Joan; Thanks much. I will send for an application. D. Coleen ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan C. Miller <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] responses > Hi All, > It's The Pilgrim John Howland Society,Inc. Applications to become a > member may be requested from Judith A. Elfring, Registrar; e-mail: > [email protected] > Last November we attended Thanksgiving Dinner at Plimoth Plantation. > What a treat. We really enjoyed our three days in spite of the cold > weather. > While there we visited the home of Jabez Howland. The hosts and > hostesses were so accommodating and ever so friendly. Made us feel at > home and shared lots of interesting facts. > To make a long story short... my daughter in CA asked about becoming a > member. > Since I am a member of Society of Mayflower Descendants through Myles > Standish on my paternal side, thought it would be nice to join John > Howland Society on my maternal side. > At that time we thought this was our only Mayflower lineage. > We now know through our DAY line we have another Myles Standish line on > our maternal side. > > Little background on the John Howland Society, which I'm sure you know is > not the same as becoming a member of the Society of Mayflower > descendants, - > This Howland Society celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1997. > To quote from their literature: " The objective of the society is to > perpetuate the memory of our ancestors, John Howland and his wife, > Elizabeth Tilly Howland; to preserve and publish manuscripts relating to > the John Howland family; to erect and keep in good repair a memorial to > their memory in the Pilgrim Church at Plymouth; to assist in pursuing > research in England and Holland to discover their ancestors; to retain > possession of and keep in good condition the properties known as the > "Howland House" at Plymouth, Mass., and the Howland homesites at rocky > Nook, Kingston, Mass." > > I sent my membership application to Judith. I think a nominating > committe meets to determine elegibility. > > Any questions? I have several "Howland Quarterly Newsletters". > > Joan > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >