Son of Samuel Vail 1654-1695 and Elizabeth Hunt (Gach/Griffin) 1657-1747. Samuel was the oldest son.
Samuel Jr, was born December 21, 1678 in Westchester County, New York, and died June 26, 1733 in Woodbridge, NJ. It is conceivable that he is buried on the Vail Farm land, unmarked site, also stated by family records.
Samuel Jr., married twice.
First marriage in 1704; to Abigail (nee Hadden?) 1655-1724. Samuel & Abigail Vail children:
John Vail Jr 1708-1754, Phebe Taylor 1712-1776, Thomas Vail 1714-1786, Stephen Vail 1710-1777, Samuel Vail 1711-1731, Thomas Vail 1714-1736, Isaac Vail 1715-1739, Abigail Buckee 1720-1816 and Joseph Vail b. 1718-aft. 1733.
Second Marriage in 1725; to Sarah Farrington 1689-1756 d/o Mathew Farrington. She was born 18 Ninth 1689, per New York Monthly Meeting. Source: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. III.
Her Probate Date, 6 Dec 1756, New York, Source: Wills, Vol 020, 1756-1758, pgs 127-129.
Samuel & Sarah Vail children:
Matthew 1726-1766, NY m. Anna Hunt d/o Joseph Hunt
Sarah Vail 1728-1756 m. Theophilus Hunt 1720-1797, NY.
Elizabeth "Betsey" Vail 1731-1784 m. Solomon Field 1738-1815. No clear burial records for any of these children.
From Green Brook Historical Society website:
Samuel Vail,Jr.: yeoman. custodian. overseer, assessor to Westchester,
Samuel (3) Vail came to the vicinity of Plainfield, just when is not known, and died at Woodbridge, N. J., 26 June, 1733. Like his brother, John (3) J. Q. P., he had bought a large tract of land along Green Brook, just S.W. of Plainfield, in what is now Somerset County. This plantation was bought about the time that John (3) bought his farm, which was in what is now North Plainfield, from the Dutch proprietor Peter Sonmans, 3 April, 1732, and hence it would seem that Samuel left Westchester only a little over a year before his death.
On this plantation Samuel (3) settled his two eldest sons, John (4) Jr., b. 1708, and Stephen (4), b. 1710. This farm was located two miles up the stream from the Raritan.Most of the Vails that lived around Green Brook and Plainfield were descended from John and Samuel.
The children of John (4) Vail, Jr., and Stephen (4) Vail, both before and after the Revolutionary War took up farms S-W of Plainfield under the mountains in a settlement still called Green Brook Village. Plainfield was their post office address after its establishment in 1800. (O. B. Leonard).
Samuel's Will, dated 6/19/1733, probated 8/18/1733 in Westchester County bequeathed the following:
- John, Jr. received 137 1/2 acres
- Stephen received 137 1/2 acres
- Thomas received land in Westchester County.
- Isaac received the land his father bought from Thomas Jennings, (12 acres).
- Joseph 100 L. (New York Money)
- Matthew 100 L. " "
Note: Samuel's family owned slaves. (IMO a disturbing fact that they justified their choices to hold humans in bondage). Quakers concluded that slave owning was incompatible in 1750-1770, at all yearly meetings. By 1774-1776, slave ownership was a matter of disownable offense by MM. In honor of the names of Africans, written in his will: Boy Lewis, Ihell, Hanna and young child, boy Dick, boy Tonery and girl Jenny. May you rest in peace.
Green Brook Historical Society & Plainfield Library
have an abundance of information on websites:
http://www.gbhsnj.org/misc/vail-genealogy
http://www.plainfieldlibrary.info/Departments/LH/FindingAids/Vail_FA.html
Also a great source: William Penn Vail, 1937, Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines.
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0806316659
The Courier News said: “No family name is more honorably and continuously associated with the welfare of the Friends in this locality than that of the Vails.” The family was filled with creative, courageous, and determined settlers.
