Surname Saturday ~ BRAY of Salem, Massachusetts

BRAY

There were two BRAY families living in Essex County at the same time period in the early 1600s.  I don't think they are related at all.  The first BRAY family I wrote about lived in Gloucester, descendants of the immigrant Thomas Bray (1614 – 1691), probably from Wales.  You can read about this BRAY family at this link: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/08/surname-saturday-bray-of-gloucester.html  

Robert Bray is my other 9^th great grandfather.  He lived on “The Neck” in Salem, Massachusetts near the land owned by my WEBB, BECKET, HILLIARD, and CLOUTMAN ancestors.  I don’t know his origins, or even the maiden name of his wife, Thomasin.  According to the History of Salem, by Perley, he was the captain of a ketch, which was lost at sea in 1692 with all onboard. 

His son, Robert Bray, Jr., is my 8^th great grandfather.  He married Christian Collins in 1685.  Robert’s sister, Priscilla, married David Hilliard in 1689.  David Hilliard is the brother of my 9^th great grandmother, Elizabeth (Hilliard) Peters (b. 1658).  Robert Bray, Jr. was also a master mariner, and he lived near the Salem Common.

My 7^th great grandmother, Priscilla Bray, married Jonathan Webb in 1714. He was “cordwainer” (shoemaker), a deacon of the East Society parish church, and they lived on the corner of Derby and Hardy Streets.   In 1720, 1721 and 1722 Jonathan Webb was listed as the master of the sloop Eagle.  Priscilla and Jonathan Webb were ancestors of Nathaniel Hawthorne, too.

For more information:

The Driver Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver of Lynn, Mass. by Harriet Ruth Waters Cooke, 1889, see page 251 for a sketch of Robert Bray, Senior, page 252 for Robert Bray, Jr, and page 475 for Priscilla Bray and Jonathan Webb. 

“Descendants of Robert Bray of Salem”, The Essex Antiquarian, Volume XI, 1907, page 105.  

My BRAY genealogy:

Generation 1:  Robert Bray, died 1692; married Thomasine Unknown.  Four children.

Generation 2: Robert Bray, died after 1692; married on 5 November 1685 in Salem to Christian Collins, daughter of Francis Collins and Hannah Cockerill.  Five children. 

Generation 3: Priscilla Bray, born 11 March 1690 in Salem, died after 4 February 1767; married on 23 March 1714 in Salem to Jonathan Webb, son of John Webb and Susannah Cunliffe.  He was born about 1690 and died before 1765. Nine children. 

Generation 4: Mary Webb m. Joseph Cloutman

Generation 5: Joseph Cloutman m. Hannah Becket

Generation 6:  Mary Cloutman m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 7:  Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell

Generation 8:  Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis
Generation 9:  Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil
Generation 10:  Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, “Surname Saturday ~ Bray of Salem, Massachusetts”, Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 22, 2017, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/04/surname-saturday-bray-of-salem.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ HILLIARD of Salem, Massachusetts

A map of Salem, Massachusetts, from The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 9, page 164
showing Edward Hilliard's house lot. English's Lane is now English Street in Salem.

HILLIARD / HILLYARD /

I have two HILLIARD lineages in my family tree, and as far as I know, they are completely unrelated families.  The first HILLIARD lineage I posted is from Emmanuel Hilliard (d. 1657 at sea) of Hampton, New Hampshire, my 9^th great grandfather, which you can read this link: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2013/07/surname-saturday-hilliard-of-hampton.html   The interesting thing is that both of my Hilliard ancestors were mariners, even though they lived in different states.

Edward Hilliard, my 10^th great grandfather, was born about 1620 of unknown origins.  He appears in the Essex County Registry of Deeds many times buying and conveying land in Salem, Massachusetts.  The first record of him appears in 1653 buying a house lot.  His seven children all had their births recorded in the Salem records, including his oldest child, Elizabeth, born 14 October 1658, my 9^th great grandmother, who married Gilbert Peters.  You can see the link to my PETERS lineage here: https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/04/surname-saturday-peters-of-salem.html 

Edward Hilliard was a mariner, and master of several ships.  He appears several times in the Salem Quarterly Court records as the master of the “Try All” shipping goods to Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay.  He traded at least one occasion with St. Christopher’s in the Carribean, the master aboard the “Penelope”.

