Documentation - Israel Vining

Census Data

	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840
Israel Vining	M 16 and upward	M 26–45	?	M 45 and older	?	dead
Abia (Dunbar) Vining	F	F 26–45	?	dead
Leavitt Vining	M under 16	M 10–16	married and living in separate household
Polly Vining	F	F 10–16	?	married and living in separate household
Jacob Vining	dead
Ansel Vining	M under 16	dead
Eunice Vining		F under 10	?	not living in this household	?	?
Elisha Vining		dead
Joseph Vining		M under 10	?	[see note below[	?	?
Israel Vining Jr.		dead
Ansel Vining		M under 10	?	[see note below]	?	?
Israel Royal Vining			?	[see note below]	married and living in separate household
Cullen Vining			?	[see note below]	?	?
Mariah Vining			?	F 10–16	married and living in separate household

1790 Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The age of each member of this family in 1790 matches the expected age category in the 1790 census record.:

1800 Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts:

1820 Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts - Only one male 16-26 was reported to live in this household in 1820.:

Military Data

Mass. Secretary of State certification of Israel Vining's Revolutionary War service: (1) petition from Camp at Hull, 17 September 1776 (Vol. 55, p. 59, file N); (2) Capt. Isaac Thayer's co., Col. Thomas Marshall's regt., 17 June 1776 to 1 January 1777, town of Abington (Vol. 25, pp. 113 & 91).

Israel Vining of Cummington, Continental Army 1780. Age 20, 5 ft. 10 in., light complexion. Capt. Soaper, 22 July to 9 December 1780. From "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War."

Israel Vining's 1832 federal pension declaration (file no. 30179), sworn in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Testifies he was born in Abington, Plymouth County. Source: U.S. National Archives.

Marriage Data

Vining section, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (1893): "Israel, of Ab'n m. Feb. 4, 1782, Abia Dunbar." Source: archive.org. Reliability concerns noted (see Vita Brevis).

Birth Data

Vital Records of Windsor, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Births p. 62): mass baptism of six children of Israel and Aba on 3 July 1808 — Eunice, Joseph, Israel (= Israel Royal), Cullen, "Miria" (= Mariah), and Ansel. Source: Ancestry.

Death Data

Vital Records of Windsor, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Deaths p. 149): Aby, w. Israel, of consumption, Mar. 20, 1820, age 57 (C.R.); son Ansel, Nov. 1, 1799, age 10; ch. Israel, Mar. 23, 1799, age 2 months (= infant Israel Vining Jr., b. 21 Jan. 1799); inf. d. Ansel, Nov. 24, 1832; ch. Joseph and Betsey, Apr. 28, 1835; Israel, Apr. 15, 1840, age 81 (C.R.), gravestone (G.R.2) calls him "a Revolutionary Patriot." Source: Ancestry.

Gravestones of Israel Vining and Abia (Dunbar) Vining, Bush Cemetery, Windsor, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Source: Find A Grave.