Current & Old Tennessee Society News
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Member and Public Information
Check here for updates.
Working:
(1.) 2024 Scholarship Program is Set. (CLICK HERE).
(2.) Eyes are now on our 75th anniversary planning.
(3). Members: Please note that annual dues will increase incrementally due to our yearly obligation to the General Society.
(4.) The application fee for Junior Membership has increased.
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– What would you like to see ‘Worked On?’
The ‘Pilgrims’ were not Puritans. They were Separatists. They were not referred to as ‘Pilgrims’ until the 1800’s.
Patriots to Passengers
So… If you like digging into Revolutionary War History and related sirnames, this is for you!
Just click on the above heading, read the background information, then download the PDF Data Sheet, start searching. Like a box of chocolates… to semi-quote F. Gump!
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Scholarship Program 2024
The Tennessee Society of Mayflower Descendants is offering a $1,000.00 scholarship to a current Tennessee High School Senior or Accredited Home School Program. To be eligible the applicant must follow and meet all guidelines and requirements.
Click here for Instructions and Application.
Latest news from Plymouth - 43rd General Congress Election Results
The Executive Committee for the 2023 - 2026 Term.
Governor General – Lisa H. Pennington, Esq. > Texas
Assistant Governor General – Jeffrey J. Stark > Wisconsin
Secretary General – Martin “Marty” W. Beerman > Nebraska
Treasurer General – Bart S. Henson > Texas
Historian General – Alexandra “Allie” Shires Golon > Colorado
Counsellor General – James “Jim” Wheaton, Esq. > Massachusetts
Elder General – Reverend Michael R. Denney > Maine
Captain General – Collier S. Weise > South Dakota
Surgeon General – David Lowell Nash, MD > Florida
Members at Large
Christine “Chris” Schlosser > Wisconsin
Beth Lambright > Oregon
Jane Schleinzer > Illinois
Veterans!
Thank you for your service!
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
Benjamin Franklin
- On September 10th, a meeting of the General Board of Assistants, of "The Mayflower Society", took place in Plymouth, MA. Representatives from acorss the nation, Europe and Australia gathered to discuss and work on our Society's business.
- If you are a visitor, and believe your history ended at birth, move on. If not, there are, calculated to be over 35 million descendants of Mayflower passengers WORLD WIDE. To date, there are more than 100,000 descendant/members in our General Society. PLEASE CHECK OUR MEMBERSHIP PAGE FOR GUIDELINES ON HOW TO START YOUR RESEARCH.
- 2019 Gallery - See sub-menu under NEWS
- There has been a major change to our Junior Membership rules. You no longer have to be a member of the "Tennessee" Society of Mayflower Descendants to SPONSOR a Junior Membership in the TNSOMD. As before, you must be a member of your state's society, 'in good standing'. This change is in the process of being published.