If you look at the map above you will see the land originally belonging to Edward Hiliard in 1700.  This transaction in the records was a lot he later sold to his son-in-law Gilbert Peters in 1673 [Essex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 27].  Gilbert Peters sold it to his brother-in-law, Joseph Hilliard, the ropemaker, about 1702.   The other lot was originally owned by Robert Sallows (Sollas) and sold to Edward Hilliard in 1653 [Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 178]  This map shows the part of Salem that is now near Collins Cove, English Street and Webb Street.  Derby Street now cuts through this area and Salem Willows is further north along the neck.

When Edward Hilliard died in 1706 he left his estate to his wife Martha, who conveyed everything to her son, Joseph Hilliard (the ropemaker), in return for supporting her for the rest of her life. [Essex Registry of Deeds, book 52, leaf 12].  Joseph Hilliard died in 1745/6, and left his estate to his wife Rachel, and later it went to his sons Edward and David, and daughter Rachel, wife of Paul Kimball.    Edward sold the land to Richard Derby, who later sold it to Clifford Crowninsheild who died 4 April 1776.  Clifford Crowninshield was married to his first cousin Martha Hilliard (first cousins through their grandparents Jacob Allen and Elizabeth Clifford of Salem, and she was also the granddaughter of the immigrant ancestor Edward Hilliard).

My HILLIARD genealogy:

Generation 1:   Edward Hilliard, born about 1620 in England, died about 1706 in Salem, Massachusetts; married to Martha Unknown. Seven children.

Generation 2:  Elizabeth Hilliard, born 14 October 1658 in Salem; married to Gilbert Peters, three children.  He was born about 1645 and died 1691. 

Generation 3: Richard Peters m. Bethiah Unknown

Generation 4: Mary Peters m. Joseph Cloutman

Generation 5: Joseph Cloutman m. Mary Webb

Generation 6: Joseph Cloutman m. Hannah Becket

Generation 7: Mary Cloutman m. Abijah Hitchings

Generation 8:  Abijah Hitchings m. Eliza Ann Treadwell

Generation 9: Abijah Franklin Hitchings m. Hannah Eliza Lewis

Generation 10: Arthur Treadwell Hitchings m. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil

Generation 11: Gertrude Matilda Hitchings m. Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

Lot 134 is the house lot of Edward Hilliard

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ HILLIARD of Salem, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted April 8, 2017, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/04/surname-saturday-hilliard-of-salem.html: accessed [access date]). 

Surname Saturday ~ Parkhurst of Boston and Watertown, Massachusetts

Parkhurst / Parkis / Parkes / Parkisse / P’rust

Not all immigrants to the New World stayed here. Many went back and forth.  My ancestor Isaac Allerton  (1586 – 1659)made as many as five voyages back and forth to England.  Another ancestor, Rev. Thomas Mayhew (1621 – 1657), died on a trip back to England when his ship disappeared and he was never seen again. Another ancestor, Rev. Stephen Bachiler, went back to England to escape an unfaithful wife, and died there in 1656. The subject of this post, George Parkhurst (1588 – 1675), my 10^th great grandfather, also returned to England after living here in New England for more than 10 years.

No one knows exactly when George Parkhurst arrived in Massachusetts.  We don’t even know if his first wife, Pheobe, immigrated to Massachusetts.   His first record of owning property was 1642 in Watertown, when a highway was laid out near his house. In 1644 he married a second wife, Susanna, widow of John Stimson of Watertown.   

George had nine children with his first wife, Pheobe, and five more with his second wife.  Of his children,  Deborah, my 10^th great grandmother, married John Smith of Watertown and went to Martha’s Vineyard,  and Elizabeth, my 9^th great grandmother, married Emanuel Hilliard and lived in New Hampshire and then married second to Joseph Merry and went to Martha’s Vineyard, too.   The names of all the children were puzzled out by William H. Whitmore in an article in the NEHGS Register, Volume 27, pages 364-369 “The Dalton and Batcheller Pedigree”. 

On 23 May 1655 George petitioned the General Court for permission to return to England.  His second wife, Susanna had already gone back to England with six of her children (five from George).  George wanted to go back to aid his elderly wife.  He was about 67 years old.  A few weeks later, a deed was recorded on 13 June 1655 when he sold his land, his last record in New England.

It is thought that the “Old George Parkhurst” buried 18 June 1675 in Ipswich, England is my 10^th great grandfather.  He was probably living with his cousin Nathaniel Parkhurst, who was taxed there in 1674.

Some resources for George Parkhurst information:

Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins, by John Brooks Threlfall, 1990, pages 256-288.

The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson, 1899 – 1986, by Willard Marshall Bollenback, Jr. , 2003, pages 275-276.

