The Mayflower Society Annual Report 2024
- 2025
Our Mission
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants is committed to research on the lineal descent of the Mayflower Pilgrims and education about the Pilgrims who traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620. The Society provides education and understanding of why the Mayflower Pilgrims were important, how they shaped western civilization, and what their 1620 voyage means today and its impact on the world.
A message from Governor General Lisa Pennington
Our objective during this term has been to leave a legacy of the Pilgrim’s story—which is your story! Every American should know about their priceless inheritance of self-government, working together with people of disparate backgrounds and beliefs, and creating and enforcing their own laws. Our first goal has been to tell our Pilgrim story to our members and the public through new educational videos, our magazine, Notes From the Boat to every member, and through the creation of an educational center at the Mayflower Meetinghouse. Our second goal has been to encourage more descendants to join our Society and stay members by increasing incentives, reducing costs to apply, and increasing the benefits to membership. We are a family!
First, I would like you to welcome Cheryl Soares, our Acting Executive Director who has succeeded Mark Schmidt after his retirement in June. Cheryl has worked for nearly 4 years as Mark’s #2 person, so there will be no break in service for our members. She is a terrific leader and our staff loves her, as I do! She is a member, and she is tireless and passionate about our Society. Her ancestor, Stephen Hopkins, would be proud!
I am thrilled to report that thanks to Cherie Lawson and her Scholarship Committee, we now have our scholarship applications online and her team has streamlined the process so that we have had even more people apply this year. Giving scholarships also tells our story to the next generation, and no child who wins one will ever forget it. Thank you, Scholarship Team!
We are also well on our way to creating a library of videos on our YouTube channel which will tell our Pilgrim story. I was pleased to hear that many member societies are showing them at their meetings, in their schools, and at their community meetings. I also hope you enjoy them at home. The objective is to make the Pilgrims real, show their humanity, and show what their actions and sacrifices accomplished. These were ordinary people doing extraordinary things that influence our country even today, and every American should know it.
Our second challenge has been to deal with the expected decline in applications lineage matches since 2020 and the escalation in costs since 2020. Our goal is to raise incentives for membership and decrease costs and other barriers to join and stay in the Mayflower Society. We have created a profitable Research Service to help members who need genealogical help for a fee. Demand has been strong, and we are actively hiring more researchers for this service. This new business line also helps us offset the costs of the Research Center.
We also are dedicated to increasing incentives for people to join and stay members. Once you’re in, we’re not done! We have added hotel, Plymouth Patuxet Museums, Storyworth and My Heritage member discounts, as well as provided free will and estate planning for our members in the form of FreeWill. More planned giving opportunities are under development for our members which will maximize their tax benefits. I am so pleased that many of our members have used FreeWill, and over 30 members have left bequests to our Society totaling over $5.3M! This means our society will have stability and strength for the next century and beyond.
I am also pleased to announce that we have completed the Mayflower House project. It now looks great and is a good example of how we can manage a significant project well, as we are about to launch into an even bigger project, the Meetinghouse. A related accomplishment was the completion of this rehabilitation project with no attrition of our endowment funds. This represents very responsible management. And I would like to take an opportunity to thank many members and member societies for their donations to achieve this worthwhile result, including FGG Jane Hurt for spearheading the effort. The House is sounder and is more beautiful than it has been for 100 years.
Finally, I am so pleased that we are finally beginning work on Phase I of the construction of the Meetinghouse side entrance, the gift shop and the sprinklers for the interior. We have raised over $10M for this project, including $5M in the last year and a half. Our thanks to Project Manager David Peck, who is a member and is offering his services for free. Thank you, David. I am grateful to Marty Beerman who suggested that we hire a professional capital campaign company to help us raise he rest and get the Meetinghouse construction done in the next year. I was traveling non-stop, so Marty, Cheryl Soares and Bart Henson selected and interviewed several companies to see if they could fit our needs. We hired CCS, a capital campaign company out of Boston, who is helping us to assess whether and how much we can raise to complete the construction all at once. If we get sufficient pledges, we will complete the Meetinghouse construction in the next year.
Thank you
Lisa H. Pennington Governor General
A message from Executive Director Cheryl Soares
Thank you for the opportunity to share some of the highlights from this past year at The Mayflower Society.
One of the biggest changes for me and our staff was the retirement of our Executive Director, Mark Schmidt. I am deeply grateful for the years we worked together… and for all that Mark taught me.
I also want to thank our Governor General and the Executive Committee for giving me the honor of serving as Executive Director of an organization I am both a member of… and deeply passionate about.
Over the past year, The Mayflower Society has remained active in the local community. We once again participated in America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration, which is streamed live and rebroadcast on Thanksgiving Day. We’ll be taking part again this year—and I hope you’ll have a chance to watch.
We’ve welcomed a new group of volunteers to give tours of The Mayflower House, which is open on the first Friday of each month from May through October, and during cruise ship visits.
Members can also arrange private tours when in town. We continue to host private events—such as the Mass Mayflower Book Club, America’s Hometown Poet Laureate programs, and Back Roads of the South Shore gatherings.
Even the National Pilgrim Memorial Meetinghouse saw special activity this year—when Pilgrim historian Caleb Johnson chose it as the venue for his wedding. The ten Meneely Bells in the tower have been restored and now play songs that enrich the community—beautifully highlighted in our Governor General’s videos on our YouTube channel.
We are also focused on adding value to our members. This year, we introduced FreeWill and discounts for Storyworth. Many of us have wished we knew more about our ancestors’ personal stories—Storyworth helps preserve those stories, and I believe future generations will be grateful for them.
We’ve taken meaningful steps to open more doors for discovery—expanding our Research Services for members and for potential new members who need help identifying a Mayflower line or solving a genealogical puzzle. We’ve also made our Research Center more accessible, so that when visitors arrive in Plymouth, they can immerse themselves in the journey of uncovering their family stories.
It’s been a joy to see visitors leave not just with facts and records—but with a deeper connection to the past, and to the people who came before them.
We are fortunate to be the stewards of the Mayflower Meetinghouse. I am honored to work with a Capital Campaign company, CCS, and with a Mayflower Team to raise the funds needed to ensure this building stands the test of time—and to move toward making it an educational center, where the many Pilgrim stories can be told in a building, on the land, where our ancestors walked.
It is truly a privilege to work with all of you… and to be part of this organization that I feel so connected to.
Thank you
Cheryl Soares Executive Director
A message from Treasurer General Bart Henson
Efficiencies achieved and underway:
• Rightsized and reorganized the Research Center
• Converted to electronic handling of applications and fees. Digitization via Easy App is well underway
• Streamlined The Mayflower Quarterly Magazine preparation, content, and printing
• Lowered staffing cost with the use of volunteers as docents and for inputting recent applications
• Implemented a team to screen new items for sale to ensure profitability.