Courier News. 26 Jul. 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
Samuel Jr, was born December 21, 1678 in Westchester County, New York, and died June 26, 1733 in Woodbridge, NJ. It is conceivable that he is buried on the Vail Farm land, unmarked site, also stated by family records.
Samuel Jr., married twice.
First marriage in 1704; to Abigail (nee Hadden?) 1655-1724. Samuel & Abigail Vail children:
John Vail Jr 1708-1754, Phebe Taylor 1712-1776, Thomas Vail 1714-1786, Stephen Vail 1710-1777, Samuel Vail 1711-1731, Thomas Vail 1714-1736, Isaac Vail 1715-1739, Abigail Buckee 1720-1816 and Joseph Vail b. 1718-aft. 1733.
Second Marriage in 1725; to Sarah Farrington 1689-1756 d/o Mathew Farrington. She was born 18 Ninth 1689, per New York Monthly Meeting. Source: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. III.
Her Probate Date, 6 Dec 1756, New York, Source: Wills, Vol 020, 1756-1758, pgs 127-129.
Samuel & Sarah Vail children:
Matthew 1726-1766, NY m. Anna Hunt d/o Joseph Hunt
Sarah Vail 1728-1756 m. Theophilus Hunt 1720-1797, NY.
Elizabeth "Betsey" Vail 1731-1784 m. Solomon Field 1738-1815. No clear burial records for any of these children.
From Green Brook Historical Society website:
Samuel Vail,Jr.: yeoman. custodian. overseer, assessor to Westchester,
Samuel (3) Vail came to the vicinity of Plainfield, just when is not known, and died at Woodbridge, N. J., 26 June, 1733. Like his brother, John (3) J. Q. P., he had bought a large tract of land along Green Brook, just S.W. of Plainfield, in what is now Somerset County. This plantation was bought about the time that John (3) bought his farm, which was in what is now North Plainfield, from the Dutch proprietor Peter Sonmans, 3 April, 1732, and hence it would seem that Samuel left Westchester only a little over a year before his death.
On this plantation Samuel (3) settled his two eldest sons, John (4) Jr., b. 1708, and Stephen (4), b. 1710. This farm was located two miles up the stream from the Raritan.Most of the Vails that lived around Green Brook and Plainfield were descended from John and Samuel.
The children of John (4) Vail, Jr., and Stephen (4) Vail, both before and after the Revolutionary War took up farms S-W of Plainfield under the mountains in a settlement still called Green Brook Village. Plainfield was their post office address after its establishment in 1800. (O. B. Leonard).
Samuel's Will, dated 6/19/1733, probated 8/18/1733 in Westchester County bequeathed the following:
- John, Jr. received 137 1/2 acres
- Stephen received 137 1/2 acres
- Thomas received land in Westchester County.
- Isaac received the land his father bought from Thomas Jennings, (12 acres).
- Joseph 100 L. (New York Money)
- Matthew 100 L. " "
Note: Samuel's family owned slaves. (IMO a disturbing fact that they justified their choices to hold humans in bondage). Quakers concluded that slave owning was incompatible in 1750-1770, at all yearly meetings. By 1774-1776, slave ownership was a matter of disownable offense by MM. In honor of the names of Africans, written in his will: Boy Lewis, Ihell, Hanna and young child, boy Dick, boy Tonery and girl Jenny. May you rest in peace.
Green Brook Historical Society & Plainfield Library
have an abundance of information on websites:
http://www.gbhsnj.org/misc/vail-genealogy
http://www.plainfieldlibrary.info/Departments/LH/FindingAids/Vail_FA.html
Also a great source: William Penn Vail, 1937, Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines.
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0806316659
The Courier News said: “No family name is more honorably and continuously associated with the welfare of the Friends in this locality than that of the Vails.” The family was filled with creative, courageous, and determined settlers.
