Vincent Vass

• Name	Vincent Vass
  Gender	Male
  Deed-Purchase	18 Mar 1750	South Farnham, Essex, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	On 18 Mar 1750 Vincent Vass bought 240 acres in South Farnham Parish from John Vass for 155 lbs. Vincent Vass is identified as being from Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County.
  Person ID	I22359	Master
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	John Vass   d. 1755, , Essex, Virginia, USA
  Mother	Rachel Pendleton
  Family ID	F5786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Rust,   b. 04 Oct 1727, , Richmond, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	1743
  Children	1. Caty Vass   2. Richard Vass   3. Thomas Vass   4. Sarah Vass,   b. Abt 1744 + 5. Philip Vass,   b. Between 1748 and 1753   d. Between 1823 and 1825, , Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)   6. Vincent Vass,   b. 02 Jun 1755, , Essex, Virginia, USA d. 07 Jan 1850, , Tipton, Tennessee, USA (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F5793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth
  Marriage	29 Aug 1783	, Orange, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F5798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Deed-Purchase - 18 Mar 1750 - South Farnham, Essex, Virginia, USA Marriage - 29 Aug 1783 - , Orange, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Listed among slave owners in Spotsylvania county in 1783 are: VincentVass (2), Mary Vass (3) and Rice Vass (3). The name Vincent Vass appears in Francis Jerdone's account book for his King & Queen County store (he was a leading merchant who established a chain of stores). The date of these accounts is 1750-1751. Also in the Jerdone papers are letters which reference a Mrs. Ann Vass who is in dire need for money. Jerdone and his partners advise their clerks to advance Mrs. Ann Vass whatever she needs until the estate of herson, William Johnson, can be settled. I get the impression that her son was wealthy and that Jerdone was somehow involved in the estate. Following item can be found in the North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. IV, page 220 (1978). It comes from the British Records Collection at the N.C. State Archives, Raleig, Stack/File 77.2518.4(Treasury Series T 79/94, Reports of Wm. Hening, Special Agent UnitedStates relative to British Debts. 27 October 1800 Vincent Vass (of Spotsylvania County, VA) L23.15.8 owed Robert Jardine 'Vincent Vass has experienced a greater variet of fortune than any other man in Virginia. From some short time before this debt was contracted 'till his death, he had married 9 wives. No sooner was he ever marr'd than he spent his wife's [estate] & become insolvent. He died lately in the Penitentiary House in this State to whick Place he was sentenced to sevl yrs confinmt [several years confinement] for killing his ninth & last wife. He resided in the Coty [County] of Spotsa [Spotsylvania]'till about the year 1789 then for some yrs in the Coty [County] of Caroline & lastly in the Co ty of Halifax in this State. He has been solvent & insolvent so often that I find it impossble [impossible] to fix any particular dates to his various lives.' CAPT. BENJ. WINSLOW, GOODRICK & GRASSLEY of Orange Co. EDWD. HERNDON of Spotsa County. Incidentally, the Robert Jardine mentioned in this item was a merchant in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, VA. He is mentioned in two notices in the Virginia Gazette. In the first of January 10, 1775 he notes he is personally overseeing his business in Fredericksburg formerly managed by Mr. George Mitchell. In a note of February 1, 1776 he announces the following: 'I intend to London in a very short Time, and have appointed mr. James Somerville, Merchant of this Place [Fredericksburg], my lawful Attorney, properly authorized to receive and discharge all Debts due me; and I beg that all those who are indebted to my Store will pay the same, and all those who are indebted by Notes, or open Accounts, are requested to come and pay, or reduce them into Bonds till it is more convenient to discharge them. Take Notice, I am the Principal for whom the late George Mitchell was Factor many Years.' Signed Robert Jardine. Vincent Vass, married Jane Mountague in 1759 [ Essex Co., VA Order book 23 page 135] Vincent Vass, married Winifred, daugher of John Gatewood in 1761 [Essex Co., VA Order Book 23, page 401] The settlement of the estate of John Gatewood was made on 16 August 1762 by John Upshaw and Thomas Roane. The division is unclear. Mentionsbrother Richard Gatewood, Vincent Vass, Philip Gatewood, heirs of William Gatewood, Isaac Gatewood, James Rennolds, Thomas Bowcock and William May. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 12, pages 10-12.] Spotsylvania Co., VA. 16 Nov 1770. Guardian bond to William Garrett with Vincent Vass security for William, Thornton, and Minor Meade, orphans of Thomas Meade. These are siblings of Susannah Meade who married Philip Vincent Vass.

  
  

• Sources

  [S597] Compiler: Fleet, Beverley, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 2, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1988), p. 419. [S598] The Genealogical Association, Orange County Marriage Bonds, (March 1940), p. 46. [S536] Editor: W. Mac Jones, The Douglas Register, (J.W. Fergusson & Sons, Richmond, Va., 1928), p. 48, 75.