Captain Thomas Mayo

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 25 Jul 1734, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Farley. She was born in 1713/14 possibly in Newton. She died on Saturday 27 January 1748/49 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth's gravestone inscription in Central Burial Ground, West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, reads: Here lyes y^e Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Mayo wife of Mr. Thomas Mayo Jun^r died Jan 27, 1748 in y^e 34^th year of her age Issue: 1. Elizabeth Mayo (1735-1753) 2. Hannah Mayo (1736-____) 3. Sarah Mayo (1738-1749) 4. Thomas Mayo (1741-1805) 5. John Mayo (1743-1776) 6. Mary Mayo (1744-____) 7. Rebecca Mayo (1744-1747) 8. Rebecca Mayo (1747-____) 9. Abigail Mayo (1748-____)
• Occupation: say 1740; the owner of a large tavern that was the headquarters for coaches running between Boston and Providence.
• Married: 12 Sep 1749, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Mary Heath, the daughter of William and Prudence (Bridge) Heath. She was christened on 4 February 1727/28 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 8 July 1772 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Mayo (1751-____) 2. Elizabeth Mayo (1753-1757) 3. Prudence Mayo (1755-____) 4. William Mayo (1757-1772) 5. Susanna Mayo (1759-____) 6. Lucy Mayo (1761-____) 7. Katherine Mayo (1762-1857) 8. Lemuel Mayo (1769-1791)
• Married: 27 Apr 1773, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Catharine Payson. On 15 September 1743 Catharine, married first Jeremiah Williams, in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 4 August 1803 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Catharine's gravestone inscription in Eustis Street Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, reads: IN MEMORY OF CATHARINE MAYO WIFE OF CAPtⁿ MAYO WHO DIED AUGUST 4, 1803 Æ 81
• History: 1774; A deserter from the British troops stationed in Boston, before the out break of war, came to Thomas one evening begging protection. He was fed, and a hole made in the hay mow in the barn. The next day, soldiers came along, and while the stabbed the barn with their bayonets, the deserter was not discovered. That night, the deserter was sent with Thomas' son on two horses, with instructions to go as far as possible, allowing the son to return with the horses before daylight. It was said that a man returned many years later looking for the family how had saved him, but no one in the town knew of the incident.
• History: 1775; During the siege of Boston, Roxbury was often under fire from the British. When cannon balls started falling near by, the Thomas removed his family to a part of Roxbury beyond the range of the British guns.