George Vaughan, US 1650

Arrived on Unknown Vessel in 1650

The line below is currently for the progenitor of the United State branch of this family line.

The immigrant, George Vaughan, came to the United States in 1645.

The English branch is not presently included.

Generation One:

George Vaughan- b. 1625 at Wales; m. 1652 Elizabeth Hinkman at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 20 October 1694 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 74 years

Their Children:

1. Elizabeth b. 8 April 1653 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. Isaac Howland; d. 29 October 1727 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

2. Joseph b. 20 August 1654 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA

3. Daniel b. 1655 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 3 April 1730 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 75 years

4. John b. bef 7 November 1658 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; d. 1676 drowned, aged 18 years.

5. Mary b. 1 July 1660 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m. 1683 Jonathan Washburn

6. Mercy b. abt 1664 at Marshfield, Plymouth, MA; m. Joseph Due;

7. George b. abt 1670 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. bef. 23 December 1708, aged 38 years. >

George Vaughan was born in England or Wales in 1621. George was deposed in 1650 in Essex county where he testified about the will of Honor Rolfe, deceased on 19 December 1650. He was deposed again in 1652 at age 25 years. He was in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA by 1652 where he married Elizabeth Hinnkman. He settled first in Scituate, Plymouth, MA in 1653. Elizabeth, Joseph, Daniel were baptized at Second Church in 1657. A year later John was baptized and Mary in 1660. By 1663 the family moved to Marshfield, Plymouth, MA. He was fined that year for not attending public worship.

In 1669 He was in Middleborough. 1 June 1669, William Crowell and George Vaughan, with John Tomson and William Nelson, were appointed commissioners to lay the line between the "Namasket Mens Land" called the Major's Purchase, and the towns of Marshfield, Duxbury , and Bridgewater. In 1669 George Vaughan was licensed to keep an Ordinary in Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; being the first person in Middleboro to do so. He is noted frequently in court records in both Middleborough and in Marshfield. Both as a plaintiff and a defendant. On 5 July 1670, the General Court conferred twelve acres of land in the Major's Purchase on the south side of Nemasket River, which had not been recorded and which was ordered a that time to be recorded. In 1671, he and John Morton were appointed by the Court of Commissioners to view damages done to the Indians by the horses and hogs of the English. He was constable in 1675 and bought part of the land in the Twenty-six Men's Purchase, and he was in the garrison at the time the war broke out.

George died in 1694 and his will dated 30 June 1694 was proved 10 November 1694 gives to son, Daniel, to daughter, Mary Washburn, to son, Joseph, to daughter, Elizabeth Howland, to daughter, Mercy Due. Eldest Joseph Administrator. The inventory was taken by Samuel Wood and John Bennett. His property amounted to forty-three pounds, eight shillings, and four pence.

Family Connections

Nemasket Hill Cemetery Middleboro Plymouth County Massachusetts, USA

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Generation Two:

Joseph Vaughan- b. 20 August 1657 at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 7 May 1680 Joanna Thomas at Scituate, Plymouth, MA; m(2) 1720 Mary Fuller Vaughan Nee Unknown at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 2 Match 1734 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 79 years.

M(1) Children:

1. Elisha b. 7 February 1680 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 3 July 1705 Joanna Morton; d. 23 May 1724 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 44 years

2. Jabez b. 30 April 1682 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 23 November 1711 Deborah Bennett; d. 13 April 1773 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. aged 9- years.

3. George b. 3 October 1683 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 1719 Faithful Packard; d. 11 August 1766 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. aged 82 years.

4. Ebenezer b. 22 February 1684 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

5. Elizabeth b. 17 March 1686 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. December 1711 Jonathan Cobb at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA: d. abt September 1736 at Falmouth, Barnstable, MA, aged 50 years.

6. Hannah b. 18 November 1688 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 6 April 1715 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 26 years.

7. John b. 8 September 1692 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

8. Mary b 6 October 1694 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 16 February 1725 John Marriner; m(2) Ebenezer Cobb; d. 15 November 1737 at Falmouth, Barnstable, MA

9. Josiah b. 2 February 1698 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 13 February 1723 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA 10. Joanna b. 26 January 1701 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 24 August 1721 William Sampson; d. 11 April 1718 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

Joseph was one of the selectmen of Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. He was first elected to the office in 1689 and continued in service for twenty-five years. He also commanded a guard for all of the local militia of the town of Middleboro. He was ensign in 1706 and lieutenant in 1712, He lived in a home, that was once owned by Captain Nathaniel Wilder. He had much land in Middleborough and was an owner in the Sixteen Shilling Purchase. Joseph Vaughan died on 2 March 1734, aged 81 years.

Generation Three:

John Vaughan- b. 8 September 1692 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 19 February 1718 Jerusha Wood at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 8 May 1770 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 77 years.

Their Children:

1. Joseph b. 26 January 1719 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 28 June 1742 Hannah Tinkham; d. abt 1746, aged 26 years.

2. John b. 5 April 1720 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; abt 1746, aged 25 years.

3. Jerusha b. 11 December 1721 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 27 January 1743 John Tinkham at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 65 years.

4. Elisha b. 4 December 1723 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 4 April 1746 Ester Tinkham at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

5. Joanna b. 12 September 1725 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 14 February 1744 Noah Alden at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 15 February 1824, aged 98 years.

6. Abijah b. 3 November 1730 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

7. Mary b. 4 September 1732 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

8. Jesse b. 13 October 1735 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

9. David b. 13 May 1740 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 22 March 1762 Phebe Washington at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA

Generation Four:

Jesse Vaughan- b. 13 October 1735 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m(1) 26 June 1758 Margaret Shaw at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m(2) Salla Shaw; d. 23 April 1815 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 79 years.

M(1) Children:

1. Mary b. 9 April 1759 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 february 1762 aged 2 years

2. Elias b. 15 June 1761 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 12 June 1783 Lucy Shaw; d. 10 September 1786, aged 25 years

3. Mary b. 15 January 1764 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. Zenas Thomas; d. 14 July 1782 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA, aged 18 years.

4. Jesse b. 26 June 1766 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. 14 July 1782 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA. aged 16 years.

5. Elkanah b. 20 March 1769 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 1 March 1794 Polly Clark

6. Jerusha b. 21 November 1771 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 7 March 1790 Ebenezer Bennett; d. Canterbury, Windham, CT

7. Abigail b. 1775 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. Consider Cole

8. Margaret b. 15 November 1778 at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; m. 25 October 1798 Amos Raymond at Middleboro, Plymouth, MA; d. abt 1850, aged 71 years.

Sources:

1. "Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1852, 205-208, 243-254, 339-346; 7, 1853, 83 - , 357 - 360; 8, 1854, p. 49 - 54, Coffin, Joshua,

2. "George Vaughan of Middleboro, Mass.," The American Genealogist 23, 1946, 24-31. Holman, Mary Lovering,

3. History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831 By Samuel Deane p. 364

4. History of the town of Middleboro, Massachusetts, Thomas Weston., 60-61

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