JOHN VINING

JOHN'S WILL

• Birth Notes
  • 17 Apr 1636  Wincanton Parish, Somersetshire, England 
    DATE IS ACTUALLY CHRISTENING
    ALTERNATE
    BORN WINCANTON ENGLAND
    bapt. 20 January 1635/36   Long Sutton, England
    

• General Notes
  • John Vining
       (son of Robert Vining and Mary? [see note following family of Robert and Mary])
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    John Vining is first to appear in US, having been born in wincanton
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    John St. Vining, I John came to Weymouth,Mass in 1652 on "Mr. Stratton's Ship" from Wincanton, Ireland when he was 16 years old.  -
    
    - Had 10 children all with Mary Reed. Samuel was the 4th child. John was about 16 years old and a cooper. He settled in Weymouth and was a 'select man' and held other public offices for many years and amassed a fortune. He left in his will large property to his wife and eight children, the new house went to his son, John. One of the overseers of his will was his kinsman Joseph (Vining) Dyer. (The Vining Family by Dorothea Vining Barnes, p21) Burial of John: Norfolk,MA - John became a *freeman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony on May 23, 1666 and already had land by then. (New England Ancestory by Dana Converse Backus) (The History of the Vining Families, Chap. III) (Jeremiah Clothier of England was an indentured servant for seven years to John, I suppose for paying his passage to America, etc.) Burial of John: Norfolk, MA (Ancestral Files)
    
    *Freeman: Before a member of society could exercise the right of suffrage, or hold any public office, he must be made a freeman by the general or quarterly court. To become such he was required to produce evidence that he was a respectable member of some Congregational church. "This regulation was so far modified by Royal order in 1664, as to allow individuals to be made Freemen, who could obtain certificates of their being correct in doctrine and conduct, from clergymen acquainted with them." In 1631, a test was invented which required all freemen to be church members. This was upon the first appearance of a dissent in regard to religious opinions. But even this test, in the public opinion, required great caution, as in 1632 it was agreed that a civil magistrate should not be an elder in the church. -- Freeman's Oath - I being by Gods providence, an Inhabitant, and Freeman, within the Jurisdiction of this Commonwealth; do freely acknowledge my self to be subject to the Government thereof: And therefore do here swear by the great and dreadful Name of the Ever-living God, that I will be true and faithfull to the same, and will accordingly yield assistance & support thereunto, with my person and estate, as in equity I am bound; and will also truly endeavor to maintain and preserve all the liberties and priviledges thereof, submitting my self to the wholesome Lawes & Orders made and established by the same. And further, that I will not plot or practice any evill against it, or consent to any that shall so do; but will timely discover and reveal the same to lawfull Authority now here established, for the speedy preventing thereof. Moreover, I doe solemnly bind my self in the sight of God, that when I shal be called to give my voyce touching any such matter of this State, in which Freemen are to deal, I will give my vote and suffrage as I shall judge in mine own conscience may best conduce and tend to the publike weal of the body, So help me God in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Source:List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691 by Lucius R. Paige)
    
    
    His immigrant ancestor was John Vining who was born in 1636 in Wincanton, Somerset, England. He was baptized on 17 Apr. 1636 (Bishops' Transcripts, Wincanton, Somerset, England). In the town records of Weymouth, Mass. it says that, "John Vining came from Wincanton, England, in 'Mr. Stratton's Ship' [in 1652]. He was a cooper and about 16 years old. He settled in Weymouth, U.S., and was a 'select man' and held other public offices for many years, and amassed a fortune. He left in his will large property to his wife and eight children. One of the overseers of his will was his kinsman Joseph Dyer."
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    m   3/11/1657 Weymouth,Norfolk,MA
    1) Margaret Read (baptized at Long Sutton,Somersetshire 1/20/1636 - d8/6/1659 Weymouth,Norfolk,MA -
    m1)1/22/1659 Wincanton,Somerset,England
    
    2) Mary Reed (Daughter of Philip Reed b10/1641 Weymouth,Norfolk,MA - dWeymouth,Norfolk,MA & Mary (Polly) (Online) Dyer; married on 10/26/1635 Long Sutton,Somerset,Eng - Mary died in Weymouth,Norfolk,MA)
    
    
    

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