• Upgraded facilities to lower future maintenance costs
• Put temporarily unused cash balances into interest-bearing sweep accounts
Financial Statements
Governor General’s 1620 Club
Lisa Pennington
Suzanne Adams
Linda Ann Anderson
Anonymous
Meg Averett
In Honor of the Staff at GSMD
Martin W. Beerman
John and Elizabeth Berry
Priscilla Brewster
J. Christopher Brown
Ann Moore Campbell
Jill Chapman
William Polk Cheshire, Jr.
Martin Conroy
Rev. Michael R. Denney
In Memory of my great-grandparents
Albert Laforest Warren and Hazel Belle (Hicks) Warren
Diane Douglass
George P, Garmany
Dr. Michael and Karen Giuliano
Beverly K. Goodale
In Honor of my many Mayflower Descendants
Lauren Haley
In Honor of Isaac Allerton
Nancy Harrison
Bart Henson
Daniel P. Herres
In Memory of Edna Margaret Tralles Herres
George J. Hill
Jane E. Hurt
Ellen S. Jamieson
Angela Jarchow
In Memory of Rev. Alan & Joan Emerson Wyatt
Barry & Jennifer Jaruzelski
David Ross Kelland
Jeremy F. Kinney
Lynn Wallace Kinsell, Ph.D.
In Honor of Richard Dalton
Brantley Knowles
Lorraine Link
Catherine Lovell
In Memory of Merrill Lovell
Mary Helen Mahan
Peggy Moss
Karen Lynn Pogoloff
In Memory of Isabel Maud
Kinsman Pogoloff
Stuart G. Rice, M.D.
Randy Roberts
Heather Rojo
Nancy Saul
Chris Schlosser
Steven Shebik
Lea Sinclair Filson
Laura S. Siviglia
Kelly Lynn VanWormer
Glenn A. Walker
Robert C. Waters
Tawny Godin Welch
Daniel Wells
In Memory of Martha F. Wells
Nancy West
James Wheaton
Lisa Wichterman
Carter Wiese
Sharon A. Wiese
Collier S. Wiese and Dr. Dawn A. Merritt
Susan D. Williams
Robert G. Windsor
Thomas Woislaw
Linda L. Wyman
Orange County Colony of Mayflower Descendants - CA
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Massachusetts
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Texas
In Honor of Mike Byrne
The Candlelight Circle
The Candlelight Circle celebrates the life and legacy of individuals and families who have included The Mayflower Society in their estates since 2018.
A bequest to The Mayflower Society is the ultimate choice in a member’s generosity; it serves to secure the perpetuity of The Mayflower Society’s mission.
In appreciation we would like to honor the members of The Candlelight Circle.
J. Burgess* and Elizabeth Brenton Jamieson
Jonathan Stubbs*
Jane E. Fisher*
Avery Williams*
Janet Skirrow*
Katherine Mather Littell*
Eleanor M. Flynt*
Reverend Bruce Harrington
Kelly Lynn VanWormer
Lisa Pennington
Jean Porter McMillen
Linda Wyman
Suzanne Edwards
Jean Foss*
Jean C. Miles*
Shirley Ann McGrath*
Their generosity and philanthropic legacy will long be remembered. * deceased The Development Office (508) 746-3188 ext. 25 Development@TheMayflowerSociety.org
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Donors List
We are honored to recognize the great generosity of Mayflower members and friends who have made financial donations to the GSMD.
Visionary $10,000+
Joseph and Margaret A. Pasha Foundation
Governor’s Council $1621+
Dr. David McClure Humphrey and Gayla J. Mcluskey
Brown Brothers Harriman
Clarice W. Cox
Sherry Mcgraw
Virginia L. Stone
In Memory of Warren Stone
Milton R. Millman, III
Elizabeth B. Johnson
Diane Sonnecken
In Memory of Grace Bliss Smith
William Babcock
Samuel E. Forbes
Anonomous
Nancy Hopkins Reily
Forefathers Circle $1,000
Viola R. Kelly
In Memory of John Alden
Carla Herman Weber
In Memory of Burton and Amy (Dietze)
Ashley, my grandparents
Robin R. Alexander
Charlotte E. Benz
Daniel and Pam DeVos Foundation
Francis and Phylis Donovan
Sean Edwards
Roland and Beth Gross
Roberta C. Hand
Gurnee F. Hart
Wayne W. Hitt
James T King
Daniel and Dianne Latham
Vicki Mote
Ann C. Parker
Carolyn K. Parmelee
Judith D. Sheeks
In Memory of Arthur R. Willis, Jr.
Scott Tracy and Mary Tracy
Elizabeth Wych
Colony Founders $500+
Nathan A. Heuberger
In Honor of Mary C. Heuberger (Howland)
Byron L. and Alice R. Scarborough Foundation
Robert E. Kenyon, III
Randall S. Gardner
Gloria Dunshee
Linda T. Kennedy
Jane Klasmeier
In Honor of Russell Conwell Ring Society of Maflower Descendants in the State of Illinois
In Honor of the deceased members of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Illinois
Cylvia Toy
Anonomouse
Carolyn L. White
Anonymous
In Memory of Catherine C. Smith
Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous
Marion and William Atkins
Robin Wheeler Azqueta
Helen Bohmfalk
Priscilla Brewster
Marilin Brown
Deborah C. Brownell
Robert Howland Burpee
In Memory of Amy Howland Burpee
Douglas C. Chamberlain
Carol C. Cole
Settlers $250+
Louise Dedera
Atlee M. Kohl
Everard Munsey
Carol D. Miller
In Memory of Betty Galloway Devine
Patricia S. Tindall
Alice A. Billings
Pamela Hart-Newman
Michael T. Mazur
In Memory of Jean Mazur
James Michelson
Robert P. Wildes, Jr.
In Memory of Robert P. and Agnes N. Wildes
German P. Culver, Jr.
Eileen P. Kopelman
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Robert L. Criswell
In Honor of Karen Criswell Polagye and In Memory of A. Eleanor Criswell
Robert G. Fuller, Jr.
Margaret Girard
Robert Hendrickson
Arthur C. Hodges
Bonnie Mae Gerrard Kolowski
Sandra Lewis
Julie Livingston
David and Elaine Longer
Richard A. Loomis
Lynn S. Manger
In Memory of William M. Manger
Virginia T. Neave
Sandra Davis Owen
In Memory of Barbara Spencer Davis
Scott L. Robinson
Tim and Debra Shaffer
Susan Smith-Axtell
Paul K. Soucy
Paul Schott Stevens
William H. White
Susan T. Whitfield
Lisa Wicherterman
Lawrence Wilbur
Ruth Wilkerson
Susan Williams
Lee Woody
Thomas & Joanie Burkhardt
Anne G. Sharples
In Memory of Mrs. Evelyn Wheeler Sharples Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Virginia
Kathleen Barrett
Richard D. Kelley
In Honor of Samuel Fuller, Degory Priest & Francis Eaton
Carole Leary
In Honor of Tawny Welch
Richard W. Pogue
Mary Noyes Wold
Joan Zuckerman
Carolyn Pribble
John Jenney Chapter, DAC
In Honor of the work to preserve the History of our great heritage.
