Plymouth · 1620 Maryland · 1938
Society of Mayflower Descendants — Maryland
1938.

Lord Baltimore Hotel · 4 March

Chartered in a hotel parlor.

The Chapter has remained what it was always meant to be: a small, durable fellowship of Maryland Pilgrim descendants — meeting twice yearly for a long dinner, awarding a scholarship, and tending the quiet labor of genealogy.

Founding

Our history

The Lord Baltimore Hotel, March 1938 — and the seventy-three years that followed before a plaque was hung.

1938 Lord Baltimore Hotel

Today

Meet the Board

The volunteer officers who keep the books, the records, and the fellowship of the Chapter.

13 officers 3-year terms

Bylaws

Board positions

The 16 elected offices defined by the Society’s bylaws — Governor, Treasurer, Historian, Elder, and the rest.

Awarded yearly

The Scholarship

A minimum $1,500 annual award to a graduating senior of proven Mayflower descent, sustained by member gifts.

$1,500+ March 20 deadline
Per ardua, fideliter — through hardship, faithfully.