Richardsn Memorial

The Richardson Memorial

POSTERITY OF EZEKIEL RICHARDSON

John Richardson⁷ (Edward,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilas,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Capt. Edwards and Ann (Wilson) Richardson, of Jay, Me.; born in Cambridge—West Cambridge, doubtless—Sept. 25, 1775; married, first, Eunice Goding, of Livermore, Me., Dec.1, 1808. She died Aug. 28, 1856. Second, Polly Paine, who was living, June, 1874.
He lived in the town of Jay, Me., on the Androscoggin River. It was formerly called “Phips’ Canada;” was incorporated as a town, 1795. He went thither with his father in 1793, when all around was a wilderness. He was a noted agriculturist and fruit-grower. He died February, 1872, aged ninety-seven.

His children, all born in Jay, and all by first wife, were:

Ruth,⁸ b. Nov. 11, 1809; unm.; d. Feb. 1, 1847.
Edward Wilson,⁸ b. July 16, 1811; m. Betsey S. Bumpus.
John Hancock,⁸ b. Dec. 16, 1812; m. Jane F. Noyes, February, 1832. They reside in Jay, and have one child:

Mary Jane,⁹ b. Nov. 2, 1851.

Martha Swan,⁸ b. April 5, 1815; unm.; d. Oct. 21, 1843.
Elizabeth,⁸ b. April 13, 1817; m. Joshua Walton. They live in Livermore, near Jay, and have five children.
Eunice,⁸ b. Oct. 23, 1819; d. April 22, 1826.
Mary Walcott,⁸ b. Oct. 14, 1821; d. Feb. 15, 1843.
Lucinda,⁸ b. Dec. 10, 1823; d. July 31, 1826.
Wesley,⁸ b. May 8, 1827; m. Annis Buck.
Jonathan G.,⁸, b. May 19, 1830; m. Adeline Eliza Buck.

535.

Edward Richardson⁷ (Edward,⁶ Edward,⁵ Thiophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and second son of Edward⁶ and Ann Richardson; born in [West] Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 22, 1777; married Sally Brown, of Watertown, Mass., Sept. 6, 1801.
He came with his father and the rest of the huffily from Cambridge, in 1793, to Jay, Maine, in which town he passed the remainder of his life. He was a farmer.

His children were:

Sally Brown,⁸ m. David D. Richardson [991].
Anne Wilson,⁸ m. Stephen Philbrick, of Livermore, Me. They live in Boston.
George Brown,⁸ m. his cousin, Mary Ann Wilson.
Mary,⁸ m. Sewall Walton, of Livermore, Me. Three children.
Josiah,⁸ m. Elizabeth Stone, of Fayette, Me. He lived in Cain-bridge—perhaps West Cambridge. He and his brother George kept a fruit store in Market square, Boston. He died several years ago.
Lucy.⁸
Jesse,⁸ m. Mary Pratt, of Jay, Me. After marriage, he lived in Jay some years, and had children born there, He removed to Concord. and has a large family. P. 0., South Acton.
David.⁸ d. without issue.
Farwell,⁸ d. without issue.

536.

Samuel Richardson⁷ (Edward,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and third son of Edward and Ann Richardson, of Jay, Me.; born in West Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 22, 1780; married Betsey Goding. She was born in Watertown, near Boston, and may have been a daughter of Jonathan Goding, or Golding, or Goodwin, who, in June 1790, removed from Watertown to Jay, Me. [See Bond’s Watertown Genealogies, p. 257.] She was a sister of Eunice Goding, the wife of John Richardson, brother of this Samuel. At least, we suppose so. They lived in Jay, Me.

Their children were:

Elizabeth,⁸ b. June 26, 1806; m. Luther Chandler.
Susan,⁸ b. Feb. 15, 1808.
Fortner,⁸ b. June 9, 1809; d. 1810.
Maria,⁸ b. Jan. 3, 1811; d. 1839.
Richard,⁸ b. May 31. 1812; d. 1838.
Bemis,⁸ b. Ian. 16, 1814; d. 1851.

952. Lury Jane,⁸
953. Charlotte W.,⁸

twins, born
Dec. 12, 1815

d. Sept. 4, 1839.
m. George W. Bean, Nov. 26, 1840. Four children.

Nancy C.,⁸ b. March 23, 1820; m. Alanson Basford, July 19, 1842.
Otis G.,⁸ b. March 21, 1825; m. Harriet Jones. He died 1863. Children:

Lury A.,⁹ b. June 4, 1853.

Albert W.,⁹ b. Feb. 11, 1855.

Nellie F.,⁹ b. Sept. 12. 1860.

Charles W.⁸ b. June 11, 1827; m. Abbie A. Bean, July 1, 1852. He 0. Sept. 1868. No children.
William,⁸ b. June 7, 1829; 0. 1830.

537.

Ezra Richardson⁷ (Edward,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), fourth son of Edwards and Ann Richardson, of Jay, Me.; born in West Cambridge, Mass., June 14, 1783; married, first, Hannah Leach, of Jay, who died June 19, 1830. Second, Sylvia Eddy, a widow, April 1, 1831.
He lived in Jay, Westbrook, Burlington, and, perhaps, elsewhere, in Maine. He dealt extensively in land, as many deeds on record show.
1817. Ezra and Josiah Richardson [brothers], both of Jay, Me., bought of Richard Tobie, of New Gloucester, land in Westbrook. [Cumb. Deeds, lxxxii. 476.]
1823. Ezra Richardson, of Westbrook, yeoman, sold to Ezekiel Richardson, of Jay, Oxford Co., Esquire [his brother], land in Westbrook. [Cumb. Deeds, xciii. 363.]
1824. He bought of said Ezekiel land in Westbrook. [Cumb. Deeds, xcvii. 276.]
1858. Ezra Richardson, of Gorham [son of the preceding], sold to James Phinney, jr., and D. C. Libby, of Gorham, land and buildings thereon, in Gorham. [Cumb. Deeds, cclxxxiv. 510.]
He purchased a tract of land in the county of Penobscot, now known as the town of Burlington. his children still reside there, 1874, except Lloyd and Ezra, who live in East Saginaw, Michigan. He was an energetic man, and filled many positions in public life. He was a civil engineer. While engaged in surveying he caught a severe cold, which occasioned his death. He died in Burlington, Maine, June 14, 1838, aged 55.

His children, by first wife, Hannah, were:

Mary Ann,⁸ b. Aug. 7, 1806; d. Jan. 14, 1829.
Lloyd Q.,⁸ b. Nov. 14, 1808; d. Nov. 9., 1829.
Harriet Starr,⁸ b. April 4, 1811; m. Moses Peasley.
Charles G.,⁸ b. Feb. 14, 1813; m. Angeline Eddy.
Everett A.,⁸ b. Sept. 19, 1815.
Ezra,⁸ b. May 20, 1819; d. Sept. 18, 1820.

By second wife, Sylvia:

Mary Ann,⁸ b. Feb. 1, 1832; d. July 9, 1854.
Cordelia P.,⁸b. Nov. 20, 1833.
Lloyd Q.,⁸ b. May 11, 1835; m. Mrs. Mary E. Taylor, of Burlington, Me. They live in East Saginaw, Mich. Children:

Caroline E.,⁹ b. March 21, 1867; d. May 15, 1867.

Emma L.,⁹ b. Nov. 5, 1868.

John L.,⁹ b. April 6, 1872, d. Sept. 27, 1873.

Ezra,8 b. Nov. 7. 1838, m. first, Dec. 1, 1865, Marian E. Eddy, of Port Huron, Michigan. She d. April 10, 1867. Second, Feb. 4, 1874, Delia A. Knapp, a native of the city of New York. They reside in East Saginaw, Mich. One child by first wife:

Lloyd M.⁹, b. March 28, 1867.

538.

Josiah Richardson, Esq.⁷ (Edward,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and fifth son of Edward and Ann Richardson; born in West Cambridge, Mass., July 10, 1785; married, 1811, Mary Pierce Leach, of Jay, Maine. She was born in South Bridgewater, Mass.
He removed in childhood, with his father’s family, from Cambridge to Jay, Maine, in 1793, when it was in a rude, uncultivated state. In his youth, 1805, he attended the academy in Fryeburg, Me., and boarded with his aunt Weston [337]. In 1858, his granddaughter, Julia Arnott Heade, attended the same institution, boarded in the same house, with the same family, occupied the same room, and used the same Latin dictionary, that had been used by him fifty-three years before.
He lived in Jay till 1818, when he removed to Monmouth, Me., where he resided twenty years. His chief motive in thus removing was to have his children in the excellent academy there. He was always deeply interested in the cause of education. He was engaged in mercantile business most of the time, but at length, in Auburn, was engaged in pursuits of agriculture. He was a justice of the peace, and one of the selectmen of the town many years. His honesty and uprightness were proverbial.
He died in Auburn, Me., 1865, aged 80. On his headstone is sculptured, “An honest man’s the noblest work of God.” His widow is still living in Auburn, 1874, at the age of 84.
She was descended, on the mother’s side, from Robert Calfe or Calef of Roxbury, who died April 13,1719. He had a son Robert, who was a merchant in Boston; he married Margaret Barton, Dec. 23, 1699. They had eight or more children, most of whom died young. Their daughter Margaret married ______ Starr, and had four or more children. A daughter or granddaughter of this Margaret Starr, was Mary Pierce Leach, the wife of Josiah Richardson, of whom this notice treats.*
A portrait of Margaret, the wife of Robert Calef, is in the possession of Mrs. Mary Salina Reade, daughter of Josiah Richardson, from whom this account was received.

Children of Josiah and Mary Richardson, born in Jay:

Mary Salina,⁸ b. May 23, 1814; m. Dan Reade.
John Brooks,8 b. April 25, 1816; m. 1850, Eunice Tate Graffam, a granddaughter of Mrs. Ruth Weston, aunt of Josiah Richardson [337]. They have no children. He (John B.) has been a teacher of youth in Missouri fifteen years.

Born in Monmouth:

Cornelia Algier,⁸ b. June 17, 1818; m. Oliver Frost.
Emeretta Elizabeth Leach,⁸ b. Feb. 16, 1823; m. Josiah W. Littlefield.
Pamela Antoinette Brown,⁸ b. Aug. 26, 1829; d. 1835.
Green B. W.,⁸ b. Sept. 2, 1835; unm.; living 1874.

*Robert Calef, merchant of Boston, was a man of great ability, clear discernment, and high moral courage. His name has descended to posterity for the able and decisive manner in which he exposed the absurd proceedings against persons accused of witchcraft. The story is too long to be repeated here, but may be found at length in Upham’s Salem Witchcraft, Vol. ii. especially pp. 461,2, also in Drake’s History of Boston, p. 568.

539.

Colonel Ezekiel Richardson⁷ (Edward,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Edward⁶ and Ann (Wilson) Richardson, of Jay, Me.; born in West Cambridge, Mass., May 8, 1788; married Elizabeth Winter Leach, of Jay, Me. She was_a sister of Hannah Leach and Mary Pierce Leach, wives of Ezra⁷ and Josiah Richardson,⁷ elder brothers of Ezekiel⁷ They were daughters of Luke Leach, who came with his family from Bridgewater, Mass., about the year 1801. His wife was Molly Starr, sister of Rev. Robert and Judge James Starr. The Starrs, as already stated, are descendants of Robert Calef, of Boston, who so triumphantly exposed the witchcraft delusion of 1692.
Ezekiel Richardson lived and died in Jay, where he was, for many years, in mercantile business; but during his later years engaged in the business of a civil engineer. He held public offices many years; was a representative in the State legislature; was justice of the peace, county commissioner, and colonel in the militia. He died July 1, 1838, aged 50.

Children of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Richardson:

Abigail Chenery,⁸ b. April 16, 1808; m. William Augustus Evans.
Mary Leach,⁸ b. Oct. 20, 1810; d. Oct. 6, 1839.
Victor Moreau,⁸ b. May 7, 1815; m. Mary Jones.
Moody Keep,⁸ b. Oct. 3, 1823; d. July 12, 1826.
Frances Elizabeth,⁸ b. Feb. 2, 1833; m. Augustus A. IIolmes. They live in Chelsea, near Boston. Children:

Louisa L. (Holmes), deceased.

