Vassall Frances

Notes:

DEATH: "Vassall Pedigree", pg 1 states she died young.

Notes:

"Vassall Pedigree", pg 1 shows a son, William. But the amended pedigree in the Second Appendix does NOT show a William, but other additional children instead.

Samuel was an M.P. for London 1640-1660. He was also one of the original patentees of lands in Massachusetts in 1628, and an officer in the Company; was an alderman of London and M. P., in 1640-41; took the covenant in 1643; in 1646 was appointed commissioner for the kindom of England for the conservation of peace with Scotland. His monument in King's chapel, Boston, New England, erected by Florentius Vassall in 1766, sets forth that he was "a steady and undaunted asserter of the liberties of England in 1628; he was the first who boldly refused to submit to the tax of tonnage and poundage, an unconstitutional claim of the crown arbitrarily imposed; for which (to the
ruin of his family) his goods were seized and his person imprisoned by the starcamber court......The parliament in July, 1641, voted him L10,445:12:2, for him damages, and resolved that " he should be further considered for his personal sufferings." Failing, however, to recover the amount of his damages, he petitioned parliament, January 23, 1657, showing that he had endured imprisonment for about sixteen years, and been stripped of his goods; that
despite the vote of parliament,he had not received one penny;" that L2,591;17;6 had been lent to the parliament by him in Ireland, in their great straights;" that L3,328;2;7 were due for the service of one of his ships; and
besides all this, another vessel-the Mayflower, had when laden and manned, been taken and made use of against the enemy "to the overthrow of his voyage and his great losse." His name headed the subscription list to raise money against the rebels in Ireland, and his whole life was indicative of the energy and liberaltiy which characterized many of his descendants. He had one son, John.


BIOGRAPHY:
M. P. for London from 1640-1660. (Source: Vassall Pedigree)
The following is from "The Vassalls of New England":
Samuel was one of the original patentees of lands in Massachusetts in 1628, and an officer in the Company; was an alderman of London, and M. P., in 1640-41; took the covenant in 1643; in 1646 was appointed commissioner for the kingdom of England for the conservation of peace with Scotland. His monument in King's chapel, Boston, New England, erected by Florentius Vassall in 1766, sets forth that he was "a steady and undaunted asserter of the liberties of England in 1628; he was the first who boldly refused to submit to the tax of tonnage and poundage, an unconstitutional claim of the crown arbitrarily imposed; for which (to the ruin of his family), his goods were seized and his person imprisoned by the star chamber court. The parliament in July, 1641, voted him L10,445:12:2, for his damages, and resolved that he should be further considered for his personal sufferings." Failing, however, to recover the amount of his damages, he petitioned parliament, January 23, 1657, showing that he had endured imprisonment for about sixteen years, and been stripped of his goods; that despite the vote of parliament "he had not received one penny;" that L2,591:17:6 had been lent to the parliament by him in Ireland "in their great straights;" that L3,328:2:7 were due for the service of one of his ships; and besides all this, another vessel - the Mayflower, had when laden and manned, been taken, and made use of against the enemy "to the overthrow of his voyage and his great losse." His name headed the subscription list to raise money against the rebels in Ireland, and his whole life was indicative of the energy and liberality which characterized many of his descendants.

"Vassall Pedigree", pg 1 shows a son, William. But the amended pedigree in the Second Appendix does NOT show a William, but other additional children instead.

