1st wife of Samuel Mayo

Not the same as Ruth Hopkins

Samuel Mayo, son of Nathaniel Mayo and Hannah Prence, was b in Eastham, Plymouth Colony 12 Oct 1655.[1][2] and was buried in the Orleans Cemetery.[3]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mayo-297

Samuel married (1) _____ _____ who died before 15 July 1727 (Samuel's intention to marry second wife).[1][4] The children named in Samuel's will were all married before he married his second wife, so were the children of his first wife.

Disputed Origins

The Mayflower Index 1932 and NEHGR 102:49 listed his wife as Ruth Hopkins d/o Gyles and Catherine (Wheldon) Hopkins). Gyles 1682 will and 1688/9 codicil, probated 1690, do not mention any daughters[5][1]

It has been suggested that the wife of Samuel Mayo was Ruth Hopkins, the daughter of Giles and Catherine (Whelden) Hopkins, but no proof has been found,[1][2] and in the 2014 Mayflower Families volume on Elder William Brewster it is indicated that the name of Samuel Mayo's first wife is completely unknown. It confirms that this unknown first wife is the mother of all of his children and that she probably died in Eastham before 15 July 1727.[3]

In the 2019 Brewster Silver Book (Part 3) all seven children (Hannah, Sarah, Samuel, Jonathan, Rebecca, Mary, and Mercy) are listed as being the children of Samuel with no mention of a mother.[4]

Family

Children of Samuel Mayo probably born in Eastham, by his first unknown wife:[1]

1. Hannah Mayo m. Judah Hopkins
2. Sarah Mayo m. James Higgins
3. Samuel Mayo, m. (1) Abigail Sparrow; m. (2) Sarah (____) Clark; m. (3) Mercy (Knowles) Snow.
4. Jonathan Mayo m. Thankful Thwing
5. Rebecca Mayo m. Stephen Cole
6. Mary Mayo m. Ralph Smith
7. Mercy Mayo m. John Cole.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-550982 cites
• Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), page 9.
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower and some of His Descendants" NEHGR Vol. 102(1948):49.
• Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families through Five Generations. Volume Twenty-Four The Descendants of Elder William Brewster. (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014.) Part 1, page 313.
• Brewster Silver Book, Part 3, published 2019, pages 109-116.
• John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Page 9.
• Ferris, Mary W. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Volume 1, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005; original book privately printed, 1943. (Vol. 2:444 was cited, but no mention of the wife of Samuel Mayo is found in this source)
• DeForest, L. Effingham and Anne Lawrence DeForest, Moore and Allied Families: The Ancestry of William Henry Moore, (NY, NY : The DeForest Publishing Company, 1938). (No reference to the wife of Samuel Mayo found)
• Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) (page reference needed, with content)