John Ruffing, MD
In Honor of Katherine A. Patterson
Noel Kuhrt
Lorraine A. Link
Tyler Colony TXSOMD
Sharron Laplante, MD
Christine MacDonald
Lawrence A. Tritle
Ricky Markham Rule
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David W. Adolphson
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In Memory of Barbara A. (Clary) Martin
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Rev. Richard S. Bradford
Robert C. Chamberlain
Sandra Chase
Susan A. Chesnik
Beverly Vahlteich DeLaney
Ken Dopher
Finley O. Edwards
Elisabeth F. Ervin
Allan W. Fulkerson
Alden Gifford
Nancy Miller Greaves
Bradley H. Gunter
Melissa Hawks
Robert H. Hillick
In Memory of Nettie Bradford Hillick
Stephen William Hopkins
Passengers $75+
Albert J. Wright, III
Society of Mayflower Descendants in Canada
Mary Agnes Boni
Lori Coffey
Lynn S. Harrison
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In Memory of Mary Jane McDonald
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Luann Benoit
Brad Bittenbender
Mary L. Bowden
In Honor of John Howland
William R. Brewster
Dr. Robert and Susan Christopher
E. Stephen Derby
Nancy Dewaart
Constance Dillon
Daniel E. Dragonetti
In Honor of Isabel Churchill-Barney
Carl M. Eifler
Nancy Ervin
Rhonda Rose Fisher
Peter Ford
Alison Haskins
Beverly Hayes-Hartnett
Sarah L. Herr
Marcia C. Hofman
In Memory of Rosemary Hager & Delbert Collins
Dr. Lacy H. Hunt
Janet Roome Jenny
Judith Ann Kimball
David D. Livingston
Richard A. Loveall
Constance L. Lukar
Oriana M. McKinnon
Mark Merriman
Willard S. Moore
Raymond S. Nichols
In Honor of Mrs. Elizabeth Fellows Nichols
Karen C. Parker
In Honor of Kurt Bressner
Theresa Siegfried
Kemp C. Stickney
Donald T. Studley
Mary E. Terry
Jeffrey A. Thornton
Dr. Raleigh H. Watson, Jr.
James B. Weitz
In Memory of Patience Day Weitz
Matthew West
Charlotte Watkins Weisbrock
Lee Wilson
Della Regenold
Edward & Elizabeth Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Anne Kalter
In Honor of Henry Franklin Hosley
Barbara A. Kehrli
In Memory of Janet E. Brewer McPeck 1946 - 2025
Stewart M. Krug
Carlisle S. Lampmann
Ronald Longley
In Honor of William V. Longley of Indiana Army National Guard 2nd Battalion 139th Artillery 1959 - 1965
J. Michel Marcoux
Anne B. McDonald
In Memory of Dr. James Patrick McDonald
Mary A. Mettler
Robert E. O’Neil
In Memory of Esther Dye O’Niel, My Mother
Lisa Pennington
Lisa A. Peterson
Mary Elizabeth Randall
In Honor of Mary Cushing Nate Hardy
Sandra J. Smith
Glenna J. Symons
Daniel F. Wiechmann, Jr.
Richard Wright
In Honor of George Soule
Lauren Gordon
In Memory of Jean Elizabeth (Alden) Gordon, Ethel May
Nancy Wells
Robert and Lavonne Ayres
Ellie Bates
Bradley E. Bergmann
Heidi Jo Kamhoot Bergmann
Tom Climer
Vincent Cook
Darlene A. Early
Elizabeth A. Finley-Belgrad
David Gibbs and Rosemary
Gaile Hammond Johnson
James Karman
Tayna Kosc and Nestor Farmiga
Christine Lucas Masefield
Rachel McNulty
Eric Moore
In Honor of Uncle Eric, Aunt Donna and Family
Elizabeth S. Prokosch
Edward Rianhard
Marilyn Eckman Rittel
George W. Russell
Pam Sheldon
David Short
In Memory of Janet A. Croskey Short Romanski
Gary J. Smith
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Jersey
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of T
In Honor of Sheryl Shilling
Mary A. Haines
Albany Colony Society of Mayflower Descendants
In Memory of: Brian Cook - 06/09/24; Richard G.
Lillie - 08/26/24; Lynne Byron - 09/15/24; Arthur F. Youn - 01/08/25; Daniel J. Mead - 01/31/25; Robert E. Clemons - 03/10/2025; Gloria E. Small - 03/10/25
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Bruce D. Patterson
Russell M. Buhr
Dr. George L. Allen
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In Memory of Marjorie Maxine Stall Fjare
Theresa A. Brown
Ann Fallon Bugher
In Memory of Virginia Woods Fallon
Karen E. Carhart
In Memory of Dr. John Mortimer Hunt, Jr.
Beth Cornelius
Cheryl Edwards
Lilian Manger Fleming
Harold and Mary Gilmore
Walter A. Gregg
Priscilla A. Haass
In Memory of Alden Obering O’Brien
Jennifer Hartt
Todd M. Hirsch
Robert Howard
In Memory of Clifton Merton Howard
Nancy Howe
In Memory of Agnes & Melvyn Fuller
Thomas Hull
Terri Jessen
Wanda M. Juraschek
In Memory of V. Everard Munsey, Jr.
John D. Keith
Robert Koury
Joseph H. Little
In Honor of Prescott M. Little
Suzanne Lowe
In Memory of Anne Margaret Eddy
Jean P. McMillen
In Memory of Priscilla S. Porter
Lois G. McMillin
Pam Meyercord
Dr. Donald N. Nichols
Cecily Nisbet
Kimberly Rhoten
Muriel S. Robertson
In Honor of Muriel Soule Soffe
Joan A. Rogers
Tom Staples
Betsy Stevens
Susan Holden Sullivan
William Tainter & Denise Demaray
Edward K. Thompson
In Memory of Perry Loud Thompson
Barry L. Thorp
Edgar Eugene Wilson
Joan F. Woods
Paul Wooldridge
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Marilyn D. King
In Memory of Lina Battles Daniels
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Joyce A. Cahill
Andrew M. Dunn
In Honor of Sylvia G. Dunn
May E. Goff
Philip D. Goff
James E. Halbert
Linda Higgins
Eleanor H. Howland
Mark E. Klingaman
Dr. Edward L Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Proctor, Jr.
