Family History System 6 Mar 1996 Descendant Report for John VASSALL VASSALL, John, Born in England or France?; John sent his son John to England during the religious troubles in France from his home in Normandy.--(Dict. of Nat. Biography, Vol. XX. 1938, p. 155). 1 VASSALL, John, Born ??? 1570? in England, Died ??? 1625 at age 55; In Holmes (1974) William Vassall is the son of John Vassall. (Page 247) This John Vassall was probably a religious refugee from France, and position and security in England, fitted out and commanded two ships against the Spanish Armada, and was later a member of the Virginia Company.--(Dictionary of American Biography, Vol.19, p.230) John was an alderman of London, who, in 1588, at his own expense, fitted out and commanded two chips of war with which he joined the royal navy to oppose the Spanish Armada.--(NEH&GR, Jan 1871, p.39.) He describes himself in his will as a mariner, of French extraction. His father John sent him to England during the religious troubles in France from his home in Normandy. He seems to have been recognized as an authority in questions of navigation, as we find him recommended to be examined by the judge of admiralty as to the skill of the pilot in a suit respecting the wreck of a vessel on the Goodwin sands in 1577. In 1588 he fitted out & commanded a vessel of 140 tons to serve against the Spanish Armada. In Harleian MS.168, f. 177, his vessel is called the Samuell, while in the state papers in the record office (Eliz. vol. 215, f.76) it appears as the Solomon.--(Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. XX. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1938). SP BOROUGH, Judith, Born in Stepney, England, Married 27 Mar 1594 in Stepney, England for 30 years, Died ??? 1639; Judith was the d/o Stephen Borough of Stepney and Chatham, brother of William Borough, and widow of Thomas Scott of Colchester and London. She had two sons and four daughters.--(Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. XX. London: Oxford University Press, 1938). SP RUSSELL, Anna, Born in Ratcliffe, England, Married 4 Sep 1580 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney for 12 years, Died ??? 1593; Samuel was the second son and William was the fourth son, the others are unknown. SP HOWES, Anne, Married 25 Sep 1569 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney; Anne had no children. . 1 VASSALL, Samuel, Born Jun 1586 in Stepney, England, Died ??? 1667 in Massachusetts at age 80; Samuel was a merchant engaged in extensive trading with the colonies. He was an incorporator of the first Massachusetts company and patentee of large tracts of land.--(Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 19. p. 230.) . . 1 VASSALL, Henry . 2 VASSALL, William, Esq., Born ??? 1593? in Stepney, England, Died ??? 1655 in Barbadoes at age 62; He came first in 1628, as one of the Assistants of the Mass. Bay Co. to Salem. Returned to England with his family in the Lyon in 1630. He came again in the Blessing, in July 1635, aged 42, with wife Ann, aged 42 and settled at Roxbury. His wife joined the church in 1635. Removed to Scituate. Admitted to church in 11/28/1636. Took oath of allegiance to Plymouth Colony 2/1/1638. Town officer. His surveying instruments referred to in Plymouth Colony Records in 1642. Removed to Marshfield; propr. 