May Family Notes

MAY  9, 2019 - By Tom May

        While many family members I talked to believe the May name to be German. My Great Aunt Marie May Smith (MAY 104-09) believed our family came from England in the 1600 and was originally Mays. This is supported by WikiTree where there is evidence my May family came To British Colonial Virginia from London England and the spelling was Mayes. Aunt Marie believed the May family did also have German blood in it's history. The  "Dictionary of American Family Names identifies the name May as English, English Dutch and German.

         Aunt Marie also believed our May family came from royal blood in England and Germand. Her Son-in-law Robert West came across some information that seemed to support this idea. He also said the May family may have had some who were pirates on the high seas. (I have not been able to confirm either of these two statements).