Died: March 3, 1696 in Edgartown, (Martha's Vineyard), Dukes County, Massachusetts
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"[William Vincent's] first appearance on our records is on March 15, 1655, when he bought of Robert Codman one-half of the harbor lot on Starbuck's Neck, which Arey had sold to Codman, consisting of four acres. Whether he lived there is uncertain, but presumably he did, until the next year, on Feb. 18, 1656, when he bought of Edward Andrews "his house and land adjoyning to it twenty acres more or less bounded on the east side by the land of John Burchard: on the west Mamanekorn Neck: the one end butting upon the fresh pond, the other end upon the common." This was at Mashakommukeset, where he afterwards resided, and it remained Vincent property for generations. Before December, 1655, he had married Susannah, daughter of Malachi and Mary (Collier) Browning, and the young couple set up housekeeping in this beautiful region, overlooking the great pond. In December, 1659, he was a juror, and in 1660, he is recorded as one of the proprietors and began to draw lots as such. He submitted to the Patentee's Government in 1661, and was one of a committee appointed to evict the Indians living within the town bounds the same year. He was of the Train Band in 1662, and in 1663 he was sued by William Weeks for a small debt, and with three others built the general fence for the town under contract. He was credited with owning half a lot at this time, presumably the Arey-Codman lot referred to. In 1664 he participated in land divisions, and on April 21, 1665, was chosen town constable. But little is heard of him for the next ten years, except in some minor land transaction until the "Dutch Rebellion," in which he took part and was fined therefor. In 1675 he sued Peter Jenkins for debt, and four years later had a suit against sundry Indians who had detained his share of a whale and some "Blober." In 1680 he was fined for felling trees and "cutting wood for Mr. Mayhew." and in 1681 was a juror. Various real estate transactions in 1682, 1684, and 1687, including further grants to him at Meshacket and Wintucket give us glimpses of his continued activity, and this brings us to May 10, 1690, when he made his will, then in his sixty-fourth year. By this time he had become estranged from his only son Thomas, to whom nine years before (Sept. 16, 1681), he had sold considerable of his property including one acre "by my shop." His name appears on the records in 1693, when he made an affidavit; in 1694, when he sold land at Wintucket, and on March 15, 1694–5, when he was listed as a proprietor of one share in the town." more to be transcribed — pp. 116–117 Banks, C. E., 1911, The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts. Volume II, George H. Dean, Boston. https://archive.org/details/historyofmarthas00bank/page/n125/mode/2up