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 | | In 164, Stirlings agent, Forrett, sold to Thomas Mayhew (1592_1682),i of Watertown, Massachusetts, for $200, the island of Nantucket, with several smaller neighboring islands, and also Marthas Vineyard. |
 | | In 1671 Governor Francis Lovelace, of New York, appointed Mayhew governor for life of Marthas Vineyard; in 1683, the island, with Nantucket, the Elizabeth Islands, No Mans Land, and Chappaquiddick Island were erected into Dukes county, and in 1695 the county was re-incorporated by Massachusetts with Nantucket excluded. |
 | | As the village expanded i Mayhew was born at Tisbury, Wiltshire, was a merchant in Southampton, emigrated to Massachusetts about 1633, settled at Watertown, Mass., in 1635; was a member of the Massachusetts General Court in 1636-1644, and after 1644 or 1645 lived on Marthas Vineyard. |
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