SPECIAL NOTICE:
The Society of Mayflower Descendants in Michigan has announced a $12.00 annual increase in application fees effective with all applications received after December 4, 2023. There will be no increase for applications already in process. This increase is to partially offset an application fee increase of $25.00 approved by the General Society in Plymouth. See below for the new application pricing.
The Society of Mayflower Descendants in Michigan invites you to join us!
How do I get started?
Complete and submit the Preliminary Application form and Proposed Line of Descent form along with the required fees and documentation to our Historian Team.
The new GSMD guidelines require that all supporting records and other documentation be submitted as separate jpg files. If you do not have the ability to provide them in this format, please contact Deputy Historian Lee Bennett, who will assist you with an alternative solution.
Deputy Historian, Lee Bennett, will guide you through the membership application process. For more detailed information click on the links below:
- Application Process
- Required Documentation
- Preliminary Application form
- Proposed Line of Descent form
Some of our membership benefits:
- Two annual luncheons with educational speakers
- Scholarships are available for eligible junior and family members
- Lifetime memberships available, requiring no annual dues
- New friendships with member cousins
- Volunteer opportunities
What does it cost to become a member?
A new member application is $212 (This includes the $160 application fee, plus $52 for first year dues). You can also opt to pay $160, plus a one-time-only dues payment based upon your age, for life membership.
For More Information see Dues And Fees
Who can answer more of my application questions?
Please contact Deputy Historian, Lee Bennett.
We look forward to helping you become one of our members!
Who is eligible?
Anyone who can document their lineage back to one or more of the Mayflower passengers with known descendants.
See Table Below:
Men on the Mayflower
John Alden
Isaac Allerton
John Billington
William Bradford
William Brewster
Peter Browne
James Chilton
Francis Cooke
Edward Doty
Francis Eaton
Moses Fletcher
Edward Fuller
Samuel Fuller
Stephen Hopkins
John Howland
William Mullins
Degory Priest
Thomas Rogers
Henry Samson
George Soule
Myles Standish
John Tilley
Richard Warren
William White
Edward Winslow
Women on the Mayflower
Mrs. Mary (Norris) Allerton
Mrs. Elinor Billington
Mrs. Mary Brewster
Mrs. James Chilton
Mrs. Sarah Eaton
Mrs. Edward Fuller
Mrs. Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins
Joan (Hurst) Tilley
Mrs. Susanna White Winslow
Children on the Mayflower who left Descendants
Bartholomew Allerton
Remember Allerton
Mary Allerton
Francis Billington
Love Brewster
Mary Chilton
John Cooke
Samuel Eaton
Samuel Fuller
Constance Hopkins
Giles Hopkins
Richard More
Priscilla Mullins
Joseph Rogers
Elizabeth Tilley
Peregrine White
Resolved White