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JOHN MAY (d. 1670)

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John had a first wife whose name is not known. She died on 18 June 1651 in Roxbury. [1] He married second Sarah ___.

May says that John Eliot recorded on 18 June 1651, "Sister Mayes died a very gracious and savory Christian." [2, 1, fn.]

John May made his noncupative will on 24 April 1670. His witnesses said he wished "to prevent trouble &c between his two sons and his wife." He named his two sons as John and Samuel, and made them his executors. Inventory was taken on 29 April 1670. [3]

Children of John May:

i. John May was born about 1631. He was buried on on 11 September 1671; he was blind and about 40 years old. [2] He married Sarah (Brewer) Bruce, the daughter of Daniel and Joanna Brewer on 19 November 1656. [2]

John was blind for some months before he died. [2]

ii. Samuel May was born say 1633. He died on 17 July 1677 in Roxbury. He married Abigail Stansfield.

Endnotes:

1. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1, vol. 2 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1925).

2. Samuel May, A Genealogy of the Descendants of John May : Who Came From England to Roxbury in America 1640 (Boston: Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, 1878).

3. Walter K. Watkins, "Abstracts of Early Wills on Record, or on File in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 48 (1894): 460.

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