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Are you interested in history and genealogy? Or perhaps you are a descendant of those who crossed over the Atlantic on the Mayflower. The Ohio Mayflower Society is part of a national group, the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, who enjoys history and fellowship. We welcome everyone to attend our meetings. Please look around our site, and come join us! All the latest news, scholarship information, and newsletters are listed below.
The Ohio Mayflower Society is pleased to announce the launch of the Ohio Mayflower blog. Our blog contains information that will help you navigate through the application process for society membership, and we welcome your questions or comments. Be sure to sign-up for email notifications of blog updates on the home page footer.
The Ohio Mayflower Society is pleased to announce the launch of the Ohio Mayflower blog. Our blog contains information that will help you navigate through the application process for society membership, and we welcome your questions or comments. Be sure to sign-up for email notifications of blog updates on the home page footer.
Mayflower Compact 1620
Mayflower Compact
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thoughtmost meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.
IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.
IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.
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