If you have documentation that leads you to believe you may be descended from a passenger on the Mayflower voyage of 1620 that terminated on the shores of New England at Plymouth, you may be eligible to join the Society. Any person able to document his/her lineal descent from one or more of the Mayflower passengers is eligible to apply for membership in the Society Benefits of Joining
There are several benefits to becoming a member of our organization:
Annual Dues and Fees Adult (18 years of age and older) Filing Fee: $90 plus current year's dues ($20) due at time of preliminary application Annual Dues: $20 Life Membership - Entrance Fee Waived
Members can file Supplemental Lines, for $90.00 per line filed.
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Junior Membership
Members are encouraged to enroll their children and grandchildren as Junior Members. Members may sponsor for junior membership any direct descendant under eighteen years of age, of any Passenger on the Mayflower voyage which terminated at Plymouth, New England in December 1620, whose line of descent is already established through family membership approved by the State Historian and the Historian General of the General Society.
Every candidate for enrollment is encouraged, but not required to furnish proof satisfactory to the State Historian of their descent, direct or collateral, from a member of the Maine Society whose line has been approved by the Historian General of the General Society.
Relationship to any child includes: parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
The registration fee for such enrollment shall be a one-time fee of $15 which must accompany this application form. Please mail to the Maine Mayflower Society State Junior Committee Chairman:
Carol A. Gagnon
189 Blanchard Rd.
Cumberland Center, ME 04021-3201
Upon acceptance a State Junior Member shall receive a packet of information including a certificate, a card of membership, and other Pilgram related information which is mailed to the applicant or the sponsor as indicated.
Within seven years after reaching the age of eighteen years such enrolled descendant shall have the privilege of becoming a member of this Society without the payment of the present entrance fee of $90.00. Junior memberships expire at the age of 25 if not converted to a full membership. See below for the Junior Membership Application Form.
Please notify the Maine Mayflower Society Junior Chairman of any change of address.
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