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Descendants of John Viall

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN² VIALL (THOMAS¹)¹ was born Abt. August 10, 1617 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ^2,^2,³, and died February 26, 1685/86 in Swansea, Ma ^4,^4,⁵. He married (1) MARY⁵ Abt. 1638⁵. She died Bef. 1664 ^6,⁷. He married (2) ELIZABETH SMITH⁷ Abt. 1663 in Kingstown, R.I.⁷, daughter of RICHARD SMITH and JOAN BARTON.

Notes for JOHN VIALL:
[Viall Genealogy]: August 25, 1679, John Viall (vintner), of Boston, and Mr. Eliakim Hutchinson (merchant), of Boston, bought the houses and lands of Capt. Thomas Willett, deceased, in Swansey and Rehoboth, some 600 acres (more or less).
"On the 20 of Jan. 1680 there was laid out to Mr. John Viall 115 acres, bounded West by certain marked saplings on the brow of the hill on Cock point neck, viz. the west side of the run till one comes to the creek, and then by the salt water to land of Mr. Allen, south, to Annawamsett brook to the east, taking in one half of said brook till one comes to N.E. corner, and then the whole brook to brow of hill on Cock Point Neck."
Articles of agreement were drawn up, Apr. 3, 1680, between Mr. John Viall and Mr. Noah Floyd (Lloyd?) (perhaps the purchaser of Mr. Hutchinson's interest), making a division of land held in common, and assigning to John Viall 69 acres, or the whole field of improved lands upon the easterly side of the long lane, and 1 1/2 acres of barn pasture adjoining the end of Mr. Viall's part of the barn.
The same parties made another division, Apr. 20, 1681, of 132 acres. May 7, 1682, 127 acres of upland and swamp in Swansey, also 8 acres in Rehoboth, and his half part of 180 acres in Rehoboth were set off to him.
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[Viall Genealogy]: August 25, 1679, John Viall (vintner), of Boston, and Mr. Eliakim Hutchinson (merchant), of Boston, bought the houses and lands of Capt. Thomas Willett, deceased, in Swansey and Rehoboth, some 600 acres (more or less).
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Boston Town Records, 1634 to 1660
The same 27th day of the 11th moneth, January, 1639.
Also Att this Meeting John Vyall, Weaver, is Allowed to be an Inhabitant.
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John Vyall hath Libertie to keep a house of Comon entertainement if the Countie Court Consent, provided he keepe it nere the New Meting house or Northward of it.
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John Vyall, upon petition to draw beere till the 29th of Sept. next, is referred to the county court for license, and is approved for that end.
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30: 2: 1660: Jno. Vyall is allowed to draw beare for the yeare ensuing.
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One houselott bounded with Mrs. Tuttle east: William Davies west: John Vyall south: and the millne streete north.
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John Vyall his possession in Boston.
One house and garden containeing halfe an Acre bounded on the east Richard Woodhouse: the high way on the west: Georg Griggs north: and the marsh and Cove on the South.
Aliened to Wm. Cosin, Booke 2, page 27.
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NOTE:
In this genealogy the descendants of John Viall by his first wife, Mary_____, will be denoted by the hyphenated surname, Viles-Viall.

David Jillson, Viall Genealogy:
James Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, gives the baptisms of but six of his children, but from the reliable copy of baptisms of the First Church of Boston at the Registrar's Office I find entries of the baptisms of eleven, the latest being probably Benjamin (not named) baptized April 14, 1672.
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New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV

VILES The surname Viles was variously spelled in the early records of New England and doubtless some branches of the family have continued the variations to the present time. The family is of ancient English stock, originally from Normandy. Villiers is an ancient spelling and perhaps the proper form. We find Villars, Villas, Vilars, Vilas, Vilos, Viol, Vyol, Vila, Viale and Vyall and doubtless many others could be found in the town records and deeds of Boston and vicinity.

