John Vause, Ill

The younger John Vause married twice. His first wife was Lettice Obert, daughter of Bartram or Bertram Obert. Of the other two Obert daughters, Agatha married Christopher Robinson, and Elizabeth married James Curtis.

Following Lettice’s death, John Vause married secondly, on 19 Jan 1687/88, Elizabeth Weekes of Middlesex County.

The third JOHN VAUSE married Elizabeth, the widow of Francis Weeks (son of Abraham Weeks). [SIC] They had 1 daughter, Agatha Vause, born 28 Feb 1688. John died in 1691, his will being dated 8 Sept 1691. He names his wife, daughter and some other family members: sister Constance Vaus who m. William Daniel & nephew William Daniel (Jr); sister Elizabeth Vause who m. James Curtis & nephews/nieces James, Averilla & Chichley Curtis; and nephew Christopher Robinson. The guardianship court orders of 1680 allow the conclusion that this JOHN VAUSE was ~25 years old at his death. He was Middlesex County Clerk.

On 27 Dec 1708, Agatha Vause married James Curtis, son of James Curtis who married Elizabeth Obert. James Curtis resided in Middlesex County and left a will dated 2 Nov 1720, proved 3 Jan 1720/21. James and Agatha Curtis had issue Christopher Curtis, born 11 A pr 1714, who married Frances, last name unknown.

“ Agatha Curtis dyed October y' 22. & was buried October y' 24. 1716.”

Will of John Vaus 1691

• JOHN VAUS ...... 8 Sept 1691 / 5 Oct 1691
• To wife Elizabeth Vaus. English boy named Paul Derhaney.
• Daughter named Agatha Vaus (underage).
• Nephew William Daniell, son of my sister Constance Daniell.
• Nephews & Nieces James Curtis, Aberilla Curtis & Chicheter Curtis, children of my sister Elizabeth Curtis.
• Nephew Christopher Robinson.
• Exr: Wife.
• Wit: Christopher Robinson, Abraham Weeks, & William Lyall

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Disputed Marriage

The third JOHN VAUSE married Elizabeth, the widow of Francis Weeks (son of Abraham Weeks). They had 1 daughter, Agatha Vause, born 28 Feb 1688. John died in 1691, his will being dated 8 Sept 1691. He names his wife, daughter and some other family members: sister Constance Vaus who m. William Daniel & nephew William Daniel (Jr); sister Elizabeth Vause who m. James Curtis & nephews/nieces James, Averilla & Chichley Curtis; and nephew Christopher Robinson. The guardianship court orders of 1680 allow the conclusion that this JOHN VAUSE was ~25 years old at his death. He was Middlesex County Clerk.

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Following Lettice’s death, John Vause married secondly, on 19 Jan 1687/88, Elizabeth Weekes of Middlesex County. According to an article in Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume IV, page 329 (Robinson Family, Robinson and Potter Family Connections) the younger John Vause “married Elizabeth Weeks widow of Francis Weeks who was the son of Abraham Weeks of Middlesex County.” However, as you correctly point out, this cannot be right. In Volume 62 of the series Genealogical Gleanings in England, pages 38-40, there is an article entitled “Weekes Family of Middlesex County, Virginia.” There, in footnote 1, is mention of the will of Abraham Weekes of Middlesex. This will, dated 20 Jan 1691/92 and proved 7 March 1691/92 bequeathed land and slaves to his son Francis Weekes and his living children, after the death of his mother [not named]. His other legatees were his daughters Mary, Let(t)ice Lidford, Elizabeth Wheling also seen in some records as Wheeling; his son-in-law John Jones; and his niece Katherine Collins (underage).

According to this footnote:

“The daughter Elizabeth Weekes married, first, 19 Jan 1687, John Vause, Gent.( who died 3 Sep 1692), second Caleb Welling [sic], and, third, 14 Dec 1693, Thomas Spencer of King and Queen County, Va.” Therefore, it would seem that the younger John Vause married Elizabeth, the daughter of Abraham Weeks and not the widow of Francis.

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