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Captain Robert Vaughan

Captain Robert Vaughan

Male 1597 - 1668  (71 years)

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  • Name Robert Vaughan 
    Title Captain 
    Born 1597  England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1668  Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1167761462  Master Tree
    Last Modified 9 May 2008 

    Family Mary 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Vaughn,   d. 1684, Talbot, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. William Vaughan,   b. Parsons Point, Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1684, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Charles Vaughan,   b. 30 Aug 1655, Kent, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Mary Vaughan,   b. 1657,   d. 11 Dec 1707, Eastern Neck, Kent, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2006 
    Family ID F1068975901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1597 - England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1668 - Maryland, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Commander of Kent 1647-1652
    • Capt. ROBERT VAUGHAN had lately been deposed by the "Keepers of the Liberty of England," and could not stomach and digest the doings of a Court organized by the Puritan Commissioners. 95% Old Kent: the Eastern Shore of Maryland A second time, Capt. ROBERT VAUGHAN insulted the Court by using most "opprobious" epithets, bending his "fist" over the "heads" of the Judges and "swearing" at the Clerk as "he sat at table." For this offence the Court imposed a fine of 600 lbs. of Tob. Fol. 56.



      Governor Calvert, also, the 18th day of April, 1647, o. s., commissioned Robert Vaughan, gent., to be "chief captain and commander," under him (the Governor), "of all the militia of the Isle of Kent, and with it to command and execute whatsoever shall beby him thought requisite for the said island against all intestine mutinies or seditions;" invested him with the power of martial law; "provided that where the offense shall deserve the forfeiture of life or member, that such offender for his trial be referred, and judgment to the provincial court, to be held by his Lordship's Governor and Council of this province." He further authorized "the said Captain Robert Vaughan to award all process necessary, according to the law and custom of this province," etc.; and he also authorized the said Captain Robert Vaughan, William Cox, Thomas Bradnox, Edward Comins, Philip Conner and Francis Brooke, gent., or the major part of them, whereof the said Robert Vaughan to be always one, to hear, try and judge, accord ing to the laws of this province, all actions and causes civil," except "where the freehold of any one shall come in question," provided that it shall be lawful for any man, at any time before execution served, "to appeal unto the provincial