This question is for Susan, but if you know the answer then please feel free to jump in and answer the question. My question has to do with descendants of children born out of wedlock where the parents never married. Would those descendants be able to join the Mayflower Society? The line I have interest in is the Isaac Allerton/Cushman lines. Thomas Cushman had a son, Thomas Cushman, born out of wedlock to Alice Hayward. Since they never married will the descendants of Thomas Cushman, out of Alice Hayward, who married Bethia Thompson be eligible to join the Mayflower Society, thru his father,Thomas Cushman, son of Robert Cushman and Persis Lewis? All responses will be greatly appreciated. (There are way too many Thomas Cushman's in this family. <G>) Bob Trapp