Judge John Vincent and Nancy Boyd

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Husband Judge John Vincent ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 4 Feb 1772 - Essex Co, NJ 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1860 - Waterford, Erie Co, PA 2 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: Cornelius Vincent (1737-1812) 4 6 7
         Mother: Phoebe Ward (Abt 1739-1809) 7

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       Marriage: 1802 3 4

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   Other Spouse: Nancy Anderson (      -      ) 2 5 8 - 1 Feb 1807 4

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Wife Nancy Boyd ^{2 4 9 10}

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           Born: 28 Nov 1768 9 10
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           Died: Mar 1806 3 4
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         Father: William Boyd (1731-      ) 11 12
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (1741-      ) 9 11

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Children

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1 M Bethuel Boyd Vincent ^{13 14 15}

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           Born: 4 Aug 1803 - Waterford, Erie Co, PA 2 5
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           Died: 21 Jul 1876 2 5
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         Spouse: Sarah Ann Strong (1812-Aft 1895) 6 16 17
           Marr: 24 Jun 1834 17

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General Notes: Husband - Judge John Vincent

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He came to Erie County, Pennsylvania, about the 1st of June, 1797, and settled at Fort Le Boeuf (later Waterford) when the region was still a wilderness. He was a man of strong natural intellect, sound common sense, and inflexible integrity. These qualities, though he had but a limited education, procured his appointment as Justice of the Peace in 1803, and in 1805 as Associate Judge of Erie County. This latter position he filled for forty years.

He came to Erie County from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on foot, in company with Wilson Smith, both carrying knapsacks on their backs all the way. He was appointed one of the Associate Judges in 1805, by Thomas McKean, then Governor of Pennsylvania. Mr. Vincent served with distinction for about thirty-three years, until the change of the State Constitution in 1838. As a singular coincidence, his companion, Wilson Smith, was appointed to a like position, and served until 1819, when he was elected to the state senate.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 967, BIos 231.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 552.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1527.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 231.

5 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 967.

6 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 550.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1526.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1527, 1766.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 660.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1527, 1680.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1680.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 659.

13 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 967, Bios 230.

14 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 551.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1523, 1527.

16 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 230.

17 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1523.