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Spring 2018

Spring Luncheon Woodstock Club, 1301 W 38th St.—Indianapolis

Saturday, April 21, 2018, 11:30 am

April Program

Governor General George Garmany, Jr., MD

Please join the Indiana Society for an enlightening talk from our Governor General of the General Society.

“Captivity: Terrorism at the turn of the 18th Century"

This presentation gives a reasonable discussion of how New Eng-land made the transition from its impoverished state in the late 1600's to the ringleaders of the revolution that took on the finest army in the world.

Read more about our new Governor General:

Dr. George P. Garmany, Jr., from Boulder, Colorado, was recently elected as Governor General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. He has been a member of the Colorado Society since 1994, serving multiple offices there, including two terms as Governor. Prior offices in the General Society include four terms as Surgeon General and one term as Assistant Governor Gen-eral, with numerous extra appointments during that time. Most recently he served three years chairing the “2020 Committee” which engaged in planning for the activities for the General Society to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage. George earned both his BA and MD degrees at the University of Virginia. He moved to Colorado for Resi-dency training and practiced Neurology in Boulder for thirty-eight years. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, and his long-term commitment to teaching resulted in an appointment as Clinical Professor of Neurology at the University of Colorado. He is a former President of the United Medical Staff of Boulder and also of the Colorado Society of Clinical Neurologists. In recognition for his long-term work with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, he received the prestigious Harold E. Williamson Award es-tablished by the COPIC Foundation to honor a physician who has volunteered extensive services in his or her community in Colorado.

George belongs to the Boulder Rotary Club and has served as a Scoutmaster. He continues to work with

the Boy Scouts as a Board Member for the Longs Peak Council. Activities with the Scouts have allowed

George and his family to enjoy the wonderful outdoors in Colorado and other nearby states. George’s wife,

Beverly, is a member of the Arapahoe Chapter of the DAR in Boulder, and George also belongs to the

Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Connecticut. They both share a deep love of American History and

are looking forward to working with the Mayflower Society at this special time in preparation for the 400th

anniversary of the Mayflower voyage.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Program in April 1

Governor’s Message 2

Board Roster 3

Fall luncheon Pictures &

New Members 4

Historian Reports 5-7

Donations Request &

In Memoriam 8

New Luncheon RSVP form 9

2018 & 2019 Calendars 10

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Governor’s Message By Linda McGlothin—Indiana Society Governor

Spring 2018 Greetings, Everyone!

As I write this, I can hear the birds singing just outside the window. They know that spring will soon

be here. And in walking outside, there are several blooms popping out their heads. I am reminded of

the pilgrims and their experience after a harsh winter, waking up to birds singing, seeing the signs of

spring, and being grateful that they had made it through that harsh winter.

I am grateful to be serving you and excited about our spring luncheon meeting. Our Governor Gen-

eral George Garmany will be visiting and sharing a few updates from Plymouth before launching in

to his entertaining talk on "Captivity: Terrorism at the Turn of the Century." This is one program not

to be missed. Following the presentation there will be time for questions. Let's show him our support

and "Hoosier Hospitality" by being present for this educational program.

One of our goals involves education of children and the true story of the Pilgrim experience. Also in

attendance at the spring meeting will be Kevin Stonerock who portrays the pilgrim Stephen Hopkins.

The Indiana society supports Kevin with donations to help underwrite his "Pilgrim in the School" program. Kevin is available for

programs, not only to school children, but also to Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, after school programs, etc. His character Stephen Hopkins

is ideal for 5th graders. If you know of a group who would enjoy having Kevin, please go to his website, www. kevinstonerock.com

and email him your request.

To bring you up to date on the Parish Meeting House in Plymouth and the donations given from Indiana; this year we gave a little less

than $1000, so we are well on the way towards our goal. Each state is encouraged to give as able, and we have through 2020 to give

to reach the goal of $5000. This church is built on the original site where the Pilgrims first worshipped 400 years ago. The church is

in need of donations to fund the restoration. If you have not yet given this year, please consider a tax free donation for this worthy

cause. You may send a check made out to the society to our Assistant Treasurer Dick Gould, 2436 Hopwood Dr, Carmel, IN 46032.