1643; town officer. Was not in sympathy with the attitude of Mass. Bay and Plymouth governments toward persons who differed from the received opinions in politics and religion; and used his influence for greater charity toward Quakers, etc. The elders expressed their disapproval of his utterances; the church of Plymouth sent him a message by John Cook, which is recorded in the book of the Second Church, Scituate, dated 4/14/1645; hoping he would desist from proceedings intended, but questioning whether they would commune with him if he went on. He went to England in 1646 with a petition to Parliament for the liberty of English subjects. He removed to Barbadoes in 1650 & died in 1655 or 1656. Will dated 7/13/1655, gave property to his son John; daughters Judith, Frances, Anna, Margaret & Mary. Part of these heirs sold their shares in certain lands 7/18/1657. --(Pope 1965, p. 470.) Gov. Winslow was instructed to answer charges of a lack of religious freedom in Massachusetts, and a denial of civil privileges to such as were not church members by Robert Child, William Vassall and others.--(Holton 1877, p. 52.) On the following page Holton reports that WilliamVassall, was of Scituate; a man somewhat in advance of the age in which he lived, in his views of civil and religious liberty. He was one of the agents sent to England in 1646, with complaints agianst the Mass. colony. He probably helped to publish a pamphlet "New England's Jonas cast up at London, etc., a small quarto of 22 pages, printed in London, in 1647. William Vassall was one of the first assistants of Mass., chosen in England in 1629; and came over in 1630, in the fleet with Winthrop. He made another trip back to England but returned in 1632 and settled in Scituate, in the colony of New Plymouth, where he remained until about 1650, when, having laid the foundatino of several large estates in the West Indies, he removed to Barbadoes in 1655. Hutchinson says he was a man of pleasant and affable manners, but always in opposition to government, both in Mass. & in Plymouth. SP KING, Anne, Born ??? 1593 in England, Married ??? 1618 in England for 37 years, Died ???; The 6 children that came over in 1635 are confirmed in Tepper. (p. 30) . . 1 VASSALL, Judith, Born ??? 1619 in England, Died ??? 1670? at age 51 SP WHITE, Resolved, Married 8 Apr 1640 in Scituate, Massachusetts; William M. Clemens records this marriage on 11-5-1640 in Scituate, Mass. (p.220); Resolved was the s/o William and Susannah, and the elder brother of Peregrine White. He removed from Scituate to Marshfield in 1662, where he remained until 1670. Deane says that none of his children settled at Scituate, their posterity being found in Plymouth and Bristol counties, and some removed to Barbadoes.--(NEH&GR, Jan. 1863, p. 58.) . . . 1 WHITE, William, Born ??? 1642, Died ??? . . . 2 WHITE, John, Born ??? 1644, Died ??? . . . 3 WHITE, Samuel, Born ??? 1646, Died ??? . . . 4 WHITE, Resolved, Jr., Born 12 Nov 1647 in Plymouth, Bridgewater, Died ??? . . . 5 WHITE, Anna, Born ??? 1649, Died ??? . . . 6 WHITE, Elizabeth, Born ??? 1652, Died ??? . . . 7 WHITE, Josiah, Born ??? 1654, Died ??? . . . 8 WHITE, Susannah, Born ??? 1656, Died ??? . . 2 VASSALL, Francis, Born ??? 1623 in Stepheny, England, Died ??? 1670 at age 47; As a widow, Francis had 150 acres of land laid out to her by the Mass. General Court, 5/7/1673, "about eight miles northward from Lancaster."--(Bailey, p. 411.) All their children were baptized at the Second Church of Scituate, MA. SP ADAMS, James, Born ??? 1623? in Plymouth,Massachusetts, Married 16 Jun 1646 in Scituate, Plymouth for 6 years, Died ??? 1653 in at sea at age 30; Recieved shares of cattle in 1627. (Pope 1965, p.10.) "Resided on a farm on the Marshfield side of North River, nearly opposite Mr. Vassall's the father of Francis Adams. They worshipped with the second church in Scituate, and their children were carried thither for baptism.--(Thomas, p.36-37.) In 2/18/1656 James signed papers to help settle the estate of William Vassall.--(N.E. Hist. & Gen. Reg., 1/1863, p. 57.) . . . 1 ADAMS, William, Born 16 May 1647 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Died ???; William was bapt. by Mr. Witherell, 5/23/1647. . . . 2 ADAMS, Anna, Born 18 Apr 1649 in Plymouth,Massachusetts, Died ???; Bapt. 5/20/1649. . . . 