Richardsn Memorial
The Richardson Memorial
POSTERITY OF THOMAS RICHARDSON.
5487.
 Alpheus Richardson6 (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), son of Benjamin5 and Eunice (Swan) Richardson, of Sterling, Mass.; born in Leicester about 1769; married Phebe Parkhurst.
He lived in Groton, Mass., and appears to have been a bookbinder. He died, intestate, about 1821.

His children were:
  1. Alpheus,7 lived in Groton; was appointed administrator on his father’s estate in 1821; had four children, names unknown.
  2. Charles,7 d. before 1821, while yet under age. Trustees were appointed, September, 1822, to take care of property, $127.84, left by him.
  3. Maria,7 living, a minor, in 1822.
  4. Frederic Augustus,7 seems to have died, a minor, in 1823.
  5. Jackson.7
  6. George.7
  7. Caroline,7 living, a minor, in 1821.
  8. Phebe Ann,7 living, a minor, in 1821.
  9. Albert.7
  10. Benjamin Williams,7 living, a minor, in 1822.


5490.
 Willie Richardson6 (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), half-brother of the preceding, and son of Benjamin5 and Abigail Richardson; born in Sterling, Mass., April 19, 1783; married, Feb. 18, 1807, Prudence Burpee, born 1785, daughter of Moses Burpee, of Sterling.
He was apprenticed to his half-brother Alpheus, in Groton, to learn the trade of a book-binder. After serving out his time there, he returned to Sterling, and carried on the chair business on land belonging to his father. June 6, 1808, something over a year after his marriage, his father, in a deed of gift, presented him with the place on which he was residing. It was a small farm, just south of the home estate, consisting of eleven and a half acres with the buildings thereon. Here he resided, continuing to carry on the chair business, until January, 1818, when he purchased the home estate of his father and went there to live, the infirm health of the father making it necessary that the property should pass into more vigorous hands. He continued as proprietor of the hotel known since 1777 as “The Richardson Tavern” until his death, July 20, 1828, at the age of forty-five. The estate then passed into the hands of his eldest son, William B. Richardson, who purchased of the other heirs, by request of the father before he died.
The widow Prudence continued to reside there until Nov. 17, 1830, when she married Stephen Holman, of Royalston, Mass., and removed thither. Mr. Holman died June 23, 1833, and his wife, a second time a widow, returned to Sterling after his death, and still resides on the home estate with her son, William B. Richardson, at the advanced age of ninety years.
The farm was and always has been very large. It contained, probably, over three hundred acres. Much of the original estate has been sold, and some new purchases have been made, causing it to differ considerably from what it once was. It is situated in West Sterling. The location is beautiful. The house is unusually spacious; it contains a large arched hall, formerly used as a Free Mason’s Hall, which has been partitioned off into chambers. A part of the house is the original structure, which was purchased in 1777 by Squire Richardson, but has been enlarged and improved in various ways, and is now in excellent repair. About thirty years since the present owner set out a row of seventeen elms in front, on the opposite side of the street, which in summer afford a grateful and beautiful shade.
Many remains of antiquity, formerly belonging to the “Old Squire,” are still in the possession of the present owner, his grandson. Among them are some ancient ware, a mirror bought by him at the auction following the decease of Moses Gill, in Princeton, two card tables, and part of a set of elegant china from the same source, an old-fashioned mahogany sideboard, decanters, etc. The papers, also, of the old squire have been carefully preserved.
In one of the cemeteries in Sterling, not far from the Richardson homestead, is the family vault, where rest the remains of old Squire Benjamin Richardson, three of his wives, and some of his children. The body of his first wife was removed thither from Leicester. Above this vault is a square, brick monument, about three feet in height, on the top of which is a slate-stone slab, bearing his name and the names of his wives and children. The vault contains, also, the mortal remains of those of the family who have since died.
William Richardson, we have already said, died July 20, 1828, aged 45.

His children were:
  1. William Burpee,7 b. March 30, 1808; m. Rebecca Buss.
  2. Charles,7 b. April 4, 1810; m. Lucretia Hudson.
  3. George,7 b. Aug. 26, 1812; m. Harriet Phipps.
  4. Lysander,7 b. April 2, 1815; d. Oct. 12, 1817.
  5. Sewall,7 b. Feb. 23, 1817; m. Sally Buck.
  6. Elizabeth,7 b. Sept. 13, 1820; m. J. S. Buttrick.
  7. Augustus,7 b. Dec. 8, 1823; m. Abbie H. Brigham.


5491.
 Silas Richardson6 (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Benjamin,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of “Old Squire Benjamin Richardson,”5 born in Sterling, Mass., about 1785; his wife’s name is not reported.
He settled in Hubbardston, Mass., where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his decease.

Children:
  1. Silas,7 b. 1814; he was a farmer in Wilmington, Vt.; d. in 1859. His wife died in 1862.
  2. Joshua W.,7 b. 1816; m. Nancy Chase.
  3. Reuben,7 b. 1818; had two wives, names not reported.
  4. Mary,7 b. 1520; unm.; lives in Hubbardston, Mass., 1874.
  5. Enerancia,7 b. 1822; m. Joshua Coleman, a farmer, in Wilmington, Vt. Both are living, 1874. No children.
  6. Nahum,7 b. 1826; m. somebody in Kingston, N. Y., in 1865. He works in stone quarries in Ulster County, N. Y., in:which Kingston is situated on the Hudson River. In drilling a rock, he lost his eye-sight for seven years. In one eye it is partially restored, 1874.


5498.
 Addison Richardson6 (Addison,5 Isaac,4 Benjamin,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Capt. Addison5 and Mary (Greenleaf) Richardson, of Salem; born June 16, 1764; married, Oct. 17, 1784, Deborah Molloy, born in Salem, April 8, 1768, daughter of Patrick and Margaret Molloy. She died June, 1823.
He was administrator of the estate of John Whitford in September, 1806.
He died Nov. 24, 1848, aged 84, in extreme poverty, but preserving the riches of a meek and lowly spirit. Misfortune served to ripen his nature, and to promote in him a quiet, serene cheerfulness of disposition and a childlike simplicity of manner, which presented a picture of rare and exceeding loveliness. He might have adopted as his own the words of the Psalmist, “Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; . . . surely I have behaved and quieted myself as a child that is weaned of his mother; my soul is even as a weaned child.”

He had but one child:
  1. Addison,7 b. in Salem, Jan. 16, 1785. He was drowned at sea from the ship America in 1806, at the age of twenty; a young man of great promise.


5500.
 Capt. William Richardson6 (Addison,5 Isaac,4 Benjamin,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1) brother of the preceding, and son of Capt. Addison5 and Mary (Greenleaf) Richardson; born in Salem, April 8, 1769; married, March 17, 1788, Elizabeth Townsend, born Jan. 25, 1771, daughter of Moses and Hannah (Lambert) Townsend.*
He lived in Salem; was an active and enterprising shipmaster; a worthy member of the East India Marine Society of that town, and of the Old Marine Society. In an obituary notice which appeared in the Salem Gazette of Dec. 11, 1807, he is represented as a tender, affectionate parent, an active and obliging friend, an enterprising, industrious and honorable citizen; as “one of those rare characters, whom the breath of slander and the shafts of malice could never reach. He lived greatly respected, and died much lamented.”
He died in Salem, Dec. 8. 1807, aged 38, the same day that his step-mother, Mrs. Austiss (Blanchard) Richardson died.

