Wales is quite common although the original spelling has changed from various forms of Vaughn,
Vaun, Vaugh, Vaughan, Vychan or Bychan. The name meant little or short in the Welsh language.
Wm. (1) and Sarah were the parents of at least 7 son. The daughters are not known at this time.
Wm. (1) was born in 1625 in Wales and died in 1684 in Charles City,Virginia. After Wm. (1)'s
death, Sarah married James Severcar. Each of Wm.(1)'s son inherited 1/7 of his father's estate.
Each son had 169 acres in the quit rent rolls in 1704. These 7 sons were very young when their
father died. The family resided in Bristol Parish of Prince George County. Many if not all the
records were destroyed in the Civil war. Therefore,there is little know of the 7 sons and their
descendants
Wm. (1) was my 10th great grandfather.
Children of Wm. (1) and Sarah Ellen are:
2. i. Wm. Vaughan2 (2), b. 1651, Charles City, Virginia;
d. 1728, Prince George Co.,Virginia
ii. Richard Vaughan, d. 1749.
iii. Nicholas Vaughan.
iv. James Vaughan, d. 1735.
v. Samuel Vaughan, d. 1718.
vi. Daniel Vaughan.
vii. John Vaughan.
Generation No. 2
2. Wm. Vaughan2 (2) (Wm. Vaughan (1) was born 1651 in c,
and died 1728 in Prince George Co.,Virginia
He married Ann 1675. She was born in Virginia and died 1730 in Virginia
Notes for Wm. Vaughan (2):
Wm.(2)along with his brother,Richard,inherited 169 acre tracts on the Appomattox from
their father's estate.There father being Wm.1 our immigrant.The brothers applied for joint
ownership of 281 acres also in St. Charles County.This information was found in the Charles
County Patent Book 8 page 149. Wm. Vaughan had at least one child named Wm. (3).
Wm. (3) was born around 1695 and died about 1754.Wm.(3) married a woman named Priscilla
Pierce or Pearce.
Wm. (2) was born in 1665 in Charles City,Virginia. and died in 1728 in Prince George Co.,
Virginia. His wife was Ann ? who died in 1730 in Virginia.
William and brother Richard did obtain a joint patent for 280 acres of land between Hatchers
Run and Moncusneck Creek and did later divide the land.Wm. for 5 pounds consideration sold
land to brother Richard when Wm. was moving.this was recorded 11 Jan. 1725 recirded 14
June 1726
Child of Wm. (2) and Ann is:
3. i. Wm. Vaughan3 (3), b. 1680, Prince George Co.,Virginia; d. 1754, Brunswick Co.,Virginia.
Generation No. 3
3. Wm. Vaughan3 (3) (Wm. Vaughan2 (2), Wm. Vaughan1 (1)) was born 1680 in Prince George
Co.,Virginia, and died 1754 in Brunswick Co.,Virginia.
He married Priscilla (Pearce) Piearce Bet. 1710 - 1720 in Surry Co., Virginia She was born in
Virginia, and died in Virginia.
Notes for Wm. Vaughan (3):
Wm. (3) was married to Priscilla (Pierce or Pearce) not proven. They raised five children in Surry
and Brunswick Co.,Va.They named their first son Pierce, perhaps Priscilla's maiden name.This
was a common practice then to name a son after the wife's maiden name.
Wm(3) was born in 1699 and died in 1754 in Brunswick Co.,Va.No know dates are known for
Priscilla. They raised 5 children. All remained in Virginia until their adulthood. As of now, I do
not know the spouses of Wm.(3) and Priscilla's children except for Pierce.
Children of Wm (3) and Priscilla Pierce are:
4. i. Pierce4 Vaughan, b. March 15, 1721/22, Brunswick CO.,Virginia; d. February
1786, Greensville,Virginia.
ii. William Vaughan, b. August 05, 1724, Virginia.
iii. James Vaughan, b. March 06, 1724/25, Virginia.
iv. Susanna Vaughan, b. December 25, 1727, Virginia.
v. Mary Vaughan, b. November 11, 1732, Virginia.
Generation No. 4
4. Pierce4 Vaughan (Wm Vaughan3 (3), Wm. Vaughan2 (2), Wm. Vaughan1 (1)) was
born March 15, 1721/22 in Brunswick Co.,Virginia, and died February 1786 in Greensville,
Virginia. He married Faitha Pennington 1745 in Southside, Virginia, daughter of Thomas 3
and Rebecca (Perry). She was born March 19, 1733/34 in Sussex Co., Virginia and died
1797 in Greensville,Virginia
Notes for Pierce Vaughan:
Pierce and his brothers were born near Hatcher's Run south of Appomattox.His father had
originally homesteaded on the Blackwater River. When Pierce moved on to Three Creeks
and at the time of his father's death he had moved on east to GreensvilleCo. Pierce's children
are documented in the Bristol Parish Registery. Pierce was a patron of the American
Revolution.He supplied meat to the troops. It is through Pierce that I (Peg Olson) became a
member of the D.A.R The 1797 will of Pierce's wife, Faitha Pennington Vaughan, is in
Greenville WB 1:358.
