Samuel, Calvert MD 1633-1688
Samuel Vines was in Calvert County, Maryland as an indentured servant in or before 1659.I have posted information about him on this genforum at posting number 995.
I believe that I have located additional information about this individual.
In Calvert County in 1676, a Cornelius Jones made a nuncupative (oral) will leaving certain personalty to John Turner and Charles Adams but then all the remainder of his estate to Samuel Vynes [an alternate spelling, interchanging the letters "i" and "y" was not uncommon in written English from that time] and Samuel's daughter Mary.At least one researcher, who has posted on www.rootsweb.com, says that Cornelius had a daughter, possibly named Mary, who married Samuel Vines, had daughter Mary, and then died (not an unusual scenario for that time and place).Samuel then remarried to Martha somebody and had more children, possibly Elizabeth (m. Henry Easterling), Samuel ("junior"), Rebecca and Martha.We know Samuel died before 1693 because Martha had remarried by then.One researcher puts his death at 1688.
I have earlier speculated that, depending on Samuel's age at the time of his indenture, he might have been born as early as 1634.On the Latter Day Saints on-line databased, someone has submitted an extraction of baptismal records from the village of Hellingly, in East Sussex, England.Those records include a Samuel Vine baptized in 1633, the son of an Alexander Vine, and with several siblings.
Just North a few miles from Hellingly is another small village called Vines Cross and on the web, I found reference to some popular folklore about that village.They said it might have been named about 1595 in honor of a local vintner by the name of John Vine.There are still vineyards and vintners in East Sussex today, and one near Vines Cross.Perhaps the name "Vine" or "Vines" was occupational in origin, and referred to those who grew grapes and tended the vines (and made wine).
I would propose that, for further research for American Vine/Vines families who might descend from Samuel that we direct our research toward East Sussex, England as the source of the immigrant.From other postings on this and on the Vine genforum, I see that that there were still Vine/Vines families in East Sussex down to the 1800s (and possibly even today).
Can anyone add to this?Can anyone refute this theory?Please contact me to share and cooperate on further research at [email protected]
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Re: Samuel, Calvert MD 1633-1688
Duane Boggs 4/19/04