Individual Details
Governor Thomas Mayhew Sr.
(31 Mar 1593 - 25 Mar 1682)
Thomas Mayhew is famous for being the first governor of Martha's Vineyard. He sailed from England in 1631, only a few years after the Pilgrims. He made at least two Atlantic crossings, and sadly his only son drowned at age 36 when he was on a ship voyage to England and the ship was lost at sea (from www.famousamericans.net/thomasmayhew/).
There is a family legacy of the "Missionary Mayhews." The son who drowned, Thomas Jr, had been an amazing preacher to the local Indians. He had established Indian churches and schools, and after his death, his father, 60 year old Governor Mayhew, changed his life's focus. Instead of being concerned with administrative and social affairs as in the past, he spent the next 25 years preaching and walking long distances to native camps to carry on his son's legacy. This missionary effort has been lauded by historians. http://www.familytreerings.org/search/label/Thomas%20Mayhew
See Winthrop 1630 fleet web site at: http://members.aol.com/dcurtin1/gene/winthrop.htm.
Governor Thomas Mayhew was born in 1593, and baptized at Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1 April 1593. He died at Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket.
He came to Medford, MA in 1631. Deputy from Medford in 1636. Moved to Watertown, Mass. Was selected commissioner. Built bridge across Charles River. Deputy from Watertown between 1637 and 1644.
Purchased Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands under Lord Stirling's patent Sept. 1641. His son Thomas Jr., settled Martha's Vineyard in 1642. Thomas Sr. went there in 1646, and as magistrate, administered the purchase as an independent ruler and patentee. Later he was confirmed and appointed Governor for life by Francis Lovelace, Governor NY under the Duke of York, proprietary successor to Stirling and Gorges. The appointment was later confirmed by Gov. Andros. 1659 he sold Nantucket to the nine partners. In 1664 New York claimed jurisdiction over the islands and organized them into Ducks County. In 1692, the islands were ceded to Massachusetts. In 1695, Nantucket was set off to become its own county known as Dukes.
Source: page V and XV Appendix "Titus Family in America" by Dorothy M. Titus dated July 1943; "The History of Nantucket Co., Island and Town Including Genealogies of First Settlers" by Alexander Starbuck.
Ancestors of Marianne (Long) West and Ancestors of her husband Ronald (www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8239/mayhew.html).
Per "Mayhew Family of Massachusetts" by Douglas J. Graharr (http://home.earthlink.net/~douglasjgraham/Mayhew.htm) which shows his death as 25 March 1681.
See "The History of Martha's Vineyard" by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 298-328.
See "New Englanders in the 1600s" by Martin E. Hollick page 141.
Events
| Birth | 31 Mar 1593 | Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, Kingdom of England |  |  | |
| Baptism | 1 Apr 1593 | Tisbury, Wiltshire, Kingdom of England | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1620 | Kingdom of England - unknown | | | |
| Emigration | Jan 1632 | on the Lyon's Whelp arriving on the Isles of Shoals in May 1632, Tisbury, Kingdom of England | | ||
| Marriage | 1634 | Medford (Middlesex), Massachusetts Bay, British America - Jane Gallion | | | |
| Freeman's Oath | 14 May 1634 | | |||
| Selectman | 10 Oct 1636 | For 5 years he was elected a selectman for the town of Watertown from 1636-1642 - Watertown (Middlesex), Massachusetts Bay, British America | | | |
| Property | Sep 1641 | by purchase under Lord Stirling's patent, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands, | | | |
| Property | 10 Oct 1641 | by purchase under Lord Stirling's patent, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands, | | ||
| Will | 16 Jun 1681 | Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard (Dukes), New York, British America | | | |
| Death | 25 Mar 1682 | Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard (Dukes), British America | | | |
| Burial | family private buring ground on South Water Street, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, New York, British America | | |||
| LDS Family Tree ID | L89S-LSS | ||||
| WikiTree | Mayhew-74 |
Families
| Spouse | Jane Gallion (1602 - 1666) |
| Child | Hannah Mayhew (1635 - 1723) |
| Child | Bethiah Mayhew (1636 - 1678) |
| Child | Mary Mayhew (1639 - ) |
| Child | Martha Mayhew (1641 - 1717) |
| Spouse | unknown (1595 - 1634) |
| Child | Thomas Mayhew Jr. (1620 - 1657) |
| Child | Robert Parkhurst Mayhew (1623 - ) |
| Father | Matthew "Mayow" Mayhew (1550 - 1614) |
| Mother | Alice Barter (1540 - 1614) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Mayhew ( - ) |
| Sibling | John Mayhew ( - ) |
| Sibling | Joan Mayhew ( - ) |
| Sibling | Alice Mayhew ( - ) |
| Sibling | Katherine Mayhew ( - ) |
| Sibling | Edward Mayhew ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson dated 1995, Vol II page 1244.Marriage
See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson dated 1995, Vol II page 1244. Married about 1620 with wife's name unknown. She died before 1635.Marriage
See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson dated 1995, Vol II page 1244. He married second Jane (Gallion) Paine, widow of Thomas Paine, London merchant.Selectman
See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson dated 1995, Vol II page 1244. For 5 years he was elected a selectman for the town of Watertown from 1636-1642.Middlesex was not created until 10 May 1643.
