THE NAME VAUGHAN IS WELSH FROM FYSHUL A LENTIED FORM BYSCAUN, A DIMINITIVE  OF BACH "LITTLE". THIS WAS OFTEN USED TO DISTINGUISH THE YOUNGER OF TWO  BEARERS OF THE SAME PERSONAL NAME, TYPICALLY THE SON OF A FATHER WITH THE SAME  NAME. A HUGE PORTION OF VAUGHAN MALES WERE FARMERS FOLLOWED BY CARPENTERS AND  LABORERS. WHEN THE 1990 CENSUS WAS TAKEN THERE WERE 35,000 VAUGHANS LIVING IN  THE UNITED STATES.                                                                         THERE ARE VARIOUS SPELLINGS OF THIS FAMILY NAME, SUCH AS VAUGHAN VAUGHN AND  OTHERS THEY WERE FIRST FOUND IN SHROPSHIRE WHERE THEY WERE DECENDENTS FROM  TUDOR TREVOR, EARL OF HEREFORD, AND LORD OF MAYLORS.  SOME OF THE FIRST  SETTLERS OF THIS FAMILY NAME OR SOME OF ITS VARIANTS WERE: GEORGE VAUGHAN  SETTLED IN MAINE IN 1629. PATRICK VAUGHAN SETTLED IN VIRGINIA IN 1635.  ELIZABETH VAUGHAN SETTLED IN 1654. JOHN VAUGHAN SETTLED IN VIRGINIA IN 1636.   MOTTO: I WILL NOT RETURN UNREVENGED. 
 I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE VAUGHAN FAMILY HAS GROWN LEAP AND BOUNDS THROUGH OUT THE YEARS; AND EVEN THOUGH NONE OF US HAVE BECOME A KING OR QUEEN LIKE THOSE THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US, WE ARE ALL SPECIAL IN OUR OWN RIGHTS...  TAKE MY ADVICE AND LIVE IN PEACE WITH THOSE YOU MEET ALONG LIFE'S WAY.