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THE NEWSLETTER OF THE SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS IN WASHINGTON STATE

VOLUME 29 Issue 3 – Fall 2016 www.WashingtonMayflower.org

GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE

Greetings members,

Welcome to Fall. Our Compact Day luncheon’s guest will speak on the Witch Trials of 1692. This hysteria and tragedy has been the subject the play “” and numerous books. Besides our Mayflower lines, we have many other ancestors from who may have been participants. Page 5 has a name list for starters. If you have a Witch Trial kin story to share (I have two ancestors) and will join us at the luncheon, then please affix the witches’ hat (pg. 12) to your jacket as a Inside This Issue conversation starter. Page This is the time to plan travel for next year, 2017. Two 2 Membership changes. -List of Board members. great opportunities. The first is the GSMD Congress in 3 Minutes from Summer Picnic, Kelsey Creek Park, July 17, 2016 Plymouth, Mass. We are allowed to send delegates (about 10) for voting on amendments. As a delegate, travel 4 Luncheon Speaker -In Memoriam -Genealogy Seminars becomes tax deductible. Special exhibits, tours and family 5 Calendar. -National Meeting Report association meetings make this a great time to visit the -Do you Have Witch Trial Ancestors? Pilgrim’s landing site and museums. 8 Visiting Plymouth Mass., What to See The Second is the GSMD Historic Sites 2017 tour of 9 Historic Sites Tour of and Holland, Sept., Oct, 2017 Pilgrim sites in England and Holland. Possibly the last -UK Website Rich in Pilgrim History 14-day tour offered. Be sure not to miss it. Reserve it soon. 10 Proposed Bylaw Revision -2017 Annual Dues Announced We have some proposed Bylaw changes that affect life 11 Luncheon Reservation Form -Dues Payment Form members and applicants for life members. These were proposed by the Bylaw Committee, approved by the Board and will be voted on at the luncheon. At Board, we have launched a Nominating Committee to find volunteers for the next two-year term on the Board MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! (March 2017– March 2019). It is volunteers that make Sunday, October 30. things happen, get things done, like luncheon programs and

this newsletter. We are especially looking for someone who Compact Day enjoys reading about Mayflower history and creating articles for our newsletter. Many hands make light work. If you Our guest is Deborah McNally, who will speak on the would like to join the Board, please email me at my address Salem Witch Crisis of 1692. Social time will include a book sale on page 2. and silent auction, by cash or check. Colonial attire welcome. See you at the luncheon. Reservations are due Saturday, October 24. This meeting commemorates the signing of the Mayflower Best wishes, Compact on 11 November 1620, while the ship Mayflower was Guy Moellendorf, Governor anchored off present day Provincetown, Massachusetts. This was America’s first self-governance document. Come meet with your cousins! Washington Society WELCOME ABOARD! Board Members

Governor Guy Moellendorf,

[email protected] New Members Deputy Governor, Jocelyn Paulson [email protected] Recording Secretary, Marilynn Sabo Congratulations on tracing your family’s history to a passenger [email protected] of the ship Mayflower, 1620 emigrants from England and Holland, Corresponding Secretary, Genie Parrott, Signers of America’s first self-governance agreement (the [email protected] Mayflower Compact) and present at America’s first Thanksgiving! Treasurer, Tim Rogers, [email protected] Historian, Jerri McCoy, [email protected] City Name Ancestor (generation #) Assistant Historian—Juniors., Ann Shipley Centralia Mary A. White William Brewster (12) 1723 [email protected] Bellevue Edwin Dierdorff (11) 1724 Elder, Mavis Ratcliff [email protected] Captain, Nick Parrott [email protected] Pasco David C. Payne Stephen Hopkins (14) 1725 Poulsbo Robert Thompson John Howland (10) 1726 Board of Assistants: Alexandria, VA James R. Carlson Resolved White (11) 1727 Sandra Fisher, Lakewood, Luanne Green, Lakewood; Seattle Tim M. Apicella John Howland (12) 1728 Bruce Harrington, Seattle; Sharon Heath, Tacoma; Charlotte Killian, Enumclaw; Lynn Pittier, Burien; David Raese, Mukilteo; Margaret Spangler, Tacoma.

