Mary (Foster) Vassall (1713)

Born 1713 in Jamaica [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Florentius Vassall II — married 16 Sep 1729 in Jamaica

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in London, England

Biography

Mary (b 1713 - d London), was the daughter of Col John Foster of Jamaica and Elizabeth Smith of Barbados. On 16 Sep 1729, she became the first wife of Florentius Vassal, esq, of Westmoreland, Jamaica (b 1709 Jamaica - d 1776/8; bur St Marylebone, London; Will dated 20 Sep 1777).

They were the parents of:

• Richard (b 18 Apr 1732 – d 1795 Golden Lion Square, London; bur St Marylebone), he m (29 Mar 1770 New York, license) Mary (b 20 Jun 1748 - d 16 Feb 1835 London, age 86), daughter of Thomas Clarke, of New York.^[1]
• Florentius (b. 18th April 1732 - d. 29th May 1732)
• Elizabeth (b. 1734 Married Major-General Hon. John Barrington

Sources

1. ↑ she remarried to Gilbert Affleck, (Crisp, 1919, p 36 [1]

• Calder, C.M. (1921). "54. Florentius Vassall (b. 1709 Jamaica)," in John Vassall and his descendants, pp. 21. Archive.org.

• Richard Vassall." Legacies of British Slave-ownership. UCL. Web.

• Crisp, F.A. (1919). "Pedigree of Vassall," in Visitation of England and Wales Notes, 13, pp. 36. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc. Google Books.

• Genealogy of the Descendants of Roger Foster of Edreston, Northumberland by Alkman Henryson Forster Barham - 1897 - Page 32