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« on: Thursday 23 October 08 16:08 BST (UK) »
I think I must have previously replied to this. William was my gggrandfather and I have a lot of information about this branch. His father was Thomas Vivash who died at East Dean in 1829 aged 70. There is no evidence of his birth or where he came from although there is some mention in one of his marriage records. He married 3 times. The nearest and only Thomas Vivash born in 1759 is the baptism of one by this name at Great Bedwyn but it is a leap of faith that they are the same person.
William's mother was Sarah but her surname unknown. The reason you can't find his baptism c1816 is that he was baptised on 25th December 1832 at East Dean along with his siblings. They are all listed as illegitimate and their ages are given and you can work out their birth years (a previous message gives this information). This may mean that Sarah and Thomas were never married but his name is given as father on all of Sarah's children's marriage certificates.
William's wife was widow Eliza Stone nee Long. Eliza's widowed mother Harriett married William's widowed brother Cornelius. They had no children themselves but did look after my ggrandfather James Vivash for a while (in one of the East Dean census').
Hope it helps.
Barry