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Stephen Vail
b.19 Dec 1739 Green Brook, Somerset Co., New Jersey, United States
d.Bet 18 Apr 1808 and 25 Dec 1808 Lemon Twp, Butler Co., Ohio
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m. 26 Oct 1763
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m. Bef 19 Jun 1771
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Note copied from Fitz Randolph source doc, pg 31: "Stephen Vail's first wife (2nd int. declared Dec. 16, 1761) was Rebecca Jackson; his second wife, whom he married 10 mo., 1763, was Sarah (Smith) Marriott, . . . a cousin of Mary Fitz Randolph. Of course Stephen and Mary were not related by consanguinity, but the Quakers considered that they were related "by affinity," and so frowned on this [3rd] marriage. The Rahway-Plainfield Minutes state that "19 of 6 mo., 1771, Stephen Vail, Jr., is complained of for marrying his first (sic) wife's cousin," and he was disowned 18 of 9 mo., 1771. Stephen must have acknowledged his breach of discipline, for the Westmoreland Monthly Meeting, Washington Co., Pa., had "25 of 12 mo., 1790;" Stephen Vail produced a Certificate for himself and his wife Mary from Rahway dated 16 of 9 mo., 1790;" and on "22 of 10 mo., 1791, Stephen Vail requests that his seven minor children be taken under care of friends." "26 of 11 mo., 1791, Shubal, Aaron, Sarah, Randall, Mary, Hugh and Catharine, children of Stephen Vail, are received into membership." "On the '1 of 3 mo., 1805,' the Redstone (Fayette Co., PA) MM wrote: "Dear Friends: agreeable to your Request we inform you that the following friends have removed from amongst us and we believe now reside within the limits of your meeting - to wit Stephen Vail, Mary his wife and four children, Aaron, Randolph, Catharine and Hugh: they removed in or about the year 1800." Also mentions that the son Randolph had married 'out of meeting'. From pg 379, "Moses Vail of Huntington, L.I.": He [Stephen] was one of the founders of Middletown, Ohio, in 1802, having come to Ohio in 1799. He purchased a large tract of land on both sides of the Miami River and began erecting mills,--a grist-mill, fulling mill, and saw-mill,--which were finished in 1802. He was buried on the banks of the Miami River; his grave was washed away by a flood. (Note: For a summary of his Will, see the end of this chapter.) At the first election held 1 April, 1837, by 106 legal voters, Hugh Vail, Stephen Vail and John R. Russel, a grandson of Stephen Vail the original proprietor, were three of the five Trustees of the Corporation elected." References
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