3 ADAMS, Richard, Sr., Born 19 Apr 1651 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Died 24 Aug 1728 in Norwich, New London, CT at age 77; Bapt. 4/27/1651. Richard & Rebecca's family is mentioned in The New England historical and genealogical register.--(Vol 18. p. 45). There is no mention of Isaac who is mentioned in the IGI records. Pond says he was bapt. in Scituate, Mass.--(p. 33) He was a veteran of King Phillip's War. Rev. Wm. Witheall bapt. him 4/10/1651 at the 2nd Church of Scituate. His will was dated 5/11/1728; original papers at Hartford,CT State Library: Richard Adams of Newent in Norwich", New London Co. CT. Inventory made 11/12/1728; Wit. Joseph Adams, 10/2/1728, Plainfield, Conn. (Will Bk. C.p. 375) Executors were Joseph and Isaac Adams. Heirs: John, Richard, Isaac, Jabez, Joseph, Daniel; Rebeckah, Hagger, Hannah Bacon, Mary Baldwin and Abigail Brown.--(Pond, p. 46.) Richard was included with the 9 wounded of Capt. Mosley's Co. 12/19/1675 on the attack of Camp Swamp (now West Kingston, R.I.) After being paid on 1/6/1676, they waited for orders that were given on 2/15/1676 to return to Sudbury, and finally paid on 6/24/1676 for the campaign. Before the outbreak of King Phillip's war, Richard Adams had gone in 1673 with his mother to Worcester Co., Mass. (originally Suffolk Co., until 1713) south of Lancaster, where she had land. After the war Richard was married in Sudbury; and he and his wife remained at Sudbury until after 1689, the last date of a birth recorded for them there. They attended the Sudbury Church, founded in 1640. Richard was near Major James Fitch, who settled north of him in the Lisbon section, Preston, being south of Lisbon and east of Norwich. In the summer of 1695 Richard is reported as a tax collector for Major Fitch. In an altercation with one of the major's tenants over the rent, he is reported to have been struck by Benjamin Palmer, and the case went to the New London Co. Court. (Larned, v.1.p.107) Note that Maj. James Fitch was a son of the Rev. James Fitch, 1st pastor of Norwich, New London Co.; Maj. Fitch's granddaughter, Lydia, married Richard Adams' grandson, Phineas Adams, Son of William.--(Pond, p. 48.) Richard might have died 6/24/1679 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA.--(Alice Beard). SP DAVIS, Rebecca, Born ??? 1660? in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Married 24 Jun 1679 in Middlesex, Sudbury for 48 years, Died ???; This marriage date is confirmed in Bailey as taking place in Sudbury, Massachussetts.--(p.85); The only Rebecca Davis that has been found in Sudbury is the d/o Robert Davis and Bridget who came in the Confidence 4/24/1638 as servants to Peter Noyes. His sister was Marageret Bennett [Burnett]. The daughter Sarah was mentioned in the will but no Rebecca. --(Pope 1965, p.133.) . . . . 1 ADAMS, Richard, Jr., Born 11 Apr 1680 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Died 17 Apr 1733 in Canterbury, Connecticut at age 53; Richard was said to have been the 1st settler in the vicinity of Mortlake, Windham Co., Conn. on the Quinnebaug River, north of Plainfield. He was living on the estate before his father bought it from Major Fitch. In 1712 he received the deed from his father for his share, a homestead about a mile SE of the present Brooklyn green. On 9/20/1712 he was admitted to the Congregational Church of Canterbury, Conn. In 1722 Richard was confirmed as an Engign in the military co. and he gave land to be used as a training ground. Daniel Cady, referred to as his father-in-law, gave land for the burying-ground, which is still part of Brooklyn, Conn. cemetery, S. of town. Richard was also a Selectman in 1715 and a Grand Juror. At his death he left an estate including a large supply of wearing apparel, household furniture, young cattle and colts, three swarms of bees, a Psalm book and Artillery Sermon. His land was divided between his sons, Richard who took the west, and Peter, who took the eastern section.