[1] Major was the son of John Maijor, merchant and MP for Southampton in 1628[2] and nephew of John Searle, MP for Newport, I.o.W in 1614.
[4] On his death the following year, John Searle bequeathed his nephew his mainland property.
[4] In 1625 he married Ann (d. 1662), daughter of John Kingswell of the manor of Marvel in Carisbrooke, I.o.W.
His eldest daughter, Dorothy, was married to Cromwell's eldest living son Richard Cromwell, who succeeded Oliver as Lord Protector in 1658.
Hursley Park passed to Richard Cromwell and his heirs.