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     Elizabeth died. Elizabeth was born. She was baptized on 3 December 1682. Religion:.

     William Mayo was the eldest child of the well-to-do family of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hooper) Mayo. At the age of twenty-five he left England, accompanied by his younger brother Joseph, to seek his fortune in Barbadoes, where a cousin had settled some time earlier. There he established himself as a surveyor. In 1717 Mayo received a commission to make a map of Barbadoes, which he accomplished with such skill that Governor William Tryon (North Carolina) urged the English Board of Trade to purchase it and to grant Mayo a patent enabling him to sell his map on a commission basis. The map also gained him election to membership in the Royal Society of London.
Mayo remained in the West Indies for ten years. It was in about 1719 that Mayo, now nearly forty years of age, with his wife and four daughters and with his fortune already made and assured, began to consider moving permanently to Virginia. Finally, in 1723, with his own family and the families of two brothers and a cousin, he arrived in the Virginia.
In 1736, a commission of six men sent a surveying party under Mayo's leadership to explore Lord Fairfax's territory (Virginia), one of three such parties outfitted at that time. This first survey of Fairfax's domains provided the first useful map of the region, and Mayo's journal provided most of the knowledge available to first settlers who were then breaking through the Blue Ridge gaps into western Virginia territory.
Together with Professor Alexander Irvin, Mayo was also responsible for setting the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina. One of the rivers intersecting the line was named the Mayo River in his honor.
In 1737, Mayo laid out the city of Richmond, Virginia.
Mayo served as the chief civil engineer in Virginia until his death in Richmond in 1744. William Mayo emigrated first to the island of Barbadoes; which island he surveyed in 1717-21. His plat or map is now on file in King's College Library. William Mayo is generally known as Major William Mayo, the surveyor; but he was a Colonel prior to 1743. He was for a number of years the surveyor of Goochland Co. The last entry made by him as surveyor bears date 17 Oct. 1744, and his will was admitted to record, 20th Nov. 1744. so he died between these dates. He married (firstly) in this island, Frances Gould, daughter of Enoch Gould of Bridgetown. Himself and wife emigrated to Virginia about the year 1723, bringing with them four daughters. He married (secondly) about the year 1732, Ann Perratt, of Barbadoes, whose will was probated in Cumberland Co. Court, 27th Dec. 1773.

Source: Colonial Families of the United States of America, by George Norbury Mackenzie, Volume II, MCMXI, page 503. He married Frances Gould at Bridgetown, Barbadoes. He was baptized on 4 November 1684. Religion:. William was born at Poulshot, Wiltshire, England, in 1685. William immigrated, circa 1723. Destination:. William died in 1744 at Goochland County, Virginia. William's will was probated at Goochland County, Virginia, on 20 November 1744.

     Sarah died. Sarah was born.

     Mary died. Mary was born. She was baptized on 19 June 1689. Religion:.

     Joseph died. Joseph was born at Frome, Selwood, County Somerset, England, on 25 March 1692. He was baptized on 24 May 1703. Religion:.

     She married Maj. William Mayo at Bridgetown, Barbadoes. Frances died at Virginia. Frances was born. Frances immigrated, circa 1723. Destination:.

     Ann was born at Barbados, Chanel Islands, in 1712. She married George Carrington in 1732. Ann died on 15 February 1785.

     George died. George was born. He married Ann Mayo in 1732.

     Sarah died. She married (---?---) Jones. She married Dr. Joseph Scott. Sarah was born at Barbados, Chanel Islands, in 1714.

     He married Sarah Mayo. (---?---) died. (---?---) was born.

     He married Sarah Mayo. Dr. died. Dr. was born.

     Judy died. Judy was born.

     Nancy died. Nancy was born.

     Sally died. Sally was born.

     Elizabeth died. Elizabeth was born.

     Robert died. Robert was born.

     Samuel died. Samuel was born.

     Mary died. Mary was born.

     Hester died. Hester was born.

     Margaret died. Margaret was born. She married William Worsham.

     He married Margaret Scott. William died. William was born.

     Mary died. She married Edmund Gray. Mary was born at Barbados, Chanel Islands, in 1716.

     He married Mary Mayo. Edmund died. Edmund was born.

     Hester died.¹ Hester was born at Barbados, Chanel Islands.

     Elizabeth died. Elizabeth was born.

     William was born at Frome, Selwood, County Sumerset, England.¹ He was christened at Poulshot, Wilshire, England, on 4 November 1684.¹ He married Ann Perratt at St. Michaels, Barbadoes, on 11 December 1732.¹ William died on 21 October 1744 at Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia.¹ He was buried after 21 October 1744 at Section V, Lots 2, 3, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia.

     Ann was born at Barbados, Chanel Islands.¹ She was christened at Barbados, Chanel Islands, on 31 May 1701.¹ She married William Mayo at St. Michaels, Barbadoes, on 11 December 1732.¹ Ann died on 28 November 1773 at Cumberland County, Virginia.¹ Ann's will was probated at Cumberland County, Virginia, on 27 December 1773.

     Daniel died. He married Mary (---?---). Daniel was born at Cumberland County, Virginia, in 1733.¹ Daniel's will was probated on 23 February 1761.

     She married Daniel Mayo. Mary died. Mary was born.

     William's occupation: Colonel in the American Revolution.. William was born. He married Catherine Swann. William died on 28 March 1806.