Background
The Mayo FamilyTree DNA Project began in 2004 to investigate a possible connection between the various Mayo family branches. Some of the branches are listed below. MAYO FAMILY BRANCHES * VALENTINE MAYO appeared in Virginia records in the late 1600's. According to Middlesex County, Virginia records, Valentine was witness to a will on May 7, 1686. Valentine is also mentioned in the following "Essex County Orders 1692-1693": (On margin: Certificate according to an Act of Assembly is granted to WM CLAPHAM for Nineteen hundred acres of land due for ye Importation of Thirty eight persons into this Colony whose names are: VALLINTINE MAYO; .... (then lists others)". The parentage of Valentine Mayo has not been established. Valentine married Anne Jordan, a widow, in 1710. Their children include: (1) James Mayo, born 1711 in Middlesex County, Va., who married (first) Ruth and (second) Martha Williamson; Elizabeth A. Mayo, born 1713, who married Richard George; (3) Sarah Mayo, born 1714/15; and possibly (4) John Mayo, born 1715. Valentine Mayo died October 5, 1716 in Middlesex County, Virginia. * WILLIAM MAYO AND WIFE ISABEL. William Mayo was born abt. 1653 and died 14 July 1714 in Lower Parish, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He married ISABEL Bef. 07 October 1677. Some sources have listed William's wife as Isabel Hardy [will of John Hardy] whom he married in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, daughter of John Hardy, Jr. and Alice Bennett. However, according to Jean Mayo Hirsch, Mayo researcher, "I no longer believe Isabel is a Hardy. She is, I believe, the daughter of Arthur Allen and Alice Tucker" (*** see footnote at the bottom of this page for further discussion of this topic, contributed by Jean Mayo Hirsch). Continuing with Isabel, she was born abt. 1658 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. An early record for William Mayo is found in Land Patent 10, p 101 William Mayo Nov 13, 1673 Isle of Wight, Virginia 220 acres on south side of main Blackwater Swamp Begg. & c. on the west side of Nottoway Swamp and corner tree William Williams land. William Mayo left a will dated July 14,1713 in Isle of Wight, Virginia; proved April 25, 1715. His will names sons James, John, Peter, William, daughters Margaret, Mary, and Patience. Wife Isabel Mayo, and my Brother (in-law) Bridgman Joyner, as Sole Executors. Son William Mayo, deceased Beaufort County, North Carolina married Martha Johnson. Son Peter Mayo Son John Mayo, deceased Beau fort County, North Carolina married Mary Stafford? Son James Mayo Daughter Mary Mayo married George Murrell Daughter Patience Mayo married John Beal Daughter Margaret Mayo * EDWARD MAYO. This informatin was provided by Cynthia Cornwell who married John McCachern. Edward Mayo was born in the 1600's in Wiltshire, England. He married Sarah Maags 2 September 1666 in Christ Church Parish in Barbados. He immigrated to Virginia about 1670 and then on to Perquimans Co, NC in 1684. He remarried in 1693 to "Em." He died in Pasquotank Co, NC. He was a Quaker. He and Sarah had the following children all born around 1670: (1) Sarah Mayo, who married John Harlow Culpepper, Patrick Henley, and Matthew Pritchard (2) Ann Mayo, who married Francis Delamare, Richard Pope, Augustine Scarborough, and John Jennings; (3) Elizabeth Mayo, who married Stephen Scott and Henry Keaton; and (4) Edward Mayo, Jr., who married Mary Clare and Elizabeth. * WILLIAM MAYO THE SURVEYOR. This information was copied and pasted from "History Corner: William Mayo (1684-1744) Surveyor of the Virginia Piedmont" by Silvio A. Bedini: Born in Poulshot, Wilts County, in southwestern England in 1684, William Mayo was the eldest child of the well-to-do family of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hooper) Mayo. At the age of twenty-five he left England, accompanied by his younger brother Joseph, to seek his fortune in Barbadoes, where a cousin had settled some time earlier. There he established himself as a surveyor, and in due course married the daughter of a Bridgetown merchant. In 1717 Mayo received a commission to make a map of Barbadoes, which he accomplished with such skill that Governor William Tryon urged the English Board of Trade to purchase it and to grant Mayo a patent enabling him to sell his map on a commission basis. The map also gained him election to membership in the Royal Society of London. Mayo remained in the West Indies for ten years. It was in about 1719 that Mayo, now nearly forty years of age, with four daughters and with his fortune already made and assured, began to