HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS The Florida Society, the 28th state to organize, was chartered 31 July 1937 with 24 charter members. The organizational meeting was held 07 Aug 1937, at “Perrydell” in Rio Vista, overlooking the Halifax River, north of Daytona Beach. ...
This feature has been updated extensively with an in-depth look at the Burgert family members themselves, including exclusive photos of the Burgerts provided by Burgert descendants Diane Heflin Dowling and Harold "Hal" Chesney Burgert, III, great grandchildren of Samuel P. Burgert. Also, many...
both slave and free, and their descendants created a mixed-race population of mestizos and mulattos. The Spanish encouraged slaves from the Thirteen Colonies to come to Florida as a refuge, promising freedom in exchange for conversion to Catholicism. King Charles II of Spain issued a royal proc...