Scholarships- Three different opportunities
The Orange County Colony of Mayflower Descendants 2025
Scholarship Competition Information
2025 Scholarship Information:
The Executive Board of the Orange County Colony of the California Society of Mayflower Descendants proudly announces the 2024/25 scholarship program for students attending college: undergraduate or graduate level students or a graduating high school senior, who are either a member or have a direct lineage connection or share bloodline (i.e., niece, nephew, grandniece, grandnephew, cousin) to a member of the Orange County Colony Mayflower Descendants
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS, ORANGE COUNTY COLONY
2025 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION - DEADLINE TO APPLY: MARCH 1, 2025
The following criteria must be met for the 2025 Scholarship Contest application process to be successful. The Scholarship will be awarded in April 2025 and the winners recognized at the April 2025 meeting as well as the November 2025 Compact Meeting. Scholarships will be awarded as follows: $1,600 First Place, $1.200 Second Place, $700 Third Place, $250 Fourth Place.
Applicant must be a college undergraduate, graduate student or a graduating high school senior.
Applicant must be a member, or have a direct lineage connection, or share a Mayflower bloodline (i.e., child, grandchild, etc., niece, nephew, grandniece, grandnephew, cousin) with a member of the Orange County Colony Mayflower Descendants.
There will be no restrictions on age (if meets eligibility requirements), prior winner status or residence of the member or applicant. The applicant or his/her/their family sponsor must be an OC Colony member in good standing for at least one year as of the date of the application.
Name of Applicant: _____________________________________________________________
Telephone Number/Email address: _________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
What is your lineage connection to the Orange County Colony? __________________________
Name, address, relationship, General Society Number & California Society Number:
___________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Instructions:
The applicant package (Above) must be complete and contain each of the following items:
1. Scholarship Application
2. A Mayflower essay no longer than 750 words addressing the following topic:
How descendants of the Mayflower passengers made their way west, and why they left the eastern seaboard. There are often few or no records. California has an enormous number of descendants, but how, why and when did they arrive? Although they may have left few public records, family records and stories can shed light on their individual histories.
3. A letter of recommendation from the parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle whose lineage qualifies the student for the competition.
4. The applications may be scanned and sent via email to [email protected]
Essays will be evaluated for content, organization, style, references (publications and internet) and grammar. All entries and sources must be typewritten, and sources cited in appropriate bibliographic style. Factoids, where presented, are to be cited in the text at the end of the sentence where presented. For example: Small beer was consumed by sailors on long voyages (Blakely, 2017).
The application packet due date is March 1, 2025. Students will be notified and award money distributed in April 2025. The winners will be recognized at the Annual Membership Meeting, April 2025, as well as on the Mayflower Compact Day, November 2025.
Email application and essay with letter of recommendation to: [email protected]
Warm Regards,
Debra E. Morrison, Scholarship Committee Chairman/Facilitator
Orange County Colony of Mayflower Descendants
The California State Society of Mayflower Descendants 2025
Scholarship Competition Information:
The California Mayflower Society awards three scholarships each year to qualified applicants: one $5,500 scholarship, one $3,500 scholarship, one $2,500 scholarship and one $1,000 scholarship. This is a statewide competition, open to any qualified student applicant from any colony within the State of California. Write a letter from one of your Mayflower ancestors to their family in England or Holland. Describe the contributions of the Mayflower women in the colony.
Personal essay (not to exceed 500 words)
Two letters of
Recommendation:
Academic & Character
The due date for the 2025 applications to be submitted is March 1, 2025.
For more information and to obtain the application, please go to the Scholarship Page on the California Society website. For specific information or questions, Scholarship Secretary at: [email protected]
Personal essay (not to exceed 500 words)
Two letters of
Recommendation:
Academic & Character
The due date for the 2025 applications to be submitted is March 1, 2025.
For more information and to obtain the application, please go to the Scholarship Page on the California Society website. For specific information or questions, Scholarship Secretary at: [email protected]
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2025
Scholarship Competition Information:
Now Accepting Applications: Deadline for the 2025 Scholarship Program is March 1st, 2025
There are 4 Scholarships offered by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants each year. Scholarships will be awarded as follows:
$6,000 First Place, $5,000 Second Place and $4,000 Third Place as well as a $3,000 Mary Chilton Winslow Scholarship to a graduating high school senior who is a Mayflower descendant and will be attending a four-year college or university or two-year community college.
This is a national competition open to any qualified student applicant from any state or colony.
The due date for the 2024 applications to be submitted is March 1, 2025. Please visit the General Society's Scholarship page for more details.
If any documentation needs to be submitted to GSMD to obtain a current GSMD membership number, applicants should begin work as early as possible with the Mayflower Historian in their state of residence to complete this process.
You will be required to list your Mayflower Ancestor(s) from the ship.
For more information and to obtain the application and qualifications a parent or grandparent sponsoring a student should retrieve the required forms from TheMayflowerSociety.org members only section. Login is required to acquire the application forms.
You may also send any questions or inquiries via email [email protected]
There are 4 Scholarships offered by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants each year. Scholarships will be awarded as follows:
$6,000 First Place, $5,000 Second Place and $4,000 Third Place as well as a $3,000 Mary Chilton Winslow Scholarship to a graduating high school senior who is a Mayflower descendant and will be attending a four-year college or university or two-year community college.
This is a national competition open to any qualified student applicant from any state or colony.
The due date for the 2024 applications to be submitted is March 1, 2025. Please visit the General Society's Scholarship page for more details.
If any documentation needs to be submitted to GSMD to obtain a current GSMD membership number, applicants should begin work as early as possible with the Mayflower Historian in their state of residence to complete this process.
You will be required to list your Mayflower Ancestor(s) from the ship.
For more information and to obtain the application and qualifications a parent or grandparent sponsoring a student should retrieve the required forms from TheMayflowerSociety.org members only section. Login is required to acquire the application forms.
You may also send any questions or inquiries via email [email protected]
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