(I) John Viles (Viall or Vialls), the immigrant ancestor, was born in England. He settled in Boston in 1639, and was admitted to the church, May 2, 1641, and a freeman June 2 following. His wife Mary was admitted to the church, July 11, 1641. In various records his occupation is given as laborer, weaver, vintner and webster. He sold land and buildings near Pendall's dock, Boston, in 1669, to Thomas and Jabez Hunt. He had a ship tavern near the North Battery. He removed to Swansea, Massachusetts, where he died February 26, 1685-86. In his will dated January 2, 1682, he bequeaths to wife Elizabeth; to children by her and to the six children by his first wife--John and Nathaniel--and daughters, Hopestill Pitts, Mary Burroughs, Sarah Moore and Abigail Magick. To his son John he left the ship tavern in Boston. The son Benjamin was blind. Children by first wife: Mary Hopestill, born August 14, 1639; Mary, November 30, 1641; John, mentioned below; Nathaniel, baptized July 26, 1646, aged three days; Marie, baptized March 18, 1649, aged seven days; Sarah, born March 14, 1651-52; Joseph, June 4, 1654; Abigail, October 21, 1656. Children by second wife, born in Boston: Elizabeth, born April 6, 1670; Benjamin, lived at Swansea, married there, May 26, 1701, Esther Wisell.
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New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV
VIALL This is one of the oldest of the New England families, and its history is of more than ordinary interest in very many respects.

(I) John Viall, the first of whom we have record in this country, was probably born in England about 1619, and according to the second report of the record commissioners of Boston, was allowed to become an inhabitant of that town, January 11, 1639. He was admitted a freeman of Boston, June 2, 1641, and joined the first church in Boston. "The Old South," on that date. The first record of real estate owned by John Viall in Boston is found in the "Book of Possessions" of land-owners. "31. 5m., 1647. John Viall, one house and garden, containing one-half acre, bounded on the east, Richard Woodhouse; west, highway; north. George Griggs; south, marsh and cove." John Viall purchased the "Ship Tavern," Boston, probably in 1662, as his petition to keep a tavern is dated May 7, 1662. The following account of this old tavern is to be found in the "Memorial History of Boston," edited by Justin Winsor, of Cambridge, Massachusetts:

One old house, which until a few years ago stood upon the corner of North and Clarke Sts., happily does not belong to this category. We mean the Old Ship Tavern, or "Noah's Ark," as it is often called from the rough representation of a ship over a door. This old house is supposed to have been built previous to 1650. Its first known owner was Capt. Thos. Hawkins, a busy, restless ship builder, who owned a ship yard near his house, made many voyages, was cast away three times, and at length, as if determined to show that he was not born to be hanged, lost his life by shipwreck. In the apportionment of his estate, "his brick house and lands" were set off to his widow, from whom, indirectly, it passed to one John Viall, by whom it was kept as an inn, or ordinary, as far back as 1655. It was in a room in this inn that Sir Robert Carr, the Royal Commissioner, assaulted the constable, and wrote the defiant letter to Governor Leverett. The house was built of English brick laid in the English bond. It has deep projecting jetties, Lutheran attic windows, and floor timbers of the antique triangular shape. It was originally only two stories high, but a third story has been added by a later occupant. A large crack in the front wall was supposed caused by the carthquake of 1663, "which made all New England tremble."

According to the records of the Massachusetts Bay, vol. 5, p. 489, we find as follows: "Ship Tavern Headquarters of Recruits for Army and Navy. All gentlemen soldiers or seamen, willing to serve His Majesty in the expedition against certain suspected pirates were ordered to repair with sufficient and complete arms to Mr. John Vyall at the Ship Tavern, Boston, where Cap. Sampson Waters was to enter their names and go on board a brigandine to sail in pursuit of pirates, 1685." John Viall was the owner and occupant of the Ship Tavern Inn as late as 1679, at which time he removed to Swansea, and still later became a proprietor in the Narragansett country. We find his name on record, January 20, 1680, when he became the owner of one hundred and fifteen acres, on or near Annawomscott brook, and he died February 26, 1685-86.
John Viall married (first) Mary (???), whose death occurred between 1656 and 1664; (second) Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith, who was the senior of Narragansett Country and the first town clerk of Bristol. Children by first marriage: Hopestill, born August 14, 1639, married, July 1, 1659. William Shute; Mary, born November 30, 1641; John, baptized June 2, 1644; Nathaniel, born July 23, 1646; Mercy, born March 11, 1649; Sarah, born March 15, 1651-52; Joseph, born June 4, 1654; Abigail, born October 21, 1656. Children by second marriage: James, baptized in Boston, June 12, 1664; Samuel, born November 25. 1667, died in Bristol, Rhode Island, June 10, 1749; Elizabeth, born April 16, 1670; Benjamin, see forward; Jonathan, died in Barrington in 1724.
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The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles; Genealogy Library Online