"The Family of George Parkhurst of Watertown and Boston, Mass.", by Edson Salisbury Jones, NEHGS Register, Volume 68, page 370 - 375.

Also,  The History of Martha’s Vineyard by Dr. Charles E. Banks, Volume II, pages 111 – 113.  You can also use the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, and The Ancestry of Margaret Brooks Threfall, by John Threlfall, 1985.

My PARKHURST lineages:

Generation 1:  George Parkhurst, born about 1588 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England and died about 1675 in Ipswich, England;  married first about 1612 in England to Pheobe Leete; married second about 1644 in Watertown, Massachusetts to Susanna, widow of John Stimson.  Eleven children with Phoebe, five more with Susanna.  I descend from two daughters of Phoebe, Deborah and Elizabeth.

Lineage A:

Generation 2:  Deborah, born 1 August 1619 in Ipswich, England, died about 1686 on the island of Martha’s Vineyard; married about 1638 in Watertown to John Smith.  He was born about 1616 and died before 16 June 1674 in Edgartown, Massachusetts on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.  Five children.

Generation 3:  Deborah Smith m. Nathaniel Batchelder

Linage A1:

Generation 4: Nathaniel Batchelder m. Elizabeth Foss

Generation 5: Josiah Batchelder m. Sarah Page

Generation 6: David Batchelder m. Elizabeth Swett

Generation 7: Elisha Batchelder m. Sarah Lane

Generation 8: Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson

Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke

Generation 10: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 11: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 12: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage A2:

Generation 4: Abigail Batchelder m. John Dearborn

Generation 5: Elizabeth Dearborn m. John Garland

Generation 6: Elizabeth Garland m. Richard Locke

Generation 7: Simon Locke m. Abigail Mace

Generation 8: Richard Locke m. Margaret Welch

Generation 9: Abigail M. Locke m. George E. Batchelder (see above)

Lineage B:

Generation 2: Elizabeth, born 18 May 1628 in Ipswich, England, died 6 October 1727 in Edgartown on the island of Martha’s Vineyard; married first to Emanuel Hilliard on 10 April 1640 in Watertown and had four children;  married second on 14 December 1659 in Hampton, New Hampshire to Joseph Merry. Four children.

Generation 3: Elizabeth Hilliard m. John Mayhew (son of Rev. Thomas Mayhew mentioned above)

Generation 4: John Mayhew m. Mehitable Higgins

Generation 5: John Mayhew m. Ruth Davis

Generation 6: Mary Mayhew m. Caleb Rand

Generation 7: Mary Rand m. Asahel Bill

Generation 8: Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m. Caleb Rand Bill

Generation 9: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe Wilkinson

Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ Parkhurst of Boston and Watertown, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 31, 2015 ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/10/surname-saturday-parkhurst-of-boston.html : accessed [access date]).

Surname Saturday ~ Parkhurst of Watertown, Massachusetts

PARKHURST

This is another ancestor who arrived in New England in the 1600s and returned to England.  George Parkhurst arrived in New England sometime before 1640 judging by some of his children’s marriage dates.  He is in the records in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1642 when a road was laid out near his house.  With his first wife he had nine children, but it is unknown whether or not she came to America with him.  In 1644 he married Susanna, the widow of John Stimson, and had five more children.

At some point before 1655 Susannah went back to England.  George Parkhurst sold 12 acres of John Stimson’s land on 13 June 1655 and petitioned the General Court for the sale because he was elderly (67 years old), and his wife had returned to England with six of the children, and he wanted to go be with her.  He must have returned to England soon after this date.   He is probably the “Old George Parkhurst” buried on 18 June 1675 in St. Lawrence, Ipswich, England.

I descend from both Deborah and Elizabeth Parkhurst, the daughters of George and his first wife, Phebe Leete.  Deborah married John Smith of Martha’s Vineyard who is my 9^th great grandfather.  I also descend from his brothers Thomas and Francis.  Elizabeth Parkhurst also married a man from Martha’s Vineyard, Joseph Merry, and her first husband was from New Hampshire, where she lived and had four children.   Deborah and Elizabeth’s siblings married and removed to Woburn and Concord, Massachusetts and to Rhode Island and New Jersey.  They were a very diverse bunch, which descendants all over the East Coast!

Some sources for researching this family are Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins by John Threlfall, 1990, pages 257 – 269, and also The History of Martha’s Vineyard by Dr. Charles E. Banks, Volume II, pages 111 – 113.  You can also use the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, and The Ancestry of Margaret Brooks Threfall, by John Threlfall, 1985.

