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                       Giles VERMILLION

                       Robert Francis VERMILLION

                       Francis Birch VERMILLION

                       Robert VERMILLION

 

Name:             Giles VERMILLION

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Birth:               1686                France or Wales

Death:              1776                Petersburg, VA

 

Giles VERMILLION (1686 - 1776) & Jane HUTCHESON (1686 - )

    Robert Francis VERMILLION (1725 - 19 Jun 1779) & Elizabeth BURCH (abt 1730 - )

        Francis Birch VERMILLION (1758 - 1845) & Nancy Ann LAMBERT (1758 - )

            Robert VERMILLION (26 Mar 1785 - 1846) & Nancy Martha MCGLASSON (abt 1786 - 1846)

                Martha Louise VERMILLION (4 May 1827 - 27 Mar 1904) & Newton Eli COFFEY (1823 - 1890)

                    William COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920)

                        Newton COFFEY (23 Sep 1875 - 26 May 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)

                            Leo Newton COFFEY (22 Jul 1901 - 26 Oct 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)

 

Misc. Notes


SEE NOTES WITH SON ROBERT FRANCES VERMILLION.

 

NOTE: All the discussion that follows was copied from work by Betty Vermillion Donoho, who advised "I have worked on the Vermillion family history for 45 years and am willing to share all that I have." And she clearly knows more about Giles than anyone:

 

"Giles Vermill was indentured to James Green at a Prince GeorgeÕs County Court, held at Charles Town on the twenty eighth day of March, Sixteen Hundred and Ninety Nine. He was adjudged to be thirteen years of age.  This is the earliest record of the name to be found in the Archival Records of Maryland. It is generally assumed that the name is spelled Vermillion as it usually appears as such in later official records, although, it is sometimes spelled with only one l. How would a thirteen year old boy, of supposedly French origin, pronounce his name to a clerk in a court in Sixteen Hundred and Ninety Nine? It could be Vermille, Vermilye, Vermile, Vermuyden, Vermilia, Vermulen, etc. The clerk would write what he heard. Even the first letter V has frequently been confused with P, F, D and so forth. This brings to mind many questions – who was he? Who was his father, his mother?  How did he or his parents come to this country, this colony? His name does not appear on the passenger lists of the ships which brought the early settlers to Maryland. It is not found among those who came to St. MaryÕs with Lord Baltimore nor is it found on the lists of the Puritans who came to the Severn River from Virginia in 1649. At that time Anne Arundel County was virtually a wilderness and did not exist as a county. Of course, all settlers did not come in groups and, by 1650, the population of the whole colony was still less than one thousand.

 

 "Gregory A. Wood has studied extensively the history of the French in early Maryland and has reported this in his work, The French Presence in Maryland 1524 - 1800 . The Vermillion name is unknown to him. He stated, ÒI suspect that Giles is either Huguenot or British of Norman French ancestry like many early Marylanders.Ó He further states that unless early colonists had themselves naturalized, were appointed to public office or were land owners, their names did not get into the records and, therefore, we have little knowledge of them.

 

 "In 1650, William Burgess brought Maureen Duval  and a group of Huguenots to the Severn River and other groups of Huguenots came later. Could Giles parents have been among them? Since he was indentured by a court, one wonders if he was an orphan. The answers to these questions may never be known, but the facts seem to discredit the assumption of many researchers that he was one of three brothers or that he came by way of England, Scotland or Wales as an adventurer.

 

 "His descendents, although widely dispersed throughout the country, usually believe that they are of French origin. This is a belief shared by the writer. There are approximately two thousand families in the United States with the Vermillion name , many of which are well researched, and they all seem to be descended from Giles and his wife, Jane.

 

 "Giles next appeared in the church records of  King GeorgeÕs Parish, also known as Piscataway or St. JohnÕs at Broadcreek  in Prince GeorgeÕs County when he registered his eight children in 1723. His ninth and last child, Robert, was born in 1725. The present spelling of the name was first used by the minister who registered them. 

