John Mayo
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'''John Mayo''' was a [[Puritan]] minister in pre-revolutionary [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. He was the first minister of [[Old North Church]], also known as Second Church or Paul Revere's Church. This is the Old North Church that was in North Square (across the street from what became Paul Revere's house) until the church was dimantled and used by the British for firewood during the occupation of Boston during the Revolutionary War.
Reverend Mayo was installed November 9, [[1655]] and served until [[1673]] when [[Increase Mather]] took over. Mayo lived in a brick house on Hanover Street which was later occupied by [[Cotton Mather]].
After retiring, Mayo went to his daughter's home and died in 1676 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
==External links==
* [http://www.murrah.com/gen/mayo.htm Mayo Family] website
* [http://www.kellscraft.com/RamblesBoston/ramblesboston03.html Rambles Around Boston]
[[Category:History of Boston, Massachusetts|Mayo, John]]