Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameRev. John MAYO 
Birth2 Apr 1598, Cattistock, Northamptonshire, England1055, p 2; year only,2044,3721
Emigration1638/9, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts583, p 891,1055, p 2 Age: 39
Ordination15 Apr 16401055, p 2 Age: 42
Settlement1644, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts583, P 891 Age: 45
Removal1655, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts583, p 891 Age: 56
Death3 May 1676, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts363,1352, year only,3721 Age: 78
Education1Magdalen Hall, Oxford University, matriculated 28 Apr 1615, aged 171055
FlagsClergy, Earliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• Rev. John Mayo was born in England, probably about 1590 to 1600, as he was a very old man when he died in May, 1676. He was educated in England, and matriculated at Magdalen Hall Oxford. Nothing is yet known of his life in England, but he lived there the major portion of his life, was married there, and all of his children were born there.
In 1638 he came to New England, and settled in Barnstable, and was in Barnstable in 1639, where he was ordained a teaching Elder in connection with Rev. John Lothrop.1055, p 2
• Pastor of the second church in Boston, till 1673, when he was discharged on account of old age.583, p 891
• It was in the year 1673 however, that with his own consent, he was retired for age, and was succeeded in the pulpit of “old North Church” by Rev. Increase Mather.1055, p 2
In 1638 he came to New England, and settled in Barnstable, and was in Barnstable in 1639, where he was ordained a teaching Elder in connection with Rev. John Lothrop.1055, p 2
• Pastor of the second church in Boston, till 1673, when he was discharged on account of old age.583, p 891
• It was in the year 1673 however, that with his own consent, he was retired for age, and was succeeded in the pulpit of “old North Church” by Rev. Increase Mather.1055, p 2