His children were:
  1. Elizabeth,? born 1788; m. Thomas Humber. She died Dec. 9. 1853, without having had offspring.
  2. Mary White,7 b. July 7, 17S9; d. Aug. 25, 1790.
  3. Mary Greenleaf,7 b. Jan. 16, 1791; m. Stephen Young: She died Jan. 1, 1844.
  4. Hannah,7 b. Feb. 20, 1793; m. Benjamin Hawkes. Children:
  5. George Augustus (Hawkes).
  6. Mary difurray (Hawkes).
  7. Helen Marion (Hawkes).
  8. Benjamin (Hawkes).
  9. Moses (Hawkes).
  10. Abigail (Hawkes).
  11. Anna ( Hawkes).
  12. Jesse (Hawkes).
  13. William,7 b. Dec. 12, 1794; d. of yellow fever in Havana, Aug. 23, 1823, while in command of the ship Admittance, of Boston.
  14. Isaac,7 b. Feb. 23, 1796; d. at Havre, France, July 28, 1834. His death was occasioned by a fall on the deck of the ship Salem, of New Orleans, of which he was the first officer. He is described as a man “endeared to an extensive circle of acquaintance. His manners were moulded in that happy cast to create friendship, and disarm enmity; the characteristic frankness of his profession, and the refinement of the gentleman, were in him felicitously combined.”
  15. Lydia Lambert,7 b. March 24, 1798; m. Joseph Cloutman, for many years the urbane and obliging city clerk, of Salem. Children:
  16. Joseph Percival (Cloutman).
  17. Elizabeth Hillard (Cloutman).
  18. Lucy Richardson (Cloutman).
  19. William Richardson (Cloutman).
  20. Stephen,7 b. Oct. 7, 1800; d. Sept. 1, 1815.
  21. Olivia,7 b. Aug. 12, 1802; m. Daniel Proctor.
  22. Addison,7 b. June 6, 1804; m. Eleanor Waters.
  23. Penn Townsend,7 b. Jan. 25, 1808 (posthumous); m. Elizabeth Catharine Ellison Kimball.
* Moses was a son of Penn and Hannah (Masters) Townsend, who were married in 1731. Hannah Lambert, his wife, was a daughter of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Williams) Lambert. Capt. Joseph Lambert was a well-known shipmaster, of Salem.


5501.
 Mary Richardson6 (Addison,5 Isaac,4 Benjamin,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and only daughter of Capt. Addison5 and Mary (Greenleaf) Richardson; born in Salem, Jan. 19, 1772; married, Dec. 1, 1793, Capt. Penn Townsend, born Sept. 15, 1772, son of Moses and Hannah (Lambert) Townsend, and, therefore, brother to her brother’s wife.
An obituary notice says: “She possessed those traits of character which give to female excellence its most endearing charms. Retiring in her manners, equable and conciliatory in her temper, strict in her observance of duty, yet not censorious on the failings of others, her friendship was shared with equal safety and pleasure by the young as well as the old, for all found in her a companion and friend. But it was in discharging the duties of home that her virtues shone most conspicuously, for there she was always found ministering to the improvement and happiness of a family to which she was devoted, and by which her death was most deeply lamented.” After a long and distressing illness, she died in Salem, July 6, 1824, aged 52.
Her husband was a ship-master, and a lieutenant in the United States revenue service. He died January 31, 1846.

Their children were:
  1. Mary (Townsend), b. March 3, 1796; never married. She died May 17, 1871, aged 75.
  2. Eliza Greenleaf (Townsend), b. Jan. 17, 1798; m. Joseph G. Waters.


5524.
 David Richardson6 (Stephen,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Stephen and Hannah Richardson, of Middleton, Mass.; born there Nov. 19, 1781; married, May 22, 1812, his cousin, Sally Richardson [5530], born May 2, 1789, daughter of John and Rebecca (Kenney) Richardson.
They lived in Middleton, Mass.

Their children were:
  1. Polly,7 b. Jan. 11, 1813; d. Nov. 28, 1823, aged 10 years, 10 mos.
  2. Angelina,7 b. April 4, 1814; m. Hermon Sheldon, June 30, 1836.
  3. Jason,7 b. April 2, 1816; m. Apphia Estey, April 25, 1839. Children:
  4. Joseph Merrill,8 b. May 15, 1841.
  5. Harlan Page,8 b. at Reading, Aug. 20, 1843.
  6. Willis Gilman,8 b. at Reading, Dec. 17, 1847.
  7. David,7 b. May 25, 1818.
  8. Eunice Upton,7 b. March 26, 1820.
  9. Elijah,7 b. Nov. 25, 1822.
  10. Polly Olivia,7 b. Aug. 28, 1824; m. Jacob N. Parker, Oct. 1, 1843.


5527.
 Abijah Richardson6 (Stephen,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Middleton, Mass., Aug. 3, 1788; married, Nov. 12, 1812, his cousin, Naomi Richardson [5534], born Nov. 13, 1782, eldest daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Peters) Richardson. They lived in Middleton.

Children:
  1. Hannah Upton,7 b. Jan. 19, 1813.
  2. Mary Peters,7 b. Nov. 19, 1815.


5528.
 Daniel Richardson6 (Stephen,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Middleton, Mass., Aug. 17, 1791; married, Feb. 19, 1828, Olive Berry Perkins, daughter of Oliver Perkins, of Middleton, who died in 1851, aged 80. Oliver Perkins (grandsire of Olive) came from Topsfield, when the son was young, and died Jan. 30, 1826, aged 82.
Daniel Richardson passed his life in Middleton; was a man of eminent worth; held many town offices, as selectman, etc. He was a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention in 1843. He died May 15, 1867, aged 75.

His children were:
  1. Henry Jackson,y b. June 23, 1829; m. Mrs. Harriet A. (Colburn) French.
  2. Daniel Warren,7 b. Nov. 7, 1831; unm., 1874.
  3. Olive Maria,7 b. Aug. 26, 1834; m. Asa Howe, of Middleton, May 27, 1857. Their children are:
  4. Carrie Maria (Howe), b. Feb. 20, 1858.
  5. Henry Erskine (Howe), b. April 16, 1860.
  6. Ann Jane,7 b. Feb. 24, 1837; m. Benjamin Howe, of Middleton, Dec. 25, 1856. Their children:
  7. Anne Johnson (Howe), b. April 18, 1858.
  8. Nellie Colburn (Howe), b. May 3, 1864.
  9. Galen Benjamin (Howe), b. Oct. 16, 1868.
  10. Harriet Newell,7 b. Nov. 24, 1840.
  11. Milton Arthur,7 b. Oct. 26, 1848; d. Oct. 9, 1860.


5529.
 Jeremiah Richardson6 (Stephen,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,3 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Middleton, Mass., Feb. 19, 1794; married, Aug. 12, 1819, his cousin, Hannah Richardson6 [5538], born Nov. 19, 1792, daughter of Jonathan 5 and Mary (Peters) Richardson. They lived in Middleton.

Children:
  1. Lorena,7 b. Aug. 30, 1819.
  2. Jasper,7 b. March 7, 1821.
  3. Edith,7 b. Jan. 23, 1823. [Edah in the town record.]
  4. Benjamin Peters,7 b. Jan. 28, 1825; d. April 14, 1826.
  5. Alethea K.,7 b. Aug. 27, 1827.
  6. Benjamin Peters,7 b. Oct. 7, 1829.
  7. Rebecca,7 b. Dec. 8, 1832.
  8. Jeremiah Austin,7 b. May 17, 1835.


5532.
 Jonathan Richardson6 (John,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), son of John’ and Rebecca (Kenney) Richardson, of Middleton, Mass.; born there, Sept. 30, 1796; married, July 24, 1817, his cousin, Lucy Richardson [5540], born July 28, 1797, youngest daughter of his uncle Jonathan and Mary (Peters) Richardson. They lived in Middleton.