In Honor of our children and grandchildren
Jeffrey M. Ranney
Eleanor R. Voigt
Norma V. Neyman
Judith T. Canon
Shelley Church Rodgers
Anonymous
Bethia K. Robinson
In Memory of John Robinson (My 11th Great Grandfather)
Shirley Denison
In Memory of Edward Thomas
Robert Severy
In Memory Alexander K. Severy
Patricia Flavin
Susan Y. Henning
In Memory of Joan Reed Miller
William Harwar Parker
Kathleen A. Patterson
Jayne Larion
Laurie and Jay Catalano
Mary Dillahunty
Jan Dougall
Ann Golden
Joyanna Grinnell-Diaz
George J. Hill
Margaret A. Osborne
Judith Letchworth
Richard C. Jacobs
Julia Harner Mullane
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Robert W. Berlin
Thomas W. Card
Mary A. Eisenlohr
Charles Manger
Cannon H. Pritchard
Lucy Stuyniski
Ralph Burton Abrames, III
Rebecca Ackerman
Warren Adams
Brian K. Alexander
Vincent C. Alexander
Althea E. Alling
Catherine H. Anderson
Dorothea Anderson
Richard H. Anderson
In Honor of Lola Anderson
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In Memory of Robert D. Wallace
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In Memory of Mrs. William Taliaferro
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In Honor of Esther M. Kozma
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In Honor of Joy Applegate
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Mary Jane Archer
Ann Austin
In Honor of Lisa Pennington
Susan K. Babcox
Charles Lincoln Bacon
In Memory of Ronald Lincoln Bacon and Janice Odom Bacon
James W. and Peggy M. Baker
Pricilla Rand Baker
Dr. Percy Ballantine, II
Joyce Barker-Shaw
Gaye E. Baron
In Memory of Kate Witheril Waldo
Patrick B. Bell
Kelly S. Bertrand
In Honor of Chester Frayer Kimball III
Patricia P. Bigbee
William C. Birely, Jr.
William J. Bolton, II
Michael D. Bradbury
Denise Bradford-Amrhein
Hebert L. Brown, Jr.
Craig Theron Brown
Holly Bundock
David L. Burris
William Byrd, Jr.
In Memory of Jacquekine Julia Fish Byrd
Jane Campbell
Heather C. Caplan
Beth J. Chevalier
In Memory of H. Weston Spooner
Anita Clark
Dean F. Cobos
Stanley N. Collins
Robert E. Coltrin
Mary Ann Compher
Julie Connors-Costello
Helen Cook
In Memory of Rev. Leighton B. Gough
Jim & Jeri Corbitt
Randy and Mary Covington
Wayne F. Cowan
In Memory of Wesley V. Cowan, Jr.
Frederic H. Cox
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Cox
Christopher Charles Davidson
In Memory of Dorothy Farrington Davidson
Dawn M. Davis
In Memory of KennethL. McLeod, Jr.
Paul H. Davis
Lee Day
Karolyn Dey
Patricia A. Dotter
Helen Lillian Doty
In Memory of Masfield Mudge Doty, Jr.
Dr. Jay Dowd
Patrick Duncan
Richard K. Dunham
Sherburne W. Dunn
Peter Dustin
Lance D. Ehmcke
Rebecca Fifer
In Honor of Ida Hardy
Betsy Foss
John H. Franklin, Jr.
Isabelle C. Fraser
Friends of Pilgrim Progress
In Recognition of Friends of Pilgrim Progress
Minot P. Fryer, Jr.
Pamela Gibson
John H. Graves
Molly Greene
Thomas Greene
In Memory of Gov. General Robert Allen Greene
Frederick J. Griffith
Andrew L. Grohe
Anne Gwynn
Frances Hall
Vicky J. Hamilton
Stan Hamlett
In Memory of Stephen Hopkins
Katharine Hammond
Lucy H. Hanafourde
Elizabeth Handler
Lucille N. Haney
Elizabeth Ann Stevens Hansen
Gail T. Harris
Howard Hartstein & Mary Ruhoff
Jennifer R. Haskell
Mary Ann Head
Delbert Himsel, Jr.
In Memory of Orentus and Ethel Hardin
Shepherd M. Holcombe, Jr.
Heather Horton
Sherrill Houghton
Sharon Hughes
Janet Hunter
Jill M. Iorio
Margaret Johnson
Marie-Louise Kehoe
Philip A. Keithahn
In Honor of Mary Nelson Keithahn
John W. Kemper
Barbara Klein
Rex Klingensmith
Anne Tower Krauss
Christopher J. Kriz
In Memory of Nancy Nye Kriz
Marilyn L. Labbe
Andrew P. Langlois
Camilla Beth Larrey
Sharon Lasker
Mary M. Laub
John Martin Lear
Joan W. Leonard
Margaret Lerch
In Memory of Mark Alden Slater, Sr.
Linda Light
Patricia Mariska
Fred Masterman
Marcia Lane McDonald
William T. McEwan, Jr.
In Honor of Virginia Thompson McEwan
Ann L. McMahon
Patricia J. McManimon
In Memory of Raymond W. Jones Sr. & Jr.
Josephine Megehee
In Memory of Dr. & Mrs. Raymond B. Zeller
Catherine L. Metzger
Peter J. Michelson
In Memory of Jon D. Michelson
David J. Miller
Linda Sue Molitoris
In Memory of Thomas C. Hess Jr.
Jack W. Morgan
Braxtel L. Neely, Jr.
Jan Neumann
Alan Noel
Patricia & Frank O’Brien
Carolyn Brue Off
Susan Hanlon Olinger
In Honor of William S. Hadaway, Jr.
Joan H. Olson
Debra Olsson
In Memory of Murlin Cook
Barbara Page
In Honorof Mary Halligan
Evangeline Parent
Deborah T. Pash
Page P. Pelliconi
John Perkins
Donna C. Petersen
In Honor of Janet Phillips Petersen
Janice M. Peterson
Nancy F. Philipp
Catherine Pickett
Patricia M. Pirnie
William Wayne Pollock
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Potter
Jean Preall
Sidney Price
In Memory of Nadine Thompson Mueller
Mary Pritchard
Johanna Rakauskas
In Memory of Hugh W. Crawford
Judith D. Reed
In Memory of Kathryn Wright Davis
Gerald Reser
Rob Richmond
Russell Rockwell
John Rose
Josette Marie Ross
Stephanie Rubin
In Memory of Winthrop Robbins Sawyer
Joanna Rudeen
Edith M. Ryall
Virginia Schwerin
Craig & Pamela Seaver
Gwyn Sewall
Lois Seyse
In Memory of Flower Buhrmaster
Debra Shaffer
Judith Shannon
Bert and Nancy Sheldon
David R. Simonds
Susan Sinnott
Barbara Small
In Memory of A. Sherman Mehl
Michael K. Smeltzer
Bruce W. Smith, Jr.
Edward B. Smith
James Bennett Smith
In Memory of Clara Louise Dickenson
Rebecca H. Smith
Robert L. Smith, III
Barbara Smyth Edgar
Patricia P. Snell
Jennifer E. Snyder
David and Maura Stevenson
David B. Stevenson
Bartol Stone
Karen Strawn
In Honor of Albert H. Brewster, Jr.
Carey Cleveland Swan
R. Bruce Swayze
David N. Taft
William Gordon Tanner, Jr.