General Society Officers Member at Large, and Deputy Governor General (DGG), Steve Arnold Assistant General (AG), Judy Arnold

Immediate Former Governor, Catherine Roberti New Juniors The Board member’s email addresses are also listed on our web site. Select the “Officers” tab and then click on their “Office No new Juniors since previous newsletter. Title” to open an email to them. Website: www.WashingtonMayflower.org

New Supplementals ADDRESS & LIFE CHANGES Please direct changes to members’ name, addresses (postal and Member Name Ancestor ( ) email), phone numbers and deaths to the Corresponding David C. Payne John Howland (12) Secretary (4002 W. 6th St., Anacortes, WA 98221-1290). Up-to-date information saves our Society time and money!

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EDITOR Guy Moellendorf Transfers Out [email protected] No transfers out since the previous newsletter.

Published three times a year in February, June and October Meetings — Oregon, Idaho Material received by the Editor less than thirty days prior to issue month can not be guaranteed inclusion in the current EVERGREEN LOG. You are welcome to attend meetings at other state Mayflower Societies, that may be closer. Oregon Websites: © 2016 Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Washington www.mayflower-or.com www.mthoodmayflower.com All Rights reserved - Society members may reprint if credit is given - All others contact editor for permission - Authors retain rights to their work. Email for Idaho: Gov. Ida Hardy, at: [email protected].

2 | EVERGREEN LOG FALL 2016 SUMMER MEETING July 17, 2016 Kelsey Creek Farm Park Bellevue, WA

Governor Guy Moellendorf called the meeting to order at 11:35 am on a warm sunny day under the picnic shelter. After the Pledge of Allegiance, Governor Moellendorf led introductions of officers, former officers, and assistants.

A meeting program was distributed showing 38 members, 26 guests, four youth, and two junior members registered to attend. Six new members were welcomed: Patricia Dierdorff, Edwin Dierdorff, Cheryl Eastwood, Kim Lorenz, David Payne, and Diana Prigger. Governor Moellendorf led the Ancestor Roll Call. Treasurer Tim Rogers gave a brief financial report. Lunch was served by Famous Dave’s Catering. Unfortunately, our Guest Speaker, Dr. Polly Good of Bellevue College, was involved in an automobile accident earlier in the day and unable to attend. Fortunately, her injuries were not serious. She was to speak on “The Shakers and the Popular Construction of Early American Citizenship.” Hopefully, she will return to a future function and give her presentation. Announcements: Governor Moellendorf thanked Steve and Judy Arnold for providing games for juniors, and Lynn Pittier for showing her Pilgrim attire for adults and juniors. Governor Moellendorf asked for volunteers: Someone to write a history article on , and someone with knowledge of Excel (mail merge, bulk email and postal labels) to help with our newsletter. Our Compact Day Luncheon will be held early this year; Sunday, October 30th, at the Bellevue Red Lion. Our speaker will present a program on The Salem Witch Trials. In closing, the Governor thanked everyone for attending. Nick Parrot led the Benediction. Governor Moellendorf closed the formal meeting at 1:30 pm. Photos by Judy Arnold and others. []

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Fall Genealogy Seminars

 Family History Expo 2016, Bellevue. Free. Saturday Nov. 12. Info posted at: www.wafamilyhistory.net  Fiske Genealogy Soc., Seattle: http://www.fiskelibrary.org/  Others, WA State Genealogical Society’s calendar: http://www.wasgs.org/ eventListings.php?nm=76 Volunteers Tim Rogers, left, and Margaret Spangler were thanked by the Governor for enabling publication of the 2016-17 Membership Year Book. It is volunteers that make things happen, get things done, like luncheon programs and this newsletter. Many hands make light work.