Courier News. 26 Jul. 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
Son of Samuel Vail 1654-1695 and Elizabeth Hunt (Gach/Griffin) 1657-1747. Samuel was the oldest son.
Samuel Jr, was born December 21, 1678 in Westchester County, New York, and died June 26, 1733 in Woodbridge, NJ. It is conceivable that he is buried on the Vail Farm land, unmarked site, also stated by family records.
Samuel Jr., married twice.
First marriage in 1704; to Abigail (nee Hadden?) 1655-1724. Samuel & Abigail Vail children:
John Vail Jr 1708-1754, Phebe Taylor 1712-1776, Thomas Vail 1714-1786, Stephen Vail 1710-1777, Samuel Vail 1711-1731, Thomas Vail 1714-1736, Isaac Vail 1715-1739, Abigail Buckee 1720-1816 and Joseph Vail b. 1718-aft. 1733.
Second Marriage in 1725; to Sarah Farrington 1689-1756 d/o Mathew Farrington. She was born 18 Ninth 1689, per New York Monthly Meeting. Source: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. III.
Her Probate Date, 6 Dec 1756, New York, Source: Wills, Vol 020, 1756-1758, pgs 127-129.
Samuel & Sarah Vail children:
Matthew 1726-1766, NY m. Anna Hunt d/o Joseph Hunt
Sarah Vail 1728-1756 m. Theophilus Hunt 1720-1797, NY.
Elizabeth "Betsey" Vail 1731-1784 m. Solomon Field 1738-1815. No clear burial records for any of these children.
From Green Brook Historical Society website:
Samuel Vail,Jr.: yeoman. custodian. overseer, assessor to Westchester,
Samuel (3) Vail came to the vicinity of Plainfield, just when is not known, and died at Woodbridge, N. J., 26 June, 1733. Like his brother, John (3) J. Q. P., he had bought a large tract of land along Green Brook, just S.W. of Plainfield, in what is now Somerset County. This plantation was bought about the time that John (3) bought his farm, which was in what is now North Plainfield, from the Dutch proprietor Peter Sonmans, 3 April, 1732, and hence it would seem that Samuel left Westchester only a little over a year before his death.
On this plantation Samuel (3) settled his two eldest sons, John (4) Jr., b. 1708, and Stephen (4), b. 1710. This farm was located two miles up the stream from the Raritan.Most of the Vails that lived around Green Brook and Plainfield were descended from John and Samuel.
The children of John (4) Vail, Jr., and Stephen (4) Vail, both before and after the Revolutionary War took up farms S-W of Plainfield under the mountains in a settlement still called Green Brook Village. Plainfield was their post office address after its establishment in 1800. (O. B. Leonard).
Samuel's Will, dated 6/19/1733, probated 8/18/1733 in Westchester County bequeathed the following:
- John, Jr. received 137 1/2 acres
- Stephen received 137 1/2 acres
- Thomas received land in Westchester County.
- Isaac received the land his father bought from Thomas Jennings, (12 acres).
- Joseph 100 L. (New York Money)
- Matthew 100 L. " "
Note: Samuel's family owned slaves. (IMO a disturbing fact that they justified their choices to hold humans in bondage). Quakers concluded that slave owning was incompatible in 1750-1770, at all yearly meetings. By 1774-1776, slave ownership was a matter of disownable offense by MM. In honor of the names of Africans, written in his will: Boy Lewis, Ihell, Hanna and young child, boy Dick, boy Tonery and girl Jenny. May you rest in peace.
Green Brook Historical Society & Plainfield Library
have an abundance of information on websites:
http://www.gbhsnj.org/misc/vail-genealogy
http://www.plainfieldlibrary.info/Departments/LH/FindingAids/Vail_FA.html
Also a great source: William Penn Vail, 1937, Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines.
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0806316659
The Courier News said: “No family name is more honorably and continuously associated with the welfare of the Friends in this locality than that of the Vails.” The family was filled with creative, courageous, and determined settlers.
