The
Vaughan Family
(Virginia,
Missouri, Texas)
Ferne
Vaughan Buehler
September,
1972
The Vaughan family is of Welsh origin, although explicit details are unknown.
Hundreds of years ago they migrated to England, and It was from there
that the first of our family sailed to the New World.
According to family
tradition the first member of our family arrived in Virginia around 1630,
although the Vaughans have played a part In the history of the U. S. from the
very earliest times. A member of
the very first colony sent to Virginia was a Captain Vaughan.
This was the Roanoke Colony established on that island in 1597.
Its members had all disappeared when the supply ships returned two years
later, leaving behind the dismal sign reading "Roanoke".
The
family has been traced to William Vaughan who was born about 1730 In Virginia.
As noted elsewhere, his father Is said to be John Vaughan, born about
1690, and "of King George County, Virginia".
No one has been able to prove this a although evidence points to its
truth; for this reason, John is shown as the oldest known American generation of
the family. If this is true, and if
the first Vaughan arrived on these
shores around 1630 then there are still about sixty years unaccounted for.
Because of the paucity of records, combined with lack of research these
earliest years and earliest family members remain unknown.
Several
years ago while corresponding with a Vaughan descendant In Missouri, I
complained of my frustration in not being able to locate records for these
earliest family members. In partial
reply, J. P. McDaniel wrote, "and my wish for you is to read Proverbs, 3rd
chapter, verses 5 and 6". I
hurried to the Good Book to search for Proverbs and found this:
"Trust
in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths."
Since
"leaning unto mine own understanding" hasn't brought about complete
success in the research done, in the future more faith shall be employed, in the
hope He will direct our paths toward complete success.
It
has taken years and years of good, hard work to compile this record---not by one
person alone, but it represents contributions made by many members of the
family. It has taken an outlay by
all who have worked on it of not only time and effort but of much money.
Because of these factors, not to mention the most important one of
interest In our common background, I would like for this history to be a
continuing one. To make it so, I
must depend upon each branch of the family to keep me informed regarding changes
(births, deaths, marriages) within that branch; to inform me of errors found In
the history, and of new data uncovered. The
more complete it is, the more valuable it will be to us and to generations of
Vaughans yet to come.
Ferne
Vaughan Buehler
Buehler
then attached a listing of the Vaughan family members that has been organized
into They Live Again. See Vaughan
Report.
Compiled by
Richard N. Fox |
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