Re: Thomas Viall - VT - 1791
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Thomas Viall - VT - 1791
Suzanne Marsh 7/16/00
Thomas Stocker Viall was my great-great-grandfather.Here is some information I have on him and also his father, Samuel Viall. His father fought in the Revolution and his son, Josephus, served in the Civil War.
Thomas Stocker Viall, b. 10/06/1791 at Jamaica, VT, d. 11/15/1871 at South Londonderry, Vermont. Parents:Samuel Viall and Susanna Stocker, married by Rev. Mr. Roby of Saugus, March 8, 1788.Susanna Stocker is the dau. of Thomas & Susanna Stocker; SOURCE:Lynn Vital Records, Vol. II, Page 359.
"Samuel Viall, son of Samuel and Mary Tuttle Viall was born June 4, 1759 and lived with his parents in the old Boynton House, Cliftondale, Mass. until after the Revolution, when he removed to Vermont.He was married by the Rev. Mr. Roby of Saugus to Susanna Stocker, March 8, 1788.
His son, Boynton Viall was a famous maker of gravestones and had a shop on Market Street in Lynn near the present Harrison Court.His other children were Stocker (Thomas) and Sally.
He died in Manchester, Vermont, December 22, 1851, at the age of 92 years and six months.His wife Susanna died March 7, 1838, at the age of 70.
He enlisted from Lynn, Mass., March 1, 1777.He served six years as Private on the Continental Army pay accounts from March March 1, 1777, to December 1, 1780; from 1781 to 1783 as a Sergeant.He was in several engagements and was at the capture of Burgoyne.He was granted a pension under the Act of 1818 of $8 per month.
During the latter part of his life, which was spent in Vermont, he at one time kept toll-gate at foot of Green Mountains near Manchester.In 1798, he broke his leg and was left a cripple.He died at the home of his daughter Sally, Mrs. Eli Thatcher."
SOURCE:Lynn in the Revolution, Vol. II, Page 455 (also see Massachusetts Soldier and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. XVI, Page 320.)
In the muster rolls, Samuel was described as age 23, 5 feet, 5 inches, complexion light, hair light, ocupation laborer, residence Lynn.
I have copies of a substantial number of letters written by Thomas Stocker Viall, who was often referred to as "the Squire" - probably due to the fact that he served as Justice of the Peace for 40 years.
Joyce Loftus