Children:
  1. Solomon,7 b. March 2, 1818; d. Nov. 2, 1531, aged 13 years, 8 months.
  2. John,7 b. Jan. 14, 1820; d. Dec. 30,1821, aged 1 year, 11 months.
  3. Lucy,7 b. July 10, 1822.


5535.
 Amos Richardson6 (Jonathan,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), son of Jonathan5 and Mary (Peters) Richardson, of Middleton, Massachusetts; born there, April 23, 1785; married Naomi ______.
They lived in Middleton. The wife died Dec. 28, 1843, aged 53. The husband is living, July, 1874.

Their children have been:
  1. Nathaniel Gould,7 b. Aug. 27, 1814; d. March 6, 1815.
  2. Salome Foster,7 b. Dec. 9, 1815; m. Andrew Hayward, Feb. 2, 1834. They live in North Reading, near the paper mill.
  3. Amos,7 b. Aug. 8, 1819; d. young.
  4. Thirza,7 b. Nov. 16, 1820; d. Nov. 19, 1822.
  5. Dermon.7 b. Sept. 26, 1824.
  6. Samuel Peters, 7 b. Aug. 24, 1827.
5931.  Thirza Jane,7
5032.  Amos,7		 twins, born
Dec. 1, 1831.


5537.
 Eli Richardson6 (Jonathan,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Middleton, July 13, 1790; married Olive White, July 3, 1817. They lived in Middleton.

Their children were:
  1. Ruth Louisa,7 b. Dec. 12, 1817; m. Alonzo D. Cushing, Sept. 15, 1842.
  2. Ezra,7 b. March 5, 1820.
  3. Asenath Preston,7 b. Jan. 31, 1822.
  4. Harriet Amelia,7 b. March 2, 1824.
  5. Perley White,7 b. Feb. 26, 1826; m. Harriet A. Stiles, Oct. 11, 1849. She was fifteen years old. Both of. Middleton.
  6. Olive S.,7 b. June 24, 1829.
  7. Eli Milton,7 b. in Danvers, July 17, 1830.
  8. Solomon,7 b. March 14, 1834.
  9. Kendall F.,7 b. April 24. 1836.
  10. Hosea W.,7 b. March 16, 1838.


5539.
 Ezra Richardson6 (Jonathan,5 Solomon,4 David,3 Isaac,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Jonathan5 and Mary Richardson; born in Middleton, Mass., March 20, 1795; married Eliza Ann Wilkins, Dec. 25, 1827. They lived in Middleton.

Their children were:
  1. Ephraim Wilkins,7 b. July 4, 1828.
  2. John,7 b. April 19, 1830.
  3. Martha Ann,7 b. April 22, 1833.
  4. Abijah Berkeley,7 b. June 7, 1836.
5947.  Mary Ellen,7
5948.  James Murray,7		 twins, born
June 5, 1839.


5552.
 Nathan Richardson6 (Joseph,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,1 Thomas2), eldest son of Joseph5 and Hannah (Drury) Richardson born in Temple, N. H., May 15, 1775; married, Dec. 19, 1797, Hannah Shattuck, born in Temple, May 30, 1779, daughter of Nathaniel and Catharine (Andrews) Shattuck, of that place.*
They settled in Landgrove, in the County of Bennington, Vt., where he died in 1842, aged 67. His widow Hannah died there, Dec. 5, 1851, aged 72 years, 6 months.

Their children were:
  1. Nathaniel,7 b. Aug. 28, 1798; m. ______ ______. He was engaged in business several years in Boston; removed to Philadelphia and was a merchant there; died about 1863, aged 65. He had nine children, whose names have not been reported. He has two daughters now living, 1875; but no sons.
  2. Ralph,7 b. Aug. 19, 1800; m. Abigail Child. Had nine children. Further information is lacking.
  3. Diantha,7 b. Oct. 9, 1803; m. George Wheeler, of Danby, Vt. She had five children.
  4. Dorothy,7 b. March 25, 1806; m. Moody Roby, of Peru, Vt. They had eleven children.
  5. Nathan,7 b. May 5, 1808; m.______ ______. He was a carpenter and manufacturer in Philadelphia and Trenton, N. J. He was living in 1874. He had five children, three of whom were sons. We know nothing more.
  6. Catharine,7 b. Dec. 5, 1810; m. Seth Cook, of Granville, Vt. Had eight children.
  7. Roxana,7 b. Jan. 30, 1812; m. Joseph Warren, of Peru, Vt. She died April 1, 1843.
  8. Cyrus,7 b. July 1, 1814; d. Oct. 6, 1814, aged 3 months.
  9. Lewis,7 b. Oct. 16, 1815; d. Jan. 1, 1823, aged seven years.
  10. Franklin,7 b. Oct. 6, 1817; m. ______ ______; d. early, and left no children.
  11. Mary Ann,7 b. Jan. 14, 1820; m. ______ Tufts, of Chester, Vt.
*Most of the above is derived from that elaborate work (page 340), “"The Shattuck Memorial,” by Lemuel Shattuck, a gentleman deservedly held in high honor in the city of Boston, with whom I had the privilege of a personal acquaintance.
Of Catharine Andrews in the text, he says, page 202, “She was born in Ipswich, Mass., Feb. 16, 1753, daughter of Jeremiah Andrews, and died in Temple, N. H., Nov. 19, 1845, aged ninety-two years and nine months. At her decease she had two hundred and eight descendants, thirteen children, seventy-eight grandchildren, one hundred and fifteen great-grandchildren, and two of the fifth generation [he means including herself]. Of them one hundred and fifty were then living, viz.: seven children, fifty-one grandchildren, ninety great grandchildren, and two of the fifth generation. The aggregate ages of the fifty-eight children and grandchildren was 2,026 years, or about 35 years to each. She could say, ‘Arise, daughter, and go to thy daughter, for thy daughter’s daughter bath a daughter.’”


5553.
 Thomas Richardson6 (Joseph,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and second son of Joseph5 and Hannah (Drury) Richardson; born in Temple, N. H., May 25, 1777; married Hannah Spofford, of Temple, born there, Sept. 6, 1779.
He lived a few years in Weston, in the County of Windsor, Vt., to which town his father removed about 1797, and he (Thomas) probably about the same time. But within four or five years subsequent, he removed to Mount Holly, which joins Weston, though in the County of Rutland. Mount Holly, as we might suppose, is a town among, or very near, the Green Mountains. He died about 1822, aged 45.

His children were,
Born in Weston, Vt.:
  1. Hannah7 b. Aug. 18, 1800; m. Rev. Ezra Burnham, of Boston. She died in Adrian, Michigan, September, 1874.

    2. Born in Mount Holly, Vt.:

  2. Thomas,7 b. July 14, 1802; m. Maria Holt.
  3. Lucy7 b. July 1, 1804; d. Feb. 12, 1807.
  4. Lydia,7 b. June 17, 1806; m. Ira Farrar, or Favor (the writing is obscure), of Weston, Vt.
  5. Henry7 b. March 6, 1808; never married; supposed to have been lost at sea.
  6. Infant daughter, b. Feb. 22, 1810; d. soon after.
  7. Lucy,7 b. April 29, 1811; m. Lewis Clayton. They lived 1876, in the village of Weston, Vt., and have a large family.
  8. Mary,7 b. June 24, 1814; d. February, 1815.
  9. Artemas,7 b. May 14, 1816; unm.; d. Oct. 1, 1842.
  10. David,7 b. June 4, 1818; unm.; d. in Weston about 1860.