Dorothy Taylor
Christine M. Tissot
In Memory of Dorothy Peterson Strassel
Samuel P. Todd, III
Sally S. Vaun
Valyrie A. Walter
Anne D. Wattman
In Memory of Katherine White Daley
Christian Stevens Wayt
Lawrence A. Wheeler
Robert A. Whiting
Diane Wick
In Memory of Elton Foster Hammond
Mac Wiener
Edward Mcintosh Wiener
Eugene Williamson
Margaret A. Williamson
James Wilson
Leo L. Winiarski, Jr.
Robin L. Woodard
Eleanor Zeff
Channing M. Zucker
In Memory of Shirley W. Zucker
Laurie Gray Behn
Candi K. Bubert
Ann Gulbransen
Courtney Layne
Lea Sinclair Filson
Mark W. Church
In Memory of my father Jon W. Church
Sally Metzger
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Fletcher Hodges
Brenda Sowers
In Memory of Elizabeth King
Marjorie J. Kane
Henry N. Winslow
Lauralee H. Clayton
Cindy Barczykowski
Richard A. Lathrop
Joan M. Powers
In Memory of Ray W. Barker
Carter G. Abel
Marilyn Almeida
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In Honor of Sylvia G. Dunn
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Sandra A. Barto
Janett S. Calland
In Honor of N. Elizabeth (Pontius) Schubach
Roger T. Cole
Elaine L. Dickinson
Jennifer K. Dudley
Ted Ericson
In Memory of Helen Hawley Ericson
Jennifer K. Fries
In Honor of Matthew T. Fries
G. Frederic Hall
In Memory of Elizabeth Dale (Hall) Vetuskey
Barbara Hollingsworth
Freda R. Hoskin
Elizabeth Hoskinson
Donald Johnson Jr.
Lewis F. Knudsen, Jr.
Nicholas Lane
Richard Lane
Emily B. Pietras
In Memory of Joan Curtis
Maramine R. Pines
Margot Lee Simons
In Honor of Fred Lee Woodson
Martha Lovell Johnson Smylie
Susan Socci
In Memory of Florence Chandler Putnam Boutwell
Robin Standish-Hicks
In Memory of Norman Standish
Archie D. Wallace
In Honor of Mary P. Brayton
Anne Y. West
Kitty K. White
Janice Doty Word
Michael E. Garvey
In Memory of Edward B. Garvey
Linda J. Marek Bailey
Crew $1+
Anonymous
Dale L. Worthen
Nancy Ritter Zolidis
Mary Hosking
Timothy Merrill
In Memory of Merrill O. Fogg and William A. Miller
Penelope A. Pearson
Anne A. Salter
In Honor of Edward Doty
Anne W. Brown
William Hardy Flickinger
Sally C. Cicuto
Patricia Read
Michael G. Hardesty
Dale Brown
Leigh Butler
Byrle Ellsworth Gross, Jr.
David C. Jackson
Charles Marsh
Carol Sutton
Carolyn Wolf
Reid Gaede
Cheryl Jones Barkley
Melvin M. Allen
Anonymous
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In Honor of Joseph W. Barkley, Jr.
Anonymous Anonymous
In Memory of Melissa Monahan Voss
Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous
Donna E. Atwood
Cherry F. Bamberg
Noveline Beltram
Dawn Bishop
Janet Lois Burkart
Susan Bush
In Honor of Richard Bush
Patricia Calmes
Betty J. Carroll
Barbara Christensen
Ronald P. Cima
David Clapp
Bette Collins
In Memory of Florence Pultz MacGregor
Chris Connelly
Diana Connell In Memory of Dorothy Goldman
Catherine T. Connole
Michael J. Cook
Mary Cross
Nancy Waite Cuddeback
Joy A. Cullen
Garron Daniels
Christine Davidson
In Memory of Eileen Rosena James Word
Thomas Delano
Neil M. Denbo
Debra L. Eaton
Kenneth R. Eaton
In Honor of Ruth Winifred Eaton
Lee Emrick
Mary Walters Eyestone
In Honor of Mabel Dunn nee Quimby
Debra Flanagan
Virginia Flanagin
Roger W. Fletcher
In Honor of Mildred Fletcher
Nancy Foley In Memory of Betty Mae Foley
Judy Foster In Honor of Ethel May Atkinson Baker
Jane Gunther
In Honor of Olive Morton Temple
Nancy R. Guptill
Theodore M. Haines, Jr.
Craig Halen
Chester Hardy
William J. Hennessey
Catherine Hoffman
Charlotte R. Huether
In Memory of Charlotte H. Rennie
Elizabeth Horton Ingraham
Nola C. Johannes
Kristina A. Joyce
Dorothy L. Kirby
In Honor of Ann Franceschini, Daughter
Kuenn Family Fund
Dorothy E. Lawrence
Karen Lemes
Jeralyn Lewitz
Barbara E. Lezette
Ellie Lienau
Robert W. Littlefield
In Memory of Marilyn Ruth Poppe
Patsy Lodge
Claudia Loomis
Rebekah Malone
Carol A. Marchegiani
In Honor of Ellsworth Snow
Lynn Markey
Vincent R. Martorana
Marsha L. H. Masone
Waldon A. McBride, II
In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. W. A. McBride I
Theodore & Anita McConnell
Jennifer P. McNeese
In Honor of The Cobb Family
Kristen McTeague
Sharon Meigs
Kristen Moore
Barbara and Harold Munn
John T. Nelson
John T. Newman
Sandra Nickerson
Edith Northfield
Martha S. Olsen
In Memory of Ann (Rose) Gibson
William A. Penner
John E. Penty
In Honor of Grace Penty
Barbara E. Porter
Frank B. Porter
Sara Lynn Postma
Barbara Powell
Roseann Pratt
In Memory of Gordon A. Pratt
Adina D. Roberts
Richard Robertson
Karen Shaver
Clark A. Sholts
Joan Snyder
Carol Stetson
Phillip Stewart
Peter Strawbridge
Martha Sturgis
M. Joyce Taggart
Sandra P. Taylor
In Memory of Benjamin F. Post
Emily G. Todd
Susan Tufts-Moore
Charles Verrill, Jr.
Dr. Mark J. Warburton
Shannon P. Wassberg
Patricia L. Waugh
James W. Welsh
Jeanne P. Westcott
Kenneth Whinnem
Alicia Whitaker
Douglas J. Williams
Roger Sherman Williams
William Bonham Wood
Lowell G. Woodworth
Mary B. Wright
Miriam J. Yost
Catherine A. Zahn
Jill Cohen
Mickie Cook
Rev Michael R Denney
Lindsey F. Ein
Joanne Griffin
Heidi Imhof
Ann McReynolds
Judith Norlin
Mark Schmidt
Beth Szescila
Jane Wong
Studio Uplift
Lockwood and Mary Rianhard
Carleton Goss
Linda A. Jackson
Harriet Jett
Daniel L. Sullivan
In Memory of Julie Parker Spring
Karen Faile
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of North Dakota
Jane Powell Thomas
In Honor of Calvin B. Huntley
Kathleen R. Gonsalves
Garrett Buhl Robinson
Gayl Woityra
Anonymous
Linda J. Bazell
In Memory of David C. Wilcox
Kathleen A. Bergquist
Deborah Comer
Jeanne Edwards
In Memory of Rev. Lynne Josselyn
Raleigh Jacques
In Memory of Florence (Sprout) Gardner
Barbara Jones
Elizabeth M. Ruh
In Memory of Kathleen Coriell Mundy
Sheryl Ackerman
Anonymous
In Memory of Reginald Hill
Gerald Moore, Jr.
