Generation 1

UNKNOWN VOSE

Thomas Vose's father may be John Vauce, a tenant of the Norris family in 1566, but there is no proof. [Ref]

Children of Unknown Vose: [Ref]

1. Thomas Vose died between 23 Feb 1640 and 29 Apr 1641. He married first Margery Unknown. He married second Anne Unknown.
2. George Vose of Sephton died between 22 Jul 1597, when he wrote his will, and 28 Sep 1597, when it was proved. [Ref] He married Jane, the daughter of Edward Aughton; he named both in his will. [Ref]
3. Clemence Vose
4. Anne Vose married John Fakerly.
5. Daughter Vose married Unknown Carie. [Ref]

THOMAS VOSE (d. 1641) of Garston

Parents: Unknown

Thomas Vose, yeoman of Garston, died between 23 Feb 1640, when he signed his will, and 29 Apr 1641, when it was proved. [Ref] He married first Margery Unknown. [Ref] He married second Anne Unknown. [Ref]

Thomas's brother George left him his buckskin britches in his will. [Ref]

On 11 Dec 1599 Edward Norris of Speke, Esq. formally agreed to lease property to Thomas Vose, husbandman of of Garston and Margery, his wife. [Ref] On 1 Mar 1619/20, Sir William Norris, the son of Edward, sold to Thomas Vose of Garson, yeoman, and Edward Vose, Thomas's son and heir apparent, a messuage in Little Wolton for five pounds. [Ref]

In his will, Thomas mentions his wife Anne, his sons Robert and John, and Robert's children William, Edward, Elizabeth and Thomas. [Ref]

Children of Thomas Vose and Margery Unknown:

1. Margaret Vose married Ralph Vose of Blackrod. [Ref] Her godfather and uncle George left her a pot in his will. He left her brothers William, Edward and John 30 shillings between them. [Ref]
2. William Vose was apparently unmarried. [Ref]
3. Edward Vose of Halewood, a husbandman, died between 25 Jan 1624/5, when he wrote his will, and 1 Mar 1624, when it was proved. [Ref] He mentions his wife Mary and his daughter. [Ref]
4. John Vose was born about 1598. John Vause, yeoman of Waverly, deposed that he was 70 on 27 Mar 1668. [Ref] He had a son and three daughters. [Ref]
5. Robert Vose was born about 1599. He died on 16 Oct 1683, at age 84, in Dorchester. He married Jane Moss.

Generation 3

ROBERT VOSE (abt 1599 - 1683) of Garston and Dorchester

Parents: Thomas Vose [Ref]

Robert Vose was born about 1599. He died on 16 Oct 1683, at age 84, in Dorchester. [Ref gives the date and place][Ref gives the year and age] He married Jane Moss in Chidwall, a parish bordering Garston, after 25 Jul 1629, when their license is dated. [Ref] Jane died in Oct 1675 in Milton. [Ref]

Thomas Vose of Garston and his son and heir Robert signed, with their marks, a deed on 10 Jul 1626. [Ref] In 1650, Robert Vose of Cronton, gentleman, and John Vose of Garston, were on a jury examining the condition of local parishes. The jury reported on the Prescot parish. [Ref]

Robert Vose first appears in the New England records when, as a gentleman of Dorchester, he purchased his a 500-acre farm in Milton from the heirs of John Glover for £380 on 13 Jul 1654. [Ref][Ref] John Glover has come from Prescot parish in Lancashire. [Ref]

On 20 Feb 1662, Robert signed a deed giving his son Edward his farm; Edward had agreed to maintain him for life. [Ref] On 23 Feb 1663, Mr. Vose signed a deed formalising a 1659 gift of 19-3/4 acres to his son-in-law Thomas Swift. [Ref]

Robert is in the Milton section of the 23 May 1666 list of freemen. [Ref]

In 1668 Robert's brother John testified in a property dispute that he believed Roberts' sons William and Edward were alive as he had heard a year before that they were living in New England. He also testified that his parents Thomas and Margery had died 20 or more years ago. [Ref]

On 1 Jun 1681, Robert was received into full communion in the church in Milton, the first member after the ordination of Rev. Peter Thatcher. [Ref]

In his will of 10 Sep 1683, Robert mentions his sons Edward and Thomas and his daughter Martha Buckminster. [Ref]

Children of Thomas Vose and Jane Moss:

