William Vassal, Esquire *

1592 - 1665  (73 years)

• Name	William Vassal  [1]
  Suffix	Esquire *
  Birth	1592	Ratcliiff, Stepney, Middlesex, England
  Baptism	27 Aug 1592	Stepney, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1665	, Barbados, West Indies
  Person ID	I17551	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Major Sir John Vassal,   b. 1544, Rignac, Caen, Normandy, Calvados, Normandie, France d. 13 Sep 1625, of Stepney, London, England (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lady Anne Countess of Warwick Russell,   b. 27 Oct 1555, Ratcliffe, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom d. 5 May 1593, St Michael Bassishaw, London, England (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	25 Sep 1569	Stephney, Middlesex, England
  Married	4 Sep 1580	St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom   [2]
  Family ID	F5812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna King,   b. 1 Dec 1594, Cold Norman, Essex, England, United Kingdom d. 13 Apr 1670, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	9 Jun 1613	Cold Norton, Essex, , England   [1]
  Children	1. Anna Vassal,   b. Bef 20 Apr 1628, Ratcliffe, Stepney, Middlesex, England d. Aug 1662, , Rappahannock, Virginia, USA (Age > 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Francis Vassall,   b. 1623, Stephney, Middlesex, , England d. 1700, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Vassall,   b. 1627, Little Baddow, Essex, , England d. 1628 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary Vassall,   b. 1634   d. 1635 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Lewis Vestal  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Children	1. * Vastall,   b. Bef 1638  [Father: natural]   2. Jane Voshall,   b. 1627, Lurgashall, Sussex, England  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Ratcliff was about 50 miles from where he had his children if this is the father of William. He is the only William with a phonetic spelling that could account for him in Church of England records. He was born in Stepney which was to become London, England where his grandson was also said to be from. There are no Vestal's in all of England. There are a very few Vestall's, Vestills, Vistalls, throughout England. However, the only Williams are the ones with this different phonetic spelling shown here. We have 1 small triangulation from 3.6 to 5.9 cM's on chromosome 1 from approximately 242,000,000-244,000,000 with my Uncle, a cousin who descends through this William and Anna King, and a cousin who descends through William Vestal Jr., son of William Vestal b. 1711. I want to locate more triangulations to prove that this is our Vestal Lineage, but it's a very good sign. The size of the triangulation suggests the great distance in time. If this proves to be an accurate connection, then the American Vestals were of a wealthy French family that lived in England for about a generation. It also means that the William Vassall of early Sciutate, Plymouth, Mass. there by 1643 is also our Vestal ancestor. The name was changed in spelling by his son's generation.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3020] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Name: New England Historical Society 1847; Location: Boston, Mass.;), New England Historical and Genealogical Register. [S277] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;).