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Become a Member

Junior Membership

The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants in one of the 47 state societies offering the Junior Member Affiliation.

As stated in our bylaws, “Anyone from birth to age 23 may be awarded an undocumented membership through an application submitted by an adult family member of the Society who has already been admitted to membership and whose membership is active.” 

While full life membership is available to every lineal descendant, this program allows a member of the Society to apply for Junior Membership on behalf of any minor who is a blood relative of any current member of the State Society. There will be a one-time fee of $100.00 to enroll as a Junior Member. Activities for juniors, sponsored by the MSMD and/or the GSMD, are advertised regularly in The Compact. Since children in our public schools generally study the Mayflower Story in the primary grades, this program will help foster an early interest in their ancestry and foster an interest in life membership in the Society.

  • Junior Members are not members of the General Society as they themselves have not filed documented lineage papers.
  • They are not assigned a General Society or regular State Society number, only a Junior State Number (e.g. MSMD J 0052).
  • They may not vote or hold office until they reach 18.
  • Junior members do not receive the Mayflower Quarterly, but they do receive the Massachusetts Junior Compact newsletter and other age appropriate materials.
  • Junior members may convert to Life Membership at any age as long as the usual lineage papers are executed by the sponsor member on their behalf and the papers are approved by both the State and General Historians.
  • At age 18 a Junior Member may transfer to Regular Membership in the State Society where Junior Membership is held provided the usual lineage papers are completed and approved. Transfer is encouraged by age 23, since individuals who do not transfer by then will age out of the program. At that point, they are dropped by the State Society and must reapply in order to rejoin.

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Please direct any questions to:
msmd@massmayflower.org

(All Rates effective through 12/31/2025).