Samuel Mayo, Captain

1625 - Bef 1664  (< 39 years)

• Name	Samuel Mayo  [1]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1625	Kentshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LRHT-354
  Burial	Apr 1664	Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  Death	Bef 26 Apr 1664	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I9297	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Mayo, Reverend ,   b. Bef 16 Oct 1597, Northinghamshire, England d. 3 May 1676, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age > 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Thomasine Brike,   b. 1597, Essex, England d. 26 Feb 1683, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	21 Mar 1618	Netherlands
  Family ID	F451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomasin Lumpkin,   b. 1625, England, United Kingdom d. 16 Jun 1709, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1643	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	+ 1. Mary Mayo,   b. 3 Feb 1645, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 26 Jan 1711, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Sarah Mayo,   b. 19 Dec 1660, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States d. 5 Mar 1745, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Mariner/ship Master Boston, Suffolk, MA, MA/Samuel became master of the b a r k " D e sire, " Captain Samuel Mayo was the eldest son of Rev. John Mayo and his wife T a m s i n . He was born in England and came to New England with his mother a n d f a t h er and four other children in 1638, although the name of the shi p i s u n k n own. They settled in Barnstable. Samuel Mayo was at least in his teens when the family moved to Barnstab l e i n 1 6 3 9, so he was probably born about 1620. He throve as a mariner. A s s o o n a s h e could handle a boat, and knew how cod differ from hake, he s e t u p i n t h e fishing trade. He ran a packet for some time between the C a p e a n d B oston. Samuel was ordained a teaching elder (minister) April 1 5 , 1 6 4 0 a t Barnstable. He married William Lumpkin's daughter Thomasine (Tamsin), of Yarmouth, b o r n a b o ut 1625, who had the same given name as her own mother and her m o t h e r -in-law. In August, 1643, he was one of those between 16 and 60 in B a r n s t able able to bear arms. His wife joined the Barnstable church Jan . 2 0 , 1 6 4 9/50. In 1647 the town deeded him land for a fishhouse, on Cro we l l ' s P oint below his dwelling. He had, beside fishing smacks, coaster s , a n d r a n a packet to Boston, long before Barnstable had her great fle e t t o m a k e it the busiest port on Cape Cod.

  
  

• Sources

  [S129] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current. Record for Poppa 'Duchess of Normandy' De Valois