Events
November 14, 2026: Cleveland Colony Compact Day – Lakewood Country Club
2026 Compact Day Dinner: The 406th Mayflower Compact Day and 96th Cleveland Colony Dinner buffet luncheon event will be held at the Lakewood Country Club located in Westlake, Ohio on Saturday November 14, 2026. We will offer zoom availability with Leanne McGann as our zoom manager again. Our keynote speaker will be Patrick Henry Jolly, a descendant and researcher of Patrick Henry. He will present his program in costume as reenacted Patrick Henry and is associated with the Red Hill Patrick Henry’s National Memorial located in Virginia.
As always, the passenger family surname roll call will take place. We will recognize new members, and the memorial service will be presented by our new colony Elder. We will recognize Veterans and thank them for their service and we will never forget. As always, we will open the invitation to other local historical organizations. As in the past, we will send the invitation electronically via Constant Contact to members with email addresses and members without email addresses will be mailed out via USPS. The invitation will be sent to current preliminary and pending applications as well. As always, door prizes will close the meeting!
History
The Cleveland Colony of the Mayflower Descendants was organized by Mrs. Walter D. Meals, as a colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Ohio November 15. 1930. The number of members grew from 15 in 1930 to 290 in 1984.
The Western Reserve Historical Society has 4 containers and 1 oversize folder that contains Cleveland Colony records from 1930-1984 .
The colony administration will begin to retain information moving forward.
The colony holds their Spring Business meeting and the Compact Day Dinner meeting every year, including four Board of Assistants meetings. Additionally, the colony participates in the Ohio Mayflower Annual Meeting rotation and takes their turn as host every five years.
2026 Meetings: In 2026, the colony will continue to hold four board of assistant’s meetings via Google Meet and in-person Spring business and annual State Assembly meeting.
Officers
2026 – 2029 Officers
Lt. Governor: Vicky Heineck
Deputy Lt. Governor: Kathy Leisure
Recording Secretary: VACANT
Treasurer: Cindy Kettler
Historian: Carolyn Cheverine
Assistance Historian: Brent Durkin
Captain: Jerry Bruce
Corresponding Secretary: VACANT
Jr. Membership Chair: Kathy Leisure
Elder: Mary Ann Hovis
Board of Assistants Rep: Troy Bailey
Board of Assistants: Jonathan Miller, Kim Bland, Larry Hoyt
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