 

He is also found in a list of taxables in The Black Books of Maryland   :

   Tax Records of 1719 – Lower Piscataway Hundred

                  Giles Vermillion

   Tax Records of 1733 – Lower Piscataway Hundred

                   James Vermillion – 2

                   James, Jon, Giles V. – 3

 

Giles is found in a list of Maryland deponents   on 19 October 1730:

            Vermulen – Giles

                     19 October 1730 – Deposition taken re: Abington vs. Stoddard

                           1. Giles Vermulen of Prince GeorgeÕs County, age c 45

 

"He is again deposed five years later with the same information as above only his age is given as fifty. There is an undocumented story which states that Jane was the daughter of William Hutchison, believed to be the partner of James Green, the planter to whom Giles was indentured. No record of this has been found by this researcher and the genealogy of the Hutchinson family  contains no Jane. It is believed that their daughter, Jane, born 6 April 1716, must have died early because a later daughter, born 29 April 1720, was named Jane.

 

"Another unsubstantiated story  states that Giles left Maryland with his son, John, and settled in Petersburg, Henrico County, Virginia where they engaged in iron mining. A professional genealogist, Captain Brushy  of Annapolis, Maryland, hired by Francis Faye Vermillion of Bristol, Connecticut, is quoted as saying ÒJohn, born 1712, brother of Robert, born 1725, achieved prominence in Norfolk, Virginia and elsewhere in the Colony and later in the Commonwealth.Ó Captain Brushy is not quoted as giving sources. Generally, Captain BrushyÕs research conforms to that of this writer, especially that of the eighteenth century taken from the records of St.JohnÕs at Broadcreek, the Maryland Census of 1776 and the Courthouse Records at Upper Marlboro. 


 

Marriage:         1705                Scotland?

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Spouse:           Jane HUTCHESON

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Birth:               1686                France

 

Misc. Notes

Other sources say born in Scotland

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Giles VERMILLION (1686 - 1776) & Jane HUTCHESON (1686 - )

    Giles VERMILLION (10 Oct 1708 - 1776)

    James VERMILLION (10 May 1710 - )

    John VERMILLION (4 Feb 1711/12 - )

    Martha VERMILLION (6 Jun 1714 - )

    Jane VERMILLION (6 Apr 1716 - 1720)

    Thomas VERMILLION (25 Apr 1718 - )

    Jane VERMILLION (29 Sep 1720 - )

    William VERMILLION (27 Jul 1723 – 1785)

    Robert Francis VERMILLION (1725 - 19 Jun 1779) & Elizabeth BURCH (abt 1730 - )


Name:             Robert Francis VERMILLION

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Birth:               1725                Prince Georges Co., MD

Death:              19 Jun 1779     Prince Georges Co., MD

Father:             Giles VERMILLION (1686-1776)

Mother:            Jane HUTCHESON (1686-)

 

Misc. Notes

Giles VERMILLION (1686 - 1776) & Jane HUTCHESON (1686 - )

    Robert Francis VERMILLION (1725 - 19 Jun 1779) & Elizabeth BURCH (abt 1730 - )

        Francis Birch VERMILLION (1758 - 1845) & Nancy Ann LAMBERT (1758 - )

            Robert VERMILLION (26 Mar 1785 - 1846) & Nancy Martha MCGLASSON (abt 1786 - 1846)

                Martha Louise VERMILLION (4 May 1827 - 27 Mar 1904) & Newton Eli COFFEY (1823 - 1890)

                    William COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920)

                        Newton COFFEY (23 Sep 1875 - 26 May 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)

                            Leo Newton COFFEY (22 Jul 1901 - 26 Oct 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)

 


Robert Vermillion (1725-1779) is listed in "Revolutionary Patriots of George's County, 1775-1783", by Henry C. Peden Jr. (avail in Houston Clayton Library). He too the Oath of Allegiance in 1778.

 

1776 CENSUS: PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, ST. JOHN'S AND PRINCE GEORGE'S PARISHES:

Yes, there WAS a 1776 census in certain parts of the colonies, and the part for the above parishes is available in facsimilie in "Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources" by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, M.S., M.D., 1915. Some parts of this census are extremely detailed, giving the names and ages of every person in the household, including slaves!

 

The page that includes our Vermillion ancestors is less detailed than some, but still better than anything available elsewhere before 1850. Robert Vermilion and wife Elizabeth Vermilion are named. Their household includes males aged 51, 19, 16, 13 and 10, and females aged 47, 27 and 24 (surprising to see that the two oldest daughters are still living at home). And it includes one female slave, age 7.

