Jeremiah Vail,, Jr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1649 - 1726  (77 years)

• Name	Jeremiah Vail,  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	30 Oct 1649	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [4, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1726	Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America   [1, 5, 6, 8]
  Death	28 Nov 1726	Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America   [1, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I312684223325	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Anna Hampton,   b. Dec 1650, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 23 Dec 1726 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1691
  Children	1. Jeremiah Vail,, III,   b. 1670, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. Apr 1771, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 101 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   2. Thomas Vail,   b. 1670, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 05 Aug 1741, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 71 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   3. Martha Vail,   b. 1688, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 14 Oct 1752 (Age 64 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]   4. Mary Vail,   b. Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F2470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !1. Information source: B7E8 GSF # 348, !1. Information source: B7E8 GSF # 348, 354 Vail Gen. of Jeremiah Vail of Salem Massachusettes. 2. Husband md wife # 2 Anne MOORE and sealed 19 Feb 1919. 3. Child # 1 Jeremiah md Mary. 4. Child # 2 Thomas md Elizabeth CONSTABLE. 5. Child # 3 Mary md John GOLDSMITH. 6. Child # 4 Martha md Ephriam HORTON. Like his father Jeremiah Vail was a bla Like his father Jeremiah Vail was a blacksmith. During his father's life the son's name appears in the records of deeds as "Junior". On July 2, 1670, the town of Easthampton granted him by name a considerable amount of land on condition that he would settle there and serve the townspeople as blacksmith. He was then twenty one years of age. The invitation was doubtless declined since the same town on May 11, 1671 made a similar proposal to Thomas Smith. The original home of this second Jeremiah Vail was the eastern half of the lot originally assigned to Lieutenant John Budd. This was sold to Jeremiah Vail, Junior, blacksmith, by John Budd, Jr., on the 28th of April 1679. This was before the days of speculation in town lots and the purchase was made for the establishment of a home. This must be after the date of his first marriage since single men were not then allowed to keep house. His children were probably born there and his first wife died there. On May 15, 1690, Benjamin Moore, his nearest neighbor on the east, died, and the following year the widower Jeremiah Vail married Anne, the widow of Benjamin Moor. In the settlement of Benjamin Moore's estate Jeremiah Vail and his wife Anne, "late widow and relict of deceased" were appointed administrators. Upon a bond datedJanuary 25, 1691/2, to Thomas and Nathaniel Moore, there is a later memorandum that Jeremiah Vail was son-in-law of Thomas Moore. This must be erroneous unless his first wife was Thomas Moores daughter. He was brother-in-law of Nathaniel Moore and was named one of his executors in his will. !Source: Abby Groesbeck Jenson's family !Source: Abby Groesbeck Jenson's family group sheet her add: 379 E. 2nd No., Logan, Utah "Gen of the Vail Family" p. 29, 31 2nd marriage to Mrs. Anne Moore in 1691 Anne is NOT the mother of his children; Anne is NOT the mother of his children; he married her in 1691 after the death of her first husband JEREMIAH VAIL, JR. https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/8441283 JEREMIAH VAIL, JR. + WIVES UNKNOWN & ANNE HAMPTON, BIO ITEMS Contributed By: DorothyStuartHall1 · 10 July 2014 · (1) JEREMIAH VAIL, JR. + (____) & MRS. ANNE MOORE FAMILY INFORMATION, Excerpts from "Some of the Vail Family Descended from Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639," by Henry Hobart Vail and based in part on earlier research by Alfred Vail (see Source attached to this record for publication data): SECOND GENERATION: JEREMIAH (Jeremiah 1), baptized at Salem, Mass., 30 Dec 1649 Name of his first wife is unknown. He married 2d, widow Anne Moore in 1691; d. Nov. 28, 1726, She d. 22 Dec 1726. Like his father, Jeremiah Vail was a blacksmith. During his father's life, the son's name appears in the records of deeds as "Junior." The original home of this second Jeremiah Vail was the eastern half of the lot originally assigned to Lieutenant John Budd. This was sold to "Jeremiah Vail, Junior, blacksmith," by John