Agnes E. (Holmes).

Edgar Starr (Holmes).

540

Ann Richardson⁷ (Edward,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezeiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding, and the only daughter of Edward and Ann Richardson who arrived at mature years; born in West Cambridge, Mass., October, 1790; married Jesse Coolidge, born Feb. 25, 1791, youngest child of Joshua and Jemima (Norcross) Coolidge, of Watertown, Mass. [For the Coolidge pedigree, see Bond’s Watertown Genealogies, p. 175.] Simon Coolidge,⁶ an uncle of Jesse’s father, removed to Phips’ Canada, the present town of Jay, Me., between 1780 and 1785. Of that town he was the first settler.
Ann Richardson was commonly called Nancy, the two names being then regarded as equivalent. She was a Calvinist Baptist. They lived in Jay, Me.

They had but one child:

989. Ann Nouraly (Coolidge), b. in Jay, 180S; m. first, John Stone, of Livermore, Me.; second, Sewall Cram, a lawyer, of Wilton, Me. No issue. They now reside in Wilton, Me.

541.

Fisher Richardson⁷ (Moses,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Moses Richardson,⁶ of West Cambridge, and latterly of Concord; born 1770; married Betsey Bird, of Watertown.
He lived in Watertown many years; at length removed to Brunswick, Me. One Fourth of July morning, by loading and firing a cannon, he lost his right arm. This, of course, disabled him and injured his general health. When partly recovered, he returned to Massachusetts, and died in Concord, where the latter part of his father’s life had been passed. It is said he died about 1807, aged 87.
His widow had a second husband, a Wythe, of Watertown. They removed to Cincinnati, where she died.

Fisher Richardson? had two sons, born in Watertown:

Jonathan Fisher,⁸ b. Aug. 19, 1790; m. Lucinda Goding.
David Denning,⁸ b. May, 1799; m. Sally Richardson.

545.

Chenery Richardson⁷ (Moses,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and son of Moses Richardson, of West Cambridge; married Eliza ______.
He lived in Charlestown; at least died there in 1835. He is called Cheney on the probate records, but the true name was Chenery, a name derived from his grandmother, Abigail Chenery. His widow Eliza was appointed administratrix, Aug. 18,1835. He was by occupation a house-wright. He left no will.

His children were:

Ralph,⁸ d. 1831.
John,⁸ a minor in 1836.
Caroline,⁸ a minor in 1836.

553.

Edward Weston (Ruth Richardson,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), son of Ephraim and Ruth (Richardson) Weston, of Fryeburg, Me.; born Aug. 12, 1781; married, first, Dec. 25, 1817, Jane Webster, who was born Oct. 3, 1786, and died July 20, 1828. Second, July 11, 1832, Rachel Ward, born Sept. 20, 1800.
He lived in Fryeburg, Me., and died April 3, 1853.

Children by first wife, Jane:

Ann (Weston), b. Feb. 14, 1819; unm.; d. Oct. 26, 1849.
James (Weston), b. Oct. 2, 1821; supposed to be living May, 1874.
Mary Webster (Weston), b. July 22, 1823.
Charles Edward (Weston), b. Jan. 31, 1827.
John (Weston), b. May 10, 1828; d. Sept. 20, 1828.

By second wife, Rachel:

John (Weston), b. Jan. 13, 1834.
George Ward (Weston), b. Nov. 3, 1835.
Jane Webster (Weston), b. July 28, 1838.
Edward Payson (Weston), b. May 17, 1841.

580.

John Hancock Richardson⁷ (John,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), son of John⁶ and Hannah (Bemis) Richardson, successively of Concord, Boston, and Newton; born in Concord, Nov. 10, 1802; married, first, Dec. 15, 1831, Lydia Ann Thaxter, born April 30, 1810, only daughter of Hon. Levi and Lydia (Bond) Thaxter, of Watertown, Mass. Lydia Bond’s father was Hon. Amos Bond, representative of Watertown most of the time from 1788 to 1802, and repeatedly senator from Middlesex County. [See Bond’s Watertown Genealogies, p. 62.] He married, second, Mary Patten, sister of the wife of Addison Gilmore.
He graduated at Harvard College, 1825, in the class with Charles Francis Adams; studied law with Levi Thaxter, of Watertown, William Prescott and Franklin Dexter, of Boston, and practised law in Newton, Mass., then the residence of his father. He removed to Worcester, April, 1836, and entered into partnership with his brother; practiced law there one year. He was elected a director of the Citizens Bank of Worcester, October, 1836, and died January, 1850, while a member of the State legislature.

His children, born in Newton, were:

Lydia Bond,⁸ b. Oct. 27, 1832; m. Edward H. Eldridge; after his death she m. Augustus Williams, of Taunton. She is dead.
John,⁸ b. June 10, 1835; m. Charlotte Blood, daughter of Oliver Hunter Blood, of Worcester. They had:

John.⁹

Ellen.⁹

Born in Worcester:

Frank Thornton,⁸ b. Sept. 17, 1S40; m. ______ Barstow, of Somerville. [For the Barstow family, see Barry’s Hist. of Hanover, Mass.]

581.

George Washington Richardson⁷ (John,⁶ Edward,⁵ Theophilus,⁴ Ezekiel,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹),brother of the preceding; born on Franklin Street, Boston, Oct. 28, 1808; married, Jan. 6, 1836, Lucy Dana White,* born June 27, 1814, daughter of Abijah White, of Watertown. In childhood he removed with his father’s family to Newton.
He graduated at Harvard College, 1829. One of his classmates was George Tyler Bigelow, a judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts; another was Benjamin Robbins Curtis, of the supreme court of the United States. Several other eminent men were members of that class.
He studied law with his brother John and with Judge Pliny Merrick, of Worcester; was admitted to the bar in Worcester, 1835, and entered on the practice of law in that town the same year. He settled in Worcester after his marriage, and has lived there and in the same house ever since, thirty-nine years.
He was commissioned by Governor John Davis’ in 1841, as aid to him in his capacity of commander-in-chief of Massachusetts; was appointed, in 1853, by Governor Clifford, sheriff of the county of Worcester, which office he held three years; was chosen president of the City Hall Bank of Worcester at its organization, in May, 1854, a position which he still retains; was elected mayor of Worcester in 1855 and 1857; vice-president of the Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank in 1861; a director of the Bay State Fire Insurance Company in 1861.
Mrs. Lucy Dana (White) Richardson died July 30, 1875.

They have had two children:

Anna Maria,⁸ b. Oct. 7, 1836; m. Jan. 1, 1862, William Sydney Davis, of Northborough. He graduated at Harvard College, 1853. They have one child:

Lucy Dana (Davis), b. April 22, 1863.

Clifford,⁸ b. March 6, 1856; now, 1875, a member of the junior class in Harvard College. He has assisted in the record of his grandfather John Richardson’s descendants.

*Her sister, Maria White, married James Russell Lowell, of Cambridge, Dec. 26, 1844, but died Oct. 27, 1853. Another sister married Charles Willis Elliot.

610.

Gilbert Richardson⁷ (Abel,⁶ Nathan,⁵ Nathan,⁴ John,³ Theophilu5,² Ezekiel¹), fourth son of Abel⁶ and Ann (Tufts) Richardson, of Woburn; born there, May 22, 1782; married Hannah Davis, of Woburn, June 6, 1824.
He passed his life in his native town of Woburn; at least in that part of it which is now included in Winchester, and was a very respectable and worthy man. A published notice of his death says: “He joined the First Congregational Church in Woburn at the age of twenty-two, and continued to be a faithful member of it till death. He was an ardent lover of music, and was many years leader of the church choir. lie was a diligent student of the Bible and a firm believer in its great truths.”
He died March 16, 1869, aged 86 years and 10 months. His widow is still living in Winchester, Mass., 1874.

Their children, all born in what is now Winchester, were:

Hannah Estabrook,⁸ b. April 7, 1825; unm.; lived in her father’s family.
Gilbert Brainerd,⁸ b. July 21, 1827; m. Emily W. Spooner.
Martin Luther,⁸ b. April 18, 1830; m. Angellota Wilson.
Alvah Mills,⁸ b. April 30, 1833; m. Harriet Kimball. He graduated at Amherst College, 1862; enlisted in the army; served in North Carolina ten months; entered theological seminary at Andover; left, after a three years’ course, in 1866; was ordained in Linebrook parish, West Ipswich, Nov. 14, 1866; now a book agent.
Swartz,⁸ b. Aug. 12, 1835: unm.; went into mercantile business; was clerk and paymaster at Globe Village, Southbridge, also at Everett Mills, Lawrence; was nine months in the army; d. of consumption, Dec. 1, 1872, aged 37.
William Harris,⁸ b. April 15, 1838; has a shoe store in Salem.
Eliza Tufts,⁸ b. May 7, 1842; m. William H. Clark, of Dedham. He was b. 1840, in Newton, son of Horatio and Elvira R. Clark. He was a teacher of music. They now live in Indianapolis. They have four children.

611.

William Harris Richardson⁷ (Abel,⁶ Nathan,⁵ Nathan,⁴ John,³ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), preceding,brother of the son of Abel and Ann Richardson; born in Woburn, July 21, 1784; married Lydia ______.
He lived in Malden; acquired a handsome property by the manufacture of shoes; was an active and capable man of business; was remarkable for honesty and fair dealing, and for generosity and nobleness of character. He assisted his brother Gilbert, whose pecuniary ability was inferior to his.

His children were:

James Crane,⁸ a shoe-dealer in Malden Centre. He m. a daughter of Uriali Chamberlain, a provision dealer in Malden, possessed of a handsome property.
William Harris,⁸ m. Augusta Barrett, daughter of William Barrett, of Malden. Mr. Barrett came from Concord to Malden in 1804, and established himself in the business of silk-dyeing, in which he was very successful. His partner during some years was Meshach Shattuck, b. 1782, a son of Simeon Shattuck, of Fitchburg, who was drowned near Charlestown bridge, Dec. 17. 1811, aged 29. Their dyeing was done in Malden; their office for a long time was in Hanover Street, corner of Union Street, Boston. The sons of Mr. Barrett, Henry and Aaron, still pursue the business, under the firm of Barrett & Brother. Office, Washington Street, Boston, opposite School Street.

Mr. Richardson had several daughters, names to the compiler unknown.

616.

Richard Richardson⁷ (Abel,⁶ Nathan,⁵ Nathan,⁴ John,⁸ Theophilus,² Ezekiel¹), ninth son of Abel⁶ and Ann (Tufts) Richardson, of Woburn; born there, Sept. 1, 1793; married, April 1, 1819, Elizabeth Wyman, born Dec. 25, 1799, daughter of Jesse and Susanna (Richardson) Wyman. She was otherwise known as Betsey Wyman. Her mother was a daughter of Reuben⁵ and Jerusha (Kendall) Richardson, of Woburn, and may be found among the posterity of Samuel Richardson¹ [2282].
They lived in that part of Woburn, which is now included in the town of Winchester, and on “Richardson Row.” He occupied the farm which had belonged to his father. He was killed by the fall of a tree.

Their children were:

Anna Tufts,⁸ b. Jan. 22, 1821.
Fidelia Mead,⁸ b. April 21, 1823.
Elvira,⁸ b. March 4, 1825.
Augustus,⁸ b. April 22, 1S30; deceased.
Elizabeth Wyman,⁸ b. May 18. 1836; m. Oct. 10, 1871, George A. Raymond, b. 1841, a provision dealer in Cambridge.
Corinda Malvina,⁸ b. Oct. 20, 1841.
Mary Frances,⁸ b. 1843; m. Silas C. Ryerson, a native of Augusta, Maine.

641.

Jonas Richardson⁷ (Jonathan,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Jonathan⁶ and Mercy Richardson, of Dracut; born there, July 31, 1780; married, 1809, Joanna Jones, of Dracut; published March 11, 1809.
He lived in Dracut; was chosen fence-viewer there in 1824; school committee, 1814; he was also town clerk.

