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Content married Solomon Coombs. Solomon and died. [Group Sheet]

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Samuel married Sarah Canterbury about 1683 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Cornelius Canterbury and Anna) was born in 1660 in Hingham, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 31 Dec 1750 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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John was the third and youngest son of Rev. John Mayo. He is supposed to have come to Eastham in 1644, living there until his death.
His name appears upon the records of that town, the first record being that of his marriage in 1650/51. On 22 May 1655 he was on the list of legal voters. “John Mayo of ye town of Eastham” yoeman, for 53 sh. sold to “Jona Sparrow Jr. of ye town of Eastham all my marsh and sedge ground within ye town of Eastham.” This land was partly bounded by land of James Mayo. Witnessed by Thomas Mayo and John Mayo Jr., dated 14 August 1703.
From the oldest Eastham Town book we find “April 27, 1659. A parcel of land granted to Mr. Richard Higgins near Youngs Cove (commonly so-called) near Mr. Southworth’s and Mr. John Mayo’s,” also “a parcel of meddow granted to the mill possessed by Richard Higgins, lying in a place commonly called Billingsgate meddow lying next to John Mayo.”
He was appointed 3 June 1656 surveyor of highways, constable in 1658 and 1671. In 1657 he was on the list of those who took the “Oath of Fidelite.”
At the Court of June 9, 1665 he is charged with two gallons of the liquers brought into Eastham on the 28th of Sept. 1664. In 1667 and again in 1676 he served on a coroner’s inquest. The Court of June 10, 1662 sentenced an Indian from Nantucket named Tetannett, to be publicly whipped for stealing from “John Mayo of Eastham.”
Together with Samuel Freeman he was appointed on 14 Nov. 1676 to oversee the will of Nicholas Snow, deceased.
John Mayo was interested both in fish and fish oil as the following indicates. First at the court of Oct. 1686 John Mayo, thru his attorney, Captain Jonathan Sparrow, defended his interests in the mackeral which had been caught with “saine at Cape Cod” as contrary to the order of the Court in that case provided and which had been seized as by order of the Court-and second, a letter dated Boston, Jan. 6, 1689/90 from Samuel Sewell to John Mayo:
“When you were last att my house you spoke of returning hether this winter Laden with oyll if the Ice did not hinder; and the season has been such with us that we conjucture you allso have your freedom in that respect. And if so, I would Intreat you to make what hast you Conveniently can to me. If the winter prevent you, of your Loading of Oyll be not to be had before Spring, please to signifie so much to me by the first opportunity of writing. My famyly in health. Govr Bradstreett is pretty well ffreed of his tormenting paines, takes his rest, We hope in order to Recovery. My service to your self and Mr. Treat. Sir, your friend and servtt”
He undoubtedly made frequent trips to Boston as he receipted at various times for the regular payments which the Second Church at Boston made to his father between the time the latter gave up his ministry in 1673 until his death in 1676.
He took part in the Colonial Wars and was a soldier in King Phillip’s War under the command of Captain Samuel Moseley, from December 20, 1675, probably riding his (father’s) horse which was killed. (New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 36: 182) - Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants, Jean (May) Mayo-Rodwick 6th ed.

John Mayo died in 1706, his will was dated June 1702. The bequests were as follows:
“to my loving wife Hannah Mayo my whole estate both real and personall during her widowhood toward her maintenance after debts & Legasys are paid onely my Housing & lands not to be sold but for Nessessity when other estate is gone: and if nessessity Require for to sell ye Housing & Lands for my wives maintenance, then my will is that my son Thomas Mayo shall have ye Refusel of sd Housing and Lands, further my will is that after my decease my son Thomas shall have that small Pcell of Land which I bought of Thomas Cole. Furthermore If by the Providence of God my wife should marry again then my will is that she shall have a third part of my movable estate as it then is & no more. Furthermore my will is that my Grandchild John Mayo that has lived along with me shall have one Cow and one horse that is now in his possession. Further my will is that my Grandchild Thankful Mayo shall have one heifer of two years old. Furthermore my will is that my Grandchild Mary Mayo ye daughter of my son Thomas Mayo shall have a wine cup that my Father gave me.
“Item I give my Grandchild Sarah Mayo the daughter of my son Daniel one silver spoon. Further my will is that ye Rest of my Grandchildren shall have twelve pence apeice by my Executors out of estate. Further my will is that after my wives decease or marriage what estate is then left either Real or Personall shall be equally divided unto all my sons now living or to their children. Furthermore I do appoint my loving wife Hannah Mayo and my son Daniel Mayo for to be my true and lawful executors Joyntly to see after the true performance of this my will as witness my hand & seal day of June one thousand seven hundred and two John Mayo (Seal)”
The value of the estate, according to the inventory taken by Sam’l Freeman Jr., Jere. Bigford, Elisha Eldredge and Joseph Atkins on 28 Oct. 1706 amounted to 64 pounds, 3 shillings and 8 pence and consisted of cattle 5 pounds, 10 shillings, debts 35 pounds and household effects and clothes. Daniel Mayo, as executor, pronounced the inventory correct.34
- Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants, Jean (May) Mayo-Rodwick 6th ed.

