<< WILLIAM, New London, had prob. liv. at Gloucester, there m. Rachel, d. of
William Varney; did not improve the grant made him at N. L. in 1651, but was
of Providence in May 1666, when he engag. his alleg. to Charles II. and m. 31
May 1670, Priscilla, d. of William Carpenter, perhaps as sec. w. and by a
former one may have had Joanna wh. m. John Sheldon. It hardly seems possib.
however, with every readiness to acknowl. the migrat. habits of our people,
even in the earliest days, to admit this man to be the same as preced. >>
Savage does well to express doubt that William Vincent of Providence was the
same man as he of Gloucester. Baptized at Amesbury in 1638, Providence
William was too young to have been the man of Gloucester (and/or New London).
Joanna (Vincent) Sheldon has been identified as Providence William Vincent's
sister.
Gene Z.