Thirteenth Generation

4216. Matthew MAYHEW²³ was born in 1648 in Edgartown, Dukes, MA. He died on May 19, 1710 in Edgartown, Dukes, MA. MATTHEW MAYHEW , (Thomas,6 Thomas,5 Matthew4). For personal details of this well­known member of the family reference may be made to Vol. II, pp. 79­84, Annals of E. He m. MARY SKIFFE (7) who was b. 24 Mch. 1650 and d. 1 May 1690. He d. 19 May 1710 and adm. of his est. was granted 24 Aug. 1710. They had the following named children:

40. MATTHEW, b.29 Nov.1674.
41. PAINE, b. 31 Oct. 1677.
42. MARY, b. 25 May 1680; m. (l) Dr. THOMAS LITTLE; (2) JONATHAN BRYANT.
43. THOMAS, b. 5 May 1683. He was a "student of physicke" and res. in Plymouth. He d. 6 June 1707, unm.
44. BETHIAH, b. 5 Mch. 1686; m. WILLIAM CLARK of Plymouth 4 Sept. 1707 and d. 22 Feb. 1735. [She is buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery.]
Matthew MAYHEW and Mary SKIFFE were married on Mar 1, 1674 in Chilmark, Dukes, MA.

4217. Mary SKIFFE²³ was born on Mar 24, 1650. She died on May 1, 1690. "On a grimmer note, two gravestones in Chilmark portray a partial skull biting down on crossed bones, perhaps to remind that death is the destruction of the body. One belongs to Mary Mayhew, wife of Matthew Mayhew, who died in 1783, at the age of 56, after bearing 12 children. I shuddered when I discovered that she had the last one when she was 47 years old. The other stone stands over the grave of her daughter Martha, who died at
23 in 1775."

June 18, 1976, Directory Edition, Vineyard Gazette, Martha's
Vineyard, Massachusetts Children were:

2108	i.	Paine MAYHEW.
	ii.	Matthew MAYHEW23 was born on Nov 29, 1674.
	iii.	Mary MAYHEW23 was born on May 25, 1680.
	iv.	Thomas MAYHEW23 was born on May 5, 1683.
	v.	Bethiah MAYHEW23 was born on Mar 5, 1686.