by April 2017. The action plan begins with all working together, starting with this very first TIS. Other key objectives will be active public and community relations, updating of website, mini-seminars at our 18 libraries housing SMDPA funded Silver Books, encouraging Junior participation, and marketing SMDPA’s Pilgrims Then and Now and coin sales. For more information, visit www.1620sail.org.

New Hampshire Mayflower Picnic Attracts New Members

Submitted by Sandra Taylor-Stockus, NH Junior Membership Chair The New Hampshire Society of entice them to become members. (Most ancestors. Mayflower Descendants conducted a of our Juniors are added by grandparents.) The attendees enjoyed a picnic lunch Scavenger Hunt/Picnic on the coast of As a result of the Scavenger Hunt /Picnic and Junior member, Sam Brown, gave New Hampshire at the Odiorne Point State we have 6 parents of Juniors planning to a presentation on the children of the Park on July 16, 2016 to recognize and become members of our Society. Mayflower with a poster display as a visual honor our Mayflower Juniors. As the Junior We had thirty-six in attendance; ten aid. Membership Chair I have discovered Juniors were accompanied by their families The success of the day is due in a that most of the Juniors do not go on to and we had six teams who scoured the park large part to the efforts of my fellow Junior become adult Mayflower members. I wanted for hidden answers to twenty-two historical Committee members: Pam Grotenhuis to have a venue where I could meet our questions on the Pilgrims. It was a fun and and her sons Thor and Lars and Kathleen Juniors and be able to interact with their educational way for we Mayflower cousins Soukup and our families. parents who are not adult members and to come together to honor our Mayflower

New Hampshire Society members and family 12 Ohio Member Florida Society: Ohio Society: Donates Silver Books Historians’ Sleepover Recognizing Juniors, Ohio Society member Hilda Marie “It was fun, we laughed a lot, we New Society Felton Pappas is a member of the learned a lot, and let’s do it again” were the Pins Coshocton County Chapter of the Ohio messages from the Historians who attended Genealogical Society. She was born the two day Historians Seminar. Thanks and raised in Coshocton County, Ohio to Angie Wakefield and Nancy Ratnor At the annual meeting in May, we made and wanted to give back to the Society for organizing the weekend workshop to a special effort to provide a “kid friendly” whose members are so active in gathering support Society Historian Muriel Cushing environment and encouraged our members information. In 2014, Hilda donated the in presenting Plymouth’s new application to bring their children and grandchildren to Mayflower Society’s Silver Books to the guidelines and instructions. the meeting. The children received special history room. After attending the Mayflower With DGRS Marti Bobertz and recognition as meeting attendees. Children’s meeting that year, Hilda thought the County Historian General Midge Hurtuk’s printed author Susan Kilbride, author of “The Society needed a “little push” to find more power-point pages held tightly in hand, Pilgrim Adventure” provided our program ancestors. six of Florida’s Colony Historians were and spoke on “Pilgrim Misrepresentation In our Spring Quarterly Hilda noticed represented: Linda Anderson, John Alden and Myths.” Janice Kleinline, Deputy on page 10 under Member Society Colony; Laura Brock, William Bradford Lt. Governor of the Columbus Colony, Happenings that the Ohio Society wanted Colony; Jessie Brabham, William Mullins presented a program on the Wampanoag. to donate to interested Ohio libraries. With Colony; Bob Haff, Colony; Janice has been sharing the Pilgrim story Hilda’s donation to Coshocton County, Angie Wakefield, Colony; with school children for years. Ohio library, she says “that’s one down and and Howard Berna, Elizabeth Tilley 87 more counties to go!” Colony. An afternoon visit from Marti via Hilda is a descendant of Myles Skype was informative, enlightening and Standish, John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden much appreciated. and William Mullins.