His will, dated April 9, 1831, mentions the following children:

Henry,⁸ b. Oct. 1, 1809.
Julia,⁸ b. Sept. 21, 1811.
Justus,⁸ b. March 24, 1814.

653.

Josiah Richardson⁷ (Josiah,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Josiah⁶ and Sarah (Powers) Richardson; born in Temple, N. H., Oct. 25, 1780; married, first, in Weston, Vt., Sept. 15, 1808, Betsey Tenney, of that place. She died in 1813. Second, March, 1818, Ann Davis, born 1799, daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Adams) DAvis, of Hancock, Hillsborough Co., N. H. She died October, 1844, aged 45.
In early childhood, about 1790, he removed with his father’s family from Temple, N. H., to Weston, in the county of Windsor, Vt., where he passed most of his days. He was, by occupation, a cultivator of the soil. In April, 1834, he removed from Weston to Grafton, Lorain Co., in Northern Ohio, where he lived nineteen years, or till 1853. He then, at the age of sixty-seven, removed to Perry, Wood County, Ohio, where he died of dropsy, Jan. 8, 1863, at the age of seventy-six.

His children, all born in Weston, by first wife, Betsey, were:

Nelson,⁸ b. Nov. 6, 1809; m. first, Rachel Desbrow; second, Nancy Grimes.
Susan.⁸ b. Oct. 10, 1S11; m. Oct. 16, 1833, a Sir. Wise, of New York City. She now lives in Ohio.

By second wife, Ann:

James Monroe,⁸ b. June 29, 1819; m. Maria L. Grimes.
Isaac Wallace,⁸ b. July 21, 1821; m. Jane R. Point.
Josiah,⁸ b. April 3, 1823; m. Elmira Crane.
Betsey Ann,⁸ b. April 22, 1825; m. first, October, 1853, Rev. Smith Starr Gray. He was, by occupation, a shoemaker; then a Methodist minister, and at length a farmer. They lived in Clarksfield, Ohio, about three and one-half years; then removed to Johnson Co., Iowa, where he died, March 13, 1859. She returned to her friends in Ohio the next fall. Second, She married, in Clarksfield, March 25, 1872, Hiram Newhall; b. in Braintree, Vt., son of Jonathan and Susan Newhall. By the first marriage, there was one child:

Alice V. (Gray), b. in Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio, April 1, 1854. She is a teacher, or was so in 1873.

658.

Asa Richardson⁷ (Josiah,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,3 Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Weston, Vt., April 29, 1797; married, in Kingfield, Maine, Feb. 26, 1824, Jane Staples, born June 25, 1806, daughter of Noah and Ruth (Bradford) Staples, of Flagstaff, in the north part of the State of Maine.
He has been, from the beginning, a tiller of the soil. When a young man he went from his native Weston into the northern part of Maine, about as far north as the settlements had extended. There, in the town of Kingfield, county of Franklin, he took to himself a wife, as above stated. In 1850, he and his wife, and some of their children, removed to Grafton, Lorain Co., Ohio, where his eldest brother, Josiah, already was; and not many years after, all of the children joined them. It is worthy of note, that the father, mother, and all the children were but recently all living, and the children, twelve in number, all married.

The children are:

Polly,⁸ b. Nov. is, 1824; m. Henry Fuller; now in Ohio; seven or eight children.
Seth Staples,⁸ b. Oct. 31, 1820; m. first, Emily Taylor; second, Mary McEwen.
Caroline,⁸ b. Jan. 6, 1829; m. her cousin, Charles Greenleaf Richardson [1055].
Fidelia,⁸ b. May 18, 1831; m. first, John Edgar; second, Phineas Allyn.
Silas Barnard,⁸ b. July 18, 1833; m. Catharine Hess.
Lucy Jane,⁸ b. March 1, 1835; m. Mark Curtis, April 21, 1853.
Fanny H.,⁸ b. Feb. 28. 1837; m. Harrison A. Cragin, Sept. 6, 1855.
Cyrus Lelaud,⁸ b. Oct. 24, 1838; m. Elizabeth Mitchell.
Louisa Victoria,⁸ b. April 27, 1842; m.
Charles Wallace,⁸ b. Dec. 3, 1844; m. Eliza Ann Inman, April 28, 1870. She was b. in Sandusky, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1853, daughter of Theodore and Catharine (Bowers) Inman. Children:

Fanny May,⁹ b. Oct. 12, 1870.

Mary Eleanora,⁹ b. Nov. 2, 1872.
They live in Tremont, Isabella Co., Michigan.

Mandana Griffith,8 b. Oct. 8, 1847; m. James M. Ferguson.
Sarah de Albra,8 b. Jan. 7, 1849; m. John L. Richards, Dec. 26 1865.

659

Charles Chandler Richardson⁷ (Josiah,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Weston, Vt., March 1, 1799; married, first, June 20, 1823, Sussana Holland, born in Dixfield, Oxford Co., Me., Dec. 16, 1806. She died there, of childbirth, June 18, 1833. Second, Izette K. Whitehouse, May 6, 1840. Third, Eliza Clark, Dec. 5, 1867. He lived in Dixfield, Me.

Children, all born in Dixfield, and all by first wife, were:

Charles Greenleaf,⁸ b. Feb. 18, 1824; m. his cousin, Caroline⁸ [1043], b. Jan. 6, 1829, daughter of his father’s brother, Asa Richardson.’ They reside in Fremont, Isabella Co., Michigan. He is a farmer. They have a large number of children.
Antipas,⁸ b. Feb. 12, 1825.
Lucretia V.,⁸ b. May 6, 1827; d. at Dixfield, Me., June, 1836.
Alonzo A.,8 b. Dec. 31, 1829; d. at Dixfield, Me., Dec. 31, 1832.
William Wallace,8 b. June 17, 1833. His mother died the next day.

660.

Artemas Powers Richardson⁷ (Josiah,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Weston, Vt., April 29, 1801; married, in Weston, Sept. 9, 1824, Rachael M. Davis, born in Hancock, county of Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 12, 1796, daughter of Isaac and Rachel (Adams) Davis, of that place, afterwards of Weston, Vt.
He was a farmer, and until within a few years spent his life in his native Weston. During some years past, he and his wife have lived with their eldest son in Somerville, near Boston, 1875.

Children, all born in Weston, Vt.:

Artemas Clark,⁸ b. May 11, 1825; m. first, Celestia W. Pease; second, Emma M. Tuttle.
Nancy Maria,⁸ b. April 24, 1827; m. William Wallace Manning.
Mary Abbie,⁸ b. Nov. 14, 1828; d. of croup, Aug. 18, 1829, aged 9 months.
Charles Jerome,⁸ b. April 7, 1831; d. of scarlet fever, July 16, 1832.
Mary Ann,⁸ b. Sept. 19, 1833; m. Samuel Ward Holt.
Lucia Cynthia,⁸ b. Dec. 18, 1840; m. Orzando Davis.

663.

Leland Richardson⁷ (Josiah,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Josiah and Sarah (Powers) Richardson; born in Weston, Vt., Feb. 22, 1807; married, in Weston, Aug. 20, 1829, Cynthia Piper, born in Weston, Jan. 9, 1813, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Ward) Piper, of that place.
His occupation was agriculture, and with the exception of a short interval in Boston, 1831-2, he spent his life in his native Weston. It is presumed he is still living, 1875. His wife Cynthia died of consumption, in Weston, March 5, 1874, aged 61 years, 1 month, 26 days.

Their children, all born in Weston except the second, were:

Charles Warren,⁸ b. Sept. 8, 1830; d. of scarlet fever, in Boston, May 19, 1832.
Sarah Augusta,⁸ b. in Boston. Nov. 24, 1831; m. Edward Irving Dale, who furnished this record.
Cynthia Vienna,⁸ b. May 31, 1834; m. Alvin A. Adams.
Charles Leland,⁸ b. June 26, 1836; m. Georgiana Blasland.
Francelia Almy,⁸ b. July 2, 1838; m. Samuel M. Wright.
Caleb Ward Piper,’ b. June 14, 1840; m. Lydia Ann Kimball, Sept. 11, 1863. He died at the insane asylum, South Boston, May 17, 1868; aged 27 years, 11 months, leaving no offspring.
Horace Gordon,⁸ b. May 12, 18-13; m. Feb. 9, 1869, Ida Maria Wiley, b. in Weston, Vt., Nov. 18, 1850, daughter of George Washington and Lucia (Gilmore) Riley. They live in Weston, Vt. Two of their children died in infancy. Another,

George Arthur,⁹ was b. in Boston, Oct. 22, 1874.

Martha Jane,⁸ b. May 15, 1845; m. George Augustus Hentz, Feb. 17, 1870. She died of consumption, at Weston, Vt., April 18, 1871.
John Lucius,⁸ b. July 18, 1847.
Lelia Caroline,⁸ b. Aug. 26, 1849; d. Nov. 14, 1850.
William Edward,⁸ b. Dec. 15, 1851.

664.

Lucy Richardson⁷ (Josiah,⁶ Jonathan,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding; born in Weston, Vt., Feb. 23, 1809; married, Feb. 7, 1828, Charles Austin, born in Weston, Vt., Sept. 1, 1804, son of David and Dorcas (Barker) Austin, of that place.
He was a shoemaker; lived in Weston, Vt., and died there, of cancer in the stomach, Aug. 31, 1863.

Children, all born in Weston:

Anonymous, b. Jan. 17, 1829; d. Jan. 20, 1829.
Mary Caroline (Austin), b. Oct. 12, 1830; d. Jan. 22, 1831, of canker and rash.
Alonzo C. (Austin), b. April 24, 1833; m. Elizabeth Crosby, of Orleans, Cape Cod, Feb. 24, 1859. They have had three children, and now, 1874, live in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Jefferson M. (Austin), b. April 26, 1830; m. Clementine Walker, December, 1859. He died of consumption, in Oshkosh, Wis., April 7, 1870.
Ransom L. (Austin), b. Oct. 23, 1839; m. Elbertine Lovejoy, of Weston, May 15, 1866.
Elmina L. (Austin), b. March 26, 1843; m. Sidney L. Holt, Jan. 5, 1867.

666.

Ephraim Richardson⁷ (Ephraim,⁶ Ephraim,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), only son of Ephraim⁸ and Mary (Cheerer) Richardson, of Dracut; born there, March 8, 1777; married, June 7, 1803, Hannah Richardson⁷ [682], born July 12, 1785, his second cousin, daughter of Obadiah⁶ and Hannah (Hildreth) Richardson, of Dracut.
They lived in Dracut. He was one of the school committee in 1806.

Their children were:

Alford Frederic,⁸ b. July 14, 1804; m. ______; lives in Lowell.
Darius Bushrod,⁸ b. Aug. 31, 1806; m. ______.
Joseph Bradley Varnum,⁸ b. Feb. 15, 1810; d. 1837.
Hannah Sophia,⁸ b. July 19, 1815.
Charlotte Ann,⁸ b. Feb. 14, 1827.
Ephraim Oakley.⁸

671.

Obadiah Richardson⁷ (Obadiah,⁶ Moses,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Lieut. Obadiah⁶ and Hannah (Hildreth) Richardson, of Dracut; born there, Sept. 19, 1776; married, 1798, Rhoda Hazeltine, born Dec. 29, 1777, daughter of Peter and Sarah Hazeltine, of Dracut. They were published May 10, 1798. They lived in Dracut.

Their children were:

Obadiah,⁸ b. Aug. 25, 1798; d. May 27, 1799.
Peter Hazeltine,⁸ b. Nov. 27, 1799.
Josiah,⁸ b. March 27, 1801.
Obadiah,⁸ b. March 9, 1803.
Rhoda,⁸ b. Feb. 6, 1805.
Sarah Jones,⁸ b. July 9, 1807.
Clarissa ,⁸ b. Feb. 17, 1809.
Harriet Louisa,⁸ b. Oct. 11, 1810.

705.

