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Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: Vincents/Carpenters in Amesbury
Dear fellow genealogist:
I am writing to you because you have posted a file on Gencircles that makes
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 mother of William was Fridgswith Carpenter .
-- The husband of Fridgswith was Thomas Vincent.
-- The parents of Fridgswith were Richard Carpenter and Susanna Trevelyan*
of
Nettlecombe, Somersetshire, England.
I think that the second 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 first 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 Rhiode
Island", p.213) of her receiving title in 1671 to her fathers 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. (I wish they
were her parents, because I am a direct descendant of Frittisweed, and
Susanna apparently was a direct descendant of Charlemagne. (However, I
don't have the primary documentation on that, either!))
I certainly would appreciate anyones provision of primary documentation
related to the suspect statements. If I receive it, I will pass it on to
you. In the absence of such information, you may wish to reconsider the
statements in your published files.
Sincerely,
Richard Vincent
Sacramento, California
From: RichVinc(a)aol.com
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