VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
January 1988
EDITOR; Verna Baker Banes
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H. VAUGHAN GRIFFIN. SR, Box 842. Rutland. VT 05701 (winter) and Match Point, Lake
Champlain, Shoreham, VT 05770 (summer) part of whose letter about his research on the
Descendants of JOHN VAUGHAN of Newport, RI is printed on p. 76, November 1987
Newsletter, continues his details about tMs family tine: page 2, August 3rd,-1987 Therefore,
in ray genealogy the various branches appearing after the so-called R section or John Vaughan-
of Newport; are as follows:
I Josaph Vaughan of Carver, Mass, ( b. abt 1692 of Dan & Susanah)
2. Benjamin Vaughan of Dariby, Vt.: ( b. abt 1747 of Samuel & Anna )
3. Dr. Benjamin Vaughan of Hew Fairfield, Conn. ( d. Coni). abt 156)
Somewhat questionable if he came from R.I. family .
4. 'David Vaughan, Jr, of Hanoocic, HasK. ( s/o David & Dinah)
b. June 17, 1733at North Kingston, RI.
5. David Vaughan, Jr. of Kingsbury, N.Y.
( b. E. Greenwich Dec 5, 1740 s/o David & Freelove )
6. John Vaughan of Lebanon, Conn. (; s/o; John Jr. & Mary (Molt) V,
b. abt 1675 at Newport, R.I
7 James and Obadiah Vaughan of Manchester, VT,
( brothers: b. 1741 & 1747'sons of David & Dinah at Scituate, R.I.
8.John, Daniel and Anothony Vaughan of-Nova Scotia
b. 1730, 1747 and 1751 - nore sons of David & Dinah of North Kingston & Scituate,.R.I.
9. Benjamin Vaughan of plattaburg, N.Y. ( thru his aon Benjamin
b. Aug 6th, 1726 First son,of David & Dinah
10, . Thomas Vaughan of Kingsbury, N.Y. ( s/o David & Preelove )
b. abt 1751 d. 1833 (my line goes thru this Thomas
11. Daniel Vaughan of Voluntown, Conn. ( s/o/ Robert & Joanna as noted heretofore )
12. George Vaughan of Westport, N.Y. ) prob s/o Wm & "Sassy Potter V.
b. at Soituate, R.I.
Sometime you may care to print the various brancefl of the Rhode Island Vaughan family as I
have listed them Anyone who descends from one of these branches will find their near relatives
together. Each branch as Identified on previous page is so Identified across Top of page.
Therefore each branch is easy .to find and starts with the Eiimlgrant fron Rhode Island,
WHAT A NAME MIGHT MEAN? A person's title in colonial days often had a different
meaning than titles used today. Stepmothers were sometimes called mothers-in-law. Cousins
could be relatives of any type — sometimes even friends, Jr. written after a name did not
necessarily mean a name the same as his father — it might Ie an uncle or a cousin. Housekeeper
once meant property owner and could be used for a male as well as a female. Inmate as found
in Pennsylvania archives refers to a man living in the home of another person, not necessarily in
an institution. Freeman meant a young man, not yet married. Domestic once meant housewife,
not necessarily the servant. Mister was a title used only for men of wealth and/or education.
A retired man might be listed as a gentleman. (abstracted from "The Review of DuPage Co, 111,
Genealogical Society," Lombard, I11, Feb-Mar 1984. "Genealogy Digest", Vol l6 #1 Winter 1985,
p 14. Virginia Appalachian Notes
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