Zelophehad Wyeth Vincent (1755 - 1840)

Born 27 May 1755 in Sherborne, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Webb) Vincent — married 10 Feb 1777 in St John's Church, Southwark

Husband of Rebecca (Cragg) Vincent — married 3 Jan 1792 in Rowe, Devon

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1840 at age 85 in Streatham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Zelophehad was born on the 27th May 1755 in Sherborne, Dorset, the son of Thomas Vincent and Elizabeth Wyeth.^[1]

Zelophehad was admitted to the Freedom of the City of London in the Barbers Company, London by patrimony on the 7th May 1776.^[1][2]

First Marriage

Zelophehad of St Mary, Alderbury, London married Elizabeth Webb a minor, the daughter of Joseph Webb, on the 10th February 1777 at St Johns, Southwark, Surrey, England. The witnesses were Joseph Webb and Zelophehad's brother Iphedeiah Vincent.^[3][1]

Zelophehad was Founder and first Musical Conductor of the Caecilian Society (1785), established for the performance of Handel and other religious music, an office which he held for upwards of thirty years (see Hadyn's Dictionary of Dates and Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians). Author of "Ode to Music" (1802), "Nature an Ode" (1813) and numerous other musical, poetical and religious works.^[1][4][5][6]

Second Marriage

Zelophehad married Rebecca Cragg on 3rd January 1792 in Rewe, Devon, England.^[7][1]

Zelophehad was brought up attending the Three Cranes Independent church, were his father was an elder and later minister. He probably then attended London Walls Scotch Church, where several of his children were christened. Zelophehad's son Isaac was born 6th November 1796, and was christened on 18th December 1796 at London Wall Scotch Church, London, a Scottish Presbyterian Church. His father had been an associate of Samuel Pike, one of the founders of the London Sandemanian meeting house, and his brother also became a Sandemanian. However, Zelophehad does not appear to have joined them. See the Vincent Family and the Sandemanian Church for history of links with the church.

In 1796 Zelophehad Vincent of Bow Lane was listed as a member of the Company of Barbers, in the list of London Livery companies, alongside his father Thomas Vincent of Bow Lane and his brother Iphedeiah Vincent of Little Thomas Apostle, London.^[8]

In 1800 Zelophehad and his brother Iphediah were co-beneficiaries of their father Thomas Vincent's net estate.^[9]

Zelophehad's son Alfred was born on 18th February 1801 and was christened on 1st May 1801 at the London Scotch Wall Church, London, a Scottish Presbyterian church.

His son Daniel Vincent (1805 - 1806) was born on the 8th August 1805 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England, the son of Zelophehad Wyeth Vincent and Rebecca (Cragg) Vincent, and was christened on the 25th October 1805 at Jamaica Row Independent Church, Bermondsey, Surrey.^[10]

In 1820 he wrote an article for the Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences on Animal Heat, concerned with how animals maintain their body heat. The articles was signed Z W Vincent, Little Thomas Apostle ^[11]

His daughter Phebe Vincent (1794 - ~1819) died in 1819 and was buried on 19 February 1819 in Deadman burial ground, Union Street, London, England. The burial recorded stated she was from St Thomas Apostle^[12]

Zelophehad lived for many years at 5 Little Thomas Apostle, London until retiring to Streatham, Surrey about 1830.^[1]

Zelophehad died aged 86 on the 31st December 1841 at 7 Park View Cottages, New Park Road, Streatham, Surrey.^[1][13][14]

Zelophehad was buried at the Chapelyard of the Union Congregational Chapel, Streatham of which he was an original member.^[1]

