THE FLORIDA PILGRIM Newsletter of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Florida The Mayflower by Dr. Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs Director, Leiden American Pilgrim Museum, Leiden, Netherlands Chartered 31 July 1937 Copyright © 2011 –2012 J. D. Bangs. All rights reserved. Used with written permission of Dr. Bangs. 75th Anniversary 31 July 2012 Vol. 37, No. 1, Spring 2012 Richard S. Wheeler, Editor GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE Educate — Communicate — Participate! Many of us have heard, some of us know and some of us have repeated the words of Governor William Bradford who wrote in his journal, “… as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many …” words written years after the founding of Plym- outh colony, words he wrote in a family journal to pass on to his descendants. FSMD Governor Reynolds P. Cushing We should remember the unsinkable faith of our ancestors, many of them scholars who became Planters … planting the first seeds of democracy IN THIS ISSUE in the New World. Governor’s Message 1 May the Pilgrims’ candle not be forgotten and its New Members, Supplementals 2 light be reflected in our Florida Society. May Reinstatements, Transfers In & Out 3 their light continue to shine through our members. In Memoriam 3 Board of Assistants Meeting 3 & 14 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin 4 Ren Cushing Colony News 5-14 605 Via Tunis Drive Punta Gorda, FL 33950-6620 Leiden Plaque Dedication 15 (941) 505-8408 75th Annual Meeting Registration 16 [email protected] 75th Annual Meeting Information 17-19 BOA Acts to “Save A Tree” 20 1 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> NEW MEMBERS Name Location General/FL # Ancestor Colony Janet Siegel Rogers Delray Bch 83387/4752 Francis Cooke Allerton [Editor’s Note: pg 4 of the Winter 2011-2012 issue misspelled this member’s middle name and gave an incorrect ancestor. We regret and apologize for this error.] Onley Cahill Palm Beach Gardens 53026/4765 Richard Warren Allerton Kathleen Rottino Weeki Wachee 83630/4766 William Bradford Bradford Nathon Joseph Lowery Mount Pleasant, MI 83658/4767 Richard Warren Chilton Kassi Jamilyn Lucas Wetumpka, AL 83659/4768 Richard Warren Chilton Jacob Arthur Ferris Ionia, MI 83660/4769 Richard Warren Chilton Margaret Ruth Davis Schlabach Lecanto 83716/4771 William White Mullins Gay Lenore (Benson) Kielbania Boca Raton 83717/4772 Francis Cooke Allerton Charlene Wentworth Page Aurora, CO 83718/4773 William White Chilton William Theodore Cox Punta Gorda 83719/4774 William Bradford Samson David Buley Naples 83752/4776 Stephen Hopkins Standish Linda Jean Wilcox Bazell Sarasota 83823/4777 Isaac Allerton Tilley Erin Catherine-Louise Hastings Gainesville 83844/4778 Edward Fuller Mullins John Allen Germaine Maitland 83866/4779 William Brewster Howland Helen Owen Bennett Tampa 83867/4780 William Bradford Bradford Barbara Elizabeth Boutin Jacksonville 83868/4781 Stephen Hopkins Warren Morlene LaNelle Page Aurora, CO 83869/4782 William White Chilton James Arthur Roorbach II The Villages 83908/4783 John Howand Chilton Dean Van Petten Traxler Ft. Myers 25965/4784 William Brewster Samson Dual with IL #1027 Robert Leo Page Orlando 83943/4785 Isaac Allerton Doty Lloyd Ingram Wentworth II Denver, CO 83944/4786 William White Chilton Faron Al Page Aurora, CO 83945/4787 William White Chilton Susan Brown Spetz The Villages 83946/4788 Isaac Allerton Chilton Allen Webster Brown Jr. Cape Coral 83947/4789 Francis Cooke Samson Anne Jeanette (Downs) Sears Lakeland 83948/4790 George Soule Fuller Sandra Louise (Brown)(Fass) Beninghof Davenport 46985/4791 Francis Cooke Fuller Dual with MA #7520 Sonja Lee Butler Wheelis Ocala 83977/4792 William Bradford Mullins Steven Kemper Kravachuk Coral Gables 83978/4793 William Brewster Brewster Nicole (Parris) Kochendorfer Bradenton 84006/4794 William Brewster Tilley Dennis William Hite Belleair Beach 84020/4795 William Bradford Bradford Ronald William Osgood Springfield, MA 84021/4796 Stephen Hopkins Bradford Sara Angeline (Richardson) Duvall Ft. Walton Beach 84022/4797 Stephen Hopkins Doty Thomas Allen Williamson Winter Haven 84045/4798 William Bradford Fuller Elizabeth Helen McDearmon Werner Clearwater 84071/4799 Francis Cooke Bradford Harold William Doddington Gainesville 84072/4800 Myles Standish Mullins Jay Francis Jewett Naples 84073/4801 Thomas Rogers Standish Joan Foster Cordes-Nay Naples 84079/4802 William White Standish Matthew Neil Johnsen Tampa 84080/4803 Isaac Allerton Bradford Ralph Junior Johnson Sarasota 84081/4804 William Brewster Tilley Robert Vernon Williams Lecanto 84117/4805 John Howland Chilton Kristen Joy Koehler Tampa 84147/4806 Richard Warren Bradford Charlene Legro Linnell Toews Highland Beach 84164/4807 Francis Cooke Allerton Louise Hussey Bergeron Naples 84204/4808 Francis Cooke Standish Mary Jean McLaury Crowell The Villages 84205/4809 Isaac Allerton Chilton Ryan Wells Lang Port Charlotte 84206/4810 Stephen Hopkins Tilley Carolyn Desire’ Doty Foard