Stephen (Vynall) Vinal (bef. 1630 - 1712)

Born before 28 Nov 1630 in Benenden, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Baker) Vinal — married 26 Feb 1662 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1712 after age 81 in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Vinal Name Study.

Steven Vynall, son of Steven Vynall, was baptized 28 November 1630 in the Parish Church of Benenden, Kent, England^[1][2]

Ann Vinal, a widow, appears in the records of Scituate, Plymouth Colony (later Massachusetts), in 1636, with three children. Stephen was the middle child of the three. He reported his own birthdate as "about the middle of December 1630" and said that the family had immigrated to New England in 1636 and settled in Scituate that same year.^[3]

The names of Stephen and John Vinall appear on the list of men who took the "oath of fidelity" in Scituate, Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts), between 1633 and 1668^[4] and on the 1673 list of "allowed and approved inhabitants" to whom portions of the common lands of Scituate were assigned.^[5]

Steven Vinall married Mary Baker in Scituate, Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts) on 26 February 1661/1662.^[6][7][8] Or, Shurtleff gives the date of marriage as 29 February 1661.^[9]

Mary was the daughter of Nicholas Baker of Hingham.^[10][3][11]

The children of Stephen and Mary (Baker) Vinal as:^[3]

1. Mary was born in Scituate on 29 November 1662. ^[9]
2. Stephen, born 1664, died 1668^[12]
3. John, born 1667
4. Stephen born 1670 died 1670^[12]
5. Adam, born 1670, died early
6. Hannah, born 1671 died 1709Hannah Vinall, daughter of Stephen Vinall Sr., died April 16, 1709.^[13]
7. Stephen Jr., born 1674/75
8. Gideon, born 1678 was baptized 4 August 1679 in the Second Church of Scituate.^[14]
9. Samuel born 1681, died 1681^[12]
10. Mary, 1684

He died on 13 July 1712 in Scituate.^[15]

Probate

His will was dated 7 April 1711 and proved on 6 August 1712. He mentions his wife Mary (and her father Nicholas Backer), and his children, Stephen, Mary, Hannah, and two grandchildren not named, his uncle John Vinal, and his eldest son John Vinal (who has been gone for twenty years and he has not heard from him since). A copy his inventory states that it was taken 22 July 1711; however, since that date is inconsistent with the record of his date of death and the date of probate of his estate, his inventory may have been taken 22 July 1712.^[16] (Researcher's Note: The original copy has "July the 23 1712" crossed off and written again as "July the 22: 1711", and the oath to the inventory was not dated.^[17])

Research Notes

His first name appears in Scituate vital records and land records as Steven or Stephen. His last name is recorded as Vinall or Vinal. Added by Ellen Smith on 26 April 2015.

Sources

See also:

• Deane, Samuel. Scituate, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement to 1831. Boston: James Loring, 1831.
• Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the year 1850, two volumes, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909)

1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Indexing Project (Batch) Number C03780-3, System Origin England-EASy, GS Film number 1736524, Reference ID item 2 p 124 rn 29 Family Search
2. ↑ Kent Family History Society, Benenden baptisms 1558-1906: Steven Vynall, son of Steven. Baptism date 28 Nov 1630. FindMyPast (transcript).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Deane, p. 364
4. ↑ Deane, p. 154
5. ↑ Deane, pp. 155-157.
6. ↑ VR Scituate Vol. 2, p. 17
7. ↑ Dodd, Massachusetts Marriages.
8. ↑ Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. p. 767
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., editor. Records of Plymouth Colony: Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials, and Other Records, 1633-1689. Originally published in Boston, 1857. Republished by Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976, 1979, and 1991. Accessed at Ancestry.com. (subscription) p. 29
10. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.18
11. ↑ VR of Scituate Vol. 2, p. 315
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Scituate Death Records, Ancestry.com
13. ↑ VR Scituate Vol 2, p. 462
14. ↑ Record page from Records of the Second Church of Scituate, Now the First Unitarian Church of Norwell, Mass. Accessed at Ancestry.com.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPT-FX9 : Thu Oct 26 01:43:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Stephen Vinall, 13 Jul 1712.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-ZFDC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 91-92 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
17. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Estate Files, 1686-1915," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81PF-DCH : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Case no 21633-21651 Vinal, Maria-Vining, Alexander > image 114 of 507; Supreme Judical Court, Boston.