THE MAYBERRYS OF LANCASHIRE AND LONDONDERRY

DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD AND ANNE MAYBERRY OF CHURCHTOWN, LANCASHIRE

For these reasons it is not possible to compile a comprehensive chart of this family. However, we can offer a limited chart representing the earliest generations. This chart shows the nine children born to Richard and Anne Mayberry of Churchtown, Lancashire together with a few of the descendants of the six who lived to maturity. Our chart begins with the assumption that Richard Mayberry of Churchtown was a son of Nicholas and Marye Maybury, both of whom are buried at Whittington, Shropshire. This assumption is based primarily on the naming patterns in the families of Nicholas and Richard. But that relationship has not been otherwise documented.

The number preceding each name is the generation number. Richard Mayberry is thus of the 3rd generation. His presumed father was Nicholas2 Maybury, whose father was John1 Maybury of Sussex.

3 - Richard Mayberry, hammerman, (?Nicholas2, John1) married 31 Jan 1626/27 Anne Wright at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; bur 8 Aug 1643 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire. 4 - John Mayberry, hammerman, bap 8 Jun 1628 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire. In 1657 John was hired, along with a man named Hodgins, by the Mercer Company of London to produce iron near Kilrea in County Londonderry, Ireland. According to a deposition given by John’s son, Richard, in 1708, John died in Londonderry in 1677. Because of a gap in the local records we are uncertain whether or not John Mayberry had children other than Richard. Some of his descendants still live in Londonderry and Antrim, while others emigrated to America in the 18th and 19th centuries. We have no record which tells us the name of his wife or when he married. There is no will or other record to tell us anything about the state of his family when he died in 1677. And it is not until the year 1740 that we find any kind of systematic listing of residents in the Kilrea area. That is a list of Protestant householders in the parish of Tamlaght O’Crilly. This list reveals the fact that 63 years after John Mayberry’s death, there were only three of his descendants listed among the heads of household in the parish where he lived: James Maberry, John Maberry and Richd. Maberry. And because this list tells us nothing about the ages of the heads of household, we do not know whether James, John and Richard were John Mayberrys grandsons or his great grandsons. 5 - Richard Mayberry, forgeman, b after 1657 in County Londonderry, Ireland; he is very likely the Mayberry, mentioned in local histories to have been present at the siege of Londonderry in 1688/89. This is the Richard Mayberry whose deposition, written in 1708, provides us with information about his father, John Mayberry. ?6 - William Mayberry1, blacksmith, b ca 1688 in Antrim or Londonderry, Ireland; m 1714 Bathsheba Dennis; emigrated to America about 1730 with his wife and three children, where he lived for a time in at Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1738 he bought land in Windham, Massachusetts where he built a garrison house. In 1820 this part of Massachusetts was cut off to form the new State of Maine. William died on 15 Mar 1764/65 in Windham, Massachusetts. (For the descendants of William Mayberry and Bathsheba Dennis, see our chapter on Later Emigrants to America and Australia)

1 We have placed a question mark before William’s name because we cannot be absolutely certain that he was a son of Richard. It is possible that Richard Mayberry had siblings, although we have found no record of them. At present, the lack of early records in Ireland makes it impossible to construct a chart of the first generations of the Mayberry family in Lon- donderry. It is only because of his 1708 deposition that we know that Richard5 Mayberry was a son of John4 Mayberry (1628-1677). While it seems likely that John4 Mayberry had other children, no record of them has apparently survived. Likewise, we only know about William6 May- berry and his relationship to the Londonderry family because of records found in Massachusetts where he migrated about 1730 with his wife, Bathsheba and their young family. Thus, Richard5 and William6 are the only two descendants of John4 that can be documented! Yet, we know that both must have had siblings. Otherwise there is no way to account for the Mayberrys who were still found in Londonderry and in Antrim two or three generations later. Therefore, it must be assumed that John Mayberry had children other than Richard. Likewise, it must be assumed that Richard had children other than his son, William, who went to America. Perhaps someday we will be fortunate enough to discover the names of these unknown children and grandchildren of John Mayberry who founded the family in Londonderry.

Our incomplete chart thus continues with the siblings of John Mayberry who remained behind when he left Lancashire for Ireland in 1657.

4 - Mary Mayberry bap 16 May 1630 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; m1 Mr. Tompson2; m2 19 Jul 1671 Edward Fell at Cartmel Priory/Parish, Lancashire. 4 - Nicholas Mayberry, smith, bap 23 May 1632 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; m 14 Aug 1654 Bridget Collison of Ulverston at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; in 1675 he was a resident of Lindall in the Parish of Dalton, Lancs. at which time he was the executor of the estate of his brother, Clement. Nicholas was still living in Lindall in the Parish of Dalton in 1699, when he stated his age as "70 years" when he gave a deposition. 4 - Martin Mayberry, blacksmith, bap 7 Mar 1633/34 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; m Jun 1655 Ann Eyves (d/o Raph Eyves, shoemaker) at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire. Anne,

