Matthew Frank Mayo
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1845 - Eastham, Massachusetts
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Events
• Alt Birth, 1845 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Matthew Mayo (1810-1885) 1
Mother: Martha Remick (1810- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah L Brown (1853 - )
Marriage: 22 Apr 1870 - Orleans, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. Martha M Mayo (1875- ) 2
2. Overy Parker Mayo (1878- )
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1875, 1878 mariner, Wellfleet
Captain Matthew Hopkins Mayo
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Apr 1779 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
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Death: 1831 - Lost At Sea 3
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Parents
Father: Thomas Mayo (1751-1818)
Mother: Mary Crosby (1751- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Doane (1780 - 2 Feb 1847)
Marriage: 25 May 1802 - Eastham, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. Freeman Doane Mayo (1802-1888) 4 5
2. Abigail Smith Mayo (Cir 1803- ) 3
3. Rowena Mayo (Est 1800- )
4. Rebecca Mayo (1807-1886)
5. Matthew Mayo (1810-1885) 1
Notes
General:
In the War of 1812:
"Capt. Matthew H. Mayo, accompanied by Capt. Winslow L. Knowles, left [Eastham], in a whale boat loaded with rye, bound to Boston, where they arrived in safety. Having sold their rye, they purchased articles for their own families and others, and exchanged their boat for one somewhat larger. In attempting to make their passage home, when near the Gurnet, they discovered a pink-stern schooner of about sixty tons, at anchor within range of cannon shot of them, apparently fishing, with five men on deck. Suddenly a cannon was discharged, the shot of which struck the water about, fifty feet from them; keeping on their course, another shot fell only a few feet short and skipped over them, on which they hove to, and the schooner ran alongside their boat. Capt. Mayo secretly threw over his valuable spyglass, that it might not fall into their hands.
"They were taken on board the schooner and conveyed to the British man-of-war Spencer, where they were kept three days, when an offer was made to ransom themselves and boat for three hundred dollars; and for that purpose Capt. Knowles was permitted to go to Boston, to obtain the money, but was there advised by his friends and a certain naval officer to give up the scheme.
"Capt. Mayo having remained seven days in the ship, was put on board of the schooner that look him, as a pilot, with three British officers and twenty men, well armed with a brass four pounder, muskets, pistols, cutlasses, boarding pikes and other weapons, and ordered to cruise in the bay.
"After two days they were overtaken by a severe northwest wind. Capt. Mayo advised them to make a harbor under Billingsgate Point; but it being his intention to deceive the enemy, and, if possible, to recapture the vessel and make prisoners of all on board, he anchored in bad holding ground. The gale still continuing, he went forward unobserved, and with his penknife partly severed the cable, which soon parted. He then advised the officers to make a harbor to the leeward, about ten miles distant.
"He had previously picked the lock of the first officer's writing desk, and obtained a pair of brass pistols, which he secreted under his jacket.
"The schooner soon grounded on the flats of Eastham. The officers now suspected that he had deceived them; but Capt. Mayo assured them that they had only struck on the outer bar, and would soon beat over, and advised the men to go below, as they might be suspected by the people who began to collect on the shore. He gave them a gimblet, with which they tapped a cask of West India rum, and drank till they were intoxicated.
"The schooner soon began to heel over, as the tide ebbed, and the officers, finding they were deceived, ordered their men on deck for the purpose of resistance. Capt. Mayo immediately threw overboard the arms that were on deck, drew out his pistols and threatened to shoot any one who should attempt his life.
"He went on shore and requested the people who had assembled there, to notify the proper authorities of his circumstances. The militia were ordered out and took possession of the vessel, officers and men, and marched them up to the public house of Mr. Thomas Crosby, where they were put under guard for that night. In the morning they were ordered to the barn of Mr. George Collins, and a guard placed over them; but they were soon permitted to escape, and taking a boat at the shore, went on board of their ship.
"The commander sent a barge, and demanded of the town twelve hundred dollars in specie, threatening that, if it was not paid in twenty-four hours, he would land with a force sufficient to burn, indiscriminately, the vessels, dwelling-houses and salt-works of the inhabitants.