 

The same census also includes two of Robert's brothers, Giles (1708-1776) and Thomas (1718 - ?).

 

The census date was August 31, 1776. The grand totals for the two parishes are as follows: 19 Free Blacks under age 16; 36 Free Blacks above 16; 885 white males between 16 and 50; 1380 white males under 16; 159 white males above age 50; 2562 white females; 1605 slaves above age 16; 1795 slaves under age 16. (Interesting observations: The population is 40% slave, and the median age for both whites and slaves is clearly under age 16.)

 

Prince George's County today is effectively an eastern suburb of Washington, DC. Only 27% of the population is under age 18, and it is 66% black. The population is about 800,000.

 

Title: Will of Robert Vermillion

Author: Robert Vermillion

Publication: Liber-T Folio #114

Note:

Probated 19 Jun 1779

Text: In the name of God, Amen, I Robert Vermillion, of Prince George Co. Md, being of sond and disposing mind amd memory but considering the uncertainties in time if this transitory life, do make or ordainm this, my last will and testament in the manner following, after first commending my Soul into the merciful hands of Almighty God.

 

I give, and sipose of my worldly estate in the following manner.

 

I give to my Dearly Beloved wife, Elizabeth Vermillion, after my just debts are paid, the remaining part of my estate during her life, and after her decease to be equally divided between my children, Mildred, Penelope, Burch, Uriah, John, and Nicodemus.

 

Lastly, I do hereby name, ordain, constitute and appoint my Dealry Beloved wife, Elizabeth Vermillion, whole and sole Executrix, of this, my last will and testament, revoking and making voild all other wills heretofore made by me.

In witness whereofm I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this fifth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine.

 

Signed

R.F. Vermillion (sealed)


 

 

 

 

Spouse:           Elizabeth BURCH

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Birth:               abt 1730

 

Robert Francis VERMILLION (1725 - 19 Jun 1779) & Elizabeth BURCH (abt 1730 - )

    Penelope VERMILLION (1749 - )

    Mildred VERMILLION (1749 - 1818)

    Robert VERMILLION (26 Jan 1755 - 1756)

    Francis Birch VERMILLION (1758 - abt 1842) & Nancy Ann LAMBERT (1758 - )

    Uriah VERMILLION (4 Oct 1761 - 31 Oct 1844)

    John VERMILLION (Sep 1763 - )

    Nicodemus VERMILLION (22 Nov 1767 - 1863)

    Hezekiah VERMILLION (1769 - )

    Zachariah VERMILLION (1771 - )

 


Name:             Frances Birch VERMILLION

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Birth:               1758                Maryland

Death:              abt 1842          About 4 Miles Out Of Frankford, Pike County, MO

Father:             Robert Francis VERMILLION (1725-1779)

Mother:            Elizabeth BURCH (~1730-)

 

Giles VERMILLION (1686 - 1776) & Jane HUTCHESON (1686 - )

    Robert Francis VERMILLION (1725 - 19 Jun 1779) & Elizabeth BURCH (abt 1730 - )

        Francis Birch VERMILLION (1758 - 1845) & Nancy Ann LAMBERT (1758 - )

            Robert VERMILLION (26 Mar 1785 - 1846) & Nancy Martha MCGLASSON (abt 1786 - 1846)

                Martha Louise VERMILLION (4 May 1827 - 27 Mar 1904) & Newton Eli COFFEY (1823 - 1890)

                    William COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920)

                        Newton COFFEY (23 Sep 1875 - 26 May 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)

                            Leo Newton COFFEY (22 Jul 1901 - 26 Oct 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)

 


Misc. Notes

Alternative spelling may have been Vermilion.

 

Most of this information on Birch Vermillion, and his descendants other than our direct family line (through Robert), was obtained from Nancy Granros, Miami, FL, whom I met in the early 1980Õs through my Atari Computer Club and who turned out to be a distant cousin.  She is a descendant of Henderson Vermillion, one of Birch's sons, through his marriage to Dorothy French.

 

There are some spelling differences between her records an mine, i.e. Vermillion vs. Vermilion; and McGlasson vs. McGlauson

 

She has more information on the descendants of William, Cornelious, Joel and particularly Henderson.

 

 A will written by a John Harris, Sr., Prince Georges County Maryland, September 2, 1775, which is witnessed by Robert Vermillion and Burch Vermillion.

