'May02'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: May of Bibroke, May of Birmingham, May of Hadlow

                               
(Richard?) May
1. Richard May
  m. (06.05.1650) Elizabeth Barton (bpt 02.02.1628, dau of Thomas Barton of Hadlow (who d 12.04.1662) by Alice Wade)
  A. Thomas May of Hadlow (bpt 17.10.1651, bur 24.04.1714)
  m. Elizabeth ( c1664, bur 28.03.1689)
  i. Thomas May of Hadlow (bpt 23.04.1678, d(sp?) before 24.12.1729)
  ii. Richard May (d before 1724)
  m. Elizabeth (a 1724)
  a. Jane May
  m. (17.06.1743) John Barton (b 23.06.1723, d 1786)
  b.+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 06.05.1713?), Jephthat (bpt 22.10.1716), John (bpt 21.05.1723), Elizabeth (bpt 29.10.1720?), Mary
  iii. Mary May (bpt 12.08.1679, a 1724, d unm?)
  B.+ other issue - Richard (bpt 16.01.1654), Elizabeth (bpt 02.1652), Mary (bpt 16.08.1659)

 

 

John May of Bibroke, Kennington, Kent
1. John May of Bibrooke (Bibroke)
  m. Sibill Earde (dau/heir of Simon Earde of Brooke near Wye)
  A. Alice May
  m. John Edolphe of Brenset, Kent
  i. Elizabeth Edolphe (d 1597)
  m1.William Wilcoks of New Romney, Kent (d 1574)
  a. John Wilcocks (dsp)
  b. Elizabeth Wilcocks
  m. Sir William Andrewes of Lathbury (b 01.01.1555, d 05.11.1625)
  c. Martha Wilcocks
  m. Sir Edward Ratcliffe of Kitchen (physician to King James 1)

 

 

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Joseph May
m. Mary Hunt (dau of Henry Hunt)
1. John May of Birmingham
  m. Sarah Mason
  A. Benjamin May of Birmingham
  m. E*** Humphries of Birmingham
  i.+ issue (d unm) - John of Birmingham, Joseph of Birmingham
  B. Phoebe May (bur 15.12.1798)
  m. Joseph Wilkinson of Birmingham (bur 25.09.1780, cleric)
2. Joseph May
3. Mary May
  m. _ Ray
  A. Samuel Ray (dsp)
  m. Joanna Scot (aunt of John, William & James Scot of Stourbridge)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : a schedule ('May of Hadlow') kindly provided by a regular contributor (CV, 08.05.23) with reference to family.search.org and various wills
(2) For middle section : CountyGen (Buckinghamshire, Berry, 'Andrewes', p48)
(3) For lower section : FMG (vol 1, MS76, 'Hunt-May', p169+)
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