Vagg(s)

A will of Joan (Johan) Vagg of Baltonsborough dated 1 Jun 1543, proved 26 Sep 1543 left her estate to her sons John and Robert. Robert appeared in a Chancery Court case 1587-91 [C3/219/107] regarding the Copyhold held of the manor of Baltonsborough. The defendants were William Hungate and others. Possible ancestors?

1) John Vagg died 1710



John Vagg was clerk to the church 1700-1710 and in 1711 his wife Ann is recorded in the churchwarden's accounts as a widow when she was paid for cleaning the church. In 1704 the OOP paid John for marrying William Martin. In 1709 and 10 John paid rates with Thomas Hockey. In 1711 it was Thomas Hockey and 'Vagge' but by 1713 Thomas Hockey and Anne Vagg. From 1714/5 she paid rates alone until 1737 and then John Vagg paid them.

DD/S/BT/6/5/20-22 - yeomen, Thomas Samm of Butleigh, whitebaker, John James and James Chapman of Butleigh yeomen, Samuel Sweet of Butleigh carpenter, Humphrey Colmer and John Kelway of Butleigh, yeomen, Joan Difford of Butleigh, John Vagg of Butleigh, husbandman and Edmund Date: 1706.

DD/S/BT/7/3/7 - 1] Joan Difford of Butleigh widow of Joseph Difford 2] James Periam the younger of Butleigh Wootton, gent, John Smithfield the elder of Butleigh, yeoman and Anne Vagg of Butleigh widow of John Vagg 3] Anne Pope of Butleigh Assignment of Moormeade close Date: 1723.

1a) John Vagg cordwainer, bur. 14 Jan 1787 Butleigh

John paid the rates from 1738 onwards. Mary married Daniel Corbaz a sojourner in Butleigh on 31 Oct 1796 #

DD/S/BT/14/2/22 - 1] Richard Toghill of Butleigh yeoman 2] John Vagg of Butleigh, cordwainer and administrator of Ann Vagg his mother decd 3] Thomas Periam the younger of Butleigh, blacksmith Assignment of 3yds arable at Bare Hill, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, Date: 1738.

DD/S/BT/14/2/52 - 1] Ann Corbaz of Butleigh daughter of John Vagg decd 2] William Burnett of Butleigh, stonecutter Assignment of Scrubbetts (4a) and 2a in Berrell, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1813.

2) Edward Vagg of Blagrove

3) William Vaggs

4) James Vagg

5) Mary Vagg bur. 29 Sep 1796 Butleigh

Vallis

1) Henry Vallis b. 1852 (Jun Q 5c/565 Wincanton) North Cadbury, footman, s.o. William and Ann Vallis 71W-86

Henry lived with his parents in North Cadbury in 1861 where his father was a mason. He worked at Wootton House in 1871. In 1891 he appeared as butler at Odell Castle, Odell, Derbyshire and in 1901 at 29, Curzon Street, Mayfair and Knightsbridge, London.

Vearin

[Verin,Veiring]

1) Humphrey Verin

Humphrey had his house rent paid by the Overseers of the Poor in 1678.

2) John Verin buried 1695

John was given clothes for his son and daughter in 1686 and clothes by the OOP for his son Humphrey in 1692. Shoes and a waistcoat bought for Mary in 1687 and ditto in 1688 plus britches for Humphrey. In 1702 there is mention in the OOP of John Vearin going to sessions. An Elner Vearin receiving clothes and money 1680-83 may be another daughter or close relative of John – possibly even his mother.

3) Humphrey Veering bur. 1 May 1737 Butleigh? {uncertain if this one or next]

Humphrey received Rocke gift money in 1708 but paid rates in 1709 and 1710. In 1713 he received Symcockes bequest money (for the poor) and in 1716 he receive rent for taking in Joan Davis widow. In 1729 Humphrey received wheat, barley and money to relieve him (and his family) in his sickness

One of these Humphrey Veirings paid rates from 1718 jointly with Andrew Sweete [and next to Philip Vering] until 1729 then from 1730 with Sarah Sweete. From 1736 it was Humphrey Veiring and William Davis until 1739 – then just 'Veiring & Davis' becoming Thomas Veiring in 1742. [Which Humphrey is which is uncertain but the ratepayer was the one who died in 1737 and there is a Thomas below who must be his son]]

4) Humphrey Vering of Butley bur. 23 Dec 1753 Butleigh ?