Pierce was the son of William (3).I know very little about Pierce. He died before his wife and
left a will providing for his wife and children. At the time of his death he owned 880 acres of
Virgina land. I do not know where Pierce and his wife, Faitha,are buried. I wonder if Pierce
was named after his mother's maiden name,but can not document this info.Her name was
Priscilla-perhaps Pearce or Pierce. Priscilla and Pierce had eight children. Some of the
children remained in the Virginia area and several moved to the Columbia, Tenn., Maury
County.
Children of Pierce Vaughan and Faitha Pennington are:
5. i. Dixon 5 Vaughan, b. 1770, Brunswick,VA; d. 1849, Maury Co., Tennessee.
ii. William Vaughan.
iii. Thomas Vaughan.
iv. Joel Vaughan.
v. Joshua Vaughan.
vi. Louisea Vaughan.
vii. Prisilla Vaughan.
viii. Rebecca Vaughan.
Generation No. 5
5. Dixon 5 Vaughan (Pierce 4, Wm Vaughan3 (3), Wm. Vaughan2 (2), Wm. Vaughan1
(1)) was born 1770 in Brunswick,Virginia, and died 1849 in Maury Co., Tennessee. He
married Susannah Freeman Abt. 1790 in North Carolina or Virginia She was born in
Virginia, and died in Tennessee.
Notes for Dixon Vaughan:
Dixon Vaughan,the son of Pierce and Faitha Pennington. Dixon spent most of his
adult life in Columbia,Tennessee., Maury County.He was married to Sussanah Freeman.
They raised seven children. Several remained in the Maury Co.,Tennessee area and many
relatives are there today. My ancestor, Hartwell Freeman Vaughan, moved on to Wayne
Co., Illinois. Dixon died in 1849.Some of his children served in the Civil War, acting as
spys for the South while infiltrating the Union lines. There is a Vaughan family cemetery
in Columbia, Tennessee. It is located on a bluff overlooking the Duck River. More that 30
years ago, the TVA planned to use the area as a flood plane and condemned the cemetery
area and closed off the road to the cemetery. As of today the TVA has not finished the project
and still the cemetery remains off bounds. A plan was made to have the cemetery moved to
another location but that has not happened. I visited in that area in the 1980's. I talked with
a Mrs. Vaughan-Kennedy. She could tell by my accent,or lack of one,that I was a Yankee.
She was astonished to find a Yankee relative. She had no idea that part of the Vaughan clan
went north and fought with the Union. I have numerous pictures of stones in the Vaughan
Cemetery shared by family in Columbia.No one seems to know where Dixon and Sussanah
were buried.
Children of Dixon Vaughan and Susannah Freeman are:
6. i. Hartwell Freeman 6 Vaughan, b. December 01, 1792, Virginia; d. December 03, 1864,
Fairfield,Illinois-Wayne Co.
ii. Peterson Vaughan, b. 1791.
iii. Lindsey Adkins Vaughan.
iv. John Vaughan.
v. Littleton Vaughan, b. January 24, 1800.
vi. HENRY Vaughan, b. 1802.
vii. MARY Vaughan, b. November 01, 1803.
Generation No. 6
6. Hartwell Freeman 6 Vaughan (Dixon5, Pierce4, Wm Vaughan3 (3), Wm. Vaughan2 (2),
Wm. Vaughan1 (1)) was born December 01, 1792 in Virginia, and died December 03, 1864
in Fairfield, Illinois, Wayne Co.
He married Elizabeth Hogan Walker November 22, 1816 in Williams Co., Tenne
ssee, daughter of Elizah Walker and Lucina. She was born October 21, 1797 in Orange Co.,
Virginia, and died February 12, 1870 in Wayne Co., Illinois Fairfield.
More About Hartwell Freeman Vaughan:
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Wayne Co.
More About Elizabeth Hogan Walker:
Burial: Ppleasent Grove Cemetery, Wayne Co.
Children of Hartwell Vaughan and Elizabeth Walker are:
7. i. Hartwell Freeman7 Vaughan(Tom), b. April 29, 1832, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. March
05, 1923, Wayne Co.,Illinois.
ii. Catherine Vaughan, b. August 04, 1818, Tennessee; d. April 10, 1857, Illinois.-Buried
in Puckett Cemetery; m. Pleasant J. Puckett, November 13, 1835, Maury Co., Tennessee.
iii. Joseph Vaughan, b. 1820, Tennessee.; d. December 02, 1877, Wayne Co., Illinois.-
Pleasant Grove Cemetery; m. (1) Sarah J. (Upton) Simpson; m. (2) Rachel Ashton, February
20, 1838, Maury Co., Tennessee.
iv. Eda Eliz Vaughan, b. August 22, 1823, Tennessee; d. August 23,1903,Wayne Co.,Illinois.;
m.Thomas Puckett, 1840,Wayne Co., Illinois.
v. Susan Vaughan, b. March 1821, Tennessee.; d. December 01, 1908, Wayne Co., Illinois.;
m. Gideon Gifford.
vi. Mary Vaughan, b. August 22, 1823, Tennessee.; d. July 22, 1878, Wayne Co..,Illinois.;
m. Roley Madison Jackson, 1840.
vii. Emeline Vaughan, b. 1829.
