Thomas Mayo (1650 - 1729)

Born 7 Dec 1650 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Barbara (Knowles) Mayo — married 13 Jun 1677 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1729 at age 78 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas Mayo was born December 7, 1650 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. He is the son of Nathaniel Mayo and Hannah (Prence) Sparrow.

He was the brother of Nathaniel Mayo, Samuel Mayo, Hannah Mayo, Theophilus Mayo, Patience Sparrow, Bathsheba (Mayo) Freeman and Richard Sparrow.

He married Barbara Knowles on June 13, 1677 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts.^[1]

He was the father of Thomas Mayo, Theophilus Mayo, Mary Mayo, Mercy Mayo, Ruth Mayo, Judah Mayo, Lydia Mayo, Richard Mayo, Son Mayo, Un-named Male Mayo and Israel Mayo.

Thomas died on April 22, 1729 in Eastham and was buried in the Old Burying Ground in Brewster.^[2][3][4]

Inscription on the tombstone Thomas Mayo:^{[citation needed]}

Here Lyes the Body of Mr.Thomas Mayo of Eastham Dec'd April 22, 1729 in ye 79 year 'of his age.

Sources

1. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XH5  : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 148, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 83.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50231713/thomas-mayo : accessed 08 March 2022), memorial page for Thomas Mayo (7 Dec 1650–23 Apr 1729), Find A Grave: Memorial #50231713, citing Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Ken Saccocia (contributor 47242886) .
3. ↑ International Genealogical Index - Individual Record - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
4. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Twenty Four, Part 1, Elder William Brewster (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth MA, 2014) , pg. 308

See also:

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCZ-DHHB : 19 April 2021), Thomas Mayo and Barbara Knowles, 13 Jun 1677; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010725.
• "Barnstable County Cape Cod" vol. 2. p. 389
• Genesee County People" manuscipt records of Dr. Frances Witmer
• Mayflower Ancestral Index Author: edited by Alden G Beaman; Velma H Terry & Willard N Woodward Publication: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth MA, 1981
• Descendants of Richard Knight Author: Helen C. Cooper Publication: Self published, Kelowana, BC, 1991 Repository: #R27 Call Number: CS71.K725 1991 Library of Congress Address: City: Washington State: DC
• Cape Cod Library Vol. 1, Thomas Howes.
• History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts
• Mayflower Families 1500s - 1800s CD #171 Title: Genealogical Publishing Company, Mayflower Families 1500s - 1800s CD #171 Knowles Family - pg. 442