CONGRATULATIONS! Florida Society approves 17th State Colony Under the leadership of Deputy Governor Betty Goad, the BOA approved At the Spring Meeting of the creation and sale of Ohio Society pins. the Florida Society, it was voted The pins were placed on sale at our Society to accept the petition of the meeting and were well received. 17th Colony to be called the Our 2020 Committee is planning education and other events to increase Colony – in Palm awareness of the arrival of and impact of Beach. They will hold their the Mayflower in 1620. Charter Meeting and Installation of Officers on Thursday, 17 November, with Governor, Kenneth E. Carter officiating. The Colony chose the name Samuel Fuller because they were drawn to this Pilgrim as a respected church deacon and Governor Kenneth E. Carter and the physician for the Plymouth Secretary Jessie Brabham signing the Colony. Official Charter for the Samuel Fuller Colony

13 Massachusetts Society Peregrination South Carolina Society: Submitted by Beth A. Godfrey In November 1620, after two difficult Spring where fresh water still bubbled out New Members, months crossing an angry Atlantic which of the ground. Ranger Burke, who led us New Website pushed them far off course, our Pilgrim down the old deer path, read the section of ancestors found a safe harbor along the Mourt’s Relation that described the Pilgrims’ Provincetown elbow. For the next several joy when they “drunk our first New The South Carolina Society was asked weeks, they repaired their shallop, washed England water with as much delight as ever to attend the South Carolina Genealogy Society’s Genealogy Conference the their clothes, gathered firewood, found we drunk drink in all our lives.” th fresh water, located food and encountered We continued to Corn Hill where the weekend of July 15-16 at the SC Archives natives. People were sick with coughs Pilgrims found buried a basket containing in Columbia. Society Governor Bonnie and fever. Clad in armor and laden with two or three bushels of corn. We paused Wade Mucia was the opening keynote muskets, the men trudged across hills and here to honor the memory of Howard speaker on Friday with an audience of through valleys. Provincetown didn’t have Mayo and recognize all he did to find and about 100. She and Historian Nick Maher what they needed to form a settlement, maintain this site. Our next stop was a had a table set up pertaining to Mayflower and so, on December the sixth, ten men beach where 16 Pilgrim men encountered genealogy and they were pleased with the set sail in hopes of finding a better place. “6 Savages and their dog.” The Indians ran results. Bonnie states: The journey was terrible; snow and rain away after a brief skirmish, but the fact that “We had about 50 people come by froze their clothes on them and rough seas this was the first time natives had been seen and visit our table asking questions, some broke the hinges on the rudder. Hopes prompted the men to name the spot First multiple times. A number of people filled were starting to fade when Master Coppin Encounter Beach. Many of our group out preliminary applications; Nick received spotted a harbor: it was Plymouth. posed next to the plaque that detailed what seven in those two days and is working on On the fifteenth of July, 396 years had happened there. the papers now. We expect others will be later, over 60 descendants of these brave Our last stop was in Eastham at the emailing, as well. It was a very successful explorers re-traced the Pilgrims’ lower Cove Burying Ground. The children on conference.” Cape journey. Our busses picked us up in our tour planted flowers on the plots of the parking lot of the Cape Cod National Constance (Hopkins) Snow, Joseph Rogers Seashore and we headed to the Pilgrim and Giles Hopkins, the three Mayflower Monument and Provincetown Museum passengers who were buried here. Our where John McDonagh and Christopher Peregrination ended, leaving us in awe Snow greeted us in the Mayflower room and of our Pilgrim ancestors. Words cannot told us of their plans for 2020, the 400th express the amount of pride and gratitude year celebration. we have for those Pilgrims whose spirit, As the day wore on, we visited the bravery and determination are the reasons beach where the Pilgrims first landed; we exist. But we also couldn’t help but across a narrow road from the sand sits a wonder if we would have had the courage small park where a plaque marks the spot. to leave an Old World, cross thousands of We continued our travels down many miles of ocean, face deprivation, illness winding roads lined with pitch pine trees and death, armed only with the hope of and scrub brush stopping at the Fresh creating a New World. Water Pond and moving on to Pilgrim

Check out South Carolina’s new website: www.scmayflowersociety.org Massachusetts Society members and officers including Massachusetts Governor Judy Needham, Executive Committee Member-at-Large Virginia Mucciaccio, Governor General Lea Filson, and Director of Research and Geneaology Services Marti Bobertz. 14 Hawaii Society: KENTUCKY HISTORIAN HONORED To Hold Compact Day Meeting

The Hawaii Society will hold their Compact Day meeting on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at the home of Elder Beverly Allen, 78 S. Kainalu Dr., Kailua 96734, on O’ahu. The 11 a.m. meeting and program will be followed by a Thanksgiving luncheon. Members, spouses and prospective members are invited to attend. Members will soon be provided with more details.