Anne L. Stouffer
Caroline M. Yocum
Anonymous
In Memory of Rosa B. Steele and Naomi S. Keller
Anonymous
Carolyn Hill
Delba Ide
Jill Jewell Mathieu
Christopher Morton
John Orcutt
Bonnie Reidman & Larry Frazier
In Memory of John Clifford Gardner, Sr.
Elizabeth Diane Ross
In Memory of John Ross
Dianne Sweeny
In Memory of Everett C. Sweeny, Jr.
Victor L. Brown
Ruth E. Anderson
In Memory of B. Mae (Gower) White
Anonymous
In Honor of Alice Hobson
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous
Anonymous
In Memory of Arnold W. Shuck
Anonymous In Memory Mary Emma Haynes Pike
Anonymous
Anonymous
Susan Austin
David M. Barron
Charles E. Beach
Mary Bowman
Nancy A. Bowman
Constance Harter Burton
In Memory of Jack Royce Harter
Debra Citrone
Diane L. Coleman-Horne
Charles W. Cushman, Jr.
In Memory of Charles W. Cushman, Sr.
Linda H. Dansie
Yvonne Dixon
Peter J. Eaton
Martha J. Emmons
Richard Lee Emrick
Lynetta Fisher
Donna Fitzgerald
P.E. Fulcher
In Memory of Yolande Earl Laverman
Sarah E. W. Garcia
Lorri Page Gilchrist
In Honor of Kenneth Gilchrist
Donna J. Gleberman
In Memory of Joseph Jones
Judith Goldbaum
Nancy L. Green
Helena R. Harrison
Virginia M. Hawes, M.D.
In Memory of Beulah Nickerson Hawes
Edward L. Herendeen
Linda Hippen
Jeanette Hursman
Sue Johnson
Dennis Jones
Louise Joyner
Peggy Kennedy
Maryjane Phillips Koenig
June Lazich
Brenda Long
Jeannine B. Long
Mir Martz
Mary Meeks
In Memory of Evelyn Suratt Meeks
Susan J. Mercer
In Memory of James Chilton
Mary Metzger
Patty Orsini
In Memory of Russell Maxfield
Carolee Peterson
Barton Reed
William F. Reed
Karen D. Renzulli
In Memory of Ruth T. Stamps
Matthew A. Reynolds
Jeanne Norton Rollberg
In Memory of Joan J. Norton
Judith A. Ruff
In Memory of John L. Woods
Dawn McCracken Saleen
Susan Simonson
In Honor of Wayne L. Simonson
Vivian Spacek
William H. Stevenson
John Stohlmann
Clare J. Swanson
Audrey G. Swihart
Joan Tabb
Marjorie Tucci
Karen M. Voss
Ralph Ward
Susan C. Weimann
Thomas E. Winningham
Bonnie L. Wiser
In Memory of Sarah Doty
Jeanette Yokley
Nellie J. Young
Patricia Meyer
Wendy Mitchell
Sharon Paugh
Leslie M. Smith
Penny Whiteside
Society of Mayflower Descendants State of Montana
In Memory of the deceased members of the Montana Mayflower Society including Audrey M. Bowman, Billings, Montana
Beverly L. Anderson
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous
Anonymous In Honor of Thomas A. Lucas
Robert H. Applegate
Delores E. Bartlett
Janice Bowell
Wade Robert Brown
Eugene Edson
Carol L. Gonzalez
Susanne S. Howard
Lucy Cushman Peck
Edward W. Perkins
Claudia W. Pettinari
Linda Richards
Nina S. Russell
Wesley D. Sage
Marion B. Schlinger
Richard G. Schmidt
Lewanne E. Hunt Sharp In Honor of Lewis A. Hunt
Peter C. Stevens
Charlene Sutherland
Don Wright
Rebecca Fitzpatrick
Bonnie L. Morrow
Anonymous
Anonymous
Dorothy Fahey
Marvin Jansma
Norton D. Kennedy
John F. King
Donald J. Kliewer
Carolyn Preber In Honor of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley
Janet M. Wall
Laura Ashkenazi
Anonymous
Barry R. Bjorkman
Lisa A. Brown
Kathryn Crosby Churchill
Deborah Jane Cochran
Thomas H. Evans, III
Lyska Gordon
Scott E. Howland
Ann McMoran
Elaine Paulley
Edward Perry
Martha A. Peyer
Kay L. Voelker
Pat Keltner
Leslie Lechner
Roxanne Parks Garrett In Memory of Mary Jane McGary van Landingha
Elizabeth Ross
Mary Catherine O’Reilly-Gindhart Simpson
Anonymous
John Geddie
Anonymous
Mayflower Meetinghouse Donations
The following names represent all those who have given to The Meetinghouse Project Campaign this year.
Over $10,000
Anonymous
The Dale H. & Jeane V. Smart Foundation
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
David and Susan Nash
Mr. Kenneth Lafferty Hess and Mrs. Constance Irish Hess
In Honor of Mayflower Meetinghouse
Carter and Sharon Wiese
The John Inman and Rose Elyea Bell Charitable Foundation,Inc.
Collier S. Wiese and Dr. Dawn A. Merritt
Lisa Pennington
Benjamin and Mary Proctor
$1,000 - $10,000
Ellen S. Jamieson
Harry C. and Jennie May Rehnberg
John Alden Colony - FSMD
Laurie Gray Behn
In Memory of Charles & Pauline Gray and Jack & Michael Gray
Nancy J. Morley
Soule Kindred in America, Inc.
Mary Proctor
Susan Moritz
Anonymous
Mary Helen Mahan
Mr. and Mrs. Raimund Vanderweil, Jr.
Bart Henson
Deborah A. Domain
Elizabeth Wych
Francis Cooke Colony
Hereditary Order of the First Families of Mass.
Kathleen Barrett
Lea Sinclair Filson
In Memory of Jeremy Bangs, Michael Kelleher, Reynolds Cushing, Ronald Coulter Filson, Virginia Mucciaccio and Judith Swan
Mark Kimball Nichols
In Memory of Daisy Stephenson Hay
National Society Sons & Daughters of the Pilgrims, IL Branch
Robert Severy
In Memory of Arabella McClintock Severy Olander
Samuel Fuller Colony FSMD
Melana Maxie
In Memory of Ed Sherman, Former Governor SMD-SC
Robert Allen, Jr.
