Mayflower Society facts for kids
Mayflower House Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts
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| Formation | 1897 |
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| Headquarters | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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Membership
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Over 31,000 |
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants, often called the Mayflower Society, is a group for people who can prove they are related to one of the 102 passengers from the ship Mayflower. These passengers arrived in 1620 in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Society started in Plymouth in 1897.
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What the Mayflower Society Does
A main goal of the Mayflower Society is to teach people about the Pilgrims. They want everyone to understand the Pilgrims' part in the early history of what became the United States of America. You can find Mayflower societies in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada.
Many millions of Americans today are thought to have at least one ancestor who was a Mayflower passenger. If you can show that you are a descendant of one or more of the Mayflower Pilgrims, you can apply to join the Mayflower Society.
Pilgrims with Known Descendants
Here is a list of Mayflower Pilgrims who are known to have family members living today:
- John Alden
- Priscilla (Mullins) Alden
- Bartholomew Allerton
- Isaac Allerton
- Mary (Norris) Allerton
- Mary (Allerton) Cushman
- Remember (Allerton) Maverick
- Elinor Billington
- Francis Billington
- John Billington
- William Bradford
- Love Brewster
- Mary Brewster
- William Brewster
- Peter Browne
- James Chilton
- Mrs. Chilton (wife of James)
- Mary (Chilton) Winslow
- Francis Cooke
- John Cooke
- Edward Doty
- Francis Eaton
- Samuel Eaton
- Sarah Eaton
- Moses Fletcher
- Edward Fuller
- Mrs. Fuller (wife of Edward)
- Samuel Fuller (son of Edward)
- Samuel Fuller (brother of Edward)
- Constance (Hopkins) Snow
- Giles Hopkins
- Stephen Hopkins
- Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins
- John Howland
- Richard More
- William Mullins
- Degory Priest
- Joseph Rogers
- Thomas Rogers
- Henry Samson
- George Soule
- Myles Standish
- Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland
- John Tilley
- Joan (Hurst) Tilley
- Richard Warren
- Peregrine White
- Resolved White
- Susanna (Jackson) White Winslow
- William White
- Edward Winslow
Famous Members
Some well-known people have been members of the Mayflower Society:
- Ada Brown, an American judge
- Anna Matilda Larrabee, an American social leader
- Harriet Wright O'Leary (1916–1999), the first woman elected to the Choctaw National Council. She also led the Oklahoma Mayflower Society chapter for a time.
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., an American thinker and writer
The Mayflower House Museum
In 1941, the Society bought the Edward Winslow House in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This large home was built in 1754. It was built by the great-grandson of Edward Winslow, who was the third Governor of Plymouth Colony.
The Society now runs the home as the Mayflower House Museum. It is a historic house museum that shows what an 18th-century home looked like. It has old decorations and furniture from that time. The offices and library for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants are located behind this museum.
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