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Nicholas Vincent (abt. 1610 - 1671)

Nicholas Vincent
Born about in Nettlecomb, Somerset, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1635 in Nettlecomb, Somerset, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 61 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Nicholas Vincent, Sr. (parents are still debated) was born about 1610 possibly in Nettlecomb, Somerset, England.[1] Frittisweed (Fritheswith, Frideswide, Fridizweed) Carpenter was born about 1609 in Ambesbury, Wiltshire, England to Richard Carpenter and possibly Alice Knight.[2][3] Nicholas Vincent, Sr. married Frittisweed Carpenter before 16 SEP 1632 when their daughter Joan was baptized. Nicholas was buried on 17 JUL 1671 in Ambesbury, Wiltshire, England.[4]

Frittisweed's father is Richard Carpenter, and her mother is possibly Alice Knight married on 07 AUG 1603 in Newton Tony, Wiltshire, England.[5]. Her mother is not Susanna Trevilian.[6]

NOTE: Many sources list Nicholas Vincent as "Thomas Vincent" or "Thomas Nicholas Vincent". However, the baptismal records of the Church of England in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England clearly show the parents of William (chr. 1638), Thomas, Joane, and Nicholas, as Nicholas and Frittisweed Vincent. (The source of "Thomas" is apparently mistaken information from Rev. Phelps of Amesbury that was published in 1901 by D. H. Carpenter.)

Children

  1. Joan Vincent bap. 16 SEP 1632 d. 07 SEP 1708 m. John Sheldon Sr. on 26 MAR 1660[7]
  2. Nicholas Vincent Jr. b. ~1634 bur. 24 JUL 1701 m. Israel Bundee 16 JAN 1675
  3. Thomas Vincent bap. 18 OCT1635
  4. William Vincent bap. 17 JUN 1638 d. ? m. Priscilla Carpenter 31 MAY 1670

William Vincent and Joan Vincent both emigrated to America from Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, about 1660, and settled in Provience, Rhode Island.[8]. Their uncle William Carpenter was one of the 13 original settlers of Providence Rhode Island.

Joane Vincent married John Sheldon in 1660 and had five children. Their daughter Mary married Stephen Arnold and their son Nicholas Sheldon married Abigail Tillinghast.

William Vincent married Priscilla Carpenter and had three children. Their son Nicholas married Elizabeth Reynolds and located in Westerly as early as 1724. A son William by the latter union (one of ten children), married Zeruiah Rtidd, to whom were born ten children. Joseph, one of the sons by this union, married Phalla Hinckley and settle in Stonington, Conn. Thomas Hinckley, one of their five children, born March 14th, 1811, died December 26th, 1864, resided first in Pawcatuck and later in Westerly. He married Lydia Chesebrough Bradford, daughter of Alexander and Lois (Pendleton) Bradford. She was born April 6th, 1800, and died December 26th, 1864. [9]

Sources

  1. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, lists birth place and marriage place as Nettlecomb, Somerset, England.
  2. Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, FASG, Ojai, California, 2008 Last revised 13 June 2015. RICHARDA CARPENTER OF AMESBURY, WILTSHIREPrepared for Carpenters’ Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2008. From Carpenter Sketches, Carpenter Cousins. https://carpentercousins.com/RichardA_Amesbury.pdf
  3. US and International Marriage Records 1560-1900
  4. Wiltshire Burials Index 1538-1990 transcribed on https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=PRS%2FWILT%2FBURS%2FBH%2F0522198
  5. Wiltshire parish registers. v.3, "Marriages at Newton Tony [1591 to 1812] page 134
  6. Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "William1 Carpenter of Newtown, Shalbourne, Wiltshire (Bevis, 1638)" (2008; rev. 16 Oct. 2010), 3, online at http://carpentercousins.com/Wm1_Shalbourne.pdf.
  7. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ND1X-9PX : 4 February 2023), Nicholas Vincent in entry for Joane Vincent, 1632.
  8. The Arnold memorial : William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587-1675, and a genealogy of his descendants.”; Tuttle Publishing Co, Rutland VT, 1935, p.46
  9. pg 368 HISTORY OF WASHINGTON AND KENT COUNTIES. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028840011/cu31924028840011_djvu.txt
  • http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26069062/person/12832814447
  • HISTORY OF Washington and Kent Counties, RHODE ISLAND, including Their Early Settlement and Progress to the Present Time; A Description of their Historic and Interesting Localities; Sketches of their Towns and Villages;
  • Portraits of some of their Prominent Men, AND Biographies of many of their Representative Citizens. By J. R. COLE. New York : W. W. PEESTON & CO. 1889.




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From Richard Vincent [email address removed] : Regarding files on Rootsweb that make one or more of the following statements related to the pedigree of William Vincent, of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, who immigrated to Providence, RI, around 1660:

-- The father of William was Thomas Vincent. -- The mother of William was Fridgswith Carpenter . -- The parents of Fridgswith were Richard Carpenter and Susanna Trevelyan* of Nettlecombe, Somersetshire, England.

I think that the first and third of these statements are doubtful. I know of no primary documentation for either, but there is credible information that is inconsistent with each of them. The second statement is reasonable (I accept it) but unproven.

The records of the Church of England in Amesbury (FHL film 1279337 item 25) show William Vincent, baptized 17 June 1638, as the son of Nicholas and Frittisweed Vincent. The Vincent family in Amesbury heavily "recycled" the names Nicholas, Thomas, and William. There were Thomases contemporary with Nicholas. It seems likely that one became confused with the father of William who was baptised in 1638.

It is clear that there was a Fridgswith Carpenter who married a Vincent in Amesbury; there is a record (Austin; "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island", p.213) of her receiving title in 1671 to her father's house in Amesbury from her brother William Carpenter of Rhode Island. "Frittisweed" is a known variant of "Fridgswith" (The original Anglo-Saxon spelling of the name is not possible in modern English, so variants are inevitable.) Given the infrequent use of the name, it is logical to assume that Frittisweed in the baptismal record was the same person as Fridgswith in the real estate record. However, that is just an assumption, so far as I know.

The same record of title to the home in Amesbury shows the father of Fridgswith to be "Richard Carpenter". It is also known that there was a contemporary Richard Carpenter in Somersetshire, the husband of Susanna Trevelyan of Nettlecombe. However, the will of Richard of Somersetshire (cited in "The Arnold Memorial: William Arnold of Providence and Pawtuxet, 1587-1675, and a Genealogy of His Descendants", Rutland, Vt., c1935), while listing 9 children of himself and Susanna, does not mention either a Fridgswith or a William.

I have been provided considerable information on the life of Richard Carpenter from Somersetshire, none of which connects him with Amesbury, which is rather distant (75 miles, as the crow flies).

These facts counter the idea that Richard and Susanna of Somersetshire were the parents of William and Fridgswith Carpenter of Amesbury.

Vincent-2203 and Vincent-281 appear to represent the same person because: Hello, these appear to be duplicate profiles of the same person with the same spouse and other common data. If PMs agree please approve this merge proposal. Thanks a lot!

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