--(Pond, p. 50.) Richard might have died 10/3/1745. He was reported to have been a Quaker.--(Alice Beard, alicebeard@aol.com, 8/27/1995). SP CLEVELAND, Mary, Married 30 Mar 1730 in Canterbury, Connecticut for 3 years, Died 22 May 1752 in Pomfret, Connecticut; Mary Cleveland was the d/o Edward Cleveland, Sr. She was bapt. with her sister Elizabeth after she was Richard's widow on 5/28/1733. She remarried Sam Butts, Jr. 1/6/1735. Sam was the s/o Samuel Butts, who came from Dorchester and settled near Wanugatuck in 1706. --(Pond, p. 50.) SP CADY, Mary, Born 20 Oct 1684 in Groton, MiddlesexCo,MA, Married 21 Jul 1709 for 19 years, Died 22 May 1752 in Brooklyn,Windham Co.MA at age 67; Mary was the d/o Daniel Cady of Killingley and of Aspinock, Conn.--(Pond, p. 50.) Her mother was Mary Green and her grandparents were Nicholas & Judith (Knapp) Cady.--(Alice Beard, AliceBeard@AOL.com, 8/27/1995). . . . . 2 ADAMS, Rebecca, Born 3 Feb 1682 in Middlesex, Sudbury, MA, Died ??? SP HAGER, Moses, Married 16 Oct 1712 in Sgt. Cleveland's . . . . 3 ADAMS, Sarah, Born 8 May 1683 in Middlesex, Sudbury, MA, Died ???; Sarah died before her father's will in 1728. She m. Henry Adams, b. 1684 son of Smauel Adams and wife Mary; grandson of Lt. Thomas Adams, and ggrandson of Henry Adams of Braintree.--(Pond p. 48.) SP ADAMS, Henry, Born ??? 1684 . . . . 4 ADAMS, Dr. John, Born 26 Oct 1686 in Middlesex, Sudbury, MA, Died 19 Apr 1734 in Pomfret, Connecticut at age 47; John moved first to the Oblong in Dutchess Co. NY, Alford, MA. and then to Bloomfield, Ontario Co., NY.--(Janet T. Newman, 5/5/1992.) . . . . 5 ADAMS, Daniel, Born 4 Mar 1688 in Middlesex, Sudbury, MA, Died ??? 1774 in Pomfret, Connecticut at age 85; Daniel moved to Beekman Patent in Dutchess Co. NY about 1740 (tax list) but left about 1751 and returned to Pomfret, CT where he died. Three of his and Elizabeth (Larabee) Adams' daughters married in Dutchess Co. and remained there.--(Frank J. Doherty, "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Dutchess County New York" (1990).--Janet Newman, 1992He received his Mortlake inheritance in 1716 and sold it to Samuel Shead.--(Pond, p. 48.) SP LARABEE, Elizabeth, Born Sep 1692 in New London, Norwich,CT, Married 25 Mar 1718 in Pomfret, Windham Co.CT, Died ??? . . . . . 1 ADAMS, Noah, Sr., Born 3 Oct 1723 in Pompfret Twp. WindhamCo, Died ??? in Connecticut; Revolutionary War Vet. Noah was a tax collector in Beekman Patent, Dutchess Co, New York in 1749 and was on the tax lists in 1759 and either this Noah or his wife Miriam's brother, Noah, was elected constable and rates collector in 1774 in Beekman.--(Frank J. Doherty, "The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Dutchess County, New York." (1990)). SP ADAMS, Meriam (Miriam), Born 23 Jan 1728 in PomfretTwp.WindhamCoCT, Married 26 Jan 1756 in PomfretTwpWindhamCo.CT, Died ??? . . . . . . 1 ADAMS, Lewis (Luis), Born ??? 1756 in PomfretTwpWindhamCo.CT, Died 12 Jan 1836 in Hartwick,Otsego Co.,NY at age 80; He might be the Lewis in "Tombstone inscriptions" (Boston Transcript 1162, 11/1/1909) A Pomfret church record listed a Lewis Adams who died 1836 (no given age) recorded at the home church.--(Janet Newman, 5/5/1992.) . . . . . . 2 ADAMS, Abner, Born 10 Jun 1757 in PomfretTwpWindhamCo.CT, Died ??? 1825 in Hartwick,Otsego Co.,NY at age 67; A discussion of Abner was in "Adams Addenda, Vol 20, p. 78 (1990). . . . . . . 3 ADAMS, Asaph, Born 30 Jun 1759 in PomfretTwpWindhamCo.CT, Died 25 Mar 1808 at age 48; Revolutionary War Vet. Asaph left a will which was listed in abstracts of Otsego Co. wills. SP ABBOTT, Orinda (Dinuta?), Born 25 May 1766 in Windham, Woodstock Twp, Married 20 Oct 1785 for 22* years, Died ??? 