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Thomas Vail

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY
Death: October 21, 1806 (72)
Pomfret, Windham, CT
Immediate Family:

Son of Jeremiah Vaile, IV and Elizabeth Vaile
Husband of Hannah Vail
Father of Thomas Vail, Jr.; Gamaliel Vail, Sr.; Hannah Durkee; Elizabeth Vail; Augustus Vail and 5 others
Brother of Jeremiah Vail, V; Mary Allen; Mehitable Brown; Joshua Vail; Abraham Vail and 2 others

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About Thomas Vail

GEDCOM Note

!TIB;CRA !HISTORY OF POMFRET, VERMONT BY HH VAIL !INDEXED PEDIGREE CHARTS FILE !NAUVOO BAPTISMS FOR THE DEAD FILE BOOK A PAGE 170 !LOGAN TEMPLE RECORDS !DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF NEW YORK

In 1760, Thomas was serving as a lieutenant under General Amherst; he was present at the siege of Fort Levi and the capture of Montreal. At the time, he had been married to Hannah (whose mother was Hannah Hawkes) about 2 years. Lt. Vail settled on LI after the war [after 1760], engaged in farming, then 12 years later moved to Lebanon, CT., thence to Pomfret, Windsor County, VT.

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Thomas Vail's Timeline

1734
August 18, 1734
Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY
1760
January 11, 1760
Oysterponds, Suffolk, NY
1762
January 7, 1762
Southold, Suffolk, NY
1763
November 18, 1763
Oysterponds, Suffolk, NY
1765
September 17, 1765
Oyster Ponds, Long Island, New York, USA
1767
September 6, 1767
Oyster Ponds, Long Island, New York, USA
1770
August 12, 1770
Oyster Ponds, Long Island, New York, USA
1772
June 18, 1772
Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
1774
July 28, 1774
Pomfret, Windham, CT