My Parkhurst genealogy:

Generation 1: George Parkhurst, son of John Parkhurst of Ipswich, England, buried on 18 June 1675 in St. Lawrence, Ipswich, England; married first about 1612 in Ipswich, England to Phebe Leete, daughter of Robert Leete and Alice Grundy.  She was baptized on 20 December 1585 in Little Eversden, Cambridge, England, and died sometime before 1643.  He married second about 1644 in Massachusetts to Susanna Unknown, the widow of John Stimson of Watertown, Massachusetts.

Lineage A:

Generation 2:  Deborah Parkhurst, baptized on 1 August 1619 at St. Margaret’s in Ipswich, England, died about 1686 on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; married about 1638 in Watertown to John Smith, son of John Smith and Isabella Drake.  He was born about 1616 in Hampton, Hampshire, England and died before 16 June 1674 in Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard. They had five children.

Generation 3:  Deborah Smith m. Nathaniel Batchelder

Lineage A1

Generation 4:  Nathaniel Batchelder m. Elizabeth Foss

Generation 5:  Josiah Batchelder m. Sarah Page

Generation 6: David Batchelder m. Elizabeth Swett

Generation 7: Elisha Batchelder m. Sarah Lane

Generation 8: Jonathan Batchelder m. Nancy Thompson

Generation 9: George E. Batchelder m. Abigail M. Locke

Generation 10: George E. Batchelder m. Mary Katharine Emerson

Generation 11: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen

Generation 12: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings (my grandparents)

Lineage A2:

Generation 4: Abigail Batchelder m. John Dearborn

Generation 5: Elizabeth Dearborn m. John Garland

Generation 6: Elizabeth Garland m. Richard Locke

Generation 7: Simon Locke m. Abigail Mace

Generation 8: Richard Locke m. Margaret Welch

Generation 9: Abigail M. Locke m. George E. Batchelder

See above

Lineage B:

Generation 2: Elizabeth Parkhurst, baptized on 18 May 1628 at St. Margaret’s in Ipswich, England; died 6 October 1727 probably in Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard; married first on 10 April 1640 in Watertown to Emanuel Hilliard.  He died 20 October 1657 at sea.  Elizabeth married second on 14 December 1659 in Hampton, New Hampshire to Joseph Merry as his second wife.  He died 5 April 1710 in Edgartown.  She had four children with her first husband and four more with her second husband.

Generation 3:  Elizabeth Hilliard m. Reverend John Mayhew

Generation 4: John Mayhew m. Mehitable Higgins

Generation 5: John Mayhew m. Ruth Davis

Generation 6: Mary Mayhew m. Caleb Rand

Generation 7: Mary Rand m. Asahel Bill

Generation 8: Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m. Caleb Rand Bill

Generation 9: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe Wilkinson

Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ HILLIARD of Hampton, New Hampshire

HILLIARD

The New Hampshire Marine Memorial

At Hampton Beach, New Hampshire

On 10 October 1657 my 9^th great grandfather, Emanuel Hilliard, was granted a farm in Hampton, New Hampshire by his wife’s uncle, the Reverend Timothy Dalton.  One of Emanuel’s four sons was named Timothy (probably not a coincidence). 

Just ten days later Emanuel Hilliard was one of eight people on board the boat “Rivermouth”, which was lost between Hampton, New Hampshire and Boston on 20 October 1657.  All were presumed drowned at sea.  His estate was appraised on 19 November 1657 in Hampton [Old Norfolk County, Massachusetts Deeds, Volume 1, page 74 – remember that at this time this part of New Hampshire was actually part of Massachusetts]  He left a widow and four children.

His widow Elizabeth Parkhurst, remarried in 1659 to Joseph Merry and had four more children. He was about 62 years old when the last child was born.  His gravestone in Edgartown states that he lived to be 103 years old. 

For more information on Emanuel Hilliard of Hampton:

The Probate of Emanuel Hilliard can be seen at the Lane Memorial Library website (the public library of Hampton, New Hampshire) http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/probate/emanuelhilliard1657.htm

The History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire by Joseph Dow, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1893, Volume II, page 746 has a sketch on the Hilliard family.

The relationship between the Daltons, Hilliards, Parkhursts and other Hampton families was puzzled out by William H. Whitmore in an article “The Dalton and Batcheller Pedigree” in The New England Historic Genealogical Register, October 1873, Volume 27, pages 364 – 369.   This relationship was mangled in a book The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, by Charles Henry Pope, 1908, and is still seen on the internet. Beware!