Professor to Speak on Salem Witch Trials of 1692 at Compact Luncheon

Join us in for our Fall Compact Day Luncheon at 11:45am, Sunday October 30, the day before Halloween. A silent auction of colonial-themed items, social time and coffee begin promptly at 11:45 am. Lunch will be served at 12:30 pm. Location is the Red In Memoriam Lion Inn and Suites, Bellevue, with easy access just off the I-405 freeway and free parking. Traffic is lighter on a Sunday. After lunch, our speaker Deborah McNally will have a Hearts Be Free and Spirits Blessed PowerPoint presentation and speak on "The Salem Crisis of 1692: Why Salem? Why 1692?" Many of us have ancestors Books donated to the genealogy section, Seattle involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Public Library and marked by a bookplate Deborah McNally earned her “In memory of:” Ph.D. from the University of -John T. Graham, WA641 Life, d.11-17-2012, Washington, Seattle, in 2013 and is -Thomas M. Enbody, WA1072 Life, d.2-25-2010, a lecturer at the UW, teaching Early Families, 1641-1700, by classes on colonial North America, Williams, A. C., 2015 witchcraft in colonial New England, -Nancy A. Mitchell, WA429 Life, d.5-13-2016, and everyday life in nineteenth- -Winifred L. Huddle,WA529 Life, d.12-15-2012 century America. She is currently Mayflower Families Through Five Genera- at work on a book-length project tions, Elder William Brewster, Vol. 24, Part 1, examining the relationship between Deborah McNally Generations 1-4, Wakefield, R. S., 2014. Puritan New England's religious -Phyllis A. Thonney,WA579 Life, d.6-29-2015, culture and attitudes about gender, Mayflower Families in Progress, George race, identity, and freedom during the seventeenth century. Her Soule, 4 Generations, Vol. 3, 7th ed., revised, most recent work, “To Secure Her Freedom: ‘Dorcas ye Soule, J. E, Terry, M. E., 2015 blackmore’: Race, Redemption, and the Dorchester First Church,” -James C. Shipman, WA633 Life, d.10-31-2013, reconstructs the life of the first enslaved African known to have -Laurel R. Johnson, WA1306 Life, d.4-12-2014, joined any New England Congregational church and will be -Charles . Byers, WA1679, d.11-15-2015, published in the December 2016 issue of the New England -Adrian M. Matthews, WA1164 Life, d.4-26-2016, Quarterly. New York Family History Research Guide and Come enjoy lunch, hear our speaker, maybe pickup an auction Gazetteer, NYGBS, 2014. item and visit with your cousins. Colonial and witch attire welcome!

4 | EVERGREEN LOG FALL 2016 GSMD’S General Board of Assistants Meeting Deputy Governor General’s (DGG’S) Report SOCIETY EVENTS

The General Board of Assistants (GSMD) meeting was held in Mark your calendar! Indianapolis, Indiana on September 9-11, 2016. Societies from 41 Tentative Schedule of Meetings: States and the District of Columbia were represented. Time and Place to be Announced Friday the 9th of September was again Information Day. There were several different meetings to attend. Steve, Virginia and myself attended the Mayflower House meeting, which was very 2016 interesting to hear the things going on to improve the house. We **October 30, Sun, Compact Day all met back at 1:00pm for the Governor General’s Forum. Red Lion Inn, Bellevue That evening was the Indiana’s Welcome Reception and dinner th 2017 for their 100 anniversary. Saturday the 10th of September was the GBOA Meeting. April 2, Sun, Annual Meeting Motion to seat Members and acting Members were voted on. I was Tacoma Yacht Club, Tacoma seated as acting DGG and Mary Virginia Markham was seated as July 16, Sun, Summer Meeting

Acting AG. **September 9,10, GSMD Plymouth, MA Reports followed from the Executive Committees, Dr. Walter Powell, Executive Director, and the Committee Chairpersons. **Sept. 19– Oct 2, GSMD Historic Sites Tour of England and Holland. Treasurer General Donald T. Studley presented the 2016-2017 Approved Budget. **November, Sun, Compact Day