Property
Purchased Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands under Lord Stirling's patent Sept. 1641 (earl of Sterling). His son Thomas Jr., settled Martha's Vineyard in 1642. Thomas Sr. went there in 1646, and as magistrate, administered the purchase as an independent ruler and patentee. Later he was confirmed and appointed Governor for life by Francis Lovelace, Governor NY under the Duke of York, proprietary successor to Stirling and Gorges (Ferdinando Gorges). The appointment was later confirmed by Gov. Andros. 1659 he sold Nantucket to the nine partners. In 1664 New York claimed jurisdiction over the islands and organized them into Dukes County. In 1692, the islands were ceded to Massachusetts. In 1695, Nantucket was set off from Dukes to become its own county.See "Mayhew Familty of Massachusetts" web page at: http://home.earthlink.net/~douglasjgraham/Mayhew.htm. Thomas Mayhew, a Watertown, MA settler, purchased in Oct 1641, from Lord Stirling and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, the islands of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Elizabeth islands.
Will
See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson dated 1995, Vol II page 1244. The will was dated 16 June 1681 and was proved 28 Mar 1682.In 1664 New York claimed jurisdiction over the islands and organized them into Dukes County. Dukes was not created until 1 November 1683. In 1692, the islands were ceded to Massachusetts. In 1695, Nantucket was set off from Dukes to become its own county.
Death
See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson dated 1995, Vol II page 1244.In 1664 New York claimed jurisdiction over the islands and organized them into Dukes County. Dukes was not created until 1 November 1683. In 1692, the islands were ceded to Massachusetts. In 1695, Nantucket was set off from Dukes to become its own county.
Endnotes
1. Charles Edward Banks, English ancestry of Gov. Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard (Cambridge, Mass.: l. H. Greenlaw, 1901), page 6; digital images, Heritage Quest Online ( : printed 16 February 2012.
2. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol. II, page 1244.
3. Charles Edward Banks, English ancestry of Gov. Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard (Cambridge, Mass.: l. H. Greenlaw, 1901), page 4; digital images, Heritage Quest Online ( : printed 16 February 2012; extracts from the parish register of Tisbury, Co. Wilts.
4. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), page 1244.
5. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), page 3; digital images, LDS online books, ( : accessed .
6. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page XV; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .
7. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol II page 1244.
8. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol. II, page 1245.
9. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), page 10; digital images, LDS online books, ( : accessed .
10. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol. II, page 1244.
11. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), page 222; digital images, LDS online books, ( : accessed .
12. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page XV; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .
13. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol. II, page 1244.
14. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), page 19; digital images, LDS online books, ( : accessed .
15. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), page 1244.
16. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), page 25; digital images, LDS online books, ( : viewed 27 November 2012.
17. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), pages 27-32; digital images, LDS online books, ( : viewed 27 November 2012.
18. Samuel Bradlee Doggett, A History of the Doggett-Daggett Family (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1894), page 73; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
19. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page XV; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .
20. Paul Schneider, The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantuck (Henry Holt and Co., 9 September 2016), page 139; my e-book from google books, ( : accessed .
21. Samuel Bradlee Doggett, A History of the Doggett-Daggett Family (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1894), page 73; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
22. Charles Edward Banks, English ancestry of Gov. Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard (Cambridge, Mass.: l. H. Greenlaw, 1901), page 5; digital images, Heritage Quest Online ( : printed 16 February 2012.
23. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), page 1244.
24. Charles Edward Banks, English ancestry of Gov. Thomas Mayhew of Martha's Vineyard (Cambridge, Mass.: l. H. Greenlaw, 1901), page 6; digital images, Heritage Quest Online ( : printed 16 February 2012.
25. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Vol. II, page 1244.
26. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), page 223; digital images, LDS online books, ( : viewed 27 November 2012.
27. Lloyd C. M. Hare, Thomas Mayhew, Patriarch to the Indians (1593-1682) (New York: D. Appleton and Company, MCMXXXII), page 224; digital images, LDS online books, ( : accessed .