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It is very likely that William did make money in the
slave trade business. There is a record of his sale of slaves to his son in law - Nicholas Ware. Williams brother Samuel sold slaves also.
However, both men made money as merchants - and probably
had money to start with from their father - John Vassall.
Samuel owned many ships and was part owner in the Levant
Co. William was one of the Puritans and an original
patentee of the Mass. Bay Company. He played an important
part in colonial history. He was co-author of a pamplet
that was widely circulated in England about John Winslow.
His disagreements with the pastor of the First Church in
Situate are very interesting. He did return to England
with a petition to the King regarding the better treatment
of those who were not Puritans. After England he moved
to his plantation in Barbadoes. I have a small book written
on the Vassall family in 1860. I hope that this information helps you.
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