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Vassall, William

Male 1715 - 1800  (84 years)


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  1. 1.  Vassall, William was born on 23 Nov 1715; died on 8 May 1800 in Battersea Rise.

    Notes:

    portrait in san francisco: https://art.famsf.org/john-singleton-copley/william-vassall-and-his-son-leonard-1979730

    slave plantation owner in Jamaica: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634160




    William Vassall senior
    Profile & Legacies Summary

    1715 - 1800
    Biography

    Of Boston (and later of Battersea Rise Clapham). American Loyalist exiled in 1775. Father of William Vassall (q.v.).

    William Vassall was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 963 acres of land in Hanover.

    Will of William Vassall of Battersea Surrey proved 08/08/1800. Under the will he left his ten children annuities totalling £1430 p.a., increased by a codicil of 1799 to £1990 p.a., all secured on Green Castle estate. The structure varied among his children: in the case of two of his younger sons and four unmarried daughters, he left each £3000 [subsequently increased to £5000] each, with an annuity of £120 p.a. [for Leonard, £160 p.a.] raised to £220 p.a. each in the codicil. He left his daughter Sarah Syme an annuity of £150 p.a. with £500 each to her two children at their mother's death; and he left his daughter Lucretia the bond from her husband for £800 with punitive security of £1600 p.a. to part-fund her annuity of £120 p.a. His eldest son William received an annuity of £400 p.a. plus the Greencastle estate. His son Henry received the repayment from the estate of £2500 Henry had borrowed elsewhere for which his father had previously stood security. He left specified family portraits in his will, three by Smibert [now lost] to his son William and one by John Singleton Copley [extant, see opposite] to Leonard.


    Sources

    'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

    PROB 11/1346/94.

    We are grateful to Barry Jolly for his assistance with compiling this entry.
    Further Information
    Absentee?
    British/Irish
    Spouse
    (1) Ann Davies (2) Margaret Hubbard
    Children
    William; 6 das; 2 other sons
    Associated Estates (2)

    The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

    SD - Association Start Date
    SY - Association Start Year
    EA - Earliest Known Association
    ED - Association End Date
    EY - Association End Year
    LA - Latest Known Association

    1740 [EA] - 1800 [LA] ? Owner
    Green River Estate [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
    1803 [EA] - 1839 [LA] ? Previous owner
    Green River Estate [ Jamaica | Hanover ]
    Legacies Summary
    Cultural (1)
    Paintings
    William Vassall and his son Leonard, portrait by John Singleton Copley c. 1770-1772. Left by William Vassall in his will proved in 1800 to his son Leonard 'his and my picture drawn in one picture by...
    Details
    Relationships (2)
    William Vassall senior
    Other relatives
    Alexander Graeme
    Details
    Notes ?
    Henry Vassall, son of William Vassall senior, married Margaret Harvie Graeme, daughter of Alexander Graeme, after the latter's...
    William Vassall senior
    Father ? Son
    William Vassall
    Details
    Addresses (1)
    Battersea Rise, Battersea, Surrey, London, England
    Details

    [William Vassall and his son Leonard]



    Of Boston (and later of Battersea Rise Clapham). American Loyalist exiled in 1775.

    more info can be found at https://www.myheritage.com/names/william_vassell
    look under 1715.

    mentioned in books called:

    Vassalls of New England and Their Immediate Descendants
    Loyalists of Massachusetts
    John Adams: Writings from the New Nation 1784-1826 ( see https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Il5xDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1036&lpg=PT1036&dq=William+Vassall+1715+-+1800&source=bl&ots=qrrVLuiyMU&sig=ACfU3U2_qVbhXlzdUn6ojFdKneNabh8gqw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj32tWbq_fpAhVPQkEAHUhpA34Q6AEwBXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=William%20Vassall%201715%20-%201800&f=false)
    This book says he attended Harvard in 1733




    Family/Spouse: Davies, Ann. Ann was born in 1720; died in 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Vassall, Henry  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1755; died in 1845.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Vassall, Henry Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born in 1755; died in 1845.

    Family/Spouse: Graeme, Margaret Harvie. Margaret (daughter of Graeme, Alexander and Stevenson, Margaret) was born in 1764; died in 1822. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Vassall, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1780; died in 1845.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Vassall, William Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.William1) was born in 1780; died in 1845.

    Family/Spouse: Holland, Alice Maude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Vassall, Elizabeth Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Oliver, Ann. Ann (daughter of Oliver, Colonel Sam and Bass) died in 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Vassall, Reverend William  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1824; died in 1883.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Vassall, Elizabeth Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (3.William3, 2.Henry2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Cox, Alfred. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Vassall, Reverend William Descendancy chart to this point (3.William3, 2.Henry2, 1.William1) was born in 1824; died in 1883.

    Family/Spouse: Skelton, Martha Ann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Vassall, Reverend William  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1858 in Bramley Grange, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 6 Jul 1858 in Hardington, Mandeville, Somerset, England; died on 15 Nov 1896 in La Gentillerie, St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France; was buried on 15 Nov 1896 in St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.