Joseph Mayo, Jr.

There is a monument in this plot right beside their graves that states "In 1894 the dust of all the Mayos & others buried at "Powhatan Seat" between 1731 & 1894 was removed to Hollywood by P. H. Mayo".

The side of this monument is inscribed: "In Memorium

William Mayo & Son Joseph of Poulshot Wilts Co. England (1620 - 1691) and their descendents of "Powhatan Seat" Henrico Co. Va. 8 successive generations in order following William -- 2nd Joseph -- 3rd William & brother Joseph 2nd First Mayos, (Who came to the U.S.A. via Barbadoes in 1723.) 4th John son of William 2nd -- 5th William 3rd son of John -- 6th Robert A, son of Wm 3rd 7th J. M. F. & W. S. P. sons of Robert A. -- 8th R. Emmerson son of J. H. T. M. Maj. Wm Mayo 2nd A distinguished Civil Engineer made map of of Barbadoes still used & with Col. Wm. Byrd & other Royal Commissioners ran the dividing line between Va. & N.C. 1728 & laid off the cities of Richmond & Petersburg Va.

Erected 1895 by P. H. son of Ro. A. Mayo"

Joseph Mayo was a Barbados merchant who settled in Virginia ca 1723. 5 September 1723 he secured a patent for 600 acres on the south side of the James River in Henrico The land was next to Joseph Hooper. In 1731 Joseph patented a nearby 400 acres. It was on Mayo�s land that Capt. John Smith first met the great Indian chief Powhatan; Joseph Mayo named his plantation Powhatan. Thomas Tabb, one of the richest merchants in Virginia, married Elizabeth Mayo, the daughter of Joseph Mayo of Henrico County, and his wife Anne.

Joseph was a Barbados merchant and was the brother of Major William Mayo, father of Ann Mayo who became the wife of Col. George Carrington.

International Genealogical Index (LDS Church, 1999-2005)

GEDCOM Note

Joseph Mayo (1692—1740) [1724.5]Joseph Mayo, the son of Joseph Mayo and Elizabeth Hooper, was born 25 March 1692 after his father’s death. They baptized him 24 May 1703. Joseph Mayo was a Barbados merchant who settled in Virginia in 1723. On September 5 of that year, he secured a patent for 600 acres on the south side of the James River in Henrico (later Goochland) Co.. The land was next to Joseph Hooper. In 1731 Joseph patented a nearby 400 acres. It was on Mayo’s land that Capt. John Smith had met first the great Indian chief Powhatan and Mayo thus named his plantation “Powhatan.” Joseph’s wife was Frances and that is what they named a daughter.Joseph Mayo bought 75 acres in Goochland Co. between Fine and Upper Manakin creeks from William Easley in 1737. William Mayo [862] and his wife, Ann, were among the witnesses. Mayo sold the tract back to Easley later the same year.Joseph Mayo died in Henrico Co. before August 1740 when William Mayo presented his will in court.Thomas Tabb, one of the richest merchants in Virginia, married Elizabeth Mayo [1724.5.2], the daughter of Joseph Mayo of Henrico Co., and his wife Anne. Perhaps this was the same Joseph Mayo who married a second time.In December 1741 Anne Mayo, “spinster of Henrico Co.,” bought 787 acres in Amelia Co. from Richard Kennon, Gent., for £180. Kennon’s 787 acres was made up of his 387-acre patent of March 1736/7 and 400-acre patent of September 1730 that he bought from William Kennon. Anne secured a patent for this land in March 1743.Anne Mayo died in Henrico Co. before April 1759 when Philip Mayo presented her will in court. On 23 September 1763, Philip Mayo “of Henrico Co.” sold Thomas Tabb this same 787 acres in Amelia Co. for £700. The deed described the property as land “which Anne Mayo, by her last will, gave her daughter, Elizabeth Tabb, as by patent dated March 30, 1743.” We presume Philip Mayo [1724.5.3] was a son of Joseph Mayo. Perhaps he inherited the land after Elizabeth’s early death. He lived elsewhere and sold it to her husband.Another son may have been Joseph Mayo III [1724.5.3.1]. Thomas Tabb was involved in many land transactions in Amelia Co., most of which a Joseph Mayo witnessed. A 1744-suit in Amelia Co. identified Philip, Joseph, and William Mayo as the executors of the estate of Joseph Mayo.George Mayo witnessed a deed for Joseph Mayo for land on Gilley’s Creek in 1735. He may have been another son. When Joseph Mayo sold 180 acres on the Chickahominy Swamp in 1737, witnesses to the deed were George May, Philip Mayo, Elizabeth Mayo, and Paulina Mayo. George and Philip were likely his sons, but we do not know who the women were.Known daughter of Joseph and Frances (—) Mayo:Frances Mayo [1724.5.1] married William Moseley [3520.2.1.2]. Frances and William were the parents of three children. William inherited his father’s plantation on the south side of the James River, in Bermuda Hundred, in what is now Chesterfield Co..

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