"The deputy marshal of the district, having been informed of the capture of the vessel and crew, demanded the prisoners and their baggage; but they having escaped to the British ship, he took the arms and baggage. He also demanded the vessel, which belonged to persons in Duxbury; but the proper authorities secured her to Capt. Mayo, who justly considered that she was his property. The owners in Duxbury afterwards paid him two hundred dollars for the vessel. If the prisoners had not been permitted to escape, he would have been entitled to thirty dollars for each of them.
"The officer of the barge now peremptorily demanded the money, or he would immediately execute his threats, upon which the committee of safety requested some delay, and permission to visit the commodore on board of his ship, and return in twenty-four hours. Finally they paid two hundred dollars for the baggage taken from the prisoners by the deputy marshal, and one thousand for the protection of the town.
"The money was receipted for by the commodore, with a written promise not to take or destroy any property belonging to the inhabitants of the town of Eastham during the war.
"This matter being settled, the British forces left the shore for their ships.
"The selectmen were the committee of safety, and the town voted to pay all necessary charges occasioned by the British in threatening to land.
"The payment of money for the protection of the town seems to have been unwise and unnecessary. It can be accounted for only from the great alarm and fear which pervaded the minds of the people, of which the enemy took advantage. On cool reflection, it would appear impossible for them to have executed their threat. There was no thickly inhabited village, the salt-works were scattered at a distance on the shore, and the flats extend a mile or more, and are dry at low water. The militia of this and the neighboring towns, with an artillery company having two brass pieces, from Brewster, were on the spot, ready to repel any attempt to land.
"The town voted to pay those persons who boarded the militia when called out for defence against the enemy, ten cents per meal.
"During the [War of 1812] a number of men from [Eastham] were engaged in privateering. Four of them, Samuel Freeman, Jr., Joseph Snow, Josiah Smith and Matthew H. Mayo, were in the Reindeer, Capt. Nathaniel Snow. They were ordered to cruise from the mouth of the English Channel to the Bay of Biscay, to intercept a fleet of East Indiamen. They fell in with it on the coast of France, but as it was under a strong convoy, they let it pass.
"Subsequently they captured six prizes, from which they took part of their cargoes, and burnt some of the vessels.
"One of them was an English brig under Spanish colors, on board of which they put a prize-master, and ordered her to the United Stales; but she was retaken on the passage.
"They fell in with another fleet of merchantmen under a strong convoy, and remaining near it till dark, they engaged one of the vessels, which they were on the point of taking, when one of the convoy coming to her relief, they drew off, and returned to Boston, having been absent five months." Pratt's History, p 88-92 6
Maurice Leslie Mayo
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 14 Aug 1902 - Orleans, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: Overy Parker Mayo (1878- )
Mother: Ella Frances Freeman (1877- )
Mehetabel Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Sep 1759 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
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Death: Bef 1777
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Father: Gideon Mayo (Cir 1730-1762)
Mother: Sarah Linnell (1733-Bef 1775) 10 11 12
Mehitable Mayo
Sex: F
AKA: Mehitabel Mayo
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Apr 1705 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
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Death: in New Hampshire
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Parents
Father: Nathaniel Mayo (1667-1716)
Mother: Mary Brown (Est 1685- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Benjamin Bean (15 May 1699 - 1738)
Marriage: 5 Aug 1725 - Eastham, Massachusetts 14
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Children:
1. Sarah Bean (1727- ) 14
2. Benjamin Bean (1729-Abt 1775) 14
Notes
Marriage Notes (Benjamin Bean)
The marriage of Benjamin and Mehitabel was recorded in Eastham without comment on Benjamin's residence, so he may have been an Eastham resident then.
Marriage 1 Benjamin Bean b: 5 MAY 1699 in Kingston, NH
Married: 5 AUG 1725 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA
Children
Sarah Bean b: 14 MAY 1727 in Eastham, MA
Benjamin Bean b: 9 MAY 1729 in Eastham, MA
Mehitable Bean b: 1731 in Haverhill, MA
Jonathan Bean b: 1733 in Haverhill, MA
David Bean b: 4 NOV 1733 in Haverhill, MA
Twins Bean b: 1735 in NH
Baby Bean b: 1737 in NH
Marriage 2 Jeremiah Bean, 1703 in Exeter, NH - 5 Jun 1781 Epping or Brentwood, NH
Married: 1740 in Epping, NH
Jeremiah Bean, b. 1703, Exeter, NH, d. 6-5-1781(80), Brentwood, NH, m. 1st ca. 1729 Brentwood, NH, Mary Fifield, d. 1-3-1740, dau. of Jonathan Fifield of Hampton, and 2nd, Mehitable (Mayo) Bean, widow of Benjamin Bean. Mary Fifield Bean joined Hampton Falls Church, 4-18-1736. On 12-26-1727 Jonathan Fifield of Hampton gave his son-in-law, Jeremiah Bean, 30 acres of land situated in Kingston by deed.This document establishes the true identity of Mary Fifield.
