About The Sergeant William Harlow Family Association
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The Sergeant William Harlow Family Association was founded in August 1939 in Plymouth, Massachusetts under the guidance of Mr. Theodore Parker Adams, Miss Alice Holmes Harlow of Plymouth, Massachusetts and Mr. Gilbert Harlow Baker of New York City.
Annual Meetings have continued in Plymouth every year since that time.
The Association was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 180, of the General Laws, under the name of The Sergeant William Harlow Family Association, Inc. for the purpose of the following: "To commemorate the name of our common ancestor by promoting historical and archaeological research of both real and personal objects in Plymouth, and to acquire and encourage authentic historical and genealogical knowledge of the records of Plymouth, to acquire both real and personal property which may, from time to time, be required for the furtherance of the interest or betterment of the Association, as well as to establish benevolences in memory of the Harlow name; that the town of our Pilgrim ancestor, Sergeant William Harlow (1625-1691) and posterity may benefit by our efforts;"
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The Corporation was formed with the following named individuals: "Franklin G. Harlow, Herbert S. Avery, George N. Harlow, Irving W. Harlow, Knowlton B. Holmes, Adnah H. Harlow and Lucy E. Harlow" and the Corporation was legally organized and established as an existing corporation as of October 5, 1956.
The Charter has the official Signature hereunto subscribed, and the Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed, this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty six by Edward J. Cronin, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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The Sgt. William Harlow Family Association List of Presidents
Before Incorporation in 1956
August 1939 thru August 1941 Adnah Hayward Harlow of Plymouth, Massachusetts
August 1941 thru August 1943 William Bleakie Harlow of Hyde Park, Massachusetts
August 1943 thru August 1945 Clyde Leonard Harlow of Marshfield, Massachusetts
August 1945 thru August 1947 Dr. S. Ralph Harlow of Northhampton, Massachusetts
August 1947 thru August 1950 Frank Webster Harlow of Orange, Connecticut
August 1950 thru August 1952 Alfred Harlow Avery of Malden, Massachusetts
August 1952 thru August 1954 Adnah Hayward Harlow of Plymouth, Massachusetts
August 1954 thru August 1956 Franklin Guild Harlow of Middleboro, Massachusetts
After Incorporation in 1956
August 1956 thru August 1958 Herbert S. Avery of Plymouth, Massachusetts
August 1958 thru August 1960 Irving W. Harlow of Lynn, Massachusetts
August 1960 thru August 1962 Elmer G. Harlow, Jr. of Easton, Massachusetts
August 1962 thru August 1964 George Harlow Knowlton of Swampscott, Massachusetts
August 1964 thru August 1966 Frank Webster Harlow of Orange, Connecticut
August 1966 thru August 1968 Gilbert Harlow Baker of New York, New York
August 1968 thru August 1972 Eleanor Loring Cole of Kingston, Massachusetts
August 1972 thru August 1973 Adnah Haywood Harlow of Plymouth, Massachusetts
August 1973 thru August 1975 Jonathan Harlow of Milford, Connecticut
August 1975 thru August 1976 Gilbert Harlow Baker of New York City, New York
August 1976 thru August 1977 Miss Eleanor Loring Cole of Kingston, Massachusetts
August 1977 thru August 1980 Elmer G. Harlow Jr. of Easton, Massachusetts
August 1980 thru August 1981 Stanley Edmund Shaw of Port Washington, New York
August 1981 thru August 1983 William Hastings MacDonald of Monoton, New Brunswick
August 1983 thru August 1985 Beverly Harlow Johnson of Hadley, New York
August 1985 thru August 1987 Ronald Arthur Harlow of White River Junction, Vermont
August 1987 thru August 1989 Stanley Edmund Shaw of Keene, New Hampshire
August 1989 thru August 1991 Micheal Hale Harlow of Burlington, Vermont
August 1991 thru August 1993 Harold Neal Hall of Southwest Harbor, Maine
August 1993 thru August 1995 Ernest R. Harlow of Westfield, Massachusetts
August 1995 thru August 1997 Carol Ferreira of Raynham, Massachusetts
August 1997 thru August 1999 W. James Harlow of Danbury, Connecticut
August 1999 thru August 2001 Winfield Harlow of North Smithfield, Rhode Island
August 2001 thru August 2003 Joel Wheeler of Springfield, Massachusetts
August 2003 thru August 2005 Ken Painter of Rockland, Massachusetts
August 2005 thru August 2007 W. James Harlow of Danbury, Connecticut
August 2007 thru August 2009 Seth Harlow of Burlington, Vermont
August 2009 thru August 2011 Susan Moritz of Virginia Beach, Virginia
August 2011 thru Present Carol Ferreira of Raynham, Massachusetts
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