Please contact Governor Elbridge W. Smith, [email protected], or Secretary Kathy Hudson, [email protected], for more information.

Louisiana Society: Independence Day!

The Louisiana Society of Mayflower Descendants was proud to participate Kentucky Society Governor Fay Charpentier-Ford with Society Historian in the Patriotic Music Festival at the Annisa Davis who was awarded a Hadley Pottery stoneware desk name Independence Day Concert held at Trinity plate for her earned Doctorate in Education at their Annual Meeting. Church in New Orleans. Society Governor Mara Coiron carried the Society flag in procession with other representatives from various genealogical organizations. After the presentation of colors, The United Tennessee Society: Spring Meeting States Marine Corps Concert Band regaled listeners with several patriotic renditions celebrating the formation, spirit, and freedoms of the United States of America.

The Tennessee Society held their spring meeting April 9, 2016 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Jessica Mines Dumitru, local attorney, presented a program on "William Louisiana Society Governor Bradford and the - In the beginning." Pictured (left) with the speaker Mara Coiron are Society officers, members and guests.

15 KENTUCKY SOCIETY: Creative Ideas for Membership Benefits! • A printed mini copy of Kentucky’s 1943 Charter was presented to each member in attendance at Compact Day. • Souvenir, engraved samples of wood from pristine oak lumber harvested from the Berea Forest in Kentucky for renovation of the Mayflower II were gifted to attendees, crafted by Berea students. • Door prizes at each meeting, often including box seats for the spring and fall meets at Churchill Downs which also hosts the Kentucky Derby. KSMD board member John H. Ward IV offers the box seats. • Photos of meeting attendees are printed and mailed in a protective jacket to each member with printed reminder for the next date and location. It’s good for scrapbooks and we’ve had many compliments.

GSMD on the Web

By GSMD Communications Manager Christina Scott The General Society of Mayflower Descendants has almost 30,000 proud members living all over the world. In an organization so diverse, we are not only constantly working on the best way to reach our members, but the best way to engage them. We are proud to announce our website, www.TheMayflowerSociety.org, redesigned with our members in mind. We have implemented a fresh, new design while simplifying the navigation, providing a more responsive layout and consolidating content. You will also notice that our site is now easier to navigate on any type of screen, whether it be a desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile device. Accessing the Members-Only section of our website is easier now than it has ever been. On the upper right hand side of the www.TheMayflowerSociety.org homepage, click “Log In.” If you already have a username and password - great! Proceed and enjoy. If you don’t, click on “Don’t have an account?” and register using your email address and your 5-digit GSMD number. You will have the ability to create your own username, sign up for our newsletter and once you’re approved you can start enjoying the benefits of being a GSMD member on the web! Logging in gives you access to GBOA and Congress information, digital issues of both The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine and Mayflower Journal, GSMD Committee pages, and more. If you have any questions about registering for the website, you can email Membership Services Manager, Georgi Hess, at [email protected].

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Our website is a work in progress and GSMD encourages everyone to explore the new site as we continue to expand both our public content and the Members-Only section in the coming months. If you have any questions, feedback and/or have ideas to make the site better, please email me, Communications Manager Christina Scott at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you. 16 Governer General’s Travel Gallery

District of Columbia Society Governor Annie John receiving a Governer General certificate.

Lynde Randall, Newsletter Editor, Maine Society Governor Carla Rigby, GG Lea Sinclair Filson and DGG Virginia Link.

GG Lea Sinclair Filson with SAR Arkansas Society Secretary Alan President General Thomas Lawrence at Kline wearing the Pilgrim costume of Georgia Society Governor Julia the SAR Congress held in Boston. his late father, F-AGG Duane Kline. Farrigan with GG Lea Sinclair Filson.

