Vassall family

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The Vassall family was a prominent colonial-era family in Massachusetts, known for their wealth, political influence, and Loyalist ties during the American Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial American family
family
associatedWith Harvard College vicinity
Tory Row, Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
built Henry Vassall House, Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
John Vassall House, Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
Vassall House, Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
economicActivity Atlantic trade
Caribbean plantation ownership
sugar plantations in the West Indies
ethnicOrigin English
fateOfManyMembers exile to Britain
fateOfManyMembers exile to Nova Scotia
hasNotableMember Florentius Vassall NERFINISHED
Henry Vassall NERFINISHED
John Vassall NERFINISHED
Leonard Vassall NERFINISHED
Penelope Royall Vassall NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED
colonial era
knownForProperty large estates in Massachusetts
slaveholding in colonial New England
legacy historic houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts
role in Loyalist history of New England
location Boston, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts NERFINISHED
memberOf Loyalists
migratedTo Massachusetts Bay Colony NERFINISHED
New England NERFINISHED
notableFor Loyalist sympathies during the American Revolution
political influence in colonial Massachusetts
wealth in colonial Massachusetts
opposedBy Patriots in the American Revolution NERFINISHED
originatedFrom England NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment British Crown NERFINISHED
politicalRole officeholding in colonial Massachusetts
propertyConfiscatedBy Commonwealth of Massachusetts NERFINISHED
propertyConfiscatedDuring American Revolution NERFINISHED
socialClass colonial elite
planter class
supporterOf British colonial administration NERFINISHED

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