 

1820 CENSUS, KENTUCKY, MERCER COUNTY:

Burch Vermillion is found, with spouse of right age. Children are confusing. Living nearby are his known sons Joshia, Nickademus, and Henderson - - suggesting this is clearly the correct Burch Vermillion.

 

1830 CENSUS, KENTUCKY, MERCER CO:

Burch is not listed, but he would be about age 70 and quite possibly living with one of his sons. Living in the county are sons Josiah, Nicholas, Henderson, Joel, and William. Joshia, who lives near Nick, has two older people in his household who would be about the right ages to be Burch and his wife. Henderson, William and Joel also live near each other, but have no older family members.

 

1840 CENSUS, PIKE CO, MO:

Sons Reason and Nicodemus and their families are found in this census. Frances Birch Vermillion apparently died in this county in about 1842 in the home of his son Reason, but neither of these sons have members of their household of the right age to be their father.

 

Also in the 1840 census, Pike County, is Cynthia Vermillion. She is the widow of BurchÕs son Josiah, whoÕs will was filed 28 Aug 1839. (JosiahÕs will names ÒRezin Vermillion & Nichodemus Vermillion, bros, of Pike Co & one or more bros elsewhere, residence not knownÓ.)

 

PROBATE RECORDS:

Tim Peterman reports probate records for Burch Vermillion were filed on 1 Mar 1842 in the Pike Co, MO probate court.

 

ÒState of Missouri

County of Pike

Resin Vermillion being sworn upon his oath says that Cornelius Vermillion, the heirs of Josiah Vermillion, Nicodemus Vermillion, Reson Vermillion, living in Pike County, and Robert Vermillion & Henderson Vermillion, living in the state of Kentucky, & Mason VermillionÕs heirs, Cornelius Vermillion and Isaiah Vermillion, William Vermillion, Joel Vermillion living in the State of Indiana, are the only heirs and legal representatives of Burch Vermillion deceased, to the best of his knowledge & belief, that the deceased died without a willÉÓ


Marriage:         1777

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Spouse:           Nancy Ann LAMBERT

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Birth:               1758                Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges, MD

 

Misc. Notes

Only indication of origin from Illa Coffey records is "A Welsh woman", and gives the name of Nancy GRIFFITH.

 

ANCESTRY.COM, VERMILLION AND ALLIED FAMILIES OF SW VIRGINIA:

 

has note ÒNancyÕs first husband was a GriffithÓ. It then gives more plausible birth details, which I have used for this entry.  Other sources have same info, one says ÒNancy's maiden name was Lambert. She married a man named Griffith then became a widow. Nancy Griffith was Welch.Ó

 

The same source, however, suggests Burch was married a second time to Ann Wood. And marriage records for Prince George's County do indeed show that Francis Burch Vermillion married Ann Wood 30 Oct 1780   I see also that Tim Peterman indicates Francis Birch VermillionÕs wife was ÒAnn (?) WilliamsÓ. Obviously some questions here!

 

Francis Birch VERMILLION (1758 - 1845) & Nancy Ann LAMBERT (1758 - )

    (A daughter) VERMILLION

    William VERMILLION (19 Aug 1779 - 25 Jul 1884) & Sabrina SMICK

        (11 Children) VERMILLION

    Cornelious VERMILLION* (1780 - 3 Sep 1845) & Elizabeth SANFORD

        (7 Children) VERMILLION

    Cornelious VERMILLION* (1780 - 3 Sep 1845) & Patsy FLOWERS

        (10 Children) VERMILLION

    Cornelious VERMILLION* (1780 - 3 Sep 1845) & Sarah WILSON

        (No Children) VERMILLION

    Isaiah VERMILLION (24 Mar 1782 - 23 Oct 1871) & Talitha Cumi AKERS

        Clarenda VERMILLION

        Wooford VERMILLION

        Frank VERMILLION

    Robert VERMILLION (26 Mar 1785 - 1846) & Nancy Martha MCGLASSON (abt 1786 - 1846)

    Josiah VERMILLION (1786 - ) & Ann HOWARD

    Nicodemus VERMILLION (1787 - 1863) & Sally HOWARD

        (6 Children) VERMILLION

    Henderson VERMILLION* (17 Jun 1789 - 21 Jan 1880) & Dorothy FRENCH (29 Aug 1791 - )

