FOURTEENTH GENERATION

15514. * William Vassall ^{(3857) (3858)} was born in 1593 in Stepney, England. ⁽³⁸⁵⁹⁾ He died before MAR 17 1656/57 in Barbados. ⁽³⁸⁶⁰⁾ This was when his estate was settled. He is my 11th great grandfather. 11th great grandfather

*Internet: "William Vassall, Esg., born 1593 in Stepney,England. Died 1655 in Barbadoes at the age of 62. He married in 1618 to Anne King, born 1593. They had 6 children who came over to America and are confirmed in Tepper (pg. 30). One child was Judith Vassall who married Resolved White of the Mayflower White family. William Vassall first came in 1628, as one of the assistants of the Mass. Bay Co. to Salem, Mass. He returned to England with his family in the "Lyon" in 1630. He returned to America on the "Blessing", around July 1635, at the age of 42 with his wife, age 42, and settled at Roxbury. His wife joined the church in 1638. They moved to Scituate and were admitted to the church around 11/28/1636. They took the oath of allegiance to the Plymouth colony on 2/1/1638. He moved to Marshfield, about 1643, where he was again a town officer. William was not in sympathy with the attitude of Mass. bay and Plymouth goverments towards persons who differed from the recieved opinions in politics and religion, and used his influences for greater charity toward the Quakers, etc. The elders expressed their disapproval towards his utterences. The church of Plymouth sent him a message by way of John Cook, which is recorded in the book of the second Church, Scituate, dated April 14,1645; hoping he would desist from proceedings intended, and questioned if they would commune with him if he continued. He went to England in 1646 with a petition to Parliment for the liberty of English subjects." (NEH&GR, Jan 1863, page 58)

*Mayflower Families : "The parentage of Judith is clearly shown in a deed of 18 July 1657 in which she, as wife of Resolved White, sells land bequeathed to her as daughter of 'William Vassall heretofore of Scituate, and late of Barbados deceased, by a will dated 13 July 1655.' " He was married to * Ann King in 1618.^{(3861) (3862)} *Internet: gives date

15515. * Ann King was born in 1593.⁽³⁸⁶³⁾ She is my 11th great grandmother. 11th great grandmother Children were:

7757 i. * Judith Vassall.