Rev. Michael R. Denney
Martin W. Beerman
Linda White
In Memory of Col. Duane Evert Vandenberg
Arkansas Governor, AG & DGG
The Pilgrim William White Society
Lynne Ray
Debra Johnson
In Memory of Charles B. Morris
Adrienne Tarbox Hay
Alan Jewett
Alan Russ
Angela Hammer
Ann H. Bush
Ann Wilkerson
Anonymous
Anthony Tainter
Catherine Lovell
Charles and Edith Fischer
In Honor of Lisa Pennington and her husband
David Furlow for their enthusiasm and passion for this cause
Charlie A. Newcomer, III
Christine Schlosser
Christopher Karman
Cory Stimpson
Craig Standish
David L. Smith
Dorothy Mondello
Elizabeth A. Crosswhite
Frances Lopus
In Honor of Lea Filson
Gregory Sullivan
Gretchen and Bill Harvey
Holly C. Newcomb
Jack Petry
Jeanne Basanez
Jeff Pechauer
Jeffrey J. Stark
Johanna G. Balzer
In Memory of Fordney Cushman
John Blossom
John Sherman
Joseph R. Fratus
Judy Benese Scherrer
In Honor of Prarie Counce
Karen Weis
Katherine Adamo
In Honor of Elizabeth Tilley Colony
Kathryn Morrissey
Kevin MacNevin
Linda Miller
Mother Lode Colony
Pennsylvania Susquehanna Colony Mayflower Desc.
Randy J. Breese
Renee Gibson
Scott & Cynthia Craig
Susan L. Gardner
Thomas Gibson
Tom & Joan Botts
William Thomas
Bryan Edwards
Caleb Johnson
Cincinnati Colony Society of Mayflower Descendants
In Honor of Governor General Lisa Pennington
Craig and Misty Bosley
David Hale
Ellen Shaw Maceko
Jerrine Stanbury
Jodi Shaw
Jordan B. Regan
Kevin Gaffney
Leslie Harris
Lillian Bialy
Linda Foote
Lissa Kellogg
In Honor of Harold Kellogg
Michelle Michela
Raleigh Ann Jacques
Richard Hall
Robert Hoffman
Steven Van Kirk
Suzanne F. Adams
Carolyn Christensen
Beth Lambright
Deirdre Byers
J. Michel Marcoux
John “Jack” C. R. Taylor III
Sandy Ammons
Santa Barbara Colony
Dean Gaugler
In Honor of James Chilton
Barney Nelson
Joyce and Ted Sellers
Howard Alan Harstein
Los Angeles Colony Society - Mayflower Descendants
Margery Piersen
Mary Anderson
Christopher Bates
Peggie Fariss
Alex Kiselyk
Alexandra “Allie” Golon
Alison Vallieres
Amy Walts
Arnold Hopkins
Audrey Gautreau
Brett David Thomson
Brian Edward Carlson
Carol Susan Hopkins
Catherine C. O’Hara
Christopher John Conklin
Colin McNabb
Cory Way
Cynthia Elias
Cynthia Sylvester
Daniel Dittrich
Daniel L. Coberly
Daniel Vaughan
Daniel Walsh
David Gillespie
Deborah Gearty
Denise Hamilton
Donald Clark
Donald Miller
Duncan Berry
Earl McMillen
Elizabeth Willard Adams
Elwood D. White
Gayle Ann Ludwig
Gene A. Cisewski
Grant Dewitt Wells
Gregory G. Allen
H. Richard Coughlin
Howard Cowan Heath, Jr.
Ian Kendall Snow, Jr.
James Crain
James Leontiades
James Wheaton
Jamie Chandler
Janet Dunn
Jeffrey Record
John Augustus Heath
John Demario
John Dwyer
John Harman
John Lawrence Maziarz
John T. Kelliher
Joleen Gockel
In Memory of Robert Bruce Markey
Jonathan Doucette
Jonathan White
Julia Farrigan
Julie Barnes
Karen Lynne Pogoloff
Kathryn Thompson
Kevin Donovan
Kim R. Wilson
Laura Chebuhar
Laurie Beth Owen Ostasiewski
Lawrence Dean Hart
Lawrence Newton Ford
Leslie Cicerone
Lewis F. Knudsen, Jr.
Linda Henson Sorrow
Linda Peckler
Linda T. Kennedy
Lisa Manners
Lori Bainton
Lynda J. Hylander
M. Page Teer
Mark & Susan Mahoney
Mark A. Crowley
Mary Kay Felton
Maxie L. Smith
Michael Bates
Nancy Konkolewski
Neil White
Nelson Labouisse Wright
Nicole Higdon
Patricia Walter
Patrick Thomas
Peter John Williamson
Peter Newton Ford
Ray and Kimberly Forbes
Richard Batchelder
Richard Koons
Robert E. Kenyon, III
Robert E. O’Neil
Robert Emmett Pollard
Robert Perry
Robert W. Fisher
Rocky E. Criss
Roger Hogle
Ronald C. Knecht, Jr.
