Joseph E Healy
http://www.weekendgenealogy.com / josephehealy@hotmail.com, a descendent and Healy family researcher recorded the following information on his website -
Maytor Means Matthew
The English version of Maytor is Matthew. Online at namenerds, you can find the following definition for Matthew:
Matthew - Hebrew gift of God - Irish: Maitiu, Mata MA Tcheeu, MAW ta
It's not hard to see the leap that might have been made in the 1850s from spelling Maitiu to Maeter, especially as the Irish tried to 'take back their language' and Gaelicized English names to Irish.
If we follow the timeline of Maytor's timeline, we can see a variety of names used for him, all deriving from Matthew:
- 1843 - Matthew
- 1844 - Matthew
- 1847 - Mathew
- 1850 - Matthew
- 1852 - Meter
- 1852 - Meater
- 1854 - Meateur
- 1856 - Martin
- 1858 - Meatrar
- 1859 - Meeter
- 1870 and on - Maytor
