How to become a member...
To become a member of the California Mayflower Society, or to apply for a supplemental line, you must provide proof of direct descent from a Mayflower Pilgrim. The steps below will guide you through the process.
1. Complete, then submit, the information on the Join page of the California Mayflower Society webpage.
2. A State Historian will then send you a Preliminary Application Form via email.
3. Return your completed Preliminary Application Form via US Mail to the State Historian.
4. Upon review of your application you will be contacted by the California Mayflower Society or our Colony Membership Chair, CMC, regarding the results of your application.
Some things to be aware of:
Birth, death and marriage certificates from a town, city, or county recorder's office are the preferred form of documentation. Headstone photographs are an accepted form of documentation if they provide the necessary information. Multiple marriages must also be documented to ensure you are a "biological" descendant. Membership documentation from organizations such as the Daughter's of the American Revolution or the Sons of the American Revolution, while possibly helpful, are not automatically accepted as documentation for membership in the Mayflower Society. Your research project may be demanding but it will also be rewarding as you trace your line back to the Mayflower and "touch" American history.
1. Complete, then submit, the information on the Join page of the California Mayflower Society webpage.
2. A State Historian will then send you a Preliminary Application Form via email.
3. Return your completed Preliminary Application Form via US Mail to the State Historian.
4. Upon review of your application you will be contacted by the California Mayflower Society or our Colony Membership Chair, CMC, regarding the results of your application.
Some things to be aware of:
Birth, death and marriage certificates from a town, city, or county recorder's office are the preferred form of documentation. Headstone photographs are an accepted form of documentation if they provide the necessary information. Multiple marriages must also be documented to ensure you are a "biological" descendant. Membership documentation from organizations such as the Daughter's of the American Revolution or the Sons of the American Revolution, while possibly helpful, are not automatically accepted as documentation for membership in the Mayflower Society. Your research project may be demanding but it will also be rewarding as you trace your line back to the Mayflower and "touch" American history.
Mayflower Passengers know to have descendants
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John Alden *
Isaac Allerton * Mary (Norris) Allerton John Billington * William Bradford William Brewster * Peter Brown James Chilton * Francis Cooke * Edward Doty |
Francis Eaton *
Moses Fletcher *** Edward Fuller * Samuel Fuller Stephen Hopkins * Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins John Howland * Richard More William Mullins * Degory Priest |
Thomas Rogers *
Henry Samson George Soule Myles Standish John Tilley * Joan (Hurst) (Rogers) Tilley ** Richard Warren William White * Edward Winslow |
* Includes descent from a wife or child on the Mayflower
** Includes children by her first husband
*** Died the first winter; family never came to Plymouth; descendants in The Netherlands
** Includes children by her first husband
*** Died the first winter; family never came to Plymouth; descendants in The Netherlands