Ann MAYO

   Other names for Ann were Mrs. Ann CARRINGTON and Mrs. George CARRINGTON.

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  General Notes:

Ann (Jody's 6th Great Grand Mother), b. in the island of Barbadoes, 1712; d. 15th Feb. 1785; m. in 1732, George CARRINCTON, son of Dr. Paul and Heningham (CODRINGTON) CARRINGTON of Barbadoes.

Johanna Mayo, the daughter of William Mayo and Frances Gould, was baptized 27 August 1712 in St. Philip’s Parish, Barbados. “Ann” married George Carrington, the son of Dr. Paul Carrington and Henningham Codrington of Barbados. The wedding was around 26 June 1732 when William Mayo gave to George Carrington and Ann Mayo, “his daughter, for love and affection,” 2,850 acres on the Willis River, the six slaves working the plantation there and all houses, horses, cattle, other utensils, etc. George Carrington was baptized 8 July 1711 in St. Philip’s Parish in Barbados. In 1723 he emigrated to Virginia with his half-sister Ann Carrington Mayo, the Mayo brothers, and Joseph Hooper. He ran a store for Joseph. His home “Boston Hill” in Goochland County, later Cumberland County, was a 5,650-acre tobacco plantation Carrington patented on 1 March 1743/4. The massive property encompassed 2,850 acres William Mayo had in 1731 and gave to Carrington. A surveyor and planter, Carrington obtained patents for more than 28,000 acres of frontier land. George Carrington Sr. held many public offices in Virginia including a vestryman of Southam Parish, presiding justice of the peace, county militia lieutenant, county surveyor, sheriff, coroner, a member of the House of Burgesses (1745-65), and House of Delegates (1778-83). A staunch patriot and firm advocate of independence, he was elected chairman and treasurer of the Cumberland County Committee of Safety. Throughout the Revolutionary War he was the highest civil and military authority in Cumberland County. George Carrington and his wife, Ann, died within eight days of each other. He died 7 February 1785 at seventy-four years of age and she, on 15 February 1785 at seventy-three years. Both were buried at “Boston Hill.” George had not completed a will before he died. An inventory of his estate dated 4 March 1785 valued his personal estate at £1,371:6:0. Their children were all born at “Boston Hill.”

Ann married Col. George CARRINGTON, son of Dr. Paul CARRINGTON and Heningham CODRINGTON, on 26 Jun 1732 in Cumberland, VA. (Col. George CARRINGTON was born on 8 Jul 1711 in Barbados, Caribbean, christened on 8 Jul 1711 in St. Philips, Barbadoes and died on 7 Feb 1785 in Boston Hill, Cumberland, Virginia, USA.)