Reverend John Mayo

M, #13720, b. Apr 2, 1598, d. May 3, 1676
Relationship9th great-grandfather of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Father*John Mayo b. circa 1573, d. Jan 18, 1630
Mother*Katherine Elizabeth Stanton

Family 1

Tamisen Bragg b. circa 1597, d. Feb 26, 1682
Children

Family 2

Thomasine Constable b. circa 1601, d. Feb 26, 1683

Chronological Events

Birth*Apr 2, 1598 Reverend John Mayo was born on Apr 2, 1598 at England, United Kingdom.1,2 
 He was the son of John Mayo and Katherine Elizabeth Stanton
Marriage*Mar 21, 1618 Reverend John Mayo married Tamisen Bragg on Mar 21, 1618 at Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.3 
Marriage*after 1671 Reverend John Mayo married Thomasine Constable after 1671 at Massachusetts, United States.4 
Death*May 3, 1676 Reverend John Mayo died on May 3, 1676, at age 78 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.1,2 
Burial*May 4, 1676 He was buried on May 4, 1676 at Cove Burying Ground Cemetery, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 85715994.5 
Book Excerpt* 
Arriving in New England 1638, he settled in Barnstable, being a teacher in the church there from its beginning until 1644. He was ordained April 15, 1640. He moved to Eastham in 1646 and was pastor of the church there until 1654, when being "discouraged" he moved to Boston, and became Nov. 1655, the first pastor of the "Old North Church". In 1673 with his own consent he was retired for age, and was succeeded by the famous Dr. Increase Mather. While in Boston, he lived on Middle, now Hanover St.

After retirement, he moved to Yarmouth, and lived there with his daughter, Elizabeth Howes, until his death.

It is claimed that Rev. John Mayo was the son of John Mayo of Cattistock, England, the author of the famous black letter book or pamphlet entitled, "The Pope's Parliament, containing a pleasant and delightful historie wherein."

Another note from Cape Cod History: John Mayo was born in 1597 in Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire, England, s/o John and Katherine Mayo, who later lived and died in Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire. John Mayo was their only son. At 17, he attended Magdalen Hall, Oxford University, but left without taking a degree, probably to escape taking the oath of conformity, which was required to graduate.
In his early 20's, he was in Leiden, Holland to marry there: Jan Meyer (John Mayo) of England, baize-worker, accompanied by Thomas Smeth (Smith), his acquaintance, was betrothed March 21, 1618 to Timmosijn Breyck (Tamisen Brike) of England, accompanied by Susanna Breyck (Brike), her mother, and Marytgen Duijck, (Mary), her sister. ( N.H., vol. H., fo. 216). (Foreign names were commonly "Dutched".) A baize-worker works with wool fabric, and many Puritans in Leiden had this occupation, because there was a demand.

Eventually, he found his way to North Newington, Oxfordshire, England, whence he emigrated to America in the spring of 1638. In 1639, he was an early settler of Barnstable, Plymouth colony. He was a teaching elder there under Rev. John Lothrop. In 1644, he became the first minister and early settler of Eastham, Plymouth colony. Eastham and Barnstable are on Cape Cod. In 1654, he was the first minister of the Second Church of Boston, in what is now the Italian north end of Boston. He retired in 1673 and went back to the Cape to live with his daughter in Yarmouth (in the section which is now Dennis, MA.) He died there in 1676.1
 

Citations

  1. [S805] Site - One World Tree (SM), online at http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S874] Site - WeRelate.org, online at http://www.werelate.org
  3. [S903] Book - Cape Cod History, online at http://www.capecodhistory.us/genealogy.com
  4. [S79] Gravestones - Find-A-Grave.com, online at findagrave.com.
  5. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.