There was one Proposed Amendment, Constitution & Bylaws. It was to change “States” to” Member”. Was approved to be voted 2018 on at the next Congress in 2017. April 1, Sun, Annual Meeting Scholarships were discussed in length. Was suggested every Tacoma state should offer Scholarships and in turn encourage students to apply for General Society’s Scholarship also. Proposed DNA Policy, GSMD is going to only use Y DNA ** Change from the previous newsletter. studies with a 37 Marker at this time. Was announced that a Charter request for a new Society in Europe was asked for. It was moved and seconded to approve. Awards were passed out. Many States were awarded recognitions. Steven Arnold was given the Governor General’s Do You Have Certificate of Meritorious Service, in Recognition of his efforts to Witch Trial Ancestors? organize the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Europe. by Guy Moellendorf Friday evening was the GSMD Banquet which was well attended. How to Search Name Lists You will find the complete minutes in the next Mayflower 1.Make a list of your ancestors Quarterly. living in 1692. Respectfully, 2.Go to lists on the web, look for your names: Judith A. Arnold A) Search on: “Associated Daughters of Early American Acting Deputy Governor General, Washington Witches.” B) At Wikipedia.com, search on the words "List of people of the Salem witch trials". This includes hot links to more details and list of source material and books. Are any of your ancestors named on the lists or linked pages? Be aware that this is only a very small fraction of those involved in the trials. 3. Authors select various people as examples in their books. Check out library books on the Salem Witch trials. Search the book’s name index for your names. 4. Then try more resources. Good hunting!

Witch Trials—A Summary As the first to arrive in New England, many Mayflower descendants also have ancestors from other colonies, including Salem Massachusetts Witch Trial ancestors. After the division of land in 1627, the Pilgrims began to move about. Example, between 1638 and 1658 these Mayflower passengers were members of the Salem Massachusetts Bay Colony parish church: Richard More, Isaac Allerton, Remember (Allerton)