Sarah K. Curtis
Stephanie Curtis
Susan Mena
Susan Shea-Gerson
Sylvia Gay Brethour
Thomas Anders
Thomas Woislaw
Timothy Fitch
Val Crockett
Vincent Cook
Virginia and Robert Drew
W. Steve Bowne
Wayne E. Staples
Wayne Gardner
William Doty
William Ritz
William Wilcoxson
Lezlie Wilfer
Anne Keigher
Bonnie Butler
Cahill Zoeller
Charity Dean
Deborah W. Hicks
Diane Nitta
Doris Roach
In Memory of Jean Brooks
Eileen P. Kopelman
Heather C. Caplan
Jacquelyn Scherrer
Joan Botts
Joan Zuckerman
Karen D. Zook
Karen Woodworth
Karina Stephenson
Lisa Rail
Molly O’Holleran
In Honor of Ann Higgins Cox
Nancy Freeman Powers
Rebecca Chin
Valerie Bieber
Arkansas Society of Mayflower Descendants
Catherine Hansen
Kristine Bartley
Mary Hughes
Ann R. Ferguson
In Memory of Jane & Allan Ralston
Anonymous In Memory of Mary Klein Killough
Alison Haas
Arlyn Cherney
Blair Wentworth
Cathy Sherman
Dan Sullivan
In Memory of Lucille Mae Sylvester
Erin Sharp
Fletcher Hodges
Helen Bohmfalk
Jack C. R. Taylor III and Peter Maxson
James W. and Peggy M. Baker
Joan W. Prentice
John W. Kemper
Judith Esquivel
Knoche Family Foundation
Lynda Romers
Mary Scout
Michael Coppola
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Bates
Nikola Filby
Robert H. Einhaus
Roberta Walker Miksad
Ruth C. Leonard
Shari Gillespie
Virginia Gerrish
In Honor of the Mayflower Passengers
Allen Readio
Ann Golden
In Memory of Thomas C. Golden
Anonymous
In Memory of Thurber H. Bierce
Charles Pugsley, III
Constance Hellam
Dale Leppo
David B. Gooch
Edgar S. Hicks
Herbert Glasby
Jill Dewsnup
In Memory of Thomas Darwin Dewsnup
John Ruffing
Kenneth White
Michael & Karen Snedeker
Michael Bouchard
Michael Garey
Steven Sawyer
Thomas Botts
Thomas Ingalls
In Memory of Jonathan Ingalls Patriot Ancestor
Warren Smith
Margaret Hesterberg
Laurie Stiles Daynes
Nancy Field-Garrett
Anita Engelke In Memory of Murlin Lewis Cook
Brian Stout
Celia Adolphi
Charles Gross
David J. Grim
Donna Sharp
Elaine DeVylder
Gayle Lynds
James Callan
Jeanette Grover
Jeffrey Jones
John Stohlmann
John Wright
Linda Ann Anderson
Marian L. Thompson
Marie Bates
Martha Baker
Melanie Taplett
Nancy Keskula
Pamela Marks In Memory of John Billington
Rachel Fowler
Rebecca Fuller Woodruff
Reid Gaede
Ruth Halloran
Sharon Paugh
Terri Clarke
Wanda Langdon In Memory of Wanda Haynes
Barbara Evans
Mary E. Chase
Cathy Johnson
Dian Corneliussen-James
Marcena Love
Angela Colvin
Charlene Keith
Christine Lindstrom
Diane Arnold
Eileen Duncan
Elizabeth H. Zib
Elizabeth Harvey Tompson
Gail Whitis
Jennifer H. Griffith
Joanne Chapin
Karen Standley
Kenneth R. Eaton
Laurie Elliott
Linda Marine
Lynda Kerr
In Memory of Carol Ann Ginster Lyter
Marie Schmutz
Maureen Vos
Paul and Susanne Leon
Philip Hendricks
Randall S. Gardner
Rebecca B. Spreen
Robert Schultz
Shriley MacKay Langford
William Thomas Hamlin
Kevin Butler
Catherine Zahn
Barbara Kogerman
Carol Jean Gaffney
Diane Chapman
Donald Ballou
Marjorie Neff
Melissa Gibbons
Robert G. Fuller, Jr.
Sandra Gay Goodson
Burtram C. Hopkins, II
Barbara Bell
Elizabeth Miner
Sandy Suffoletta
S. Albert Johnson
Brant Bradford
Carl Hansen
Carolyn Amiet
Charles Bond
Clarruth Seaton
Dennis G. Elliott
Judy Loebner
Lois Boyer
Lori Roberts
Lynn E. Danicek
Marjorie Kumar
Mary H. Rose
Mary Habra
Peggy Allan
Priscilla Davis
Priscilla Maday
Randall Olivier
Robert Parken
Rochelle C. Wright
Sandra Corricello
Terrie A. Coleman
Valerie Kailhofer
W. Diane Gomm
William Zachary
Douglas Gray
Michael Blachut
Douglas Grove
Laura Soule
Nancy Wells
Shari Shanafelt
Steve Thomas
Jonathan Crocker
Jane Lewis
Bill Hamill
Amy Spurgeon
Carol Warner
Charles Matulewicz
Edith Ryall
Janis Keene
Judy Mendelsohn
Leann Soderberg
Susan Cullison
Tammy Satter
Warren Merrill
David Bailey
Debra Citrone
Virginia Barlow
David C. Jackson
Catherine Penrose
Tina Salls
Lillian J. Brunson
Jeanette Dehart
Elena Ballato
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Arizona Society of Mayflower Descendants In the State of California
In Honor of Governor General Lisa Pennington Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Delaware Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Hawaii Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Illinois Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas
In Memory of Members of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas who passed away in 2024 and all deceased members of the Kansas Member Society
Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Maine Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Maryland
In Honor of Lea Sinclair Filson Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New Mexico Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of New York Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of North Carolina Society Of Mayflower Descendants in the State Of Ohio Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of South Carolina
In Honor of Lisa Pennington Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of South Dakota
Awards 2024 - 2025
Governor General’s Distinguished Service Award
The Governor General’s Distinguished Service Award recognizes excellence and dedication to the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) and is presented to an individual for their extraordinary and extensive service.
The recipient of the 2025 Governor General’s Distinguished Service Award is Cherie Snow Lawson, a dual member of the Oklahoma and Kansas Societies. Lawson has been a devoted volunteer for the GSMD by giving educational speeches about the Mayflower Pilgrims to many community organizations and by serving as 2023-2026 Chair of the GSMD Scholarship Committee when the scholarship application went online for the first time in 2025, making it easier for applicants to submit their scholarship applications.
In addition, Lawson reached out to every applicant to assist them with the application process, and she also revised the application and the adjudicating process which increased the number and quality of the applicants.
Congratulations to Cherie Snow Lawson on receiving the 2025 Governor General’s Distinguished Service Award!
Pilgrim Academic Research Award
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Pilgrim Academic Research Committee is pleased to announce the tenth annual Pilgrim Academic Research Award recipient, Blaine Bettinger.
Blaine Bettinger, Ph.D., J.D., is a professional genealogist specializing in DNA evidence. In 2007 he started The Genetic Genealogist, one of the earliest blogs on the topic.
Blaine is the author of The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, and is or has been an instructor for genetic genealogy courses at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP), and Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research.
Congratulations to Blaine Bettinger on receiving the 2025 Pilgrim Academic Research Award!
The Pilgrim Academic Research Award is presented at the Governor General’s 1620 Club Banquet each September.
Governor General Commendation Awards
Governor General Commendation Awards are bestowed by the Governor General to individuals for outstanding service and contributions to GSMD.
The following members are the recipients of the 2025 Governor General Commendation Awards presented on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at the General Board of Assistants meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Mary Brown, Mike Byrne, Murial Cushing (not pictured) and Nancy Powers.
GSMD Member Society Commendation Awards
Commendation Awards are bestowed each year by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) at its annual meeting to members who have been nominated by their Member Society for their extensive volunteer service with significant direct benefits to GSMD or to their Member Society.
The following members are the recipients of the GSMD 2025 Commendation Awards presented on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at the General Board of Assistants meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Alabama Ann R. Ferguson
Arizona Raya Robinson
Australian Andrew Cooper Wells
California Gail Raser
Connecticut Kate Wagner
Delaware David Bradford
District of Columbia Ann Campbell
Florida Clara Waterman Powell
Hawaii Lindsay Kamm
Illinois John Schellinger
Indiana Erica Tamsen Gould
Maine
Carolyn Small
Maryland Ben Proctor Jr.
Nebraska Robert Laughlin
New York Adelaide Perry Farah
Ohio
Vicky Heineck
Oregon Frances “Francie” Fessler
Pennsylvania Laura L. Tyndall
South Carolina
South Dakota
Sarah Linley Clingman, Esq.
Sharon Wiese
Virginia John Alden Copenhaver
