John Mayne (abt. 1614 - 1694)

Born about 1614 in England

Husband of Elizabeth Anne (Laurie) Mayne — married 1649 in Casco Bay, York, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1694 at about age 80 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Disputed Origins

A previous version of this profile claimed his parents were Richard Mayne and Elizabeth Quash. This couple did have a son John, but he remained in England, married a different woman, had a different set of children and died and was buried in England in 1680.^[1]

Biography

John Mayne was a Mainer.

John Mayne owned Land called Maine's Point, from which the state got its name and was one of its first settlers.

"Some time before 1652 a certain Richard Carter owned about sixty acres of land and had built a house and fenced and cleared fields for planting on what was later called Mains Point but has left no record of himself other than that in that year he sold this property to John Mains, who settled here with his wife Elizabeth, his son Thomas, and two married daughters, Sarah and Rachel. This family of adults must have been a welcome addition to the little settlement but at the outbreak of the war they suffered most severely, his son and the two sons-in-law losing their lives, and the remainder of the family barely escaping, leaving behind the smoking ruins of their home." From Rowe, (2) pg 14

"... we know of a certainty that the family of John Mains suffered severely, his son Thomas and his two sons-in-law, the husbands of his daughters Sarah and Rachel being killed, while the rest of the family only escaped with their lives." From Rowe, (2) pg 26 citing Indian wars in August 1676.

Birth

John Mayne was born in England around 1615, based on a deposition he made in 1685 that he was about 70 years old.

Children

There is no definitive list of the children of John Mayne. Ezekiel, Rachael, Sarah and Thomas are known from historical events and records. More research is needed.

Birth place Cornwall, but note other sources give Devon, England. Pedigree Files, death noted as after 14 April 1693 York, Maine. ^{[2] [3]} referencing Name, Son in Law (Stephen Larrabee)-Larrabee History in GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE FHL Book 974 D2n pg 416

Death

27 March 1694 Boston as recorded in Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for John Mayn. ^[4]

John was buried at Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 27 March 1694. ^[5]

Research Notes

Possible connection to these three men: MAINE, or MAYEN, EZEKIEL, Stonington 1610, offered to be freeman 1673.

EZEKIEL, Stonington, son of the Ezekiel above m. 14 Jan. 1689, Mary Wells.

JOHN, was in Boston, in a petition to Andros and the council 1687, says that 30 yrs. since he had purchased home and lands at what is now North Yarmouth, and when the Indians burnt his house and killed two of his sons-in-law, he [vol. 3, p. 144] and wife and rest of his family hardly escaped. 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VII. 176. But he was of York in 1681, when his name is writ. with a y as he took o. of alleg. and he died at Boston 27 Mar. 1699. James Savage Early Settlers of New England.^[6]

John Maine; Mayne of Mayne's Point, Casco before 1648; removed to York. He, ae. 70 years, and his wife Elizabeth, ae. 60, testified 3 Jan. 1664, as to the planting of a tract of land adjoining his land at Casco, near Mayne's Point, 35 or 36 years. He bought, about 1657, a house and 60 acres of land "neare the middle of Casco Bay"; was driven away by the Indians; two sons were slain; house burnt; wife and rest of family hardly escaped with their lives. [Petition to Andros, 1687. Bax. MSS.] ^[7]

• FamilySearch Person: LDT2-G74 - while this profile has his death in Boston and links to the FindaGrave record, the records are for family that was born in England.

Sources

1. ↑ John Burke, esq., 1838 A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Oxford University. p 505
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9HF5-S8R
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S5JQ-F39
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/41254_265470-00226?pid=82174222
5. ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #65634213 (accessed 31 March 2023), Memorial page for John Edmone Mayne (1 May 1614-27 Mar 1694), citing Kings Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Phillip Maine (contributor 47067456).
6. ↑ http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk3/lyon-maltby.htm
7. ↑ Maine Pioneers, 1623-60

• Brown, Cyrus H. 1909 Genealogical record of Nathaniel Babcock, Simeon Main, Issac Miner, Ezekiel Main. The Everett Press, Inc. Boston.
• Rowe, William Hutchinson. 1937. Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine 1636-1936. Yarmouth, Maine. Page 1002
• Torrey, Clarence A. 2004. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co.
• Corliss, Augustus W. ed. 1883. Old Times Magazine Vol 7#1 Proprietors' records, North Yarmouth, Maine pg. 1002.
• Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Page 13054. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) 1688 John Mayne appears on tax sheet 3 at Peacocks (TR 1); Spouse: July 24, 1690 Mary Peacock (TR9:192) (TR=Reports of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston v 1-39) AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription).
• Burke, esq, John. 1838 A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland. Oxford University. Page 504-505
• Devon, England, Extracted Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
• Felt, Dorr Eugene, A Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt, published 1921. Reference pages 80-81, 3-4 Shows John Maine's petition in 1687 regarding lands he owned in Casco Bay.