Thomas Mayhew

This article is about the early Puritan settler in Massachusetts. For the English cabinetmaker, see Ince and Mayhew.
Thomas Mayhew
Born(1593-04-01)April 1, 1593
Tisbury, Wiltshire, England
DiedMarch 25, 1682(1682-03-25) (aged 88)
Edgartown, Massachusetts, US

Governor Thomas Mayhew, the Elder (April 1, 1593 – March 25, 1682) established the first European settlement on Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and adjacent islands in 1642. He is one of the editors of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book published in the Thirteen Colonies. His assistant Peter Foulger was the grandfather of Benjamin Franklin.

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