5 | EVERGREEN LOG FALL 2016 (Continued from page 5) Maverick. Occasional witch accusations occurred, but none reached the magnitude of the witch trials of 1692-93. The trials originated in Salem with accusations based on : hysterical behavior by a small group of girls, who would next name the person who allegedly afflicted them. Soon, the girls were taken from town to town to identify more witches, troubling the Bay colony from March 1692 to May 1693. Some believe the girls were influenced by , a servant girl from voo-doo influenced Barbados in the Thomas and household. Year 1692 was a time before science could explain weather phenomena and explain bacteria and virus as the cause of illnesses. So this was a time of great superstition. See pages 14-22, article titled A Curious Book of Pilgrim Remedies, by James W. Baker, in the Mayflower Quarterly, vol. 75, no. 1, March 2009. Here the author describes various folk remedies, such as the belief that piece of preserved fox Convicted and executed for tongue is able to draw a thorn or splinter out Following is a small list of Salem Witch witchcraft: of the body. Trial participants, taken from Wikipedia. It (née Playfer; executed The Puritan church truly believed in the illustrates the kind of events that occurred. By June 10, 1692) witchcraft and the devil as the source of bad its end in Massachusetts Bay Colony in May (née Towne; July 19, experiences. 1693, about 300 persons had been jailed as 1692) Mass Bay Colony was a Puritan colony, witches. Thousands were affected. Nineteen (formerly Poole, née where the civil government and Puritan were dead. Solart; July 19, 1692) church acted to support each other. The In contrast, churches (née Jackson; July Governor allowed the Puritan Court of Oyer were Separatists, not Puritan, refused to 19, 1692) and Determiner to freely operate, until the recognize spectral evidence hysteria and held (née North; July 19, girls accused the Governor's wife to be a no witchcraft trials. 1692) witch in October 1692. The upper class (née Averill; July 19, Accusers --"Afflicted" by the witches might be accused, but evaded punishment. 1692) The Puritan church loved confessors of (August 19, 1692) Elizabeth Hubbard – servant of Dr William sin. Those accused of witch craft who George Jacobs, Sr. (August 19, 1692) Griggs, local physician confessed to be witches, were forgiven and Martha Carrier (née Allen; August 19, – servant of ; released. But those who denied being a 1692) former servant of George Burroughs witch, were interrogated, imprisoned, their John Proctor (August 19, 1692) Elizabeth "Betty" Parris – daughter of the property confiscated and sold to the ruin of (August 19, 1692) Rev. their family. And 19 were executed by (September 22, 1692; Ann Putnam, Jr. – daughter of Thomas hanging. wife of ) Putnam and Ann Putnam, Sr. and When the Governor’s wife was accused, Mary Eastey (née Towne; September suspected by many as the ringleader. he had enough, and searched for an end to 22, 1692) Mary Warren the madness. He immediately closed the Mary Parker (née Ayer; September – cousin of church courts, and took until May 1693 to 22, 1692) set all the 300 or so prisoners free. The Accusers -- Others (including accused Alice Parker (September 22, 1692) citizens braced themselves for the 300 witches who "confessed") (September 22, 1692) witches released into their midst, waited Benjamin Abbot Wilmot Redd (September 22, 1692) pensively, and to their amazement.... Margaret Scott (September 22, 1692) nothing happened. This later was referred Deliverance Dane (née Hazeltine) , Sr. (September 22, to as the "First Enlightenment" and severely Thomas Putnam 1692) damaged the credibility of the church teachings. Many of the participants Physician who diagnosed Convicted and died in prison (née Alcock) – died in eventually saw the folly of their ways, were "bewitchment" damaged or for the reminder of the lives – relative and employer custody in December 1692 of Elizabeth Hubbard sought forgiveness. Convicted but escaped (née Perkins) 6 | EVERGREEN LOG FALL 2016 Indicted by grand jury (Continued from page 6) Stephen Johnson Convicted and pardoned William Barker, Sr. Abigail Faulkner, Sr. (née Dane), who was Edward Farrington (escaped) pregnant Mary Green (escaped) , "confessed" Elizabeth Hutchinson Hart (released (née Bassett), who was after 7 months in jail after her pregnant son Thomas filed petitions on Sarah Wardwell, "confessed" her behalf) 1 Pled guilty and pardoned Not indicted Mary Lacey Sr. (née Foster) – daughter John Porter Sr. of Ann Foster Israel Porter Not found guilty or otherwise William Proctor survived the trial period (née Towne) -- sister of Rebecca Nurse and Mary Refused to plead Eastey Giles Corey – pressed to death (September Thomas Farrer, Sr. (or Farrar) – 19, 1692) through the use of peine forte spent 7 months in jail et dure before being released. Died in custody Tituba, servant from Barbados in Thomas and Lydia Dustin – found not guilty but died in Ann Putnam’s household John Richards custody Evaded arrest or escaped Waitstill Winthrop Unindicted or acquitted Daniel Andrew Job Tookey George Jacobs, Jr. Jurors The list of jurors who served in the Released on bond Named, but no arrest trial of Rebecca Nurse does not – daughter of Sarah Good warrant issued Anne Bradstreet (née Wood) include other jurors who served Escaped Dudley Bradstreet in prior and subsequent trials. John Alden, Jr. (To read 13 pages about John Bradstreet John Alden Jr being accused, jailed, Trial of Rebecca Nurse Rev. John Busse (or Buss) – minister Captain Thomas Fisk, Sr., jury escape and cleared, see The Devil in in Wells, foreman Massachusetts, by Marion L. Starkey, Rev. – minister in Andover, John Bacheler Knopf, New York, 1949, 317 pages.) Massachusetts John Dane William Barker, Sr. Sarah Hale (née Noyes) – wife of Rev. John Andrew Eliot Mary (née Hollingsworth) and Philip (or Hale, minister in Beverly, Massachusetts Joseph Evelith Phillip) English (married couple) James Howe (or How) – husband of Elizabeth Captain Thomas Fisk, Jr. Edward Farrington Howe (or How) William Fisk Bathsheba Sherman Lady Mary Phips (née Spencer) – wife of Henry Herrick, Jr. Not tried Massachusetts Governor Sir William John Peabody Phips Thomas Pearly, Sr. Born in prison Sarah Swift (née Clapp) Thomas Perkins Mercy, daughter of Sarah Good, born and Margaret Sheaf Thacher (née Webb) – died in prison some time prior to her 's mother-in-law Public figures mother's execution. Sir – Governor of Court Personnel Massachusetts Died in prison Magistrates Lydia Dustin Ann Foster (née Alcock) Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692 Major Mercy, infant daughter of Sarah Good William Stoughton, Chief Magistrate (née Warren) — died in John Richards Clergy prison (May 10, 1692) before she could (resigned from the court , of Beverly, Massachusetts be tried over the nature of the proceedings) , of Boston, Roger Toothaker – died before trial (June Waitstill Winthrop Massachusetts 16, 1692) probably due to torture or , of Boston, maltreatment Samuel Sewall Massachusetts , of Salem Released from prison after the Governor Jonathan Corwin Samuel Parris, of Salem Village – ended the Witch Trials Peter Sergeant father of Betty Parris and uncle of Mary Black, slave who was arrested and Abigail Williams indicted but never went to trial Justices , of Groton, and Sarah Rist (née Clarke) - died May 31, Superior Court of Judicature, 1693 3 Boston (both Massachusetts) [] 1698, Reading, Middlesex County, William Stoughton, Chief Justice Massachusetts 7 | EVERGREEN LOG FALL 2016 Visiting Plymouth, Mass. What to See by Guy Moellendorf

