John MAYO

Abt 1570 - Bef 1630  (~ 60 years)

• Name	John MAYO  [1]
  Born	Abt 1570	Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	L5PT-FL6
  Will	18 Jan 1629	Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, England   [2]
  Probate	20 Mar 1629	Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, England   [2]
  Died	Bef 20 Mar 1630	Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Buried	17 Feb 1635	Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594770311	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family	Katheryn DEVIES-DEUYES,   d. Abt 1633, Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, England
  Married	Bef 1595	of Northamptonshire, England   [2]
  Children	1. Philipa MAYO,   b. Abt 1595, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England ,   bur. 24 Nov 1627, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England  (Age ~ 32 years)   2. Rev. John MAYO,   b. 2 Apr 1597, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 3 May 1676, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 79 years)   3. Hannah MAYO,   b. 1599,   d. 1670  (Age 71 years)   4. Elizabeth MAYO,   c. 1 Jan 1601, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. Aft 1630  (Age ~ 29 years)   5. Joyce MAYO,   c. 21 Aug 1603, Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 1698  (Age ~ 94 years)
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2023
  Family ID	F536729640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  There is no record of John Mayos parents. Please do not add anyone to this record Added by William Stead "This is a copy of the will of John Mayo of Thorpe-Mandeville,, Northamptonshire, England, that was written by him in January 1629/1630, shortly before his death. It was common practice in those times to wait to prepare the will when the person was on his death bed. In cases of sudden death, wills were not left at all. This John Mayo, who died and is buried in the church yard at Thorpe-Mandeville . . . was believed to be the father of our immigrant ancestor, Rev. John Mayo. . . .This John Mayo of Thorpe-Mandeville, believed to be the father of our immigrant ancestor Rev. John Mayo, was married to Katherine Mayo. She was buried next to her husband in 1633. Their children were: 1.) John Mayo (our ancestor): baptized on Oct. 16, 1597 in Farthinghoe Parish, Northamptonshire, England. [Also Philip (female), Anne, Elizabeth, Joyce and Gilbert]. . . . Towns connected to them were Thorpe-Mandeville, Farthinghoe Parish, and Slapton. Both John and Katherine Mayo are buried at Thorpe-Mandeville. Thorpe-Mandeville is only 4 miles away from Farthinghoe Parish, where most of their children were baptized. Middleton-Cheney, where Rev. John Mayo was originally thought to be born, is only 3 or 4 miles away from these towns. I had Nancy Long, the town historican of Middleton Cheney, check the town records personally, and she found that a researcher had made an error, and that Rev. John Mayo was actually born in Farthinghoe Parish and not in Middleton-Cheney, as previously thought. The researcher had Rev. John Mayo as being baptized in Middleton-Cheney on April 2, 1598. However, Nancy Long found that Crescent Mayo, son of Peter Mayo, was actually baptized on that date and not 'our' John Mayo. She discovered his baptism record in Farthinghoe Parish instead. According to Chauncy's Last Living, Rev. John Mayo's father was from Thorpe-Mandeville and was buried there. Rev. Charles Chauncy was a vicar in nearby Marston St. Lawrence before coming to America and he was friends with Rev. Mayo's father. It was quite easy to locate the death record and will of Rev. Mayo's father there and also the burial record of his mother, Katherine Mayo. The baptism records of Rev. John Mayo and his siblings were located in a nearby town of Farthinghoe Parish. The will of John Mayo of Thorpe-Mandeville was quite helpful with that task. That is where we stand so far on the English research of Rev. John Mayo and his origins." [ "Believed to be the will of the father of Rev. John Mayo . . . 'I John Mayo of Thorpe of Mandeville in the County of Northampton do make my last will and testament bequeathing my soul unto God and my body to be buried in the churchyard at Thorpe [Mandeville] And for my temporal goods I do bequeath as follows I make the executors Katherine Mayo my beloved wife and Elizabeth Mayo my daughter and further my will is that my two executors shall divide my goods equally between them and also shall equally be enforced to pay my debts for the rent of the house and close and also those legacies hereafter named. To my son Mr John Mayo I by legacy bequest a coffer [box] of ash [ie. ashwood] standing over the kitchen. Item to my son in law) Thomas Gilbert of Slapton I give all those tools which he have now with him in his keeping. Item I give to my daughter Anne Gervice one pewter platter as my exectrix shall please to give. In witness hereafter I have subscribed my hand the eighteenth of January 1629 [ie. 1630]. Item I make my overseer Daniel Gervice my son in law. Singed John Mayo Witnesses William Gardener Hannah Jarvis' (I have modernised the spellings but I have not altered the meaning or intention; items in square brackets are my own additions. I have looked at the burial register and the entry for John Mayo is very faded. The name can only just be read, the date of his burial is illegible." [749]--Source: "Will of John Mayo, Sr.," 11 Feb 1994, from Rachel Watson, County Archivist, Northamptonshire County Council to Mrs. J.M. Mayo, Copy held by Barbara Fleming, found at Cape Cod Community College Library.) Please read full PDF from 2014 with updated research in England http://hylbom.com/family/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Rev_John_Mayo_and_his_Descendants_by_Mayo-Rodwick_2010.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Feb 2023), entry for John Mayo, person ID LYT4-N3S. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Feb 2023), entry for John Mayo, person ID L5PT-FL6. (Reliability: 3).