AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
NameRachel Varney 
Birth1632, Barbadoes, West Indies987
FatherWilliam Varney (1608-~1654)
MotherBridgett (1611-1672)
Spouses
Deathbef 17 Sep 1650, Ipswich, Essex, MA993
MemoHe left no will. 17 Sep 1650 is the date that his widow p, resented an inventory of his estate
Marriage1647/48
ChildrenJohn (~1650-<1697)
Notes for Rachel Varney
Her three husbands - not all great choices!
1. Thomas Cooke had been a troublesome character (accused of drunkeness),
but her next husband appears to have been worse.
2. Soon Rachel Cook married a second and more unpleasant husband and apparently with her eyes open, for on March 26, 1650, Joseph Langton had been fined for excessive drinking. Langton was presented in 1652 for 'evil usage of a little child of his wife,' little John Cook, lying on straw with but a piece of sail-cloth to cover it in his cradle, having been beaten to keep him quiet. The court ordered the baby to be placed in the care of his Varney grandparents. There is no record of Joseph after 1652 - he may have deserted his family. (A Joseph Langton is found in Newtown, Long Island in 1656 as the “companion” of Hannah Bradish. This may be the same man.)990,991
3.Apparently Rachel reverted to the name Cook after the divorce of Langton and as Rachel Cook she was married to her third husband, William Vinson, the stern moralist, on June 10, 1661.
Rachel Vinson was imprisoned for witchcraft992
1. Thomas Cooke had been a troublesome character (accused of drunkeness),
but her next husband appears to have been worse.
2. Soon Rachel Cook married a second and more unpleasant husband and apparently with her eyes open, for on March 26, 1650, Joseph Langton had been fined for excessive drinking. Langton was presented in 1652 for 'evil usage of a little child of his wife,' little John Cook, lying on straw with but a piece of sail-cloth to cover it in his cradle, having been beaten to keep him quiet. The court ordered the baby to be placed in the care of his Varney grandparents. There is no record of Joseph after 1652 - he may have deserted his family. (A Joseph Langton is found in Newtown, Long Island in 1656 as the “companion” of Hannah Bradish. This may be the same man.)990,991
3.Apparently Rachel reverted to the name Cook after the divorce of Langton and as Rachel Cook she was married to her third husband, William Vinson, the stern moralist, on June 10, 1661.
Rachel Vinson was imprisoned for witchcraft992
Notes for Joseph (Spouse 2)
He was brought to court for child abuse. The record states "Joseph Langton presented for evil usage of a little child of his wife ... The child was ordered to continue to live with his grandfather, William Varney."986
Notes for Joseph & Rachel (Family)
The [Massachusetts Bay General] court record of the divorce states "in the case of Rachell Langton, or Verney, the Court judgeth it meet to declare, that she is free from her late husband, Joseph Langton."990
Notes for William (Spouse 3)
His surname can be found spelled Vincen, Vincent, Vinsonne, Finsin, Finson.
He lost four of his nine children in one month - December 1675 (William, Richard, Thomas and Hannah). They probably died from small pox.That year small pox began in Boston and spread to Gloucester.997
Then he lost his last son John at sea in 1682 while continuing to hope that he would be found alive and come home.
He lost four of his nine children in one month - December 1675 (William, Richard, Thomas and Hannah). They probably died from small pox.That year small pox began in Boston and spread to Gloucester.997
Then he lost his last son John at sea in 1682 while continuing to hope that he would be found alive and come home.