Family Tree Groups

The Vizes of Lambourn
John Vize was one of several Vizes who appeared in the Rotherhithe parish regoisters around 1799. It is likely the other Vizes are related but no evidence linking them has yet been discovered. John was born ca 1776 location unknown and lived in Rotherhithe from ca1799 until his death in 1823. This is the ancestor of the Vizes who settled in Gippsland, Victoria.



His brother Francis Vize appears in the Rotherhithe parish registers from 1815 until 1828. This is the ancestor of Vizes who settled in the Rockhampton area of Queensland.

The Vises / Vyses of Stawne
The Vise or Vyse family of Stawne is recorded in the Visitations of Staffordshire, a locally important landholding family. This pedigree is unproved and may contain errors.

Irish Vizes
The Irish Vizes are one large inter-related group that have predominantly used the "Vize" spelling.

The stories of some of the Irish Vizes who migrated to Australia can be found under Vizes of Ireland in Australia.

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