5) Grace Verin bur. 16 May 1731 Butleigh

6) Stephen Verin

Stephen Verein mentioned in OOP accounts in 1716 'for jail and Marshalsea & county bridges'.

7) Philip Verin

Philip paid rates in 1718 - 21 as neighbour of Humphrey Vering. Nfi

8) Elizabeth Veiring bur. 4 Dec 1737 Butleigh

9) Elizabeth Veiring bur. 3 Mar 1739 Butleigh

10) John Castle Veiring Chr. 13 Dec 1745 Butleigh illegit. child of Mary Veiring and John Castle

11) Ann Veiring bur. 30 Nov 1754 Butleigh

12) James Veiring bur. 8 Apr 1759 Butleigh s.o. Thomas Veiring from Glastonbury

13) Thomas Veiring bur. 10 Nov 1796 Butleigh

DD/S/BT/7/2/3 1] John Webb 2] Philip Avery Lease for lives of Callow's messuage, two half acres arable in Butleigh East field, two half acres in West field and 3a inclosed in Butleigh moor. Rent 3s. Endorsed with note that Thomas Veering holds the house for life (1785)..

13a) Stephen Veiring Chr. 26 Dec 1751 Butleigh, bur. 23 Nov 1827 Butleigh

13b) Thomas Veiring Chr. 10 Nov 1764 Butleigh, s.o. Thomas and Honour Vereing, bur. 2 May 1830 Butleigh

14) Humphrey Vering bur. 24 Jan 1790 Butleigh

DD/S/BT/5/4/28 1] John Evered of Bridgwater 2] Edward Talbot of Butleigh, yeoman 3] Major Gen. Richard Grenville of Butleigh Copy release of 3a in South moor called Veerings common, Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1782.

DD/S/BT/13/1/31 1] James Grenville 2] Humphry Veering of Butleigh, labourer Exchange of cottages in Butleigh.. [Somerset Archive and Records, BUTLEIGH COURT PAPERS] Date: 1787.

15) Mary Veiring bur. 1 Mar 1766 Butleigh

16) Sarah Veiring bur. 8 Jun 1769 Butleigh

17) Thomas Veirin

Elizabeth appeared first in 1841 in the High Street with her son Thomas (probably at No. 19, Peckham Row). Thomas disappeared and since no death was recorded, may have joined the army or emigrated. His mother appeared next in Compton Street in 1851 where she was a servant aged 75 at the Parsonage House (then a boarding house). In 1861 she was over the road in the Court Lodge and died there later in the year. Their name probably survived in the 'Verins common' [listed in 1777] and Verings Paddock [1770]

Vearncombe

1) William Richard Vearncombe b. 1871 (Dec Q 5c/339 Williton) Elworthy, Som., farmer, s.o. George and Jane P. Vearnmouth, d. 1952 (Sep Q 7c/214 Wells)

In 1901 William and his parents lived at Hedging, North Petherton. In 1911 William had married Elizabeth Tricky (b. 1862 Bishops Lydeard) in 1898 (Dec Q 5c/567 Taunton) and lived at Taunton Charlton Farm, Creech St. Michael with two children. In 1935 (Kelly's) he farmed at Home Farm, Butleigh Wootton.

Veness

1) Thomas Luck Veness b. 1854 (Mar Q 2a/439 Cranbrook) Bedgebury, Kent, footman 71-72

Thomas aged 17 served at Butleigh Court in 1871. In 1891 he was a manservant, married to Ellen, at Kingsgate St., Winchester, Hamps., and in 1901 had moved to Lambeth, London where he was a printer's timekeeper.

Vickery

1) Jessie Vickery b. 1879 [(Dec Q 5b/41x Tiverton) Uffculme, Devon, d.o. James and Sarah Vickery?]