1808 in Hartwick, Otsego Co.NY at age 41; IGI records say this Asaph Adams was married to Orinda and they were the parents of the following children. From the notes passed down from Charles Coe to Jean Church we understood her name to be Dinuta Abbott. . . . . . . 4 ADAMS, Noah, Jr., Born 24 Aug 1762 in PomfretTwpWindhamCo.CT, Died ??? . . . . 6 ADAMS, William, Born 29 Jan 1690 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Died ??? SP WOODWARD, Susannah, Married ??? 1723; Susannah was the d/o David Woodward.--(Verkus, p. 409). . . . . 7 ADAMS, Jabez, Born ??? 1695? in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Died ???; Jabez is named in Richard's will. He was probably a son. . . . . 8 ADAMS, Isaac, Born ??? 1698? in Connecticut?, Died ???; Isaac and Zeruiah Adams entered into the covenant with the Canterbury Congregational Church on 7/12/1731, probably soon after they were married. --(Pond, p. 49.) SP ---, Zeruiah . . . . 9 ADAMS, Joseph, Born ??? 1700?, Died ???; Pond says he may be the Joseph Adams who m. in Pomfret, Conn. on 11/3/1724 Mary Davenport, or on 2/25/1738 Mary Cady (NEReg. v.67, p.372).--(p. 49.) . . . . 10 ADAMS, Hannah, Born ??? 1702?, Died ??? SP BACON, Mr. . . . . 11 ADAMS, Abigail, Born ??? 1706?, Died ??? SP BROWN, Mr. . . . . 12 ADAMS, Mary, Born ??? 1724? in Canterbury Cong.Church, Died ???; Mary was bapt. 2/22/1721 but it appears that this church did not practice universal infant bapt. thus she could have been a teenager or older at the time. SP BALDWIN, Mr. . . . 4 ADAMS, Mary, Born 27 Jan 1653 in Plymouth,Massachusetts, Died ???; Bapt. 2/5/1653. . . . 5 ADAMS, Margaret, Born ??? 1654? in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Died ???; Bapt. 3/18/1654, possibly at Scituate. SP PEASE, John, Born ??? 1650?, Married 30 Nov 1676 in Salem, Massachusetts, Died ??? . . 3 VASSALL, John, Born ??? 1625 in Stepney,Middlesex,Engl, Died Jul 1688 in Jamaica, West Indies at age 63; John remained in Scituate, where he was a member of the militia in 1643? and lieutenant under Cudworth in 1652. He became a captain and later, in Jamaica, was spoken of as "colonel." When Charles II granted Carolina to the Lords Proprietors he, with Henry Vassall, a cousin in London, and some other adventurers proposed to the Lords Proprietors to found a colony. Early in the summer of 1664 the settlers arrived at Cape Fear in what is now the state of North Carolina, and on Nov. 24, 1664, he was appointed surveyor general. He was the leading promoter of the enterprise in the colony, and Henry Vassall was the London agent. Holding out as inducements the promise of land, freedom of relgion, and the right to vote, they encouraged settlers from New England, the West Indies, and Europe to join them, but the colony was unsuccessful. In these circumstances he wrote to John Leverett, 1616-1679, asking for aid; and in May 1667 the colony of Mas sachusetts Bay voted to send relief to Cape Fear. On Oct. 6 of that year he was at Nansemond in Virginia and wrote to Sir John Colleton of the breaking up of this Clarendon County settlement. He seems to have remained there some time trying to obtain redress of grievances against the Lords Proprietors. On Mar. 2, 1672, he was reported as having arrived in Jamaica, where he settled in St. Elizabeth's Parrish with his wife, Anne (Lewis) Vassall. He maintained his connections with the mainland colonies throughout his life, interested in the carrying trade among them, the West Indies, and Europe. By his will, proved in Jamaica on July 6, 1688, he provided for the education of his son Samuel at harvard College. Another son, Leonard, lived most of his life in Boston. His great-grandson, John Vassall, built the "Craigie-Longfellow" house in Cambridge and was living t here when the Revolution broke out. He, a Loyalist like many others of the family, went to England. The vast family estates in the U.S. were confiscated, and the family name has left no mark on later republican history. Some of John Vassall's fortune, however was inherited by Elizabeth Vassall Fox, a great-great-grand-daughter, the wife of the third Lord Holland, who became a political hostess in London and made "Holland House" the center for the Whig party that was to revolutionize England's own political and social system.--(Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 19 p. 230.) SP LEWIS, Anne, Died ??? 1725?; Anne was the d/o John Lewis, and English resident of Genoa.--(N.E.H.& G.R., Jan 1863, p. 58.) . . . 1 VASSALL, Samuel (William?), Born in Jamica, West Indies . . . . 1 VASSALL, Florentius, Born in Jamaica, West Indies, Died ??? 1778 in London, England . . . 2 VASSALL, Leonard, Born 10 Jun 1678 in Jamaica, West Indies, Died 20 Jun 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts at age 59; Leonard was connected with Christ Church on Salem St. Boston and was elected warden 4/3/1727. In 1730-33 he helped found the Trinity Church, Boston. His estates in Braintree were large and valuable. His will is recorded in the NEH&GR, Jan 1863, p. 60-61.) Lewis, John & William all graduated from Harvard.--(NEH&GR, Jan 1871, p.41.) SP PENHALLOW, Phebe; Phebe was the mother of Leonard's last child Anna.--(NEH&GR, Jan. 1863, p. 61.); Phebe was the d/o Samuel and Mary (Cutt) Penhallow of Portsmouth, N.H. and the w/o Mr. Gross. Mary Cutt was the d/o Pres. John & Hannah Cutt. John was born at St. Mabon, England 7/2/1665 d. at Portsmouth 12/2/1726; their remains are interred in the family burying ground at Portsmouth.--(NEH&GR, Jan 1863, p. 59.) SP GALE, Ruth, Born 30 Sep 1685 in Jamaica, West Indies, Died 14 Mar 1733 in Boston, Massachusetts at age 47; Ruth was the mother of 17 children. Most died young. (NEH&GR, Jan 1863, p.61.) . . . . 1 VASSALL, Samuel, Born 5 Nov 1701, Died 1 Mar 1703 at age 1 . . . . 2 VASSALL, Lewis, Born 29 May 1703, Died 3 Sep 1703 at age 0 . . . . 3 VASSALL, Mary, Born 12 Nov 1704, Died 11 Aug 1708 at age 3 . . . . 4 VASSALL, Anna, Born 20 Jan 1707, Died ??? in died young . . . . 5 VASSALL, Boardo, Born 9 Jul 1708, Died ??? in died young . . . . 6 VASSALL, Lewis, Born 10 Aug 1709, Died ??? . . . . 7 VASSALL, Ruth, Born 17 Aug 1712, Died ??? . . . . 8 VASSALL, John, Born 7 Sep 1713, Died ??? . . . . 9 VASSALL, William, Born 23 Nov 1715, Died ??? . . . . 10 VASSALL, Elizabeth, Born 16 Jul 1717, Died ??? . . . . 11 VASSALL, Sarah, Born Jan 1720, Died ??? . . . . 12 VASSALL, Henry, Born 25 Dec 1721, Died ??? . . . . 13 VASSALL, Mary, Born 25 Jun 1723, Died ??? . . . . 14 VASSALL, Susanna, Born 20 Nov 1725, Died ??? . . . . 15 VASSALL, Anna, Born 29 Apr 1735, Died ??? . . 4 VASSALL, Anna, Born ??? 1629 in England, Died ???; Ann married before July 1955 when she and Nicholas of Virginia settled in the Barbadoes.--(NEH&GR, Jan. 1863, p. 58.) SP WARE, Nicholas, Married ??? 1654; In the absence of John Vassall, Nicholas was appointe executor of the estate of William Vassall 5/8/1656.--(N.E.H.&G.R.,1/1863, p.57.) . . 5 VASSALL, Margaret, Born ??? 1633 in England, Died ??? SP HUBBARD, Joshua, Born ??? 1630?, Died ???; Margaret married after March, 1656, Joshua Hubbard (Hobart?) The deed of sale of her father's estate in Scituate was signed by Joshua Hubbard, in behalf of his late wife, July 18, 1657. In the settlement of the estate of Comfort Starr, physician, in 1659, the name of Margaret Vassall occurs as debtor.--(NEH&GR, Jan. 1863, p. 59.) . . 6 VASSALL, Mary, Born ??? 1634 in England, Died ???; Mary was alive and unmarried at Barbadoes in July 1655.--(NEH&GR, Jan. 1863, p. 59.)