5554.
 Zedekiah Richardson6 (Joseph,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and third son of Joseph5 and Hannah Richardson; born in Temple, N. H., Feb. 25, 1779; married Sarah Burnham.
He was by trade a blacksmith. He lived some years in Lyndeborough, N. H. In 1804 he settled in Lempster, in the existing County of Sullivan, N. H.
He left Lempster and went to parts unknown. in Maine about the year 1818, and has not been heard from since. He was rather eccentric and somewhat addicted to strong drink, though not a drunkard, and, having a large family and a feeble wife, became discouraged and left his family to take care of themselves, the eldest being only sixteen years of age. His wife Sarah died in Lempster at over 80 years of age.

Their children were,
Born in Lyndeborough, N. H.:
  1. Abel,7 b. 1802; m. Almena Parker.

    2. Born in Lempster, N. H.:

  2. Stephen Burnham,7 b. 1806; m. Emma Wheeler.
  3. Hannah,7 b. 1808; m. George Rice. She died in Walpole, N. H., 1834.
  4. Joseph,7 b. 1809; m. Hannah Bowker. He is a stone-cutter, and now lives in Acworth, N. H., a town adjoining Lempster and between it and Charlestown. His wife Hannah died in Quincy, Mass., about 1860.
  5. Trueman,7 b. 1811; m. Emily Rice, born in Walpole, N. H. He was a farmer in Brownington, Vt.; held some town offices, and died in 1857. His widow is now living in Brownington.
  6. Jacob Butler,7 b. 1813; m. first, Lucinda Foster, who died 1866; second, Mrs. Ellen King.


5555.
 Nathaniel Richardson6 (Joseph,5 Nathaniel,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and fourth son of Joseph6 and Hannah (Drury) Richardson; born in Temple, or perhaps Wilton, N. H., Jan. 17, 1781; married, first, 1802, Mary Tuck, born July 12, 1776. She died Aug. 12, 1840, aged 64 years, 1 month. Second, Betsey Chapin, who died 1853, aged 65.
He settled in Weston, Vt., to which he removed from Wilton, N. H., in 1797, when he was sixteen years old. He spent the remaining part of his life there, and there died, April 2, 1864, aged 83 years, 2 months, and 15 days.

His children, all by first wife, and all born in Weston, were:
  1. Solon,7 b. Aug. 17, 1802; m. first, Prudence Jewett; second, Mrs. Dorcas Dodge.
  2. Harvey,7 b. July 22, 1804; d. the next day.
  3. Ithiel S.,7 b. Aug. 30, 1806; m. first, Martha Townsend, of Medford, Mass.; second ______ ______. He now lives and for many years has lived in Chicago. By the first wife he had:
    Martha Jane,8 who died in Weston, Vt.
    Ithiel.8
    Another daughter, all deceased.
  4. Mindwell G.,7 b. Aug. 9, 1809; m. Alfred Greeley. She died March 18, 1832, soon after marriage, leaving an infant.
  5. Ivory W.,7 b. Feb. 5, 1812; m. ______ Greeley, of Andover.
  6. Nathaniel,7 b. May 16, 1816; m. first, Eliza Hinds, of Chester, Vt.; second, ______ ______; third, _____ ______. He is a lawyer on Devonshire Street, Boston.


5561.
 John Richardson6 (Samuel,5 Samuel,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), second son of Samuel5 and Martha (Stevens) Richardson, of Billerica; born there, April 6, 1769; married, June 9, 1793, Abigail Bacon, of Bedford, born Nov. 4, 1773.
He lived in Billerica, and died Sept. 6, 1807, aged 38. Administration on his estate was granted, 1807, to William Gleason. His wife Abigail survived him nearly forty years, dying April 24, 1847.

His children were:
  1. Oliver B.,7 b. Aug. 21, 1794; m. Abigail Munroe.
  2. Abigail,7 b. July 10, 1797; d. Oct. 15, 1801.
  3. John,7 b. Oct. 2, 1799; d. Oct. 5, 1800.
  4. John,7 b. Aug. 31, 1801; m. Abigail Tarbell.
  5. Daniel,7 b. Dec. 7, 1803; m. first, Barbara Goodwin; second, Louisa Gleason.
  6. Albion,7 b. Feb. 25, 1806; m. Dolly B. Hoyt.


5567.
 Rev. Joseph Richardson6 (Joseph,5 Samuel,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), son of Joseph and Martha (Chapman) Richardson, of Billerica; born there, Feb. 1, 1778; married, May 23, 1807, Ann Bowers, daughter of Benjamin Bowers, Esq., of Billerica.
His early advantages of education were very limited, being confined to a small country school, kept six or eight weeks in winter and about as long in summer, which he attended when he could be spared from the labors of the farm. He continued to work on the farm till nearly eighteen years of age, and then attended the Billerica Academy, at that time taught by an eminent teacher, Ebenezer Pemberton. His preparation for college was completed under a private tutor, Rev. Titus T. Barton, minister of Tewksbury.
In 1798, he entered Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1802. A respectable part at commencement was assigned to him, but being unable to pay his college bills, he was compelled to decline the appointment. Among his class-mates were Rev. Brown Emerson, D. D., many years pastor of the Third Church in Salem, and Dr. Amos Twitchell, eminent in the profession of medicine. He studied theology a few months with his pastor, Rev. Dr. Henry Cummings, of Billerica, and was in 1803 licensed to preach by the Andover Association, of which Rev. Dr. Symmes, of North Andover, was the moderator. From 1804 to March, 1806, he was a teacher in the Grammar School in Charlestown, Mass., preaching occasionally, but refusing to be a candidate for settlement. In the summer of 1805, he engaged to supply the pulpit at Hingham, Mass., but continued in his school in Charlestown. Before many weeks the parish at Hingham gave him a call to settle as their minister. He returned a negative answer; but the invitation being repeated, he relinquished his school, and on the second day of July, 1806, was ordained the minister of the First (Unitarian) Parish in Hingham, the sermon being preached by Rev. William Bentley, D. D., of Salem. The position then assigned him he retained through the remainder of a long life.
He served his generation not only as a minister but in civil life. In 1821 and 1822, he represented the town of Hingham in the Legislature of Massachusetts. During the years 1823, 1824, and 1826 he was a member from Plymouth County in the senate of that State. In both bodies, House and Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Parishes and Religious Societies. In 1820, he was a member from Hingham of the convention to revise the State Constitution after the separation from Maine. He was a member, from the Plymouth District, of the Congress of the United States from 1827 to 1831, serving through two terms. He then declined a re-election, and was succeeded in that office by the Hon. John Quincy Adams.
After retiring from Congress, he resumed his ministerial duties at Hingham, which were continued till the close of the fiftieth year of his ministry. In 1855, Rev. Calvin Lincoln, a native of the town, was installed as associate pastor.
On the twenty-eighth of June, 1856, he preached a sermon at the close of the half-century, which was soon after printed. Rev. Ebenezer Gay, D. D., minister of Hingham from 1718 till his death in 1787, at the age of ninety-one, preached from the same text, Joshua xiv. 10, in the same pulpit, and at the same age, eighty-five. Dr. Gay’s sermon was entitled “The Old Man’s Calendar;” it became very celebrated, was reprinted in England, translated into the Dutch language, and went through several editions in this country.
The house of worship in which Mr. Richardson preached was built in 1681, and careful research has shown that it is the oldest house for public worship which now exists within the original limits of the United States, and which continues to be used for the purpose for which it was erected, and remains on the spot where it was built. There are ruins of older meeting-houses, and fragments and relics of older meeting-houses may exist, but the statements just made have ample evidence. The frame of the old meeting-house in Hingham was of oak, and it is there now. The original seats, also, were of oak; they were removed in 1755, and pews placed in their stead.
The original floor being placed too near the ground, it was found to be far gone in a state of decay. It became necessary, therefore, to place a new floor under the whole house, to preserve it from destruction. This was clone in 1869. It rendered the removal of all the old pews, built in 1755, necessary, and the removal involved their destruction. Some other repairs were made, but in every essential point, the house remains as when built in 1681. The spire rises from the centre of the roof.
It was supposed by some that there was a lack of distinctness and thoroughness in Mr. Richardson’s preaching, and he was commonly reputed a Unitarian. But there was a blandness of manner and kindness of spirit in his intercourse with mankind, which gave him a strong hold on his people. He was certainly a man of peace. He solemnized five hundred and thirty-four marriages.
He was the author of a school book, entitled "The American Reader," and another school book entitled "The Young Ladies’ Selection of Elegant Extracts." Twelve of his discourses on special occasions were printed during his life-time, the. last being a sermon on his eighty-sixth birthday, Feb. 1, 1863, read to the congregation by the junior pastor, Rev. Calvin Lincoln. The text was Joshua xiv. 10, the last clause, “Lo, I am this clay fourscore and five years old.” It must not be confounded with the sermon already referred to, preached in 1856, at the close of the half-century, which was also printed.
His “Letters to Congress” attracted much attention. In the early part of his ministry he published “A Narrative of the Proceedings in the North Parish [Hingham], of 84 pages, with an Appendix” of 55 pages, Salem, 1807. Somebody else wrote “A Vindication of the Proceedings of the First Church and Parish of Hingham, in settling Rev. Joseph Richardson,” of 80 pages, Boston, 1807. Of this a second edition was printed.
He died in Hingham, Sept. 25, 1871, aged 93 years, 7 months, 24 days. His pastoral connection ended only with his life. His wife survived him.
They had no children.