In 1881 a Jessie lived with her parents in Bradfield, Uffculme, Devonshire. In 1901 this Jessie was a housemaid at the Vicarage, Awbridge, Hampshire. No other Jessie matches the one who married Frank Hodges in Butleigh on 19 Sep 1904 (Sep Q 5c/840 Wells). Frank was a labourer and seems to be the same Frank who was a patient in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Hound, Southampton in 1901. Probably the same Frank Hodges who lodged with Elizabeth Drane in Butleigh Wootton in 1891 and who gave his pob as Wells Union (Workhouse). No father's name was given at his marriage. No trace of either on the 1911 census under Hodges.

James Vickery dairyman is also a mystery. The witnesses were James and Emma Jane Vickery at the wedding and a couple with these names lived at Milverton but that James was a shoe repairer and there seems no link with a Jessie. A Frank and Jessie Vickery living at Pontypridd with many children (all Somerset born) are a different couple.

Vigar

1) Thomas Vigar Chr. 15 Apr 1821 Bruton, Somerset, apprentice smith, s.o. Thomas and Hannah (nee Edington) Vigar 41-6

Thomas was an apprentice to John Day, blacksmith, in the High Street in 1841. Thomas, as blacksmith, married Lydia Lane (b. 1815 Lamyatt) in 1844 (Dec Q 10/817 Wincanton) and practised in Bruton in 1851. He had his mother-in-law Amy White, a pauper, living with them. In 1861 they had their only child, Emily (b. 1857) with them. Lydia was older than Thomas and variously gave her birth year between 1811 and 1820!

Vigour

[Vigar]

1) John Vigour b. 1823 Charlton Horethorne, farmer, [d. 1894 (Sep Q 5a/177 Sherborne - Vigers)]?

John senior's occupation was reduced from rich farmer of 480 acres to 'farmer out of business' by 1881! His first wife had died in 1869 and he had married Margaret in 1873. In 1881 there were an additional five children to those above. Bessie lived with her parents until the 1880's as did her brother John. The parents John and Margaret lived in Christchurch in 1891.

John jun moved to Butleigh and served at Wootton Hill Farm in 1891. He was a cattleman boarding with Jane Davis in Butleigh Wootton in 1901. His sister Caroline Bessie must have joined him for a while and then married George Horsell in Butleigh on 1 Nov 1888 (Dec Q 5c/921 Wells). #

In 1911 John was a road contractors labourer living alone in 3 rooms at 19 Butleigh Wootton. John married Harriett Allen in Butleigh on 24 March 1913 (Mar Q 5c/889 Wells) and he died in 1933, bur. 5 Sep Butleigh. #

Vile(s)

1) James Vile bur. 12 Dec 1804 Butleigh

Ann Knight worked at Wootton House in 1841 and died in 1850. Her second husband died in 1849 but they had had six children born in Butleigh before then. The daughter Ann is possibly the Mary Viols (b. 1802 Butleigh) who married Joseph Chapman (b. 1805 West Lydford) a butcher and who appears in West Lydford with a daughter Agnes b. 1835 and as a widow in 1861. She was still there in 1871 (pob Butleigh Wootton).

Vincent

1) John Vincent b. 1779 Colars-Pedail?, [Toller Procorum] Devon, labourer, bur. 24 May 1855 (Jun Q 5c/416 Wells) Butleigh 41-7, 51-38

John lived in the High Street in 1841 and at Knacker's Hole in 1851 when he was under Parish Relief. He died in 1855. John was the probable father of Zebra Vincent who married William Smith Britton in Butleigh in 1832. #

2) Charles Vincent b. 27 Jan 1810 Berrow, labourer, s.o. Sarah Vincent, died 1867 (Sep Q 5c/345 Wells) 51-36, 61-52

Charles' mother Sarah (b. 1785 Banwell) had three other children, John (b. 1811 Berrow, d. 1828), Sarah (b. Bristol, m. Joseph Baker) and Jane (b. 1820 Berrow, m. Charles Hutchings). She was living with the last two at in Berrow on the 1841 census and their father was a Peter Neathy, mariner. In 1851 she was a 'pauper formerly sailor's wife' living at Berrow next door to an Ann Coombs and her fisherman husband Frederick. Ann Coombs was b. 1805 Brean, the daughter of Charles Vincent who died July 1808 Berrow and Sarah may have been her mother, widow of the said Charles - she died in 1852.

Charles and Mary lived in Berrow with Tom and John in 1841 and moved to Butleigh around 1844. They were at No. 1 Quarry Lane in 1851, with seven children. Jane was absent but returned for the next census. In 1861 the family lived at Pond Head but Tom married and moved to Baker's Grave and Hannah married Jepthar Bulgin in Butleigh on 27 Dec 1858 (Dec Q 5c/1012 Wells). # Grace died in 1854 (Dec Q 5c/376 Wells).

In 1861 Charles (54) and his wife Mary (50) lived at Pond Head, next to Jepthar Bulgin and his daughter Hannah, together with children John (20), William (17), Jane (15), George (12), Sarah (10), Charles (8), Frederick (6) and Henry (4). Jane became cook to Alderman John Bullied in Magadalen St., Glastonbury in 1871 - she then married James Vile in 1872 (Jun Q 6a/278 Clifton). In 1881 they ran the "Bell Inn" in the Armoury, Glastonbury. In 1911 James and Jane were still innkeepers at 27, Benedict St., Glastonbury and lived with son Albert and Annie Vincent (b. 1887, Butleigh, d.o. Charles Vincent) as assistant.

Sarah Ann married John Haimes in 1876 (Jun Q 5c/849 Wells) and they lived in Glastonbury by 1881 – at 79, Chilkwell St., Glastonbury in 1911 with a son and grandson. They had had six children, four surviving.

Charles died in 1867 and his widow Mary next went to live in Oddway by 1871.

She lived there with sons John (30), William (26), Frederick (16) and Henry (14) plus daughter Hannah Bulgin (28) and granddaughter Sarah Jane Bulgin (2). Hannah appeared as Hannah 'Billing' in 1881 living with Frederick ((2e) while her husband Jepthar Bulgin was found in 1891 in Picts Hill Workhouse, High Ham. See under Bulgin. Henry was absent from the later censuses - nfi. Mary Vincent went to live by 1881 in the High Street with son John. Mary Vincent died in 1883 aged 75.

2a) Tom Vincent b. 1836 Berrow, labourer, bur. 19 Jan 1878 (Mar Q 5c/437 Wells) Butleigh 51-36, 61-62, 71-79

In 1861 the couple lived at Bakers Grave but by 1871 had moved to Quarry Lane No. 5. Tom died in 1878 aged 42. A Mary Ann E. Vincent died in 1879 (Mar Q 5c/453 Wells) aged 38 though I am almost certain that the widow of Tom is the Mary Ann Vincent who married Clifford Craft in 1879 (Dec Q 5c/823 Wells).#

2b) John Vincent b. 1839 Berrow, farm labourer, bur. 30 Dec 1900 (Mar Q 5c/411 Wells) Butleigh 51-36, 61-52, 71-75, 81-94

Mary Tooze had a child Isaac William born 26 Sep 1862 in Wellington and she was a nurse working at Taunton and Somerset Hospital in 1871. She married John Vincent in 1874. John described himself as a 'Farm Bailif' at his marriage In 1881 John Vincent (43) lived with daughter Sarah Jane, son Frank and father-in-law John Tooze (widower 75) plus his mother Mary Vincent (widow 73) at 18, High Street. His wife Mary had returned to Taunton and appeared on the 1881 census as a patient (occupation sick nurse) there. In 1891 John and Mary appear in Glaston Road, Street with John as a gardener and, besides Frank Alfred, there is another son Arthur and Mary's son Isaac W. Tooze. John's mother Mary Vincent had died in 1883 (Dec Q 5c/345 Wells). Mary reportedly also worked for a time at Butleigh Hospital during the childhood of her daughter Sarah Jane.

In 1901 Mary was back in Taunton Hospital, a maternity nurse, and a widow, but there as a patient, John had died in 1900. Mary died in 1902.

Sarah Jane in 1891 was a servant in the house of Edward Palmer, spirit merchant at No. 15 High Street, Glastonbury. Sarah Jane then married William John Nicholson (b. 1871 Meare, d. 1939) in 1892 (Sep Q 5c/821 Wells), a porter in a wine vault, and in 1901 they lived at 22, Mead, Street with three children.*

*This couple had 13 children of whom just one died in childhood - Sidney Charles (b. 1894, d. 1898) - of diptheria. The rest were Edith C. (1893), Alice M. (1896), Daisy B. (1900), Gladys (1902), Maud (1903), Lucy (1904), Ethel (1906), Marian (1908) Agnes Margaret (1909 - m. Walter G. Turner, still alive in 2008), Joseph (1910), Benjamin (1910 - twin) and George (1913).

