She was said to have been a milkmaid who was trained as a singer at the expense of Jonathan Tyers and brought to London from near his estate in Surrey in 1751.

The following year she appeared again at Vauxhall alongside Charlotte Brent which invited comparisons between them in the press.

Bentham boasted of meeting the "famous" Mrs Vincent who had entertained him with songs within the stage coach.

[3] Vincent continued to appear in the theatre although she was not noted for her acting, although her singing was well received and she was cast in two operas.

Every year she would take the lead in the Beggars's Opera until her final season in 1767 when she sang the part once as a widow as her husband had died in 1766.