1762 - 1827
Fourth surviving son of Samuel Vaughan (q.v.), born in Jamaica where he spent much of his life. Hon. Samuel Vaughan was a prominent member of island society, serving as Custos of St James, Assistant Judge of the Cornwall Assize Court and member of the House Assembly. After serving as an attorney he purchased Ridgeland estate from James Ricketts in the 1820s, where he subsequently died.
Although he never married he had several children. His youngest son John Thorpe Vaughan died in Falmouth, Jamaica in 1852.
Obituary of Hon. Samuel Vaughan, The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol.1:1827, p. 478.
Obituary of John T. Vaughan, Freemasons' Quarterly, Vol.1:1852, p. 215.
Vaughan Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society, http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0040.
Occupation
Planter and attorney
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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:
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1799 [EA] - → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Joint owner
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1823 [EA] - → Attorney
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1820 [EA] - → Trustee
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1826 [EA] - → Not known
Registered enslaved peple on account and under the will of Elizabeth Vernon. |
1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Executor
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1809 [EA] - → Not known
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1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
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1826 [EA] - → Owner
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1820 [EA] - → Executor
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Executor
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1817 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Attorney
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Son → Father
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Uncle → Nephew
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Father → Natural Son
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