Samuel Richardson⁷ (Samuel,⁶ Moses,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), son of Samuel⁶ and Tamar (Colburn) Richardson, of Pelham; born May 20, 1800; married Sybil Richardson [783], born in Chelmsford, Oct. 1. 1799, daughter of Josiah⁶ and Sybil Richardson. Her mother Sybil was a native of Dracut. [See 639.]
He was a stone-cutter; lived in Pelham, N. H., and died there, 1829. He died intestate and insolvent. Among his creditors were several of the Richardson name, who had probably lent him money. We find among them Olive, Mary, Asa, his brother [703], Samuel, his father [415], and Israel Hildreth Richardson, his cousin [712], son of William Richardson, of Dracut.

He had a daughter:

1098. Semantha,⁸ a minor, under the age of fourteen, in 1829.

738.

Samuel Richardson⁷ (Samuel,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), son of Samuel⁶ and Prudence (Wood) Richardson, of Dracut; born there, Oct. 12, 1797; married, first, May 3, 1821, Hannah Varnum, born there, March 7, 1800, daughter of Col. Prescott and Elizabeth Varnum, of Dracut. She died Dec. 19, 1842, aged 42. Second, Oct. 9, 1844, widow Mary Trull, born Jan. 10, 1810. She was an excellent woman, much beloved by the family, though a step-mother, faithfully performing every duty. She died of pneumonia, after only a week’s illness, March 1, 1875.
He has spent his life in Dracut, and is still living, March, 1875. He is a very good man; has been a constant attendant on public worship, and has taken part in the various social religious meetings. He and his three sons, Phineas, Edward, and Calvin, are members of the Congregational Church in Dracut, and the sons are members of the church choir.

His children, all born in Dracut, and all by first wife, were:

Phineas,⁸ b. Nov. 11, 1821; m. July 18, 1850, Almira Morrison, of Lowell. They reside in Dracut.
Edward E.,⁸ b. May 16, 1823; m. April 4, 1850, Phebe W. Hayes, of Limerick, Me. They live in Dracut. Children:

Charles E. G.,⁹ d. Oct. 11, 1872.

Lizzie.⁹

Prescott Varnum,⁸ b. May 8, 1825; m. Rachel Briggs Darrah.
Samuel Wood,⁸ b. Jan. 11, 1528; unm.; a farmer in California.
Audrew,⁸ b. July 10, 1830; m. Martha J. Martin.
George Augustus,⁸ b. Aug. 5, 1832; d. Dec. 29, 1832.
Elizabeth Jane,⁸ b. Nov. 6, 1833; d. Oct 17, 1834.
George Augustus,⁸ b. July 30, 1835; m. in Ohio, Dec. 17, 1863, Mary Randolph. He is a farmer, and resides in Dracut. Children:

Frank.⁹

Claude.⁹

Frederic.⁹

Nellie.⁹

Calvin,⁸ b. July 25, 1S37; m. Elizabeth Whittier, Dec. 25, 1865. He is a farmer, and lives in Dracut. Children:

Floretta,⁹ b. June 3, 1867; d. Oct. 29, 1867.

Fannie May,⁹ b. Nov. 10, 1869; d. Dec. 4, 1869.

Cyrus,8 b. March 30, 1840; m. Anna Dearborn.

All the above children of Samuel Richardson [738] except the first George and Elizabeth were living in 1873.

739.

Fanny Richardson⁷ (Samuel,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding, and eldest daughter of Samuel⁶ and Prudence (Wood) Richardson, of Dracut; born there, Dec. 24, 1799; married, November, 1818, Lieut. Nathaniel Fox, of Dracut.
They lived in Dracut. He died Oct. 27, 1863. The wife is living.

Their children, all born in Dracut, were:

Milton (Fox), b. April 15, 1820; m. Sarah Wood.
Prudence Varnum (Fox), b. April 22, 1822; a pious, excellent, intelligent lady; never married; still living in Dracut. She has furnished for this work a full, clear, and very satisfactory record of her grandfather Richardson’s descendants.
Augusta Eleanor (Fox), b. Nov. 6, 1825; m. Rush Swan, May 1, 1849. She died June 21, 1861.
Mary Ann (Fox), b. Feb. 10, 1827; m. John Wallace Thissell, April 20, 1858. Children:

Walter Fox (Thissell).

Charlotte (Thissell).

Mercy Harris (Fox), b. Sept. 10, 1829; m. Robert L. Read, Jan. 9, 1853. She died Jan. 22, 1857.
Frances Elizabeth (Fox), b. Aug. 23,1831; d. Dec. 5, 1848.
Matilda (Fox), b. Nov. 9, 1833: d. May 12, 1870.
Harriet Eveline (Fox), b. March 18, 1836; m. Feb, 17, 1864, Rush Swan, who had been the husband of her deceased sister, Augusta. She, Harriet, died Aug. 20, 1873.
Warren (Fox), b. Aug. 7, 1838; m. December, 1865, Nellie A. Richardson. They had one daughter:

Lillie Josephine (Fox).

Walter Scott (Fox), b. March 3, 1841; d. Sept. 30, 1848.
Frank (Fox), b. April 5, 1845; d. Oct. 29, 1867.

Of the above-named eleven children, seven have died. Mrs. Fox, the mother, is now, March, 1875, in good health, active, vigorous and cheerful, constant in her attendance at church, and fond of singing, especially the sweet old melodies of Zion.

740.

David Richardson⁷ (Samuel,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,4 Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Dracut, April 16, 1803; married, May 1, 1831, Fanny Varnum, born April 12, 1806, daughter of Col. Prescott and Elizabeth Varnum, of Dracut, and younger sister of his brother Samuel’s first wife.
He was a farmer, residing in Dracut, and died June 15, 1869. His widow Fanny resided some years in Portland, Me., in the family of her daughter Frances, wife of William A. Morris. She was a great sufferer from chronic rheumatism, much contorted in every limb, and nearly helpless. Yet her mind was clear and active, and she assisted in making out this record. Death put an end to her sufferings, Sept. 20, 1874.

The children of David and Fanny Richardson, were:

Franklin,⁸ b. March 18, 1835; m. Ella Brackett. Children:

William Henry.⁹

David Robert.⁹

Lorenzo,⁸ b. Sept. 20, 1836; m. October, 1869, Augusta Peabody, daughter of James G. Peabody, formerly mayor of Lowell. He is a mechanic, and ’resides in Lowell. They have one child:

Belle Gertrude,⁹ b. 1370.

Frances,⁸ b. Jan. 10, 1838; m. Nov. 22, 1863, William A. Morris, of Portland. Children:

Fanny Louisa,⁹ b. March 16. 1869.

William Albert,⁹ b, June 2, 1873.

Henry Edward,⁸ b. Jan. 8, 1841; m. July, 1868, Sarah Macknight. He is a grocer, in Syracuse, N. Y. Children:

Frederick,⁹ b. July, 1869 or 1870.

Fanny Varnum,⁹ b. 1872.

741.

Deacon Dana Richardson⁷ (Samuel,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Samuel and Prudence Richardson; born in Dracut, April 11, 1805; married, at Newburyport, April 13, 1830, Emily Swett, born in Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 14, 1808.
He was a farmer, and passed his life in East Dracut, where he died Oct. 28, 1871, aged 66 years, 6 months, 17 days. His wife Emily died Dec. 9, 1854, aged 46 years, 2 months.
He was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church in East Dracut, Saturday eve, Nov. 2, 1839, at a meeting of the church, at which the present writer, who was to preach the next day and administer the communion, presided as moderator.

His children were:

Francis Dana,⁸ b. March 19, 1831; d. fourteen days after birth.
Emily Ann,⁸ b. March 8, 1832; m. Dr. L. Frank Jones, a dentist in Boston. They were m. 1872, at North Bridgewater.
Leonidas,⁸ b. Sept. 6, 1833; m. at Jackson, Mississippi, March 10, 1861, Louisa French. He is, or has been, a merchant in Vicksburg. Children:

Lee,⁹ a merchant in Vicksburg, Miss.

Hugh.⁹

Sarah Smith.⁸ b. May 13, 1836; lived but a few months.
Sarah Swett,⁸ b. May 23, 1838; m. Rev. Austin Dodge, March 11, 1866. He graduated, Amherst College, 1861; at Andover Theological Seminary, 1865; was ordained pastor of the North Congregational Church in Winchendon, Mass., Oct. 6, 1800; of Union Church, Globe Village, Southbridge, 1867; acting pastor of the church in East Bridgewater, 1870. Children:

1149. Sadie S. (Dodge), 1150. Austin R. (Dodge),		twins.
1151. Louisa (Dodge).

Amos Tappan,⁸ b. March 4, 1840; m. Elizabeth A. Sherburne, of Dracut, Sept. 7, 1870. He is a farmer in Dracut. One child:

Ida May.⁹

Charles Dana,⁸ b. Oct. 4, 1841; m. Sarah T. Whittier.
Harriet Varnum,⁸ b. Aug. 12, 1844; m. at Southbridge, Mass., at that time the residence of her sister Sarah, Oct. 6, 1869, William Hammond, a merchant in Nebraska City, Neb.
Mary Butler,⁸ b. Feb. 18, 1846; unm.; a teacher, 1874, in a ladies seminary, New York City.

742.

Prudence Richardson⁷ (Samuel,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² _Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Samuel⁶ and Prudence (Wood) Richardson; born in Dracut, April 21, 1809; married, NOV. 30, 1841, Rev. William Walker, born in Vershire, county of Orange, Vermont, Oct. 3, 1808, son of Aaron and Judith Walker, who afterwards settled in Milton, Wisconsin. Mr. Walker graduated, Amherst College, 1838, and at the Theological Seminary, Andover, 1841.
Prudence Richardson studied at the academies in Bradford, Mass., at Pembroke, N. H., at Ipswich, Mass., and at the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, South Hadley, Mass. She was converted to Christ in a revival, 1827, at the age of eighteen; and was a teacher for some time previous to marriage.
She and her husband embarked, Dec. 6, 1841, a week after marriage, in the schooner Herald, at Boston, to go as missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the benighted people of West Africa. A mission among those people had been commenced at Cape Palmas in January, 1834, by Rev. John Leighton Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Walker, accompanied by Rev. Benjamin Griswold, arrived at Cape Palmas, Feb. 3, 1842, and joined Mr. Wilson. They all passed through the customary attacks of the acclimating fever, which were rather mild; but a third attack, which assumed the typhus form, cut short Mrs. Walker’s missionary labors, on the third day of May, exactly three months from the time of her landing.
Her sickness commenced April 23. For some days she was supposed to be doing well. At three o’clock on the morning of May 2d, the physician pronounced her case utterly hopeless. The announcement of this to her did not in the least disturb her. But in a few minutes, the thought of home and friends rushed upon her mind, and she exclaimed, “Oh my father and mother, brothers and sisters!” Prayer was offered at her request by Rev. Mr. Wilson. She became perfectly calm, and her countenance was as serene as the beautiful morning then just rising. Several prayers were offered, and she herself prayed with great earnestness for the children of the mission school. To her husband she said, “Tell my parents and friends that I do not now, on my dying bed, regret my coming to Africa. The time since I left America has been the happiest of my life.” Her chief concern was, lest her early death should deter others from going to impart the blessings of the gospel to that land.
At eleven o’clock A. M. she complained of cold, and it was evident that the icy hand of death was upon her. After this she suffered intense pain for two hours, but at one P. M. the pain left her; she became unconscious, and at half-past four the spirit ascended to God who gave it.
The mission was, in 1842, removed to the River Gaboon, almost under the equator. It has continued there to the present time, but was. in 1870, transferred to the Presbyterian Board.
Mr. Walker has continued to labor in it, with praiseworthy zeal and various success, I believe, till the present time. In 1845, he married Zeruiah L. Shumway, a native of Oxford, Mass. She died April 23, 1848. After her death he married Catharine Hardcastle, September, 1851.

743.

Almira Richardson⁷ (Samuel,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding; born in Dracut, April 9, 1812; married, May 1, 1833, Herbert Coburn, born in Dracut, Feb. 13, 1801, son of Phineas and Polly Coburn, of that place.
They were living in Dracut, 1874.

Children:

Josephine A. (Coburn).
William Walker (Coburn).
Florence Emma (Coburn).

745.