        (10 Children) VERMILLION

    Henderson VERMILLION* (17 Jun 1789 - 21 Jan 1880) & Lucinda RUSSELL (20 Mar 1820 - )

        (1 Child) VERMILLION

    Mason VERMILLION (1792 - 1828) & Polly CANNON

        Elizabeth VERMILLION (26 Feb 1826 - )

        Mason VERMILLION (15 Nov 1828 - )

        William VERMILLION

    Joel VERMILLION (28 Feb 1802 - 13 Dec 1871) & Martha SHAW

        (11 Children) VERMILLION

    Reason VERMILLION (1803 - ) & Elizabeth NICHALLS

        William VERMILLION

        James H. VERMILLION


Name:             Robert VERMILLION

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Birth:               26 Mar 1785    Prince George Co, ML, Or Amherst Co, VA

Death:              1846                Russell County, Kentucky

Father:             (Frances?) Birch VERMILLION (1758-1845)

Mother:            Nancy Ann LAMBERT (1758-)

 

Giles VERMILLION (1686 - 1776) & Jane HUTCHESON (1686 - )

    Robert Francis VERMILLION (1725 - 19 Jun 1779) & Elizabeth BURCH (abt 1730 - )

        Francis Birch VERMILLION (1758 - 1845) & Nancy Ann LAMBERT (1758 - )

            Robert VERMILLION (26 Mar 1785 - 1846) & Nancy Martha MCGLASSON (abt 1786 - 1846)

                Martha Louise VERMILLION (4 May 1827 - 27 Mar 1904) & Newton Eli COFFEY (1823 - 1890)

                    William COFFEY (27 Oct 1848 - 16 Mar 1896) & Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920)

                        Newton COFFEY (23 Sep 1875 - 26 May 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)

                            Leo Newton COFFEY (22 Jul 1901 - 26 Oct 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)

 


Misc. Notes

 

1820 CENSUS, CUMBERLAND CO., KY:

The 1820 census shows a Robert Vermillion living in Cumberland Co., KY, Creelsborough Twp. Family of 5 males and 3 females. Age and sex distribution is close to what I would expect, but not perfect. There is one female that is too old, could be another relative living with them? Children are 4 males and 1 female, which doesnÕt exactly match. However our basic data on the children is questionable, so I think it likely this is the correct family.

 

1830 CENSUS, RUSSELL CO., KY:

Robt. Vermilllion is found, with wife and 6 children living at home.

 

1840 CENSUS, RUSSELL CO., KY:

The 1840 census for Russell Co., KY, shows a Robert Vermilion (sic) of the right age. There is also another male of the same age, maybe a brother. And a male the age of son George. And a wife of the correct age. And 4 young females (three daughters and a wife of George?). And one older female, perhaps a mother of Robert or wife Nancy?

 

(George is also found in the 1850 census, same county, and married. Living with them is ÒJane CunninghamÓ, age 92 - probably his great aunt?)

 

See notes with his son-in-law Newton Eli Coffey for additional information.


 

 


Marriage:         17 Jan 1806      Pittsylvania, VA

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Spouse:           Nancy Martha MCGLASSON

Birth:               abt 1786          VA? Charlotte, KY?

Death:              1846

Father:             Matthew MCGLASSON (1756-1834)

Mother:            Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM

 

Misc. Notes

Death: Russell County, Kentucky

Some sources report name as Nancy Martha MCCLAFLIN

 

Robert VERMILLION (26 Mar 1785 - 1846) & Nancy Martha MCGLASSON (abt 1786 - 1846)

    Matthew VERMILLION (abt 1805 - 1895)

    Burch VERMILLION (17 Nov 1808 - 3 Sep 1857) & Cynthia DUNCAN (24 Jun 1800 - 1850)

    James W VERMILLION (1 Sep 1810 - 1860)

    William VERMILLION (6 Dec 1811 - 12 May 1893)

    Mary VERMILLION (1815 - 1815)

    George VERMILLION (1820 - Feb 1880)

    Nancy Jane VERMILLION (6 Oct 1824 - ) & Benjamin B COE (14 Jul 1819 - 1905)

    Martha Louise VERMILLION (4 May 1827 (1826?) - 27 Mar 1904) & Newton Eli COFFEY (2 May 1823 - 13 Jan 1890)

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