8. viii. John D. Vaughan, b. March 15, 1830, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. August 02, 1898,
Burried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
ix. Wm. Jefferson Vaughan, b. January 26, 1835, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. January 21,
1920, Wayne Co., Illinois- Pleasant Grove Cemetery; m. Lucy Gray, February 02, 1858.
x. Edward Newton Vaughan M, b. October 31, 1838, Maury Co., Tennessee; d. February
18, 1915, Wayne Co., Illinois. -Pleasant Grove Cemetery; m. (1) Rebecca Locke;
m. (2) Elizabeth Simpson, March 1867.
xi. Peterson Vaughan, b. April 15, 1841, Wayne Co., Illinois.; d. March 08, 1919, Wayne
Co., Illinois. Pleasant Grove Cemetery; m. Eliza Atteberry.
Generation No. 7
7. Hartwell Freeman 7 Vaughan(Tom) (Hartwell Freeman6 Vaughan, Dixon5, Pierce4, Wm.
Vaughan3 (3), Wm. Vaughan2 (2), Wm. Vaughan1 (1)) was born April 29, 1832 in Maury
Co., Tennessee, and died March 05, 1923 in Wayne Co., Illinois.. He married (1) Edie Simpson
1854 in Wayne Co., Illinois, daughter of Daniel Simpson and Nancy Gray. She was born
March 26, 1829 in Wayne Co.,. Illinois, and died December 31, 1869 in Wayne Co., Illinois.
He married (2) Catherine Moffet April 24, 1871. She was born February 27, 1842 in Wayne Co..
Illinois, and died August07, 1936 in Wayne Co.. Illinois.
More About Hartwell Freeman Vaughan(Tom):
Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Wayne Co.
More About Edie Simpson:
Burial: Puckett Grove Cemetery, Fairfield, Illinois. Wayne Co.
Children of Hartwell Vaughan(Tom) and Edie Simpson are:
9. i. Henry Solen8 Vaughan, b. October 14, 1867, Wayne Co., Illinois; d. March 05, 1952,
Fairfield, Illinois.-Wayne Co.
ii. Celia C. Vaughan, b. July 03, 1855; d. June 14, 1943, Simpson Cemetery; m. Charles
Harris; b. 1875.
iii. Newton J. Vaughan, b. 1857.
iv. Nancy E. Vaughan, b. April 13, 1862; d. August 28, 1951; m. John Bonner, 1881.
v. Daniel Hartwell Vaughan, b. December 05, 1864; d. March 05, 1952; m. Emma Sanders
vi. Wm. Preston Vaughan, b. December 24, 1869; m. (1) Clara Ewing; m. (2) Samantha Puckett
vii. Peter Vaughan.
viii. CHARLES F. Vaughan, b. February 12, 1859.
ix. INFANT Vaughan, b. October 04, 1863.
Children of Hartwell Vaughan(Tom) and Catherine Moffet are:
x. John Anderson8 Vaughan, b. February 22, 1875, Wayne Co., Illinois.
xi. Mary Vaughan, b. November 15, 1877, Wayne Co., Illinois; d. December 01, 1982;
m. (1) Carson Oakly; m. (2) William Perkins.
xii. Grover C Vaughan, b. July 1884, Wayne Co., Illinois; d. December 29, 1966;
m. Hattie Wright.
xiii. Vitura S Vaughan, b. November 04, 1880, Wayne Co., Illinois; m. Henry Smith.
xiv. Siberia Vaughan, b. Wayne Co. Illinois.
xv. Mattie Vaughan, b. Wayne Co., Illinois.
xvi. Infanat Vaughan, b. Wayne Co., Illinois.
xvii. Infant Vaughan, b. Wayne Co., Illinois.
8. John D.7 Vaughan (Hartwell Freeman6, Dixon5, Pierce4, Wm. Vaughan3 (3), Wm.
Vaughan2 (2), Wm. Vaughan1 (1)) was born March 15, 1830 in Maury Co., Tennessee
and died August 02, 1898 in Buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. He married Prudence
Martin November 1850 in Wayne Co., Illinois., daughter of Abraham Martin and Polly
Children of John Vaughan and Prudence Martin are:
i. Wm. Pleas8 Vaughan, b. December 22, 1852; d. August 01, 1917, Wayne Co., Illinois.
Pleasant Grove Cemetery; m. (1) Martha Sanders;
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