More than one hundred years ago, a group of descendants of the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, saw the need for a national society to honor their memory. The intention was to remember these Pilgrims who established Plymouth Colony.
Today there are tens-of-millions of individuals descended from these brave souls. It is the goal of The Mayflower Society to join together people who share this heritage and to carry on the memory of our Pilgrim ancestors.
General Society Mayflower Descendants (Founded 1897)
Anyone who arrived in Plymouth as a passenger on the Mayflower is considered a Pilgrim, with no distinction being made on the basis of their original purposes for making the voyage. Proven lineage from a passenger, approved by a Historian General, qualifies one to be a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
Thank you Lisa for this tour. We were there in June 2024. I only wish I had this information as we were wandering around town. We did walk down the alley way, Leyden St., Burial Hill, Meeting House. etc. Will have to return to check out #16 Leyden St. for John Howland's house, my ancestor.
Leyden is a lovely town in the Netherlands. So is Delftshaven where the pilgrims had their last cburch service before setting sail - one of my cousins was baptized in that church.
Very well researched and presented. We visited in the 399th year (figured 400 would be too crowded). I wish we'd taken this walk with our grandson - he's 13th from Remember Allerton.
So, here's my line George Soule, John Soule, Rebecca Soule Weston, Rebecca Weston Darling, Benjamin Darling, Lydia Darling Torrey, Benjamin Darling Torrey, Janet Torrey Tribou, Laura Jannette Tribou Morse, Jessie Morse Flaherty, Doris E. Flaherty Allen, George Alfred Allen Jr., Kristina Louise Allen-Sakowich. (That's me!)
Hi John. The Pilgrims could have used ceramic jugs, or glass bottles to store things like oil, vinegar, etc. Olive oil was used both in England and the Netherlands at the time.
Me too. 1650. My home town was settled in 1675 and is just into Rhode Island on the coast. The last of the colonies. I would follow the herring from Tunapis pond across Goose Wing road and watch them spawn way up until the creek ran dry.
I am an Australian descendant of the Rev Thomas Blossom, who was a friend of Pastor Robinson. They were both graduates of Corpus Christi College Cambridge and both resided in Leiden Holland, before Blossom and family left on the Mayflower II. He died soon after from fever. He had older children in England, from whom our family are descended through Richard Thomas, whose mother was Hannah Blossom. Her brother, also called Thomas Blossom, was a Missionary in Tahiti. I recently published The Pilgrim's Progress to Victory on Amazon, by Kay Thomas PhD.
Just found out that he is my 12th Great Grandfather through his son Jonathan. My daughter and I are very interested in any information that could help with our journey in genealogy.
The Pilgrims obviously did not have access to the electronic cooking tools we use today, so everything was crushed and blended by hand. This is just a modern, faster adaptation.
@@mayflowersociety Oh, I know. I’m just kidding! A very tall hat off to you for producing these great snippets of 17th Century life. I do apprecaite it.
Lisa is a personable speaker who is also a great Mayflower historian. I saw another presentation she gave which highlighted the importance of the Pilgrims through the three important friendships between the Native Americans that helped them survive and thrive and the lasting legacy of the early Pilgrim leaders.
This is quite fun. I’ve been tracing the genealogy of the backwoods “real Vermonter” side of the family. I’ve always thought we were more akin to 1972 Plymouth Dusters than 1492 Plymouth Rocks. Just last week, however, I discovered we had ancestors (Cooke and the Billingtons) who came across on the Mayflower, with several more following in the Great Migration. So, I’m strapping on my buckled shoes and tall black hat and learning about the Pilgrims and the Puritans. Thank you for this channel!
'General Society of Mayflower Descendants' You're not speaking Spanish yet? wow lol maybe you guys should go get some spanish lessons 200 years is a hell of a long time to desperately cling onto someone else's language i cant believe you guys still speak the language of tyranny and oppression lmao didnt da kaang oppress you all? and then you rose up and kicked da kang back to europes, but you still speak english? bizarre really anyway, adios
I loved spending time walking the streets -Where the pilgrims walked (I could picture my there) and went on tour of the cemetery at night - So cool learning all about the pilgrims.
I had nine direct ancestors on the Mayflower. An uncle, aunt, and cousin did not survive the first winter. Amazingly strong folks to take on such a challenge
How do I become part of the S. Of the Mayflower. My so far down the line was my grandmother of the daughter of Myles Standish ( Lucy). One of my cousin is part of it but,he wasn't sure where he got the paperwork from. Told me maybe come across something about the house and ask
I'm a descendant through my maternal line. My grandmother's mother's lineage. I found it on my family tree online. It explains a lot. My grandfather was a minister. Thank you for this.
My sons are descendants of the Aldens, Priscilla and John on their fathers side. My eldest son is now part of the "Mayflower" society, since his. Gran has passed away.. She was a kind and loving woman..
I have Mayflower descendants John Hopkins,Katherine Wheldon came over on the Mayflower.They had a son Childress…..singer Alveril Leveign is said to be a John Hopkins descendant.I have Wing Ancestory,Wings have a Fort in Sandwich Mass.They were ship builders for the Pilgrims.