(Suff. Deed XXXI: 97-8) Mentions John Viall of Swansea and Elizabeth his wife. Dated 13 Mar. 1685. Rec. 27 Mar. 1717.

(Suff. XI: 34-6) The will of John Viall now of Swanzey, mentions wife Elizabeth; daus. Hopestill Pitts, Mary Burroughs, Sarah Moone, Abigail Mavick [Maverick]; sons John and Nathaniel Viall. Made 3 Jan. 1681. Proved 31 Aug. 1686.
John Viall died February 26, 1685-6; his will was proved Aug. 31, 1686. (Copied from Probate of Wills at Boston, book 2, pages 34, 35, 36.)

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HISTORY OF REHOBOTH.

THE old town of Rehoboth comprised, in its greatest extent, the present town, together with Seekonk, Pawtucket, Attleborough, Cumberland, R. I., and that part of Swansey and Barrington, which was called by the Indians Wannamoiset.(*) The first purchase of land for the settlement of the town was made of Massassoit, in 1641; and was, according to the measurement of those times, "a tract eight miles square,"(+) and embraced what now constitutes the towns of Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Pawtucket. The second purchase was the tract called by the Indians, and after them by the English, Wannamoiset, and forms a part of Swansey and Barrington. The third and last purchase was the "North Purchase," forming now Attleborough, Mass. and Cumberland, R. I. The last was formerly called "Attleborough Gore." In 1667, Wannamoiset was included in the town of Swansey, which was then incorporated, including, besides the present town, Somersett, Mass., and Barrington, and the greater part of Warren, R. I. The "North Purchase" was incorporated into a separate town, by the name of Attleborough, in 1694; and this was subdivided, in 1746, the "Gore" becoming Cumberland. The rest of the ancient town continued together till 1812, when Seekonk became a separate township, assuming its original Indian name??; and in 1828
(*) The name "Mollywasset," which I take to be a strange corruption of the word Wannamoiset, is now given to that part of Barrington called the "Viall Neighbourhood."
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[Viall Genealogy]: August 25, 1679, John Viall (vintner), of Boston, and Mr. Eliakim Hutchinson (merchant), of Boston, bought the houses and lands of Capt. Thomas Willett, deceased, in Swansey and Rehoboth, some 600 acres (more or less).
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Boston Town Records, 1634 to 1660
The same 27th day of the 11th moneth, January, 1639.
Also Att this Meeting John Vyall, Weaver, is Allowed to be an Inhabitant.
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John Vyall hath Libertie to keep a house of Comon entertainement if the Countie Court Consent, provided he keepe it nere the New Meting house or Northward of it.
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John Vyall, upon petition to draw beere till the 29th of Sept. next, is referred to the county court for license, and is approved for that end.
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30: 2: 1660: Jno. Vyall is allowed to draw beare for the yeare ensuing.
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One houselott bounded with Mrs. Tuttle east: William Davies west: John Vyall south: and the millne streete north.
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John Vyall his possession in Boston.

One house and garden containeing halfe an Acre bounded on the east Richard Woodhouse: the high way on the west: Georg Griggs north: and the marsh and Cove on the South.

