The Vaughan Family in Wales and America is an update (2008) of a family history first published in 1990 by Higginson Book Company of Salem, Massachusetts. Originally conceived as a "search for the Welsh ancestors of William Vaughan (1750-1840)," this book became a global search for Vaughans of all seasons. Revised in 1992, this edition has been further revised by the author, 83 year-old James E. Vaughan, for publication and distribution by Trafford Publishing or 2657 Wilfert Road, Victoria BC CANADA V9B 5Z3, the publisher of his historical novels The Alchymist and The Silurist, and Diana and Leo, the former based on the lives of the 17th-century Welsh scientist Thomas Vaughan (The Alchymist), and his twin brother Henry Vaughan (The Silurist), and the latter on the lurid prose of a 19th century Parisian named Gabrielle Jogand-Pages. Writing under the pen name Leo Taxil, Jogand-Pages’ principal targets were Thomas Vaughan and a young American girl named Diana Vaughan, who sought to prove her kinship toThomas. More than twenty years of research preceded the publication of the novels. The revised family history is now available for readers of the two novels who may desire to explore factual aspects of Vaughan family history.

Vaughan Family

William Vaughan came to America, probably from Wales, in the early 1700s and settled in Virginia. He married a Cherokee, Fereby Benton. They lived successively in the Clinch River Valley, now Russell County, Virginia; Hawkins County, Tennessee; and Wayne County, Missouri. William died in northwest Arkansas ca. 1838. Fereby died in Madison County, Arkansas when she was over 100 years of age. Descendants of William and Fereby are found in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, California, and elsewhere. William Winton Hanshew (1838-1911) was born in Wythe County, Virginia and died in Arkansas.

Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Vaughan family between the late 1200s and 1911.

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This second edition includes additional chapters containing family memories from Edward's daughters, Thelma and Della. Also, included are the memories of grandson Ed Jr. A chapter covering Edward's son, Eddie, is also included. The book is the result of research compiled from 2017-2020 by a descendant of Edward Vaughn, grandson Dennis R. Vaughn. This is a history and genealogy of the Edward Vaughn family in 10 chapters and 5 appendices. It covers the origins of the Vaughan/Vaughn surname as well as the likely origins of the family in the Wales and western Midlands region of the British Isles. The narrative follows seven generations of Vaughns beginning in the early 1700s with Daniel Vaughan and his son, William "T" Vaughan, and ends with Edward living in Greene County in the 1940s. We follow the family from the early Virginia Colony in Charles City and later Mecklenburg County. By the late 1700s, this Vaughn branch headed to Washington (Marion) County in pioneer Kentucky. The Vaughns would eventually migrate to Indiana, settling first in Owen and then Greene Counties by 1900. With the help of genealogists using Vaughan/Vaughn DNA matches and other Vaughan family trees, the book discloses how the origins of Edward's branch of the Vaughn family tree were established. Chapter 4 describes the migration of Samuel Vaughan and Richard Gregory families from southern Virginia to Nelson (Washington) County, Kentucky, around 1790.Chapters 9 and 10 explore the lives of Edward Vaughn and his wife Anna Mary Cadwell in Midland, Indiana, from the early 1900s to the late 1940s.Appendix 3 lists eleven Vaughn-Murphy intermarriages from 1825 to 1899. Most of the marriages were between descendants of Samuel Vaughan Sr. and Kanellum Murphey Sr. of Washington County, Kentucky.Appendix 5 includes notes collected by the researcher on the arrival of William "T" Vaughan's descendants into Gasconade, Maries and Osage, Missouri, between 1820 and 1840.Other families the Vaughns interacted with along the way include the Gregorys, Averitts, Swans, Yowells, Murphys, Cadwells, Alsops, Bradfords, Woods, Arthurs, and Geabharts.The 173-page book includes an index, photographs, color illustrations and documents, and 27 maps in color.