Reverend Rev Thomas Mayhew, II

1620 - 1657  (37 years)

• Name	Rev Thomas Mayhew  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Reverend
  Suffix	II
  Birth	1620	Tisbury, Wiltshire, England   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1630	Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	Thomas Mayhew, Wife; and Son Thomas Jr sailing in the Winthrop Fleet/Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Religion	Abt 1642
  	Reverend Mayhew was a "famous Indian missionary"*, who was instrumental in educating the Indian people on the island and converting them to Christianity
  Death	1657	Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  	Cause: Accidental Drowning enroute from Martha's Vineyard to England
  Burial	Lost at Sea  [3]
  Person ID	I23798	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Governor Thomas Mayhew,   b. 31 Mar 1593, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 25 Mar 1682, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna 'Hannah' Parkhurst,   b. Abt 1600, Hampshire, England d. Abt 1633, Massachusetts, USA (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1621	England
  Family ID	F9709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Gallion Paine,   b. 17 Apr 1625, England d. 1675, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1648	USA   [5, 6]
  	Colonial New England
  Children	1. Thomas Mayhew, III,   b. 1650, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA d. 21 Jul 1715, Chilmark, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1620 - Tisbury, Wiltshire, England Immigration - Thomas Mayhew, Wife; and Son Thomas Jr sailing in the Winthrop Fleet/Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1630 - Massachusetts, USA Death - Cause: Accidental Drowning enroute from Martha's Vineyard to England - 1657 - Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S6706] Find a Grave: MAYHEW Thomas II 1618-1657, Rev Thomas Mayhew II. Came to New England in 1630 in Governor Winthrop's Fleet with his father; he was 10 yrs. old at the time. His father obtained the first land grant at Martha's Vineyard.. He resided in Medford and Watertown until his removal to Martha's Vineyard in 1642. He was a "famous Indian missionary"*, who was instrumental in educating the Indian people on the island and converting them to Christianity. He married Jane Paine*, the daughter of his stepmother. . His father, Governor Thomas Mayhew, had married the widow of Thomas Paine, a London merchant, while on a trip to London and brought his wife and new stepdaughter to live with the family. Young Thomas married her about 1647.Enter pertinent text from the source and/or an explanation of the relevance of the data to your research. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23856295/thomas-mayhew [S509] Sons of the American Revolution - Members, Volume: 50. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 50 [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 [S6721] Find a Grave: PAINE Jane Sarson 1625-1675, Jane Gallion Paine Mayhew Sarson. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138742532/jane-mayhew-sarson