Thaddeus Richardson⁷ (Thaddeus,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Capt. Thaddeus⁶ and Polly (Currier) Richardson, of Dracut; born there, Aug. 1, 1803; married, Dec. 30, 1830, Betsey Moulton Bradford, of Salem, N. H. She was born May 15, 1809. They now live in Salem, N. H., March, 1875.

Their children, all born in Dracut, were:

Betsey Amanda Fitzland,s b. Nov. 20, 1831; m. Feb. 13, 1862, Lambert Packard, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. They have three children.
Alma Ann,8 b. Jan. 9, 183:3; unm.; she was a teacher; d. June 6, 1856.
Aramenta Dormer Cherbury,8 b. June 20, 1834; m. Sept. 29. 1871, Joel Corlis Cary, of Salem, N. H. He is a merchant.
Louisa Ann ,⁸ b. March 16, 1836; unm.; a dealer in fancy goods.
Dorothy Malvina,⁸ b. Jan. 15, 1838; unm.; a teacher, 1875.
Thaddeus Bradford Morton.s b. Dec. 29, 1839; m. June 17, 1866, Ada A. Goodwin, of South Hampton, N. H. He is a blacksmith in Lawrence, Mass. They have one child.
Mary Helen,⁸ b. Aug. 24, 1841; m. June 19, 1862, George A. Tuttle, a carpenter, of Lawrence. Two children.
Rachel Emma,⁸ b. June 23, 1843; unm.; d. Oct. 2, 1860.
Abby Rosina Janette,⁸ b. Feb. 5, 1845; m. Dec. 23, 1868, Henry A. Jones, of Pelham, N. H., a lumber dealer. Two children.
Agatha Aciand,⁸ b. Feb. 11, 1847; m. Nov. 27, 1871, Ephraim H. Chase, of Lawrence, a wholesale dealer in produce and flour. She died Feb. 1, 1873, leaving one child.
Varnum Bradford Day,⁸ b. Oct. 12, 1848; unm.; a dealer in wood and a farmer; lives with his father in Salem, N. H.
André Warwick,⁸ b. Sept. 19, 1850; m. June 11, 1873, Georgiana Austin, of Lawrence; a wholesale dealer in produce.

747.

Louisa Richardson⁷ (Thaddeus,⁶ David,⁵ Josiah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekie¹), sister of the preceding; born in Dracut, May 21, 1807; married, January, 1830, John Richardson, of Pelham, N. H. They lived in Pelham. He was a shoemaker.

Children, born in Pelham:

1171._a   Charles A.,⁸ b. April 30, 1833.
1171._b   Marietta,⁸ b. June 4, 1845.
1171._c   Louisa J.,⁸ b. Oct. 9, 1846.

756.

Joseph Richardson⁷ (Elijah,⁶ Zachariah,⁵ Zachariah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), son of Elijah⁶ and Molly (Howard) Richardson, of Chelmsford; born in Chelmsford, Jan. 1, 1801; married, April 4, 1833, Lucy Miranda Byam, born Feb. 15, 1811, daughter of Amos and Lucy Byam, of Chelmsford.
He was a farmer. He removed from Chelmsford to Westford, and thence to Groton. He died of inflammation of the brain, Feb. 24, 1848, aged 47.

His children were:

Lucy Adams,⁸ b. Jan. 23, 1834.
Joseph Henry,⁸ b. Dec. 26, 1835.
Mary Eliza,⁸ b. Jan. 20, 1838.
Rufus Byam.⁸
Alfred Austin,⁸ b. May 19, 1845. In the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in the famous sixth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers. He died of typhoid fever in the hospital at Suffolk, Va., Dec. 8, 1865 (?). His remains were brought home to Westford for interment.

759.

Elijah Richardson⁷ (Elijah,⁶ Zachariah,⁵ Zachariah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Chelmsford, Nov. 12, 1803; married Elizabeth ______. He lived in Chelmsford.

His children, all born in Chelmsford, were:

Alvah Howard,⁸ b. Sept. 4, 1833.
Mary Elizabeth,⁸ b. Oct. 28, 1535.
Henrietta,⁸ b. April 5, 1839.
Frances Adelaide,⁸ b. Oct. 5, 1841.
Cecilia Ann,⁸ b. Aug. 4, 1843.
Ellen Louisa,⁸ b. Nov. 17, 1846.

793.

Joseph Marcy Richardson⁷ (Silas,⁶ Josiah,⁵ Zachariah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), son of Silas⁶ and Lucy (Tarr) Richardson, successively of Westford, Mass., and Greene, Me.; born in Greene, June 8, 1810; married Ann Furbush, born in Greene, Me., Feb. 16, 1815, daughter of Abraham and Jane (Brawn) Furbush, of that place.
He received his name out of respect to Doctor Joseph Fox Marcy, of Dracut, brother of his father’s first wife. He inherited, and now, 1874, lives on the homestead of his father, in Greene, Me. His wife is also living.

Children:

Rachel Coburn,⁸ b. June 3, 1837; m. William II. F. Libbey, son of Ebenezer and Emeline (Harding) Libbey, in Readfield, Me. Emeline’s father, Harding, was a sea-captain. They lived a while in Readfield; now in North Monmouth, Me. Mr. Libbey has been, by turns, a seaman, farmer, and mechanic. Children:

Lucy Maria,⁹ (Libbey), b. July 3, 1857.

Abby Ann,⁹ (Libbey), b. Nov. 7, 1863.

Charles.⁸ b. Jan. 16, 1830: m. his cousin. Emeline Brawn, daughter of John and Love (Furbush) Brawn, of Greene, probably. He has been a stone-cutter in Lowell. Children:

Edward.⁹

Emma.⁹

Frederic,⁹ b. 1872.

Alfred,⁸ b. ,Jan. 19, 1844; m. Elizabeth Bond. daughter of Ellery and Hannah (Hatch) Bond, of Greene. He resides, 1874, in Greene. on land which Zachariah Richardson, his uncle [440], bought in that town about 1800, before the uncle went to Ohio. One child:

Albert,⁹ b. Dec. 26, 1871.

Earl⁸ b. Dec. 28, 1848; unm. 1874; shoemaker and farmer.
Ellis.⁸ b. Aug. 23, 1851; num. 1874: farmer.
Selden Edwin,⁸ b. March 4, 1854; unm. 1874; farmer.

794.

Charles Richardson⁷ (Silas,⁶ Josiah,⁵ Zachariah,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Greene, Me., Feb. 23, 1812; married Olive Miller, of Union, Me.
He lived in Gardiner, Me.; was a trader and in the milling business there, but removed to Wellsville, Allegheny County, N. Y., and there followed agricultural pursuits. He died in the place last named, Jan. 31, 1873.
Some of his children were born in Gardiner; others in Wellsville. Their names, so far as known, follow:

Henry,⁸ b. about 1839; d. young.
Charles.⁸ b. 184-; m. ______ in Wellsville; is depot-master.
A daughter,⁸ died young.
Olive,⁸ supposed unm.
Betsey D.,⁸ m. ______; d. ______.
John F.⁸
Joseph.⁸

807.

Sarah Merchant Richardson⁷ (William M.,⁶ Daniel,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), eldest daughter of Hon. William Merchant Richardson,⁶ chief justice of New Hampshire, by his wife, Betsey Smith; born in Groton, Mass., May 31, 1800; married, April 27, 1826, Dr. Lemuel Maxcy Barker, son of Lemuel and Mary Barker.
Dr. Barker studied medicine with Dr. Reuben Dimond Mussey, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and of Anatomy and Surgery in Dartmouth College. He received from that college the degree of M. D. in 1824; and commenced medical practice at Chester, N. H., where he married as above. He removed to Great Falls, N. H., in 1831; thence to Boston, and finally to Malden, in 1868, where he now resides. He has been superintendent and resident physician of the Massachusetts General Hospital, and a member of the State Senate.

Children:

William Richardson (Barker), b. in Chester, N. H., Aug. 10 1827; m. Ellen Elizabeth Harrington, of Boston, Sept. 9, 1856; they have one child:

Mary R. (Barker), b. in Boston, Aug. 28, 1857.

Mary Morse (Barker), b. in Chester, N. H., April 18, 1830; m. William 0. Taylor, of Boston, July 21, 1850; and has two children:

Frederic S. (Taylor), b. in Boston, Jan. 8. 1863.

Nellie R. (Taylor), b. in Boston, July 24, 1866.

Lemuel (Barker), b. in Gilford, N. H., June 1, 1835; m. Adeline Brown Norris, of Woburn Centre, Mass., March 24, 1871. Now resides in Malden, Mass.

809.

Betsey Smith Richardson⁷ (William M,⁶ Daniel,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), daughter of William M.⁶ and Betsey (Smith) Richardson, and sister of the preceding; born in Groton, Mass., July 13, 1805; married, Jan. 11, 1825, Benjamin Brown French, born in Chester, N. H., Sept. 4, 1800, eldest son of Hon. Daniel and Mercy (Brown) French, of Chester. He was the only son of Daniel French by the first wife, Mercy. Mrs. Mercy B. French died March 8, 1802. She was a daughter of Benjamin Brown, a successful merchant, of Chester, and a sister of Rev. Francis Brown, President of Dartmouth College from 1815 to 1820.
B. B. French was a student in the academy in North Yarmouth, but had not the advantage of a college education. He studied law in the office of his father, who was a lawyer, a judge in the superior court, and attorney general of New Hampshire from 1812 to 1815. He, the son, practiced law at Hooksett and Sutton, N. H., and went to Newport, N. H., in 1827. Of the town last named, he was representative in the State Legislature in 1831, 1832, and 1833, and was proprietor and editor of the “New Hampshire Spectator,” there printed. He was an assistant clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives, 1833, and clerk of that House in 1845. About 1844, or perhaps before, he removed to Washington, D. C. There he was president of the Magnetic Telegraph Company, and commissioner of public buildings. Dartmouth College conferred on him the honorary degree of A. M. in 1852.
His wife Betsey died at Washington, May 6, 1861. His second wife was Mary Ellen Brady.

The children of Benjamin B. and Betsey French were:

Francis Ormond (French), b. in Chester, N. H., Sept. 12, 1837; married Ellen M. Tuck, of Exeter, N. H., March 5, 1861. She was daughter, I suppose, of Amos Tuck. Francis graduated, Harvard College, 1857; studied law, and now, 1874, resides in New York City. Two of their children are living, viz.:

Bessie (French), b. in Exeter, N. H., Dec. 17, 1861.

Amos (French), b. in Roxbury, Mass., July 20, 1863.

Benjamin Brown (French), b. in Washington, D. C., Feb. 4, 1845; m. Abby M. Thomas, at Chester, Pa., May 9, 1866. Now residing in New York City. Children:

Abbie Marie (French), b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 30, 1867.

Charles (French), b. in New York.

810.

Mary Woobury Richardson⁷ (William M.,⁶ Daniel,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding; born in Groton, Mass., April 12, 1808; married Samuel J. Sprague Vose, of Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 12, 1839.

Children, all born at Lancaster:

Ellen Richardson (Vose), b. Jan. 10, 1841; m. T. C. Lawton, of Sheffield, Mass., July 26, 1864. They now, 1874, reside in Cranston, R. I. Children:

Nina Vase (Lawton), b. at Hinsdale, Mass., Jan. 18, 1867.

Mary Sprague (Lawton), b. at Cranston, R. I.. Oct. 15, 1869.

Walter (Lawton), b. at Cranston, Feb. 19, 1872.

Louisa (Vose). b. Oct. 7. 1842; m. Frederic Griswold Coggin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., May 23, 1865; now reside in Burlington, Vt. Children:

Frederic Griswold (Coggin). b. Burlington, Dec. 25, 1866.

Helen Louisa (Coggin), b. Burlington, Feb. 14, 1871. 1221. John Sprague (Vose), b. July 25, 1845.

William Merchant Richardson (Vose), .b. Jan. 2, 1817; m. Patience E. Watts, of Attleborough. Mass., July 16, 1869. They reside at Chicago, Ill. One child:

Frederic (Vose), b. in Chicago, March 4, 1870.

811.