My Hilliard lineage:

Generation 1:  Emanuel Hilliard, died 20 October 1657 at sea; married on 10 April 1640 in Watertown, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Parkhurst, daughter of George Parkhurst and Phebe Leete.  She was born on 18 May 1628 and died on 6 October 1727 probably in Edgartown, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.  Four children.   She remarried on 14 December 1659 in Hampton to Joseph Merry.  He was born in 1607 and died on 5 April 1710 in Edgartown.

Generation 2:  Elizabeth Hilliard, born 22 January 1654, died 1746 in Chilmark on Martha’s Vineyard; married in 1672 in Tisbury on Martha’s Vineyard to Reverend John Mayhew, son of Governor Thomas Mayhew and Jane Gallion.  He was born in 1652 and died 2 February 1689 in Chilmark.  Five children.

Generation 3:  John Mayhew m. Mehitable Higgins

Generation 4:  John Mayhew m. Ruth Davis

Generation 5:  Mary Mayhew m. Caleb Rand

Generation 6:  Mary Rand m. Asahel Bill

Generation 7:  Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m. Isabella Lyons

Generation 8:  Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann Margaret Bollman

Generation 9:  Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe Wilkinson

Generation 10: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo

Surname Saturday ~ MAYHEW of Martha's Vineyard

MAYHEW

THIS ROCK MARKS THE PLACE ON THE WAYSIDE WHERE THE

REV. THOMAS MAYHEW Jr.

SON OF GOV. MAYHEW

FIRST PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD,

AND THE FIRST MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND,

SOLEMNLY AND AFFECTIONATELY TOOK LEAVE OF THE INDIANS

WHO, IN LARGE NUMBERS, HAD FOLLOWED HIM DOWN FROM THE

WESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND, BEING HIS LAST WORSHIP AND

INTERVIEW WITH THEM BEFORE EMBARKING FOR ENGLAND IN 

1657, FROM WHENCE HE NEVER RETURNED, NO TIDINGS EVER

COMING FROM THE SHIP OR ITS PASSENGERS.

IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF HIM

THOSE INDIANS RAISED THIS PILE OF STONES

1657    1901

ERECTED BY THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

THE LAND GIVEN FOR THIS PURPOSE BY CAPT. BENJAMIN COFFIN CROMWELL OF TISBURY

THE BOULDER BROUGHT FROM GAY HEAD A GIFT FROM THE NOW RESIDENT INDIANS

TABLET PURCHASED WITH DONATIONS FROM MAYHEW DESCENDANTS

More than twenty years ago my sister moved to Martha’s Vineyard and married a lobsterman.  At the wedding her best friend, a Mayhew descendant, showed me the plaque in the church that said it had been founded by Reverend Thomas Mayhew in the 1600s. I have met many Mayhew descendants since then, including Katherine Mayhew, the genealogy expert at the Martha’s Vineyard historical society.  So, I was flabbergasted to learn that I was also a descendant of the same Mayhew family! (And my sister was quite impressed.)

Thomas Mayhew was baptized at Tisbury, England and left with the Great Migration in 1631 to come to Massachusetts.  He first settled in Medford, and then became the governor of the island of Martha’s Vineyard.  He led a settlement there in 1641 with his son, Thomas, Jr. The Mayhews were very successful at establishing friendly relations with the Wampanoags on the island.  Even when King Phillip’s war was raging in the rest of New England, the Wampanoags remained allies with the settlers on Martha’s Vineyard.

The son, Reverend Thomas Mayhew was one of the most successful Christian missionaries in New England.  He established towns of praying Indians, schools, and churches.  In 1657 Reverend Thomas Mayhew went to England for an appeal for missionary funds, and his ship was never seen again and presumed lost.  The Elder Mayhew carried out his son’s ministries to the Wampanoag for the next 25 years.

The grandson, John Mayhew, carried on the mission after his grandfather’s death in 1682.  He died early at age 37 in 1688.  His wife was Elizabeth Hilliard of Hampton, New Hampshire. Her aunt, Deborah (Parkhurst) Smith, is also my 10^th great grandmother. A great grandson, Experience Mayhew, became the first person to translate the Lords' prayer into the  Wampanoag language.  He published several books in the Wampanoag language (Psalms and the Gospel of John) and was a Congregational minister. He wrote the book Indian Converts in 1727 about his Experiences (no pun intended).

