Col. Joseph Mayo
He was the son of Major Joseph Mayo and Esther Kenrick. Col. Joseph Mayo was baptized on 30 July 1749 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 12 March 1772 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Joseph married Lucy Richards, daughter of Nathaniel Richards Esq and Mary Whiting. Col. Joseph Mayo moved in 1772 to Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
On 20 April 1775, then Sergeant Joseph Mayo marched to Lexington with Captain Eldad Wright's company of minutemen. He later marched with Ethen Allen to Fort Ticonderoga, and was placed in charge of that fort by Ethen Allen. On 23 April 1776, he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in Captain Peter Proctor's 11th Company in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia.
He served on 30 March 1778 at Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He was involved in Shay's Rebellion, and this story was told by his son, Joseph:
"My father was Colonel of the First Regiment in General Shepard's Brigade when General Shay raised an army of 2,000 or 3,000 men in rebellion against the State laws and turned the Court out of doors. My father was sent with a regiment to Springfield to guard the stores on the hill, the guns and ammunition. Soon (2 Jan 1787) they attempted to march up the hill and General Shepard being there in person, gave orders to my father to fire from the artillery over their heads, then to the right, then to the left, all of which did not check them. He then cried "Give it to them in front, my boys" and then they fired a grist of grape straight among them which scattered them like sheep, made them run and scale the walls, killing three or four, and wounded as many more, and they took to the State of Vermont as fast as possible, past my father's house, and filled it full from top to bottom."
" He was an Inn Holder in 1805 at Warwick. He moved between 1809 and 1810 to Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. He died on Saturday, 19 April 1817 at Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, at age 68 years, 2 months and 25 days of malignant fever on the same day as his wife.
He was the son of Major Joseph Mayo and Esther Kenrick. Col. Joseph Mayo was baptized on 30 July 1749 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 12 March 1772 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Joseph married Lucy Richards, daughter of Nathaniel Richards Esq and Mary Whiting. Col. Joseph Mayo moved in 1772 to Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
On 20 April 1775, then Sergeant Joseph Mayo marched to Lexington with Captain Eldad Wright's company of minutemen. He later marched with Ethen Allen to Fort Ticonderoga, and was placed in charge of that fort by Ethen Allen. On 23 April 1776, he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in Captain Peter Proctor's 11th Company in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia.
He served on 30 March 1778 at Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He was involved in Shay's Rebellion, and this story was told by his son, Joseph:
"My father was Colonel of the First Regiment in General Shepard's Brigade when General Shay raised an army of 2,000 or 3,000 men in rebellion against the State laws and turned the Court out of doors. My father was sent with a regiment to Springfield to guard the stores on the hill, the guns and ammunition. Soon (2 Jan 1787) they attempted to march up the hill and General Shepard being there in person, gave orders to my father to fire from the artillery over their heads, then to the right, then to the left, all of which did not check them. He then cried "Give it to them in front, my boys" and then they fired a grist of grape straight among them which scattered them like sheep, made them run and scale the walls, killing three or four, and wounded as many more, and they took to the State of Vermont as fast as possible, past my father's house, and filled it full from top to bottom."
" He was an Inn Holder in 1805 at Warwick. He moved between 1809 and 1810 to Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. He died on Saturday, 19 April 1817 at Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, at age 68 years, 2 months and 25 days of malignant fever on the same day as his wife.
Col. Joseph Mayo
He was the son of Major Joseph Mayo and Esther Kenrick. Col. Joseph Mayo was baptized on 30 July 1749 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 12 March 1772 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Joseph married Lucy Richards, daughter of Nathaniel Richards Esq and Mary Whiting. Col. Joseph Mayo moved in 1772 to Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
On 20 April 1775, then Sergeant Joseph Mayo marched to Lexington with Captain Eldad Wright's company of minutemen. He later marched with Ethen Allen to Fort Ticonderoga, and was placed in charge of that fort by Ethen Allen. On 23 April 1776, he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in Captain Peter Proctor's 11th Company in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia.
He served on 30 March 1778 at Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He was involved in Shay's Rebellion, and this story was told by his son, Joseph:
"My father was Colonel of the First Regiment in General Shepard's Brigade when General Shay raised an army of 2,000 or 3,000 men in rebellion against the State laws and turned the Court out of doors. My father was sent with a regiment to Springfield to guard the stores on the hill, the guns and ammunition. Soon (2 Jan 1787) they attempted to march up the hill and General Shepard being there in person, gave orders to my father to fire from the artillery over their heads, then to the right, then to the left, all of which did not check them. He then cried "Give it to them in front, my boys" and then they fired a grist of grape straight among them which scattered them like sheep, made them run and scale the walls, killing three or four, and wounded as many more, and they took to the State of Vermont as fast as possible, past my father's house, and filled it full from top to bottom."
" He was an Inn Holder in 1805 at Warwick. He moved between 1809 and 1810 to Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. He died on Saturday, 19 April 1817 at Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, at age 68 years, 2 months and 25 days of malignant fever on the same day as his wife.
He was the son of Major Joseph Mayo and Esther Kenrick. Col. Joseph Mayo was baptized on 30 July 1749 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. On 12 March 1772 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Joseph married Lucy Richards, daughter of Nathaniel Richards Esq and Mary Whiting. Col. Joseph Mayo moved in 1772 to Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
On 20 April 1775, then Sergeant Joseph Mayo marched to Lexington with Captain Eldad Wright's company of minutemen. He later marched with Ethen Allen to Fort Ticonderoga, and was placed in charge of that fort by Ethen Allen. On 23 April 1776, he was commissioned a First Lieutenant in Captain Peter Proctor's 11th Company in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia.
He served on 30 March 1778 at Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He was involved in Shay's Rebellion, and this story was told by his son, Joseph:
"My father was Colonel of the First Regiment in General Shepard's Brigade when General Shay raised an army of 2,000 or 3,000 men in rebellion against the State laws and turned the Court out of doors. My father was sent with a regiment to Springfield to guard the stores on the hill, the guns and ammunition. Soon (2 Jan 1787) they attempted to march up the hill and General Shepard being there in person, gave orders to my father to fire from the artillery over their heads, then to the right, then to the left, all of which did not check them. He then cried "Give it to them in front, my boys" and then they fired a grist of grape straight among them which scattered them like sheep, made them run and scale the walls, killing three or four, and wounded as many more, and they took to the State of Vermont as fast as possible, past my father's house, and filled it full from top to bottom."
" He was an Inn Holder in 1805 at Warwick. He moved between 1809 and 1810 to Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. He died on Saturday, 19 April 1817 at Orwell, Addison County, Vermont, at age 68 years, 2 months and 25 days of malignant fever on the same day as his wife.
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LUCY WIFE OF COL. JOSEPH MAYO DIED APRIL 19, 1817
AGED 65 YEARS
COL. JOSEPH MAYO DIED APRIL 18, 1817
AGED 68 YEARS.
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