Below are Pilgrim sites for planning your visit to where our ancestors settled in America. Most indoor sites are open May through October. For travel details, website names change, so consult an AAA book and do a web search on key words. Plymouth Town is where our Pilgrim ancestors chose to start their village. Before you Go: 1.List your Mayflower ancestors and read their biographies. Wikipedia.com provides a quick start. 2.Purchase and view the DVD Keeping Faith: The National Monument to the Forefathers, by Dr. Paul Jehle. No other source explains this art so well. There are no descriptions or guides at the monument to aid the visitor. 3.GSMD Congress is September 8-10, 2017. Know that during the GSMD Congress is the best time to visit Plymouth. The GSMD Congress occurs every three years, the weekend after Labor Day. Special events occur during Congress: Each state society sends a delegation -- enjoy Plymouth with your friends; as a delegate your trip expense may be tax deductible; the business meeting is one day, several family societies meet (John Howland, Stephen Hopkins, Edward Winslow, Henry Samson, William Bradford); Pilgrim Hall open house, First Church open house; Pilgrim's Progress march and opening ceremony, special bus tours to historic sites, and closing banquet. Reservation details are published by GSMD in the March Mayflower Quarterly/Journal in the Congress’ year. A great time to visit. If unable to visit during Congress, then summer months are still good. 4.Purchase and read A Guide to Historic Plymouth, by historian James Baker. This 142 page paperback book provides a concise history of the monuments and Pilgrim origins for the town of Plymouth from Colony to community. 5.North of Plymouth are more historic sites. To see if additional sites interest you, search the web on key words: Standish Burial Grounds, Alden House The National Monument to the Forefathers (John Alden's house); Isaac Winslow house (1699) and "South Shore Backroads". 6.Research and decide if you want to include Providence and Cape Cod to complete your visit. From Plymouth, touring Cape Cod is an all-day trip. Drive Pilgrim home sites the first winter), Pilgrim Hall (great gift shop, by major highway to the tip at Providence, Pilgrim artifacts and art) and 21 other sites. Add a stop at the MA, where the Monument is, then work GSMD's Winslow House (Pilgrim artifacts) and genealogy your way back seeing Mayflower sites as Library. The First Church has amazing stained glass and wood you go. A ferry operates between Plymouth work that is well worth the visit, but may only be open Sunday and Providence summer only. Another morning. ferry runs between Boston and Providence Walking tour #2 is ten pages dedicated to Burial Hill, the site all year. Stop by the National Sea Shore of the first fort (Fort Hill) and tombstones of towns people and Museum, as Cape Cod is washing away and some Pilgrims. has retreated one mile on its eastern shore since Pilgrim times. Walking tour #3 follows the town brook path from the harbor inland to the Billington Sea. It includes the sculpture garden, While in Plymouth Ginny Grist Mill, and ten other sites. There are several hotels downtown and parking spaces. Jim Walking tour #4 includes the Jabez Howland House and nine Baker provides four great walking tours in his A Guide to other sites. Historic Plymouth. The Driving Tour covers nearby sites generally south and east Walking tour #1covers the ship Mayflower II (tour), of Plymouth, the National Monument to the Forefathers, Plymouth Rock, Coles Hill sarcophagus (contains bones of Plymouth Cordage museum, Plimouth Plantation living history Pilgrims who died the first winter), Massasoit statue, Leyden village (a must see, great gift shop) and 18 other sites. [] Street (oldest street in USA), Town Square (plaques mark the

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Pilgrim Historic Sites Tour September, 19– October 2, 2017 England and Holland

