Person talk:John Mayo (4)

While I agree that the John Mayo who m. Hannah Freeman is the son of Samuel, I disagree that his birth date was 1652. That birth date belongs to the son of John Mayo and Hannah Lecraft:

VR Eastham, Mayflower Descendant, 6:205
John Mayo and Hannah Lecraft ware Mareid the first Day of Jenuary in the year one thousand Six hundered fifty one.
John Mayo hath a Son named John was borne the the [sic] fiftenth of December in one thousand Six hundered fifty two :
also a Son named William borne the : Seventh of ocktober in the year one thousand Six hundered fifty four
Also a son named James borne the third day of ocktober in the yeare one thousand Six hunderd fifty six
Also a Son named Samuell borne the Second day of Apreill in the year one thousand Six hundered fifty eaight.
Also a Sonne named Elisha borne the fourth day of November in the yeare one thousand Six hundred and Sixty one
Also a Sonne named Danyell borne the five and twentyeth of June in the yeare one thousand Six hunderd Sixty foure
John Mayo a sonn named Nathaniel borne the 2nd of aprell in the yeare 1667
John mayo a sonn named Thomas borne the 24th June in the yeare 1670 and died the 11enth day of August 1670
John Mayo another Sonn Borne named Thomas the 15enth of July 1672

It does not appear that Samuel Mayo was in Eastham in 1652, so the John born there was not his son. According to Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine By Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs "Rev. Samuel, son of Rev. John Mayo, was born about 1615, in England. He was ordained a teaching elder (minister) April 15, 1640, at Barnstable,...bought a large tract of land of the Indians at Oyster Bay, in 1653, and went thither about 1654. Four years or so later he settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where he died in 1663." This source says his son John was born in Oyster Bay about 1657. So when the will of the husband of Hannah Freeman bequeaths to one of his sons "all rights in Oyster Bay or Jericho on Long Island N.Y", it indicates that the John Mayo who married Hannah Freeman was the son of Samuel Mayo. (Information on the will of Hannah Freeman's husband John comes from [1]).

This one of those genealogical issues that is very confused and there are many websites that attribute the parentage of the husband of Hannah Freeman either way. There is also more evidence, but I think this summarizes the most potent evidence regarding this. --Jrich 23:29, 4 September 2008 (EDT)

The person page has been changed to reflect this argument. --Jrich 11:19, 16 October 2008 (EDT)