Abigail (Merrick) Mayo (abt. 1699 - aft. 1773)

Born about 1699 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Mayo — married 20 Feb 1718 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 3 Sep 1773 after about age 74 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Abigail Merrick was born about 1696 probably in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Doane) Merrick.^[1][2]

Abigail married Joseph Mayo on February 20, 1717/18.^[1] He was born on 22 December 1696 in Hingham, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of John and Hannah (Freeman) Mayo.^[3]

Abigail died sometime after 03 September 1773 when she was named in her husband's will.^[1]

The will of Joseph Mayo of Harwich, dated 3 September 1773 and proved 13 June 1775, mentioned wife Abigail Merrick, daughters Elizabeth Mayo, Lydia Mayo Baker, Eunice Winslow and Abigail Freeman, sons Moses, Thomas, Issac and Nathan, and children of eldest son Joseph, deceased.^[1]

Children of Joseph and Abigail (Merrick) Mayo all recorded and baptized in Harwich:^[1]

1. Joseph Mayo, born November 11, 1718; married (1) Sarah Cobb; married (2) Hannah Higgins.
2. Moses Mayo, born February 01, 1719/20; married (1) Phoebe Freeman; married (2) Mary Paine.
3. Lydia Mayo, born March 23, 1720/21; married Reuben Baker March 06, 1760.
4. Thomas Mayo, born April 01, 1725 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA; died 1776-1778; married Elizabeth Wing October 05, 1752.
5. Abigail Mayo, born December 01, 1727; married Elkanah Freeman October 11, 1750.
6. Elizabeth Mayo, born March 28, 1731.
7. Isaac Mayo, born March 28, 1733; married (1) Margaret Gardner; married (2) Huldah Baker April 02, 1776.
8. Elizabeth Mayo, born March 28, 1733; died September 03, 1733.
9. Nathan Mayo, born April 05, 1736; married (1) Anna Freeman March 17, 1757; married ( 2) Hannah Atwood October 27, 1763.
10. Eunice Mayo, born April 07, 1738; married Nathan Winslow September 12, 1760.

Research Notes

There is also an Abigail Merrick born on 26 Nov 1698, daughter of Timothy Merrick and Mary. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, John D. Austin, (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2001), 91-92, 376-377.
2. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 27 Jun 1906, 8722; 1 Aug 1906, 8722; 15 Aug 1906, 8722; 20 Aug 1906, 8722; 22 Aug 1906, 8722; 3 Oct 1906, 8722; 5 Nov 1906, 8722; 11 Nov 1907, 7882. Volume: 116 Page Number: 297
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3F-CFM : 4 December 2014), Joseph Mayo, 22 Dec 1696; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
4. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

See also:

• George Byron Merrick, Genealogy of the Merrick-Mirick-Myrick Family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902 (Madison, Wis., Tracy, Gibbs & Co., 1902), p. 18.
• Old Foxcroft, Maine BIBL Old Foxcroft, Maine.
• Mayflower Births & Deaths Volume I & II
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9WJX-5RN : accessed 2 November 2018), entry for Abigail Merrick; file (2:2:2:MM95-RYC)