Lt. married Hannah Leycroft on 1 Jan 1651 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Willam Leycroft and Hannah) was born before 1 Jan 1629 in St. Stephen Walbrook, London, England; died in 1702 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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• Arrival: 1653, Hingham, Massachusetts

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Canterberry or Canterbury or Cantlebury, Cornelius, came to Hingham as early as 1639 and lived first on Town (North) St., within a short distance of what is now Thaxter's Bridge. May 3, 1649, he sold his dw.-house, with two acres of land adjoining to Samuel Lincoln "mariner," "bounded south with the swamp; & the highway on the north, east, & west," etc. Was by occupation a "cooper; " constable in 1672; and late in life resided in the middle ward. The Chris. name of his w. was Anna. She outlived him, and d. 20 Dec. 1710. He d. 21 Oct. 1683.

Cornelius married Anna. Anna and died. [Group Sheet]

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• Baptism: 10 Oct 1597, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England
• Arrival: 1638, Barnstable, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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John Mayo of Northamptonshire, a commoner’s son, was one of 504 students who matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford University in 1615. He came to New England in 1638 but the ship that the Mayo family crossed in is unknown. In order to travel, the harassed clergy had to disguise themselves and use assumed names. His wife was named Tamsen but we don’t know where or when they were married. John Mayo was in Barnstable by 1639, where he was ordained a minister on April 15, 1640. Governor William Bradford, Thomas Prence, and Captain Myles Standish were in attendance when Mr. John Mayo of Barnstable was admitted as a Freeman by the court of Plymouth on March 3rd in the 13th year of his Majesty’s Reign, 1640. In 1646 he moved to the newly settled town of Nausett (Eastham), where he served as the minister until 1654. He became the first pastor of the Second Church of Boston (today called the “Old North Church”) on November 9, 1655. The city of Boston was growing rapidly and had more people than all of Plymouth Colony. While in Boston, he served as an overseer of Harvard College and the Boston Latin School. His contemporaries included John Endecott and Governor John Winthrop. He owned a house and lot on Middle Street (now Hanover Street), which he sold to Abraham Gording in 1673 for 200 pounds. Rev. John Mayo died in Yarmouth on May 3, 1676 without a will.
Mr. Mayo was in Barnstable in 1639, and became ‘teaching elder’ in the church of which Mr. Lathrop was pastor. His relation to the church here is said to have been that of “religious teacher” -- perhaps implying that he was not invested with the pastoral office. In Boston, he was inducted to the pastorate Nov. 8, 1655, and continued in office until 1673. They Plymouth record says, “Growing aged and unable to carry out his office, he removed again into this Colony, and lived near Yarmouth, and not long after fell asleep in the Lord.” Rev. Increase Mather, who succeeded him in Boston, has, with greater particularity furnished us with the following record: “1672, in the beginning of which year, Mr. Mayo, the pastor, likewise grew very infirm, insomuch as the congregation was not able to hear and be edified; whereupon, the brethren, the pastor manifesting his concurrence, desired the teacher to take care for a supply of the congregation that the worship of God may be upheld among us.” Again, “on the 5th mo. 1673, Mr. Mayo removed his person and goods to reside with his daughter in Barnstable, where, and at Yarmouth since, he hath led a private life, as not being able, through the infirmities of age, to attend to the work of the ministry. The -- day of May 1676, he departed this life at Yarmouth, and was there buried.” Mr. Mayo preached the annual Election Sermon, June 1658. He, with his entire family, came from England. His wife Tamsen d. at Y. a wid. Feb. 26, 1682. Their children were Samuel, Hannah, Nath’l, Elisa., John, and Bathsheba. Hannah m. Nath’l Bacon of Be., and Elisa. m. Joseph Howes of Y. - History of Cape Cod: Annals of Barnstable County (1862)
Reverend John Mayo ca 1598-1676 England-Eastham-Boston-Yarmouth
Although Mayo is an Irish name, this family was from England. Reverend John Mayo was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, the son of a commoner. He came to Boston 1638 and was in Barnstable in 1639, where he was ordained a teaching elder to assist Rev. John Lothrop. He was a freeman in 1640.
John Bakke wrote in 2009 that John was in Holland in 1618, where he married Tamisen Brike, a native of Leiden. He returned to England from Leiden, where he was ordained in the Church of England but he preached according to Puritan beliefs for nearly two decades. At that point it became too difficult or dangerous to continue, so he immigrated to the new world.
