Title: Mayhew family papers,
Authors: Mayhew family.; Allen, Ebenezer.; Gray, Harrison, 1712-1794,; Mayhew, Jonathan, 1720-1766.; Mayhew, Experience, 1673-1758.; Mayhew, Paine, 1677-1761.; Taylor, Charles Henry, 1867-1941,; Wainwright, Elizabeth Mayhew, 1759-1829,
Year: 1731
Subjects: Allen, Ebenezer.; Mayhew, Experience,; Mayhew, Jonathan,; Mayhew family.; Mayhew, Paine,; Wainwright, Elizabeth Mahew,; Devotional literature, American.; Pastoral theology United States; Land grants Massachusetts Hampshire County.
Abstract: Includes manuscripts relating to the Mayhew family of Martha's Vineyard, written in several hands: a 1731 will of Ebenezer Allen (from Chilmark, Massachusetts), with a 1733 statement of probate; a 1741 land grant deed giving Experience Mayhew acres in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, with an undated note in the hand of Jonathan Mayhew; a discourse and a prayer in the hand of Jonathan Mayhew, unsigned and undated; 2 letters from Harrison Gray, Royal collector of the Province of Massachusetts Bay to Miss Elizabeth Mayhew, 1783 and 1790; and other material. Also includes a 1930 letter from the donor, Charles Henry Taylor to Alfred C. Potter of the Harvard College Library.