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16th century iron workers
from De Re Metallica, 1556 by Georgius Agricola |
New branches of the family appear in Ireland, America and Australia |
The Maybury family expands
beyond England
Despite many different spellings, most Mayburys have a common ancestor -- a skilled iron worker named, John Maybury, who was married at Brightling, Sussex in 1565. He later worked in Staffordshire, Monmouth and Hampshire. By the time he died in Shropshire in 1618, his children and grandchildren were living in at least ten English counties. By about 1675 the Maybury family had spread beyond England to Ireland and Virginia. Soon there were new branches of the family in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. And by 1827 there were Mayburys in Australia. † Families with this symbol below
are represented in our Maybury DNA Project.
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| From Lancashire to Londonderry in Ireland |
The Londonderry Mayberrys
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John Maybury [ca 1628-ca 1677] was a forgeman at Cartmel
in Lancashire, England. His father, Richard Maybury, was also a forgeman at Cartmel. After the death
of his parents, John Maybury emigrated to Northern Ireland in 1657 to help set up an ironworks in Londonderry. Thus,
we call his descendants, "the Londonderry Mayberrys" and many still live in County Londonderry and adjacent County Antrim.
Other Londonderry Mayberry descendants emigrated to Canada, Marblehead, Massachusetts and elsewhere in the U.S. |
| From County Antrim to Massachusetts and Maine |
† William Mayberry , a grandson of John Maybury who came to Londonderry in 1657, was born in County Antrim, Ireland about 1688. He married Bathsheba Dennis and emigrated to Marblehead, Massachusetts about 1730. Afterward, he settled near Windham, Massachusetts which, in 1820, became part of the new state of Maine. Many of William and Bathsheba Mayberry's descendants still live in the area. |
| From County Antrim to Quebec |
† Richard Mayberry is said to have been born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1799. He he emigrated to Isle Aux Noix in Quebec about 1820. He and his wife, Margaret Schweier, had 13 children. This family belongs to the Londonderry Mayberrys. |
| From England to County Kerry in Ireland |
The Kerry Mayburys
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William Maybury [ca 1640-ca 1715], was born in England.
But in 1671 he was a hammerman working in County Wexford, Ireland when Sir William Petty hired him for
his iron works near Kenmare in County Kerry, located in the southwest corner of Ireland. William and his wife,
Rachel Orpen, are the ancestors of many Mayburys found in County Kerry and County Cork. Later some of
their descendants settled in Canada, the United States and Australia. |
| From County Cork to Michigan |
Thomas Maybury , born about 1809 was a descendant of the Mayburys of Kerry and Cork in Ireland. He and his wife Margaret Cotter emigrated to Detroit, Michigan about 1835. His brother, Henry Maybury, followed a few years later. Our DNA Project needs a participant from this branch of the family. |
| From County Kerry to Canada |
† Four brothers, Thomas, Francis, George and William Maybury, from the Maybury family of County Kerry in Ireland, emigrated to Canada, beginning about 1859. A fifth brother, James Maybury, went to New York in 1864. |
| From County Kerry to Missouri |
† Richard Hawkes Maybury , a son of William Kingston Maybury and Marie Hawkes was born about 1845 in County Kerry, Ireland. He emigrated to Missouri in 1869 where he married Emaline Amelia Rose in 1873. |
| From County Kerry to New South Wales |
† James Purdon Maybury was born in March 1865, a son of John Kingston Maybury and Kate Purdon of County Kerry, Ireland. In 1886, at the age of 21, he went to Australia where he settled in New South Wales. Our DNA Project needs a participant from this branch of the family. |
| From England to Henrico County, Virginia |
The Virginia Mayburys
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Francis Maybury was probably born about 1650 in England. The
names of his parents have not been found. It is likely that he came to Virginia a few years before 1679 when his name
appeared as a "headright" for a land patent in Henrico County. In 1685 he married Elizabeth Gilliam,
whose second husband, William Bevan had died a few months earlier. Francis, a tobacco farmer, died
in 1712 in Surry County. Most of the Mayburys, Mayberrys, Maberrys, Mabreys, Mabrys, etc. in the United States today
descend from one of Francis and Elizabeth Maybury's four sons: Francis, Jr., George,
Charles and Hinchia. Additional resources for the Virginia Mayburys can be found below. |
| Ironworker Mayburys in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia |
The American Ironworker Mayburys
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American Ironworker Mayburys - Several ironworker Mayburys left
