Walter Mayer

Ma. and Me Genealogies FTM CD 194 • • MAYER. 1. WALTER MAYER was living on the western side of the Saco River, in the Province of Maine, in 1656, probably on one of the hundred acre plantations granted by Mr., Vines, the patentee, to the first settlers.* His name, which also appears on the town. And county records as Mar, Mare and Mair, became attached to the locality, and there are many references to "Walter Mare's brook" in the old books. On Sept. 30, 1659, he bought of Major Phillips four acres of marsh "near Powder Beife Tree" a landmark by which the meeting-house stood in 1658,t and from this it seems probable that Mayer's home was at Winter Harbor, in the main settlement. "Goody Maier " was assigned a seat in the fourth pew in the meeting¬house in 1666, and in the third pew, as "G. Mar," in 1674, but neither her Christian nor maiden name appears in the records. In 1670 Mayer paid a rate of six shillings. During the Indian uprising of 1676, he retired to Salem, of which town he was admitted an inhabitant, together with many of his Winter Harbor neighbors, "being driuen ffrom there habetations by the Barbarious heathen." This residence was only temporary, however. He returned to Saco, where he was granted fifty acres of upland "at the hed of his horn lot" by the Townsmen on Jan. 5, 1680, and where he was one of the selectmen in 1683. He was driven westward again by the second Indian war in 1688. He was a citizen of Boston in 1698, when, on June 10, he conveyed to his daughter Sarah, widow of Serg. Thomas Haley, Jr., one hundred acres of upland, presumably his original plantation, and six acres of marsh in Saco.This is the last record of him which can be found. The births of his children were care¬fully recorded in Saco under the heading "A Regaster of Water Mayer’s Children." Walter’s wife was Unk Maddiver, I think her name was Judith and she was dau. of Michael Maddiver and Edith---. Children: — i. JUDITH, b. March 16, 1654; m. GILES READ, Nov. 10, 1674. ii. MARY, b. Sept. 3, 1656. iii. WALTER, b. May 2, 1659. iv. SARA. b. Feb. 5, 1661; m. SERG. THOMAS HALEY, JR., of Saco; m. 2nd, CAPT. RICHARD CARR of Salisbury, Feb. 26, 1701/2; d. Jan. 8, 1726/7. (See Holey.') v. REBECKA, b. July 12, 1664. vi. RUTH, b. Oct. 20, 1666. vii. ELIZABETH, b. July 23, 1669. viii. BENJAMIN, b. March 16, 1671/2. He remained in Maine during the second Indian War anWalter,Saco. In Holberton, co. Devon, the home of several Maine immigrants, Walter Mares, son of Walter, was bp. 2 Mar. 1624, the only Mares entry in the register. Poss. he was brot over as a child by the Boadens. He m. a dau. of Michael Maddiver of Spurwink bef. 1654 and was a householder in Saco, on west bank of the river, in 1656. Constable 1663; selectman 1673, 1680-1683; appr. Henry Waddock's est. 1679. Gr. 50 a. at head of his lot, 1680. Lists 244a, 245, 246, 247, 249, 27. Fled to Salem in 1676 and in next war to Boston, where in 1698 he deeded his 100 a. homestead in Saco to his dau. Sarah Haley. Ch: Judith, b. 16 Mar. 1654, m. Giles Read(1) 10 Nov. 167-. Mary, b. 3 Sept. 1656, d. bef. 1704. Walter, b. 2 May 1659; d. bef. 1704. Sara, b. 5 Feb. 1661, m. 1st Sergt. Thomas Haley(8), m. 2d Capt. Richard Carr(5) 28 Feb. 1701-2. Rebecca, b. 12 July 1664, m. 1st Peter Naziter 19 May 1688 at Marblehead, m. 2d Dr. John Baxter (1). Ruth, b. 20 Oct. 1666, in ct. 13 Mar. 1688-9 for bastardy, unm. in 1704. Elizabeth, b. 23 July 1669. d. bef. 1704. Benjamin, b. 16 Mar. 1671-2; soldier at Fort Mary Feb. 1699-1700; k. by Ind. bef. 13 Apr. 1704 when his four sis. asked adm. which was gr. to Capt. Carr, the inv. containing only one item. £7: 14: 0 in hands of Capt. James Gooch of Boston. In Oct. 1707, in suit brot by Carr as adm. ag. Wheelwright, Thos. Wormwood and Elizabeth Goodale testif. that Benj. Mairs did for seven yrs. make Mr. John Wheelwright's house his home as he passed to and fro on his business, and their mistress did his laundry and mending. List 268b. Love, b. 29 Sept. 1674. m. Henry Paine (see 4). • View Full Context d was a soldier in Capt. Hill's garrison at Fort Mary in February, 1699. He was "late of Saco" on July 11, 1705, when hia brother-in-law, Capt, Richard Carr, was appointed administrator of his small estate, which consisted of "£ 7 14s in the hand s of Cap*» James Gooch of Boston." § fat. LOVE, b. Sept. 29,1674. * Folsom's History of Biddeford and Saco, p. 183. t Folsom's History of Biddeford and Saco, p. 138. t York Deeds IX: 65. § York Probate I: 109. J • Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, page 471 • Genealogocal Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire Walter,Saco. In Holberton, co. Devon, the home of several Maine immigrants, Walter Mares, son of Walter, was bp. 2 Mar. 1624, the only Mares entry in the register. Poss. he was brot over as a child by the Boadens. He m. a dau. of Michael Maddiver of Spurwink bef. 1654 and was a householder in Saco, on west bank of the river, in 1656. Constable 1663; selectman 1673, 1680-1683; appr. Henry Waddock's est. 1679. Gr. 50 a. at head of his lot, 1680. Lists 244a, 245, 246, 247, 249, 27. Fled to Salem in 1676 and in next war to Boston, where in 1698 he deeded his 100 a. homestead in Saco to his dau. Sarah Haley. Ch: Judith, b. 16 Mar. 1654, m. Giles Read(1) 10 Nov. 167-. Mary, b. 3 Sept. 1656, d. bef. 1704. Walter, b. 2 May 1659; d. bef. 1704. Sara, b. 5 Feb. 1661, m. 1st Sergt. Thomas Haley(8), m. 2d Capt. Richard Carr(5) 28 Feb. 1701-2. Rebecca, b. 12 July 1664, m. 1st Peter Naziter 19 May 1688 at Marblehead, m. 2d Dr. John Baxter (1). Ruth, b. 20 Oct. 1666, in ct. 13 Mar. 1688-9 for bastardy, unm. in 1704. Elizabeth, b. 23 July 1669. d. bef. 1704. Benjamin, b. 16 Mar. 1671-2; soldier at Fort Mary Feb. 1699-1700; k. by Ind. bef. 13 Apr. 1704 when his four sis. asked adm. which was gr. to Capt. Carr, the inv. containing only one item. £7: 14: 0 in hands of Capt. James Gooch of Boston. In Oct. 1707, in suit brot by Carr as adm. ag. Wheelwright, Thos. Wormwood and Elizabeth Goodale testif. that Benj. Mairs did for seven yrs. make Mr. John Wheelwright's house his home as he passed to and fro on his business, and their mistress did his laundry and mending. List 268b. Love, b. 29 Sept. 1674. m. Henry Paine (see 4).