Anne Richardson⁷ (William,⁶ David,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding; born at Chester, N. H, Sept. 26, 1811; married, Oct. 9, 1838, Henry Flagg French, born in Chester, Aug. 14, 1813, son of Hon. Daniel and Betsey Van Meter (Flagg) French, of that place. He was, therefore, half brother to Benjamin B. French, already noticed as the husband of Chief Justice Richardson’s second daughter, Betsey.
His mother’s father was Josiah Flagg, Esq., who was an officer of the Revolution, and son of Rev. Ebenezer Flagg, who was born in Woburn, Oct. 18, 1704, and pastor of the Congregational Church in Chester, N. H., from 1736 to 1793; dying Nov. 14, 1796, aged 92. A daughter of Josiah Flagg, Esq., was Catharine Gardner Flagg, who married William J. Folsom, a brother of Hon. John Folsom, who kept the hotel on Massabesic Pond in the west part of Chester, N. H., well known to students of Dartmouth College. These two brothers invented the first nail-cutting machine. [Chase’s Hist. of Chester, N. H., p. 522.]
Henry F. French was educated at the academies in Derry and Pembroke, N. H., and Hingham, Mass., not having a college education. He studied law with his father, who, as we have already said, was a lawyer; and at the law school at Cambridge. He was admitted to the bar, Aug. 14, 1835. He practiced law with his father till the death of the latter in 1840; then at Portsmouth one year; then removed to Exeter, and held the office of solicitor ten years from 1838; was bank commissioner 1848-1852; and was a justice of the court of Common Pleas from August, 1855, till August, 1859. He then opened a law office in Boston; removed his family to Cambridge in 1860, and again removed it to Amherst, Mass., in September, 1865. In June, 1865, he was elected the first president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. He resumed the profession of law in Boston in the spring of 1867.
Having a taste for agriculture, he purchased a farm in Concord, Mass., on which he has continued to reside, while keeping a law office in Boston. He has an extensive reputation as an agriculturist; has been a contributor to several agricultural papers, and made an agricultural tour in Europe in 1857.
Dartmouth College conferred on him the honorary degree of A. M. in 1852. He was elected an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa of Harvard College in 1861.
His wife Anne, daughter of Chief Justice Richardson, died at Exeter, N. H., Aug. 29, 1856. He has since married Pamela M. Prentice, of Keene, N. H.

Children of Henry F. and Anne French, born at Chester, N. H.:

Harriette Van Meter (French), b. Sept. 29, 1839; m. Major Abijah Hollis, of Concord, N. H., July, 9, 1864. Children:

Born in Milton, Mass.:

Thomas (Hollis), b. May 5, 1865.

Born in Concord, N. H.:

Anne Richardson (Hollis), b. July 9, 1867.

Henry French (Hollis), b. Aug. 30, 1869.

Allen (Hollis), b. Dec. 30. 1871.

Harriette Van Meter (Hollis), b. Sept. 1,1874.

William Merchant Richardson (French), b, Oct. 1, 1843.
Sarah Flagg (French), b. Aug. 14, 1840; m. Edward J. Bartlet, June 19, 1873. One child:

Mary Chickering (Bartlet), b. Feb. 20, 1875.

Daniel Chester (French), b. April 20, 1850. He is by profession a sculptor, has a natural genius for the art, and is now, August, 1875, pursuing studies of that kind in Italy. He has acquired a high reputation for his MINUTE-MAN, a bronze statue of heroic size, on the old battle ground at Concord, Mass. It was modelled when he was but twenty-two years of age. Ralph Waldo Emerson pronounces it the best single figure in this country.

The following extract from the Springfield Republican, as copied into the Boston Journal of March 13, 1875, and another from the Concord Freeman of Sept. 4, 1875, will show what is thought of the statue:

The Minute-man of Concord.—The bronze statue of the minute-man, now completed at the Ames Works in Chicopee, and destined to mark forever the spot

Where once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world,

will be readily accepted as a worthy example of American sculpture, and might even stand for the ideal embodiment of the genius of the Revolution. Mr. French, one of the youngest and freshest of our sculptors, and whose first ambitious work this statue is, ought to be at home to see it unveiled before his townsmen and the inheritors of the minute-man’s great legacy; for on that occasion he could not fail to gain what he merits, the people’s honest praise and recognition of his genius.
The statue is of course of heroic measure; somewhat more than seven feet in height, generously proportioned, and is to be elevated upon a fine pedestal of granite. It represents a young man turning at the hurrying call of the messenger from his labors in the field, and instantly ready for duty. his left hand rests a moment on a handle of his abandoned plow, across whose upper brace his coat is flung; his right hand grasps the old flint-lock musket; he rests on his left foot, while his right is just leaving the ground behind—the whole attitude indicating a moment’s pause, as if to listen. The figure is attired in the traditional continental costume, and will preserve its details for future ages. The long waistcoat, caught by one button, the shirt, hitched up loosely at the waist with toil, and with sleeves rolled carelessly above the elbow, the breeches and the buttoned galligaskins, the stout cowhide boots, the powder-horn, with its pine stopple, hung by a strap over the shoulder, like a scarf of decoration, the soft hat, cocked at one side—all add to the curiously vivid way in which this statue brings one in neighborhood with the day and the spirit it crystalizes in its enduring bronze.
For this minute-man of Concord is instinct with life and principle. It is no ideal face, no countenance of form that would be at home in other countries, but a thorough Yankee, that Mr. French has given to immortality. The features are strongly marked and bear the energy, the self-command, the ready shrewdness, the immediate decision, and, above all, the air of freedom, that belong to the New England face. The frame is stalwart, the shoulders squarely held, the muscles of the bared fore-arms—the one that leans strongly on the plow, the one that strongly grasps the musket—are tense and unencumbered by flabby flesh; the great veins stand knotted on the strenuous hands. The man is alive from head to foot, and, indeed, we know not where there is better represented the momentary pause of vigorous action than in this noble statue. An enviable fame, we are sure, will be insured to Mr. French by a work at once so wholly American in conception and so spiritedly achieved in detail.

The Minute-man.—A correspondent of the Exeter (N. I-I.) News Letter, in a somewhat lengthy but excellent article on the different classes of statues, concludes his contribution with the following remarks on the Concord minute-man:
The object of the artist was to express in bronze, in the form of a representative youth of the time, the spirit of the age of a century ago, which gave birth to a new nation, and to memorialize the first conflict of arms in the series of those which ended in the establishment of national life, liberty, and independence. A theme more noble has rarely fallen to the lot of an artist to treat, and if he succeeds in giving expression to that spirit, and utterance to that story, his ambition may well be satisfied, his friends rejoice in his achievement, and the town, which has honored itself by erecting this monument, may be congratulated on possessing a sculpture of great merit.
In carrying out this intention, on what features of the spirit of that age should the artist seize? What was so prominent in that spirit as to characterize it and distinguish it from that of the ages before, and which has been given to us as a legacy from the fathers, which we were to keep, and the artist help us to perpetuate in our memory?
It was an age of indomitable resolve, of unconquerable courage, of never-failing self-reliance, of ready self-sacrifice for the public good, and crowning all these, a consecration of soul to personal and public liberty. These all found utterance in the event the artist has attempted to memorialize. And the result of his labors is—the statue tells the story unmistakably, and we receive from it an impress from the spirit of that other and better age, which is to make this monument an educator and benefactor of this age and those which are to follow. We say the story is told unmistakably. It is recognized alike by the scholar and the laborer, and each receives from it the inspiration which it was the high object of the artist to express. It is this which declares, in terms no others can equal, the complete success which has been attained. Without this, the perfection of proportion, the stalwart beauty of form, the graceful action and pose of the figure, the wonderful expression of life which pervades the whole, would have left the work a fifilure. But these, added to the all but vocal expression of the spirit and the story, constitute the "minute-Ivan" a success in art of the highest order.

812.

Louisa Richardson7 (William M.,⁶ Daniel,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding, and youngest daughter of Chief Justice Richardson; born in Portsmouth, N. H., June 27, 1814; married, Oct. 24, 1837, Rev. Charles Pinckney Russell, then pastor of the Congregational Church in Candia, N. H.
He was a native of Greenfield, Mass.; was ordained at Candia, Dec. 25, 1833, and dismissed May 26, 1841. After this he resided some time in the city of Washington, D. C.

Their children were:

Charles Pinckney (Russell), b. in Candia, April 23, 1840; m. Lucia Whitman, of Washington, D. C., April 23, 1870. They now reside in Greenfield, Mass.’ 1874. Children:

Charles Cotesworth (Russell), b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 13. 1871.

Whitman (Russell), b. in Washington, D. C., June 10, 1373.

William Richardson (Russell), b. in Georgetown, D. C., June 5, 1842; m. Ella M. Loomis, of Coldwater, Mich., June 4, 1874; now resides at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Louisa Richardson (Russell), b. in Greenfield, Mass., Aug. 21, 1845; m. James W. Whelpley, of Washington, D. C., Oct. 19, 1871. One child:

James Russell (Whelpley), b. in Washington, D. C., Aug. 31, 1872.

Nathaniel Edwards (Russell), b. in Washington, D. C., Feb. 24, 1848. He graduated at the Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. H., in 1870; m. Lucy C. Flack, of Lansingburg, N. Y., July 1, 1874.
John Francis (Russell), b. in Washington, D. C., May 20, 1855.

813.

Samuel Mather Richardson⁷ (William M.,⁶ Daniel,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and youngest child of Chief Justice Richardson; born in Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 26, 1817; married Mary Whitmore, of Chester, N. H. He was a merchant in Illinois. He removed to Waynesville, in that State, where he was killed by the running away of a horse, May 12, 1843, aged 25 years, 4 months.

He had one son, posthumous:

Samuel Mather,⁸ b. in Hebron. N. H., Oct.. 21. 1843: m. June 6, 1866, Georgiana Florence Burns, of Cape Elizabeth, Me. They did reside at Cape Elizabeth.

814.

Daniel Samuel Richardson⁷ (Daniel,⁶ Daniel,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Daniel⁶ and Mary (Adams) Richardson, of Tyngsborongh, Mass.; born there, Dec. 1, 1816; married, first, May 11, 1843, Isabella Aiken, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Marston) Aiken, of Chester, N. H. Second, Anne B. Sawyer, of Bolton, June 22, 1852.
He graduated at Harvard College, 1836; studied in the law school at Cambridge; received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, 1839. In 1839, he settled in the practice of law at Lowell. He was representative of that city to the General Court of Massachusetts three years; was a senator from Middlesex one year.
He was president of the common council of Lowell two years; alderman one year. He was judge advocate of the second division of the Massachusetts volunteer militia six years; was chairman of the board of county commissioners for Middlesex County in 1850 and several other years. He resides in Lowell.

Children.

Born in Lowell, by first wife:

Mary Adams.⁸

By second wife:

Anne,⁸ b. June 23, 1857.

815.