John and Tamesin’s children were all born England: Hannah, Samuel, John, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth. None of his sons became ministers.
He took charge of the Eastham Church in 1646 and continued until 1655, when he went to Second Church in Boston (later called Old North Church). The first meetinghouse in Eastham was 20 foot square, with a thatched roof and holes on all sides for firing muskets. It was located near the old burial ground in Eastham. John may have left because of a fledgling town lacking the ability to support a minister. Soon after John left Eastham for Boston, the Congregational leadership in New England implemented a policy discouraging the theft of the most promising pastors from small, rural parishes to larger, wealthier, urban ones.
In Boston he was likely overshadowed by Increase Mather, who worked there as a teacher. Mather was assertive and slightly obsessive, while Mayo was a mild-mannered, peace-loving man who was loathe to split hairs. John was the first pastor there and served until 1673, when at an advanced age he went to Barnstable and spent time there, Eastham and Yarmouth for the remainder of his life. Of course the original Second Church building does not survive, but the current church was built in 1723 is the oldest surviving church building in Boston. It is famous for its role in history--on the eve of the American Revolution in 1775 the church sexton held two lanterns in the steeple as a signal from Paul Revere that the Red Coats were coming by sea to march on Lexington and Concord.
In Boston he lived in a house owned by Bart. Bernard on the south side of Fleet Street and then bought a house on the west side of Hanover (Middle) Street between Parmenter and Prince Streets. He also served as an overseer of Harvard College.
From The Old North Church records (in the handwriting of Increase Mather) in the beginning of 1672: “Mr. Mayo, the Pastor, likewise grew very infirm, insomuch as the congregation was not able to hear and be edified.” The congregation therefore desire a new minister and he consented. “On the 15th of the 2d month (April) 1673, removed his person and goods also, from Boston to reside with his daughter in Barnstable where (and at Yarmouth) since he hath lived a private life, as not being able through infirmities of old age to attend to the word of the ministry. The day of the 3d (May) month 1676 he departed this life at Yarmouth, and was there buried.”Mather’s unpublished diaries show how much Rev. Mayo influenced him.
Rev. John Mayo died in May 1676 in Yarmouth. Amos Otis writes he was a man of prominence as a minister and in 1658 preached the annual election sermon. His wife Tamosin/Tamsen died in Yarmouth in 1682. On 7 June 1676 “Mr. Hinckley, Mr. Freeman and Mr. Huckens are appointed by the Court to take course about the estate of Mr. John Mayo, deceased, to make devision and settlement of the said estate, both with reference unto his wifes pte and amongst his children, and therin to acte, if it may be, be theire satisfaction; and incase they can not, then to make report therof to the next Court, that soe further maybe taken for settlement therof.” (Plymouth Col Records 200)
The inventory of Rev. Mr. Mayo’s personal estate, taken 1 June 1676, by Edmond Hawes and Thomas Huckins, amounted to 111 pounds, 4 shilling, including 10 pounds for books. On 15 June 1676 his heirs settled his estate by agreement, which was signed by Tamsen Mayo, widow, John Mayo, son, Joseph Howes, son-in-law, and by Thomas Huckins in behalf of Hannah Bacon, daughter. John Mayo and Joseph Howes were administrators. There were three grandchildren mentioned: Samuel Mayo, Hannah Mayo and Bathsheba Mayo, children of his son Nathaniel Mayo, deceased.
The sum total of his inventory was somewhat small but equal to the average at that time in the Colony. His widow Tamisen was allowed to keep all of the property she bought into the marriage. - http://massandmoregenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/08/reverend-john-mayo-ca -1598-1676-england.html
Posting from ancestry.com message board:
Mike,
The author of `` Rev. John Mayo and His Descendants `` is my friend, Jean Mayo Rodwick. You can reach her at: jeanrodwick@yahoo.com . She vacations alot but usually checks her e-mails along the way. Her book includes my latest Mayo research in England and in Leiden, Holland. The information that you presently have is outdated and mostly comes from old Mormon Ancestral files.
I have done the research myself and have sources to back up my research:
1. Rev. John Mayo was baptized on Oct. 16, 1597 in Farthinghoe Parish, Northamptonshire, England, son of John Mayo and Katherine ( maiden name unknown ). He married Tamisen ( Tamsen ) Brike in Leiden, Holland on Mar. 21, 1618. They were married in the Dutch Reformed Church. The people believed to be the parents of Rev. John Mayo, John and Katherine Mayo, died in 1629/30 and 1633 respectively. Both are buried in the church yard at Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, England. I have a copy of this John Mayo´s will dated Jan. 18, 1629/30 and proved Mar. 20, 1629/30.
