Events
- Born
- 1597 — England, United Kingdom
- Died
- 1668 — Maryland, United States
- Title
Captain
Family
Family group sheet →- FatherRobert Vaughan1597 – 1668
- MotherMary
- ChildThomas Vaughnd. 1684
- ChildWilliam Vaughand. 1684
- ChildCharles Vaughanb. 30 Aug 1655
- ChildMary Vaughan1657 – 11 Dec 1707
Notes
- Commander of Kent 1647-1652
- Capt. ROBERT VAUGHAN had lately been deposed by the "Keepers of the Liberty of England," and could not stomach and digest the doings of a Court organized by the Puritan Commissioners. 95% Old Kent: the Eastern Shore of Maryland A second time, Capt. ROBERT VAUGHAN insulted the Court by using most "opprobious" epithets, bending his "fist" over the "heads" of the Judges and "swearing" at the Clerk as "he sat at table." For this offence the Court imposed a fine of 600 lbs. of Tob. Fol. 56. Governor Calvert, also, the 18th day of April, 1647, o. s., commissioned Robert Vaughan, gent., to be "chief captain and commander," under him (the Governor), "of all the militia of the Isle of Kent, and with it to command and execute whatsoever shall beby him thought requisite for the said island against all intestine mutinies or seditions;" invested him with the power of martial law; "provided that where the offense shall deserve the forfeiture of life or member, that such offender for his trial be referred, and judgment to the provincial court, to be held by his Lordship's Governor and Council of this province." He further authorized "the said Captain Robert Vaughan to award all process necessary, according to the law and custom of this province," etc.; and he also authorized the said Captain Robert Vaughan, William Cox, Thomas Bradnox, Edward Comins, Philip Conner and Francis Brooke, gent., or the major part of them, whereof the said Robert Vaughan to be always one, to hear, try and judge, accord ing to the laws of this province, all actions and causes civil," except "where the freehold of any one shall come in question," provided that it shall be lawful for any man, at any time before execution served, "to appeal unto the provincial