On a final note, we currently have a need of a Board Secretary to take minutes, and we need your help to fill this vacancy. Duties in-

clude attending the four yearly meetings and taking minutes. For details on how you can become more involved with the work of the

Society, call 317-257-6350 or email me at [email protected] or [email protected].

Hope to see everyone on April 21!

Linda Linda McGlothlin

Governor, Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants

[email protected]

Board Officers: Brigitt Caito Elder, Bryant Pedigo Captain, Dick Gould Asst Treasurer, Val

Wenzler Surgeon, Chuck Provost Treasurer, Deb Givan Deputy Governor, Linda McGlothlin Gov-

ernor, Laura Smith Historian

S P R I N G

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Mayflower Officers and Board

Governor Linda McGlothlin Deputy Governor Deb Givan Board Secretary Vacant Corresponding Secretary Mary Freeman Surgeon Dr. Val Wenzler Captain Bryant Pedigo Elder Roberta Caito Historian Laura Smith Assistant Historian Pam Smith Treasurer Chuck Provost Assistant Treasurer Richard Gould

Deputy Governor General—Chuck Provost

Assistant General—Laura Smith

Class of 2015 Term Expires 2018 Ellen Eckert Melissa Garrard VACANT

Class of 2016 Term Expires 2019 Diane Dorocke Karen Mitchell VACANT Class of 2017 Term Expires 2020

Erica Gould Diana McDowell Marsha Reynolds Jan Swartz

Board Secretary Position Available

Our Society is in need of a Board Secretary who is responsible for taking minutes at Board Meet-ings twice a year. If you are a newer member, this is a great way to become more involved with our Mayflower activities. If you are interested and would like to know more about this volunteer task, please contact Linda McGlothlin, Governor. [email protected]

Our next meeting will be in September. If you are comfortable with word-processing & email, we promise you will not have to use this quill pen!

Board of Assistants: Diana McDowell, Marsha Reynolds, Melissa Garrard, Erica Gould, Diane

Dorocke, Ellen Eckert, Jan Swartz.

Members are always welcome at Board

Meetings in the Fall and Spring. RSVP to

Linda McGlothlin if you would like to at-

tend. This is a great way to learn more

about our society!

mailto:[email protected]

Fall Program with Fritz Klein

Welcoming New Members

Fritz Klein entertained our membership at the Fall meeting

with his impersonation of Abraham Lincoln

Book (right) was won by the youngest person at each table as

a door prize

Richard Gould was recognized

by our National Society for thir-

ty years of dedicated service to

our Mayflower Society—as past

Governor, Assistant Treasurer,

and Scholarship Committee

member.

Special Awards at Fall Meeting

Rev. Cory Randall was recog-

nized by the National Society

for his extensive service as El-

der and Historian in the Michi-

gan Society. He is dual member

of Indiana & Michigan

Historian Laura Smith (left) with new members

Carolyn and Abigail Christensen & Rob Pfaff

Progress on the DNA project on FTDNA

Laura Smith Here is an update on the IN database & death certificates/information

project. The Indiana Mayflower database is incomplete…only active

members were included when it was created.

I am creating an excel file that has the pertinent information on every

member (past and present) that will be used to add every member to

the database.

I have reviewed every application from 1-1000 added them to the Excel file

I have searched for death certificates, find a grave, death indexes, and social security death information

for members 1-800

I am also in the process of comparing the database entries with the applications from more recent mem-

bers.

I am also including relationships of members to each other.

This is a work in progress project that I hope will be completed by the end of 2018.

I intend to give all the death information found from our members to Plymouth when complete.

Plymouth increased cost of preliminary applications from $25 to $35 per request on their website

starting Jan 1, 2018. In the past volunteers did the preliminary reviews, however due to the increased num-

ber of reviews, there are no longer volunteers willing to do the job and new staff must be hired and trained.

