My Newbury/Berkshire family

[candrjm]

Hi Deb,

Quote:

"So now I'm wondering if this Totty and Amey Mayo is the Totty Mayo and Amy North married 1772

The other family that I've been chatting too - I've sent her the link to this site ... Totty and Amy Mayo they have a son Thomas Totty Mayo 1790.

Is this the same family do you think? "


More that likely the same Amy & Totty. I could not check for the baptism of Thomas Totty Mayo as the baptisms between 1783-1799 seem to be missing, they may be available to view at the Berkshire records office though.

The only other baptism for a Mayo child between 1745 and 1760 was this one:

20/6/1759 Dinah Mayo illegitimate daughter of Mary Witstone or Wilstone and the reputed father Thomas Mayo


The two possible burials for the children (John 1753 and Sarah 1757) of Totty and Sarah Mayo were correct as I looked the original records up and on both records it states child of Totty Mayo.


It might also be worth contacting the Wiltshire records office

http://www.wshc.eu/our-services/archives.html

to ask them if they could check the original baptism record for Totty Mayo (1723) to confirm what sex this child was for you.


Another child for Thomas Mayo:

Totty Mayo
Date: 1695 
Father: Thomas Mayo
Place: Corsley

"Probably a coincidence but a Thomas Mayo of Corsley and Catherine Totty of Frome married at Upton Scudamore on 6 Mar 1693." 



Chris

[Deb Clark Rennie]

Thanks again Chris for all your help and advice.   Will write some emails to those contacts this coming week and let you know what I find.


I did find a more detailed record for the marriage of a Totty Mayo and Amy North it list his occupation as a Gent? 

I also found a second page for the will of a John Totty ... With a daughter Katherine ... so I will try and See if any names pop up in that that might confirm or cross off as the possible family where the Totty name came from. 


Blessings
Deb

[candrjm]

Hi Deb,

A couple of possibilities for you:

There is a burial for a Dina Mayo 11th Dec 1770 (no age given) in the St Nicolas Church registers and it records that she was the wife of Thomas Mayo, so it looks like this could have been Dinah Mayo (nee Medhurst) and two burials either of which might be her husband. Thomas Mayo 26th May 1782 or Thomas Mayo 4th Feb 1789 (again no ages given)

I did wonder about this baptism for Dinah Medhurst (allowing for pronouncation variances)

Place: Fisherton Anger
Date: 20th June 1694
Name: Dina Medus
Father: Edward Medus
Mother's maiden name: Dines


Also Wantage is approximately 15 miles north of Newbury

Chris

[Deb Clark Rennie]

Thank you Chris ... you been such a help!  I will add those to my notes and does sound like Her burial ... it's so much more helpful when they wrote their age or who they belonged too.  Probably never new we would cine along hundreds of years later trying to work out who they all belong too.

I found a more detailed marriage for Totty Mayo and Amy North in 1772 and it has his occupation as a gent ... what would this have meant back then?

Blessings
Deb

[candrjm]

Hi Deb,

I was doing some research at the library for someone else today and found the baptisms that I thought were missing (1783-1799) so looked to see if I could find Thomas Totty Mayo c1790 son of Totty and Amy Mayo but there was not one for him. The only other baptism for this couple was a son William Thomas Mayo born 4/8/1785 baptised 1/2/1786. So unless Totty and Amy Mayo had a son Thomas Totty and didn't have him baptised or left the parish and had him baptised elsewhere and then came back it looks like this man wasn't John Totty Mayo's (born c1777) brother.

I think that Gent is probably an abbreviation for Gentleman and not an actual occupation, so Totty was probably financially able to keep himself and or his family without actually working.



Chris

[Deb Clark Rennie]

Thank you Chris ... wow that will be a disappointment for the other family ... I wonder who he might belong too or if as you've suggested they have his name wrong.  There is a Thomas Totty Mayo 1823 Newbury Berkshire ... he's the one that is a prison warder in 1851 and is who the other family descend from so perhaps his father is William Thomas?  And not Thomas Totty? I had a quick look at her tree and he has a son William Thomas Mayo in 1848.  I've added these to my tree until I could sort it out. 

Maggie is the name of the lady I've been chatting too and I did get her to join Roots Chat but she may not have figured out how to reply.

I shall let her know your findings ... perhaps if we can find her Thomas Totty from 1823 it might solve the mystery she has his wife as Mary Ann Goodyear.

Thank you!

Blessings
Deb

[Deb Clark Rennie]

Although there is a death for Thomas Totty Mayo senior in 1848 Newbury Berkshire

Another mystery!

Blessings
Deb

[Deb Clark Rennie]

Although I'm seeing other trees have the Thomas Totty Mayo that died in 1848 as an infant born the same year to Thomas Totty Mayo and Mary Ann Goodyear so it was perhaps just an assumption this was Thomas Totty senior.

Blessings
Deb

[Deb Clark Rennie]

Chris ... big ask as you've done so much already but next time you are back there ... would those found missing records perhaps have Mary Paradise (abt 1781) baptism the one that you couldn't find but we believed she belonged to John and Mary paradise?  In case she was younger than we thought?

Here's your note to remember

Please note I could not check for any other baptisms after 1783 as there seems to be a gap between 1783- 1799 and I could not see a baptism for a Mary Paradise before 1783)

I strongly believe that John and Mary Paradise (nee Mayo) were the parents of Mary Paradise born c1781 as John and Mary's daughter Martha uses Mayo as Frederick's middle name.

Blessings
Deb