FGG Robert Allen Greene, GG Lea Sinclair Filson and New York Society Governor Reverend Dr. Thomas Pike, FGG Bruce MacGunnigle in Rhode Island. GG Lea Sinclair Filson and Executive Director Sarah Morse. 17 From the GSMD Archives... Minutes of the Founding Meeting of GSMD

Pilgrim Hall The roll being called by the Secretary, the following delegates Plymouth, Mass. answered to their names: Jan’y 12, 1897 From the New York Society, Rev. Roderick Terry, D.D., Elder; William Milne Grinnell, Treasurer; Richard Henry Greene, Twenty seven delegates from the Societies of Mayflower Historian; James Dougal Bissell, M.D., Surgeon; Walter Scott Descendants in the States of New York, Massachusetts, Allerton, Assistant; J. Bayard Backus, Assistant; Howland Davis, Pennsylvania and Connecticut met in Pilgrim Hall this morning, Assistant; George Herbert Warren, Assistant; Marshall Winslow for the purpose of organizing the “General Society of Mayflower Greene. Descendants.” From the Massachusetts Society: Gamaliel Bradford, Governor; The meeting was called to order at a quarter after ten o’clock Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D., Elder; George Ernest Bowman, by Mr. Francis Olcott Allen, of the Pennsylvania Society. Secretary; Marcus Morton, Treasurer; George Whitefield Stone, The Rev. Roderick Terry, D.D., of New York was chosen Assistant; Myles Standish, M.D., Captain; James Myles Standish; Temporary Chairman and took his seat in an oaken chair said to Frank William Sprague; Charles Livingston Cushman; Thomas have been brought over in the Mayflower by John Carver, the first Bradford Drew. Governor of . From the Pennsylvania Society: Francis Olcott Allen, Deputy After Prayer by the Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D. of Boston, Governor; Josiah Granville Leach, Historian. Mr. George Ernest Bowman of Boston was chosen Temporary From the Connecticut Society: William Waldo Hyde, Governor; Secretary. Thomas Sedgwick Steele; Walstein Chester; William Molthrop The table at which the Chairman and Secretary sat was once Stark, Assistant; Percy Coe Eggleston, Secretary. owned by , the third Governor of Plymouth On motion of Mr. Howland Davis of New York the Colony, and stood in the Council Chamber when he held that temporary organization was made permanent. office. On motion of Mr. Josiah Granville Leach of Pennsylvania it Mr. Francis Olcott Allen of Philadelphia then read the report was voted to form a “General Society of Mayflower Descendants.” of the preliminary meeting held at Boston as follows: On motion of Mr. J. Bayard Backus of New York, it was voted that the Chairman should appoint three committees on “Boston, Mass., November 19, 1896. Constitution; on Nominations, and on Certificate, Insignia, Seal, A meeting of the Committees appointed by the New Rosette and Flag; each committee to consist of five members, and York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania Societies to consider the Chairman of the meeting to be a member of the Committee the organization of a General Society of Mayflower on Constitution. Descendants was held at the University Club this evening. On motion of Mr. J. Bayard Backus of New York, it was Mr. Francis Olcott Allen of Philadelphia was chosen voted that the delegation from each state be allowed ten votes on as Chairman, and Mr. George Ernest Bowman of Boston all questions coming before this body; except that if any delegation as Secretary. is not unanimous it shall be polled. The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved: That in the opinion of this meeting is is The Chairman appointed the following committees: desirable to form a General Society to be composed of all On Constitution: State Societies. Francis Olcott Allen of Pennsylvania Resolved: That in the opinion of this meeting all George Ernest Bowman of Massachusetts persons desiring to join a Society of Mayflower Descendants, George Whitefield Stone of Massachusetts and residing in a State where no such organization exists, William Molthrop Stark of Connecticut should apply to some State Society. Rev. Roderick Terry, D.D. of New York Resolved: That whenever the New York, Massachusetts On Nominations: and Pennsylvania Societies shall approve and adopt the Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D. of Massachusetts foregoing resolutions and the Constitution and By-Laws J. Bayard Backus of New York herewith attached, and recommended by this Committee, the Josiah Granville Leach of Pennsylvania Rev. Roderick Terry shall wait upon all State Societies not Frank William Sprague of Massachusetts represented at this meeting, and explain the situation, and William Waldo Hyde of Connecticut if their qualifications and status warrant him in so doing, On Certificate, Insignia, Seal, Rosette and Flag: ask the said Societies to follow the same course of action. Walter Scott Allerton of New York Resolved: That we recommend that each Society Gamaliel Bradford of Massachusetts appoint ten members to meet at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Marcus Morton of Massachusetts on December fifteenth, if possible, to organize a General William Milne Grinnell of New York Society of Mayflower Descendants. Percy Coe Eggleston of Connecticut Attest: (signed) Adjourned until half after eleven o’clock. George Ernest Bowman, Secretary.” 