consider moving permanently to Virginia. Finally, in 1723, with his own family and the families of two brothers and a cousin, he arrived in the American colonies. The change from the life to which they had become accustomed was considerable, and the newcomers experienced difficult times at first. They were forced to learn more austere ways of living in unanticipated simplification in relative wilderness, when compared to the sophisticated social life they had left behind in wealthy Bridgetown, whose jewelers and silversmiths almost rivaled those of Paris. * REV. JOHN MAYO. This information was provided by Jean Mayo-Lakatos, a descendant. "Rev. John Mayo, according to the Banks Manuscripts, came to Cape Cod from North Newington, Oxfordshire, England in the Spring of 1638 with his family. North Newington is a stone's throw from Broughton Castle and very close to Rev. John Mayo's friends from over the border in Warwickshire.... When Rev. John Mayo died, he had 3 living children: Hannah ( Mayo ) Bacon of Barnstable, John Mayo of Eastham, and Elizabeth ( Mayo ) Howes of Yarmouth ( in the area of present day Dennis ), on Cape Cod." * JOHN MAYO of Roxbury. John Mayo of Roxbury, MA., came to Roxbury, MA. with his mother and step-father approximately 1635, from the Sandwich area of Kent, England. His father had died previously. He married Hannah Graves and had children. He is often confused with Rev. John Mayo, but they are 2 separate people.
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From Jean Mayo Hirsch
HARDY DOCUMENT COLONIAL DAMES XVII CENTURY
I have found no document or circumstantial evidence to suggest that the wife Alice mentioned in the will of John Hardy was an Alice Bennett. There is however evidence that Alice was Alice Tucker the widow of Arthur Allen. I have seen this several times and rejected it because of the age difference however the 20 April 1731 deed of James Bryan to his son Walter, Walter being at least 21 of age to hold property, pushes birth dates back and this affects both ca birth dates of John Hardy and Lucy Hardy Council, Christian Council Bryan.
Alice Tucker widow of Arthur Allen had a daughter Katherine who married Robert Johnson they had a son John Johnson also Dr. Robert Williamson, son-in-law of Alice Tucker Allen, left a will in Isle of Wight County, Virginia that was proved 02 May 1670. (Isle of Wight County, Virginia Wills, Vol. 2, pages 85-88.) John Hardy was a witness to this will. [The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers]
Alice Tucker was the sister of Daniel Tucker (born c1613) and possibly the daughter of the Daniel Tucker (1575-1625) who was born in Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, stockholder in the Virginia Company of London, came to Jamestown in 1608 in the Second Supply, and served as the second Governor of Bermuda, 1616-1619, where he died. There is no documentation to support this relationship, but if so, Alice was sent back to England after his death (since she was not listed in the 1624/5 Muster of Jamestown) and was imported by Arthur Allen some time in the 1630's, and married him in Virginia. She is thought to have been a few years younger than Arthur. After Arthur's death, Alice married John Hardy, and lived in Isle of Wight County. John died soon after his will was written in October 1675, and Alice was reported to be living again in the brick house in Surry in September 1676 when that house was seized by Bacon's rebels, and they threw her out. She then apparently returned to Isle of Wight and lived with her daughters until soon after giving her power of attorney to William Mayo on 11 May 1681.
Historical and Genealogical Notes; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 6, No. 2:
ALLEN.--(See QUARTERLY, -- p. 69). Arthur Allen, the emigrant, was, in 1667, stated by himself to be sixty-five years. He died in 1670. He calls Daniel Tucker (aged fifty-five in 1667) "brother". As Tucker was the younger of the two, Allen's wife Alice was Alice Tucker. This view is confirmed by a grant dated March 13, 1649, to Arthur Allen, of 200 acres, between Lawnes Creek and Chippoakes Creek, for importing into the colony four persons, viz.: Alice Tucker, Wm. Eyres, Wm. Moss, and Thomas Rastell. (Land Register).
Records, Book 1, p. 405.. 9 March 1670 After the death of her first husband, Arthur Allen, who left no will, his wife settled his estate. Surry County . Mrs. Alice Tucker Allen discharges Nicholas Sessums of all claims of debts. Wit: Wm Newsum, John Thompson." She married John Hardy after the death of her first husband, about 1671 in Surry Co., VA.
