Recipient of 2016 Sarah O. Dunaway Award and 2019 3rd Place Outstanding Chapter Award
2019-21 Branch Governor, Charles Poland
Governor’s Message, October, 2019
Dear Sons and Daughters,
Our next meeting will be March 8, 2020 at Houlihan's in the Hilton Hotel, 6550 Louisdale Road, Springfield at 11:00 am social time, meeting at 11:30. Our speaker will be the Rev. Tom Costa.
The next General Court will be at noon on April 20, 2020 at the University Club, Washington, DC.
Remember that the National Website is up and running. The site is www.SocietyofthePilgrims.com so now we have access to officers, committee chairmen, bylaws, ancestors, and other information. Please check it out.
Virginia Branch NSSDP – Officers 2019-2021
Governor: Chuck Poland
First Vice Governor: Allison Hoopes
Second Vice Governor: Natalie Ardoline
Recording Secretary: Paul Walden
Corresponding Secretary: Anne Terio
Treasurer: Lorraine Sims
Registrar: Janice Welch
Historian: Robert Hoopes
Elder: Ritchie Dagg
For our Outreach Project please bring clothing donations for The Final Salute to benefit homeless female veterans.
Respectfully,
Chuck Poland, Virginia Branch Governor
Dear Sons and Daughters,
Our next meeting will be March 8, 2020 at Houlihan's in the Hilton Hotel, 6550 Louisdale Road, Springfield at 11:00 am social time, meeting at 11:30. Our speaker will be the Rev. Tom Costa.
The next General Court will be at noon on April 20, 2020 at the University Club, Washington, DC.
Remember that the National Website is up and running. The site is www.SocietyofthePilgrims.com so now we have access to officers, committee chairmen, bylaws, ancestors, and other information. Please check it out.
Virginia Branch NSSDP – Officers 2019-2021
Governor: Chuck Poland
First Vice Governor: Allison Hoopes
Second Vice Governor: Natalie Ardoline
Recording Secretary: Paul Walden
Corresponding Secretary: Anne Terio
Treasurer: Lorraine Sims
Registrar: Janice Welch
Historian: Robert Hoopes
Elder: Ritchie Dagg
For our Outreach Project please bring clothing donations for The Final Salute to benefit homeless female veterans.
Respectfully,
Chuck Poland, Virginia Branch Governor
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 |
Insignia Order Form (as of Oct 2018):
| insignia_order_form.pdf |
