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Mayberry

English and Irish: of uncertain origin; most probably an altered form of Mowbray. It is also found as Maybury, which has the form of an English habitational name. There is a place near Woking in Surrey so called; however, this is not recorded until 1885 and is probably derived from the surname. In England this surname is found mainly in the West Midlands; it has also spread into Wales. In Ireland this form is common in Ulster; MacLysaght records that it was taken there from England in the 17th century.

Francis Maybury was the earliest Maybury/Mayberry immigrant to America and all his children lived to maturity. For these reasons the great majority of Mayburys, Mayberrys, Mabrys, Maberrys, Mabreys, etc. in the United States today descend from this southside Virginia family.

The earliest records to locate Francis Maybury in a specific area suggest that he lived in Henrico County just west of the present city of Hopewell, Virginia, or about four or five miles west, southwest of the point where the Appomattox River empties into the James.

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