Fourteen days of Pilgrim historic sites with experienced tour guides. Depart from London, looping in a grand circle tour by bus of historic sites in England. Most homes have disappeared or are in private use, so one will see the churches where they were baptized, ports for provisioning their ships (Southampton, Plymouth), and public buildings still standing from Pilgrim times. Many are closed except for private tours like this. At Scrooby area, Pilgrim expert Sue Allen will guide the group where William Bradford, William Brewster and the Reverends Richard Clyfton and John Robinson held their services in secret hiding from the sheriff, and planned their harrowing escape for religious freedom to Amsterdam in 1608. Next the tour crosses from England to Holland, as our ancestors did, but now aboard a modern high-speed ferry. One day in Amsterdam where the Pilgrims worshipped for more a year, before moving on to the university town of Leiden. For 11 years in Leiden, the congregation of English Protestants worshipped and coalesced. Expert Jeremy Bangs, PhD, will guide the group among the well preserved streets, UK Website with several buildings that were familiar to our ancestors. Here they planned their voyage to the New World. Rich in Pilgrim History See where they purchased and boarded the ship Speedwell By Sue Allen, Historian, Author for departure. At Delfhaven, was their last church service with family and friends in Holland. The scene is captured in a A brand new Pilgrim Fathers UK Origins Association has monumental painting that now hangs in the United States lots of information including Dr Jeremy Bangs illustrated tour Capital building rotunda. From here, they departed to of The Mayflower Trail and a ‘Mayflower Friends’ group Southampton England, to meet up with the ship Mayflower. with exciting members newsletter. The web address is: The 2017 itinerary with a map showing where our http://www.pilgrimfathersorigins.org/ . Mayflower ancestors were born, is at (if needed, copy and paste the link into your web browser): Example links: http://www.washingtonmayflower.org/gsmdtour2017.pdf  Mayflower Trail Map, Tour— Scrooby Area Possibly the last 14-day tour for years to come. Be sure  Latest Research & Articles not to miss this one.  Dr. Jeremy Bangs Tour  Austerfield Manor House of William Bradford  Mayflower Arts and Gifts  Pilgrim’s Progress  Where to stay, where to eat  About the Pilgrim Fathers UK Origins Association  The Heritage Network  More []

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BYLAW REVISION ARTICLE III Section 6. b. Reinstatements PROPOSED Delinquent members who were dropped for non-payment of dues may be reinstated with payment of (Delete: dues for) the Amendments to be voted upon at the current and previous year’s dues. Compact Meeting October 30, 2016. Recommended by the Committee, Life Members who become dormant by not notifying the approved by the Board, October 1, 2016. Society annually of current contact information may be reinstated when the Society receives a letter stating current Bylaws Committee: Margaret Spangler, chair; Luanne contact information, General Society number, Washington Green, Bruce Harrington, Sharon Heath, Charlotte Killian, State Society number. Jocelyn Paulson, Marilynn Sabo, and ex officio Guy Moellendorf.

Summary: Primarily the Life Member situation was addressed! The Society needs to be kept informed annually of the current contact information for these folks. Several have died and their per capita fee to the General Society was due and paid resulting in unnecessary cost. For new applicants, 2017 ANNUAL DUES by age 35 most people are established and know the direction and location their life will take – other Mayflower societies ANNOUNCED have used this definitive age, too. Help keep our dues low!

BYLAW PROPOSED CHANGES: Words eliminated Paying now avoids extra mailings. are in parenthesis, begin with delete:, ie (delete:...). Words added are marked Bold with underline. * *

