See also
| Husband: | George * VAUGHAN (1620-1694) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth * HENCHMAN (1633-1693) | |
| Children: | Elizabeth VAUGHAN (1653- ) | |
| Joseph * VAUGHAN (1654-1733) | ||
| Daniel VAUGHAN (1656- ) | ||
| John VAUGHAN (1658- ) | ||
| Mary VAUGHAN (1660- ) | ||
| Mercy VAUGHAN (1664- ) | ||
| George VAUGHAN (1670- ) | ||
| Marriage | 1652 | Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, US1,2 |
George * VAUGHAN
| Name: | George * VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | George * VAUGHAN (1593-1649) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1620 | Wales |
| Immigration | 1631 (age 10-11) | to New England3 |
| Death | 20 Oct 1694 (age 73-74) | Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US4 |
| Burial | Nemasket Hill Cemetary | |
| Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US | ||
Elizabeth * HENCHMAN
| Name: | Elizabeth * HENCHMAN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Edward * HENCHMEN (1605-1703) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth * PLATT (1605-1688) | |
| Birth | 1633 | Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, US |
| Death | 21 Jan 1693 (age 59-60) | Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US4 |
| Burial | Nemasket Hill Cemetary | |
| Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US The oldest stone in the cemetary |
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| Name: | Elizabeth VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 8 Apr 1653 | |
Joseph * VAUGHAN
| Name: | Joseph * VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Joanna * THOMAS (1657-1718) | |
| Spouse 2: | Mercy FULLER (c. 1655- ) | |
| Birth | 20 Aug 1654 | Marshfield, Plymouth, MA, US |
| Baptism | 31 May 1657 (age 2) | Second Church of Scituate |
| Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, US This is now the Unitarian Church of Norwell. |
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| Death | 3 Mar 1733 (age 78) | Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US4 |
| Burial | Nemasket Hill Cemetary | |
| Middleborough, Plymouth, MA, US Inscription: HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF CAPt JOSEPH VAUGHAN WHO DECEASED MARCH Ye 2D 17334 IN Ye 81st YEAR OF HIS AGE |
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| Name: | Daniel VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1656 | |
| Name: | John VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 7 Nov 1658 | |
| Name: | Mary VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1 Jul 1660 | |
| Name: | Mercy VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1664 | |
| Name: | George VAUGHAN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1670 | |
Birthplace (most likely England) and passage to the colonies unknown. Three of his children were baptized in Scituate on 31 May 1657.
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.
Son of George Vaughn, husband of Elizabeth Henchman, daughter of Edmund Henchman.
Father of:
Elizabeth Vaughn, married Lt Isaac Howland, born 8 Apr 1653, baptised in Scituate.
Captain Joseph Vaughn born 20 Aug 1654 in Marshfield, baptised in Scituate.
Daniel born abt 1656, baptised in Scituate, died 03 Apr 1730
John baptised on 7 Nov 1658 in Scituate.
Mary Vaughn, married Jonathan Washburn, born 0 1 Jul 1660.
Mercy Vaughn married Joseph Due, born at 1664.
George born abt 1670, died before 23 Dec 1705.
George Vaughn's will:
"George Vaughan Sr", of Middleboro, made his will on 30 June, 1694. 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.
| 1 | "US and International Marriage Records, 1550-1900" (on-line, Yates Publishing, Provo, UT). |
| 2 | "US New England Marriages prior to 1700". |
| 3 | "Passenger and Immigrations Lists Index 1500-1900". |
| 4 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |