Full line submission of
John Vahan
Vahan/Vaughan/Vaughn
Submitted by Blair Whynacht
John Vahan of Welsh decent emigrated to Massachusetts from Wales early in the 17th
century. He removed to Rhode Island in 1638. Eight other brothers descended from John
lived on Rhode Island. Three of them removed to Chester, Nova Scotia between 1762 and
1768 and settled there.The three brothers were John, Daniel, and Anthony. John and
Daniel removedto Quaco, New Brunswick where they became wealthy in ship building
and their descendants are still living there. Anthony remained in Chester and resettled
near Oak Island.
1. John Vahan b. 1615 Wales d. 1687 Massachusetts
m. Gillian Tauzer abt. 1644
2. John b. April 19, 1644 d. 1710
m. Mary Mott 1675 b.1654 d.April 20, 1676
2. David b. July 19, 1646 Newport, RI
d. 1678 Portsmouth, RI
m. Mary of Newport 1666 d. 1681 or 1682
3. John b. 1671 Portsmouth RI d. Kingston RI 1752
m. Elizabeth Bull November 24, 1698 d/of Isaac
and Sarah (Parker) Bull of Boston
4. 1)Elizabeth b. December 18, 1701
m. John Corps March 10, 1725 or 1726
4. David b. October 25, 1704 Portsmouth RI
d. 1761 Dutchess County, New York
m. Dinah Baker 1725 b. abt. 1706 Kingston
RI d. 1772 Chester N.S. d/o Benjamin and
Mary (Havens) Baker
5. Sarah b. September 2, 1726
m. Christopher Wilbur on December 7, 1746
5. Benjamin b. August 8, 1728 d. 1766
m. Priscilla Bowen July 7, 1747
5. John b. July 4, 1730
m. (1) Mary Wood January 3, 1754
b. 1737 d. 1758
m. (2) Virtue (Hull) Tripp (widow of Job
Tripp) September 9, 1759
5. David b. June 17, 1733 d. August 26,
1811 Hancock Rhode Island
m. Mary Wightman February 16, 1758
b. 1737 d. August 17, 1833
Both buried in a small family cemetery
about two miles east of Stephentown,
New York.
5. Elizabeth b. July 4, 1735
m. Joseph Wood on May 12, 1754
5. Mary b. August 1, 1737
d. April 22, 1783
m. Wilbur Crandall 1757 b. 1717
They lived in Chester, Nova Scotia.
5. Abigail b. September 4, 1739
m. (1) Thomas Dunkin 1759
m. (2) Elijah Crocker September 27, 1779
They lived in Chester, Nova Scotia.
5. James b. November 16, 1741
d. July 21, 1819
Manchester, Vermont
m. Jane Wightman b. 1744 d. May 27, 1825
Both buried in the old part of the
Manchester Center Cemetery.
5. Dinah b. August 9, 1743
d. January 10, 1813 Argyle, New York
m. Isaac Austin 1760 b. March 10, 1737
d. November 21, 1824
5. Henry b. October 30, 1745 d. aft. 1790
5. Daniel (twin) b. February 21, 1747
Killed by Mic Mac Indians April 7, 1808
m. Elidia Harrington February 26, 1768
b. October 2, 1749 Exeter, Washington
Co, RI d. July 20, 1814
Both are buried in St. Martins,
New Brunswick.
5. Obediah b. February 21, 1747
d. abt. 1824 Machius, New York.
m. Elizabeth Reynolds 1767
b. July 9, 1749
5. Anthony b. April 6, 1751
d. April 18, 1835 Western Shore
Emigrated to Chester, Nova Scotia 1775
m. Annie Armstrong Orange County,
New York 1768
6. David b. July 4, 1770 Florida,
New York Drowned May 17, 1791
Chester Bay
6. James Jackson b. January 26,
1777 Drowned June 26, 1804
m. Mary Millet May 5, 1796
b. December 20,
1775 d. September 16, 1844
6. John Armstrong b. June 13, 1780
d. bef. 1856
m. Rebecca Dolliver(widowed)
February 11, 1802 d. 1844 Chester
(Ira Baker`s ancestor)
7. Jane b. November 13, 1802
m. John McInnis on January 11,
1821
7. Dorcas b. November 13, 1804
d. November 8, 1866
m. Thomas Cooney February 11,
1826 baptized March 23, 1807
St. John's Newfoundland
d. bet. 1891 and 1901 East Port
Medway. Both buried in the
East Port Medway Cemetery.
(Ira Baker's gg-grandparents)
7. Sarah b. December 21, 1806
m. Henry Cohoon January 11,
1829 (Wilbur McCoomb`s gg-
grandparents)
7. Anthony b. March 23, 1809
d. October 17, 1863
m. Lucinda Cohoon 1826
b. abt. 1809 d. bet. 1871/81
Both buried in East Port Medway
Cemetery.
All children born in East Port
Medway
(Ira Baker's gg-grandparents)
8. William b. 1828 d. 1873
m. Mary b. 1818
d. March 27, 1915 Conquerall
Bank
8. Eliza b. July 14, 1830
d. January 12, 1905
m. James Cooney (her first
cousin) s/o Thomas and Dorcas
(Vaughan) Cooney
b. March 19, 1828 d. August
31, 1907 Both buried
East Port Medway Cemetery.
8. John Armstrong b. 1832
d. October 30, 1873
m. Sophia Elizabeth Vogler
b. December 18, 1836
d. May 16, 1919
Both are buried in East
Port Medway Cemetery.
8. Abigail
b. April 14, 1834
d. February 27, 1908
m. John Cooney (her first
cousin) August 4, 1850
s/o Thomas and Dorcas
(Vaughan) Cooney b. 1826
d. May 25, 1883 Both buried
East Port Medway Cemetery.
(Ira Baker`s g-grandparents)
8. Seretha b. 1837
m. Solomon Dolliver
December 1858
8. Samuel b. 1840
m. Seretha Wile February
8, 1871
8. Anthony b. December 15,
1841
m. Annie Peitzsch December
27, 1865
8. Henry b. 1843 d. April
30, 1853 buried in East
Port Medway Cemetery.
8. Daniel b. February 2,
1845 d. April 12, 1924
m. Catherine Peitzsch
January 20, 1869 b. March
20, 1845 d. November
26, 1927 Both buried in
East Port Medway Cemetery.
8. Lydia b. 1847?
m. Mr. Munroe
8. Simon b. 1849
8. Dorcas b. 1850
m. James Dolliver January
24, 1870
8. Robert Dolliver
b. November 20, 1851
d. aft 1911 Coaticook,
Stanstead, Quebec
m. November 2, 1895
Name of wife
unknown at this time.
8. Benjamin b. 1853
m. Lahlia Wallace
November 26, 1873
8. Sylvanis Morton
b. 1856
m. Annie Vogler December
29, 1878
b. June 1, 1863
d. March 12, 1939
7. Eliza b. November 12, 1811
d. July 22, 1846
m. Matthew Moreau November 19,
1837 b. January 22, 1812
7. Abigail b. October 7, 1814
m. John William Keddy February
15, 1835 b. May 29, 1808
Both are buried in New Ross
7. Jonathan Smith b. October
6, 1817
m. Eliza Rafuse on January 13,
1838 (Lewis Ranald Mehlman's
gg-grand parents)
6. Anthony b. August 25, 1782
d. March 1860 Western Shore
m. Elizabeth Nelson May 27, 1803
(Kathleen (McKinnon's) Whynacht`s
ancestor) All children bornOakland.
7. Ann Embre b. October 4, 1803
m. Peter George Keyser April 28,
1818 b. December 24, 1797.
7. James b. December 20, 1805
d. Waterville, Nova Scotia
m. Mary Rafuse March 9, 1828
7. Nelson b. February 4, 1808
d. Halifax
m. Amy Harvie
7. George b. June 20, 1810
d. December 29, 1878 Bath, Maine
m. (1)Azubah Chadsey b. June 24,
1814 d. September 18, 1844
m. (2) Catherine Edgecomb July
13, 1845 b. June 9, 1821
d. May 17, 1910 Bath, Maine
7. Lucy b. November 7, 1812
d. April 23, 1899
buried United Baptist Church
Cemetery in Western Shore.
m. John Swinehimer April 17,
1834 b. 1809 d. 1858
7. Jacob b. February 17, 1815
m. Eliza Mehlman February 25, 1836
She was from Hunts Point
b. February 17, 1813 d. April
30, 1905 buried Old Charleston
Cemetery.