Will signed June 5 1780 and probated July 25 1781, Rockingham Co., NH. He left land in Epping to his son John, who on Nov 4 1784, being "of a place called Massabeach in the County of York", conveyed 25 acres of land in Epping to Ebenezer Smith of Brentwood. (Rockingham Co. deed 158:390.) Jeremiah was first cousin of his second wife's first husband, Benjamin Bean. 14 15
Mehitable Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 May 1732 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
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Father: Nathaniel Mayo (1681- ) 17
Mother: Mehitabel Rogers (1687-Bef 1722)
Mehitable Mayo
Sex: F
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Birth: Est 1770 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
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Spouses and Children
1. *Sylvanus Bangs (25 Sep 1760 - 3 Aug 1824)
Marriage: 16 Apr 1793 - Harwich, Massachusetts
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1. Sylvanus Bangs (1803-1837)
Mehitable Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1788 - Eastham, Massachusetts 18
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Father: James Mayo (1745-1828) 19
Mother: Martha Doane (1746-Bef 1790) 20
Melatiah Mayo
Sex: F
AKA: Meltiah Mayo
Milley Mayo 21
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Jan 1805 - Truro, Massachusetts 22
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Death: 20 Nov 1857
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Parents
Father: Nehemiah Doane Mayo (1769-1829) 23
Mother: Meletiah Rich (1778-1860)
Spouses and Children
1. *Reuben Dyer (5 May 1800 - 1 Nov 1831)
Marriage: 1824 - Truro, Massachusetts
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Children:
1. Elisha Mayo Dyer (1825-1885) 24
2. Reuben Dyer (1827-1828) 24
3. Betsey Dyer (1829-1915)
4. Reuben Dyer (1830-1831)
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Called "Pemelia" in marriages of children (Elisha M. & Elizabeth)
Called "Milla" in 1850 Census (age 44) of Provincetown.
(will_riged)
Mercie Mayo
Sex: F
AKA: Mercy Mayo
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jan 1685 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 25
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Death: Bef 7 Mar 1765
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Parents
Father: Thomas Mayo (1650-1729)
Mother: Barbara Knowles (Est 1655-1715)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jonnathan Godfrey (24 Jun 1682 - 7 Mar 1765) 26
Marriage: 30 Oct 1707 - Eastham, Massachusetts 27
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Children:
1. Thomas Godfrey (1708-1778) 28
2. Jeptha Godfrey (Abt 1710-Bef 1763)
3. Hannah Godfrey (1712-1765)
4. Mercy Godfrey (Abt 1714- )
5. Ruth Godfrey (Abt 1720-1796)
6. Lydia Godfrey (Abt 1721-Abt 1765)
7. Mehitable Godfrey (Est 1725- )
Notes
General:
Record is unclear whether birthdate is 1684/85 or 1685/86.
There were at least 3 Mercy Mayos born in the 1680s and 1690s in Eastham. They are poorly distinguished in the Rootsweb genealogies.