Samuel was an M.P. for London 1640-1660. He was also one of the original patentees of lands in Massachusetts in 1628, and an officer in the Company; was an alderman of London and M. P., in 1640-41; took the covenant in 1643; in 1646 was appointed commissioner for the kindom of England for the conservation of peace with Scotland. His monument in King's chapel, Boston, New England, erected by Florentius Vassall in 1766, sets forth that he was "a steady and undaunted asserter of the liberties of England in 1628; he was the first who boldly refused to submit to the tax of tonnage and poundage, an unconstitutional claim of the crown arbitrarily imposed; for which (to the
ruin of his family) his goods were seized and his person imprisoned by the starcamber court......The parliament in July, 1641, voted him L10,445:12:2, for him damages, and resolved that " he should be further considered for his personal sufferings." Failing, however, to recover the amount of his damages, he petitioned parliament, January 23, 1657, showing that he had endured imprisonment for about sixteen years, and been stripped of his goods; that
despite the vote of parliament,he had not received one penny;" that L2,591;17;6 had been lent to the parliament by him in Ireland, in their great straights;" that L3,328;2;7 were due for the service of one of his ships; and
besides all this, another vessel-the Mayflower, had when laden and manned, been taken and made use of against the enemy "to the overthrow of his voyage and his great losse." His name headed the subscription list to raise money against the rebels in Ireland, and his whole life was indicative of the energy and liberaltiy which characterized many of his descendants. He had one son, John.


BIOGRAPHY:
M. P. for London from 1640-1660. (Source: Vassall Pedigree)
The following is from "The Vassalls of New England":
Samuel was one of the original patentees of lands in Massachusetts in 1628, and an officer in the Company; was an alderman of London, and M. P., in 1640-41; took the covenant in 1643; in 1646 was appointed commissioner for the kingdom of England for the conservation of peace with Scotland. His monument in King's chapel, Boston, New England, erected by Florentius Vassall in 1766, sets forth that he was "a steady and undaunted asserter of the liberties of England in 1628; he was the first who boldly refused to submit to the tax of tonnage and poundage, an unconstitutional claim of the crown arbitrarily imposed; for which (to the ruin of his family), his goods were seized and his person imprisoned by the star chamber court. The parliament in July, 1641, voted him L10,445:12:2, for his damages, and resolved that he should be further considered for his personal sufferings." Failing, however, to recover the amount of his damages, he petitioned parliament, January 23, 1657, showing that he had endured imprisonment for about sixteen years, and been stripped of his goods; that despite the vote of parliament "he had not received one penny;" that L2,591:17:6 had been lent to the parliament by him in Ireland "in their great straights;" that L3,328:2:7 were due for the service of one of his ships; and besides all this, another vessel - the Mayflower, had when laden and manned, been taken, and made use of against the enemy "to the overthrow of his voyage and his great losse." His name headed the subscription list to raise money against the rebels in Ireland, and his whole life was indicative of the energy and liberality which characterized many of his descendants.

Samuel married Cartwright Frances. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John, born in Normany, France, was of Ratcliffe, Stepney and of Eastwood, Essex, England. He was married three times at St. Dunstan, Stepney Parish, Co. Middlesex, England. He was an alderman in London and a vestryman of Stepney where all three of his marriages took place.. He is the first of the Vassalls of whom there is any definite information. John, a man of great wealth, was an alderman of London, and in 1588 fitted out and commanded two ships of war, with which he joined the Royal Navy to oppose the Spanish armada. He was the descendant of an ancient French family, traced back, it is claimed, to the eleventh century, of the house of Du Vassall, Barons de Guerden, in Querci, Perigord. By his 1st marriage,he had one son. Four sons and one daughter by
his 2nd marriage and 2 sons and four daughters by his third marriage.
,
According to Adventurers of Purse & Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 by Virginia M. Meyer/John Frederick Dorman, 1987 (Abstracted):

John VASSALL was a subscriber for two shares of stock in the Virginia Company with an investment of £25.10.0 in 1618, and was the son of John VASSALL, a Huguenot of Normandy, sent into England by his father because of the troubles in France. In 1588 John, of county Essex, England, fitted out at his own expense and commanded two ships, the Samuel and the Little Toby, to help repel the Spanish Armada. The arms granted to him by Queen Elizabeth I in consequence of this service were adopted by his family thereafter n place of those used by his French forebears. John VASSALL m (1), 25 Sept. 1569, Anne HEWES [HUGHES], who died without issue, (2), 4 Sept. 1580, Anne RUSSELL of Ratcliffe, Co Middlesex, buried 5 May 1593, and (3), 27 March 1594, Judith (BOROUGH [ABOROUGH]) Scott, daughter of Stephen BOROUGH and his wife Joan OVERYE of Stepney and of Chatham, County Kent, and widow of Thomas SCOTT of Colchester, County Essex. John VASSALL was an alderman of London and also a vestryman in Stepney Parish, Co Middlesex, where his three marriages took place. In a deposition made in 1610, John VASSALL described himself as of Eastwood, Essex, and aged 62. He died 13 Sept. 1625 of the plague and was buried at St. Dunstan, Stepney. His will, dated 29 April 1625, proved 16 Sept. 1625, named his wife Judith and his children. His wife, Judith VASSALL of Eastwood, Co Essex, died testate, her will dated 09 Nov. 1638, proved Jan. 1638/9.