1. William Vose died in 1669 in Milton. [Ref]
2. Edward Vose [Ref] was born about 1636. He died on 29 Jan 1716, age 80. He married Abigail Sharp.
3. Elizabeth Vose died on 15 Jan 1675 in Milton. [Ref] She married Dea. Thomas Swift 2 on 9 (10) 1657 in Dorchester. [Ref]
4. Capt. Thomas Vose may be the Thomas, son of Robert of Ditton, who was baptised on 18 Feb 1640/1 in Prescot. [Ref] He died on 23 Apr 1708, age 67. [Ref] He married Waitstill Wyatt. [Ref] She was born about 1643. She died on 8 Jan 1727, age 84. [Ref]
   On 10 Feb 1688/9 Waitstill, wife of Lieut. Vose, was admitted to full communion at the church in Milton by virtue of a letter of dismissal from the church in Dorchester. [Ref] Capt. Thomas Vose was admitted on 7 Apr 1706. [Ref]
   some descendants of Thomas Vose
5. Martha Vose married first Lieut. John Sharp, the brother of Edward's wife Abigail. [Ref] She married second Jabez Buckminster. [Ref]

Generation 4

EDWARD VOSE (abt 1636 - 1716) of Dorchester, Block Island and Milton

Parents: Robert Vose and Jane Moss

Edward Vose was born about 1636. He died on 29 Jan 1716, age 80. [Ref] He married Abigail Sharpe. [Ref][Ref]

Edward was an original settler of Block Island, but returned to Dorchester. [Ref gives only her father's name]

On 2 Oct 1681 Sister Vose, wife of Edward Vose, was admitted to full communion at the church in Milton by virtue of a letter of dismissal from the church in Dorchester. [Ref]

Children of Edward Vose:

1. Robert Vose was born on 24 Nov 1666 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] He died there on 22 Nov 1668, age two. [Ref][Ref]
2. Jane Vose was born on 21 Nov 1668 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] She married Joseph Houghton. [Ref]
3. Abigail Vose was born on 27 Jul 1670 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] She died young.
4. Capt. Nathaniel Vose was born on 17 Nov 1672 in Milton. [Ref][Ref][Ref] He died in Oct 1753. [Ref] He married Mary Belcher about 1696. [Ref] They had six children. [Ref] He inherited the farm that had been his grandfather Robert Vose's. [Ref] Inventory on his estate amounted to £958. [Ref] On 4 Dec 1698 Nathaniel Vose and Mary, his wife, were admitted to full communion at the church in Milton. [Ref]
5. William Vose was born on 9 Nov 1674 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] He married Mary Badcock. [Ref]
6. John Vose was born on 20 Nov 1676 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] He married Sarah Clap. [Ref]
7. Elizabeth Vose was born on 2 Sep 1678 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] She married John Wadsworth. [Ref]
8. Martha Vose was born on 27 Aug 1680 in Milton. She married Jonathan Wyatt.
9. Mary Vose was born on 17 Feb 1682 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] She died young. [Ref]
10. Sarah Vose was born on 30 Aug 1684 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] She married James Badcock. [Ref]
11. Grace Vose married Walter Palmer [Ref] on 7 Aug 1712. [Ref, p. 54]
    Grace, the wife of Walter Palmer, was admitted to the first church in Stonington on 31 Aug 1718. [Ref]
    Leavitt says that Grace is the daughter of Edward and Waitstill Vose. [Ref, p. 54]
    
12. Bathshua Vose was baptised on 29 Mar 1691 in Milton. [Ref] She died there on 22 Sep 1704. [Ref][Ref]

Generation 5

MARTHA VOSE (b. 1680)

Parents: Edward Vose and Abigail Sharp

Martha Vose was born on 27 Aug 1680 in Milton. [Ref][Ref] She married Jonathan Wyatt. [Ref]

References

L.M.B., "Brief Memoirs and Notices of Prince's Subscribers," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 9, 1855, 177.

Leavitt, Emily Wilder, Groups of Palmer Families from Walter Palmer of Charlestown and Rehoboth, Mass., Stonington, Conn., Privately printed by David Clapp & Sons, Boston, MA, 1901.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Moriarty, G. Andrews, "Some Notes on Block Islanders of the Seventeenth Century," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 105, 1951, 162-182.

No Author, History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874 with the Report of the Bi-centennial Proceedings, June 3, 1874, Richard A. Wheeler, T. A. David and Co., Norwich, 1875.

No author, "Marriages and Deaths," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 10, 1857, 294.

Paige, Lucius, R., "List of Freemen, " New England Historical and Genealogical Register 3, 1849, 239-40.

Pulsifer, David, trans., "Records of Boston," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, various issues.

Town of Milton, Town of Milton, Milton Records: Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1662-1843, Boston, Alfred Mudge & Son, 1900.

Trask, William Blake, trans., "Milton (Mass.) Church Records - 1678 - 1754," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 22, 1868, 259 - 267.

Vose, Ellen F., Robert Vose and his Descendants, Boston, privately printed, 1932. Online: Ancestery.com.