Naples 84216/4811 Edward Doty Standish Alice Muriel Dolliver Christopher Tampa 84229/4812 Stephen Hopkins Bradford Cynthia Lee Hungerford Gibbons Palm Beach 84230/4813 John Howland Allerton SUPPLEMENTALS Nancy Caldwell Jensen Beach 77482/4314 Thomas Rogers Allerton Lois Ann Lymburner Shope Naples 65145/3480 John Tilley Standish 2 REINSTATEMENTS Name Location General/FL # Ancestor Colony Diantha Louise (Hawkes) Grant Jacksonville 67862/3651 John Alden Warren Shirley Ann (Herrington) Jordan Orlando 72007/3945 William Brewster Howland Dr. Roger Alan Crane Tampa 67061/3609 John Alden Bradford TRANSFERS IN Lindell Ray Doty transfer in from ARK 82723/4763 Edward Doty Mullins [Editor’s Note: pg 5 of the Winter 2011-2012 issue erroneous reported that Lindell Ray Doty transferred out to ARK when, in fact, he transferred in from ARK. We regret and apologize for this error.] Patricia Forstrom transfer in from CT 54696/4770 Stephen Hopkins Tilley Kyle Mange transfer in from NY 53424/4775 William Bradford Tilley TRANSFERS OUT Marilyn Elizabeth Smith Gordon transfer to OK 77593/4323 John Alden Warren Susan Y. Cary transfer to MA 52227/2767 Francis Cooke Tilley Joan Marie (Mickle) Ryan transfer to MI 7418/3715 William Brewster Allerton Stanley Roger McKay transfer to NE 56399/3022 Myles Standish Chilton IN MEMORIAM Name Date of Death General/FL # Ancestor Colony Mary-Stuart Bostick Auman 27 Nov 2011 68174/3667 Warren Winslow Ruth Elizabeth Collings 22 Jul 2011 79492/4442 Brewster Cooke James Reynolds Fort Jr. 8 Jan 2012 66681/3584 Alden Mullins Nancy James Hill 21 Oct 2011 51997/2755 Allerton Bradford Elizabeth Townsend Fite Bassett 17 Feb 2012 78437/4424 Howland Allerton Jean Marie Hathaway 14 Mar 2012 76373/4227 E. Fuller Cooke Susan Lee Baden McCoy 2 Apr 2012 81068/4589 Howland Mullins Kenneth B. Mason Jr. 19 Apr 2012 77952/4349 Brewster Warren BOARD OF ASSISTANTS MEETING The Florida Society Board of Assistants (“BOA”) held its Spring meeting on Saturday 21 Apr 2012 at the Avenue Hotel in Lakeland, hosted by the Edward Fuller Colony and presided over by FSMD Governor Reynolds P. Cushing (photo at right). The BOA consists of the of- ficers of the Florida Society, the immediate past governor, the General Society DGG and AG, 3 directors-at-large and the 16 colony governors. Under the Florida Society’s bylaws, the BOA “has general charge of the affairs of the Society.” Present were 10 of the 11 state officers, 1 of the 2 General Society officers, representatives from 13 of the 16 colonies, and 10 of the 13 appointed state committee chairs. The meeting was called to order by Gover- nor Cushing promptly at 9am. Elder Jean Albrecht offered the invocation and Captain Jim Preston led the pledge of allegiance to the US flag and the salute to the Mayflower Society flag. He also read The Mayflower Compact. Governor Cushing an- nounced that Laura Farmer of the Warren Colony had ten- dered her resignation as State Director and that the BOA had voted to appoint George A. Lockhart, also of the Warren Colony, to fill her unexpired term. George was warmly wel- comed to the BOA. Governor Cushing also announced that past FSMD Governor and current AG Robby Burt has re- L to r: Clara Waterman Powell, Nancy Fodi, Ruth Ann Fay, Blythe Thomas signed as AG due to his and his wife Trudy’s imminent (partially obscured), Jean Harden and Fran Lopus stand in respect at the reading of The Mayflower Compact. (continued on pg. 14) 3 FLORIDA SOCIETY CELEBRATES 75th ANNIVERSARY OF ITS CHARTER WITH LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN The Florida Society was chartered 31 July 1937 as the 28th state society organized under the General Society of Mayflower De- scendants (“GSMD”) and, thus, will observe its 75th birthday this summer. To honor and memorialize this once-in-a-lifetime spe- cial occasion, the Florida Society’s Board of Assistants has commissioned SymbolArts of Ogden, Utah, to mint a limited edition commemorative coin (pictured below). Details for ordering are given below. According to the history published by GSMD in 1999, attempts to organize a state society in Florida began in 1933 but were postponed because of the Great Depression gripping the country at the time. Spearheading the organizing efforts were Mrs. Harold C. R. Wall of Miami, GSMD Secretary General Harold G. Murray, and Edward B. Alling, a member of the Massachusetts Society and President of First State Bank in DeLand. Early in 1937, a solicitation went out to 40 Mayflow- er descendants living in Florida to sign a petition for a state society charter and 24 qualified signatures were obtained. Mrs. Wall declined the honor of being the Actual size: 1 1/2 inch diameter official sponsor, stating it was her firm belief that the sponsor should be a man, so Mr. Alling accepted that role. Mrs. Wall did receive the honor of being as- signed membership number FL #1. The charter was granted 31 July 1937 with 24 charter members, 9 of whom were new members of the General Society and 15 of whom were members of sister state societies.