Philip Vincent Vass/Voss^{[1, 2]}

Est 1720 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Philip Vincent Vass/Voss
  Born	Est 1720	Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I17859	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	17 May 2019

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Philip Vincent Vass/Voss,   b. Abt 1750, Essex Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1825, Halifax Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F6449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Virginia County Records v1 virginia-county-records-v1.pdf

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Virginia County Records. Philip Vincent Vass signed Witness to the 1750 Will of John Long. [S88] Bennett Twins , http://www.bennett-twins.com/histories/Vaulx_Vass_Report.pdf. John Vass, son of Vincent who died in 1727, married Rachel Pen-dleton of King and Queen County, Virginia. John drew his will on 13 Jan 1753. In it, he named the fol-lowing children: Philip Vincent Vass, John Vass (Jr.), Henry Vass, Reuben Vass, Ann Brooks (sic), and deceased daughter Catherine Jones and her children Martha and Ann Jones. Under the terms of his father?s will, John?s eldest son, Philip Vincent Vass, inherited the 250 acres which John had acquired from his father, Vincent who died in 1727. This was half of the 500 acres Ann Sharpe inherited from John Penn. Because Philip Vincent Vass was already residing in Spotsyl-vania County, Virginia at the time he inherited this property, he offered this tract for sale soon after it came into his possession. This is proved by an advertisement of 9 May 1755 in the Virginia Gazette, which reads: Philip Vincent Vass advertises for sale to the highest bidder 250 acres in Essex County on Rap-pahannock River about two miles below Bowler?s Warehouse, with dwelling house, apple and peach orchards. The place is also convenient for fishing and oystering, being joining to the river. Purchasers may apply to Vass, living in Spotsylvania County near Mr. Zachary Lewis, or to Ma-jor Rice Curtis of the Assembly. Further insight into the exact location of this 250 acre tract can be found in the 1957 book, Old Homes of Essex, under the heading, "The Old Glebe," which reads as follows: On the top of the hill overlooking the (Rappahannock) river there are just a few bricks left in the field to mark the location of the Old Glebe of South Farnham Parish. This land was left by will of Captain Edward Thomas to the parish in 1699 and was occupied for many years by the Rev. Lewis Latane. It remained the Glebe of South Farnham Parish until 1803. Mark Haven Beach now includes the land of the Old Glebe. In later times, this tract was called ?South Hill,? and is described as situated on the range of hills overlooking the Rappahannock three miles below Center Cross on routes 502 and 644. Un-fortunately the old house there, parts of which may have dated to the colonial period, burned in 1972. A member of the Ware family of Essex, with whom the writer is acquainted, states that he owns an old chest of drawers which he purchased many years ago at an estate sale held at ?South Hill. The Essex land records prove that that Philip Vincent Vass, son of John Vass of Essex, sold the ?South Hill,? tract in 1757 to William Roane of Essex, who subsequently devised it to his son, Thomas Roane. Philip Vincent Vass married Mary Curtis who was born in Middlesex County, Virginia on 18 Mar 1726. She was the daughter of Rice Curtis of Middlesex County, and his wife Martha Thacker, whom he married in Middlesex on 26 Dec 1723. Rice Curtis Jr. and his wife Martha had several children in addition to daughter Mary who married Philip Vincent Vass. They included Martha, who married Henry Pendleton, Elizabeth, who married John Waller Jr., Frances who married William Carter, and 71Jane Curtis. Rice Curtis was the son of another Rice Curtis who married Elizabeth Montague, nee Merry, relict of Peter Montague of Middlesex County. This Rice, in turn, was the son of Giles Curtis of Essex, whose wife was Mary, last name unknown, and Giles Curtis was the son of Bartholomew Curtis by his wife Jane, last name unknown. Bartholomew Curtis was son of Thomas Curtis who immigrated to Virginia with his brother John. The records show that Thomas Curtis, age 24, and John Curtis, age 22, came to Virginia in 1621 in the ship ?Flying Harte.? Philip Vincent Vass and his wife Mary Curtis had at least five children including John (eldest), Rice (2nd son), Philip Vincent Vass Jr., Martha, and Rachel. Philip Vincent Vass Jr. was born 17 Feb 1763 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, according to an application he filed in 1834 for a pension based on his Revolutionary War service. He also stated in this application that he had lived in Spotsylvania whole life. Philip Vincent Vass Jr. married Sarah Mead in Louisa County, Virginia. The marriage bond is dated 28 Dec 1780. They had several children, including Thomas Vass (1782 ? 1851), Walker Vass, and Henry Vass. There were likely other children, including daughters.