Records of the North Precinct of Eastham (now Wellfleet), in The Mayflower Descendant

Precinct meetings, committees and officers, 1724-1754. Daniel Mayo on the precinct committee 1729-1734, assessor 1733, treasurer from 1736 to 1750, moderator 20 Aug 1747. Among the entries: on 22 June 1724 Daniel, Jeremiah, Samuel and Elisha Mayo “entred there denial against mr Josiah Oakes any Longer continuing in ye work of ye ministry in this precinct” (4:229); on 20 Aug 1747 “mr Daniel mayo was choosen Moderator … Made Choice of Zoheth Smith and Elisha Holbrooks agents to petition the General Court” (11:75); in March 1752 Zoheth Smith was chosen “Clerck & Treasurer” (13:185).

For the Holbrook family (MD vols. 10-13, https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1112mass and https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1314mass):

• “John Holbrooks jun:” on the precinct committee in March 1740 and on its accounts committee in 1741 (10:221-223).
• 20 Aug 1747: Zoheth Smith and Elisha Holbrooks chosen “agents to petition the General Court to abate our part of the province tax … more Especially by reason of the present Spreading of the Small pox amongst us” (11:75-76).
• 20 May 1749: at the seating of the meeting house, “ye South East Corner pew” recorded “to Daniel mayo” (11:77).
• 1760: the precinct “voated that Elisha Holbrooks Should have four Pounds old Tennor for Sweeping and Looking after the Meeting house this year,” and again the next year (13:212-214). The records call him plain “Elisha Holbrooks” in 1747 and 1760 and “Mr” in 1762.
• 1762: Elisha Holbrook on the school committee and on the committee of seven that helped Capt. Elisha Doane get the precinct set off as the District of Wellfleet, incorporated in 1763 (13:216-217).