
Men and women, age 18 or older, who are lineal descendants of those men or women who resided in any of the following towns of the Plymouth Colony prior to 1692 are eligible for membership:
The fee to join our society is $275 which includes the $25 application fee.
Individuals who settled in one of the 18 towns of the Plymouth Colony are considered propositus ancestors for membership. Plymouth Colony consisted of the following towns:
Barnstable (1638) * Bridgewater (1656) * Bristol (1681) * Dartmouth (1652)
Duxbury (1637) * Eastham (1651) * Freetown (1683) * Little Compton (1682)
Marshfield (1640) * Middleborough (1669) * Plymouth (1620) * Rehoboth (1645)
Rochester (1686) * Sandwich (1638) * Scituate (1633) * Swansea (1668)
Taunton (1639) * Yarmouth (1639)
The list of qualifying towns does not include the settlement of Weymouth, which, in 1621 at its first settlement was known as Wessagusset. This settlement was, in fact, its own colony and in 1630 became part of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay.
If you qualify, please contact the Genealogist General for an application.
New England Hereditary Societies