John Vincent is a direct ancestor
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John Vincent was baptised on 6 October 1802 in Sherborne, Dorset. He later moved to London, and on 15 September 1824 he married Sarah Phillips in St George's Hanover Square, Westminster. John was a tailor and was living at 25 Carburton Street, St Marylebone when their first child John was baptised in 1825. By 1827 they were living in Mount Street, Mayfair and then in Ecclestone Street, Belgravia between 1830 and 1835. Whilst living in Ecclestone Street John was paying annual rates to the church and poor including county and police.
Soon after the family had moved down to Sherborne maybe to visit or maybe to stay. Their middle child Charlotte Vincent died and was buried in Sherborne on 1 January 1836 aged 5. John Vincent died and was buried in Sherborne on 20 February 1836 aged 33. John's sister Charlotte Vincent was buried on 11 April 1836 aged 34. John's wife Sarah Vincent stayed in Sherborne with the children and died on 24 April 1841 in Newland, Sherborne aged 44. In the 1841 census the children were with Mary Chiverell in Trendle Street, Sherborne.
