Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Keziah Mayo 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 30 Dec 1793 - Harwich, Massachusetts
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Parents 
         Father: Elnathan Mayo (1763-1839)
         Mother: Patience Lincoln (1764-1819)



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Laurel Williams Mayo 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Mar 1900 - Eastham, Massachusetts 1
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Parents 
         Father: Warren Albert Mayo (1869-1946) 2
         Mother: Marion W Mayo (1881-1966) 2
Notes
General:
unsure of first name

picture Lemuel Mayo 
      Sex: M
AKA: Lamuel Mayo 4
Individual Information 
          Birth: Jun 1741 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
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Parents 
         Father: John Mayo (1707-Bef 1760) 6
         Mother: Tabitha Snow (1707-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Mayo (Est 1743 -       )
       Marriage: 1763 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Molly Mayo (1763-      ) 4
                2. Deliverance Mayo (1765-      )
                3. Tabitha Mayo (1767-      ) 4
                4. Elisha Mayo (1770-      ) 4



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Leonard Mayo 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1726 - Chatham, Massachusetts
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Parents 
         Father: Elisha Mayo (1695-Abt 1734) 7
         Mother: Hannah Linnell (1696-Cir 1727)



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Lester Washburn Mayo 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 27 Mar 1864 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
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          Death: 27 Aug 1871 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: consumption

Parents 
         Father: Elisha Mayo (1831-1867)
         Mother: Abigail Bickford Wiley (1833-1921) 10 11



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Lettis Mayo 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Apr 1736 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
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Events
• Alt Birth, 11 Apr 1736 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Parents 
         Father: James Mayo (Est 1696-Cir 1742)
         Mother: Susanna Smith (1704-      )
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Marriage 1 Joseph MEAD b: 1717 in Stratham, NH
Married: 27 FEB 1755 in Falmouth, ME

picture Lidia Mayo 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 23 Jan 1723 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
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Parents 
         Father: Judah Mayo (1691-1761) 14
         Mother: Mary Hamilton (1699-      ) 15 16



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Louise Mayo 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Feb 1831 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 10 May 1904
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
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Parents 
         Father: Freeman Doane Mayo (1802-1888) 2 17
         Mother: Bathsheba Smith (1802-1882) 2



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Louisianna Mayo 
      Sex: F
AKA: Louisiana Mayo
Individual Information 
          Birth: 8 Oct 1817 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Jul 1878 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
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Parents 
         Father: Theophilus Mayo (1784-1853) 8
         Mother: Olive Sparrow (1787-1845)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hanson Robeson Higgins (13 Feb 1816 - 11 Oct 1896) 19 
       Marriage: 
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       Children:
                1. Higgins (1838-1838)
                2. Augustus Everett Higgins (1839-1876) 20
                3. Lewis Washburn Higgins (1842-1916) 21
                4. Martha R Higgins (1843-      ) 20
                5. Louisanna Higgins (1845-      ) 20
                6. Arthur Ray Higgins (1846-1848) 20
                7. Arthur Ray Higgins (1848-      ) 22
                8. Rebecca Olive Higgins (1850-      ) 22
                9. Hanson Robeson Higgins (1853-      ) 22
                10. Addie E Higgins (1855-1856) 22 23



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Lovey Mayo 
      Sex: F
AKA: Lucy Mayo 25
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Jul 1792 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Oct 1844 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: James Mayo (1745-1828) 26
         Mother: Abigail Cole (1756-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Barnabas Freeman Knowles (5 Apr 1796 - 31 May 1847) 24 
       Marriage: Jan 1818 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24 27
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Barnabas E Knowles (      -1836)
                2. Nicholas Paine Knowles (Est 1820-      )
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Sources

1 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 496:11 (Eastham).

2 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

3 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 92 (MD17:37). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

4 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 171 (MD32:174).

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 92 (MD17:37).

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 12 MD4:30.

7 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 13 MD4:33.

8 Jean Mayo-Rodwick, Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants (2001).

9 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 7.

10 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1921.

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:106. The children of Bethuel and Nancy Wiley.

12 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 11:47.

13 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 71 (MD16:30).

14 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 43 MD8:94.

15 Rootsweb.com, :2287343 (Arthur Ware).

16 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 139 (MD28:112).

17 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 391:10 (Eastham).

18 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 269, 383. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

19 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 269, 383.

20 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 383.

21 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 383, 492.

22 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 384.

23 Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass
archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable), 20 Jan 1857, p2.

24 Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles family of Eastham" (1927-1928. NEHGR in 5 parts: vol. 79: 286-297, 379-392; vol. 80: 6-24, 119-130, 265-279.), 80:22.

25 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204). numerous transcription errors

26 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 128 (MD28:9).

27 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw.

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