John was one of the builders and owners of the ship, "Mayflower" who in 1588, commanded by one Edward Banks, took part in chasing the Spanish Armada up the Channel. She was commissioned and financed on that occasion by the City of London. John Vassll, then of Stepney, moved in 1591 to Leigh-on-the-Sea, near Southend, at the mouth of the Thames. A Mayflower of Leigh appears in the London port books of 1606, taking a cargo of cloth for Middelburg in Holland; her master was Robert Bonner of Leigh. A year later, Robert Bonner was listed as master of the Mayflower of London, unloading cargo of wine from Bordeaux. In 1608 Bonner was listed as master of the Josian, whose master in 1606 and 1607 was Christopher Jones. In 1609, Jones appeared as master and quarter owner of the Mayflower of London. The Mayflower was chartered for her crossing to New England some two weeks after Tuesday, May 23, 1620 after she docked in London from a recent trip to LaRochelle, France.

Issue of John VASSALL by Anne RUSSELL included Judith, baptized 25 March 1582; d after 29 April 1625; married John FREEBORNE of Prittlewell, Essex (will dated 27 Jan. 1617/8, proved 17 Feb. 1617/8); Samuel; John, born 14 March 1589/90, died 30 Aug. 1591; and William. By his third wife, Judith BORROUGHS (Scott), John VASSALL left issue: Anna, born 10 Jan. 1595/6, buried 24 July 1640, married John JONES, rector of St. Nicholas Acons, London, who died 14 May 1636 at Highgate, Middlesex; Rachel, who m Peter ANDREWES of Ratcliffe, Middlesex (d 1650); Stephen, who matriculated Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1616, with a B.A. 1619/20, and an M.A. 1623, later the rector of Rayleigh, Essex, died 1643, married (1) Mary BROMLEY of Orsett, Essex (d 30 Jan. 1632/3), and (2) Mary GRUBB(E) of St. Alban's , Hertfordshire, b 2 Jan. 1614/5, who resided at Rayleigh when she made a deposition in 1646, aged 30; Thomas, born 7 April 1602, of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, London, when he married and of Whitechapel, London, in 1651, who m 27 June 1625 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Anne DICKENSON; Mary, who married Edward WEST of Ratcliffe, a mariner; Elizabeth, born 1607, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, m, 20 Jan. 1625/6 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Henry CHURCH, born 1602, of Wapping, Middlesex.

Footnotes

1. Thomas Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston; Containging exact Transcripts of Inscriptions on the Sepulchural Monuments in the King's Chapel Burial Ground, in the City of Boston, (Boston:1853), 228.

2. Francis Dillon, The Pilgrims, (New York:1975), 124; Edward Doubleday Harris, The Vassalls of New England and Their Immediate Descendants; (Albany:1862), 3 [hereinafter The Vassalls of New England ]; Reprinted in the New England Historical and Genealogical Rigister, 1863, Vol. XVII, 56 [hereinafter NHGR]; Winsor,The Memorial History of Boston Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880, 4 vols (Boston:1882), 2:544.[hereinafter MHB ];

3. Savage, Dictionary of First Settlers , 4:367; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138, 228; Thomas Hutchinson, The History of the Colony of Massachuste's Bay (London:1765), 17; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 3; NHGR, Vol. XVII, 56; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138-139, 229.

4. Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Reprinted in: Noel B. Livingston, Sketch Pedigrees of Some of the Early Settlers in Jamaica, (Jamacia: 1909) p. 83,84 [hereinafter Early Settlers of Jamaica; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 5; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 58.

