George Vaughan (abt. 1593 - abt. 1649)

Born about 1593 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1649 at about age 56 in London, England [uncertain]

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George Vaughan migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 3, p. 1875) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

The birth and death dates and places for George Vaughan, as well as his parentage, are unknown. An estimation of his birth is 1593 in England; his death 1649 in London, England. This profile was erroneously attached as the son of Sir Walter Vaughn and his wife Margaret (Norton) Vaughn . If new information comes to light that indicates this relationship should not have been severed, they may certainly be reattached; however do not reattach without discussion in the comment section below. Thank you. See Research Notes toward the bottom of this profile for additional information.

Biography

George Vaughan immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for London, England.

Three documents place George Vaughan in New England by the summer of 1631, as well as clarify that he departed for his homeland, England, in early July 1633. They are :^[1]

1. A witness of the Lewis and Bonython patent, June 28, 1631.^[2]
2. A letter from the London merchants dated April 18, 1632 to "Mr. George Vaughan" telling him of items of trade being sent on the John.^[3]
3. Ambrose Gibbons inventoried the goods left by "Mr. George Vaughan" in July of 1633. Gibbons wrote to the London merchants about the goods on July 13, 1633 and said more information would be known by Mr. Vaughan.^[4]George Vaughan received furs delivered to him by Ambrose Gibbons on July 6, 1633, "for the use of the Adventurers of Laconia."^[5]

It is probable that when George Vaughan left New England in July 1633, he was on the same ship as Walter Neale and Thomas Wiggin.^[1]

Anderson in "Great Migration Begins" in the comment section of George Vaughn's sketch says, "George Vaughan appears as a witness to the so-called Wheelwright deed of 1629, which has been shown to be a forgery, and also was supposed to have written a letter from Boston in 1634 (when he was certainly in England), and this letter and another of 1636^[6] are part of the Wheelwright forgery plot."^[1][7]