Renewal of NEHGS at a 10% discount ($ 80.10)

Approved Applications in Plymouth since Fall 2017 meeting

(6 new— 3 supplemental)

Rob Pfaff (M Norris Allerton, C Hopkins & E Fisher Hopkins)- apvd 30 Nov 2017 GS 89587 IN 1524

Tina Kay Pierce (J Howland)-apvd 08 Dec 2017 GS 92405 IN 1543

Donn Harvey Behl (S Hopkins)-apvd 12 Dec 2017 GS 92435 IN 1544

Alisha Chappell Aman (M Standish)-apvd 19 Dec 2017 GS 92468 IN 1545

Mary Jane McNay (E Doty)-apvd 19 Jan 2018 GS 92632 IN 1546

Thomas Dale Baker (J Howland)- apvd 19 Jan 2018 GS 92633 IN 1547

William Clyde Hine Jr (W Brewster)-apvd 23 Feb 2018 GS 92786 IN 1548

Additional Applications in Plymouth

New applications since Fall 2017 meeting (12 new — 2 supplemental)

Applications very close to sending to Plymouth (4 new – 2 supplemental)

Preliminary applications since Fall 2017 meeting

Preliminary applications since Fall 2017 meeting (22)

From Historian Dr. Laura Smith & Assistant Historian Pamala Smith

Assistant General Laura Smith Report Spring 2018

Plymouth approved over 2,000 applications and supplementals and over 2,700 Preliminary Reviews in 2017.

Plymouth made several partnerships in 2017 including

NEHGS-members will receive a 10% discount for membership

FTDNA-members can contribute their DNA to the Mayflower project and receive discounts on kits purchased through FTDNA

Pilgrim to Passenger project to link revolutionary servicemen to their Mayflower ancestors

Expanded our Family Society Partnership Program to include 12 new Family Societies

ALDEN- Alden Kindred of America For more information, email Desiree Mobed at [email protected]

ALLERTON- Pilgrim Isaac Allerton Society For more information, email Lisa Pennington at [email protected]

BILLINGTON- Billington Family Society For more information, email Marsha Berland at [email protected]

BREWSTER -The Elder William Brewster Society For more information, email Gregory Evan Thompson at [email protected]

BROWN- Pilgrim Peter Brown Society For more information, email Sandra Sauers at [email protected]

DOTY- The Pilgrim Edward Doty Society For more information, email Donna Masaniai [email protected]

FULLER - The Fuller Society For more information, email Deb Yingst at [email protected]

HOPKINS - Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society For more information, email Ken Whittemore at [email protected]

HOWLAND -The Pilgrim John Howland Society For more information, email Jean Albert at [email protected]

ROGERS -Thomas Rogers Society For more information, email Tracy Crocker at [email protected] or Donna Mangiafico at [email protected]

SAMSON - Pilgrim Henry Samson Kindred For more information, email Scott Samson at [email protected]

\SOULE - Soule Kindred in America For more information, email Jeanette Taylor at [email protected]

STANDISH - Society of Myles Standish Descendants, Inc. For more information, email Denise M. Ferraro at [email protected]

WARREN - Warren Cousins For more information, email Deborah Shea at [email protected].

WHITE - The Pilgrim William White Society For more information, email Prarie Counce at [email protected]

WINSLOW - Winslow Heritage Society For more information, email Kathy Myers at [email protected]

Plymouth published silver book volume 21part 2 John Billington to gen 6

New insignia include 10 and 25 year member anniversary pins

Forty descendants visited England and Holland in the summer to visit important Pilgrim sites.

At the 41st Mayflower General Congress in September, approved several proposals and elected the following Executive Committee for the 2017-2020 term: Governor General – George P. Garmany Jr., MD of the Colorado Society Assistant Governor General – Susan E. Roser of the Canadian Society

Secretary General – Jane E. Hurt of the Kansas

Treasurer General – Elizabeth “Liz” W. Gaudreau of the Colorado Society Historian General – Marjorie "Midge" K. Hurtuk of the Connecticut Society Elder General – Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Pike of the New York Society Captain General – Jeff Stark of the Wisconsin Society

Surgeon General – Naomi S. Mann, MD of the Louisiana Society


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http://www.pilgrimhenrysamsonkindred.org/


https://soulekindred.org/


http://www.mylesstandishsociety.org/


https://www.facebook.com/thewarrencousins/

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The Scholarship Committee

Val Wenzler, Marsha Reynolds, Dick Gould & Melissa Gerrard announce the Recipient of the 2018 Mayflower Society Schol-arship

Assistant General Report (cont.)

