Thomas Vayle (Vail)

Born: 1620 at Suffolk, England
Died: 1687 at Westchester, NY.
Interred: Westchester, NY>

Father: John Veale

Mother: Mother: Alice Moore

Spouse: Sarah Wentworth, married circa 1650

Children:

  • Samuel Vail (1654)
  • Thomas Vail (1656—aft. 1704)
  • Joseph Vail (1658—1698)
  • John Vail (1660—1684)
  • James Vail (1662)
  • Phillip Vail (1664)
  • Ruth Vail (1666—aft 1698
  • Mary Vail (1668)
  • Narrative

    Thomas Vayle and Sarah Wentworth came separately from England to Salem, MA around 1640 and married around 1650 probably in Westchester.

    In 1649, moved to Southhampton, Long Island and with Thomas Pell and several others purchased a tract of land from the Algonquen Indians and recieved a grant from the Connecticut Col++ony in 1654. On this land, they founded Westchester (now a part of New York City) where he served as Magistrate.

    Index ID: nnn Relationship: 9/Great Grandfather )