5. Livingston, Early Settlers of Jamaica, 76; Braintree Massachusetts, Town Records 1640-1793; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 6; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 59; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Suffolk County Wills 10 June 1737, excerpt reprinted in, Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 7-8; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

6. Henry Flynt, diary (Harvard University Archives), June 30, 1733; Jonathan Belcher, Letter Book (Mass. Hist. Soc.); Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 10; NHGR, Vol. XVII; Winsor, MHB, 3:111; Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630, 130-132, 187 with a Genealogical Register, (Boston:1877), 461, 674 [hereinafter History of Cambridge ]; Early Files in the Mass. Hist. Soc., Collections, series 6, VII, 426-438; Provincial Papers of New Hampshire, Concord, 1867-1944, VI, 43, 45; Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Boston, 1747, June 24, 1747; Middlesex Probate Volume 25:63, 354, 356; 40:154; 44:201, 291, 295; 47:213, 391; 49:79-84; Middlesex Probate 44:291-296; Middlesex Registry of Probate 44: 201;Compiled by Thomas Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts To The Year 1850, Volume 1, Births, 722.

7. Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 17 ; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

John, born in Normany, France, was of Ratcliffe, Stepney and of Eastwood, Essex, England. He was married three times at St. Dunstan, Stepney Parish, Co. Middlesex, England. He was an alderman in London and a vestryman of Stepney where all three of his marriages took place.. He is the first of the Vassalls of whom there is any definite information. John, a man of great wealth, was an alderman of London, and in 1588 fitted out and commanded two ships of war, with which he joined the Royal Navy to oppose the Spanish armada. He was the descendant of an ancient French family, traced back, it is claimed, to the eleventh century, of the house of Du Vassall, Barons de Guerden, in Querci, Perigord. By his 1st marriage,he had one son. Four sons and one daughter by
his 2nd marriage and 2 sons and four daughters by his third marriage.
,
According to Adventurers of Purse & Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 by Virginia M. Meyer/John Frederick Dorman, 1987 (Abstracted):

John VASSALL was a subscriber for two shares of stock in the Virginia Company with an investment of £25.10.0 in 1618, and was the son of John VASSALL, a Huguenot of Normandy, sent into England by his father because of the troubles in France. In 1588 John, of county Essex, England, fitted out at his own expense and commanded two ships, the Samuel and the Little Toby, to help repel the Spanish Armada. The arms granted to him by queen Elizabeth I in consequence of this service were adopted by his family thereafter n place of those used by his French forebears. John VASSALL m (1), 25 Sept. 1569, Anne HEWES [HUGHES], who died without issue, (2), 4 Sept. 1580, Anne RUSSELL of Ratcliffe, Co Middlesex, buried 5 May 1593, and (3), 27 March 1594, Judith (BOROUGH [ABOROUGH]) Scott, daughter of Stephen BOROUGH and his wife Joan OVERYE of Stepney and of Chatham, County Kent, and widow of Thomas SCOTT of Colchester, County Essex. John VASSALL was an alderman of London and also a vestryman in Stepney Parish, Co Middlesex, where his three marriages took place. In a deposition made in 1610, John VASSALL described himself as of Eastwood, Essex, and aged 62. He died 13 Sept. 1625 of the plague and was buried at St. Dunstan, Stepney. His will, dated 29 April 1625, proved 16 Sept. 1625, named his wife Judith and his children. His wife, Judith VASSALL of Eastwood, Co Essex, died testate, her will dated 09 Nov. 1638, proved Jan. 1638/9.