Alfred and Arthur lived together in 10, Glaston Road, Street as factory hands in 1901. Alfred married Martha Matilda G. Webb in 1902 (Mar Q 5c/771 Wells) [she came with a son Bernard Stanley C. Webb 'Vincent' b. 1900 (Mar Q 5c/447 Wells) Street] and in 1911 they lived at 12, Brutasche Terr., Grange Rd., Street with 6 children. Alfred died in Street, 1948.

2c) George Vincent Chr. 2 Apr 1848 Butleigh, labourer, died 1908 (Jun Q 5c/229 Langport) 51-37, 61-52, 91-125

In 1871 Sarah Barber lived with her parents at 1, Cottage Row, Barton St. David - her father was a farm labourer. In 1881 she was an attendant and nurse at the District Somerset and Bath Lunatic Asylum, Wells. George was absent in 1871 but in 1881 he was still single and living with his brother Frederick in Keinton Mandeville at 3, Castle Street. He married Sarah in 1881.

By 1891, George Vincent (44) lived in Banbury Lane with his wife Sarah J. (31) and children Bertram Henry, Ellen (7) and Henrietta (3). George was the brother of Charles who lived at nearby Pond Head. In 1901 he and Sarah lived in Silver Street, Barton St. David, with their three surviving children. In 1911 Sarah Jane lived alone at Park Lane, Barto St. David (charwoman) while an Edith Ellen Vincent (b. 1887 Butleigh) may be Ellen b. 1884 – was a servant at Hope Farm, Lympsham, Weston-Super-Mare. Bertram Henry was a fitters labourer in 1911 in Caerphilly living with wife Annie Emily Rossiter (b. 1886 Road) and a child b. 1910 Caerphilly [they had married 1909 Mar Q 5c/543 Langport]. Henrietta married Harry Gaines on 14 Dec 1913 Barton St. David.

2d) Charles Vincent Chr. 26 Sep 1852 (Sep Q 5c/578 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, gardener 61-52, 81-98, 91-125, 01-139

In 1871 Charles was labouring in Wells, on the farm of Thomas Webber. He married in 1878, the year after Harry was born! In 1881 Charles (28) lived at Pond Head with his wife Hannah (23) plus Harry and Jesse.

In 1891 their children were Harry (12), Jesse (10), Albert, Bessie, Annie and staying with them was uncle Samuel Wheller [Wheeler] (61). Samuel died in 1892 (Mar Q 5c/427 Wells).

By 1901 Charles (47) and wife Hannah (46) lived with children Harry (23), Jesse (21), Albert (19), Bessie (18), Annie (12), Leah and Nellie.

Bessie (Elizabeth) married carter Henry Edward Hilborne (b. 1885) of Barton St. David in Butleigh on 28 May 1906 (Jun Q 5c/889 Wells), and in 1911 their son Georgie Hilborne (b. 1907 Barton St. David) stayed with his grandparents Charles and Hannah Vincent plus their daughter Nellie in their 3 rooms in Butleigh. Charles stated that they had had 9 children of whom 2 had died. In 1911 Annie was assisting her relative Jane Vile (nee Vincent) and her husband James run an Inn at 27, Benedict St., Glastonbury.

Leah married Bertie J. Miles in 1912 (Dec Q 5c/1107 Wells).

2d1) Harry Vincent b. 1877 (Dec Q 5c/534 Wells) Butleigh, carter 81-98, 91-125, 01-139

In 1911 the couple lived at 64 Butleigh in 4 rooms and had their niece Hilda May Bacon (b. 1903 Pitcombe) staying with them on census night. She was the child of George and Blanche Bacon.