5570.
 Abel Richardson6 (Abel,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Abel5 and Tabitha (Bennett) Richardson; born in Ashby, Mass,, March 5, 1786; married, Dec. 7, 1809, Martha Lawrence, born Aug. 5, 1792, daughter of Oliver Lawrence, of Ashby. He was a brother of Jabez Lawrence, whose daughter Rebecca married William Richardson6 [5572].
They passed their married lives in Ashby. The husband died there, July 13, 1827, aged 41. The widow Martha died in Boston, May, 1863, aged 71.

Their children were:
  1. Mary Ann,7 b. March 10, 1811.
  2. Martha Stone,7 b. Oct. 31, 1812.
  3. Zulima Patch,7 b. Feb. 23, 1814.
  4. Sarah Adams,7 b. June 25, 1816.
  5. Eliza Randall,7 b. Oct. 1, 1817.
  6. Anna,7 d. in infancy.
  7. Oliver Lawrence,7 b. Nov. 22, 1821: d. in Boston, 1862.
  8. Abel Lysander,7 b. June 29, 1823; d. in Boston of small-pox about 1845.
  9. Emma Wilkes,7 b. Nov. 21, 1824.
  10. Andrew,7 b. Aug. 17, 1826; d. young.
Except Mary Ann and Emma all were deceased, 1874.


5572.
 William Richardson6 (Abel,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Ashby, June 27, 1791; married, first, April 11, 1815, Rebecca Lawrence, born Feb. 3, 1797, daughter of Jabez Lawrence, of Ashby. See the notice of Abel Richardson [5570]. Second, about 1835, Polly Barrett Wiggin, a widow.
In his earlier days, he was a stone-cutter and farmer in Ashby. Later in life, he was employed in the manufacture of chairs in a shop in Ashburnham. The first wife died about the year 1830. The second wife died in Ashburnham, February, 1857. The husband died Dec. 3, 1872, aged 81.

Children by first wife:
  1. Ivers Lawrence,7 b. Aug. 23, 1815; m. Elmina W. Gates.
  2. Rebecca,7 b. Oct. 20, 1817.
  3. Lucy,7 b. March 19, 1820; d. in her 14th year,


5573.
 Israel Richardson6 (Abel,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas 1), brother of the preceding; born in Ashby, Mass., Sept. 14, 1793; married Sarah Haynes, of Gardner.
He died in Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 18, 1873. She died in Fitchburg about 1852.

Their children were:
  1. George W. H.,7 b. Nov. 18, 1815; m. Nancy S. Cornell, 1840.
  2. Josiah Carter,? b. April 18, 1817; m. Sally Tyler, 1837.
  3. Edwin,7 b. Feb. 10, 1821.
  4. Sarah,7 b. March 22, 1823; unm.; d. October, 1841.
  5. Lucy Ann,7 b. June 20, 1825; m. Nathan Otis Prescott, of Nashua, Jan. 17, 1850.
  6. Amanda Melvina,7 b. July 5, 1833; m. A. J. Fuller, of Harrison Me., May 9, 1855.


5580.
 William Richardson6 (Andrew,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Andrew6 and Hannah (Grant) Richardson; born at Hancock Plantation, now the town of Clinton, Me., Dec. 3, 1782; married, in 1803, Hannah Wilson, of Winslow, Maine.
He continued in his native Clinton, and died there, September, 1820.

Children:
  1. Lavinia,7 b. April 17, 1804; never married; she lived in Benton, Me.,* till quite recently; was living in Portland, 1873.
  2. Grant,7 b. January, 1806; never married; was living in Benton, Me., 1873.
  3. Rosanna,7 b. 1809; m. 1835, John P. Dodge. She died about 1865. They lived in Benton, Me., and had four children.
  4. Eleanor,7 b. 1811; m. Dr. William Brown. He is deceased. She is living, 1873, in Burnham, Me. She has two daughters.
  5. Howard,7 b. Dec. 5, 1813. In 1830, in his seventeenth year, he engaged as one of the crew of a whaling ship at New Bedford. He was absent three years, and then visited his friends in Maine. He continued to be a sea-faring man during life. In 1863, he died at the Balize, the mouth of the Mississippi River. He had been a pilot on the Gulf of Mexico, for vessels bound up the Mississippi. It appeared that he had been married several years, and he left two children.
  6. Julia,7 b. 1814; d. at the age of 10 or 12.
  7. Nancy,7 b. about 1519; m. ______ Rowe. They live in Lisbon, Me., and have three daughters.
*Benton is the southern part of Old Clinton, formerly known as Clinton Falls.


5581.
 Israel Richardson6 (Andrew,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in what is now Clinton, Me., Feb. 11, 1784; married, March, 1817, Sarah P. Wells, daughter of Gideon Wells, Esq., of Clinton.
They lived in Clinton, Me.

Their children were:
  1. Israel Hobart,7 b. Dec. 11, 1817. He and his brother Alton [6023], who both live in Clinton, have since 1850 been engaged in the business of buying cattle, horses, sheep, and other animals for the Portland and Boston cattle markets. They have done an extensive and successful business.
  2. Gideon Wells,7 b. Nov. 1, 1819; unm; living in Clinton, 1873.
  3. Albion,7 b. Sept. 24, 1821; m. ______ ______. He lives in Clinton, 1873; has a productive farm, and is a first-rate agriculturist. He is also an active and earnest member of the Methodist denomination.
  4. Sarah Ann,7 m. Foster Smiley. They live in California.
  5. Mary Aiiin,7 m. Henry N. Herrick. They live in Benton, Me. They have three children living, 1873; one is deceased.
  6. Lucretia Wells,7 d. soon after arriving at mature age.
  7. Alton,7 b. June 5, 1828; m. ______ ______; associated with his brother Israel [6017].
  8. Elizabeth,7 m. Arthur Woodcock; they live in St. Albans, Me.
  9. Richard Daniel,7 b. Nov. 12, 1839; unm. During the war against the Rebellion he was a soldier in the Fifty-eight Illinois Regiment; was taken prisoner, and confined in a rebel prison. He now lives in Bath, Me.; said to be unm. 1873.
  10. Sophronia,7 m. ______ Kimball.


