The Bedfordshire Vizes

The Bedfordshire cluster is quite small and centres on the village of Totternhoe and the town of Luton.

The earliest parish record in this cluster is the baptism of William VIZE/VIES in 1591 in Totternhoe. He was the son of John. William married Joan BIRDSEYE on 21 October 1624 in Sundon, Bedfordshire and they lived in Luton where six children were baptised: Mary VIZE (1626), William VYES (1627), Anne VIZE (1630), William VISE (1634), Thomas VYZE/VIES (1636) and William VISE (1639).

Thomas VIES/VYZE married Joan and baptised Sarah VISE in Totternhoe in 1656. Joseph VIES/VYZE who married Martha HERBERT in Luton in 1683 may also have been the son of Thomas and Joan.

The next VIZEs located in the area are from the census commencing with 1841. Richard VYSE and his wife Charlotte lived in Luton from the late 1820s. Richard was born in London and moved to Luton after his marriage. He was a straw plait and tuscan merchant and manufacturer. Richard and Charlotte had eight children recorded in the censuses: Ellen C (1829), Sydney (1835), Harriet (1839), Richard (1840), William (1843), Emily (1845), Charles (1847) and Arthur (1850).

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