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GEORGE VAUGHAN (c. 1625/7–1694)
ELIZABETH HENCHMAN (c. 1634–1693), daughter of Edmund Henchman and Elizabeth Unknown
George Vaughan was probably born about 1625/7 in England. [1] He died on 20 October 1694 in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [1] He married Elizabeth Hinksman in 1652. [2]
Elizabeth Hinksman was born about 1634. She died on 24 June 1693. [1] Holman says that she is the daughter of Edmund Henchman. [1] Her last name is spelled various ways, including Henchman. Elizabeth Vaughan, the wife of George Vaughan, died on 24 June 1693, age 59, in Middleborough. [3]
An earlier George Vaughan came to New England in 1631 and returned. There was a William Vaughan who settled in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and a John Vaughan who went to Rhode Island. Holman suggests that it is possible that this George and these other Vaughans were related. [1]
George settled in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He took the oath of fidelity in Marshfield in 1657 and his children Elizabeth and Joseph were born there. He moved to Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts by 31 May 1657, when three of his children were baptized there. He finally moved to Middleborough. He was licensed to keep an ordinary there on 5 July 1669 and he was constable on 1 June 1675. [1]
George made his will on 30 June 1694 and it was proved on 10 November 1694. He mentioned his sons Daniel, George and Joseph and his daughters Mary Washburn, Elizabeth Howland and Mercy Due. [1]
Children of George Vaughan and Elizabeth Hinksman:
i. Elizabeth Vaughan was born on 8 April 1653 in Marshfield. She was baptized on 31 May 1657 in Scituate. She died on 29 October 1727 in Middleborough. She married Isaac Howland.
ii. Captain Joseph Vaughan was born on 20 August 1654 in Marshfield. [4] He was baptized on 31 May 1657 in Scituate. [5] Captain Joseph Vaughan died on 3 March 1733/4, age 80, in Middleborough. [3] He married first Joanna Thomas, on 7 May 1680 in Middleborough. [3] Joanna, the wife of Captain Joseph died on 11 April 1718, age 61, in Middleborough. [3] Joseph married second Mrs. Mercy Fuller of Middleborough on 2 December 1720 in Middleborough. [3] She died on 2 March 1734, age 81, in Middleborough. [1] Holman says that she was Mary, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gorham) Hallet and widow of Jabez Fuller. [1] Weston says her maiden name was Wood. [6]
Lieutenant Joseph Vaughan was admitted to full communion in the First Church in Middleborough on 9 May 1710. Joanna was admitted on 20 August 1710. [6]
iii. Daniel Vaughan was baptized on 31 May 1657 in Scituate. [5] He died on 3 April 1730. [1] He married Hephzibah Unknown. [1] She died on 7 July 1726. [1]
iv. John Vaughan was baptized on 7 November 1657 in Scituate. [5] He probably died young.
v. Mary Vaughan was baptized on 1 July 1660 in Scituate. [5] She married Jonathan Washburn, the son of John and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Washburn in 1683. [1][7]
vi. Mercy Vaughan probably married Joseph Due, the son of Ambrose and Esther (Barker) Due, who was born on 7 February 1664 in Boston. [1]
vii. George Vaughan died before 23 December 1708, unmarried. [1]
Footnotes:
1. Mary Lovering Holman, "George Vaughan of Middleborough, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist 23 (1946): 23–31.
2. Miss M.A. Thomas, "Marriages from Early Records of Marshfield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6 (1852): 347.
3. Barbara Lambert Merrick and Alicia Crane Williams, Middleborough, Massachusetts Vital Records, 2 vols. (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1990, 1987), vol. 1: 10 (first marriage of Joseph), 11 (death of Elizabeth), 26 (second marriage of Joseph), 29 (death of Joseph's wife Joanna), 58 (death of Joseph).
4. Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (n.p.: Society of Mayflower Descendants of the State of Rhode Island, 1970): 4.
5. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts: To the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), 1:383 (baptisms).
6. Thomas Weston, History of the Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts (New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1906), 639–86.
7. David W. Dumas, "Jonathan Washburn of Norwich, Massachusetts," Mayflower Descendant 42 (1992): 5.
Last revised: 25-Dec-2023