5582.
 Ephraim Richardson6 (Andrew,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in the present town of Clinton, Me., March 11, 1786; married, 1813, his cousin, Nancy Grant, of Frankfort, Me.
They lived, perhaps still live, in Clinton, Me.

Their children were:
  1. Hannah,7 m. first, ______ Harriman; second, ______ Shute, of Prospect, Me. She is deceased.
  2. Emeline Warren,7 m. first, ______ Tarr; second, ______ Thomas.
  3. Andrew,7 m. Ruth Mitchell; lived on Cape Elizabeth; went to sea, and died.
  4. Orin L.,7 b. 1819; m. his brother Andrew’s widow; now lives in Bath, Me., 1873; is a surveyor of lumber, and also keeps boarders. His brother Andrew’s son, also named Andrew, is a clerk in some store or office, and boards with him; as does also Augustus Richardson, a dealer in fruit, and Ulmer J. Richardson. Further information is wanting.
  5. William,7 lived till maturity, and then died.
    6. An infant, died in infancy.



5586.
 Rev. Hobart Richardson5 (Andrew,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding and fifth son of Andrew6 and Hannah (Grant) Richardson; born in what is now Clinton, Me., April 22, 1792; married, first, in Clinton, Feb. 20,1831, Louisa Wood, born Sept. 24, 1800, daughter of Capt. Nahum Wood, who came from Gardner, Mass., to Maine, and settled in Winslow, at the confluence of the Sebasticook and Kennebec Rivers. She died Jan. 7, 1862. Second, Feb. 28, 1864, Mrs. Sarah Nye (Ellis) Tobey, a widow, born in Sandwich, Mass. She died in Waterville, Me., May 7, 1870. Third, April 17, 1873, Mrs. Mary Ann (Bartlett) Fernald, of Portland. At the last marriage, the bridegroom was eighty-one years of age and the bride seventy-one.
The second wife, Sarah Nye Ellis, was married to Mr. Stephen Tobey in the eighteenth year of her age. She was then a professor of religion. She and her husband, Mr. Tobey, were among the early settlers of Fairfield, Me., on the Kennebec River, above Waterville. Some time after their marriage Mr. Tobey joined the Methodist Church, and was for forty years an efficient class-leader in that body. He was a wealthy farmer. They raised a family of eight children.
Hobart Richardson and his younger brother Andrew were out as soldiers in the war of 1812, but saw no actual fighting. He was a selectman of Clinton, his native town, nine or ten years. In 1830, at the age of forty-two, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of that church he has been a prominent divine. During several years previous to his death he resided in Portland. Although verging towards eighty, his health was good and his mind clear. At length that event took place which must come to all, and he died in Portland, Feb. 6, 1875, aged 82.

He had but one child, and that by first wife, viz.:
  1. Hobart Wood,7 b. Dec. 3, 1831; m. Helen Louisa Hunt.


5587.
 Capt. Andrew Richardson6 (Andrew,5 William,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and sixth son of Andrew5 and Hannah Richardson; born in Clinton, Me., April 9, 1794; married, March, 1819, Lois Reed, of Clinton. He lived in Clinton, and died in 1869.

His children were:
  1. Eliza Reed,7 b. Dec. 1, 1820;. m. Oct. 9, 1837, Robert Crosby Spalding, b. Sept. 6, 1815, son of Andrew Spalding, of East Benton. They had:
  2. Mary Jane (Spalding), b. Feb. 11, 1842.
  3. Whiting Robinson,7 b. 1822; now a lumberman in New Hampshire.
  4. Joseph Clark,7 b. 1824; lives in Garland, Me.; has an excellent farm there.
  5. Lois,7 b. 1826; unm.; living in Benton, Me., 1873.
  6. Andrew Hobart,7 b. 1828; was selectman, town clerk, and justice of the peace several years in his native town. Now, 1873, a regular practicing physician in Corinna, Me.
  7. Charlotte Hawes,7 m. Albert G. Clifford; living in Benton, 1873.


5594.
 Zaccheus Richardson6 (Hezekiah,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), son of Hezekiah and Elizabeth (Howe) Richardson; born in Townsend, Mass., Jan. 21, 1771; married, in Pepperell, Dec. 20, 1797, Mary Ball, born May 6, 1773, ninth child of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Butterfield) Ball, of Townsend.* Rebecca Butterfield, her mother, was from Westford, Mass., and born 1722.
They lived in Townsend, where he died, March 8, 1860, aged 89. His wife Mary died March 6, 1858, aged 85.

Their children were:
  1. Zaccheus,7 b. April 12, 1800; m. Eliza Fisher.
  2. Uzza,7 b. Sept. 5, 1801; d. Oct. 1, 1512.
  3. Mary,7 b. Jan. 4, 1804; unm.; d. July 10, 1836.
  4. Levi,7 b. Dec. 11, 1805; m. Nancy P. Adams.
  5. Esther,7 b. Nov. 9, 1807; m. Benjamin Heywood.
  6. David,7 b. Aug. 17, 1809; m. Oct. 1, 1838, Maria Smith, b. July 16, 1806. They lived in Fitchburg. No children.
  7. Rebecca,7 b. May 18, 1813; m. John Bryant.
  8. Uzza,7 b. Sept. 18, 1814; d. June 15, 1844.
*The Ball family came from Wiltshire, England, to Concord, Mass., in 1640.


5595.
 Dea. Hezekiah Richardson6 (Hezekiah,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Townsend, Mass., about 1773; married Betsey (Lawrence) Farwell, born in Ashby, April 30, 1781, daughter of Dea. John Lawrence, of Ashby, and widow of Aller Farwell [Allen ?]. He lived in Mason, N. H., and died between the date of his will, which was June 9, 1838, and the probate thereof, July 2, 1839. That instrument mentions wife Betsey, son Edward, and daughter Nancy, wife of Samuel D. Blood. The executor of the will was Franklin Merriam, who presented the will for probate. [Hillsborough Prob. Rec., xliii. 561.]

Children of Hezekiah and Betsey Richardson:
  1. Nancy,7 m. Samuel D. Blood.
  2. Edward,7


5603.
 Jacob Richardson,6 Esq. (Jacob,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Jacob.5 and Sarah (Brown) Richardson; born in Billerica, Aug. 10, 1769; married, at Milford, N. H., July 25, 1793, Sarah Lewis, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Blanchard) Lewis, of Milford.
He was a blacksmith and farmer. After .marriage he lived at Milford from 1793 till 179S, or something over four years; then removed to Greenfield, N. H., where he and his wife passed the remainder of life. He was a justice of the peace, and represented Greenfield in the Legislature of New Hampshire in the years 1815 and 1816.*
He died, intestate, Nov. 9, 1839, aged 70. His son, Jacob Richardson, of Woburn, was appointed administrator of his estate, Dec. 3, 1839.
The children of Jacob and Sarah Richardson were, Born in Milford, N. H.:
  1. Jacob,7 b. Jan. 17, 1794; m. Mary Brown, of Bolton.
  2. Sarah,7 b. Feb. 25, 1797; unm.; d. at the old homestead in Greenfield, July 20, 1875, aged 78.

