Among the other Maybury iron workers who came to America seeking work were three brothers, Thomas, William and George Mayberry, who came from Ireland, perhaps in the 1760s. They would have known about their Maybury cousins who were already well established in the iron business in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. The three newcomers probably worked near Philadelphia or across the river in New Jersey until the outbreak of the American War for Independence. Thomas, William and William's son all served in the Fourth Artillery Regiment of the Continental Line, under Colonel John Proctor.
Thomas Mayberry, a gunner, gave his birthplace as Ireland when he was commisioned on May 20, 1777;
William Mayberry, was a mattross (gunner's mate), also born in Ireland, was commissioned on April 15, 1778, and
William Mayberry, Jr. was a musician in the regiment's band, commissioned on July 8, 1780.
In 1787 Thomas Maybury, "an old Pensioner" petitioned the Court to grant him an Order for his back Pension. He was a resident of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania where one of his supporting witnesses, James Nichols of Pottstown testified that "Thomas Maybury, formerly a soldier in the army of the United States is disabled in one leg by a wound is alive and in my employ (at Pine Forge, Montgomery County) .
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