JEREMIAH VAIL, JR. + WIVES UNKNOWN & ANNE HAMPTON, BIO ITEMS

JEREMIAH VAIL, JR. + WIVES UNKNOWN & ANNE HAMPTON, BIO ITEMS

(1) JEREMIAH VAIL, JR. + (____) & MRS. ANNE MOORE FAMILY INFORMATION,

Excerpts from "Some of the Vail Family Descended from Jeremiah

Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639," by Henry Hobart Vail and based in part

on earlier research by Alfred Vail (see Source attached to this record

for publication data):

SECOND GENERATION:

JEREMIAH (Jeremiah 1), baptized at Salem, Mass., 30 Dec 1649

Name of his first wife is unknown. He married 2d, widow Anne Moore

in 1691; d. Nov. 28, 1726, She d. 22 Dec 1726.

Like his father, Jeremiah Vail was a blacksmith. During his father's

life, the son's name appears in the records of deeds as "Junior."

The original home of this second Jeremiah Vail was the eastern half

of the lot originally assigned to Lieutenant John Budd. This was sold

to "Jeremiah Vail, Junior, blacksmith," by John Budd, Jr., on the 28th of

April, 1679. [Apparently this was in Southold, Suffolk, Long Island, NY.]

This must have been after the date of his first marriage, since single men

were not allowed to keep house. His children were probably born there,

and his first wife died there.

On May 15, 1690, Benjamin Moore, his nearest neighbor on the east,

died, and the following year the widower Jeremiah Vail married Anne,

the widow of Benjamin Moore. In the settlement of Benjamin's estate,

Jeremiah Vail and ihis wife Anne, "late widow and relict of deceased," were

appointed administrators.

In 1683, when his father's estate was valued at £74, Jeremiah Vail, Jr.,

had to pay taxes on £103.

According to the town records, he was one of the last of the settlers who

obtained, by action of the town, full rights to the commonage. This was granted

to him on April 3, 1684, as a "first lot of commonage." A first lot was fifty acres

of ground.

On March 10, 1687, he purchased the Point Farm from Giles Sylvester. This

is the most northeastern end of of Long Island. He lived there until his death,

November 26, 1726, The farm was occupied by his family for four generations.

He was a noted fox-huntger, and it is reported that he killed sixty eight foxes in the year 1700.

In the list of all of the inhabitants of Southold in the year 1698, taken by order of the Earl of Bellomont, his family named as follows: Jeremiah Veale, Anne Veale, Thomas Veale, Jeremiah Veale, Jr. (III), Mary Veale [sister or wife of Jeremiah III ?, probably his sister]. He is not responsible for this spelling of the family name, as can be seen from transcripts of his signature.

His will, dated January 2, 1722, was probated January 31, 1726/1727 "in the

thirteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King George."

His time-worn gravestone near Orient is a thick, low, blue slab, bearing a

cherub's head with wings and the inscription,: Here Lies Ye Body of Mr. Jeremiah Vail, Aged 77 years Decd Nov y 28th 1726. His widow survived him less than a month and died December 23, 1726.

CHILDREN:

i. JEREMIAH, who married [possibly] Mary (____) before 1698 [unless the Mary listed in the 1698 census was actually his sister Mary, not his wife Mary, as is likely].

II. THOMAS, m. Elizabeth Constable. He d. 5 Aug 1741.

iii. MARY, m. John Goldsmith who she survived and was named in his will. [This probably was the Mary listed in the 1698 census.]

iv. MARTHA, m. in 1707, Capt. Ephraim Horton.

(2) JEREMIAH VAIL

By Colonial Dames of America. Chapter I, Baltimore, Grafton

CONTRIBUTED TO ANCESTRY.COM BY "acharwint"]

The eldest son of the first marriage of Jeremiah Vail was baptized in

Salem, Mass December 30 1649 and died in Southold. Long Island on

November 28 1726. He was a blacksmith and farmer like his father and

a noted fox hunter. The name of his first wife is not known. He married

second 1691 Ann Hampton the widow of Benjamin Moore - she outlived

her second husband but one month. Four children. [from: Ancestral records

and portraits: a compilation from the archives ..., Volume 2. p. 583]

(3) JEREMIAH'S WILL

References:History of Southern New York; Orange Co. Genealogical SocietyDatabase: Full Context of New York City Wills, 1708-28

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Page 381.--In the name of God, Amen. I, JEREMIAH VAILL, of Southold, in Suffolk County, yeoman, being in health of body. My will is that my beloved wife Anna, shall have such part of my estate as the Law allows her. I leave to my son Thomas all my lands and meadows in the town of Southold and all my houses and buildings, and he is to pay to my eldest son, Jeremiah, €20. If he refuses to pay the same then my son Jeremiah is to have 20 acres of the point of my land lying next to Plumb Gutt. I leave all my goods and chattels to my four children, Jeremiah, Thomas, Mary Goldsmith and Martha Horton. I make my son Thomas and my son in law, John Goldsmith, executors. Dated January 2, 1722/3. Witnesses, Benjamin Youngs, Grover Youngs, Benjamin Youngs, Jr. Proved, at Court of Common Pleas, January 31, 1726/7.

(4) FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL #59495976

Name: Jeremiah Vail

Birth [Baptism]: Oct. 30, 1649, Salem,Essex County, Massachusetts

Death: Nov. 28, 1726

Ae 77

[DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INSCRIPTION]

Burial: Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church

Southold, Suffolk County, New York

Created by: Fred Saar

Record added: Oct 01, 2010

(4) U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Torrey Collection)

Name: Jeremiah Vail

Gender: Male

Birth Year: 1649

Marriage Date: About 1690 [1691]

Death Year: 1726

Marriage Place: New England, United States [New York]

Spouse's Name: Anne Hampton [ [Mrs.] Anne Moore]