Jeremiah Vail1,2,3,4

M, b. circa 1618, d. before 19 October 1687
     Jeremiah was born circa 1618 in England. Jeremiah married Catharine (?) before 1639 in England. The couple was in Salem in 1639. Jeremiah was a strong, industrious, prudent, God-fearing man. He was diligent and careful in his business, capable of strong friendship, not quarrelsome or litigious. In no case is he recorded in taking a personal part in civil or religious strife. He appears of record at Easthampton as "Goodman Vaile" and he seems to have honored that title. There is ample evidence that his immediate descendants honor his name, as in the five succeeding generations the eldest son was named "Jeremiah". Jeremiah & Catherine were at Salem as early as 1639. On 6 April 1645, Catherine was admitted to the First Church of Salem. He was a blacksmith there. He sold his land in 1651 & took a position on the farm of Lt. Lion Gardiner of Gardiner's Island. On 12 February 1655, Southampton gave him a lot where his family lived until 1659. By March 1659, he had sold his home & removed to Southold, Long Island. His wife Catherine died just prior or after this event. He got married to Mary Folger & lived on a lot that had been owned by Mary's first husband, Peter Payne. In 1685, Jeremiah signed a deed with his wife Joyce and his son John & his wife Grace. In the census of 1686, his family consisted of four males & 2 females. He was a blacksmith. Jeremiah's wife, Catharine, died in 1659 in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, leaving him a widower. Jeremiah married 2nd Mary Folger, daughter of John Folger and Merribah Gibbs, on 24 May 1660 in the Town of Southold. Jeremiah's wife, Mary, died on 18 July 1685 in the Town of Southold leaving him a widower. Jeremiah married 3rd Joyce (?) before 4 December 1685 in New York. Jeremiah made his will on 4 December 1685 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.

In the name of God Amen. I Jeremy Veale sen an inhabitant of the towne of Southold in ye County of Suffolk being at this time in bodly health praysed be god for it do make and declare these presents to be my last will and Testament as followeth: Imps I comitt my soule at its departure out of my body into Hands of my Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body when dead to ye grave In Assured hope of its Ressurection at y last day and as for my temporall estate My Just Debts and funerall charges being payd. I doe give and bequeath as followeth: first I give to my son John Vale and his heyres and assigns forever my dwelling house withall ye out houses thereunto belonging together withall the home land that are within fence and two acres of meadow in the old field and one acre of upland in said field and half of one first lot at Carchauge and one lott of townd Comonage . Also I give him all my household goods and Movabls whatsoever and all my stock of cattle sheep horses and swine Reserving to my beloved wife Joyce vale the full third of all these premises during her naturall life . 2dly I give to my son Daniell veale and to his heyres and assigns that piece of home land without fence butting upon John paynes land to the southwestward of it and soe lying between the two highways together with a first lott of towne Comonage and the other half of the lott at Carchaug 3ly I give to Jeremy Foster the son of Joseph Foster of Southampton one first left at Carchauge lying to ye Westward of that lott I have given to my son John and Daniell to him the said Jeremy Foster his heyres and asignes forever 4ly I give to my well beloved friend & neighbour Thomas Tustan of Southhold above said and to his heyres and assigns forever one second lott of meadow containing two acres or aboutes more or less in Carchauge divition bounded to ye Southward by Richard Benjamins meaddow and the East side by fort neck and to ye North ward running to a highway near a hill called brook hill all which meadow with all the branches running out of it and a hole of meadow a little distant from it on the East toward fort neck ultimo I constitute and make my son John veale sole executor of this my last will and testament In witness whereof I doe hereunto sett my hande and seale -Signed before us witnesses Jeremy I vale (ye seale) Joshua Hobart John John Payne his mark Thomas Mapes Jr.

Jeremiah departed this life in the Town of Southold. He was buried there in the First Presbyterian Church burying ground in the village of Southold.5 His will was probated on 19 October 1687.

Family 1

Catharine (?) d. 1659
Children

Family 2

Mary Folger d. 18 Jul 1685
Children

Family 3

Joyce (?)

Citations

  1. [S464] Henry Hobart Vail, Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639, pages 29-30 - JEREMIAH VAIt., b. probably in the west of England about 1618; m.1st Catharine; m. 2d, 24 May, 1660, widow Mary Paine; m. 3d, before 1685, Joyce (Rejoice ?): d. in 1687. Children: Abigail, Sarah, Jeremiah, John, Daniel, Mary
    He was diligent and careful in his business, capable of strong friendship, not quarrelsome or litigious. In no case is he recorded in taliug a personal part in civil or religious strife.
    He appears of record at the witch-trial at Easthampton as "Goodman Valle," and he seems to have honored this title. There is ample evidence that his immediate descendants honored his name, since in the five succeeding generations the eldest son was named Jeremiah.
  2. [S344] Josephine C Frost, Ancestors of James Wickham and his Wife Cora Prudence Billard, page 130 - 1. JEREMIAH VAIL is first noted in New England, when he was a witness in a court held in Salem, Mass., July 24, 1639 ; he was a proprietor in 1647 and purchased land in 1648, which he sold in 1651 and "removed out of the jurisdiction." He was a blacksmith, and on June 17, 1651, the town of Southampton, L. I., granted a one hundred acre lot to "Jeremy Veale, blacksmith of Salem, provided he do come and settle here before January next and that to his power be in readiness doe all the blacksmith work that the inhabitants doe stand in need of." He did not accept the offer but with Anthony Waters took charge of the farm of Lieutenant Lion Gardiner on his Island. On February 12, 1655, the town of Easthampton gave him a lot, which he would have when his time had expired with Gardiner. This lot is opposite the Presbyterian church and here he lived until 1659 when on March 24 of that year he sold that property and removed to Southold, L. I., where he died in 1687.
    He married first, Catherine, whose maiden name is not known, and who died before May 24, 1660, for on that day he married the widow, Mary (Folger) Payne, and before 1685 he married Joyce, maiden name not known, but who survived him.
    Issue: (by first wife) Abigail, Sarah, Jeremiah; (by second wife) John, Daniel, Mary.
  3. [S342] Wayland Jefferson, Southold Town, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, page 34 - JEREMIAH VAIL - Blacksmith, m. 1st Catherine -; 2nd Mary, widow of Peter Paine; 3rd Joyce -. Issue by 1st marriage: Abigail-2 (b. 1644); Sarah-2 (b. 1647) and Jeremiah-2 (b. 1649). Issue by 2nd marriage: John-2, Daniel-2 and Mary-2.
  4. [S187] Indexed by Rosanne Conway Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York: Excerpted from the Documentary History of the State of New York, page 68 - Rate List - SOUTHHOULDS ESTIMATE THE 16TH SEPTEMBR 1675:
    Jeremy Valle
    3 heads …… 54- -
    10 acors land 2 oxen 22 - -
    6 cows. 3: 3 yr olds.. 42 - -
    1: 2 yr old 3 yrlings 07 - -
    1 horse 12 Shope 16 - -
    11 Swine 11 - -
    152 - -
    [Note: not sure if this is father or son-klm].
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