Aliened to Wm. Cosin, Booke 2, page 27.
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"On the 20 of Jan. 1680 there was laid out to Mr. John Viall 115 acres, bounded West by certain marked saplings on the brow of the hill on Cock point neck, viz. the west side of the run till one comes to the creek, and then by the salt water to land of Mr. Allen, south, to Annawamsett brook to the east, taking in one half of said brook till one comes to N.E. corner, and then the whole brook to brow of hill on Cock Point Neck."
Articles of agreement were drawn up, Apr. 3, 1680, between Mr. John Viall and Mr. Noah Floyd (Lloyd?) (perhaps the purchaser of Mr. Hutchinson's interest), making a division of land held in common, and assigning to John Viall 69 acres, or the whole field of improved lands upon the easterly side of the long lane, and 1 1/2 acres of barn pasture adjoining the end of Mr. Viall's part of the barn.
The same parties made another division, Apr. 20, 1681, of 132 acres. May 7, 1682, 127 acres of upland and swamp in Swansey, also 8 acres in Rehoboth, and his half part of 180 acres in Rehoboth were set off to him.

In H.L. Peter Rounds Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records I find this entry:
Will of Noah Lloyd of Swansea, Citizen and Woolen Draper of the City of London, dated 27 June 1700, probated 4 Sept. 1703. Friend of Major Samuel Cranston, Esquire, of Newport and his wife and children. [not named] My brother George Lloyd of England. My nephew George Lloyd son of my brother George Lloyd. Sons [not named] of my younger brother Thomas Lloyd of England. My brother John ffarers and his wife [not named] of Hamton in England of rents due for my farm at Saule in Glocester Shire England. My Reverend friend Mr. Nathaniel Clap, Minister. Mr. Thomas ffox of Newport and his wife Elizabeth. Mr. William Allen of Newport and his daughter Mary. Friend Mary Cole of Newport. Mentions his land in Swansea and Secunk (Rehoboth). John Harwood and Henry Cornish both of the city of London. Mr. Weston Clarke and Mr. Benjamin Newberry both of Newport, Overseers. Witnesses: Latham Clarke, James Clarke and John Adlin, Jr. [2:82/3/4]
Invoice of Estate of Noah Lloyd of Swansea, dated 6 October 1703, presided by Samuel Cranston, Executor. Appraisers: James Brown and Thomas Allen [2:85]

Children of JOHN VIALL and MARY are:

	i.	HOPESTILL³ VILES-VIALL⁷, b. August 14, 1639⁷; m. WILLIAM SHUTE⁷, July 01, 1659, Boston, MA.
2.	ii.	MARY VILES-VIALL, b. November 30, 1641.
3.	iii.	JOHN VILES-VIALL, b. June 02, 1644; d. November 13, 1720, Boston, MA.
	iv.	NATHANIEL VILES-VIALL⁷, b. July 26, 1646⁷.
	v.	MERCY VILES-VIALL⁷, b. March 18, 1648/49⁷.
	vi.	SARAH VILES-VIALL⁷, b. March 14, 1650/51⁷.
	vii.	JOSEPH VILES-VIALL⁷, b. June 04, 1654⁷.
	viii.	ABIGAIL VILES-VIALL⁷, b. October 21, 1656, Boston, Suffolk, MA ⁸; m. MAVERICK, Bef. 1682 ^9,¹⁰.

Children of JOHN VIALL and ELIZABETH SMITH are:

4.	ix.		JONATHAN³ VIALL, b. Boston, Mass.; d. December 1724, Barrington, Mass..
	x.		JAMES VIALL¹¹, b. June 12, 1664 ^12,^12,¹³; d. Probably died young¹³.

More About JAMES VIALL:
Baptism: June 12, 1664, First Church, Boston¹³

5.	xi.	SAMUEL VIALL, b. November 25, 1667, Boston ?; d. June 10, 1749, Bristol, R.I..
6.	xii.	ELIZABETH VIALL, b. April 06, 1670.
7.	xiii.	BENJAMIN VIALL, b. April 14, 1672, Rehoboth, Mass.; d. September 06, 1750, Rehoboth, Mass..

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