Governor Thomas Mayhew

1593 - 1682  (88 years)

• Name	Thomas Mayhew  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Governor
  Birth	31 Mar 1593	Tisbury, Wiltshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 6]
  Baptism	1 Apr 1593	Tisbury, Wiltshire, England   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1630	Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  	Thomas Mayhew, Wife; and Son Thomas Jr sailing in the Winthrop Fleet/Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Elected	Governor of Massachusetts
  Death	25 Mar 1682	Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6, 7]
  	Martha's Vineyard
  Burial	Tisbury Village Cemetery, Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  		Tisbury Village Cemetery Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Find a Grave: #644011
  Person ID	I23761	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Gallion,   b. 15 Nov 1602, London, England d. 15 May 1666, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1634	Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4, 8]
  Children	1. Mary Mayhew,   b. 14 Jan 1638, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1640, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Chilmark Mayhew,   b. 1652, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Feb 1689, Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Martha Mayhew,   b. 1638, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Nov 1717, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Hannah Mayhew,   b. 15 Jun 1635, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Feb 1723, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Bethiah Mayhew,   b. 6 Dec 1636, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. Aug 1678, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Anna 'Hannah' Parkhurst,   b. Abt 1600, Hampshire, England d. Abt 1633, Massachusetts, USA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1621	England
  Children	1. Reverend Rev Thomas Mayhew, II,   b. 1620, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 1657, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 31 Mar 1593 - Tisbury, Wiltshire, England Baptism - 1 Apr 1593 - Tisbury, Wiltshire, England Marriage - Abt 1621 - England Immigration - Thomas Mayhew, Wife; and Son Thomas Jr sailing in the Winthrop Fleet/Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1630 - Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 1634 - Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Death - 25 Mar 1682 - Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• People

  MAYHEW-Governor Thomas Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder (31 Mar 1593 – 25 Mar 1682) established the first European settlement on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and adjacent islands in 1642. He is one of the editors of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book published in the Thirteen Colonies.[1] His assistant Peter Foulger was the grandfather of Benjamin Franklin

  
  

• Sources

  [S375] Ancestry.com, New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;). New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Volume: 50. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 50 [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Database online. Source number: 18633.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO. [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1630; Page Number: 81. [S6990] Find a Grave: MAYHEW Thomas I 1593-1682, Governor Thomas Mayhew Sr. Appointed first Governor for Life and Adjudicator for life. Owned Nantucket, Martha's Vinyard and the Elizabeth Islands in 1646. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23423027/thomas_mayhew [S136] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD ; Volume Title: Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [S6989] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Smith): GALLION Jane Mayhew, (Name: SmithLC.com;), GALLION Jane Paine Mayhew 1602-1666. Daughter of Thomas Edward Gallant and Agnes Annis Willmott She was married to Thomas Paine, on 15 Oct 1620 in Wantane, Berkshire, England She was married to Thomas Paine Mayhew, in 1634 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35470490/jane-paine_mayhew