Membership

Joining the General Society of Mayflower Descendants is a great way to honor your adventurous ancestor(s), a fun way to meet people who share your American history and a genealogical achievement not everyone can claim.

We are delighted to help you with the process!

First, you must be able to prove direct lineal descent from a passenger aboard the Mayflower who stayed on to establish the colony. Anyone who can provide evidence of direct lineage to a Mayflower Pilgrim is invited to join.

Steps Required for Membership

1. Using our lineage worksheet, please share your family line, starting from your Mayflower ancestor and including all spouses, down to yourself. We will be happy to review it and help confirm your connection. Once we verify your lineage, we will send you a preliminary application.

2. Complete the preliminary application and submit it along with the documentation required. This preliminary application must be accompanied fees totaling $200.00. $150.00 is Plymouth’s application fee, and $50.00 is for Tennessee’s application fee. These fees are non-refundable. Annual dues must accompany each set of the FINAL PAPERS at the time they are submitted for approval. Annual Dues money is refunded ONLY IF a lineage is rejected by the Historian General in Plymouth.

3.  Our Historian will review it and advise you if anything is lacking. When everything seems in order, the society historian will type the final application and send it to you for review and signature. When the signed final Application arrives back to our Historian, it will be sent, with all your documentation, to the Historian General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.