To Mike Hilton and Ed Vaughan, I have been following your dialogue about the William Vaughan line with interest. You may recall that I exchanged messages with John Lyon a few weeks ago about William Vaughan and my ancestor, Dudson Bacon. John was of great help in getting me on the right track in searching Maryland land records and I have downloaded a number of deeds with more Vaughan's that Bacons. I had not previously focused on the Vaughan line in the past, having enough problems with Bacons. One of the things I did uncover in the Vaughan deeds I copied was the middle initial of both William and Elizabeth which I had previously not known. William appears as "William W. Vaughan"and Mary as " Mary M. Vaughan. Here are a few bits from my files that may be of interest to you. If you have different information and/or sources for the same fact I would appreciate knowing of it. I have noted sources when I have them. Unfortunately, when I first became interested in genealogy many years ago I was more cavalier about source citations than I should have been. William Vaughan: DOB - 23 Feb 1686 - Somerset County, MD. From the Dryden Collection at the Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University. Salisbury, MD. This collection of information is so vast it is housed in its own room at the Center. Mr. Dryden spent his entire life copying data from official records of the jurisdictions in the area. Sadly, his handwriting was so bad that it is more of an art than a science to decipher his notes. This collection is not available online. DOD - Sometime after Nov 1742 and before Jan 1743. Deduced from information in the will cited below. >From Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 8, Page 245 Vaughan, William, gent., Somerset Co. 9 Nov 1742 (Signed will) 14 Jan 1743 (Will probated) Summary: "To son Jethro. plan and 150 A. to the S. of this. Shd he die without issue, to pass to his bro. Leven. Shd. he die without issue to his bro. William. To son Ephram, 100 A. and plan. which Test bought from Dadson Bacon. [p/246] To oldest dau. Sarah Polk and dau. Elizabeth Bacon, 1s. To five small child. _____, residue of estate. Ex. Wife Mary, and son Jethro. Test. John Rhodes, Wm. Moor, Thomas Parremore. 23. 348." I have the surname of JONES (with no source) for William's wife Mary which may be suspect now that I have found a deed with M as her middle initial. I list Williams children in the following order: Jethro, Levin, William, Ephraim. Sarah, Elizabeth (my g-g-g-g grandmother), and five unknowns listed in his will. This address (_http://probatesearch.archives.delaware.gov/result.asp_ (http://probatesearch.archives.delaware.gov/result.asp) ) will provide you with the names of those Vaughans listed in the Delaware Probate Database. The first names and dates will likely indicate which of these are William's children. I have not gotten any Vaughan probate records but I have received numerous Bacon records. It is nor very costly and provides some fascinating information. Lastly, I recall I have some meager information on William Vaughan's father, also William, but it will take some time to dig it up. Hope this helps. Cordially, George Bacon In a message dated 12/31/2008 2:05:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, edvaughn@cdsnet.net writes: Thanks for your efforts Mike, Thanks also to you Kari. What you have found is very interesting. I will attempt to follow up as well as I can from afar. My resources are limited here to what I can access online. Often I find that I am directed to the resources at BYU when searching. I have been trying to orient myself on the old maps available to relate the deed records to possible movement routes of the family. Since the Prettymans and the Waples are connected to the Vaughans and owned property at Georgetown and to the north, a northward migration is suggested. I have visited the DE Historical Society in Wilmington with my cousin and I have a family bible which goes back a ways (1852) and the research of another of my cousins living near Cheswold, DE. I hope to be able to visit the resources in Dover and Anapolis, MD some year in the future and have the time to do more research to find what information there might be on Willliam and Margret (Margritt) who I have been aware of as parents of William in 1689. >From what I have learned there was a migration of settlers into DE from Sumerset Cty, MD and VA in 1670. Maybe that is where they came from. Thanks agn and have a Happy New Year, Ed mike hilton wrote: >Ed, > >It is evidenly harder to find William Vaughan in the Maryland Archives Online or my typing is getting really bad but here are two references from the Somerset County, Maryland Judicial Records > > >Somerset County, Judicial Records Volume 87, f. 48 > >"This day several persons published their intentions of going out of this Province... William of this County living at James Dashiell's"... > >Note: William Vaughan may have left but her returned, > >Somerset County, Judicial Records Volume 91, pg. 9 > >2nd Tuesday January 1687... "William Vaughan and hhis wife Margret duly subpeopned on part of the plaintiff" > > *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? 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Happy New Year George, I too have been rather cavalier about sources. I do not have the deed information that you have been able to download and I wonder if you could send them to me directly rather than taking up space on the listserve. I do have the information from the Dryden collection that you mention. The middle initial W. is new information to me. I would be interested also in what "meager" information you have on William Vaughan's father. In trying to trace earlier history, I run across Peter Waples, a planter on the eastern shore of Virginia, who "removed to Somerset County, MD with his wife Frances on Dec. 31, 1678" and proved " his right to 100 acres. He then moved to Sussex County on the Delaware before 10/11/1692. the date of a deed to land (300 ac.) on the south side of the Indian River at the head of Pine Neck. The land was purchased from William Turner and John Goodson Three of Patte &C. for 4500 pounds of Tobacco. In 1695 he purchased 300 ac. called Warwick and another 100 ac. "adjoyning" Warwick for his son William Waples. A boundary dispute occurred with William Penn/William Clark and Peter Waples paid 4300 pounds of tobacco for Free title to the 400 ac. in 1691 (Sussex County Records). There is no will to account for the disposal of his estate, but his son William Waples (owned over 400ac.) had a son Paul whose second daughter Betty Vaughan Catharine Waples inherited a division of Paul's estate. When Temperance, wife of Paul, died in 1775 she bequeathed a ring and clothing to Betty Vaughan, wife of William Vaughan and to her grandaughter Polly Vaughn "my riding horse bridle and Sadle and Spinning wheel". I have more info on William Waples (d.a. 1746) such as a further discription of his land ownership history and his capture and jailing at age 63 by Somersett County , MD for nonpayment of taxes. The state line was in despute in those days. I have yet to go to my files and determine which William Vaughan that was. I do have sources for most of the above if you want me to dig them out. Interesting stuff! Ed Vaughn GB415104@aol.com wrote: >To Mike Hilton and Ed Vaughan, > >I have been following your dialogue about the William Vaughan line with >interest. You may recall that I exchanged messages with John Lyon a few weeks ago >about William Vaughan and my ancestor, Dudson Bacon. John was of great help >in getting me on the right track in searching Maryland land records and I >have downloaded a number of deeds with more Vaughan's that Bacons. I had not >previously focused on the Vaughan line in the past, having enough problems with >Bacons. One of the things I did uncover in the Vaughan deeds I copied was the >middle initial of both William and Elizabeth which I had previously not >known. William appears as "William W. Vaughan"and Mary as " Mary M. Vaughan. > >Here are a few bits from my files that may be of interest to you. If you >have different information and/or sources for the same fact I would appreciate >knowing of it. I have noted sources when I have them. Unfortunately, when I >first became interested in genealogy many years ago I was more cavalier about >source citations than I should have been. > >William Vaughan: DOB - 23 Feb 1686 - Somerset County, MD. From the Dryden >Collection at the Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury >University. Salisbury, MD. This collection of information is so vast it is > > > >

