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The General Society of Mayflower Descendants honors the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower

Founded in 1897, The Mayflower Society, or General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Membership requires proof of lineage from one of the passengers who travelled to America on the Mayflower in 1620. Our educational mission includes telling the story of the Pilgrims as well as maintaining the highest standards possible for genealogy research into the

lineage of the Pilgrims. Our national headquarters is on the campus of the historic Mayflower Society House in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts. We operate a genealogy research library at our Plymouth headquarters and publish the GSMD Silver Books, a series of genealogy books that follow the descendants of the Mayflower passengers. Click here for more information about visiting our grounds: https://www.themayflowersociety.org/visit/mayflower-society-house

06/19/2026

Calling all Florida Mayflower members!

Come one, come all and make a difference for the Mayflower's Meetinghouse campaign.

An anonymous donor has generously offered to match all gifts to the Meetinghouse from Florida by June 30th up to $50,000. Thank you to the many Floridians who have already stepped forward to help your state show great leadership and excitement for our plans, and we hope many more of you will join in and make a gift of any size to the Meetinghouse over the coming weeks. We are proud that Meetinghouse construction is moving ahead fully and with your help, we can fully restore this historic site.

To learn more and give, please visit: https://themayflowersociety.org/donate/donate-to-the-meetinghouse/donor-matching-program/

Help us move that ship!

06/17/2026

Tomorrow Night, June 18th at 7pm, the Mayflower Society is hosting its first of three American Revolution-themed lectures at The Mayflower Society House.

The first lecture in this series "Plymouth in the Revolution" will be presented by Peggy Baker.

Please join us as Peggy explores the history of these extraordinary primary source documents and shares some of the stories of the Plymoutheans who submitted them, as Plymouth remembers the Revolution during its 250th anniversary year.

For more info please visit: https://themayflowersociety.org/history/lecture-series/

06/11/2026

The Mayflower Society is hosting its fifth annual children’s “Teddy Bear Picnic and Tea” on June 14th at The Mayflower Society House in Plymouth, MA from 1pm-3pm.

Children ages 10 and younger are invited to come and build their own teddy bear! Participants will play games, hear stories, sing and more, while enjoying the beautiful garden setting of the Mayflower Society House and campus.

-Admission price is $25.00 per child and tickets are available at:
https://generalsocietyofmayflowerdesce.regfox.com/teddy...
This event is made possible by a generous grant from Rockland Trust.

Special Thanks to The Local Seen Community Media for creating this fantastic promo video for this event!

06/08/2026

The Mayflower Society's Lecture Series is back and now In-Person!

The first Lecture Series of 2026 will be "Plymouth in the Revolution," presented by Peggy Baker.

Please join us on June 18th at 7pm as Peggy explores the history of these extraordinary primary source documents and shares some of the stories of the Plymoutheans who submitted them, as Plymouth remembers the Revolution during its 250th anniversary year.

For more info please visit: https://themayflowersociety.org/history/lecture-series/

06/02/2026

The Mayflower Society is hosting its fifth annual children’s “Teddy Bear Picnic and Tea” on June 14th at The Mayflower Society House in Plymouth, MA.

Children ages 10 and younger are invited to come and build their own teddy bear: stuff the bear, decorate a T-Shirt for the bear and make out its birth certificate. Participants will play games, hear stories, sing and more, while enjoying the beautiful garden setting of the Mayflower Society House and campus.

Info:
-This event will take place rain or shine from 1 to 3pm
-Refreshments will be served
-Children must be accompanied by an adult guardian
-Admission price is $25.00 per child and tickets are available at:
https://generalsocietyofmayflowerdesce.regfox.com/teddy-bear-tea-and-picnic-2026

This event is made possible by a generous grant from Rockland Trust.

05/14/2026

Thanks to the extraordinary idea and generosity of an anonymous donor from Florida, a $50,000 challenge has been established to inspire participation among Florida members to donate and support the Mayflower Meetinghouse Project.

Through June 30, all gifts committed by Florida members will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000, doubling the impact of every contribution.

This pilot initiative demonstrates the powerful role a member society can play in advancing a shared mission. As we learn from this effort, we look forward to exploring similar opportunities with other member societies in the future.

To learn more about this Donor Matching Program visit: https://themayflowersociety.org/donate/donate-to-the-meetinghouse/donor-matching-program/

05/12/2026

William Bradford wrote in "Of Plymouth Plantation" that "May 12 [1621] was the first marriage in this place." This was the marriage between Susanna (Jackson) White and Edward Winslow. Both had lost their spouses during the first winter. Susanna had two children, Resolved and Peregrine White, with her first husband William White. Edward had no children with his first wife Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow.

05/06/2026

Shop Local, Support Local!

For the month of May, if you shop at the local Stop & Shop on Samoset Street in Plymouth, MA, you can help support The Mayflower Society!

For every $2.50 reusable Community Bag sold, $1 will be donated to the Mayflower Society!

04/30/2026

Join Governor General Lisa Pennington as she talks with "Francis Cooke" aka Steve Mattern, founder of the Plymouth Guard, about the Plymouth Militia.

Watch the full video at: https://youtu.be/-JviFRMsjN0

02/09/2026

Part 2 of The Mayflower Society's "Pilgrims in Love" series tells the story of Mary Churchill and Thomas Doty. Their story is a scandalous affair and involves one of the earliest child support cases.

This segment was filmed inside the actual home where everything happened, the seventeenth-century Churchill House on Sandwich Street in Plymouth, MA.

Address

18 Winslow Street
Plymouth, MA
02360

Telephone

+15087463188

Website

http://www.themayflowersociety.org/

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