The Morris Clan

George Vaughan and Elizabeth Bassett

HUSBAND:
George VAUGHAN. [PC M3].
Born 24 July 1709 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island; son of John VAUGHAN and Elizabeth BULL. (S8).

He married Elizabeth BASSETT on 26 September 1736 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

George and Elizabeth purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land on the Exeter Town Line.

His father John died some time between 1743 and 1751. In John's will, to his son George he bequeathed a chest, plough irons and the fifty acres he already had use of. The Will was proven on 9 September 1751.

George died on 21 March 1780 in West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. (S8).

WIFE:
Elizabeth BASSETT. [Our Basset Ancestors], [Familytree].
Born 5 March 1708 in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island; daughter of Samuel Bassett and Elizabeth Jones. (S6,S8).

She is often said to be the daughter of Samuel Bassett and Alice Weaver. However, Samuel Bassett and Alice Weaver were married on 18 April 1728, whose daughter Elizabeth Bassett was born on 28 December 1729. {S4}. Therefore we need to go back about 20 years to find our Elizabeth's parents.

She married George VAUGHAN on (26)(27-S8) September (1736)(1737-S8) in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island.

CHILDREN of George VAUGHAN and Elizabeth BASSETT:

John VAUGHAN. Born in 1738, probably in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. (S8). He married Elizabeth SWEET on 29 MAY 1771 in West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. He died by about 1790, when Elizabeth remarried.
George VAUGHAN. Born 1740 Rhode Island. George married Waitley Gifford.{S3}.
Joseph VAUGHAN. Born about (1741)(1742-S8) in Rhode Island. Joseph married Isabella Sweet. (S3).
Elizabeth VAUGHAN. [PC M3]. Born on 22 April 1742 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island. She married William CAHOONE on 22 April 1762 at West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. She died before 1770 at West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. (S8).

SOURCES:

[S1]. Some Descendants of JEREMIAH & RUTH (ALBRO) SWEET. http://members.aol.com/picknell/sweet.html
[S2]. Vaughan Family Page. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/pointe/9019/vaughan.html
[S3]. Descendants of John Vaughan. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bryajw/vaughan/pafg04.htm
[S4]. John B. Deitz. http://prometheusli.com/genealogy/Weaver/d1006.htm
[S5]. http://newenglandgenealogy.pcplayground.com/f_56b.htm#25
[S6]. http://www.ralphvaughan.com/vaughan/gp20.htm. website by Ralph Vaughan and Frank Vaughan.
[S7]. Chapter 3, The Vaughans and Whightmans in North Kingston, Rhode Island. https://donvaughan.wordpress.com/genealogy/family-story/chapter-3/. Accessed 14 DEC 2014.
[S8]. Elliston Descendants & Connections. http://gillywoodfamily.blogspot.com/2013/03/descendant-register-of-samuel-bassett_9.html. QUOTES as sources: Burke’s Peerage; Census Transcripts; Tricia Davies ‘Hughes/Davies/Manders/Buckley’; Melissa Eder ‘Edmondson-Thomas Family’; Geo Larson ‘An Extended Family’; M.J. Wood ‘The Descendants of Robert William Elliston; NEHGR

HOW ARE WE RELATED:

George Vaughan and Elizabeth Bassett Elizabeth Vaughan and William Cahonne William Cahoone (1733-1813) md Elizabeth Vaughan William Cahoon (1765-1828) md Mary Smith Mary Cahoon (1810-?) md David Elliott Peter Mack Elliott (1833-1885) md Charlotte Alvord Harriett Louisa Elliott (1860-1902) md James Newberry Morris Eli Ray Morris (1892-1980) md Tina Matilda Kunzler LeGrand Elliott Morris (1916-2005) md Dorothea Berta Ernestine Kersten Rodney Allen Morris and Deborah Lee Handy