Joseph Mayhew (1709/10 – 1782) was the Chief Justice of Dukes County, Massachusetts.
on Uncle Experience Mayhew in recognition of his work as a missionary to the Indians.
[1] Joseph graduated at Harvard College 1730 in the class with Chief Justice Peter Oliver and Hon.
Joseph Mayhew resigned in July, 1755 and returned to Martha's Vineyard.
He died in 1782 and is buried in Abel's Hill Cemetery on Martha's Vineyard near the grave of his uncle Experience Mayhew.