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Oct 1664 - (Boston)
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Death: 20 Jan 1749 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial: in Sears cemetery, Brewster
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Parents
Father: Samuel Mayo (Est 1622-1663)
Mother: Tamsen Lumpkin (1626-1709)
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Sears (Jan 1663 - 8 Jan 1742) 29
Marriage: Cir 1683
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Children:
1. Hannah Sears (1685- )
2. Samuel Sears (1687-1726)
3. Nathaniel Sears (1689-1720)
4. Tamsin Sears (1691-1761)
5. Jonathan Sears (1693-1738)
6. Captain Joseph Sears (1695-1765)
7. Joshua Sears (1697-1754)
8. Judah Sears (1699- )
9. John Sears (1701- )
10. Seth Sears (1703-1750) 30
11. Benjamin Sears (1706-1797)
Notes
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stone:
Here lyes ye Body of
Mrs MERCY SEARS Wife
to Capt SAMUEL SEARS
Who Departed this Life
Jan'ry ye 20th ad 1748/9 in
ye 84th Year of Her Age 30
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Feb 1719 - Eastham, Massachusetts
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Father: Thomas Mayo (1678-1769) 25
Mother: Elizabeth Higgins (1680-1721)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elkenah Young (17 Jun 1711 - Bef 1 Mar 1763)
Marriage: 28 Oct 1736 - Eastham, Massachusetts 31
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Children:
1. Thomas Young (Cir 1745- )
2. Deborah Young (Cir 1745- )
3. Elkanah Young (1745-1832)
4. Bathsheba Young (Cir 1747-1799)
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Sep 1688 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony
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Parents
Father: Samuel Mayo (1655-1738)
Mother: Ruth Hopkins (1653-Bef 1728)
Spouses and Children
1. *John Cole (14 Oct 1696 - Abt 1753)
Marriage: 8 Feb 1727 - Eastham, Massachusetts 32
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Children:
1. John Cole (1729-1790) 32
2. Theophilus Cole (1730- )
3. Rebecca Cole (1733- )
4. Mercy Cole (1735- ) 32
Notes
General:
There were at least 3 Mercy Mayos born in the 1680s and 1690s in Eastham. They are poorly distinguished in the Rootsweb genealogies.
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Apr 1688 - Hingham, Plymouth colony 33
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Death: After 26 Mar 1765 - Harwich, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: John Mayo (1652-1726)
Mother: Hannah Freeman (Cir 1656-1744)
Spouses and Children
1. *Nathaniel Hopkins (mid Mar 1684 - 13 Sep 1766)
Marriage: 1707 - Harwich, Massachusetts 34 35
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Children:
1. David Hopkins (1707- )
2. Jeremiah Hopkins (1708- )
3. Elizabeth Hopkins (1711-1801)
4. Nathanael Hopkins (1713-Bef 1717)
5. Bethia Hopkins (1715-1726)
6. Nathaniel Hopkins (1717-After 1765)
7. Mercy Hopkins (1720- )
8. Reuben Hopkins (1722-1767)
9. Samuel Hopkins (1724-1761)
10. James Hopkins (1727- )
11. Theophilus Hopkins (1729-1819)
Notes
General:
There were at least 3 Mercy Mayos born in the 1680s and 1690s in Eastham to confuse. This Mercy and family are referenced as "Stephen Hopkins MFIP by John D Austin 1989 p 75-8."
She died after date of husbands will 3/25/1765 in which she is mentioned.
Reports of 16 children over 42 years are absurd.
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Apr 1728 - Eastham, Massachusetts 36
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Death: 25 Mar 1760 - Eastham, Massachusetts 37
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Father: Israel Mayo (1700-1760) 25
Mother: Mercy Rider (1701-After 1785)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jonathan Linnell (1724 - 9 Jun 1797)
Marriage: 8 Jan 1747 - Eastham, Massachusetts 38
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Children:
1. Experience Linnell (1748-1819)
2. Thomas Linnell (1750-1825)
3. Ruth Linnell (1752-1835)
4. Zerviah Linnell (1754-1786)
5. Uriah Linnell (1756- ) 37
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Aug 1834 - Brewster, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: Elnathan Mayo (1763-1839)
Mother: Susan Paine (1789-1856)
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1801 - Orleans, Massachusetts
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Death: 18 Feb 1843 - Eastham, Massachusetts 30
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
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Spouses and Children
1. *James Lincoln (Feb 1797 - 26 Oct 1865)
Marriage: Jan 1824 - Eastham, Massachusetts 39
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Children:
1. Mary Ann Lincoln (1825-1899) 40
2. James Lincoln (1826-1846)
3. Hinckley Lincoln (1829- )
4. Mercy Lincoln (1834- )
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
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Birth: Est 1796
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Spouses and Children
1. *Thatcher Snow (2 Oct 1793 - 1872)
Marriage: 2 Apr 1816
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Children:
1. Susan Snow (1817-After 1880)
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 19 Jun 1780 - Eastham, Massachusetts 41
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Father: Uriah Mayo (1749-1824) 42
Mother: Mercy Sparrow (1754-1794) 43
Mercy Mayo
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Jul 1802 - Eden, Maine
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Father: Israel Doane Mayo (1773-1857)
Mother: Joanna Knowles (Est 1776-1804)