Born before in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Isaiah Rich
and Joanna (Paine) Rich
Sister of
Mary (Rich) Paine, Joanna (Rich) Ryder, Sylvanus Rich Sr., Isaiah Rich, Thomas Rich, Ruth P. (Rich) Hincks, Jane (Rich) Pease and Rebecca (Rich) Higgins
Wife of
Nehemiah Doane Mayo
— married
29 Nov 1798 (to 5 Oct 1830) in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Sally (Mayo) Dyer, Nehemiah Mayo, Melitiah (Mayo) Dyer, Elisha Mayo, Ephraim Paine Mayo, Joanna Paine (Mayo) Lombard, Jane Higgins Mayo and Thomas Mayo
Died
after age 82
in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
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Biography
Meletiah Rich was baptised on 05 July 1778 at Truro, the daughter of Isaiah Rich[1] and his wife Joanna Paine.
She married Nehemiah Doane Mayo on 29 Nov 1798 at Truro.[2][3]
Meletiah Mayo died in Truro on 16 December 1860, aged 83 of paralysis.[4]
Children born Truro:[5]
- Sally Mayo, b. 31 Jul 1801
- Nehemiah Mayo, b. 03 Mar 1803
- "Miltier" Mayo (Meletiah) (f.), b. 27 Jan 1805
- Elisha Mayo, b. 02 Dec 1806
- Betsey Mayo, b. 07 Feb 1809
- Rachel Paine Mayo, b. 27 Oct 1811; d. 05 Sep 1888;[6] m. Simeon Nickerson of Provincetown 1836.
- Ephraim Paine Mayo, b. 14 Aug 1814
- Joanna Paine Mayo, b. ca. 14 May 1817 (calculated from age at death.)[7]
- Jane Higgens Mayo, b. 14 Jun 1820
- Thomas Mayo, b. 20 Jun 1822
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Volume: Truro - V2 Page 48, Baptism. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010. Link via $ubscription.)
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Barnstable > Truro > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1771-1846 vol 3 > image 99 of 179; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Truro Town records, births, marriages and intentions, and deaths, ca. 1771-1847, p. 178. (Image of original record)
- "Returns of marriages made to Anthony Snow Esqr Town Clerk of the town of Truro by Jude Damon minister of said town...
- 1798 November 29 Nehemiah Done mayo to maltier Rich."
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Volume: Truro -V1 page 171, Marriage intention Record for Nehemiah and Maltier 03 Nov 1798. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010. Link via $ubscription.)
- ↑ Meletiah (Rich) Mayo, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (22 May 2019), 0960176 (004220466) > image 24 of 747; State Archives, Boston. Truro Death Registrations Vol. 138:19, entry #11 (1860), Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts.
- "16 Dec 1860, Meletiah Mayo mn Rich, age 83, d. Truro, of paralysis, female widow of Nehemiah Mayo, b. Truro to Isaiah Rich & Joanna Rich."
- ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933), pages 187, 195, 217, 235, 240.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," images, FamilySearch (13 December 2022), 0960238 (004220463) > image 238 of 414; State Archives, Boston. Somerville Deaths 1888, Vol. 392:220.]
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," images, FamilySearch (13 December 2022), 0961504 (004224896) > image 337 of 559; State Archives, Boston.
See also:
- Brownson, Lydia B., Doris V. Norton, and Grace V. Held. Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families. Vol 41, Page 48. Manuscript. 1966
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