Membership Information and Applications

OBJECTIVES:

"To perpetuate the memory of our Mayflower Ancestors, and to preserve their records, history and all facts relating to them, their ancestors and their posterity. To maintain and defend the principle of civil and religious liberty as set forth in the Compact of the Mayflower, "For ye glorie of God, and advancement of ye Christian faith, and honor of our ...Countrie."

 

"To cherish and maintain the ideals and institutions of American freedom, and to oppose any theories or actions that threaten their continuity.

"To transmit the spirit, the purity of purpose and steadfastness of will of the Pilgrim Fathers to those who shall come after us, an undiminished heritage of liberty and law.

"To secure united effort to discover and publish original matter in regard to the Pilgrims, together with existing data known only to antiquarians. and to authenticate, preserve and mark historical spots made memorable by Pilgrim association."
—Article II, Constitution of Society in Pennsylvania

MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

Proof of lineal descent (a "blood line") from a passenger of the voyage of the Mayflower which terminated at Plymouth, New England, in December 1620 shall be eligible for membership.

Descent from passengers Allerton, Billington, Brewster, Chilton, Cooke, Eaton, Edward Fuller, Hopkins, Mullins, Rogers, Tilley and White includes descent from their wives or children who were passengers aboard the Mayflower.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Every applicant shall complete in full a Proposal for Membership (see page 3). Detach and return it to the Membership Officer whose address appears on page 1.

Except for Transfer or Dual Memberships, the applicant will then be provided with a Worksheet on which the applicant will record the claimed Mayflower lineage in detail with documented proof for the claim for each generation. The Worksheet will be accompanied by further instructions, aids and suggestions to help in its preparation.The applicant will return the completed Worksheet and documentation to the State Historian with a check for all applicable fees and dues (see below). In the rare event that the application is not accepted, the Membership Certificate Fee and the Dues will be returned. The State Application Processing and General Society Certification fees are non-refundable.

Upon approval by the State Historian, the Worksheet will be returned to the applicant with an Application for Membership form. The applicant will carefully type the approved lineage on this form or use a supplied diskette on acid free plain paper and return it to the State Historian, who will forward it to the Historian General at the General Society in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Upon approval by the Historian General, the applicant's name will be presented to the Pennsylvania Society's Board of Assistants for election to membership. Upon election by the Board of Assistants, the applicant will be notified of election by mail. Junior Life Members will be billed for the difference, if any, between dues previously received and the age at the time of election.

Application Fees of the Society in Pennsylvania are as follows: General Society Examination Fee (original and supplemental)* $75.00* Membership Certificate (original and supplemental)* $15.00 * = Not applicable to Transfer or Dual Memberships TOTAL=$90.00 Dues for Regular (Senior) Members (18 years of age and older) Life (one-time single payment) $1020.00 to $700.00 Annual $35.00 Dues for Junior Members (must join before 18th birthday) Junior Annual (no documented lineage papers filed and not recognized as members by the General Society) household dues. $10.00

All Fees and Dues are established by the SMDPA Board of Assistants & are Subject to Change

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