Married to Phebe Jackson, April 23, 1766. They had 13 children.
Many thanks to Robert Vail (Source unknown) for posting his death notice.
At Rahway on Thurs the 7th of typhoid fever, David Vail in his 84th year of his age. A numerous train of relatives are left to lament the loss of the deceased, who led a life of virtue and piety and died with a bright hope of everlasting bliss beyond the grave.
Source: Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines, pg.43:
David Vail was a slaveholder and freed his slaves when other New Jersey Quakers did the same.
Married to Phebe Jackson, April 23, 1766. They had 13 children.
Many thanks to Robert Vail (Source unknown) for posting his death notice.
At Rahway on Thurs the 7th of typhoid fever, David Vail in his 84th year of his age. A numerous train of relatives are left to lament the loss of the deceased, who led a life of virtue and piety and died with a bright hope of everlasting bliss beyond the grave.
Source: Genealogy of some of the Vail family descended from Thomas Vail at Salem, Mass., 1640 together with collateral lines, pg.43:
David Vail was a slaveholder and freed his slaves when other New Jersey Quakers did the same.
Inscription
D.V./1823
Gravesite Details
Holder for U.S. flag inscribed "Post/73/GAR, (Same as his son), Survey of Plainfield Friends Burial Grounds prepared by Abraham Hornstein and Mary L. Capron in March 1986.
Family Members
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William ""WV"" Vail
1767–1837
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Prudence Shotwell Vail Vail
1770–1849
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James Vail
1772–1811
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David Vail Jr
1775–1815
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Daniel Vail
1775–1850
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Rebecca Vail Webster
1778–1858
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Smith Vail
1782–1855
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Phebe Vail Line
1783 – unknown
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Mary Elizabeth Vail Pound
1787–1811
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Joseph David Vail
1788–1858
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Margaret Vail Webster
1791–1861
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