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of William Sheldon. They had a son,
John, who was baptized in 1607.
Richard Vicaredg, son of Francis Vicaredg,
was baptized in Over Ardey, County
Worcester, July 30, 1653. Walter Vicaris,
son of William Vicaris and Joyce, his
wife, was baptized September 13, 1640, at
Doddenham, County Worcester, England.
Anne Vicaridge, daughter of Richard Vic-
aridge and his wife, Anne, was baptized
March 20, 1603, at Knightwick, County
Worcester, England. Many others of the
name are to be found in the parish regis-
ters of County Worcester. There are also
Hopkins and Wakeman families (the Vicars
family intermarried with these fam-
ilies) in County Worcester.
Robert Vicaris married Anne Starry
(they were both of Doddenham, County
Worcester), June 29, 1678. In 1608 Robert
Vicaris was of Tibberton, County
Worcester, and in 1613 Robert and William
Vicaris were taxed at Tibberton. On
November 12, 1636, mention is found of
Robert Vicaris, of Bewdley, Gentleman.
(Bewdley was in the parish of Ribsford.)
In 1607 Walter Vicaris was of Omberseley
(near Bewdley) in County Worcester.
Collateral Vicars families include the
following:
Edward Vickers, of Wakefield, York-
shire, married Mary Rawson, daughter of
Thomas Rawson, of Wardsend, near Shef-
field, and had children : Thomas, John,
William, and Anne. Thomas Vickers
married Elizabeth Broadbent, daughter of
Joseph Broadbent, of Aston, and had children:
William, Sarah, Elizabeth, all liv-
ing in the seventeenth century. William
Vickers, son of Edward Vickers, was
of Southall Green, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire.
He married Elizabeth Turbell, daughter
of James Turbell, of Southall, and had
children : John, Thomas, Edward, Elizabeth
and Mary. John Vickers, of Don-
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caster, attorney, was buried April 21, 1668.
He married Mary Rasine, daughter of
George Rasine, and had children : John,
George, and Catherine.
Thomas Vicars was of Scrawsby before
1585. His daughter, Alice, married
Thomas Bosville, of Warmsworth, County
York. Joane Vicars married George
Metham, of Cadeby, County York, about
1550. Mary Vicars, of Brodsworth, married
George Holgate, of Stapleton, about
1600.
At Exeter in the twelfth year of Henry
I (1228) Walter de Wynemaneston and
his wife, Alice, remitted and quit-claimed
a tract of land in County Devon to Rob-
ert le Vicare and his heirs. The will of
John Vicary is recorded in County Devon
in 1547; that of Robert Vicary in County
Devon in 1592; of William in 1596; of
Roger in 1603 ; of John in 1608; of Emott
in 1619 and Benedict in 1624. The arms
of this family were granted in 1558. The
principal seat of the Devon Vicars or
Vicareys was at Dunkeswell, County
Devon. They are of the same parent family
as are the Vicars of County Worces-
ter.
William Vicaris (or Vicars), of Bewd-
ley, England, is mentioned in the will of
William Hopkins, in 1647. Walter Vicars
is called "cousin" in his will. Walter Vic-
ars may have come to America, but there
is no record of him in the New Haven
Colony. The son-in-law of William Hopkins,
John Wakeman, did come, however,
and later on came "the cousin of his
wife's," Anne Vicars.
Anne Vicars, daughter of Walter Vicars,
of Bewdley, County Worcester, Eng-
land, was born about 1634. She is also
mentioned as a "daughter of Walter" in
the will of William Hopkins. She came
to America probably when between sixteen
and eighteen years of age, and was