Daniel Vaughan (1747 - 1808)

Born 21 Feb 1747 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Ruth (Harrington) Vaughn — married 25 Feb 1768 in St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1808 at age 61 in St. Martins (Quaco), St. John, New Brunswick

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Biography

Daniel Vaughan, father of Mary (Mrs. William Compton), was born 2 February, 1747 at Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.^[1] He was the son of David Vaughan and Dinah (Baker) Vaughan, and a twin to Obadiah.^[2]

After his father's death in 1761 Daniel emigrated to Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia with his mother Dinah and younger brother Anthony to join his older brother John. A record in Chester records show that John Vaughan owned land in 1764, which indicated that he had taken up his grant at least four years earlier. Daniel and Anthony built a saw and grist mill, near each other, on a stream known as 'Vaughan's Stream' on Chester's Western Shore. He married Lydia Harrington on February 25, 1768, at St. John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.^[3] In 1770, he appears in census returns as a resident of New Dublin Township, Lunenburg County.^[4] In 1788, he and his brother Anthony were granted a license to cut trees in Lunenburg County.^[5]

In 1791 and 1794 poll tax records, a Daniel Vaughan appears as head of a household in Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia.^[6] He is not listed in the 1795 Newport poll tax census. While it's not conclusive, this is the only Daniel Vaughan heading a household in Nova Scotia in these years, and since Newport was a budding shipbuilding center between Chester and Quaco, it would be a logical residence for him.

In 1796, Daniel Vaughan and Philip Mosher moved their families to Quaco (St. Martins), New Brunswick where they were original grantees in the Orange Rangers Grant. They were said to have operated the first sawmill in New Brunswick, and he and his sons became well known ship builders. His estate was valued at 225 pounds, of which 100 pounds was a one-fourth ownership in the schooner "Rachel" built by his son David. This was the first ship built at St. Martins.^[7] Daniel's daughter Mary and her husband William Compton's eldest son William married a Vail woman from St. Martins. William, the Vails and the Vaughans were apparently all involved in the ship building business at St.Martins. ^[8] Many trees give death as Apr 1808, buried in St Martins Community Cemetery, but this has not been sufficiently documented. Daniel Vaughan's will was probated June 11, 1807 in St. John probate court.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87N-QYG : 6 December 2014), Daniel Vaughn, 21 Feb 1747; citing SCITUATE TWP,PROVIDENCE,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,256
2. ↑ MacLeod pages 7- 9
3. ↑ MacLeod pages 7- 9
4. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives - Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827
5. ↑ Nova Scotia Land Petitions
6. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives - Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827
7. ↑ MacLeod pages 7- 9
8. ↑ MacLeod pages 7- 9
9. ↑ MacLeod pages 7- 9

See also:

• Harold MacLeod. The Loyalist Comptons of Prince Edward Island pages 7- 9 records the last will and testament of Daniel Vaughan from the probate court, St. John, N.B. This will can be found at the County Offices, City of St. John, N.B. Canada.

This will lists children: Elis Smith, David Vaughan, John Vaughan, Rebecca Crandel, Ebenezer Vaughan, Henry Vaughan, William Vaughan, Mary Compton, Elizabeth, Daniel Vaughan. It mentions his wife "Liddy Vaughan". His son Ebenezer Vaughan and his nephew James MacLeod were named as excutors of the will.

• Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Nova Scotia Land Petitions (1765-1800); Volume Number: 20
• Nova Scotia Archives - Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827
  • 1770 New Dublin Census - RG 1 vol. 443 no. 24
  • 1791 Newport Census - RG 1 vol. 444 no. 21
  • 1794 Newport Census - RG 1 vol. 444½ no. 38-39

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