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Author: COL James Guilford Brumit USA
When Stephen Mayo was born in 1757 in Middlesex County, Virginia, his father, James, was 46 and his mother, Martha Williamson, was 38.
He was a private in the Virginia militia under 1) CAPTS THOMPSON, HAWKINS, HATCHER, HAYDEN 2) COL CHARLES LEWIS.
He married his first wife, Nancy Ann Dillard Isbell (1749-1803) daughter of patriot William Isbell and Ann Dillard, on February 4, 1783, in Goochland, Virginia. They had 10 children: Mary, Elias, James, William, Thomas, Jacob, Stephen, Thomas II, John, and Benjamin.
On February 16, 1805, he married his second wife, Susan Trent (1785-1833), in Fluvanna County, Virginia. They had one child, Martha Jane.
On November 24, 1834, he married his third wife, Rebecca Dawson (1815-1904), in Fluvanna County, Virginia.
He received a pension of $80 per year on March 7, 1833.
He died on March 13, 1847, in Fluvanna County, Virginia, at the impressive age of 90.
Rebecca died on March 6, 1904 as his last surviving pensioned widow.
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