18 As the Committee on Constitution was not ready to report at half after eleven o’clock, the meeting was again adjourned until Signed, Walter S. Allerton, Chairman two o’clock. Plymouth, Mass., January 12, 1897.” After an excellent dinner at the House the delegates were called to order in the parlors of the hotel, at two o’clock, The report of the Committee on Certificate, Insignia &c was and Mr. Francis Olcott Allen, Chairman of the Committee on accepted, and its recommendations adopted. Constitution, presented as the report of the Committee, a draft of On motion of Mr. George Whitefield Stone it was voted: a Constitution and By-Laws for the General Society of Mayflower That the First General Congress be held in September, 1897, on Descendants. the anniversary of the departure of the Mayflower from Plymouth, On motion of Mr. Richard Henry Greene of New York England. the report was accepted, and it was voted to take it up article by On motion of Mr. J. Granville Leach it was voted: That for article. The proposed Constitution and By-Laws were read by the the immediate needs of the General Society, each shall pay to the Secretary and on motion of the Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D. Treasurer General an assessment of one dollar per capita, on its of Boston, the Committee on Constitution were empowered to present membership. prepare a suitable Preamble. On motion of Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D. it was voted: The Constitution and By-Laws were then adopted by a That the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) be given the unanimous vote. Secretary General for his services for the first year. On motion of Mr. Walter Scott Allerton, chairman of On motion of the Secretary the General Board of Assistants the Committee on Certificate, Insignia &c, it was voted: That was directed to hold a meeting immediately, in Boston, at the office the General Society reimburse the New York and Connecticut of the Massachusetts Society. Societies for the expense they have incurred in preparing their The report of the Nominating Committee was then presented respective certificates of membership. by its Chairman, Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D., as follows: Mr. Allerton then presented the report of the Committee, as For Governor General: Henry E. Howland of New York follows: For Deputy Governors General: Winslow Warren of Massachusetts, Francis Olcott Allen of Pennsylvania, William “To the General Congress of the Societies of Mayflower Waldo Hyde of Connecticut Descendants, your committee on insignia, seal, certificate, flag and For Secretary General: George Ernest Bowman of rosette, submits through its chairman, the following report: Massachusetts Your committee met with all members present and carefully For Treasurer General: Charlemagne Tower, Jr. of considered the matters referred to it, and its conclusions as herewith Pennsylvania presented [ ] unanimously arrived at, except in the matter of the For Captain General: Myles Standish of Massachusetts insignia, in respect to which Mr. Eggleston of the New England For Elder General: Rev. Roderick Terry of New York Society of New London dissents from the majority view. Your For Historian General: Richard Henry Greene of New York committee recommends that the General Society adopt the insignia For Surgeon General: Orlando Brown, M.D. of Connecticut now worn by the New York Society, with such modifications in For Assistants General: Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D. of the inscription thereon as are required by the Constitution. But in Massachusetts; Frank William Sprague of Massachusetts; Howland consideration of the fact that the New England Society has taken Davis of New York; Edward Clinton Lee of Pennsylvania; much pains in selecting an insignia, to which it is represented that Josiah Granville Leach of Pennsylvania; Percy Coe Eggleston of its members are much attached, we recommend that the General Connecticut; William Molthrop Stark of Connecticut. Society permit the present members of the New England Society also to wear that insignia if they desire to do so. The report was accepted and the nominees were elected by Your committee recommends that the General Society adopt acclamation. the seal impressed on the binding of the Year Book of the New On motion of Rev. Edward Lord Clark, D.D., it was Resolved: York Society, with only such changes as may be required to make it That the thanks of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants conform to the requirements of the Constitution. be extended to the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth, Massachusetts for Your committee recommends that the General Society adopt its thoughtfulness and courtesy in offering the use of Pilgrim Hall the form of the present certificate of the New York Society, but for this meeting. with the wording used in the form of certificate submitted by the New England Society, with only such changes as may be necessary, Adjourned at a quarter after three o’clock in the afternoon. and it advises that all certificates issued by signed by the Governor General and Secretary General and countersigned by the Governor, Secretary and Historian of each State Society. Your committee also recommends that the number of the certificates issued by the General Society be in the order of the time of admission of the members into the several State Societies. Your committee recommends that the Rosette consist of alternate strips of pink and white silk gathered to a centre, and that it do not exceed three eighths of an inch in diameter. Your committee recommends that the General Society adopt Attest: a Flag of the general form and description of the one shown in the George Ernest Bowman, Secretary. Year Book of the New York Society, the color of the ground to be decided on by the Board of Assistants. All of which is respectfully submitted. 19 GSMD Annual Report 2015- 2016 Highlights