All childeren born in Mill Village.
8. Nelson b. November 19,
1836 d. March 20, 1912
Glode Falls never married
buried in Old Charleston Cem.
8. James b. August 4, 1837
d. September 18, 1921
m. Emilie Cassandra Croft
November 30, 1865
b. October 14, 1846
d. June 11, 1923
Both buried in Old Charleston
Cemetery Jordan Falls,
Shelburne County.
All children born in Glode
Falls, Queens County.
9. James Edward b. April
5, 1865 d. young
9. Isaac b. April 15,
1867 d. May 25, 1938
never married.
buried Old Charleston
Cemetery.
9. James William
b. January 27, 1869
d. 1946
m. Lucy Huey b. 1872
d. August 23, 1955
9. Martha Jane b. April
22, 1871 d. June 11, 1942
m. McKinnon August 10,
1889 b. April 6, 1862
d. April 21, 1943
Both buried in
Old Charleston Cemetery.
9. Clara May
b. November 11, 1874
9. Eliza Madora
b. January 20, 1876
d. young
buried in Glode Falls.
9. Samuel Clifford
b. March 26, 1878
m. Teresa Lena Fronck
April 3, 1906
9. Nelson Harris
b. January 28, 1880
d. May 9, 1974
m. Eva Victoria Hirtle
b. February 9, 1902
d. October 21, 1987
Both buried in New
Charleston Cemetery.
9. Minnie
b. July 10, 1882
d. 1967
m. Walter Hubley
May 19, 1906
9. Abraham
b. June 30, 1884
d. October 6, 1967
m. Elizabeth (Croft)
Anthony (widowed)
September 27, 1907
b. August 29, 1888
d. August 30, 1967
Both buried in Old
Charleston Cemetery.
9. Jacob Burton
b. May 30, 1887
d. September 12, 1976
m. Irene May Hiltz
August 10, 1907
Port Medway. d/o John
Jacob and Effie (Cohoon)
Hiltz of Port Medway.
b. August 22, 1889
d. February 13, 1974
Both buried in Mill
Village Community Cem.
9. Bernie
b. May 17, 1889
moved to Warpacker,
Wisconsin, U.S.A.
never married.
8. Martha b. 1844
d. 1849 of scarlet fever
buried in Old Charleston Cem.
8. Abraham
b. November 23, 1846
d. 1944 never married.
8. Isaac Duon
b. March 1, 1849
Drowned September of 1858
7. David Harris b. May 2, 1817
d. April 14, 1900
m. Barbara Schwinimer
December 26, 1839
b. June 15, 1807 d. June 6, 1891
Both buried in United Baptist
Church Cemetery in Western Shore.
7. Eleanor Conor
b. March 29, 1819
m. James Murphy
They lived in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
7. Hannah b. October 5, 1821
m. John Levy on July 15, 1851
6. Francis b. June 17, 1784
m. Barbara Barkhouse October 31, 1805
b. October 3, 1787
d. November 8, 1867
4. Isaac b. March 31, 1707 d. 1778
m. Mary Cornell February 14, 1730
4. George b. July 24, 1709 d. 1780
m. Elizabeth Bassett September 26, 1736
4. Mary b. July 19, 1713
m. (1) James Congdon March 30, 1732
b. May 15, 1715 d. 1756
m. (2)Benjamin Northrup 1757 d. 1791
4. John b. July 8, 1721 d. 1791
m. Barbara Rathbun abt. 1746
2. George b. October 20, 1650 d. May 7, 1704
m. Margaret Spynk July 26, 1680
2. Daniel b. April 27, 1653 d. bef. 1704
m. Susannah Ginney March 27, 1768
b. November 22, 1657
2. Mary b. July 3, 1658 d. August 24, 172?
m. Thomas Weaver June 16, 1681
Any questions, suggestions, corrections, or additional
information, contact me, Linda CONAWAY Welden at:
Linda_Welden@Vaughan-Vaughn.org
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