John Vaughan (abt. 1596 - 1667)

Born about 1596 in Rye, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Died 16 May 1667 at about age 71 in Culpepper, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John Vaughan was born about 1596, possibly in Rye, Sussex, England.^[1]

'John William Vaughan' also occurs on FamilySearch], with no evidence for William either. The record has been through numerous merges, edits, and reversals. It includes birth place of Rye Sussex, but no evidence for it. Various records^{[citation needed]} have 3 possible fathers - Hywel, Hugh, and Thomas. There are multiple sources for 'William', and multiple sources for 'John', but absolutely NO sources for 'John William'. Some of the sources are in conflict, especially as to dates, wives, and parents. For example, a christening record for William Vaughan says he was christened in 1596 in Rye, Sussex, with father 'Thomas Vaughan'. (That's the only record I've seen that mentions Rye, Sussex.)

The Church of England christening record^[2] may or may not be his, lists his christening in 1594, lists his father as Hugh. There does not appear to be any other evidence for his parents, Hywel Vaughan and Margaret Owen.

A previous version of this profile, citing unsourced, online trees, included the middle name "William." Middle names from this era and location were rare to non-existent.

John Vaughan came to America in 1619 on the Bona Nova. He was 23 years old when the muster of 1624/5 was made.^{[3] [4]} or 1622^[5] aboard the ship Bona Nova.

The first 'Passenger and Immigration' list has his arrival in 1619 as a 23 year old, the second one (c2012^[5]) has it in 1622, no age. Or it may be 2 different John Vaughan's.

He was among the King's soldiers sent to protect the Colony.^{[citation needed]}

There is no record of a wife or children of this man. A previous version of this profile claimed he was married to 'Grace Springer of The Powhatan', and she has NO sources at all. The wife or at least her name may be mythical. Three names appear in various places - names that include 'Grace' and 'Springer' and 'Powhatan', just 'Grace Springer', and 'Grace Alderman'. But there is no documentation that he ever married or had children.

Claims that his wife was a Native American, named Grace, sister of Pocahontas, Cherokee, etc., are inaccurate. Pocahontas had only one known/documented sister, a woman recorded by the English as “Cleopatra.” The Powhatan lived in Virginia, the Cherokee hundreds of miles away across the Great Smoky Mountains. The John Vaughn who came to Jamestown in 1619 is not recorded with a wife named Grace or any children.

There was a Grace E Springer who married John Wesley Vaughn in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ [https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD3W-Q5W
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Reference Number: P91/LEN/A/001/MS07493

   Source URL: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1624/records/7318902

   Name: John Vaughan

   Gender: Male

   Record Type: Christening (Baptism)

   Baptism Date: 22 Sep 1594

   Baptism Place: St Leonard, Shoreditch, Hackney, Middlesex, England

   Father: Hugh Vaughan (Note: this appears to conflict with the father above)

3. ↑ 1623/4 muster transcript, Virtual Jamestown www.virtualjamestown.org/Muster/introduction.html original documents - Public Records Office, London, England.
4. ↑ Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA.

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   Name: John Vaghan

   Alternate names suggested (by Ancestry.com users):

   John Vaughan

   John Vaughn

   John William Vaughan

   Age: 23

   Birth Year: abt 1596

   Arrival Year: 1619

   Arrival Place: Virginia

   Primary Immigrant: Vaghan, John

   Page Number: 65

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

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   Name: John Vaughan

   Arrival Year: 1622

   Arrival Place: Virginia

   Primary Immigrant: Vaughan, John

   Page Number: 76