The Varrell Line

John Overall Varrel Jr & Rachel Sadler

The earliest Varrell ancestor currently in the pedigree database. John and Rachel were married at the Isles of Shoals on 30 November 1737 — “John Varrel & Rachel Sadler were Joyned in Marriage,” per the Isles’ own church register, printed in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register (vol. 66, 1912). John died in 1763; Rachel outlived him by over four decades, to 1806 — by 1798 she is recorded a widow, making a gift deed to her daughter Sarah and son-in-law Edward Voudy. Rachel’s own parents, Edward Sadler (1694–1718) and Mary Sampson (1678–1723, tier: theory), are recorded one generation further back but don’t yet have a page of their own.

Sarah Varrell

John and Rachel’s daughter, Sarah, married Edward Voudy — their line continues on the Voudy Line. Their marriage was recorded at the Isles of Shoals, “Dec’r 1st 1760. Edward Voudey & Sarah Varrell were Joyned in Marriage.” In 1816 their son William named both his mother and grandmother in a single deed, writing that his land had been “purchased by my grandmother Rachel Varrill… and left me by will of my mother Sally Voudy” — closing the Voudy–Varrell–Sadler chain in the family’s own words.

Solomon’s own 1818 probate record — naming him “late of York… mariner” — is the fullest documented of Sarah’s siblings so far; the rest of the eleven children in this register entry are presently known only by their baptismal dates.