Thankful (Twining) Mayo (1697 - 1777)

Born 11 Jan 1697 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Mayo — married 9 Apr 1719 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1777 at age 80 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Thankful Twining was born on 11 January 1696/7 in Eastham, the daughter of William and Ruth (Cole) Twining. She married Jonathan Mayo on 09 April 1719 in Eastham. She died there on 28 August 1779.^[1]

Children

Jonathan and Thankful (Twining) Mayo had the following (11) children:^[2][1][3]

1. Ruth, born 16 March 1720/1; was living as a spinster in 1769
2. Hannah, born 6 December 1721; died 16 May 1767, unmarried.
3. Elizabeth, born 1 September 1723; mar. Israel Atwood.^[1]
4. Rebecca, born 31 May 1725
5. Theophilus, born 2 April 1727; married Sarah Mayo
6. Jonathan, born 17 March 1728/9; presumably died before 22 October 1768
7. Thankful, born 4 February 1731/2
8. Mary, born 13 April 1733; perhaps mar. Thomas Brown.^[1]
9. Ebenezer, born 9 February 1734/5; married Mercy Mayo
10. Constant [Constance], born 8 April 1737; married Ezra Young
11. Jerusha, born 25 August 1739; married Nathan Higgins

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], page 316.
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 112
3. ↑ Mayflower Births and Deaths, Volume 1, Descendants of William Brewster, page 216.

See also:

• Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). William & Ruth Twining Family
• Twining, Thomas. Genealogy of the Twining Family (Chicago, 1890) Page 34