England between 1716-1750 to find work in America. The first was Thomas Maybury who was in Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, just northwest of Philadelphia, by 1716. He contracted to build a furnace on the Shenandoah River in
Frederick County, Virginia in 1742. His sons and grandsons owned numerous furnaces and forges in Pennsylvania,
Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland and South Carolina. Others who were early hammermen in Pennsylvania and Maryland
were either direct descendants of Thomas Maybury or perhaps his nephews. |
| The Shenandoah Valley Mayberrys |
William and George Mayberry - One reference implies that William Mayberry, born about 1738 and his brother, George Mayberry, born about 1757, came from Ireland. They immigrated to Pennsylvania before the American Revolution. William Mayberry served with the colonists in that war. Later they operated iron furnaces in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. It seems likely that this small branch of the family is closely related to the American ironworker Mayburys. Our Maybury DNA Project needs a participant from this family. |
| The Mayberrys of Bedford County, Virginia |
The Mayberrys of Bedford County, Virginia
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Frederick Mayberry may have been
born about 1730 or a few years earlier. One tradition among his descendants says that he was born in Germany and emigrated
to New Jersey about 1750. Another tradition says he was of English descent. Another hints of a connection with Scotland.
He is believed to have lived near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania before moving his family to Bedford County Virginia. His wife
was Barbara Nall(e). Frederick Mayberry died in Bedford County in 1801 afterwhich his widow and most of
his children moved to Tennessee. Many descendants of their son, Frederick Mayberry, Jr. lived in and around Hamilton County,
Illinois. While the DNA of those who descend from "the Mayberrys of Bedford County, Virginia" does not match the DNA
signature of the English Mayburys, Frederick may still be related to them by adoption. He could be connected with the
"American ironworker Mayburys" of Pennsylvania, who were often inter-married with German Americans. |
| Mayberrys in New Jersey |
Later immigrants to the United States
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John Mayberry was born about 1757 and lived in that part of Sussex
County, New Jersey which became Warren County after 1824. He and his wife, Charity Young. are buried at
Knowlton, New Jersey. |
| Mayberrys in Alabama |
† James Washington Mayberry , according to family tradition and the inscription on his tombstone, was born in England in 1792. He is said to have come to the U.S. with two brothers. He lived briefly in Tennessee, Illinois and Georgia before settling in Chambers County, Alabama where he died in 1872. However, there is reason to question some of this tradition. In the 1850 census James Washington Mayberry gave his birthplace as South Carolina. In the 1880 census his sons gave his birthplace variously as North Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois and England. |
| Mayburys in Australia and New Zealand |
Mayburys in Australia and New Zealand
William Valentine
Maybury was born in 1799, the son of William and Jane Maybury at Shifnal, near Madeley
in Shropshire. He was transported to Australia in 1827. His descendants are now found in Australia and New Zealand.
Our Maybury DNA Project needs a participant from this family. |
| Mayburys in South Australia |
† John Maybery was born in Monmouthshire in 1821. He and his wife, Ann Maria Huff, emigrated to South Australia in 1853, where he died in 1870. This is one of the few families that can be traced all the way back to John Maybury of Sussex through his tenth child, John Maybury , who died at Cleobury Mortimer, Shroprhire in 1651. |
Books about the Maybury family
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| Nine books about various branches of the family in America have already been published. Some of these are still available. Others are now out of print. |
| A new book, The Mayburys, will cover the family beginning with its origin in 16th century England. Publication is planned for 2009. Please see the latest information about The Mayburys here. |
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The document containing evidence of the missing link in your research invariably will be lost due to fire, flood, or war.
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The will you need is in the safe on board the "Titanic."
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That ancient photograph of four relatives, one of whom is your progenitor, carries the names of the other three.
Copies of old newspapers have holes which only occur on last names.
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