Hon. William Adams Richardson⁷ (Daniel,⁶ Daniel,⁵ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding, and second son of Hon. Daniels and Mary (Adams) Richardson; born in Tyngsborough, Mass., Nov. 2, 1821; married, Oct. 29, 1849, Anna Maria Marston, daughter of Jonathan Marston, of Machiasport, Me. His mother, as heretofore stated, was a daughter of William Adams, Esq., who served in two campaigns of the Revolutionary struggle.
He prepared for college at Lawrence Academy, Groton, and graduated at Harvard in 1843. He studied law at the law school of Harvard College under Judge Joseph Story and Professor Simon Greenleaf, and received the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1846, at the same institution. In 1846, he entered upon his first official career—that of judge advocate of a division of the Massachusetts militia, an office which he held four years. He was admitted to the Boston Bar, on motion, of John A. Andrew, afterwards governor, July 8, 1848. He was aid-de-camp to Governor Briggs in 1850. After his admission to the bar, he immediately entered on the practice of the profession, as partner with his brother, Hon. Daniel S. Richardson, in Lowell, and that city now became his home.
His admitted talents were early recognized by calls to fill stations of honor and responsibility. In 1849, he was chosen to the Lowell common council, also in 1853 and 1854, and was made president of that body. In 1853, he was one of the corporators of the Lowell Five Cents Savings Bank; was appointed one of the trustees, and upon the finance committee.
His abilities as a financier were recognized by his appointment of the Wamesit (now National) Bank, in 1859, which office he held until January, 1867; also, with the exception of that time, he was a director of the Appleton Bank, Lowell, from October, 1853, until he was appointed Secretary of the U. S. Treasury. He held the important office of president of the Middlesex Mechanics’ Association two years, and exercised a controlling influence in thoroughly reorganizing that influential institution.
In 1855, he was appointed to revise the General Statutes of the Commonwealth, having as associates in this laborious work Hon. Joel Parker and Andrew A. Richmond. This occupied a period of four years, and resulted in the “General Statutes of Massachusetts,” enacted in 1859. The successful accomplishment of such a work, involving the harmonious adjustment of a mass of materials so complicated, can only be appreciated by an experienced professional mind. The fidelity of this great work induced the legislature, in 1859, to appoint the subject of this notice chairman of the committee to edit the General Statutes, and in 1867, as a work to be annually performed. At a subsequent session, he and Judge Sanger were charged with the duty of editing a new edition of the General Statutes and supplement, in consequence of the destruction of the original plates in the great fire of November, 1872. To this edition five or six thousand notes and references, not in the former edition, were added.
In April, 1856, he entered upon the duties of judge of probate for Middlesex County, succeeding the Hon. Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay, who died that year, after having held the office thirty-five years. On the consolidation of the office of judge of insolvency with that of judge of probate, in May, 1868, he was appointed to the new position of judge of probate and insolvency, being thus, in effect, judge of two courts at the same time. In April, 1872, he resigned the important trust, a period of sixteen years from his first taking the office of judge of probate. During his continuance in this office he brought order out of complete chaos by a thorough revisal of the entire mass of old probate blanks and probate practice.
Amid these multiplied demands upon his time, he was appointed, in 1862, one of the trustees of Lawrence Academy, in Groton, and by the legislature, in 1863, one of the overseers of Harvard College, and again, under the new law, in 1869, by the Alumni of the college. In 1860, he found it necessary to remove his law office from Lowell to Boston, and about the same time he changed his residence to Cambridge.
In April, 1869, he was appointed and commissioned judge of the superior court of Massachusetts, but declined the honor, from having been appointed, by President Grant, in the preceding month, Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Treasury. When this appointment was offered him he was taken by surprise, and accepted it at last with reluctance. Even after he had sustained the office with distinguished honor, he repeatedly sought to escape by tendering his resignation, but it was never accepted. He was also specially commissioned as Acting Secretary of the Treasury during any absence of Secretary Boutwell, and thus was virtually for months Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1871, he was sent to Europe by Mr. Boutwell, then Secretary of the Treasury, on a mission to negotiate the new government loan, sailing from New York June 14th of that year. He was eminently successful in this at first very doubtful undertaking, having in one month obtained a favorable proposition from leading bankers in London, which he telegraphed to this country. Its acceptance was signified by the telegraph, and he remained in Europe until the affair was consummated, delivering seventy-six million dollars of the new five per cent bonds, receiving the money for the same, and investing it in old six per cent 5-20 bonds, which were brought to this country and destroyed at the treasury department. In this transaction thirty-five clerks were employed in taking the new bonds to Europe, exchanging them there, receiving and cancelling the old bonds, and bringing them back for destruction. He deposited his receipts with the Bank of England, where he had at one time to his credit personally sixteen millions of dollars, and was probably the largest depositor in that great institution. In March, 1872, he returned home with his entire force, and in a very short time his account was adjusted at the department without the discrepancy of one dollar. This was a remarkable thing, when we take into consideration the vastness of the sums and the immense labor requisite to the careful scrutiny of each bond, the placing of each one in the proper schedule, and keeping an accurate account of the whole.
On the 17th of March, 1873, he was nominated and immediately confirmed as Secretary of the U. S. Treasury. On the following day, he was sworn into this high and responsible office and entered upon its duties, having since the election of Mr. Bout-well to the Senate acted as Secretary. In June, 1874, he resigned the office of Secretary of the Treasury to accept a seat upon the bench of the U. S. Court of Claims, to which he had been appointed. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on Mr. Richardson, in 1873, by Columbian College, Washington, D. C. During the summer and autumn of 1875, he with his wife and daughter visited Japan and China, and made a journey around the world.

Mr. Richardson has but one child:

Isabel Anna,⁸ b. at Lowell, Dec. 21, 1850.

816.

Hon. George Francis Richardson⁷ (Daniel,⁶ Daniel,⁵ William,⁴ Josiah,³ Josiah,² Ezekiel¹), half-brother of the preceding, and son of Hon. Daniel⁶ and Hannah (Adams) Richardson; born in Tyngsborough, Mass., Dec. 6, 1829; married Caroline Augusta Reed, of Lowell.
He was prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy; graduated at Harvard College, 1850, and graduated from the law school connected with that college in 1853, taking the first prize of fifty dollars for an essay. At the outbreak of the Rebellion, April 19, 1861, he raised a military company, called the “Richardson Light Infantry,” whose officers were commissioned the next clay. This company was the first to offer their services to the State of Massachusetts for three years’ service. They were mustered into the U. S. service in Boston, May 21, 1861, and sailed for Fortress Monroe the next clay. On the 29th, they were assigned to the regular garrison of the fortress. Their captain was Phineas A. Davis, of Lowell. Among its members was Hudson M. Richardson and Samuel M. Richardson, both of Lowell. This company, being used to handling artillery, afterwards became the Seventh Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery.*
Mr. Richardson’s home is in Lowell. He was president of the common council of Lowell two years; alderman, one year; mayor of Lowell, two years, being elected the second year without. opposition. He was a member of the board of school committee four years, two of which he was chairman. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Chicago, 1868, which nominated Gen. Grant as President of the United States. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1871 and 1872.
Mr. Richardson has several children, as I am informed by a kinsman of his, but a record of them I have not been able to obtain.

*I give these statements as I received them.. There is a manifest and glaring error in the statement that “they were mustered into the U. S. service May 21, 1861.” Doubtless it should be April. The company above spoken of was Company G, of Lowell. They sailed from Boston April 18th, in connection with the third regiment, though not belonging to it, and arrived at Fortress Monroe April 20th. This regiment became a part of the garrison there April 22d. The Company G was assigned to that duty May 27th.

848.

James Richardson⁷ (James,⁶ James,⁵ James,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), son of James⁶ and Sarah (Clark) Richardson; born in Pelham, N. H., May 15, 1773; married Betsey ______. He was a yeoman, and died, intestate, about 1832. At the request of the widow Betsey, Jesse Gibson, of Pelham, gentleman, was appointed administrator, Oct. 2, 1832. The widow’s dower was set off March 25, 1833; of course she was living at that time. The estate was insolvent. Among the creditors were Solomon Richardson, brother of the deceased, and Eliphalet Richardson, his son.
The committee appointed to settle the estate reported that they had notified all the heirs whose places of residence were known to them; but others lived in places unknown. [Hillsborough Prob. Records, xxxvii. 135; also, xl. 36.]

The heirs living in places known to them were:

Eliphalet,⁸ see below.
Mary,⁸ m. ______ Hobbs.
Edith,⁸ insane. [See Hillsborough Prob. Records, xlv. 30.]

Eliphalet Richardson.⁸ son of James. appears never to have married. He spent his life in Pelham, and died there in 1837, intestate. The probate records say that he left no widow, children, or father, but had a brother in parts unknown, and a sister, whose name is not given. On her recommendation, Jesse Gibson, of Pelham, was appointed administrator, Nov. 7, 1837. Among the creditors were Solomon Richardson [851], and John Richardson [850], his uncles, and Betsey Richardson, his mother, possibly a daugher of Eliphalet [860]. [Hillsborough Prob. Records, xxxvii. 360.1

851.

Solomon Richardson⁷ (James,⁶ James,⁵ James,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Pelham, N. H., Dec. 24, 1780; married Hannah Currier, of Pelham, March 24, 1813.
He lived in Pelham, and died Jan. 2, 1866. His wife died before him, as no mention is made of her in the settlement of the estate. By request of the heirs named below, the son, Luther C. Richardson, of Pelham, was appointed administrator, Feb. 27, 1866. [Hillsborough Prob. Records, ixxx. 147.]

The children of Solomon and Betsey were:

Lavinia,⁸ b. Oct. 26, 1814; m. William Lyon, Oct 5, 1841. She died. Sept. 3, 1847. Her only child, Sydney J. Lyon, was living in 1866.
Betsey,⁸ b. Aug. 10, 1816; m. John L. Jones, April 22, 1841. She died Oct. 6, 1849. Her husband was living 1874.
James,⁸ b. Feb. 28, 1819; m. Laura Clifford, Nov. 13, 1842; d. July 16, 1848. leaving no wife or children.
Sylvester,⁸ h. Dec. 11, 1820; he was of Pelham 1866, but of Lowell 1867; living 1874.
Hannah Jane,⁸ b. June 7, 1823; m. ______ Spalding, of Westford; living 1874.
Sarah Ann,⁸ b. Jan. 29, 1820; m. ______ Ela, of Pelham; living 1874.
Mary Currier,⁸ b. Aug. 16, 1828; unm.; of Pelham; Eying 1874.
Solomon,⁸ b. March 24, 1831; he was of Los Angelos, California; living 1874.
Benjamin E.,⁸ b. Nov. 20, 1833; of Pelham, 1866; living 1874.
Luther C.,⁸ b. Dec. 80, 1835; of Pelham, 1806; living 1874.
Calvin L.,⁸ of Pelham.

853.

Nehemiah Richardson⁷ (Abijah,⁶ James,⁵ James,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹) son of Abijah 6 and Judith (Clark) Richardson, of Pelham, N. H.; born Feb. 11, 1777; married Rebecca Herrick, March 4, 1799.
He lived in Pelham, and died, intestate, about 1827. At the request of the widow Rebecca, David Cutter, Esq., a substantial yeoman, and prominent business man in Pelham [See Cutter Genealogy, p. 114], postmaster a long series of years, justice of the peace, and deputy sheriff, and who had filled many important town offices, was appointed administrator, May 7, 1827. License was given July 3, 1827, to sell a bond which the deceased received of Solomon Richardson, his cousin, Feb. 22, 1827, “for the conveyance to him of a certain farm in Pelham.” [Hillsborough Prob. Records, xxxv. 468.]
Nehemiah Richardson, therefore, died after the date of said bond, and before April 21, 1827, when John Marsh was appointed guardian of three of the children over fourteen years of age. [Hillsborough Prob. Records, xxiii. 396.]

The children of Nehemiah and Rebecca Richardson were:

Mary,⁸ b. March 26,1801.
Abijah,⁸ b. Feb. 3, 1803.
Israel.⁸ b. April 19, 1805.
Olive,⁸ b. Nov. 14, 1807.
Rhoda,⁸ b. April 21, 1810.
Howard H.,⁸ b. May 10, 1812.
Rebecca Herrick,⁸ b. March 3, 1815.
Nehemiah,⁸ b. Feb. 2, 1818.

875.

Solomon Richardson⁷ (Wiley,⁶ Thomas,⁵ James,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), son of Lieut. Wiley⁶ and Fanny Richardson; born in Westford, Feb. 12, 1789; married, first, May 8, 1814, Nancy Cogswell, daughter of Jeremiah Cogswell, of Westford. Second, SARAH ______.
After marriage, he lived some time in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. His father having died, 1846, he removed back to Westford, built a house on land belonging to the old homestead; and there died, Sept. 30, 1868, aged 78 years, 7 months.

His children, by second wife, Sarah, were:

Charles N., b. m. Jaffrey, N. H., April 12, 1839.
Sarah F., b. in Jaffrey, N. H., Feb. 7, 1841.
Albert Pierce, b. in Jaffrey, N. H., March 3, 1343; m. March 3, 1874, Alma Minot, daughter of Isaac and Mary Ann Minot, of Westford.
Mary Elizabeth,⁸ b. in Westford, June 15, 1847; m. 1873, Sherman Haywood Fletcher, b. Dec. 24. 1846, a merchant, only son of Sherman Dewey Fletcher, of Westford. The father is postmaster and town treasurer.