Courier News. 26 Jul. 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
Samuel Jr, was born December 21, 1678 in Westchester County, New York, and died June 26, 1733 in Woodbridge, NJ. It is conceivable that he is buried on the Vail Farm land, unmarked site, also stated by family records.
Samuel Jr., married twice.
First marriage in 1704; to Abigail (nee Hadden?) 1655-1724. Samuel & Abigail Vail children:
John Vail Jr 1708-1754, Phebe Taylor 1712-1776, Thomas Vail 1714-1786, Stephen Vail 1710-1777, Samuel Vail 1711-1731, Thomas Vail 1714-1736, Isaac Vail 1715-1739, Abigail Buckee 1720-1816 and Joseph Vail b. 1718-aft. 1733.
Second Marriage in 1725; to Sarah Farrington 1689-1756 d/o Mathew Farrington. She was born 18 Ninth 1689, per New York Monthly Meeting. Source: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. III.
Her Probate Date, 6 Dec 1756, New York, Source: Wills, Vol 020, 1756-1758, pgs 127-129.
Samuel & Sarah Vail children:
Matthew 1726-1766, NY m. Anna Hunt d/o Joseph Hunt
Sarah Vail 1728-1756 m. Theophilus Hunt 1720-1797, NY.
Elizabeth "Betsey" Vail 1731-1784 m. Solomon Field 1738-1815. No clear burial records for any of these children.
From Green Brook Historical Society website:
Samuel Vail,Jr.: yeoman. custodian. overseer, assessor to Westchester,
Samuel (3) Vail came to the vicinity of Plainfield, just when is not known, and died at Woodbridge, N. J., 26 June, 1733. Like his brother, John (3) J. Q. P., he had bought a large tract of land along Green Brook, just S.W. of Plainfield, in what is now Somerset County. This plantation was bought about the time that John (3) bought his farm, which was in what is now North Plainfield, from the Dutch proprietor Peter Sonmans, 3 April, 1732, and hence it would seem that Samuel left Westchester only a little over a year before his death.
On this plantation Samuel (3) settled his two eldest sons, John (4) Jr., b. 1708, and Stephen (4), b. 1710. This farm was located two miles up the stream from the Raritan.Most of the Vails that lived around Green Brook and Plainfield were descended from John and Samuel.
The children of John (4) Vail, Jr., and Stephen (4) Vail, both before and after the Revolutionary War took up farms S-W of Plainfield under the mountains in a settlement still called Green Brook Village. Plainfield was their post office address after its establishment in 1800. (O. B. Leonard).
Samuel's Will, dated 6/19/1733, probated 8/18/1733 in Westchester County bequeathed the following:
- John, Jr. received 137 1/2 acres
- Stephen received 137 1/2 acres
- Thomas received land in Westchester County.
- Isaac received the land his father bought from Thomas Jennings, (12 acres).
- Joseph 100 L. (New York Money)
- Matthew 100 L. " "
Note: Samuel's family owned slaves. (IMO a disturbing fact that they justified their choices to hold humans in bondage). Quakers concluded that slave owning was incompatible in 1750-1770, at all yearly meetings. By 1774-1776, slave ownership was a matter of disownable offense by MM. In honor of the names of Africans, written in his will: Boy Lewis, Ihell, Hanna and young child, boy Dick, boy Tonery and girl Jenny. May you rest in peace.
Green Brook Historical Society & Plainfield Library
have an abundance of information on websites:
http://www.gbhsnj.org/misc/vail-genealogy
http://www.plainfieldlibrary.info/Departments/LH/FindingAids/Vail_FA.html
Also a great source: William Penn Vail, 1937, Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines.
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0806316659
The Courier News said: “No family name is more honorably and continuously associated with the welfare of the Friends in this locality than that of the Vails.” The family was filled with creative, courageous, and determined settlers.
Courier News. 26 Jul. 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2013
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