John Mayo (died 1676) was an English-born Puritan minister in colonial Boston, a century before the American Revolution.
While in England he was banned by the authorities from preaching publicly and was employed as a chaplain by William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele.
[1] He married his wife, Tamisen Brike, in England and had five children: Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth, Nathaniel and John.
[2] Reverend Mayo was installed as pastor for the Second Church congregation at the Old North Meeting House[b] on November 9, 1655.
Already well advanced in years when he assumed the pastorate, Mayo grew very infirm later in his service, and the congregation had difficulty hearing his sermons.