The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
GENEALOGICAL.
Mayo Family.

Richmond Times Dispatch.
 l A request Is made for the Mayo fam | fly with their coat-of-arms, and 9e-
 nealogy, but so much has already been | written of this distinguished family i that it seems almost superfiuous to
 attempt to add more. Yet, as their
 tombstones mark most historic place near the city of Richmond, which will | be visited by many strangers during the tercentennial celebration of James,
 town, and the large Episcopal Convoca-
 ton about to be held there, we here
 gives the arms of this noted old English family So closely connected with the first settlement of Richmond. with a | sketch of the earliest members as
 given by Dr. R. A. Brock. the histo- rian:
 The first Of the name was Joseph
 Mayo, who einigrated from the Island
 of Barbadoea to Virginia. about the
 year 172T. He was a successful mer-
 chant, and upon landing bought lands tract being about a half mile below
 Richmond. and was the traditional res- idence of the Indian King Powhattan," which lies "to the south of the road which runs parallel with the river, and on a voige of the second bank, or upper level or aliuviurn, some forty feet above the lower. The ground here falls abruptly on the front or river side. and more gradually on. the other quar- ters. On the east. the deep channel of brook separates 1t from the most commanding point of the upland" Joseph Mayo, the emigrant, was born in Somersetshire, England, March 25, 1893, and died March 25, 1740. being 47 year of age. He was buried in the old Mayo Cemetery. situated about 200 yards from the mansion, enclosed by a m aaa oaI Irn and Ohio Railroad now courses along the river. In this old cemetery are also the graves of his three children. who died in infsncy-Joseph, born 1729, and died 17sz; Marianna, born 17sf, and died 1733, and stephen Mayo, born 1735. and died 173e. The eldest son. George Mayo, born in the Island einia, i7S9, is also buried here. The monuments bearing these inscriptions are most handsomely carved, having the coat-of-arms at their head. describ- ed as: Azure, vair gules and argent, between three coronets, or; crest, unicorn's head erased, bearing a chew ron, vair gules and argent Here the arms appear with a crescent for diff ference, and are rendered with an es- quire's helmet surmounting the shield. and an exquisite niantling of scroll
 work" Tn heraIdry, the crescent al- | ways constitutes the mark by which | the second son distinguishes his arms.
 The emigrant Joseph Mayo, was the son Of the second sen of Baron Mayo, | of England. previous to 1898. The
 helmet, also, shows that he was a knight or esquire, who usually wore tilttng helmets of steel The old Mayo Cemetery is one of the most interest ing spots surrounding Richmond, and 1 one which should be visited by every one attending the present Jamestown, Exposition, for here is the spot where Newport reached when he frst ascended James River to the Falls which he says was 'the habitatyon of the greate Kyng Pawatan, which I call Pawatah's Tower. It is scituat upon a highe hfll by the water yde, etc." A granite boulder about a ton in weight. is pointed out as ''Powhatan's Tombetone;'' but there Is no real evidence Justtfying this des- ignation. .
 Joseph Mayo had brother, William Mayo, who wss a major in the militia service. and settled in the colony about the same time. Being an accomplished surveyor, no was Ole of the commits sion to run the line between Virginia and North Carolina. .n 1TcS-'9, and in 1742 laid off tor Colonel William Byrd the town of Richlnund. which was To- cated on his lands. Colonel William Mayo lived in GloucrS.er County Vir- ginia. whore Us son, William Mayo, Ir.s was born, JsR7, a'.d died 1887. in Richmond. He married Elizabeth
 was born in King George, 1759 and died at Powhatan 1906. This Colonel William Mayo, IT,, served in the State line during the Revolution, and was a member of the House of Delegates 17S0.
 The daughter of the flr4. Col Will liam Mayo, Anne, married George Car rington 1732, who was a clerk in MT. Joseph Mayo's store and from this