Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper
unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997).  Reprinted in
Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, Number 5 - October, 1995.  p. 96. Mason
County.

THE MAY FAMILY
Maysville derived its name from John May, who was killed by the Indians on
a boat, March 20, 1790, near the mouth of the Scioto.  The town was
established by an act of the legislature on one hundred acres of land,
owned by John May and Simon Kenton.  Mayslick, twelve miles west, was named
for John May, former owner of the land.  George May, surveyor and brother
of John, arrived from Virginia and opened his office at Cox Station, then
Jefferson, now Nicholas Co.  George was killed by Indians near
Shepherdsville, in Bullitt Co., in 1795.  His field notes were preserved
and sustained by the superior court of Ky.  The first clerk of Lincoln Co.
was William May (brother of John and George), January 1787, who resigned in
1793.  In 1794, Charles May, (another brother) was dispatched by Gen.
Wayne with five others as spies to bring in an Indian to find out the
intention of the enemy.  Samuel, son of Charles May was a senator from
Floyd and Pike Counties in 1834-1839.  David, son of Samuel May, was
representative from Pike Co. in 1861-3; was expelled for aiding the
Confederates August 29, 1862.  Gabriel, brother of John, George, William
and Charles was born in 1751; married Sallie Stokes, niece of Ethan Allen,
the hero of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.  Gabriel May came from
Pittsylvania Co., Va. in 1788, with his wife and seven children, four
others being born in Kentucky.  Their names were Humphrey, Stephen, Allen
and Gabriel.  Seven earlier children not known.  Humphrey, son of Gabriel,
1757, was born in Pittsylvania Co., Va. in 1782 and married in Elizabeth
Co.  Their daughter, Sallie, born in Spencer Co. Ky., November 28, 1814,
married Thomas Stone, by whom she had eight children.  Stephen May, son of
Gabriel May, 1751, married Elizabeth Berkly and had two children, Jonathan
who never married and Malinda born in 1802 who married Eli D Stone:  no
issue.  Gabriel May (son of Gabriel, 1751) married Gilla Stigler and had
ten children, viz: Nancy, Susan, Gilla, Matilda, Charles Allen, Humphrey,
Gabriel and Henry.  His brother Gabriel is still living in Dupont, IN. 
Allen May (son of Gabriel, 1751) married Miss Dorsey, had seven children. 
Burr Harrison May (named for Burr Harrison of Nelson Co., senator from
1811-15, and representative for six terms), married Charlotte Wilson, whose
mother was a Logan; B. H. May had eight children, four still living.  Allen
May, Jr., was a Colonel of an Indian regiment during the Mexican War.  He
had six children.  Ware S. May, son of Allen May, Sr. is still living in
Illinois.

May Kenton Stokes Allen Stone Berkly Stone Stigler Dorsey Harrison Wilson
Logan
=
Jefferson-KY Nicholas-KY Shepherdsville-Bullitt-KY Lincoln-KY Floyd-KY
Pike-KY Pittsylvania-VA Elizabeth-VA Spencer-KY IN Nelson-KY IL

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