Lewis Vassall senior

Profile & Legacies Summary

10^th Aug 1709 - 15^th Sep 1743

Biography

Born in Jamaica, son of Leonard Vassall (1698-1737) and his first wife Ruth Gale. Settled at Braintree, Massachussetts. His Jamaican estate was already entailed. Died in Boston in 1737.

The estate of Lewis Vassall was listed in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754 as the owner of 810 acres of land in St Elizabeth. He would have been a minor at this time but his father died when he was an infant and Lewis junior was his residuary legatee.

Sources

John Vassall and his Descendants https://archive.org/stream/johnvassallhisde00cald/johnvassallhisde00cald_djvu.txt [accessed 16/02/2017]; 'A List of landholders in the Island of Jamaica together with the number of acres each person possessed taken from the quit rent books in the year 1754', TNA CO 142/31 transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples2/1754lead.htm.

Further Information

Absentee?

USA

Spouse

Dorothy Macqueen

Children

Anna (1740-, Lewis (1741-1777), Elizabeth (1742-)

Will

To his daughter Anna £2000; to his wife £300 pa for life; the residue to his son Lewis. Richard Bill and Jacob Holyoake of Boston and his cousin John Gale of Jamaica were executors.

Associated Estates (3)

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