Recipient in 2005, under the leadership of Branch Governor Nancy "Nan" Ackerman and 2017, under the leadership of Branch Governor Virginia Hurtes Rouse, of the Sarah O. Dunaway Award and 2019 3rd Place Outstanding Chapter Award
2023-25 Branch Governor, Natalie Ardoline
Virginia Branch NSSDP – Officers 2023-2025 (elected 12 Mar 2023)
Governor: Natalie Ardoline
1st Vice Governor: Luann Whittenburg
2nd Vice Governor: Lea Fowlie
Recording Secretary: (vacant)
Corresponding Secretary: Nathalie Steinbach
Treasurer: Paul Walden
Registrar: Virginia Rouse
Historian: Cynthia Steinbach
Elder: Allison Hoopes
Our motto: ""Land of our Fathers! Ours to Preserve. Ours to Transmit. Liberty in Union; Now and Forever."
List of Ancestors of Members of Virginia Branch (using Excel you can locate your ancestor using the "find" function) updated Jul 2016. A list of ancestors of the entire NSSDP membership can be found on the NSSDP website: www.nssdp.com/membership/ancestors-of-the-society/
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.
VIRGINIA BRANCH PROJECT
The Mosher Fund was established at the 13 October 1991 meeting of the Virginia Branch using a
$1000.00 contribution given by Lt. Col. Charles M. Mosher, USMC (Ret.) who is deceased. By a motion adopted at that meeting, the $1000.00 contribution was invested and the income from the investment is donated to the Bicknell Scholarship Fund. A later motion was adopted at the October 1991 meeting to provide that the annual dues notice would include a space where members who wish, could donate to the Mosher Fund, since it had been Lt. Col. Mosher’s hope the fund would grow over
time.
HISTORY OF THE VIRGINIA BRANCH
The Virginia Branch, organized Sunday, 28 March 1976 with eleven members. The organizing meeting was held at the home of Mrs. James G. Somerville (Muriel), Organizing Governor, in Alexandria, VA. The eleven state members, state number 1-11 were: Mrs. Somerville, Mr. James G. Somerville, Mrs. Darius W. Gaskins (Ceres), Mrs. David L. Bailey (Martha), Mrs. James A. Samouce (Elton), Mr. Charles E. Loucks, Mrs. Charles E. Loucks (Barbara), Mrs. Paul E. Stitzel (Rosemoyne), Mrs. Foley W. Harris (Nancy), Mrs. Robert C. Shultz (Jean), and Mrs. John Wilson Davis (Ann). Organizing Branch Officers were Governor Muriel Somerville; First Deputy Governor, Ceres Gaskins; Recording Secretary, Nancy Harris; Treasurer, Ann Davis; Registrar, Barbara Loucks; Historian, James Somerville; and Elder, Jean Schultz. The Virginia Branch celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary on 28 March 2001, and has in 2012, approximately 100 members.
(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.
VIRGINIA BRANCH PROJECT
The Mosher Fund was established at the 13 October 1991 meeting of the Virginia Branch using a
$1000.00 contribution given by Lt. Col. Charles M. Mosher, USMC (Ret.) who is deceased. By a motion adopted at that meeting, the $1000.00 contribution was invested and the income from the investment is donated to the Bicknell Scholarship Fund. A later motion was adopted at the October 1991 meeting to provide that the annual dues notice would include a space where members who wish, could donate to the Mosher Fund, since it had been Lt. Col. Mosher’s hope the fund would grow over
time.
HISTORY OF THE VIRGINIA BRANCH
The Virginia Branch, organized Sunday, 28 March 1976 with eleven members. The organizing meeting was held at the home of Mrs. James G. Somerville (Muriel), Organizing Governor, in Alexandria, VA. The eleven state members, state number 1-11 were: Mrs. Somerville, Mr. James G. Somerville, Mrs. Darius W. Gaskins (Ceres), Mrs. David L. Bailey (Martha), Mrs. James A. Samouce (Elton), Mr. Charles E. Loucks, Mrs. Charles E. Loucks (Barbara), Mrs. Paul E. Stitzel (Rosemoyne), Mrs. Foley W. Harris (Nancy), Mrs. Robert C. Shultz (Jean), and Mrs. John Wilson Davis (Ann). Organizing Branch Officers were Governor Muriel Somerville; First Deputy Governor, Ceres Gaskins; Recording Secretary, Nancy Harris; Treasurer, Ann Davis; Registrar, Barbara Loucks; Historian, James Somerville; and Elder, Jean Schultz. The Virginia Branch celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary on 28 March 2001, and has in 2012, approximately 100 members.
Founders of the Virginia Branch, at 28 Mar 1976 organizational meeting: Sitting: Governor General Holle, Standing (L to R): Jean Shultz, Mrs. John Davis, Mrs. Foley Harris, Mrs. and Mr. James Somerville. Mrs. Somerville was the first VA Branch Governor
Ancestors of Virginia Branch as of 9 Feb 2018
Attached are two lists: one in PDF format and one in Excel format. The Excel file has filters in place that will allow you to quickly navigate through the list.
| ancestor_list_for_web_2018.xlsx |