Happy New Year, Ed, George and everyone, From: Ed Vaughn <edvaughn@cdsnet.net> <. . . Peter Waples, a planter on the eastern shore of Virginia, who "removed to Somerset County, MD with his wife Frances on Dec. 31, 1678" and proved " his right to 100 acres.> Our ancestor, Peter Waples, was in Somerset County at least a year prior to proving his rights to that hundred acres, as: On 6 February 1676/7, Peter Whaples and Thomas Willis were summoned to court to answer unto the Parrahawkin Indians for taking away beans and peas and the Indians requesting that double the quantity of beans and peas be delivered them for their satisfaction; the court ordered Whaples and Willis to restore the beans and peas in double quantity and not to be released from their securities until performed (Somerset Judicial Records 1675/77:80).   Another of my ancestors, John Harris b. 1673, gave his age as 55 when he testified in Richard Knight's commission to determine the boundaries of Mitchells Adventure, stating that where they were standing was about 35 years previously known as Peter Waples Bridge and also by the name of the Indian Bridge and a path from John Fleming's into Parahaken Neck [JR 1727/30:35).   The community of Perryhawkin is still in existence, although Find A Grave does not have it as a location in Somerset County. I was out there Wednesday to celebrate the 100th birthday of the widow of one of my father's cousins.  Not too far from the Perryhawkin Church Hall is Fleming Mill Pond Road which leads east into Worcester County.  I can't help but think the bridge allowing passage over Dividing Creek is in the same spot as was Peter Waple's Bridge or at least very close to it.  When my father was a boy (b. 1903) the water at that bridge was the local swimming hole, complete with a tire swing.  Very Norman Rockwell-ish.   Becky M

Hi George, Just thought to mention, as far as I know in the 1700s women did not use the maiden name as a middle name or to provide a middle initial. They lost their maiden names entirely upon marriage. In fact, some families still do this - including mine. Anyone else care to comment on this? When did the custom begin that a woman would use her maiden name as a middle name? Susan in Missouri (descended from Jethro Vaughan) ---Original Message--- I have the surname of JONES (with no source) for William's wife Mary which may be suspect now that I have found a deed with M as her middle initial. I list Williams children in the following order: Jethro, Levin, William, Ephraim. Sarah, Elizabeth (my g-g-g-g grandmother), and five unknowns listed in his will.

Hi George, Here, from my files, is how the Waples, Vaughans and Bacons trees connect. Elizabeth Betty Waples 1710-1796 (Daughter of Paul Waples and Temperance Derrickson), married William Vaughan, Jr. 1710-1785, son of William Vaughan 1685-1742 and Mary Jones. Things get confused since the same names for the children such as Elizabeth and Mary, etc. were used over and over in generations following (Ex. Mary 1722, Mary 1755, Mary 1770, Mary 1805, Mary 1820). Elizabeth Waples will probate was January 31, 1796, Hancock, GA. Another daughter of William Vaughan and Mary Jones, Elizabeth Vaughn 1718-, married Dudson Bacon 1715-1784. From Calender of Sussex county, DE Probate Records, the will of Dirickson Waples (daughter of Paul Waples and Temperance Derrickson) 1775: Sister Betty Vaughan is mentioned along with many others. Exed'r was William Vaughan (Jr). Dodson Bacon's will probate was Oct. 3, 1783. Exec'r son Levin. So that is some of the info that I have. Ed Vaughn GB415104@aol.com wrote: >To Mike Hilton and Ed Vaughan, > >I have been following your dialogue about the William Vaughan line with >interest. You may recall that I exchanged messages with John Lyon a few weeks ago >about William Vaughan and my ancestor, Dudson Bacon. John was of great help > > > >