2 Mary is named in the 1667 will of her brother, Clement, as his “sister, Mary Tompson”. wife of Martin Mayberry was bur 28 May 1672 at St. Johns, Preston. 5 - Anne Mayberry bap 26 Aug 1655 at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire. 5 - Mary Mayberry bap 20 Feb 1658/59 at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire; m 30 Nov 1680 Henry Sudell at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire. 5 - Maryan Mayberry b 20 Apr 1663 at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire. 5 - Martin Mayberry bur 15 Jun 1671 at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire. 5 - _____ Mayberry, d/o Martin Mayberry, was bur 29 May 1672 at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire. 5 - Elline Mayberry, infant, bur 4 Apr 1674 at St. Johns, Preston, Lancashire. 4 - James Mayberry bap 17 Jan 1635/36 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; bur 6 Apr 1636 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire. 4 - Richard Mayberry bap 24 Feb 1636/37 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; bur 15 Mar 1636/37 Cartmel Priory, Lancashire. 4 - Richard Mayberry bap 27 Mar 1638 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; m Elizabeth _____; bur 24 Jan 1665/66 at Hawkshead, Lancashire. 5 - Ann Mayberry bap 19 Jul 1663 at Hawkshead, Lancashire; bur 10 Oct 1663 at Hawkshead, Lancashire. 5 - George Mayberry bap 9 Oct 1664 at Hawkshead, Lancashire. 5 - Jane Mayberry m 3 Nov 1689 John Webster at Dalton in Furness, Lancashire. 4 - Godfrey Mayberry bap 15 Mar 1640/41 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; bur 9 Jul 1641 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire. 4 - Clement Mayberry, blacksmith, bap 20 Jun 1642 at Cartmel Priory, Lancashire; wrote his will 12 Sep 1667, giving his residence as Lindall in the Parish of Dalton, Lancashire; bur 2 Jul 1675 at Dalton in Furness, Lancashire; he was not married.

This is as far as we can document the known descendants of Richard and Anne Mayberry of Lancashire. However, there are other later branches of the family, especially in Londonderry, that have been traced back several generations but not quite far enough to tie them to one of the earliest Mayberrys in the chart above. DESCENDANTS OF NAIL MAYBERRY, WEAVER OF LISNAGROT

2 - Nail Mayberry - born about 1785; married Sarah Kay _____. He is listed on the tax rolls of the Townland of Lisnagrot in 1831. Other Mayberrys who were heads of household in the townland of Lisnagoat at the time were: Alexander, James, John, Peggy, Richard (3) and Robert. These Mayberrys leased their farm land from the Mercer Company of London and attended church in Kilrea. Nail’s father could have been have been William Mayberry Sr. or Richard, both of whom are listed on the flax rolls of 1796. William Mayberry, Sr. was still listed as part of the 1833 Tithe list for the Tamlaught O’Crilly parish along with Nail Mayberry and William Mayberry, Jr. This list includes the townland of Lisnagrot. Both Nail Mayberry and his son, Rey, are called weavers. 3 - Margaret Mayberry, bapt. 28 December 1807 in the Kilrea Church of Ireland. 3 - William Mayberry - born 1821, married Elizabeth Gordon, 9 Dec 1848, Tamlaght O'Crilly Upper Church of Ireland. She was from Tyanee, Ireland. Her father was Samuel Gordon, a farmer from Tyanee. William was listed as a weaver of Lisnagrott, Ireland in 1848. At his wedding in 1848 witnesses were James Barclay, William Mayberry and his father Neal Mayberry who was a farmer. He leased 16 acres of property from the Worshipful Company of Mercers from London at number 10 Lisnagrot. 3 - Rey Mayberry - born before 1824; married Mary Adams in Kilrea. lived just outside of Kilrea on the townland of Lisnagrot. He was of "full age" on October 8, 1845 when he married Mary (Margaret) Adams of the Kilrea Parish, Ireland at the 2nd Presbyterian Church in Kilrea. She was the daughter of Alexander Adams and was born before 1824. He leased 10 acres at number 8 Lisnagroat from the Worshipful Company of Mercers from London. He is listed as a weaver. 4 - Alexander James Mayberry who born 25 Jan 1847 who was baptised 2 Aug 1847 at the 2nd Kilrea Presbyterian Church of Kilrea. 4 - Elizabeth Mayberry who was baptised 7 Sep 1849 at the 2nd Presbyterian Church of Ireland. 4 - Alexander Maberry - born 14 Jan 1850 at Lisnagrot; he immigrated to Michigan in 1874 from Kilrea. He married 24 Aug 1876 Sarah Harvey at Lapeer, Michigan. She was a daughter of John Harvey and Margaret Thompson. She was born February, 1849 in Finvoy, Moneyleck, County Antrim, Ireland and later followed him to America. Alexander died 27 Jan 1928 in North Branch, Michigan. 4 - Joseph Dickey Mayberry - born 1 Sep 1851 and was baptised 1 Oct 1851. 4 - Peggy Ann Mayberry - baptised 12 Mar 1853. 4 - Isabella Mayberry - born 1 Mar 1855l Alexander Parks 13 Aug 1876 at the Ahoghill 2nd Presbyterian Church, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. 4 - Torrens Mayberry - born 10 Jan 1857 and was baptized at Lisnagrot 4 - Robert John Mayberry - born 21 Mar 1861. 4 - Sarah Mayberry - born 1 Oct 1863; baptised 9 Dec 1863 at Lisnagrot, County Londonderry, Ireland. 4 - George Mayberry - who born February, 1865 and died 18 Dec 1931 in Mingo Junction, Ohio. 2 - William Mayberry