Children

Elizabeth Vincent (1.6.1778 - 13.4.1805) aged 26
Maria Vincent (7.3.1780 - 14.3.1860) aged 80
Sarah Vincent (5.5.1782 - 12.5.1796) aged 14
Amelia Vincent (21.5.1784 - 28.4.1834) aged 49
Jemima Vincent (15.11.1792 - 1.4.1861) aged 69
Phebe Vincent (17.8.1794 - abt 1820) aged abt 26
Isaac Vincent (6.11.1796 - 23.11.1866) aged 70
Stephen Vincent (6.12.1798 - abt 1815) aged abt 17
Alfred Vincent (1802.1801 - 24.6.1832) aged 31
Mary Ann Vincent (bef 1803 - )
Miriam Vincent (13.6.1803 - abt 1821) aged abt 18
Daniel Vincent (8.8.1805 - 19.4.1806) aged 0 (Infant mortality)
Joseph Vincent (6.11.1807 - 1.6.1808) aged 0 (Infant mortality)

Residence

(27.5.1755) Sherborne, Dorset
St Mary, Alderbury, London
(1796) Bow Lane, London
5 Little Thomas Apostle, London
(31.12.1841) 5 Little Thomas Apostle, London

Occupation

Zelophehad was a hot presser of wooden stuffs and a Barber Surgeon according to his papers in the London Metropolitan Archives.^[15]

In 1782 he was insured by the Royal and Sun Insurance company as Zelophehad Wyeth Vincent 1 Taylors Court, Bow Lane, Cheapside, Hot Presser^[16]

Other details

Zelophehad possessed the Wyeth family bible dated 1682 (now lost) in which he put all the birth dates of his children.^[1]

Zelophehad's portrait is in the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, donated by A. R. Martin in 1973.^[17]

See Also

There is a collection of his documents held in the London Metropolitan Archives, including his business accounts, a journal of a journey through parts of Hamphsire and Dorset, verses and hymns he composed, lecture notes and a collection of family letters.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Vincent Family Tree by A. R. Martin, F.S.A. in 1934, in the possession of Trevor Pickup
2. ↑ Zelophehad Vincent's Freedom of the City of London, Ancestry
3. ↑ Zelophehad Wyeth Vincent's first marriage, England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992 FamilySearch
4. ↑ Dictionary of Dates RoyalCollectionsTrust
5. ↑ Dictionary of Music and Musicians OxfordMusic
6. ↑ Caecilian_Society CaecilianSociety
7. ↑ Zelophehad Wyeth Vincent's second marriage, Ancestry
8. ↑ List of the Livery of London, City of London Corporation, Livery Committee, H L Galabin, 1796, Page 161, GoogleBooks
9. ↑ Thomas Vincent's Will, Ancestry
10. ↑ Daniel Vincent's birth and christening, England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 FamilySearch
11. ↑ Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences. (1820). United Kingdom: W. Newton. Accessed from Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Newton_s_London_Journal_of_Arts_and_Scie/7qBFAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 16 May 2021
12. ↑ Burial of Phebe: "England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936"
    The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 4360
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2972 #736291 (accessed 22 January 2022)
    Phebe Vincent burial (died in 1819) on 19 Feb 1819 in Union Street, London, England.
13. ↑ Zelophehad Wyeth Vincent's death, England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007 FamilySearch
14. ↑ * Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office". GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 17 January 2022). Vincent, Zelophead Wyeth (Age at death: 86). GRO Reference: 1841 Jan-Feb-Mar in Wandsworth And Clapham Union Volume 04 Page 427.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} London Metropolitan Archives accessed by Trevor Pickup on 16 April 2020 https://search.lma.gov.uk/SCRIPTS/MWIMAIN.DLL/482906118/2/1/2205247?RECORD&UNION=Y&URLMARKER=STARTREQUEST
16. ↑ https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/482906111?UNIONSEARCH&APPLICATION=UNION_VIEW&LANGUAGE=144&simple_exp=y&HISTORY=LMA_DESCRIPTION&ERRMSG=[WWW_LMA]err.htm&REPORT=WEB_SUMMARY London Metropolitan Archives Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 3 April 2021
17. ↑ https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?i=10329 accessed 28/7/18 by Trevor Pickup