Ancestry of
Annie Proulx

Novelist and Short Story Writer

John Smith Mayo

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Annie Proulx — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 58 
  • Father:
  • Peter Mayo 
  • Mother:
  • Bethiah Smith   
  • Birth Date:
  • 13 Dec 1807 
  • Birth Location:
  • Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Oct 1872 
  • Death Location:
  • Odin, Marion, Illinois 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rheuama Young
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Oct 1830 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Sarah Clark Mayo (Ahnentafel No:29 )

• Sources for John Smith Mayo

  • ¹ Federal Census, CT, New London County, 1850, Griswold, Image 43 of 51.
  • ² Federal Census, RI, Providence County, 1860, Burrillville, p. 27, Image 29 of 106.
  • ³ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FHL No 7011111, Image 386, Marriage of John S Mayo and Rheuama Young.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Mendon, Vol. 1, p. 345, Marriage intention for John S Mayo and Rheuama Young.
  • ⁵ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, p. 215.
  • ⁶ Mayo-Rodwick, Jean (May), Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants, Fruita, Colorado: Blood Ties (2010), 340, 498-499.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 208.

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