HISTORY OF THE MAY NAME :

Although the name MAY has an ancient Norman origin, it first arrived in England with the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name MAY is derived from the Old French work mai. This name was also a nickname for a person with a particularly sunny disposition or a person who had an anecdotal connection with the month of May. Often this connection would be the time that feudal obligations were owed. Nicknames, such as MAY, that described the time or season of the birth, baptism or conversion of the original bearer were frequently adopted in the medieval era. The name has been spelled May, Maye, Mays and Mai.

The first evidence of the MAY family appears to be in Sussex, in southern England. Sussex was once a part of the kingdom of the south Saxons, which was founded in the late 5th century. In 1825, Sussex became a part of the kingdom of Wessex. By the 12th century, the MAY family had expanded in size and branched to Sutton Cheyney in Leicestershire, Rawmere in Sussex, and the county of Berwickshire. Early records of the MAY family reveal that in 1296, William May swore an oath of allegiance to King Edward I of England, who conquered Scotland that year.

A number of early immigrants to North America bore the name MAY or a variant including Cornelius May who arrived in Virginia in 1616, Dorothy May who arrived on the "Mayflower" in 1620, William May settled in St Christopher in 1634 and Peter Maye who landed in the Bay of Bulls, Newfoundland in 1675.





Our May family including WEAVER, PICKFORD and WILLIAMS

Small numbers by a name refer to personal number in listing eg JAMES 2 MAY – See 2.




GENERATION ONE:

1.~ ~ ~ ISAAC CHRISTOPHER MAY married ELIZABETH (surname unknown) and their children included:

5. ~ ~ ~ THOMAS JAMES MAY (ISAAC > JAMES > AUGUSTINE) was born on 24 Octobrr 1886 in New Zealand. He married MAREN CHRISTINA NIELSON on 06 December 1912 in Auckland. Maren was born on 06 July 1893.

Children of THOMAS MAY and MAREN NIELSON were:

Please note that in keeping to genealogy publishing protocol I have not included information about later generations including living persons. If you have a family connection please contact me for further information.

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