The New York Mayflower Society’s Annual Debutante Ball is held in early November each year in New York City.
All members of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants and their friends and family are invited to attend, as well as all former debutantes and their families, as we celebrate the presentation of this year’s debutantes.
All Mayflower Society Members may sponsor the presentation of a debutante who is a bloodline female descendant between the ages of 18-24. Most debutantes are presented in their first year of college.
Please contact the New York Mayflower Society for more information, or to sponsor a debutante.
We publish the Illinois Mayflower News newsletter twice per year for our membership. Recent copies of our newsletter may be viewed here.
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2026 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2025 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2025 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2024 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2024 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2023 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2022 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2022 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2021 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2021 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2020 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2020 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2019 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2019 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2018 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2018 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2017 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2017 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Summer 2016 Newsletter
Illinois Mayflower News - Winter 2016 Newsletter
Meetings
newsletters
Our Fall Luncheon will feature Martin "Marty" W. Beerman. Marty is currently serving GSMD as Secretary General and is nominated to be Governor General (effective September 2026).
Beerman has been active in the Nebraska Society since 1990, and has held many roles both in the Nebraska Society and GSMD, including Historian, newsletter editor, webmaster, and Nebraska State Governor. He is a member of over 40 lineage societies.
Program details to follow.
New york Mayflower society -annual debutante ball
Held in early november each year
The University Club of New York
One West 54th Street
New York, NY
Illinois Mayflower society
Spring luncheon
saturday, May 30, 2026
Sunset Ridge Country Club
2100 Sunset Ridge Rd, Northfield IL 60093
11:30 Cocktails (cash bar)
12:00 Luncheon and program
Illinois Mayflower society
Fall luncheon
saturday November 14, 2026
Maggiano's Little Italy
The Streets of Woodfield
1901 E. Woodfield Rd., Schaumburg IL 60173
Join us as we welcome "John Adams", portrayed by acclaimed author, storyteller and historian Brian "Fox" Ellis.
Ellis has worked with The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, The Field Museum and dozens of other museums across the country.
He is also the artistic director for Prairie Folklore Theatre, a unique theater company that celebrates ecology and history through original musical theater productions.
"My goal is to inspire folks to awaken to a deeper understanding of who they are within their relationship to human history and the natural world around them,” Ellis says. “I hope to evoke the story-teller within you.”