    3. Born in Greenfield, N. H.:

  3. Benjamin Lewis,7 b. Feb. 13, 1799; d. July 28, 1800.
  4. Lewis,7 b. Aug, 3, 1801; m. first, Phebe Hardy; second, Mrs. Elizabeth (Wade) Nichols.
  5. Albert Louis,7 b. Oct. 16, 1803; m. Lavinia Carter.
  6. Julia Ann,7 b. July 21, 1806; m. Dr. Francis W. Cragin, of Surinam. She died at Greenfield, 1840.
  7. Charles,7 b. July 80, 1809; m. first, Nancy Sprague; second, Mrs. Clara Smith; third, Mrs. Mary Few.
  8. Cyrus,7 b. Aug. 23, 1812; m. Celia Dresser.
  9. Mary Davis,7 b. April 21, 1817; m. Cyrus Whittemore, of Troy, N. IL Children: Francis A., Julia, Eliza, Walter, Ella.
  10. Elizabeth,7 b. March 22, 1819; m. Douglas H. Gould, of Greenfield, N. H. She died at Greenfield, June 10, 1856. Children: Cyrinthia, Philena, Mary Ann, Carrie Ella.
* Greenfield is a town in the County of Hillsborough, N. H., thirty-five miles south-west from Concord, about twenty-five miles from the Massachusetts line, and four hundred and fifty-four miles from Washington. Contoocook River, which meets the Merrimac at Concord, makes a part of its western boundary. The surface is uneven, but the soil is generally fertile, the hills being adapted to grazing and the valleys to tillage. The scenery around is grand and majestic. The Grand Monadnock and Peterborough Mountains on the south-west are in full view; on the north is the Crotched Mountain, while the Lyndeborough Mountain rises on the east and south-east. In the splendor and grandeur of the prospects thus afforded, the region ranks next to the White Mountain range. There are beautiful ponds alternating with the mountain scenery, making the region very attractive in summer to people living on the sea-coast.
In former years manufacturing of various kinds has been in progress here. There was a tannery, fulling mill, flour mill, two saw-mills, and several blacksmiths’ shops. Carriage-making, in all its branches, has been going on, in extent next to what is seen in Concord, and in quality equal thereto. There was a plough factory, conducted by Charles and Cyrus Richardson [6056, 6057], sons of Jacob Richardson. These brothers have managed two stores, and much of the time, three. There are now, 1575, in the town four stores, a steam grist-mill, blacksmith shop, hotel much resorted to in the summer season, and a church, the lower story of which is occupied as a town hall. A large hotel is soon to be erected to accommodate summer boarders.
The first settlement here was made in 1771, by Major Amos Whittemore, Capt. Alexander Parker, and others. The town was incorporated June 15, 1791. Major Whittemore gave the town its name.


5605.
 Col. Josiah Brown Richardson6 (Jacob,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Billerica, Oct. 1, 1773; married in Hillsborough, N. H., Nov. 27, 1799, Mary Wyman6 who was baptized Feb. 20, 1774, second daughter of Eliphaz Wyman,4 of Burlington, Mass., who was son of Samuel,3 grandson of Samuel,2 and great-grandson of Francis Wyman,1 one of the founders of Woburn. See p. 189.
They lived at “Billerica Corner,” one mile north of “Billerica Centre.” He was by occupation a blacksmith, as was his father; of respectable social position; a selectman of Billerica several years; a colonel in the Massachusetts militia; and died in the family of his son-in-law, Mr. Teel, in Medford.

His children were:
  1. Mary,7 d. young.
  2. Elizabeth,7 m.______ Derby, of Medford.
  3. Mary,7 d. young.
  4. Lavinia,7 m. ______ Teel, of Medford.


5606
 Timothy Richardson6 (Jacob,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas 2 Thomas1), twin-brother of the preceding; born in Billerica, Oct. 1, 1773; married Judith Reynolds, of Greenfield, N. H.
He lived in Lyndeborough, N. H., conterminous with Greenfield. He died, intestate, about the close of 1855, as we infer from the fact that his son John Richardson, Esq., was appointed administrator of his estate, Feb. 6, 1856. [Hillsborough Prob. Records lxv. 16.]
He left no widow. As his two elder children, Harriet and Hooper, did not sign receipts as legatees, nor the wife either, we suppose they had deceased.

Children:
  1. Harriet,7 deceased young.
  2. Hooper,7 deceased.
  3. John,7 lived in Lyndeborough, and was dignified with the addition to his name of “Esquire.”
  4. Ira,7
  5. Timothy,7 living and signed receipts Dec. 10, 1856.
  6. Nathan,7


5607.
 Capt. John Richardson6 (Jacob,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Billerica, June 15, 1776; married Lydia Johnson.

Children:
  1. Sarah.7
  2. Ann.7
  3. Josiah Brown.7
  4. John.7
  5. Mary.7


5616.
 Abijah Richardson6 (Abijah,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1) son of .Abijah5 and Eunice (Thompson) Richardson, of Litchfield, Me.; born in Westford, Mass., May 9, 1775, before his father’s removal; married, March 17, 1799, Rebecca Malcolm, of Salem, who was born Nov. 11, 1782, daughter of David Malcolm.
Her mother’s first husband was a Becket. They had a son, Joseph H. Becket, Esq., who was executor of his step-father’s will in 1827. This makes a little confusion in the record. Rebecca Malcolm had not only two husbands, but she had a son Joseph H. Becket, and also a son Joseph Becket Richardson; both grownup men in 1827.
Abijah Richardson6 was a ship carpenter. He lived in Cushing, Me., a town convenient for his business, and not far from Litchfield, his early home. He died, March 4, 1827, aged 52. His will is dated Sept. 22, 1826; proved June 6, 1827; recorded Lincoln Prob. Records, xxvii. 437. His step-son, Joseph H. Becket, Esq., was executor, and presented the will for probate. By the will, the widow Rebecca was to have all the estate, both real and personal, by paying out to each of the children, who were ten in number, the sum of one dollar.
The inventory included only a house and land immediately around the same, valued at three hundred dollars, and personal estate $167.25; total $467.25. So that there was not much to divide among the heirs.

The children of Abijah and Rebecca were:
  1. Joseph Becket,7 b. in Salem, Feb. 1, 1800; m. Ann Hathorne.
  2. Eliza,7 b. Aug. 30, 1801; d. May 14, 1817.
  3. Mary,7 b. Jan. 23, 1804; nnm.; resides in Boston, 1874.
  4. John,7 b. Feb. 19, 1806; ra. Mary Jane Perkins.
  5. Hannah,7 b. Dec. 13, 1808; m. Benjamin Becket, of Cushing, Me., a grandson of her grandmother by her first husband. The names are not more definitely reported. They reside in Cushing. “He is a shoemaker, brickmaker, and in the mill business.”
  6. Jane,7 b. April 19, 1810; m. Henry Stone, of Union, Me. They reside at Amesbury Mills. He has employment in the mills; of what description my informant did not say. Children:
  7. Henry Augustus (Stone).
  8. Charles (Stone).
  9. Abijah,7 b. Jan. 8, 1812; d. Sept. 8, 1827, caused by falling from a fence.
  10. William Tewksbury,7 b. July 22, 1814; m. ______ ______.
  11. Philenda,7 b. Sept. 12, 1816; m. James Averill, of Roxbury, Mass. He is a machinist in Boston. Children:
  12. Lizzie (Averill).
  13. Charles (Averill).
  14. Olive (Averill).
  15. Warren,7 b. July 14, 1818; d. 1824.
  16. Thomas.7 b. Feb. 7, 1821; m. Sophronia Dunbar, of St. George, Me. He is a ship-master, and resides in St. George. Children:
  17. George Henry,8 d. young.
  18. Elizabeth.8
  19. Alice.8
  20. Samuel,7 b. 1823; d. young.
  21. Elizabeth,7 b. Aug. 23, 1825; m. William Wiley, of St. George, a seaman.
Thirteen in all; of whom three died before the father.