Counsellor General – Richard S. Gilmore, Esq. of the Massachusetts Society Member at Large West – Lisa Pennington of the Texas Society Member at Large East – Donald T. Studley, CPA of the Connecticut Society

Member at Large – Jane Schleinzer of the Illinois Society

Proposals approved at Congress included moving forward from the ‘Joint Venture Agreement’ to forming a ‘Charitable Trust’ with First Parish

Church to raise the necessary funds to restore and preserve the National Pilgrim Memorial Meetinghouse and the proposal of the New Eng-

land Historic Genealogical Society and FamilySearch to digitize and index all Mayflower applications on file.

GSMD thanked our most generous donors with a local, historical tour and the 1620 Club Banquet in September. At the banquet, we awarded the 2017 Pilgrim Academic Research Award to Pilgrim scholar Jeremy Bangs. His colleague Jori Zijlmans of the Netherlands accepted the award on his behalf.

With regret, but warm wishes, Dr. Walter Powell retired as the first Executive Director of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, giving us the opportunity to hire new Executive Director Susan Belekewicz in September 2017.

Successfully removed the balustrade on the Mayflower Society House to ready the roof for important repairs. We hope to restore a new balustrade replica in time for the 2020 celebrations.

Upcoming events:

Pirates Ashore is May 19, 2018 in Plymouth

The MA society is hosting a book discussion at the Mayflower House on Jun 7, 2018 at 10 AM. They will be discussing Between Two

Worlds: How the English Became Americans by Malcolm Gaskill

2018 Scholarship Recipient Kevin Stucker

My name is Kevin Stucker. I am the grandson of General Society of Mayflower

Descendants member Pamela Henry Sanders and a descendant of Mayflower pas-

senger William Brewster. A Franklin, IN resident, I will graduate from Whiteland

Community High School May 26, 2018. I was recently recognized as a National

Merit Finalist. I am active in my school, church, and community. I played high

school football for four years and have been a percussionist in our school concert

band throughout high school. I serve as a musician for Community Congregational

Church's praise team. I am currently my school's National Honor Society President

and serve as President of Whiteland's inaugural Town Manager's Student Advisory

Council. This year will be my tenth year as a 4-H member. At this time I am close

to making my final decision as to where I will be attending college. I plan to study

political science for my undergraduate major in preparation for law school.

Thank you for your support, Kevin Stucker

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https://www.themayflowersociety.org/blog/item/299-gsmd-operations-announcement

https://www.themayflowersociety.org/blog/item/318-general-society-mayflower-descendants-gsmd-names-susan-belekewicz-executive-director

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Other Ways to Contribute to our Mayflower Society — Erica Gould Please also consider shopping on smile.amazon.com. Amazon has a charitable foundation that

will donate 0.5% of your eligible Amazon purchases to the charitable organization of your

choice. To get started, go to smile.amazon.com and select a charity. The Indiana Society

of Mayflower Descendants is not one of Amazon’s spotlight charities, but you can “pick your

own” by typing Indiana Mayflower in the search box underneath the spotlight charities. The re-

sult will show the Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants— elect this. It’s that simple.

However, when you shop, you will want to remember to go to smile.amazon.com

instead of the regular amazon.com, but it is the same website and all the same

products and all of your old preferences and passwords will still be in place.

“ Feel good while you shop knowing that a small portion of your purchases will

be helping to support The Indiana Society’s Scholarship Fund.” —Melissa Garrard

There is also the Kroger Rewards Program as another means to contribute as you

make purchases. Kroger is committed to helping our communities grow and pros-

per. Year after year, local schools, churches and other nonprofit organizations will

earn millions of dollars through Kroger Community Rewards. Kroger Community Re-

wards makes fund-raising easy—all you have to do is shop at Kroger and swipe your

Plus Card! (Information about getting a Kroger card is available online.)

Since last Fall, the Society has lost three members. Books have been donated to the Indiana State Library in their

memory from our Society.

