PREAMBLE

Our Ancestors, passengers on the Mayflower having landed in December 1620, on Plymouth Rock, New England and having come to settle in a new land and found a new home and government for the benefit of themselves and their posterity; and after struggles and hardships, which in the first year after their landing carried off one-half of their number, and necessitated years of continued bravery and fortitude, against innumerable trials of the several kind, and their acts and example having been instrumental in the establishment of Civil and Religious liberty throughout the land. Therefore, the Society of Mayflower Descendants, is founded by lineal descendants of that band of Pilgrims, to preserve their memory, their records, their history and all facts relating to them, their ancestry, and their posterity.

DALLAS-FT WORTH COLONY OFFICERS

GOVERNOR	Ron Moranville
DEPUTY GOVERNOR	Mike Nichols
RECORDING SECRETARY	Jean de Schweinitz
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY	Laurie Behn
TREASURER	Kent Hopkins
HISTORIAN	Ron Carter
CAPTAIN	Patrick McKinney
ELDER	Barbara Cobb
SURGEON	Dwight Lee, M. D.
COUNSELOR	Craig Hill
D/FW Board of Assistants	Laurie Behn

History of the D-FW Colony

The Dallas Colony was organized under the leadership of Mrs. Sam Barnes (Dorothy Chandler) Dickinson, who served as the first Colony Governor. In 1994, the name of the colony was changed to the Dallas-Fort Worth Colony. The colony has been a very active part of the state society since its origin, producing many state governors, officers, and committee chairman.

Colony members who have served as State Governor are: Mrs. Herbert C. Chandler, Mr. Joseph B. Latimer, Mr. Herschel W. Anderson, Mrs. Horace J. Starkey, and Mr. Donald G. Pray.

Mr. Joseph B. Latimer also served as Governor General of the General Society. During his term of office a beautiful dining room table was donated from the Texas Society to the General Society.

Mrs. Edwin S. (Paralee Olive Keys) Hoot painted a group of pictures depicting the early life of the Pilgrims in America. These paintings were donated to the General Society and were placed in the dining room of the society headquarters in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

First Slate of Officers, appointed by
State Governor Clarence M. Redfield

Lieutenant Governor - Mrs. Dorothy Chandler Dickinson
Recording Secretary - Mrs. Mary Milam Chandler
Corresponding Secretary - Mrs. Mabel Heafter Spellman
Treasurer - Miss Eleanor B. Comstock
Historian - Mrs. Susannah Wilcox Harris
Captain - Mrs. Eva Smither Hawley
Education - Mrs. Maude Dawson Spears
Counselor - Mr. Herbert C. Chandler

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Mayflower Items for Sale

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Mayflower Lineage Book III
(Covers Texas Lineages Numbers 775 to 1400)

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Mayflower Lineage Book IV
(Covers Texas Lineages Numbers 1400 through at least 2360)
This book is ready, so be sure to order one now!

COLONY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2007-2008

APRIL 22, 2007
The Dallas/Fort Worth Colony of The Texas Society
of Mayflower Descendants will host
the annual spring meeting at 1:00 pm at the home of:
Jean de Schweinitz
4108 Greenway Ct.
Colleyville, TX 76034-4126
A buffet luncheon provided by the officers will be served.
We hope that you will attend.
New Colony officers will be elected.
This is a wonderful opportunity to visit with your fellow Mayflower Descendants.

NOVEMBER 17, 2007
11:30 A.M. at Royal Oaks Country Club,
7915 Greenville Avenue in Dallas, TX.
The next colony meeting will be the Compact Luncheon.
More information will be forth coming.

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Texas State Mayflower society

General Mayflower society

Laurie Behn,Corresponding Secretary
(Membership Information)

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