Become a Member

The first step is to contact the Branch closest to you.  (Click here for a list of branches.)
Your local branch will work with you, to help you through the application process. 

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Click here to download the membership application.
Click here to download the second page of the membership application, if needed.
Click here for page one of the application instructions.
​Click here for page two of the application instructions.

Membership in the National  Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims shall be through a Branch and is divided into three classes:  

(1)  Regular Membership - Any person of  good character having attained the age of eighteen years, in lineal descent  from  any Pilgrim, shall be eligible for regular membership if acceptable to a  Branch  and the National Society provided the application and required  documentation are  approved by the Society's Registrar General.

(2)   Junior Membership - Any  person of good character under the age of twenty-one  years and of Pilgrim  ancestry may be enrolled as a Junior Member with approved  documented  application. 

(3)  Associate Membership - A spouse of a  Regular Member in  good standing may be received as an Associate Member.   Associate Members are not  eligible for membership under their own  right.

To be  eligible for Regular Membership and Junior Membership,  applicant must prove  lineal descent from a Pilgrim.  For the purpose of the Society, the term  "Pilgrim" shall denote any immigrant who settled before 1700  within the  territory which became the forty-eight contiguous states of the  United States of  America without regard to religion of place or origin. 

Last Update: 16 Apr 2018