Known children of John and Katherine Mayo were:
a. Philipa Mayo: born ca. 1595; bapt. in 1595 in Farthinghoe; died Nov. 24, 1627 at age 32 yrs.
b. John Mayo ( believed to be Rev. John Mayo ): was bapt. Oct. 16, 1597 in Farthinghoe.
c. Hannah Mayo: bapt. Mar. 11, 1599 in Farthinhoe; married Daniel Jarvis ( Gervice ); had children: Thomas and Elizabeth Jarvis ( twins ) born in 1631, Daniel Jarvis, born in 1634, John Jarvis, born in 1634, and Ann Jarvis, born in 1634. This family lived in Thorpe Mandeville.
d. Elizabeth Mayo: bapt. Jan. 1, 1601 in Farthinghoe. She was unmarried when her father died in 1629/30.
e. Joyce Mayo: bapt. Aug. 21, 1603 in Thorpe Mandeville. She married Thomas Golbert ( Gilbarde ) there on Jan. 22, 1624. She was not mentioned in her father´s will, but her husband was. Their children were: Elizabeth Gilbert, baptized in Sept., 1626 in Slapton, not too awfully far from Thorpe Mandeville; and John Gilbert, bapt. in 1631 in Slapton. According to Joyce´s father´s will, her husband and children were living in Slapton in 1629/30.
Sources for the above information were:
1. Leiden, Holland City Clerk and the University records in Leiden. 2. Northamptonshire, England County Records Office. 3. Town or church records in Farthinghoe, Thorpe Mandeville, and Slapton in Northamptonshire, England. 4. Parish priest of Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire.
According to Rev. Charles Chauncy´s last living, Rev. John Mayo´s father was of Thorpe Mandeville, before he died. Rev. Chauncy had beed good friends with Rev. John Mayo´s father, when Chauncy was vicar of Marston St. Lawrence, a few miles from Thorpe Mandeville and next door to Farthinghoe.
It is strongly believed that John and Katherine Mayo may have originated in Marston St. Lawrence, but moved next door to Farthinghoe to have their children. There is no marriage record for them in Farthinghoe and the Marston St. Lawrence records of the time period burned, as they did in North Newington, Oxfordshire, England.
According to the Banks Manuscripts, Rev. John Mayo and family came to New England from North Newington, Oxfordshire, England in the Spring of 1638, about the same time that Rev. Charles Chauncy arrived. Rev. John and family are not listed on any existing ships passenger lists.
I talked to some Mayo´s in Northamptonshire, and they told me that Mayo´s in the areas connected to Rev. John Mayo over there originated in the county of Cornwall and had come to Marston St. Lawrence and surrounding towns in the mid-1500´s. They had lived for many earlier generations in Cornwall on land given to Mayo´s for their fighting for Normandy in the Norman Invasion of England.
One further note: According to the Banks Manuscripts, Rev. Charles Mayo came to America from North Newington, Oxfordshire, which is a stone´s throw from Broughton Castle and Lord Saye and Sele, who it was said held special favor with Rev. John Mayo. Rev. Mayo´s friends who later settled Connecticut, held secret Puritan meetings at Broughton Castle with Lord Saye and Sele. Unfortunately, the early records were destroyed by fire in North Newinton. I talked with the present Lord Saye and Sele who still lives in Broughton Castle, and he checked the early family papers but could find no mention of Rev. John Mayo.
One further note: I researched the Cattistocke/Dorset area to death and found that John Mayo, born 1590, son of John Mayo, Rector of Cattistocke, did indeed marry an Elizabeth, but they lived out their lives, bore children, and died and are buried in Dorset, England. He was definitely not Rev. John Mayo.
The birth and baptism records could not be located for the children of Rev. John Mayo in England, nor in Holland. My Leiden sources said that the baptism records for the Dutch Reformed Church of the proper time period have been lost. The North Newington records were burned.
North Newington in Oxfordshire is very close to Thorpe Mandeville and Farthinghoe in Northamptonshire.
Hope that helps some. Good luck with your research, and let me know if I can give you any more info on your Mayo line from Jean´s book.
- Jean Mayo - http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.mayo/4119.2/mb.ashx

Rev. married Tamisen Brike on 21 Mar 1618 in Leiden, Holland. Tamisen was born in 1600 in England; died on 26 Feb 1682 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Willam married Hannah. Hannah was born in 1605 in London, Middlesex, , England; died on 12 Feb 1692. [Group Sheet]

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John married Katherine about 1593. Katherine died in 1633 in Thorpe Mandeville, Northhamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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