Mary (Griffin) Vail (1720 - abt. 1793)

Born 27 Oct 1720 in New York

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Vail — married 16 Oct 1736 in Purchase, New York

Descendants

Died about 17 Jun 1793 at about age 72 in North Salem, New York, USA

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Biography

Mary was born in 1720. She is the daughter of John and Hannah Griffin.^[1]

She married Thomas Vail on 16 Oct. 1736, their marriage was recorded at the Purchase Monthly Meeting^[1]

Thomas and Mary had 10 children: Hannah, Thomas, John, Phebe, Mary, Samuel, Mary, William, Elizabeth, and Abigail.

She passed away in 1793.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} James E. Hazard Index. Society of Friends.
   • Vail Thomas m Purchase Mary Griffin dt of John & Hannah Griffen. S of Samuel & Abigail, dec dom: 1736 10 16 call: P 831 vol: 3.1 page: 10 id: 146787.
   • Vail Mary b Purchase w of Thomas 1720 8 27 call: P 831 Vol: 3.1 page: 10 id: 147119
   • Vail Thomas b Purchase h of Mary 1714 9 3 P 831 3.1 10 147118

• John R. Griffin, Griffin families from the United Kingdom to the New World, Volume two: the maternal ancestors, (Grants Pass, OR: author, 1993), 262; digital copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/148947 : 3 August 2023) > page viewer 31, Mary (Griffin) Vail, child of John Griffin Jr.
• Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants, Or, Our Quaker Forefathers and Their Posterity: Embracing a Genealogical and Biographical Register of Nine Generations of the Shotwell Family in America, Together with the Pedigree and Near Kindred of the Author's Parents, Nathan and Phebe B. (Gardner) Shotwell (Google eBook) Written by Ambrose Milton Shotwell in 1895. Published by University of Wisconsin-Madison. 299pgs. Page 243-247 gives the earliest account of the Vail's in New Jersey.

• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Thomas Vail and Page on Thomas Vail--see number 32. Website written by Robert Simon Vail III. Last updated January 18, 2012.

• Descendants of Thomas Vail and Sarah Wentworth. Website written by Bill and Rita Stupak. Last Updated April 2015. See number 2976.1.1.4.