Family register

John May

1590–1670confirmedGeneration 0 — subject

John May (1590 – 28 April 1670) is part of the May family recorded on Mayflower.family. His child was John May. He died in 1670.

Family

Sources

  1. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May (1878), as transcribed: John May2 "married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer"; footnote "Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer. The name of her former husband has not been ascertained." Matches sarah-brewer-may-bsb (m. John May 19 Nov 1656 Roxbury; mother of Ephraim).

    A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May who came from England to Roxbury in America, 1640 (Boston, 1878), as transcribed: "I. JOHN MAY (Immigrant Ancestor), b. in England 1590. [d.] 1670, April 28. Wife, name not known [d.] 1651, June 18. Sarah (???), 2d wife [d.] 1670, May 4. Two sons came with him, viz.:-- II. John,2 b. in England 1631. [d.] 1671, Sept. 11. III. Samuel"; "JOHN MAY, son of John May, was born in England about 1631 ... came to Roxbury with his father in 1640 ... married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer, and died Sept. 11, 1671"; children incl. "Ephraim b. Dec. 23, 1670"; "Elisha3 and Ephraim3 lived in Roxbury until about 1695, when they removed to Rehoboth." Matches john-may-1631-bsb (d. 11 Sep 1671; m. Sarah Brewer 1656; son Ephraim of Rehoboth).

  2. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May (1878), as transcribed: John May2 "married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer"; footnote "Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer. The name of her former husband has not been ascertained." Matches sarah-brewer-may-bsb (m. John May 19 Nov 1656 Roxbury; mother of Ephraim).

    A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May who came from England to Roxbury in America, 1640 (Boston, 1878), as transcribed: "I. JOHN MAY (Immigrant Ancestor), b. in England 1590. [d.] 1670, April 28. Wife, name not known [d.] 1651, June 18. Sarah (???), 2d wife [d.] 1670, May 4. Two sons came with him, viz.:-- II. John,2 b. in England 1631. [d.] 1671, Sept. 11. III. Samuel"; "JOHN MAY, son of John May, was born in England about 1631 ... came to Roxbury with his father in 1640 ... married Nov. 19, 1656, Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Joanna Brewer, and died Sept. 11, 1671"; children incl. "Ephraim b. Dec. 23, 1670"; "Elisha3 and Ephraim3 lived in Roxbury until about 1695, when they removed to Rehoboth." Matches john-may-1631-bsb (d. 11 Sep 1671; m. Sarah Brewer 1656; son Ephraim of Rehoboth).