GSMD Department Progress Report Highlights NEW MEMBERSHIP OVERVIEW for fiscal year 2015-2016 JUNE 2015 - JUNE 2016

OPERATIONS . Hired three new employees and increased verifier hours in the library.

MAYFLOWER SOCIETY HOUSE AND GARDEN 1,025 690 21 . Welcomed over 1,600 visitors for Female Male Dual tours and had a record 375 visitors Members Members Members to the Mayflower Society House Gift Shop. New Members by Family GENEALOGY AND RESEARCH SERVICES Alden 190 Allerton 62 . 2,244 applications and supplementals Billington 22 were approved with a 25% increase Bradford 143 from last year! . The membership number 90,000 was Brewster 205 assigned to a Florida member in Brown 16 March 2016. Chilton 53

DEVELOPMENT Cooke 99 Doty 47 . 41% growth in revenue from the Eaton 11 Governer General’s 1620 Club. Fuller, E. 84 . Installed 152 inscribed bricks for The Mayflower Society Garden Walkway Fuller, S. 10 project. Hopkins 140 Howland 196 COMMUNICATIONS More 7 . Transitioned from The Mayflower Mullins 18 Quarterly to The Mayflower Quarterly Priest 13 Magazine and created the Mayflower Rogers 42 Journal.

. Gained 1,767 followers on Facebook, Samson 18 289 followers on Instagram and 347 Soule 70 followers on Twitter. Standish 54

PUBLICATIONS AND SALES Tilley 32 Warren 128 . Published ’s The Cry White 58 Of A Stone and a new Silver Book, Sarah Alden Bass (Volume 16, Part 5). . Reprinted four Silver Books and one Mayflower Families in Progress. This is just a small portion of what we put together for the Annual Report for . Added new items to both the webshop fiscal year 2015/2016. You can read the entire report on our website under and the Mayflower Society House Gift “Our Society” or you can request a physical copy by contacting Sales and Shop. Publications Director Debbie Sirois at [email protected] or 508.746.5058. 20 Family Society Partnership with The General Society of Mayflower Descendants

For an annual donation of $250 to GSMD from a Family Society, $100 will The following Societies have partnered with GSMD as of August 2016: go to the GSMD Silver Books Project. Additionally, the Family Society would THE PILGRIM HENRY receive the following: SAMSON KINDRED . Display a link on GSMD’s website to the Family Society website. The Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred was founded in September 2005 by . Family Society meeting time Caroline Kardell, Stacy Wood and Joseph Wood. It also includes descendants published in GSMD Congress of Abraham Sampson who lived within three miles of Henlow. The Kindred materials. is trying to find his link to Henry. Dues are $15 yearly. For more information, . Communicate and market news of please email Judith Elfring at [email protected]. the Family Society in GSMD Quarterly. THE PILGRIM WILLIAM . GSMD would forward information to new members about Family WHITE SOCIETY Society membership. . Family Society would receive flyers The Pilgrim William White Society, now with 100 members, is a growing for GSMD membership to include and thriving organization. We are always working toward our goal of keeping in their new member packets. alive the memory of our grandfather and grandmother ancestors, William and Susanna White. . A GSMD endorsement symbol will We produce four newsletters a year that may be found on our website: be given to Family Society to display thepilgrimwilliamwhitesociety.org on their website and promotional Our latest project involved partnering with Hamilton Jewelers to provide materials. insignia to our members. The insignia will be introduced in the July 2016 Sample of endorsement: newsletter. If you are a descendant of William White and would like to belong to “THE PILGRIM HENRY SAMSON KINDRED IS A our Society, please contact The Pilgrim William White Society Governor, GSMD™ ENDORSED FAMILY SOCIETY” Prarie Counce at [email protected] We also have a “friend” membership for those who have not yet proven their ancestry or for historians, historical societies, or anyone else with an interest in William and Susanna White and their descendants.

