Elizabeth Mayo

SHE DID *NOT* MARRY BENJAMIN SABIN or Ephraim Mayhew.

Biography

Elizabeth Davis was born on April 18, 1678 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts to John Davis and Mary Devotion of Roxbury (“Elisabeth, d. John, Apr. 18, 1678.” Roxbury Births Vol 1 p 92).[1][2][3][4]and died 1756 at age 77 years.[3][5] She married Thomas Mayo on 4 May 1699 in Roxbury.[2][3][4][6]

In his will dated February 23, 1704/5 John Davis of Roxbury named his daughter Elizabeth Mayo when he instructed his son Samuel to pay daughters Mary Bacon and Elizabeth Mayo five pounds each within one year, their inheritance from their grandfather Edward Devotion:

• "Item. My will is that my son Samuel shall pay to my 2 Daughters Mary Baken & Eliz Mayo Ten pound in curr[ent] money of New England, in one year’s time as their Legacies given to them by their Grandfather Edward Devotion, which is to each five pounds it being forgot in the place of it by recollecting of my thoughts."[7]

Thomas Mayo and Elizabeth Davis had 12 children:

• Hannah Mayo born 4 Apr 1700 Roxbury[8][3][4]
• Mary Mayo born 22 Oct 1702 Roxbury - 9 Sep 1718)[3][4]
• Sarah Mayo born 30 May 1705 Roxbury[3][4]
• Elizabeth Mayo born 22 Sep 1707 Roxbury - b 1756)[3][4]
• Lt. John Mayo born 17 Sep 1709 Roxbury - 27 Jul 1752)[3][4]
• Rebecca Mayo born 21 Oct 1711 Roxbury - 29 Nov 1739)[3][4]
• Capt. Thomas Mayo born 23 Sep 1713 Roxbury - 30 Nov 1792)[3][4]
• Abigail Mayo born 6 Sep 1715 Roxbury[3][4]
• Joseph Mayo born 13 Jun 1717 Roxbury - 9 Jul 1717)[3][4]
• Mary Mayo born 20 Feb 1718/19 Roxbury[3][4]
• Major Joseph Mayo born 28 Feb 1720/21 Roxbury - 14 Feb 1776)[3][4]
• Mehitable Mayo born 12 Apr 1724 Roxbury[3][4]

Elizabeth Davis died in 1756 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at age 77 years. The estate of Elizabeth Davis was administered on 27 March 1761 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, by Thomas Hutchinson according to Chester Garst Mayo.[5][3]

Sources

• 1 Vital records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925-1926) Vol. I. Roxbury births. Link
• 2 George L. Davis, Samuel Davis of Oxford, Mass and Joseph Davis of Dudley, Mass. and Their Descendants, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Charles Hamilton, 1884). p. 5. Children of John Davis and Mary Devotion: 4) Elizabeth, b. 18 Apr 1678, m. 4 May 1699 Thomas Mayo of Roxbury. [Note: the transcript of the will of John Davis in this source, dated 23 Feb 1704/05, names daughter Eliz'a Mayo, mentioning a legacy given her by her Grandfather Edward Devotion.]
• 3 Chester Garst Mayo, John Mayo of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1630-1688 A Genealogical and Biographical Record of His Descendants, (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965).
• 4 George F Daniels, History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892)
• 5 Suffolk County Probate Records: Elizabeth Davis died in 1756 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, at age 77 years. The estate of Elizabeth Davis was administered on 27 March 1761 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, by Thomas Hutchinson
• 6 Davis, George Lucien. Samuel Davis, of Oxford, Mass., and Joseph Davis, of Dudley, Mass., and their descendants. (North Andover, Mass.: George L. Davis, 1884), p. 5. Children of John Davis and Mary Devotion: 4) Elizabeth, b. 18 Apr 1678, m. 4 May 1699 Thomas Mayo of Roxbury. [Note: the transcript of the will of John Davis in this source, dated 23 Feb 1704/05, names daughter Eliz'a Mayo, mentioning a legacy given her by her Grandfather Edward Devotion.]
• 7 Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County); Probate Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts (Database Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2015). Case Number 2918 John Davis 20 Feb 1704, Item Description Probate Records, Vol 15-16, 1699-1709 Index P 216
• 8 Abner Morse, A Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. Volume III. (Boston, MA: H.W. Dutton & Son, 1861).
• Ancestry of Robert Roy and Related Families link
• All of the Above I By Richard Baldwin Cook [1]