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About Sarah May
Summary
- Sarah Brewer b 8 Mar 1637/8 Roxbury, MA daughter of Daniel Brewer and Joanna Unknown
- Married 19 Nov 1656 John2 May son of John1 May and an unknown mother born c1628-1631
- Children: Mary, Sarah, Eleazer, John, Mehetabel, Naomi, Elisha and Ephraim
- Death 4 May 1670 Roxbury, MA
- The best treatment of John May can be found in Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines 1:413
Children
The following children were born in Roxbury, MA:
- Mary May 7 Nov 1657 - d after 1700
- Sarah May 8 Sep 1659 - d 29 Dec 1712
- Eleazer May 12 Feb 1661/2 - d 1662
- John May 11 May 1663 - 24 Feb 1729/30
- Mehitabel May 6 May 1665 - d after Jul 1690
- Naomi May 20 May 1667 - d after Jul 1690
- Elisha May 20 Mar 1668/69 - d after 1704
- Ephraim May 23 Dec 1670 - d 25 Sep 1721
Church
"On Mar 22, 1662-3, John Bridge became a member of the church, as did his wife, Prudence on April 5 following. In 1664 John joined his father, Edward, John May, and 37 others in a a petition pleading that the General Court should safe-guard the colony's charter."
Deed
"In June 1661, John Bridge, in company with John May, John Watson, William Lyon, and William Gary, purchased the property left by Philip Eliot, deceased brother of the Rev John, and in Sept 1661 the first four of these men sold to the fifth fifteen acres, perhaps a part of the same land. This deed was not acknowledged until 1672, after the death of John May, so his widow Sarah (Brewer) May acknowledged the truth of his signature" (p. 116)
Probate
"John May left a considerably larger estate than did his father, yet he died a comparatively young man and only seventeen months after his father's death, having been blind for several months." (p. 414)
Sources
- John May, in Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes; and A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. (Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press, 1931-1943), 1:414, JOHN MAY born in England about 1628-31, died or was buried in Roxbury September 11, 1671, aged about forty. link
- Anderson The Great Migration Beginsp 225
- Dawes-Gates 1:108-11 Brewer and 1:414 May
- Register v.5 p. 334 Births & Burialls City of Roxbury 1630-45: "Sarah dau of Daniel Brewer b. 10 (1) 1638"
- The American Genealogist (1981) 57:174 link
- Deaths, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926), v.2 p.588. MAY, John, blind, bur. 11: 7m: 1671, a. abt. 40 y. C.R.1 = First Religious Society (Unitarian)
- Roberts Gary Boyd. Notable Kin, Volume One: Carl Boyer, 3rd; Location: Santa Clarita, California; Date: 1998.
- Torrey 2:1017 1656 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States MAY, John (1631-1671) & Sarah BREWER/BRUCE? (1638-); 19 Nov 1656; Roxbury {Plymouth (Davis) 341; May 2; Morris-Converse 361; Paine (,5) 102; Morris-Flynt 21-2; Morris 21-2; Seeley-Vail 70, 134; Williams (,10) 13; Fellowes-Davis Anc. 81; Fallass 236; Sv. 1
GEDCOM Source
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Sarah May's Timeline
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March 8, 1638
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England
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| 1657 |
November 7, 1657
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Roxbury (within present Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)
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| 1659 |
September 8, 1659
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Roxbury (within present Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)
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February 12, 1661
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May 19, 1663
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1665 |
May 6, 1665
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Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1667 |
May 20, 1667
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Roxbury (within present Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Present USA)
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| 1668 |
March 20, 1668
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Dorchester Center, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1670 |
March 4, 1670
Age 31
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Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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