AT THE CAPITOL - FLAG DAY 2016

AGG George Garmany Jr. and GG Lea Mayflower members stand in front of the Capitol building. Sinclair Filson get ready for the day. Mayflower descendants from 15 states celebrated Flag Day by lobbying Congress in period Pilgrim costume in an effort to secure co-sponsors for US Coin Bills H.R. 2980 and S.1715 to obtain a US Mint coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing for 2020. 21 Holiday shopping at GSMD! Gift Ideas GSMD Insignia

The most popular GSMD insignia with new members is the Member Medal with Ancestor Bars and the Miniature Member Medal. The Member Medal is priced at $155.00 plus engraving for your Member Society name. The back of the medal may also be personalized with engraving of your choice. An Ancestor bar is priced at $49.00 plus engraving for your ancestor’s name. Engraving is $.45 per letter. The Member Medal is to be worn only at Mayflower Society meetings. The Miniature Member Medal may be worn at any genealogical function. A cubic zirconia, pink zircon or a .03ct diamond may be added to this medal. Prices start at $70.00. No engraving is available on this medal. S&H not included in prices. It won’t be hard to find a special place Other GSMD Insignia and jewelry to hang this lovely GSMD Keepsake items available for purchase include cuff ornament. $22.00 plus S&H. links, buttons, earrings, tie bars, pins, charms and rings. Most are available in Gold Plated, Gold Filled, 10K, 14K and Sterling Silver selections. Gift items and Insignia are shipped separately. Gift items are shipped from our Sales Office in Plymouth and Insignia is shipped directly to you from the jeweler. Insignia and jewelry orders may take six weeks to receive depending on the order and time of year. Some Insignia items, such as rings, are custom made when the order is received. Please order in plenty of time Woman’s silk scarf with GSMD Ship if you have a special occasion coming up. Logo and Pilgrim names. Custom PLEASE NOTE: Our webshop designed for GSMD. Measures: cannot process orders outside the US. 54” x 12” $45.00 plus S&H. Please call or email to order. Insignia Etiquette

In addition to the Member medal, Member Society Officer and GSMD National Officer medals are available. The three medals are worn in a row across the heart and only at Mayflower Society meetings. Only the Miniature Member medal may be worn in public when representing the Mayflower Society at ceremonial occasions. The GSMD National Officer medal should be on the left of the three, as viewed by another person. In the middle, the Member Society Officer medal and to the right, the Member medal. Ancestor bars and Office Title bars are not interchangeable between medals. They must be worn on the appropriate medal according to our Insignia Etiquette GSMD Logo Silver Bookmark. A very guidelines. The guidelines are available on the Shop page of the website. special gift for the readers in your family! If you have any questions about GSMD Insignia etiquette, please contact Deb Yingst, $12.00 plus S&H. GSMD Insignia Chair at: [email protected] or 717.512.3655.