882.

Thomas Richardson⁷ (Abijah,⁶ Thomas,⁵ James,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), son of Abija10 and Elizabeth Richardson; born in Westford, 1789; married, first, Philenda Wright, of Westford, May 9, 1811. She died in Westford, Aug. 29, 1831, aged 45 years, 9 months. Second, Mary Fletcher, of Westford, Jan. 23, 1840.
He lived in Westford; was a carpenter, a man of enterprise and energy, and acquired a fair property. He bought the Prescott Mills, which from him were called Richardson Mills. During some years he was the miller of Westford. He finally sold his mills and farm to Asel [Ansel or Asahel] Davis. Davis sold to Calvert and Sargent, machinists. The mills were destroyed by fire, and a stone machine shop took their place. The flourishing village of Graniteville has been built up on the spot. He was much occupied with town business.*
Thomas Richardson died in Westford, July 17, 1861, aged 72. His widow Mary, owns a house in the centre of Westford, where she now resides, November, 1874.

The children of Thomas Richardson, all born in Westford, by first wife, Philenda, were:

George Washington,⁸ b. Oct. 28, 1511; m. Judith Ellenwood. of Pelham, Oct. 28, 1838; he died June 27, 1841; leaving a widow and one child.
Warren,⁸ b. Jan. 3 1814; has been twice married; has children by both wives; is a trader in Londonderry, N. H.
Philenda,⁸ b. March 21, 1818; m. Dec. 31, 1846, George Robert Moore.
Zibiah,⁸ b. March 29, 1820; m. Peter B. Prescott, of Lowell, May 30, 1841.
John Gilbert,⁸ b. Sept. 27, 1822; has been married, and buried his wife. He keeps an m. in Illinois.
Mary Jane,⁸ b. Nov. 22, 1824; m. _______ Price. She died in Westford, June 6, 1867.
Maria,⁸ b. Nov. 10, 1826; m. Nov. 21, 1846, Daniel Lovejoy, son of Ralph and Nabby Lovejoy. He is a blacksmith, of Lowell; has one son.
Sarah Elizabeth,⁸ b. Nov. 8, 1828; m. 1850, Charles H. Spalding,⁷ son of Calvin⁶ and Sally (Wright) Spalding, of Westford. They live in Graniteville, above mentioned.

By second wife, Mary:

Milton Thomas,⁸ b. Feb. 7, 1843. He lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.

*Notwithstanding all this, his brother William, and to the best of my knowledge his only brother, was non compos mentis, and died in the Westford poor house, Oct. 7, 1847, aged 65.

883.

Benjamin Richardson⁷ (Benjamin,⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), eldest son of Benjamin⁶ and Susan (Drew) Richardson; born in Boston, March 24, 1805; married, Jan. 1, 1837, Matilda Lawrence, born in Boston, March 14, 1810, daughter of John and Mary (Dodge) Lawrence.
John Lawrence, her father, was a son of James Lawrence, who was born in Scotland, March 18, 1780; married, in Boston, December, 1803, Mary Dodge, who was born in Vermont in 1785.
Mr. Richardson, after residing in Cambridge a short time, removed to Boston, where he was many years an officer in Suffolk County jail. He owned an estate on Chambers Street, where he died, May 26, 1867. He was an upright man, quiet and unobtrusive, yet firm to his convictions of right. He was a member of the Baptist Church in Bowdoin Square, Boston.

His children, born in Boston, were:

Matilda Opbelia,⁸ b. Oct 15, 1837; d. July 8, 1843.
Benjamin Lewis,⁸ b. Dee. 27, 1839. He enlisted in the war for the Union, in the First Massachusetts Battery, Aug. 28, 1861, and served till May 3, 1863, when he was honorably discharged on account of wounds received that clay at Chancellorsville. From those wounds he never recovered, but died, at Boston. Jan. 25, 1866.
Susan Cecilia,⁸ b. Nov. 2, 1841; d. July 12, 1843.

884.

John Drew Richardson⁷ (Benjamin,⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹) brother of the preceding; born in Boston, Sept. 26, 1806; married, in Boston, Sept. 20, 1836, Elizabeth Maynard,⁷ born in Sullivan, N. it, Oct. 26, 1808, daughter of Antipas⁶ and Sally (Rice) Maynard, of Keene, N. H.*
He was a baker by trade, and pursued that bu-siness fifteen years. He resided in Boston proper till 1844, when he removed to South Boston. He was upright and faithful in every relation in life, and was universally esteemed for his integrity, his genial and cheerful disposition, his sympathy with the afflicted, his sound judgment, and manly character. It was often said that “he carried sunshine wherever he went.” His faith in God was firm; he loved and exemplified the principles of the Christian religion. He was an active member of the Baptist Church twenty-seven years, having united with the First Baptist Church in Boston, May 29, 1836. He and his wife were original members of the Baptist Church in Bowdoin Square. When he removed his residence to South Boston, he removed his ecclesiastical relation also, and was clerk of the South Baptist Church the last seventeen years of his life. The compiler remembers him with tender interest.
He held several important positions of civil trust and responsibility. He was warden of the, twelfth ward in Boston two years; a member of the city school committee eight or nine years; was assistant assessor of taxes in 1854, and one of the principal assessors of the city of Boston from 1855 to 1861, when he was appointed assistant assessor of the United States Internal Revenue, which office he held till his death, May 28, 1863.

His children, all born in Boston, were:

Caroline Elizabeth,⁸ b. June 18, 1S36; d. in Boston, Sept. 25. 1840.
Zilpah Maynard,⁸ b. July 15, 1838; d. in Boston, July 11, 1842.
Elizabeth Caroline,⁸ b. April 29, 1840; m. Francis E. Blake.
John Drew,⁸ b. July 18, 1843; m. Sarah E. Van Nostrand.
Antipas Maynard,⁸ b. Sept. 22, 1844; na. Ellen A. Bragdon.

*The Maynard Family.

John Maynard,¹ born in England about 1600; came to this country, and settled in Sudbury, in 1638. He was prominent in town affairs, and died Dec. 10, 1672. Had John, Zachary, Elizabeth, Lydia, Hannah, Mary.
John Maynard,² born in England; came to this country with his father at eight years of age; was one of the petitioners for the new town of Marlborough, 1660; died there, Dec. 22, 1711. Children, John, Simon, David, Zechariah, Joseph, and five daughters.
David Maynard,³ born Dec. 21, 1660; an influential man in Westborough, which was taken from Marlborough, 1717; married Hannah Wait; died Oct. 2, 1787. had David Jonathan, Jesse. Jotham, etc.
Jotham Maynard,⁴ born in what was then Marlborough, May 29, 1714; died in Bolton, Dec 18, 1773. Had Jotham, Antipas, Barnabas, Abiel, Abner, David, Israel, and three more.
Jotham Maynard,⁵ born in Marlborough, March 14, 1741; lived in Berlin; died 1788. One of his sons was
Antipas Maynard,⁶ born in Bolton April 27, 1776; married Sally Rice, August, 1797; resided in Sullivan, Gilsum, and Keene, all in New Hampshire; died in Keene, Nov. 15, 1833. His widow died Oct. 22, 1861, at the house of her son-in-law, John D. Richardson, in Boston.

885.

Susan Matilda Rrichardson⁷ (Benjamin,⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding; born in Boston, May 19, 1808; married, Jan. 12, 1827, Horatio Nelson Bowker, born in Boston, Sept. 27, 1808, son of Howard and Nancy (Gardner) Bowker.
He resided in Boston and Scituate many years; occupation, builder; present residence, 1875, South Weymouth, Mass.

Children, born in Boston:

Andrew Gardner (Bowker), b. March 13, 1828; m. first, in Boston, Nov. 25, 1849, Lizzie Price. She died in Chicago, Aug. 16, 1865. Second, Oct. 6, 1867, Ruth M. Blanchard. She died in South Weymouth, Mass., March 8, 1874.
Susan Matilda (Bowker), b. July 18, 1830; d. in South Scituate, Oct. 31, 1858.
Ann Elizabeth (Bowker), b. Oct. 8, 1832; m. in South Scituate, June 16, 1856, William N. Moore, from New Hampshire.

Born in South Scituate:

Eveline Augusta (Bowker), b. Aug. 16, 1838; m. hi New York. Dec. 6, 1860, Dwight B. Rogers; have had four children, of whom three died.
Helen Adeline (Bowker), b. July 8, 1842; d. in South Scituate. Jan. 8, 1844.
George Richardson (Bowker), b. Oct. 31, 1844; m. in South Weymouth, Jan. 10, 1867, Adelia Parker, b. in Leicester, July 19, 1846.
Horatio Nelson (Bowker), b. May 15, 1852; d. March 16, 1859.

886.

Ann Richardson⁷ (Benjamin,⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), sister of the preceding; born in Boston, Sept. 24, 1810; married, in Boston, Nov. 8, 1841, Aaron Leman, born in Boston, Jan. 23, 1813, son of John and Elizabeth (Tewksbury) Leman. The Boston Directory for 1800 contains the name of John Leman, blacksmith, living on Ship Street, north end. He, Aaron, resided in Boston many years.
He died in Dorchester, Feb. 21, 1869. The widow resides in South Weymouth at present, 1875.
Children:

Annie M. (Leman), b. in Boston, Sept. 15, 1841; d. in Boston, June 19, 1858.
Aaron Wallace (Leman), b. in Scituate. Sept. 3, 1843; m. in Dorchester, April 29, 1868, Mary Shepherd. In the war for the Union, he enlisted, April, 1861, in the Eleventh Massachusetts Regiment. He was honorably discharged, October, 1862, on account of sickness contracted in the army, and died Feb. 7, 1869.
Eugene R. (Leman), b. in Boston, Nov. 6, 1852; d. in Dorchester, June 5, 1871.

887.

Albert Richardson⁷ (Benjamin,⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born in Boston, Oct. 15, 1812; married, in Boston, Dec. 25, 1844, Nancy Maria Mason, born in Sullivan, N. H., Feb. 2, 1821, daughter of Nathaniel and Sally (Stone) Mason, of that place.
He was a carriage-smith. He resided in Boston till about 1870; removed to South Weymouth, where he now lives, 1875.

Children, born in Boston:

Alfred M.,⁸ b. Oct. 2, 1845.
Angelo Mai,⁸ b. Nov. 20, 1848; d. in Boston, June 13, 1850.

895.

Joseph Stevens Buckminster Knox (Ann Richardson,⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin,⁴ Thomas,3 James,² Ezekiel¹), son of Robert and Ann (Richardson) Knox, and grandson of Benjamin and Ann Richardson, of Boston; born March 21, 1809; married Elizabeth Baxter, daughter of Thomas and Sophia Marshall, of Charlestown.
He was engaged in trading voyages on the north-west coast of America, and as mercantile agent on the Hawaiian Islands and Kamschatka. He died at sea, Sept. 9, 1852. His widow survives.

They had one posthumous son:

1306. Joseph Stevens Buckminster (Knox), b. in Charlestown, Dec. 24, 1852.

896.

Capt. Samuel Richardson Knox (Ann Richardson,⁶ Benjamin,⁵ Benjamin,⁴ Thomas,³ James,² Ezekiel¹), brother of the preceding; born Aug. 28, 1811; never married.
He early commenced a naval career, beginning as a common sailor. He entered the U. S. Navy as midshipman in 1828, at the age of seventeen, and rose, gradually, to the rank of captain. He served in the Mediterranean and Pacific under different commanders; was in the exploring expedition under Wilkes; has been in coast surveys, in the Mexican war, and in the war for the Union.
Under Commodore Wilkes, in his little vessel, the “Flying Fish,” he approached nearer the South Pole than any other vessel of the squadron, attaining the latitude of 70° 14′ south, between longitude 90° and 105° west. “Knox’s High Land,” in that locality, was so named in his honor.
In the Mexican war, he assisted in the capture of the strong castle of St. Juan de Uloa. In the late civil war, he assisted in the blockade of the southern coast off New Orleans and Texas.
At present, March, 1875, he is a captain on the retired list of the U. S. Navy, and resides in Everett, Mass., near Boston.

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