George Vaughan (abt. 1627 - 1694)

Born about 14 Apr 1627 in Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Henchman) Vaughan — married 1652 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1694 at about age 67 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

George Vaughan

Birth: 1621 Son of George Vaughan. His birthplace was most likely England, his passage to the colonies is still unknown.^[1]

Husband of Elizabeth Henchman (1633 - 1693), the daughter of Edmund Henchman. ^[2]

Children:

1. Elizabeth Vaughan, married Lt Isaac Howland, born 8 Apr 1653, baptised in Scituate, d.1727
2. Captain Joseph Vaughan born 20 Aug 1654 in Marshfield, baptized in Scituate. d.1734
3. Daniel born abt 1656, baptised in Scituate, died 03 Apr 1730 (or 1736)
4. John baptised on 7 Nov 1658 in Scituate
5. Mary Vaughn, married Jonathan Washburn, born 0 1 Jul 1660
6. Mercy Vaughn married Joseph Due, born at 1664
7. George born abt 1670, died before 23 Dec 1705

MD&P shows George Vaughan involved in an action on 4 Jul 1672 in Plymouth Colony, his residence shown as "Middl".

Death: Oct. 20, 1694 Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts

George Vaughan's will

"George Vaughan Sr", of Middleboro, made his will on 30 June, 1694.^[3] Bequests were as follows:

"To my son Daniell Vaughan....the lot of land which he now lives on,. with halfe my undevided meadow"

"To my son Goerge Vaughan...a twenty acre lot of land lying at ye head of ye lot of John Cob junr with three acres and an halfe of meadow lying in ye meadow Commonly called the lower meadow. wth priviledges belo9nging thereunto, and an interest in all my undevided upland. my best bed wth 2 sheets a coverled a rugge and one blanket, two pillows with pillowbeers a bolster and cutains."

"To my daughter mary Wasborne....ten acres of land lying where the house stands that I now live in, wth a bed & a rugge."

"All my upland & meadow escept what is before mentioned I do give to my son Joseph Vaughan"

"To my daughter Elizabeth Howland...my bigest brass Kittle."

"To my daughter Mercy Due....A bed and a bolster."

"The rest of my estate I do give to my children (my debdts and necessary charges fist being paid) equally to be divided amongst them except my son George Vaughan shall have a double share of all my iron & pewter vessels of my householdstuff."

"my eldest son Joseph Vaughan to be my sole executor....And I do.....request my son in law Isaac Howland to be helpfull to my sd executor."

"My will is yt what I give unto my youngest son George Vaughan shall be in my eldest son's Joseph VaughansCustody untill he be setled."

George was once fined ten schillings in Marshfield on a June 1 for not attending worship on the Lord's Day.

Upon the proving of his will, his estate was valued at fourty-three pounds, eight schillings and four pence, the inventory taken by Samuel Wood and John Bennett.

George deposed that he was 23 in 1650 and 25 in 1652. George was in Essex county in 1650, where he testified about the will of Honor Rolfe, deceased, on 19 Dec 1650. He settled in Marshfield, where he took the oath of fidelity in 1657, then moved to Scituate, and finally to Middleboro. George was one of the 26 men who purchased land for Middleboro from the Indian sachem Wampatuck in Mar 1662, apparently the first tavern keeper in Middleboro; receiving his license on 5 Jul 1669, and constable in Middleboro in 1675.

George signed his will on 30 Jun 1694; it was proved on 10 Nov 1694. He mentioned his sons Daniel, George and Joseph; his daughters Mary Washborne, Elizabeth Howland and Mercy Due; his son-in-law Isaac Howland. Holman, Mary Lovering, ("George Vaughan of Middleboro, Mass.," The American Genealogist 23, 1946, 24-31)

Burial: Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ The American Genealogist
2. ↑ NEHGR shows the marriage of "George Vaughn and Elizabeth Hincksman, 1652 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. (Hincksman is yet another spelling for Henchman)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-JDDW : 21 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 112 of 490; State Archives, Boston.

• Bridgewater Vital Records - Marriages pg 388
• The American Genealogist 23, 1946, 24-31. v. 14:214-5
• Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850 shows George Vaughan involved in an action on 4 Jul 1672 in Plymouth Colony, his residence shown as "Middl".
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) shows the marriage of George Vaughn and Elizabeth Hincksman, 1652 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Volume 006 (1852), page 347, (Hincksman is a different spelling for Henchman)
• Snow, Nora Emma. The Snow-Estes Ancestry (1939) Page 494 http://archive.org/details/snowestesancestr01snow.
• Austin's One Hundred And Sixty Allied Families, pp. 137-139
• The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants) v. 2:118
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) shows George Vaughan arriving in New England in 1656. (This date doesn't fit with m. and b. of children)
• Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 shows death as 20 Oct 1694 - Middleborough, Massachusetts - Age: 73.
• New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 766; Gerge Vaughan/Elizabeth Henchman 1652, Marshfield/