Samuel Mayo (1655 - 1738)

Born 12 Oct 1655 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Mayo — married 31 Aug 1727 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1738 at age 83 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Mayo, son of Nathaniel Mayo and Hannah Prence, was b in Eastham, Plymouth Colony 12 Oct 1655.^[1][2] and was buried in the Orleans Cemetery.^[3]

Samuel married (1) _____ _____ who died before 15 July 1727 (Samuel's intention to marry second wife).^[1][4] The children named in Samuel's will were all married before he married his second wife, so were the children of his first wife.

The Mayflower Index 1932 and NEHGR 102:49 listed his wife as Ruth Hopkins d/o Gyles and Catherine (Wheldon) Hopkins). Gyles 1682 will and 1688/9 codicil, probated 1690, do not mention any daughters^[5][1] In the 2014 Brewster Silver Book (Part 1) it is indicated that neither the first nor last name of Samuel's first wife is known. It confirms that this unknown first wife is the mother of all of his children and that she probably died in Eastham before 15 July 1727.^[6] In the 2019 Brewster Silver Book (Part 3) all seven children (Hannah, Sarah, Samuel, Jonathan, Rebecca, Mary, and Mercy) are listed as being the children of Samuel with no mention of a mother.^[7]

He married second Mary Sweat in Eastham 31 Aug. 1727/8[sic]. Her ancestry is unknown.^[8][1] She probably died before 9 Apr 1734 (husband's will). Given Samuel's age, Mary was probably previously married.^[1]

Samuel was a selectman for Eastham in 1715, 1717, 1721-3 and was the representative to the General Court in 1711 and 1715.

At the Plymouth Court of Common Pleas, Sept. 1735, Cornelius Bennitt of Middlebourough, physician vs. Jonathan Washburn, Silas Washburn and Lemuell Washburn of Bridgwater, husbandmen by their attorney James Otis, Esq. Ejectment of 1/7 part and 1/3 of 1/7 part of land in a tract “formerly known as Govournour Prince and Major Josiah Winslows Purchase on the Northerly Side of Titticut River… now known by the Name of the Thousand Acres” sold on 29 Mar. 1734 by Samuel, Thomas, Nathaniel, Theophilus, and Israel Mayo to the plaintiff by deed. The plaintiff said that refusal to yield possession was to his damage of £100. The defendants pleaded not guilty. The jury verdict was for the plaintiff with judgment of £17.14s.9d and £6.17s.6d costs of court. ^[9]

In his will 9 Apr. 1734 Samuel gave his sons Jonathan and Samuel most of the real estate but some of it to be shared by his daughters. The probate court ruled on 27 Nov. 1760 that the real estate could not be divided to the testators wishes without damage to its value and ordered it to be sold at public auction and the money distributed amongst the heirs including the daughters; Mercy, wife of John Cole, Mary, wife of Ralph Smith, Rebecca, wife of Stephen Cole, the heirs of deceased Hannah, wife of Judah Hopkins, the heirs of deceased daughter Sarah, wife of James Higgins, and grandson Thomas Mayo, son of Samuel. ^[10][11]

Samuel died 29 Oct 1738, aged 83 years,^[2] and was buried in the Orleans Cemetery.^[1][12]

Children probably born in Eastham, by his first unknown wife:^[1]

• Hannah Mayo m. Judah Hopkins
• Sarah Mayo m. James Higgins
• Samuel Mayo, m. (1) Abigail Sparrow; m. (2) Sarah (____) Clark; m. (3) Mercy (Knowles) Snow.
• Jonathan Mayo m. Thankful Thwing
• Rebecca Mayo m. Stephen Cole
• Mary Mayo m. Ralph Smith
• Mercy Mayo m. John Cole.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families through Five Generations. Volume Twenty-Four The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Part 1. (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Early Settlers of Eastham, Mass." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6:169 (1852)
3. ↑ "Plymouth Colony Vital Records" The Mayflower Descendant 17:200
4. ↑ MF5 cites The Mayflower Descendant 28:116
5. ↑ MF5 cites MD 2:110-113 which cites Barnstable probate 1:32
6. ↑ Brewster Silver Book, Part 1, published 2014, page 313
7. ↑ Brewster Silver Book, Part 3, published 2019, pages 109-116
8. ↑ MF5 cites The Mayflower Descendant 15:53
9. ↑ Plymouth Court Records: 1686-1859- Vol. V, pp. 485, 488
10. ↑ Mayo Genealogy- Elna Jean Mayo, Pueblo, CO., 1965, pp.38-9,45-7
11. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Will of Samuel Mayo, Eastham, 1738, Vol. 5:450, Settlement Vol. 5:455-6.
12. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 January 2020), memorial page for Samuel Mayo (12 Oct 1655–29 Oct 1738), Find A Grave: Memorial #47232382, citing Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by ditdit (contributor 47012745) .

• Smith, Leonard H (compiler) Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, A facsimile edition of 108 pamphlets published in the early 20th century. Vol. 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1992) Thomas Howes... pp 30, 31 Accessed at Ancestry ($)] lists minimal b.m.d info. mentioned in grandfather's will.

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• Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006)

• "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations", Volume six, "Hopkins", Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992.