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Welcome

"Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor," by William Halsall, 1882 at Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Thank you for visiting the official web site for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Washington. We invite you to learn more about our Society, explore the possibility of joining and discover the benefits received from being a member of the Society. You are eligible to join the Washington Mayflower Society if you can document your descent from one or more of the passengers on the Mayflower voyage of 1620 that terminated on the shores of New England at Plymouth. Applicants must be 18 years of age to join. Any relative of an adult member can sponsor a child from birth to 18 years of age to become a Junior Member. The Mayflower carried passengers who were coming to a new country to start a new life along with the ship's crew that sailed the Mayflower.

On our site you can find a listing of the known people who made the journey on the Mayflower which landed in 1620, including a brief Biography for each Mayflower passenger with descendants.

We hope that you will take a few moments to peruse the pages herein. Whether you are interested in becoming a member, or simply learning more about the Washington State Mayflower Society History, we are certain you will enjoy your visit.

Twenty-six male adult passengers are known to have left proven descendants, and they can be viewed in the "Eligibility & Passenger" section, along with detailed membership information to assist in the process of joining the Society in the "Applications" section. Beginning January 1, 2010, all passengers, including children may be used to prove ancestry for the Mayflower Society.

To learn more about Society Objectives, or to apply for membership, view the pages which can be accessed from either the top or bottom of this page or contact an Officer of the Society.

Information about the lives, struggles and achievements of the Passengers on the Mayflower can be found in multiple books on Mayflower history. A few are listed below.

• "Mayflower A Story of Courage, Community and War", by Nathaniel Philbrick states "In 2002 it was estimated that there were approximately 35 million descendants of the Mayflower passengers in the United States, which represents roughly 10 percent of the total U.S. population."  
  You could be one of the 35 million persons who descends from a Mayflower Passenger.
  
  

• "Thanksgiving", by Glen Alan Cheney -- Another book written about the religious climate in England, resulting in the move to Holland, and the Mayflower journey to the new country.
  
  

• "Strangers and Pilgrims, Travelers and So-Journers", by Jeremy D. Bangs, PhD, published in 2009 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, is the result of 30 years of research by Dr Bangs in Leiden Regional Archive, Archives of Leiden and Amsterdam Church Congregations and all 24 Volume of the Plymouth Colony Records.
  
  The editor of our Newletter "Evergreen Log" said "It was a pleasure to have read this book of history." Read his review of the book in the "Evergreen Log" Vol 23, Issue 1 Winter 2010.