He was first married to Ruth Underwood in about 1732; Ruth died on Feb 6, 1734, just four days after the birth of their only son, Valentine, born Feb 2, 1734. [3][4]
A year or two later, James married Martha Williamson on March 3, 1735 or 1736, in Goochland County, Virginia. [5]
James Mayo moved to Caroline County Va along with his mother. He later went back to Middlesex county and along with his brother-in-law Robert Williamson, sold inherited land from his father. The deed stated it was land owned by his father Valentine Mayo. He proceeded to Goochland County and in 1743/44, he purchased a 413 acre plantation on the northern-most fork of Beaverdam Creek known as Castle Branch. His land bordered Nicholas Perkins, Sandy (Landy) Richardson, and Col. John Symms near what is now Perkinsville and near the corner of Louisa and Hanover county line. At that time, Three Choped Road ran through it. Now, US 250 follows the path of Three Choped Road and I-64 runs parallel to it; both through James Mayo’s 413 acres. He raised his 15 children there and then in 1772 he purchased a plantation on the north side of the south fork of Cunningham Creek near Palmyra, and Kidd’s Store Va which became Fluvanna Co. Va.
The children and grandchildren of James Mayo are detailed in Charles Mayo’s book, Joseph Mayo, 2nd Lt. Fluvanna Va. Patriot, A Genealogy and Family History, 1620-2001.[10]
James Mayo died on March 13, 1776 in Fluvanna County, Virginia, and was most likely buried at his ancestral plantation, James Mayo Plantation, in Fluvanna County near Cunningham Creek (North side). Suggestions that he was buried in the Grace Episcopal Cemetery in Bremo Bluff, Fluvanna County, Virginia have been discounted as anachronistic[10]
-- the church at Bremo Bluff was built in 1883.
Research Notes
DNA Connections
Summer Orman and Alton Binkley - DNA match both to descendant of James William Mayo and Martha Williamson Mayo, via son Robert through following (unverified) trail: James/Martha>Robert Sr.>Robert Jr.> (beginning of unverified) Robert Francis Marion Mayo>Hettie Ann Mayo>Addie Ophelia McKinley>Ray Johnson>Marjorie Johnson>Private Match
Disputed Info
Had a public service claim from the Revolutionary War in service records of Amherst Co., VA. card index at the VA State Library--lived in Caswell Co., NC before moving to SC. [citation needed]Binkley-335 13:52, 9 July 2016 (EDT) No proof he lived in South Carolina, this is possibly his son James?
Served in Military; Fluvanna Co., VA [citation needed]Binkley-335 13:52, 9 July 2016 (EDT) Has no SAR record as of 7/9/2016
Disputed Middle Name
A prior version of this profile gave a middle name of "William" but no cited source includes this middle name. Please do not add this middle name without citing a reliable source.
Sources
↑ Mrs. Bert Harter, "James Mayo of Virginia (1711-1776)," The Virginia Genealogist, Volume 7, pp. 51-64. pdf available for download at
Whitlock Family Association
↑ Charles Mayo, Joseph Mayo, 2nd Lt. Fluvanna Va. Patriot, A Genealogy and Family History, 1620-2001 (C.E. Mayo, 2001).
↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRQ-J33 : 5 December 2014), James Mayo in entry for Valentine Mayo, 02 Feb 1734; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 873,777.
↑
"Christ Church Parish," Virginia Deaths, 1653-1812 [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000). Citing National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia from 1653 to 1812. (Richmond, VA, USA: Christ Church, 1897). Text:Ruth Mayo, wife of James, Death Date: 6 Feb 1734.
↑ National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, North America Family Histories, 1500-2000 (1918) Vol. 142.
↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRQ-JKB : 5 December 2014), James Mayo in entry for John Mayo, 14 Nov 1736; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 873,777.
↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRQ-1KC : 5 December 2014), James Mayo in entry for James Mayo, 16 Aug 1738; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 873,777.
↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRQ-V38 : 5 December 2014), James Mayo in entry for John Mayo, 29 Apr 1740; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 873,777.
↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRR4-JZ3 : 5 December 2014), James Mayo in entry for Mary Mayo, 03 Mar 1764; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 975.5 V2D.
↑ 10.010.1 Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 June 2019), memorial page for James Mayo (11 Dec 1711–13 Mar 1776), Find A Grave: Memorial #195695694, citing James Mayo Plantation Cemetery, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Charlie Mayo (contributor 48707407) .
See Also:
Hopkins of Virginia and related families - Hopkins, Walter Lee,. Hopkins of Virginia and related families. (Richmond, Va.: J.W. Fergusson & Sons, 1931). Includes index
A roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana-Daughters of the American Revolution: in commemoration of the United States of America bicentennial, July 4, 1976. (Evansville, IN)
Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Ancestry.com, citing (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93.
Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812, Ancestry.com (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000).Citing National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia.
Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850, Ancestry.com (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004). Citing Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, VA. (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub.)
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Mayo-4869 and Mayo-386 appear to represent the same person because: I have noticed that Mayo-4869 seems to duplicate information already present in Mayo-386. Please consider a merge of the more recent profile into 386.
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