Edwin E. Niles, Ancestors: Francis Cooke and William Warren . Edwin Niles was a member of our Board of

Assistants. He passed away November 10, 2017

In Memoriam

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Reservation Form Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants Meeting & Luncheon

Where: Woodstock Club, 1301 W. 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208

When: Saturday, April 21, 2018; meeting at 11:30 am, luncheon about 12:15 pm

Please respond by April 13, 2018 Adults $35.00, Children (10 & under) $20.00

Deb Givan Payment must accompany reservation

7050 Hull Road (Make check to Indiana Mayflower Society)

Zionsville, In 46077 Reservations & Cancellations must be received no later than

[email protected] April 13, 2018 as I will not be available thereafter

Menu as follows: designate 1 of the 2 choices of meals and desserts when reserving. You may also specify gluten free _____ or dairy free _____ only.

Select Entree _____Woodstock Chicken Piccata with Lemon Caper Cream Sauce

OR

_____Grilled Vegetable Crepe (Marinated Portobello, Asparagus, Carrot, Red Onion and Squash in Twin Crepes)

Select For Dessert _____Strawberry Shortcake – Homemade Sweet Biscuit with Vanilla Ice Cream, strawberries

OR

_____Fresh Seasonal Berries – with Orange Grand Marnier Syrup _____ Kids Meal: (10 and under) Fruit Cup, 3 x Chicken Fingers with French Fries, World’s Smallest Sundae Also, please make sure that the mailing address on the envelope is:

THE INDIANA SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS, c/o Deb Givan, 7050 Hull Road, Zionsville, IN 46077

At the Board of Assistants’ meeting in March 2018, and in looking at the year end Treasurer's report, it was de-

cided that we need to cut expenses because our expenses are more than our income. So, it was decided to cut

back on the mailing of the formal invitation. In the future, starting in the Fall 2018, we will still have the RSVP

in the newsletter; we will email the invitation to everyone who has an email address (i.e. to the same people to

whom we email the newsletter). We will only mail out a hard copy of the invitation to those who live in Indiana

who do not have email. It is difficult to break from tradition and we realize that you may “miss” the fancy invita-

tion in the Fall, but the Board needs to be financially responsible.

Dear Members, Your financial donations to ISMD are a necessary component for the continuation of our State Socie-

ty. Our receipts from annual dues and membership fees comprise about one-half of the revenue needed to fund our

current activities. This year, our annual expenses will exceed our Society’s income by a substantial amount. Please

consider making annual contributions to ISMD and please include ISMD in your long term, intentional donation

plans. All donations to ISMD are fully tax deductible by the donor as a 501(c)3 charitable, educational society. The

great ideals which our Pilgrim ancestors passed on to us are worthy of a continuing legacy. Thank you for your con-

tinuing financial support of The Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants. Please mail donations to:

Chuck Provost, ISMD Treasurer, 6831 Marmont Ct, Indianapolis, IN 46220 or Dick Gould, ISMD Assistant

Treasurer, 2436 Hopwood Dr, Carmel, IN 46032

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Please update us with any changes in your family’s status – change of address, change of name or any deaths. Did you

know that if you mail in a copy of a death certificate or obit that it will be forwarded to Plymouth and placed in your family

history record?

PLEASE SEND INFORMATION TO: Linda McGlothlin, [email protected], or

6367 N Parker Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46220.

Indiana Society of Mayflower Descendants

Kathryn Lerch, Editor

711 East 58th Street

Indianapolis, IN 46220

[email protected]

Address Correction Requested

2018 Calendar

April 21, 2018 Spring Membership Luncheon

with Gov Gen George Garmany 11:30 am

Sept. 22, 2018 Fall Board Meeting 10:30 am

Members welcome!

Nov. 17, 2018 Fall Membership Luncheon 11:30 am

2019 Calendar March 9, 2019 Spring board meeting 10:30 am

April 27, 2019 Spring Society meeting 11:30 am

Sept 21, 2019 Fall board meeting 10:30 am

Members welcome!

Nov. 23, 2019 Fall Society meeting 11:30 am

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