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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
William Vassall
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

William Vassall

West Indies, 1715 - 1800, England
BiographyDescendent of Samuel Vassall, a patentee of Massachusetts land in 1628
Extensive estates in West Indies and Jamaica
1774 appointed Mandamus Councillor but refused
Prohibited from returning to the Commonwealth due to the Banishment Act of 1778
Land seized following Absentee Act of 1777
Person TypeIndividual
Last Updated8/7/24