Samuel Vail

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Vail was born in 1696, in Southold, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, John Jeremiah Vail, was 33 and his mother, Grace Braddock, was 31. He married Hannah Petty on 7 August 1723, in New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1742. He died on 22 July 1779, in Goshen, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Vail
1696–1779
Hannah Petty
1701–
Marriage: 7 August 1723
Samuel Vail
1724–
Micheal Vail
1745–
Samuel Gilson Vail
1727–
Experience Vail
1729–1820
Gilbert Townsend Vail
1739–1779
Micah Vail
1741–
Phebe Vail
1743–
Hannah Vail
1747–1836

Sources (4)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Vail - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Samuel Vail
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Ancestry.com
  • Samuel Vaul, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"

World Events (2)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Old French de la veille ‘of the watch, watchman’, with loss of de; compare Wake . There has been some confusion with the topographic name Vale and the nickname Veal .

Scottish: shortened and altered form of McPhail , Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Phàil ‘son of Paul’.

Irish: variant of Veale .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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