The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (SMDRI) is a lineage organization founded to:

• Honor the memory of our Pilgrim ancestors, the passengers on the Mayflower who landed in December 1620 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, and to

• Preserve our Pilgrim ancestors' records and history for our membership and for posterity

We were the tenth (10th) society chartered by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants of Plymouth, Massachusetts which now has fifty-four (54) member societies throughout the world. We have operated continuously in Rhode Island since 1901 welcoming over two thousand members from Rhode Island and elsewhere who have proven ancestry from passengers on the Mayflower when it landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts in December of 1620.