Make your family a lasting part of our Garden Walkway Project Commemorative bricks are available for placement along the walkway of the Mayflower Society House garden with a donation of $150 per brick for individuals and $250 for officers and Member Societies who would like placement in the Octogon. Brick orders are accepted year round and the inscribed bricks are placed in the garden twice each year. Your donation is tax deductible. To read more about the Garden Walkway Project, or to check out the index of bricks already placed, please visit the GSMD Supporters page under our Members-Only section on www.TheMayflowerSociety.org. To purchase a brick, please contact Kathy Liolios at [email protected],or call 508.746.3188 ext 25. 22 Silver Books Project Vol. 20, Part 1, Henry Samson (2000) Other Publications ...$35 All books are soft cover unless Publications Vol. 20, Part 2, Henry Samson (2005) otherwise stated. ...$45 Published by General Society of The Cry Of A Stone (hard cover, 2016) Mayflower Descendants Vol. 20, Part 3, Henry Samson (2006) ...$30 GSMD Members...$25 ...$45 Mayflower Robert Cushman of Kent (2005) ...$15 Families Silver Vol. 21, (2001, revised Books & In Progress Books 2014) ...$45 Strangers and Pilgrims, Travellers and Sojourners (hard cover, 2009) ...$65 This series traces descendants of the Vol. 22, William Bradford (2014) ...$50 Pilgrims down through the fifth generation Indian Deeds. Land Transactions in to the birth of the sixth generation Vol. 23, Part 1, John Howland (2006)...$40 Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691 (2002) children, unless stated otherwise. They Vol. 23, Part 2, John Howland (2010)...$45 ...$29.95 are carefully researched and contain the Mayflower Passengers 1620(2009) ...$6 best documented genealogical data that is Vol. 23, Part 3, John Howland (2012)...$45 available. Vol. 24, Part 1, William Brewster Mayflower Quarterly Diamond Jubilee (2014) ...$60 Edition, 1935 - 2010 (hard cover, 2012) ...$35 Mayflower Families John Howland by Picton Press 2 Silver Books Volume 1 through Desire ...$90 2 All books listed below are hard cover Volume 2 through John ...$65 Featured Publication 2 rd Volume 3 through Hope ...out of print Vol. 4, Edward Fuller (3 ed., 2006) ...$35 2 Volume 4 through Elizabeth ...$37.50 by Robert Cushman Vol. 5, Edward Winslow & John Billington (2nd ed., 1997) ...$15 Vol. 6, Stephen Hopkins (3rd ed., 2001) Mayflower Families ...$60 In Progress Books Vol. 7, Peter Brown (2nd ed., 2002) ...$35 All books listed below are soft cover 2 Vol. 8, (2nd ed., 2008) ...$35 William Brewster, Love (2003) ...$12 2 Vol. 9, Francis Eaton (1996) ...out of William Brewster, Jonathan (2006) ...$12 print William Brewster, Patience2 (2001)...$12 Vol. 10, Samuel Fuller (1996) ...$30 George Soule, (7th ed., 2015) ...$20 nd Vol. 11, Part 1, (2 ed., George Soule, Part 1 (2000) ...$12 2009) ...$35 George Soule, Part 2 (2002) ...$12 Vol. 11, Part 2, Edward Doty (1996) ...$35 George Soule, Part 3 (2003) ...$12 Vol. 11, Part 3, Edward Doty (2000) ...$35 George Soule, Part 4 (2005) ...$12 Vol. 12, (1999) .....$65 George Soule, Part 5 (2005) ...$12 Vol. 13, William White (3rd ed., 2006) ...$40 Vol. 14, Myles Standish (2007) ...$35 Allied Families Books All books listed below are soft cover Vol. 15, & Richard More First published in London in 1642, (1997) ...$35 Philip Delano of the Fortune 1621, and long out of print, Cushman’s work (2002) ...$15 Vol. 16, Part 1, John Alden (1999) ...$50 has been rescued by the efforts of editor Fortune , Vol. 16, Part 2, John Alden (2002) ...$40 Philip Delano of the 1621 Michael Paulick, who notes that this work Part 1 (2004) ...$15 is “the only known book written by a Vol. 16, Part 3, John Alden (2004) ....$40 Philip Delano of the Fortune 1621, Pilgrim in 1619, close to the time of the Vol. 16, Part 4, John Alden (2015) ...$55 Part 2 (2011) ...$15 Mayflower sailing.” For the first time Pilgrim enthusiasts *NEW* Vol. 16, Part 5, John Alden Philip Delano of the Fortune 1621, may read Cushman’s published original (2016) ...$45 (2012) ...$15 Part 3 text together with a modern transcription, Vol. 17, (1998) ...$40 Philip Delano of the Fortune 1621, supplemented by annotations provided by Part 4 (2012) ...$15 Vol. 18, Part 1, (3rd ed., noted Pilgrim scholar James W. Baker. The 2004) ...$40 Philip Delano of the Fortune 1621, Cry Of A Stone is a must read for all those Part 5 (2014) ...$20 interested in Mayflower Pilgrim history. Vol. 18, Part 2, Richard Warren (2nd ed., 2011) ...$45 Robert Bartlett of the Anne, (2nd ed., 2000) ...$10 All publications and more are Vol. 18, Part 3, Richard Warren (2000) available in our webshop at ...$40 Richard Church (1998) ...$8 www.TheMayflowerSociety.org Vol. 19, Thomas Rogers (2nd ed., 2013) ...$50 23 The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine PO Box 3297 Plymouth, MA 02361-3297 USA PERIODICAL

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