Budd, Jr., on the 28th of April, 1679. [Apparently this was in Southold, Suffolk, Long Island, NY.] This must have been after the date of his first marriage, since single men were not allowed to keep house. His children were probably born there, and his first wife died there. On May 15, 1690, Benjamin Moore, his nearest neighbor on the east, died, and the following year the widower Jeremiah Vail married Anne, the widow of Benjamin Moore. In the settlement of Benjamin's estate, Jeremiah Vail and ihis wife Anne, "late widow and relict of deceased," were appointed administrators. In 1683, when his father's estate was valued at £74, Jeremiah Vail, Jr., had to pay taxes on £103. According to the town records, he was one of the last of the settlers who obtained, by action of the town, full rights to the commonage. This was granted to him on April 3, 1684, as a "first lot of commonage." A first lot was fifty acres of ground. On March 10, 1687, he purchased the Point Farm from Giles Sylvester. This is the most northeastern end of of Long Island. He lived there until his death, November 26, 1726, The farm was occupied by his family for four generations. He was a noted fox-huntger, and it is reported that he killed sixty eight foxes in the year 1700. In the list of all of the inhabitants of Southold in the year 1698, taken by order of the Earl of Bellomont, his family named as follows: Jeremiah Veale, Anne Veale, Thomas Veale, Jeremiah Veale, Jr. (III), Mary Veale [sister or wife of Jeremiah III ?, probably his sister]. He is not responsible for this spelling of the family name, as can be seen from transcripts of his signature. His will, dated January 2, 1722, was probated January 31, 1726/1727 "in the thirteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King George." His time-worn gravestone near Orient is a thick, low, blue slab, bearing a cherub's head with wings and the inscription,: Here Lies Ye Body of Mr. Jeremiah Vail, Aged 77 years Decd Nov y 28th 1726. His widow survived him less than a month and died December 23, 1726. CHILDREN: i. JEREMIAH, who married [possibly] Mary (____) before 1698 [unless the Mary listed in the 1698 census was actually his sister Mary, not his wife Mary, as is likely]. II. THOMAS, m. Elizabeth Constable. He d. 5 Aug 1741. iii. MARY, m. John Goldsmith who she survived and was named in his will. [This probably was the Mary listed in the 1698 census.] iv. MARTHA, m. in 1707, Capt. Ephraim Horton. (2) JEREMIAH VAIL By Colonial Dames of America. Chapter I, Baltimore, Grafton CONTRIBUTED TO ANCESTRY.COM BY "acharwint"] The eldest son of the first marriage of Jeremiah Vail was baptized in Salem, Mass December 30 1649 and died in Southold. Long Island on November 28 1726. He was a blacksmith and farmer like his father and a noted fox hunter. The name of his first wife is not known. He married second 1691 Ann Hampton the widow of Benjamin Moore - she outlived her second husband but one month. Four children. [from: Ancestral records and portraits: a compilation from the archives ..., Volume 2. p. 583] (3) JEREMIAH'S WILL References:History of Southern New York; Orange Co. Genealogical SocietyDatabase: Full Context of New York City Wills, 1708-28 [CONTRIBUTED TO ANCESTRY.COM BY "mnkochs"\ Page 381.--In the name of God, Amen. I, JEREMIAH VAILL, of Southold, in Suffolk County, yeoman, being in health of body. My will is that my beloved wife Anna, shall have such part of my estate as the Law allows her. I leave to my son Thomas all my lands and meadows in the town of Southold and all my houses and buildings, and he is to pay to my eldest son, Jeremiah, €20. If he refuses to pay the same then my son Jeremiah is to have 20 acres of the point of my land lying next to Plumb Gutt. I leave all my goods and chattels to my four children, Jeremiah, Thomas, Mary Goldsmith and Martha Horton. I make my son Thomas and my son in law, John Goldsmith, executors. Dated January 2, 1722/3. Witnesses, Benjamin Youngs, Grover Youngs, Benjamin Youngs, Jr. Proved, at Court of Common Pleas, January 31, 1726/7. (4) FIND A GRAVE MEMORIAL #59495976 Name: Jeremiah Vail Birth [Baptism]: Oct. 30, 1649, Salem,Essex County, Massachusetts Death: Nov. 28, 1726 Ae 77 [DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INSCRIPTION] Burial: Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church Southold, Suffolk County, New York Created by: Fred Saar Record added: Oct 01, 2010 (4) U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Torrey Collection) Name: Jeremiah Vail Gender: Male Birth Year: 1649 Marriage Date: About 1690 [1691] Death Year: 1726 Marriage Place: New England, United States [New York] Spouse's Name: Anne Hampton [ [Mrs.] Anne Moore]

  
  

• Sources

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