'May01'
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Families covered: May of Mayfield, May of Pachley, May (Maye) in Sussex, May of Tisehurst
| Richard Maye of Wadehurst, Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Maye of Wadehurst | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Maye of Tysehurst, Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Whitfeld (dau of Robert Whitfeld of Wadehurst) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas May of Tysehurst | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Wyburne (dau of William Wyburne of Kent) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas May of Pachley, Sussex (d 09.07.1610) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Stapley (dau of Anthony Stapley or Staple of Framfield) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anthony May of Pachley, Sheriff of Sussex & Surrey (d 14.06.1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Audrey Wildegose (dau of Sir John Wildgose of Iredge) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Roberts (dau of Walter Roberts of Borsell) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward May of Pachley (b c07.06.1626, d 1671) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Alchorne (dau of Thomas Alchorne) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - Mary, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Shepherd (b 1619-20, d 10.04.1694, dau of John Shepherd of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Susanna May (b c1753, d 09.08.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.03.1685-6) Sir Richard May (recorder & MP for Chichester) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Thomas (b c1651, d by 1674), Edward (b c1663, d 07.11.1685), Hester | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Adrian May (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Herbert May of Burwash | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Newton (dau of William Newton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (a 1634) - William (b c1617), Herbert, Anthony | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Henery May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mildred Olly (dau of Robert Olly) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Cockram of Rye | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Rebecca May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Penshaw (minister) | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Jane May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Bell of London | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Anne May | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wood | |||||||||||||||
| (8) | Frances May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Leiff of Astling | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Abraham May of Citchingham, Sussex (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Roberts (dau of John Roberts of Boresell, m2. William Slowman) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard May of London (a 1638, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Rogers (dau of William Rogers of Wernall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Richard, Abraham, Thomas, Mary, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Elizabeth May | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Hunt of Dalehill | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Levett | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Barbara May | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Bokes of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Frances May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Fowle of Tisehurst | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - Thomas, Walter in Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - George (dsp), Jeromy (dsp), Anne, Margery, Margaret, Dorothy, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Maye of Burgherst or Burgwashe | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Henley (dau of John Henley of Cranbrooke) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Thomas Maye of Mayfield, Sussex | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Jane Sands (dau of Sir Michael Sands of Throwley) | |||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Barbara Rich (sister of Sir Robert Rich of Harndon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Maye (b 1595, d 13.11.1650, poet & historian) dates from Wikipedia | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Maye of Orssutt, Essex (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Margaret, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Maye | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Maye | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard Maye of London (d 1587-8) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by CountyGen (Sussex, Berry). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hillardson or Hillersden (dau of John Hillersden of Membland, brother of Thomas) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John May of Runmark or Rawmere, Susex (d 1630, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by BLG1952 ('Knight of Chawton') & CountyGen (Kent, Berry, 1830, p50). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hill of London | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Austin (dau of John Austin of Shalford) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | John May (3rd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Constance | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Thomas May (dsp 1710) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Christopher May of Greenwich (d 1691, 8th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Prude | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas May (dsp 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Ann May | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Broadnax or Brodnax of Godmersham (d 1726) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Mary May | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Smyth of Binderton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Christopher Lewkenor (not Lee) of West Dean | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Pratt of Battersey | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Jane May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Henshaw, Bishop of Peterborough | |||||||||||||||
| (7) | Ann May (d 1686) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Farington (b c1609, d 1685) | |||||||||||||||
| (8)+ | other issue - Adrian (Groome), Richard, Humffrey, William, Hugh | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Humphrey May of Carrow Priory (bpt 10.01.1574, d 09.06.1630, Vice Chamberlain, Master of the Rolls, MP, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from HoP ('Sir Algernon May') and connected pages. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (by 23.05.1611) Jane Uvedale (d 05.1615, dau of Sir William Uvedale of Wickham) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | son | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.2.1616) Judith Poley (d 09.06.1661, dau of Sir William Poley of Buxted) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Baptist May probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| partner unknown | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | (Lady) Isabella May (d 03.04.1730, "first-cousin to John (Hervey), 1st Earl of Bristol") | ||||||||||||||
| MGH (NS4 vol 2, 1908, p113) reports that Isabella was "granted the title and precedence of an Earl's da. by King Charles II" and reports that she married as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Henry Felton (Rector of Long Melford, son of Sir Henry of Playford by Susan Tollemache) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (22.05.1704) John Turnor of Langham | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Sir Algernon May of Old Windsor (Berkshire) & Ampton (Suffolk) (b c1625, d 25.07.1704, MP, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.06.1662) Dorothy Reynolds (dau of James Reynolds of Castle Camps (Cambridgeshire), sister/heir of John, widow of Sir James Calthorpe of Cockthorpe) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | son probably the Charles who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanora Franklin (dsp, dau of Sir Richard Franklin of Moore Park, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | daughter probably the Ann who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Lee | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Isabella May (d 05.06.1686) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1658) Sir Thomas Hervey of Ickworth (b 25.05.1625, d 27.05.1694) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | 3 other sons and 6 other daughters | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth May (bur 11.08.1643) mentioned by Visitation but not by Berry | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.09.1584) Sir Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden (b c1551, d 18.10.1629) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Dorothy May mentioned by Visitation but not by Berry | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bennet, Sheriff of London (d 19.04.1620) | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Richard, William, son (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
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| Noting that there was a May(e) of Mayfield (in Sussex) above, the following Mays are thought likely to have been connected to above family. | |||||||||||||||
| Edward May (settled in Ireland) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward May of Gracedieu | ||||||||||||||
| A. | James May of Mayfield, co. Waterford (d 1729) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Letitia Ponsonby (dau of William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir James May, 1st Bart of Mayfield (d 07.11.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Moore (dau of Thomas Moore of Marlfield) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir James Edward May, 2nd Bart of Mayfield (dspl 28.07.1814) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841, which showed that Edward had 3 younger brothers (Humphrey, Thomas & Charles), reported that the baronetcy expired when he died but TCB, which referred to that report, specifically contradicted it. | |||||||||||||||
| p/m. Elizabeth Lumley (dau of Francis Lumley of Passage by Catherine, dau of Lionel Izod) | |||||||||||||||
| It appears that (James) Edward & Elizabeth did marry but not until after their children were born. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Stephen Edward May (b c1781, d 28.10.1845) who apparently married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.01.1820) Frances Stella Nixon (dau of Rev. Brinsley Nixon of Painstown) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Edward May (b c1783, rector in Belfast) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anna May (d 06.02.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.08.1795) George Augustus Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall (b 13/4.10.1769, d 05.10.1844) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth May | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Verner of Church Hill | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Humphrey May, 3rd Bart of Mayfield, Sheriff of co. Waterford (dsp 1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1784) Jane Grueber (d 30.09.1834, dau of Rev. James Grueber by Dorcas, dau of John Smyth of Violetstown) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Thomas May (dsp 1810, rector of Clonmel) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1779) Brabazon Carr (d before 07.05.1819, dau of Rev. Thomas Carr by Anne, dau of William Wall of Coolmamuchy) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Charles May (dvp unm) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Sir George May of Clonegham, 4th Bart of Mayfield (b c1763, d unm 1834) | ||||||||||||||
| f. | Mary May (d 02.1836) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.1778) Nicholas Loftus Tottenham (b 1745, d 11.03.1823) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Richards May | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.11.1745) Thomas Carew of Ballinamona | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 03.04.08) : Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, May) with a little input from Visitation (Sussex, 1662, May of Pashley in Ticehurst)
(2) For lower section (added 19.05.08) : BEB1841 (May of Mayfield), TCB (vol V, p 367, May)
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