Issue of John VASSALL by Anne RUSSELL included Judith, baptized 25 March 1582; d after 29 April 1625; married John FREEBORNE of Prittlewell, Essex (will dated 27 Jan. 1617/8, proved 17 Feb. 1617/8); Samuel; John, born 14 March 1589/90, died 30 Aug. 1591; and William. By his third wife, Judith BORROUGHS (Scott), John VASSALL left issue: Anna, born 10 Jan. 1595/6, buried 24 July 1640, married John JONES, rector of St. Nicholas Acons, London, who died 14 May 1636 at Highgate, Middlesex; Rachel, who m Peter ANDREWES of Ratcliffe, Middlesex (d 1650); Stephen, who matriculated Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1616, with a B.A. 1619/20, and an M.A. 1623, later the rector of Rayleigh, Essex, died 1643, married (1) Mary BROMLEY of Orsett, Essex (d 30 Jan. 1632/3), and (2) Mary GRUBB(E) of St. Alban's , Hertfordshire, b 2 Jan. 1614/5, who resided at Rayleigh when she made a deposition in 1646, aged 30; Thomas, born 7 April 1602, of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, London, when he married and of Whitechapel, London, in 1651, who m 27 June 1625 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Anne DICKENSON; Mary, who married Edward WEST of Ratcliffe, a mariner; Elizabeth, born 1607, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, m, 20 Jan. 1625/6 at St. Nicholas Acons, London, Henry CHURCH, born 1602, of Wapping, Middlesex.

Footnotes

1. Thomas Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston; Containging exact Transcripts of Inscriptions on the Sepulchural Monuments in the King's Chapel Burial Ground, in the City of Boston, (Boston:1853), 228.

2. Francis Dillon, The Pilgrims, (New York:1975), 124; Edward Doubleday Harris, The Vassalls of New England and Their Immediate Descendants; (Albany:1862), 3 [hereinafter The Vassalls of New England ]; Reprinted in the New England Historical and Genealogical Rigister, 1863, Vol. XVII, 56 [hereinafter NHGR]; Winsor,The Memorial History of Boston Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880, 4 vols (Boston:1882), 2:544.[hereinafter MHB ];

3. Savage, Dictionary of First Settlers , 4:367; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138, 228; Thomas Hutchinson, The History of the Colony of Massachuste's Bay (London:1765), 17; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 3; NHGR, Vol. XVII, 56; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 138-139, 229.

4. Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Reprinted in: Noel B. Livingston, Sketch Pedigrees of Some of the Early Settlers in Jamaica, (Jamacia: 1909) p. 83,84 [hereinafter Early Settlers of Jamaica; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 5; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 58.

5. Livingston, Early Settlers of Jamaica, 76; Braintree Massachusetts, Town Records 1640-1793; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Bridgman, Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 229; Harris, The Vassalls of New England, 6; NHGR, Vol. XVII. 59; Winsor, MHB, 2:544; Suffolk County Wills 10 June 1737, excerpt reprinted in, Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 7-8; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

6. Henry Flynt, diary (Harvard University Archives), June 30, 1733; Jonathan Belcher, Letter Book (Mass. Hist. Soc.); Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 10; NHGR, Vol. XVII; Winsor, MHB, 3:111; Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630, 130-132, 187 with a Genealogical Register, (Boston:1877), 461, 674 [hereinafter History of Cambridge ]; Early Files in the Mass. Hist. Soc., Collections, series 6, VII, 426-438; Provincial Papers of New Hampshire, Concord, 1867-1944, VI, 43, 45; Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, Boston, 1747, June 24, 1747; Middlesex Probate Volume 25:63, 354, 356; 40:154; 44:201, 291, 295; 47:213, 391; 49:79-84; Middlesex Probate 44:291-296; Middlesex Registry of Probate 44: 201;Compiled by Thomas Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts To The Year 1850, Volume 1, Births, 722.

7. Harris,The Vassalls of New England, 17 ; NHGR, Vol. XVII.

John married Russell Anna on 04 Sep 1580 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, Co. Middlesex, England. Anna was born in 1556 in of, Ratcliffe, Co. Middlesex, England; died on 05 May 1593 in Stepney, Co. Middlesex, England; was buried in Radcliffe, Co. Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John's birthdate and time he came to England from Normandy, France is unknown. His birthdate is somewhere around 1525-1530 and he lived in Rinart by Cany in Normandy, France.

The following is from "The Vassalls of New England" by Edward Doubleday Harris, published in Albany in 1862:
"He was a descendant of an ancient French family, traced back, it is claimed, to the eleventh century, of the house of Du Vassall, Barons de Guerden, in Querci, Perigord."