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William Vesey

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William Vesey

Birth
Leicestershire, England
Death
16 Jun 1681 (aged 64–65)
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Father: Richard Vesey
Wife: Eleanor ThompsonHusband of Eleanor Tompson, married in 1644 in Braintree. Father of nine children. Here is a wikitree with more information on this family: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Veazie-38
Father: Richard Vesey
Wife: Eleanor ThompsonHusband of Eleanor Tompson, married in 1644 in Braintree. Father of nine children. Here is a wikitree with more information on this family: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Veazie-38

Inscription

Puritan stone ("death-head angel")
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"Here lyes buried
ye body of William
Veazay aged 65
years Dyed ye 16 of June 1681"
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NOTE: The Veazay spelling seen nowhere else. His first record in 1643 (Winthrop's journal, declaring William a freeman) showed a "sound-it-out" spelling of Phese (the final E pronounced, as Germans will do, so not silent as in English; English-German confusion over letters used to begin the name). This is the second gravepage of 2, due to high variability in spellings. The older page (2009) shows Vesey.

(JBrown Contributor #48697180)



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  • Created by: the moo
  • Added: Jul 12, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39372412/william-vesey: accessed ), memorial page for William Vesey (1616–16 Jun 1681), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39372412, citing Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101).