William VANS^[1]

1730 - 1797  (67 years)

• Name	William VANS
  Born	10 Apr 1730	Boston
  Gender	Male
  HIST	The other son, William Dummer, was our Lieutenant-Governor, many years the acting Governor.  His will (Suff. Wills, Lib. 59, f. 398) men- tions no children, nor Dummer nephews or nieces.  He gave his estate partly in charity, to found the Dummer Grammar School, and the rest to the chil- dren of his sister,  Anne Powell.  Of this, Jeremiah Powell was the principal heir, though his brothers, John and William, were also favored.  He gave to Jeremiah Powell, lauds in North Yarmouth, Co. York, bought of Rev. Daniel Rogers, of Littleton, and his wife, Elizabeth, which had formerly belonged to Samuel Dummer, of Wilmington.  He mentions kinsfolk, Nathaniel Dummer, of Ipswich (whom he made a trustee of the school), Mary Oulton, and William Vans, son of Mr. Hugh Vans. (http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NEReligiousHistory/Sewall-Diary1674-1729/Sewal-Vol3-1714-1729.htm) Washington did, in fact, keep an expense account. It was a careful document, and neither more nor less honest than other works of this genre, as Kitman makes clear. Entries are frequently vague and need explanation; "To Willm. Vans acc.", behind which lurks an expenditure of $1,120.30 (New Style) for tea, tablespoons, Madeira, bottles and corks. The money paid to William Vans, partner in the military supply depot of Vans & Sparhawk (http://www.marvinkitman.com/nyt1.htm) William Vans and Richard Sparhawk William Vans kept a country store on "the Corner leading from the main Street to the North-River Bridge" in Salem in 1768 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/EssexAntiquarian/Volume1/189701.html) March 27, 1792 WILLIAM VANS, Collector of the Carriage Taxes for the south district of Essex (Topsfield being one of the towns named) gave notice of rediness to receive such taxes at his house in Salem until the 20th of April (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mactopsf/salemgazette.htm#March%2027,%201792) Under Captain Ebenezer West, with William Vans as supercargo, she had an even more mixed outward cargo this time (http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/1258/shipsIII.html) A letter from William Vans Murray to Vans, in effect tells Vans not to worry about the Codmans. "If in going to America you pass through Holland, come and spend some days with your affectionate friend and relative." William Vans Murray to William Vans, Esq., Paris (p. 50).
  Occupation	Merchant (Vans and Sparhawk)
  Died	23 May 1797	Essex Co, MA   [2]
  Notes	See research note 1790 census - Salem Tenant of property owned by Gedney Clarke Sr. and Jr. in Salem Died in this Town William Vans Esqr. œt. 67. His second wife was a daughter of Master Nutting & his first, a Clark (The Diary of William Bentley, D. D.: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts - Page 223 by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute - 1907), [3, 4]
  Person ID	I14489	Vance family
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	Hugh VANS,   b. 27 Dec 1697, (a Monday) Ayr ,   d. 1 Apr 1763, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Mary PEMBERTON,   b. 14 Apr 1703, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
  Married	17 Aug 1726	Boston, MA, by Mr. Joseph Sewall   [5]
  Family ID	F10654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary CLARKE,   b. 1735,   d. 19 May 1770, Essex Co, MA  (Age 35 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1761	Essex Co, MA   [2]
  Children	1. William VANS,   b. 22 Feb 1763, Essex Co, MA ,   d. 30 Mar 1840, Boston  (Age 77 years)   2. Rebecca VANS,   b. 29 Jan 1764, Essex Co, MA ,   d. 9 Nov 1846, Essex Co, MA  (Age 82 years)   3. Mary VANS,   b. 24 May 1765, Essex Co, MA   4. Mary Clark VANS,   b. 17 Sep 1767, Essex Co, MA
  Family ID	F10656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Eunice NUTTING,   b. Abt 1730,   d. 25 Aug 1790  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Family ID	F10665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S426] Hugh Vans, Marge Rice. [S431] Massachusetts Vital Records 1600-1849 Online, John Slaughter. [S45] Ancestry.com. [S436] The New England Quarterly, S. D. Smith. [S424] Randall and Allied Families, William R. Randal.