Bylaws, ARTICLE III, Section 5  Member’s benefits include: Opportunity to meet with Transfer members who have paid annual dues to the state other descendants at a picnic and two luncheons; from which they have transferred shall (delete: not) pay dues Interesting speakers; News, tour and event announcements; to the Society for the year in which the transfer was made. Inclusion in our membership roster and a robust WA website. State officers are volunteers. Dues are $29. ARTICLE III, Section 2 c. Membership Classes  Your dues payment for 2017 includes $15 to support the (Delete: A Junior member who otherwise meets the national GSMD activities, the Mayflower Quarterly requirement for regular membership, and for whom the life magazine and Scholarships. member fee has been paid.)  Submit the Dues using the form on Page 11. If attending the luncheon, include that form. ARTICLE III, Section 3 b. Junior Member (Delete: No Junior or Junior Life member under the age  Active duty military pay no dues. On the annual dues form, of 18 may vote or hold office in the Society.) please state your active duty military status. (Delete: Junior Membership may continue until the age of  Life Members: You pay no dues. Please submit any 25.) Upon attaining 18 years of age, a Junior member changes in phone, address and email information. Mark (Delete: s) may become a (Delete: voting) Regular member form if you want to receive a membership roster, and how by complying with the requirements of Article III Section 3a. you want your newsletter delivered, by email (color) or by postal mailbox (black and white). ARTICLE III, Section 3 c. Life Member Life Membership in the Society may be obtained by a  To receive a Membership Roster in July, mark the box on Regular Member over 35 years of age who has paid the Dues Form. annual dues for at least one year and has paid (delete:  To receive a current membership card, mark the box on the paying) the Life Member fee specified in the Standing Rules, Dues Form. Cards are wallet size (3.5 by 2.0 inches). or by continuous membership in good standing for 40 years. Laminated cards are 3.75 by 2.25 inches. To remain a Life Member the Society must be informed  To end membership, transfer your membership to another annually of the member’s current contact information. state, or go dual with another state, please advise the (Delete: A Junior may be elected to Life Membership Treasurer: Tim Rogers, by phone 206-979-7006, or by upon payment of the fee as listed in the Standing Rules and email at: [email protected] . submission of the usual lineage papers executed by the member in accordance with Article III Section 3a. A State  Payment now keeps dues low and avoids extra mailings. and General number shall be assigned each Junior Life Member.) Thank You

10 | EVERGREEN LOG FALL 2016 2017 DUES Form Please print current information. Washington State Mayflower Society

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Life Member — please fill and mail to confirm we are to use the above email, postal and phone # in year 2017 . Thanks!

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Return Form with Payment. Make checks payable to the Washington Mayflower Society. Reservations must reach Treasurer Tim Rogers by Saturday, October 24, 2016. Tim Rogers, 19025 Grannis Rd, Bothell, WA 98012-6948 If questions: Phone: 206-979-7006 Email: [email protected]

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− − − − − − − − − − − − − − − Cut Here − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − − COMPACT DAY MEETING Sunday, October 30, 2016 Red Lion Inn, 11211 Main St., Bellevue, WA. 425-455-5240 Social Time 11:45 a.m. Lunch 12:45 p.m.

Menu Choices — All Meals $35.00 per person

1. Burgundy Beef Tips- -Sirloin beef tips, onions, mushrooms and baby carrots in a Burgundy Demi Glace sauce 2. Parmesan crusted Chicken- -Parmesan, herb and bread crumb encrusted chicken breast finished with a creamy red pepper fondue. 3. Pesto Chicken Penne- -Chicken breast, basil, mushroom in a light pesto cream sauce served over penne pasta 4. Ratatouille (Vegan)- -Eggplant, zucchini, yellow squash, onion and peppers, simmered in tomatoes, Burgundy wine, garlic and herbs served over linguine egg-less pasta Entreés include: coffee, tea, a side salad, rolls, butter and dessert, choice of New York style cheesecake or Chocolate cake.

Program: 11:45am Silent auction, social time. 12:45pm Lunch. Speaker: Ms. Deborah McNally, PhD, will speak on the Salem Witch Crisis of 1692. Social time includes a silent auction, by cash or check. Colonial attire welcome.

Directions: I-405 North or South take Exit 12, SE 8th Street. Driving South go right on SE 8th Street to 112th Ave. SE. Driving North go left on SE 8th Street to 112th Ave. SE. At 112th SE turn right and drive north towards Main Street. The hotel is on the Right at the SE corner of Main and 112th Streets. Entrance is off 112th approximately 150 feet from the corner. Hotel phone number - 425.455.5240. EVERGREEN LOG

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4002 W. 6th St., Anacortes, WA 98221-1290

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Mark Your Calendar Cut and Pin If attending the luncheon and you have a Witch Trial Ancestor story to tell, please print, cut and pin the below image Compact Day Luncheon to your jacket. A great conversation starter. Sunday, October 30, 2016 Red Lion Inn, Bellevue, WA

Reservation Due by Saturday, Oct. 24

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