The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-15
7lt'aA.y!l)E'

EtQ 4 \ +. I
@SSThe: Mayo fa,nil, is Ohio In whitehall
%Virslnlahs delight 10 Ercyert To, aiidI i,ilfs
8ticularly tlietrltl zonsI OF t9lchn, ond. no
@ofstlle spldSrcs,dents doSnot emo and stu
remember the many los to ia sof ''o DID
sJprS May no long N ayor 81 a
Richmond and Tor sfat her, Colonel ~.
John The irs ridge s across TO- tlle
SJames TO NJ Aianchest ter was built a nn 1ltl
named. Thc noods cont nuall sit
Maway,Jbut so persist tent was Colonel Mayo
Mil,#repIacng ft8 that vs. lio spent 3neaily y 1
ellis funds ii poli y Il Il nd into tn 4
8for$debt. but Patrick Henry, i,S his sclD-
egucnce, Ind him eeased
But#lct US 60 or lie "a mi u has q
long Ehglisl, record Of honor and fame.
5isardslay, In lhs Eng ISL sui mum s;,ys
that tic name " sobr vet
@ror9the word yorsstS and 3s'A ult& Scotch
&ifor4s Mayor and was 81 u ed IA Inc
names Sof oil cit offl Gel iu ring lie - a.
s$tcentilS centtry. 81 ern ard $,Blrk 81 ives.
En- lis TN gllsh I'carag The fatrtl 81
Earl Mayo count y XII Ireland. and from
#3iltnSliis descendantsil III Tho bcGt nntn q spf
%ihe8clghtcentt5 century5d ropr ped tho i3ourke
sarrd retained the Md Jow. ct us turn
#to$the first MI 70 cln era MT md SEQ ne
Hconnection. fs
Mnchis.to. he found 81 tho first Ma yoifani;;
#iiySin the coIony,n DID 81 " ohm PARISH
records, I'll Az well " as In Bishop Meade. IS
#..::Old Churche 81 irginip which Say.
that Joseph May #cmigrat ed from the
sIsIand OF Rarha1oes about the year n 1aa7,3
s1Iaslirst set tied In whnta y count Just
below Richmond. and 4 became 2 M once
sisdentihed Win Tie tbs NJ n ttl 4,
town which had II just been to tell II on;
tha&h md Al as l,a ya fl,eld
first home more ia teresilng ~ ne fact,
%patabIisicd, that IL ysns sit uat Cd ncarl on
the aur,1 spot vi here a lssngs poWatallysh
palace stood and where he was btrlef .ssss
8sl$Now, let lis trace back teF the a rfns as
given ~ Burke and h comp ro lein 70
#tiic;lElils as cl ia we'd On he MAYO tomb
%atoI,c which Wc liere and Sa re de- de-;
sscribed as: $ss s6
Azure. Syalr gulcs, a1Yen tween
Three coronets, res ~, AZ IN corn -
Heart erased; bearing a X chevron yuir3
8gulcs and gent. Here tire arms "a ppeal.s
with Il crescent FOR Il fference. wi
csauire's helmet +, tlc akie froln, VI ed
%,vith,nucli scrpl IS orls Avn ~
In the I3urk arms fol. 81. NE have
Thee oronet. .i c1e atid for :Etlr-
&pDrters two eli evsllicrs wi lat u
#shownE tile rank BIT Ma yors who were
called Issquircs. thus We trace the tn
3ginin family to- tho first crca ton under
lsourkos Inc 70 and.
Tile first osepl layo In la br9tier,,2
Major yVall lam Al 20. who settled about '
tile same time lii PoWlla tan. ~ nd was
one ofS the surveyors of the line tween,
$Trginla ana n Mort Carolina III i
sEhesnlso helped Colonel ~ Il lam 4 Byrd to
@slaySoftS the town5b sEa ichmond into lots 88
S$8s Ills son, Colonel NN liam May II I, Of
%Powhata,l. served III, HE Reyolutionar
War. These two y We're tho arlces tors OF
the extensive and honorable fan nil %
Mayo In Virgin la. ics old III yo &c me-
terry near the river. AAssaatd not far from
where tile present Gil pea Ike and Ohio.
and Newport News line now runs, arc o.
be seen the torlbs OF he eni grant and
This children. George Mo his eldest
was born Iii the Island 10 q Barbaf res.
#1717: died 1872 j oseph Al aSo, HIS second
born 100 died y 732;; n l'ort, ).
Joseph Mayo Gent. the ennigrant, was!
horn at sumnstilre, March Is, 1899 B died
$iniYirginia March Is. One or Ills NJ
sdren, steph, died Yoln being born 4
IuIcds 1876. tS3S$
sg One Or Ills grandchildren, J ohm May q,
died III To- ma rr!ed Mary ;-7r-, who
died in 170o. a: SS u 3.
William Mayo, 50 ii Of Colonel Wi liam,
born 1867. died iii mari led u iznbctil
sPottieress Cor Poyt hi'ess) /, who was born
In King George county, K l757, n and died
els0G. Colonel v u ohm M y 8, son of John,
Jr.,soii OF w liam. Dorn 10
&and died 1915, was the bull der of the first
bridge oyer the ] aiies II liver connecting
Richmond with Manchester, and which
has ways since gone by, his name. 3 II 10
first bridge was a ri,dc affair, built 4 Of
nine logs, which would DO fred "a ear
$ried away by every frcshet In TIN. river
THE history of this Colonel ] ohm Is re-
corded EWlth5that OF the esta blishmellt and
#Krowtllsofa Richmond3 fmarried a Miss
DO Hart, 4 native of ELL thtowll, N.
4J.a Now, ! & we turn 4 q Eng llsh records,
NE will find sln M cellnnina genealogical
let HeraldIca,,. of London, England, Il as
published 1860; Ks that this Miss Hart was
#descended from the s. Ifarts OF Whitney,
@Oxfordshre, When S;Vll liam Penn con.
templatcd founding the Cpiony Of Penn,
under grant \ Of Charles 81 lis John
$lIart,s OF Yltney, 4 son OF Christopher and
Mary Hart, accompanies him to sAn1e rlca.
Heawas then l,irty-two years 5of age, be-
&smigrAted With Iinl,9 made an ag reenlent
with Penn, On tho II It'll Of July, 1871, 10
purchase one thousand "a cres Of nas
4&lsing In Eennsyl yan ia, " ohm Hart brought
with him hts sister. Mary, born IN Ilng-
$land !, 1868 but she a led 4unn,Ar nom
this ohm Hart tescende cd Abigail tliG
wife of Colonol John Mayo. y p name
was ioriginp llyIf % /: lartss but the plcfS
%de was dropped III forward, i NH ss AbisaIl
Mayo died -. 4 {see New JogaeY, 4 ei "
cords, sSsS I'll GU q, SgAs
sss General field Scott, OF the
United States army. e intermnrrledss I With
The May osss4 L tl,roug Ii Ills Al igul
u Mayo and hlsSe1,il dreD, Y Ohm Mayo scotts
born lsl9i died 1870 Land HiW lYiniie i,
children of Maria Mayo Scott, are buried
@sat Montpelier. the home Or r resi- dent
Madison, M An Colonel John Mayo lived
#sonf the hill at Richmond, which st III goes
it WAS tlieyo tina tSG eneral Scott won md
2scarrjed Off Ills bride. " 1T Is said also
that old Colonel Mayo, would frequently
from his lofty hill, use his spy glass TO
see that The lnell were al lfgant " at work
%,pon (hsFneW brldges Mordrai, In HIS
MEsiIa id1Iin nnd III aClllln