For more Mayhew information:

Great Migration Begins, by Richard Charles Anderson, Boston: NEHGS, 1995, Volume II, pages 1243 – 1246

Divided we Stand: Watertown, Massachusetts, by Roger Thompson, Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001

The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks, Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 298 - 328 (the Mayhews) also can be seen online at http://history.vineyard.net/mayhew.htm

Martha's Vineyard Historical Society http://www.mvmuseum.org/ You can send genealogy queries at kayanddonald@yahoo.com, address your query to (who else?) Katherine Mayhew!

My Mayhew genealogy:

Generation 1: Matthew Mayhew, son of Thomas Mayhew and Alice Waterman, born about 1550, died about 1614, married on 2 October in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England to Alice Barter, daughter of Edward Barter and his wife, Edith.

Generation 2: Governor Thomas Mayhew, born about 1593 and died 25 March 1682 in Tisbury, on the island of Martha's Vineyard; married first about 1620 in England to Abigail Parkhurst; married second about 1634 in England to Jane Gallion. I am descended of two children, by Abigail - Thomas and Hannah who married Thomas Daggett/Doggett.

Line A:

Generation 3: Reverend Thomas Mayhew born about 1620 in England, died about November 1657 at sea on a voyage to England; married to Jane Unknown. Six children. I am descended of two children, John (see below) and Jedediah Mayhew who married Benjamin Smith.

Generation 4: Reverend John Mayhew, born about 1652 in Edgartown on the island of Martha's Vineyard, died on 2 February 1689 in Chilmark, on the island of Martha's Vineyard; married in 1672 at Tisbury to Elizabeth Hilliard, born 22 January 1654 in Hampton, New Hampshire, died 1746 in Chilmark, daughter of Emmanuel Hilliard and Elizabeth Parkhurst. Five children.

Generation 5: John Mayhew, born 1676 in Chilmark, died 3 March 1736 in Chilmark; married on 27 November 1700 in Chilmark to Mehitable Higgins, daughter of Owen Higgins and Seaborn Tew. Seven children.

Generation 6: John Mayhew, born 1701 died on 16 January 1790; married on 29 October 1730 in Falmouth, Massachusetts to Ruth Davis, born 5 July 1705 in Falmouth, died 16 Jan 1790 in Chilmark, daughter of Benjamin Davis and Mary Robinson (a descendant of Reverend John Robinson of the Pilgrims). Five children.

Generation 7: Mary Mayhew, born 22 May 1734 on Martha's Vineyard, died in Nova Scotia; married Caleb Rand, born 10 January 1730 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, died 25 September 1776 in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, son of Caleb Rand and Katherine Kettell. Eleven Children.

Generation 8: Mary Rand m. Asahel Bill
Generation 9: Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill m. Isabella Lyons

Generation 10: Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann Margaret Bollman

Generation 11: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe Wilkinson

Generation 12: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Line B: 

Generation 3:  Hannah, born 15 June 1635 and died 7 February 1723 in Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard; married on 23 September 1657 in Edgartown to Thomas Daggett as his third wife.  She had eleven children.

Generation 4:  Thomas Daggett m. Elizabeth Hawes

Generation 5: Elizabeth Daggett m. John Butler

Generation 6: Keziah Butler m. Samuel Osborn

Generation 7: Samuel Osborn m. Sarah Wass

Generation 8: Sarah Osborn m. Charles Skinner

Generation 9: Ann Skinner m. Thomas Ratchford Lyons

Generation 10: Isabella Lyons m. Reverend Ingraham Ebenezer Bill

Generation 11: Caleb Rand Bill m. Ann Margaret Bollman

Generation 12: Isabella Lyons Bill m. Albert Munroe Wilkinson

Generation 13: Donald Munroe Wilkinson m. Bertha Louise Roberts (my grandparents)

Line C: 

Generation 4: Jedediah Mayhew, born 1656 and died 6 January 1736 in Edgartown; married Benjamin Smith, son of John Smith and Susannah Hinckley.  He was born 7 January 1658 and died 4 July 1720.  Eight children.

Generation 5:  Jedediah Smith m. Reverend Samuel Osborn, yet he had an illegitimate son by Mercy Norton.  This child is my  8th great grandfather, Samuel Osborn, Jr., the husband of Keziah Butler (see generation 6 above in Line B)   Yes, this is quite a story- the minister's illegitimate child, but I'm saving it for another blog post! 

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Copyright 2013, Heather Wilkinson Rojo