Will and Deed Book I 11 May 1681 Alice A. Hardy estate of John Hardy
Sometime after Arthur Allen's death intestate in 1670, his widow Alice married secondly John Hardy (a widower with three children) who, in his will dated October 7, 1675, and probated in Isle of Wight County on June 9, 1677, bequeathed; (1) to daughter Olive Driver, wife of Giles Driver; (2) daughter Lucy Councill, wife of Hodges Councill; (3) daughter Debora Hardy; (4) daughter Olive Driver's two children; (5) daughter Lucy Councill's three children; (6) "to my wife's grandchild John Johnson one cow when he comes to the age of Seventeen yeares"; (7) son-in-law Robert Burnett; (8) William Mayo; and (9) wife Alice, executrix. Witnesses: Richard Rennalds and Will Jenkins.
Book 2, p.43 11 August 1677 qualified as security for estate of Her 2nd husband John Hardy
If John Hardy had daughters, Isabel who married William Mayo and Ann who married Robert Burnett, as claimed by many, it is my opinion they would have been mentioned in his will along with their children as were Lucy, Olive and their children and daughter Deborah unmarried, he names Robert Burnett and William Mayo sons-in-law. They would be step-sons if they were married to daughters of Alice Tucker Allen Hardy. I believe they were indeed step-sons. We know Robert Burnett married Joan Allen. It stands to reason William Mayo is also a step-son and married Isabel Allen as Robert Burnett in his will calls them both brothers
Will of Robert Burnett, R his mark: Dau. Ann Burnett; brother William Mayo; brothers, Mr. Arthur Allen ……. Witnesses, William Mayo, Roger Jones. Pro. 17 July 1679.
According to Hardy's will, Alice's grandson John Johnson would have been born ca1663, child of Robert and Katherine Allen Johnson,
The 24 September 1732.will of Robert Johnson names son John “ I Give to my Son John Johnson one Breeding Mare about three years ol”
On May 11, 1681, John Johnson and Hodges Council witnessed a power of attorney by Alice A. Hardy to her son-in-law William Mayo of Isle of Wight County, Virginia
The John Johnson mentioned as his wife’s grandson in the will of John Hardy was of an age to be a witness when on May 11, 1681, Isle of Wight County, Virginia; John Johnson and Hodges Council witnessed an instrument whereby Alice Hardy appointed her son-in-law William Mayo as her attorney.
Further Joan Allen daughter of Arthur and Alice Tucker Allen married Robert Burnett, named as son-in-law (step-son) in the 1677 will of John Hardy II.
242 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Will of Robert Burnett, R his mark: Dau. Ann Burnett; brother William Mayo; brothers, Mr. Arthur Allen and Mr. Jno. Bromfield. Witnesses, William Mayo, Roger Jones. Pro. 17 July 1679.
Isle Of Wight
Record ID: 20943
Prove Date: Jul 17, 1679
Book Page: 2-206
Remarks: Robert Burnett. Leg. -Daughter Ann, 100 A. in Lower Parish, adjoining Pharoah Cobb, the said land being now in the possession of my Mother; also the plantation that my brother William Mayo lives on. Wife Extx. Overseers, my brothers, Mr. Arthur Allen
Notes: This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book.
Robert and Joan Allen Williamson Burnett had a daughter Ann Burnett named in her fathers will. In the will of Ann Burnett she names her brother Francis Williamson.
Ann Burnett’s will was dated April 8. 1729, and was probated on April 28th and mentioned: (1) brother Francis Williamson,
Francis Williamson is named as son in the will of Dr. Robert Williamson “ wife Joan to have lifetime use of the home-plantation of 850 acres on the branches of Pagan Creek, eldest son, Robert, under the age of eighteen, to heir the above plantation. son George, son Arthur, (6) son Francis,
Further Joan Allen Williamson Burnett married thirdly Rueben Proctor
Arthur Allen, Jr. names in his 1710 will his sister Joan Proctor
“I give and bequeath to my loving sister Joan Procter my slave, Doll.”
Rueben Proctor is also witness to the April 8. 1729 of Ann Burnett daughter of Joan Allen & Robert Burnett