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JOHN VASSER, the IMMIGRANT, DESCENDANTS
WILLIAM ATKINSON DESCENDANTS
NATHANIEL PISTOLE GUNN DESCENDANTS
JACOB AMONET DESCENDANTS
MASTIN MOOREFIELD DESCENDANTS
THOMAS ANDREWS, SR. DESCENDANTS
ALAN EPES DESCENDANTS
JOHN ALFRED VASSAR DESCENDANTS
MARTHA LEE VASSER DESCENDANTS
REGINALD L.VASSAR is owner of this web site.
He was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
in 1941 with a BS in Agricultural Engineering;
George Washington University in 1948 with a
BS in Electrical Engineering; and Penn State
University in 1966 with a Master In Electrical
Engineering.
He was in the 9th Air Force in Europe in
World War 11 as Engineering Officer on B-26
Medium Bombers in the 586th Mediun Bomb
Squadron,394 th Medium Bomb Group. He was
awarded the Bronze Srar, World War Victory
Medal with Star, American Theater Ribbon,
Europian Theater Ribbion with six bronze stars,
World War II Occupation Ribbon,
participated in six battles,(Air Offensive
Europe, Normandy, Northern France,
Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe).
The group was awarded the Distinguished
Unit Citation, and the French Croix de Guerre
avec Palme. He retired from the Air Force
Reserves as Lt. Col.
He worked for General Electric Company for
34 years as an Electrical Engineer in Bridgeport,
Ct, Pittsfield, Ma, Lynn, Ma,and Erie, Pa.
He married Dorothy Phelps Stiles in
Hartford, Connecticut on 28 May 1946.
They had two daughters.
To view the genealogy of this family
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(1) 7 John Vasser (DESCENDANTS)
(Son of Levi Vasser and Sally
Rickman(Vasser).
(2) 8 John Thomas Vasser (DESCENDANTS)
(Grandson of Levi Vasser and Sally
Rickman(Vasser); son of Nathaniel
(Nat) Vasser and Mildred Amelia
Arrington(Vasser).
(3) 8 Laura Belle Vasser (DESCENDANTS)
(Daughter of Hugh Wiley Vasser and
Sarah Anne (Sallie) Smith(Vassar).
(4) 5 SAMUEL HARRIS VASSER (DESCENDANTS)
(Son of Abraham Vasser and
Rhoda Harris(Vasser).
(5) JAMES COLE (DESCENDANTS)
(Lived in Middlesex Co, Va.; died
23 Sep 1723)
(6) HENRY HUDSON (DESCENDANTS)
(Gentleman Henry Hudson lived in England).
(7) ISAIAH HUGH (IKE) VASSAR (DESCENDANTS)
(Son of Hugh Wiley Vasser and Sarah
Anne (Sallie) Smith(Vasser).
(8) JOHN OSLIN (DESCENDANTS)
(Lived in England around 1663).
(9) JOHN HAWTHORNE (DESCENDANTS)
(Lived in Surrey Co, Va; died 1720)
(10) JOHN BLACKWELL (DESCENDANTS)
(Born in England; came to America in 1645)
Some surnames being researched in this family are:
Vassar, Atkinson, Moorefield, Hawthorne,
Smith, Neal, Pollard, Andrews, Rickman,
Covington, Comer, Cole, Amonett, Williams,
Harper, Oslin, Hudson, Epps, Hall, Gunn,
Gee, Harris, Griffin, Whitlock, Petty,
Brooks, Livingstone, Boatwright, Bowman,
Hope,Blackwell,Pennington, and Fisher.
The families listed above all lived in the
south eastern part of Virginia. The counties
envolved are mainly: Charles City, Prince George,
Brunswick, Amelia, Lunenburg, Mechlenburg, Halifax,
Nottoway, Dinwiddie, and Chesterfield.
The formation of these counties was as follows:
COUNTY NAME
DATE FORMED
Charles City--(one of original shires)------->1634
Prince George----> from Charles City--------->1703
Brunswick ---------->from Charles City------->1732
Amelia--->from Prince George & Brunswick----->1735
Lunenburg---------->from Brunswick----------->1746
Halifax---------------->from Lunenburg------->1752
Dinwiddie----------->fromPrince George------->1752
Prince Edward---->from Amelia --------------->1754
Bedford--------------->from Lunenburg-------->1754
Charlotte------------->from Lunenburg------->1765
Mechlenburg------->from Lunenburg------------>1765
Nottoway------------>from Amelia------------->1789
Henrico --(one of the original shires)------->1634
Goochland---------->from Henrico------------->1744
Chesterfield---------> from Henrico---------->1749
Cumberland-------->from Goochland------------>1749
Chesterfield---------> from Henrico---------->1749
Powhatan----------> from Cumberland---------->1777
From the above table we see that a piece of land
located in Mechlenburg county in 1770 could have been
in Lunenburg county from 1746 to 1765, it could have
been in Brunswick county from 1746 to 1732, and before
that it could have been in Charles City county which was formed in 1634.