2e) Frederick Vincent Chr. 18 Mar 1855 (Mar Q 5c/648 Wells) Butleigh, labourer, died 1904 (Jun Q 5c/298 Wells) 61-52, 71-75, 91-125, 01W-143

Frederick was born in Butleigh, the son of Charles and Mary Vincent. His father died while he was young and his mother became a washerwoman. He married Fanny in 1878 and went to live in Charlton Mackrell where they had their first child, William Charles. They then moved to Keinton Mandeville where they appeared on the 1881 census at Castle St., with William and Edith plus George Vincent, Frederick's brother - also Hannah Billing (38) (actually Bulgin), Frederick's married sister. Frederick T. was born in Keinton Mandeville in 1882 and then the family moved to Butleigh where John James was born in 1883 and Jestina in 1885.

In 1891 Fred and Fanny lived on Butleigh Hill, 76 with all five children. Sometime after 1891 the family moved to Rowley Lodge, Butleigh Wootton where they appeared in 1901. Edith lived in the Mitre Hotel, Glastonbury in 1901, run by her aunt and uncle - James and Jane Vile.

In 1910 Jestina married Arthur Close (b. 1874 Baltonsborough) in Taunton (Jun Q 5c/560 Taunton) and they lived together at 24, Albemarle Rd., Taunton in 1911 together with her mother Fanny and her husband Thomas Poole who she had married in 1909 .

2e1) William Charles Vincent b. 1879 (Sep Q 5c/399 Langport) Charlton Mackrell, engine driver 91-125

William Charles became an engine driver and in 1897 married Beatrice Fanny Rawlings whose widowed mother and siblings lived in Butleigh. In 1901 William and Beatrice lived at Woodgate, Baltonsborough with their two children. By 1911 they lived at 1, Ferndale Bruton with seven children including Reginald.

3) John Vincent b. 1809 Butleigh, Shoemaker, died 1883 or 1884.

In 1861 John lived at 15, High Street, Street with wife Hannah (b. 1817 Street) and six children. On the 1851 and then later censuses John's pob was given as Charlton. In 1851 he was a butcher and his oldest daughter was Zebra b. 1841 Street. On the 1841 census they had two older children, Isabella b. 1836 and Susan b. 1838.

4) Martha Vincent b. 1826 Ireland 41W-16

Martha lodged with John Paul in Butleigh Wootton in 1841 and may be the sister of his wife (both born in Ireland).

5) Georgina Mary Vincent b. 1886 (Jun Q 5c/539 Wells), bur. 18 Apr 1887 (Jun Q 5c/355 Wells) Butleigh - nfi

Viner

1) William Litton Viner of Walcot

Viotiler

1) Elizabeth A.Viotiler b. 1837 Middlesex, London 61-55

Elizabeth was governess at the Parsonage/Vicarage in 1861 and her name may have been Vidler - Viotiler not found.

Virages

1) Adrian Virages

Adrian was in receipt of Poor relief in 1613.

Voake

1) Elizabeth Voake b. 1821 Compton Dundon, farmer, died 1899 (Jun Q 5c/321 Wells). 91-121

In 1861 Elizabeth had farmed in Compton Dundon with her husband Thomas. They had two daughters Jane b. 1853 and Louisa b. 1857. Other children were born - Walter in 1856 and Tusie in 1857 who appeared with Thomas and Elizabeth in 1871. Daughter Jane married James Burrough in 1877 (Dec Q 5c/699 Langport). Thomas died in 1889 (Mar Q 5c/259 Langport). Elizabeth was the mother-in-law of James Burrough and visited him and her daughter Jane at Higher Rockes Farm in 1891.

Voisey

1) Ellen E. Voisey b. 1849 Wookey, servant, d.o. Levi and Sarah Voisey 61-49

Ellen had lived with her parents at Wookey in 1851 and her father was listed then as a Pauper. She was aged 12 when she served at the home of Robert Salmon, at Moor House Farm in 1861. Nfi

Vowels

1) Sarah Vowles Chr. 16 Apr 1797 Butleigh illegit. d.o. Sarah Vowles

2) Mary Vowels [née Newport] b. 1829 West Pennard 51-27

Mary was a visitor at the home of John Look in Oddway in 1851. At only 22 she was already a widow. As Mary Newport she had married Edward Benjamin Vowell in 1849 (Sep Q 10/709 Wells) but he died in 1851 (Mar Q 10/388 Wells - Edward Vowels). She married Edmund Creed in 1857 (Sep Q 5c/915 Wells) and they lived in West Pennard from the 1861 census onwards.