Research Notes

• Regarding this George Vaughan who migrated in 1631 and departed to England in 1633, Mary Lovering Holman said, "...It has been considered possible that both William and George Vaughan were his sons and possibly John Vaughan of Rhode Island was also of the same Family."^[8]
• Regarding the Wheelwright forgery plot, R. C. Anderson in "The Great Migration Newsletter" writes about the six forged documents presented in a list of those sent over to the "Laconia and Mason Plantations" in the book by Noyse, Libby "The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire." He indicates the Gibbons papers are published on ages 63 - 102 in New Hampshire Provincial Papers, Volume 1.^[9]Anderson believes Document #17 (pp 83-86) is forged. He also believes #24 (p. 95) which is a letter to from George Vaughan to Ambrose Gibbons is forged and says "In the cover letter Vaughan states that he had found the enclosed while going over his papers, and sends it along in case Gibbons might be interested. This comes across as altogether too convenient, and in addition there is evidence that Vaughan was already in England when he supposedly wrote this letter from Boston." Anderson goes on to mention a second letter from Vaughan to Gibbons, in the same hand, dated two years later, which tends to support the Mason heir's claim to the New Hampshire land, "too neatly to be believeable." Anderson also mentions here in the GM Newsletter that he believes the Wheelwright deed of 1629 is forged.^[10]
• All the known records relating to this profile's George Vaughan are contained in the "Gibbons Papers." As mentioned above, a number of those have been determined to be forgeries created to support Capt. John Mason's claim to New Hampshire.
• Another useful source for info about George Vaughan is Dean's 1887 extensive biography of Capt. John Mason, which contains transcriptions of many of the records relating to George, as well as citations to the NH Provincial Papers. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn3tck&view=1up&seq=524
• The sources establish that George was a "factor" hired by the Laconia Company to take English goods (clothing) and trade them for fur/pelts. George is in fact expressly referred to the company's factor in a record transcribed on p 309-310 of Dean's book: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn3tck&view=1up&seq=344
• George may well have been a member of one of the London trade guilds related to the clothing trade (eg Merchant Taylors, Drapers, or Clothworkers). The letter by Mason, Gardiner and Eyre to George states that cloth given to George was made into clothing by George's taylor. https://archive.org/details/provincialpapers00boutrich/page/66/mode/1up George, therefore, although (at least by that time) not a practicing taylor himself, seems to have been associated with the clothing/tayloring trade. A search of the online apprenticeship records of the London livery companies (which records include those for the Drapers and Clothworkers but not the Merchant Taylors), shows a large number of Vaughans who were members of the Drapers or Clothworkers. See https://www.londonroll.org/search/?vb=lr&vw=ps&st=0&rf=company%3Abwy%2Cclw%2Cdrp%2Cfnd%2Cgdl%2Cgsm%2Cmrc%2Cmus%2Cslt%2CSTN%2Ctch%7Csurname%3Avaughan%7Cyear_start%3A1550%7Cyear_finish%3A1650 Most notably (on p2 of the search results, a George Vaughan who became a new freeman in the Company of Clothworkers in 1611 and (on p3) took an apprentice himself in 1613. It is possible that those records relate to this profile's George Vaughan. A search of the apprenticeship/membership records of Company Merchant Taylors might also be worthwhile. Their records are available on familysearch.org, but only at Family History Libraries. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1176350?availability=Family%20History%20Library
• There were a large number Vaughan's who received marriage licenses in London in the late 1500s and in the 1600s. There were both gentlemen and men of commerce/professions. See https://archive.org/details/londonmarriageli00fost/page/n719/mode/2up?q=vaughan
• Based on the fact that George was apparently a responsible/trusted agent for the Laconia Company in 1631-1633. He was probably born sometime in 1580-1605, most likely in 1585-1600. A search in July 2020 on familysearch.org, for George Vaughans born in 1580-1605 finds 4 matching records: George, son of Phillip, bpt 1591 in Herefordshire; George, son of Robert, bpt. 1594 in London; George, son of Henry, bpt 1602 in Shropshire; and George, son of John, bpt 1603 in Herefordshire. Of these, I think the London record most promising. There were probably at least as many other George Vaughns born during that time period for which records are not currently available online. It was a fairly common name.
• Curiously, there was a later George Vaughan, who was Lt Gov of NH in the early 1700s. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vaughan_(New_Hampshire). Geni says he was son of William (b. 1640 in West Sussex), who was son of George (b. 1615 in Glamorgan, Wales - too young to be this George), who was son of Roger (b. Glamorgan 1587).https://www.geni.com/people/George-Vaughan/6000000005091566368 Wikitree only has George and his father William: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Vaughan-2739 The 2 George Vaughan's may just be coincidence; no known link; but worth checking.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Sketch of George Vaughn. p. 1875.subscription needed
2. ↑ GMB citing "York Deeds" Vol. 2.see at google.com
3. ↑ GMB, citing "Provincial Papers. Documents and records relating to the province of New-Hampshire" Vol. 1, p. 66, 67.see at archive.org
4. ↑ GMB citing "Provincial Papers. Documents and records relating to the province of New-Hampshire" Vol. 1, pp 73, 74.see at archive.org.
5. ↑ GMB citing "Provincial Papers. Documents and records relating to the province of New-Hampshire" Vol. 2, pp 557, 558.see at archive.org
6. ↑ GMB citing "Provincial Papers. Documents and records relating to the province of New-Hampshire" Vol. 1, p. 37; 59-60; 95-98.see at archive.org
7. ↑ GMB citing Savage "History of New England" Vol. 1, pp 486-514.see at google.com
8. ↑ Holman, Mary Lovering. "George Vaughan of Middleborough, Mass." The American Genealogist. Vol. 23 (1946), pp 24-32. Link to pages at americanancestors.com (subscription needed).
9. ↑ GMB citing "Provincial Papers. Documents and records relating to the province of New-Hampshire" Vol. 1, pp 63-102.see at archive.org
10. ↑ Great Migration Newsletter, V.1-20.(Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) R. C. Anderson. "Forged Documents" p. 30.subscriber$