5620.
 Cornelius Thompson Richardson,6 Esq., (Abijah,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and youngest child of Abijah5 and Eunice (Thompson) Richardson, of Litchfield, Me.; born Jan. 3, 1792; married, in Livermore, Me., March 25, 1813, Sarah Rollins Lovejoy, born in Fayette, Me., Oct 3, 1792.
He was designed for a physician; but the losses sustained by his father by becoming surety for two traders [in Litchfield ?] defeated the plan, and our Cornelius, at the age of fourteen, was bound apprentice to a blacksmith, with whom he continued till the age of twenty-one. He afterwards learned the trade of stonecutting.
He was a man of decided talent, which his neighbors were not slow to perceive. Soon after arriving at the age of twenty-one, he was chosen captain of a military company, and was called into active service in the war of 1812-1815. He removed from Litchfield to Livermore in 1817, and thence to Turner in 1819. He was appointed administrator of his father’s estate, in preference to his older brothers, Aug. 26, 1822. He was postmaster at North Turner twelve years; was a justice of the peace many years; and performed for his neighbors, without any charge, all the lesser services of a surgeon and dentist. He was a very capable and energetic man. He is now living, 1874, at the age of eighty-four, though very infirm.

His children were,
Born in Litchfield:
  1. Phineas,7 b. Feb. 21, 1814; na. Prudence G. Page.
  2. Hester Ann Rogers,7 b. Nov. 4, 1815; m. in Turner, Me., August,. 1840, Ezekiel B. House. Children:
  3. Lois A. (House), b. Sept. 13,1S42; m. Henry C. Drake. 6099. Alice (House), b. Aug. 2, 1848; m. Charles Hines.

    4. Born in Livermore, Me.:

  4. Atwell,7 b. Oct. 29, 1817; m. Lois Dillingham.
  5. Cornelius Thompson,7 b. Oct. 6, 1819; m. Ruth Rollins.

    6. Born in Turner, Me.:

  6. Abijah,7 b. June 6, 1823; m. first, Caroline Williams; second,. Fannie L. Bent.
  7. William Henry,7 b. Aug. 13,1826; m. first, Jan. 1, 1852, Amanda Friend, of Sedgwick, Me.; second, Lucy R. Harriman. He was a steamboat engineer. He died in Turner, April 6, 1861. He had no children.
  8. Sarah Rollins,7 b. July 9, 1829; m. in Augusta, Me., Jan. 1, 1862, Elisha Lovejoy, nephew of Hon. Israel Washburn. Their only child has been, up to 1874:
  9. William Henry (Lovejoy), b. April 10, 1862.


5621.
 Joshua Richardson6 (Joshua,5 Hezekiah,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), son of Joshua Richardson5 of Litchfield, Me.; born there, March, 1796; married, 1819, Deborah Fales, born Nov. 14, 1801, daughter of Nathaniel and Zilpah (Robbins) Fales, of Thomaston, Me. They were published, May 15, 1819.
Nathaniel Fales, her father, was born in Norwich, Oct. 25, 1752, and was a son of Capt. Nathaniel Fales, an early settler in Thomaston.
Joshua Richardson came from Litchfield to Thomaston not long after 1816, when his father removed to Ohio.
He died Oct. 1, 1851. Bader Fales, brother (I suppose) to the widow Deborah, was at her request appointed administrator Dec. 5, 1853. She was then in feeble health. The estate was represented insolvent, May 30, 1854. [Lincoln Prob. Records.]

Their children were:
  1. Sarah,7 b. March 4, 1822; d. Aug. 14, 1823.
  2. William J.,7 b. Sept 6, 1827.’ m. Sarah Lewis, Jan. 22, 1853. His home was in Rockland, Me., but he went to California and died there.
  3. Jane M.,7 b. Dec. 25, 1832; m. Samuel Thomas, of Warren, Me., Nov. 25, 1852.
6109.  Edward,7
6110.  Edwin,7		 twins, born
June 2, 1836;		 d. Jan. 3. 1837.
d. young.
  1. Henrietta,7 b. Sept. 18, 1840; m. Joshua Linnekin; resided in Thomaston.


5638.
 Asa Richardson6 (Asa,5 Lbenezer,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Asa5 and Sarah (Tufts) Richardson, of Billerica; born there, March 5, 1782; married Elizabeth Bird, a native of Dorchester.
He lived in Boston; was a merchant; and died there by his own hand, Dec. 11, 1833. His will, dated Dec. 10, 1833, the day preceding the suicide, mentions wife Elizabeth, and children, Asa, Charles, William, Elizabeth, Sarah Tufts, and Horace; and appoints Amos Cotting, executor. In 1834, his son, Charles Richardson, was appointed administrator, Amos Cotting having either died or declined the trust. Charles Richardson’s account as administrator was allowed April 24, 1837; and Elizabeth Richardson, widow of the deceased, is made guardian of Elizabeth, Sarah Tufts, and Horace, his minor children.
Elizabeth Richardson, the widow, died March 20, 1844. Her will, dated March 14, 1838, proved April 1, 1844, mentions all the following save Asa, who, perhaps, had died in the meantime.

Children of Asa and Elizabeth Richardson:
  1. Asa.7
  2. Charles.7
  3. William,7 b. Dec. 2, 1813; also a suicide; m. Almira Kingsbury.
  4. Elizabeth.7
  5. Sarah Tufts.7
  6. Horace.7


5640.
 Francis Richardson6 (Asa,5 Ebenezer,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Billerica, Dec. 6, 1787; married his cousin, Martha Richardson [5635], born Feb. 2, 1791, daughter of Ebenezer and Susanna (Tufts) Richardson.
The husband died June, 1860. The wife died June 14, 1844.

Their children were:
  1. Louisa,7 b. June 6, 1815; d. Oct. 28, 1815.
6119.  Francis,7
6120.  Martha,7		 twins, born
Nov. 13, 1816;		 d. Nov. 26, 1816.
  1. Louisa,7 b. Nov. 11, 1818; d. March 25, 1820.
  2. Francis E.,7 b. July 20, 1822; m. Eliza Gorham, Dec. 21, 1852.
  3. Caroline,7 b. Sept. 10, 1824; m. Theophilus B. Fellows, June 13, 1843. They had five children.
  4. Mary L.,7 b. Dec. 2, 1825; m. Frederic Dickinson, Feb. 17, 1846. They had five children.
  5. Josiah,7 b. Sept. 5, 1828.
6126.  William,7
6127.  Warren,7		 twins, born
Sept. 17, 1830;		 d. June 3, 1831.
  1. Eveline,7 b. Sept. 19, 1833; m. John F. Baldwin, Nov. 2S, 1861.


5643.
 David Richardson6 (Asa,5 benezer,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Asa5 and Sarah (Tufts) Richardson, of Billerica; born there, Feb. 10, 1792; married, March 5, 1820, Eliza Kingsbury, of Dedham, born July 15, 1800.
They lived, I suppose, in Andover. He died Sept. 24, 1847.

Children:
  1. Frances Eliza,7 b. Nov. 6, 1823; d. the same day.
  2. Henry Edwin,7 b. Jan. 19, 1825; d. the same day.
  3. Harriet Eliza,7 b. March 21, 1826; m. Edmund Foster Kittredge, who received the degree of M. D. from Harvard College, 1862, and died March 13, 1865. She died March 28, 1865.
  4. Frances Sarah,7 b. Oct. 10, 1827.
  5. Caroline M. B.,7 b. Jan. 1, 1829.
  6. Mary Jane,7 b. Sept. 4, 1830.
  7. Henry David,7 b. Feb. 29, 1832; d. Feb. 24, 1873.
  8. Horace Augustus,7 b. Sept. 6, 1833.
  9. William Eugene,7 b. Dec. 16, 1837; d. June 19, 1862.
  10. Charles Edward,7 b. July 30, 1839; d. Aug. 29, 1839.
6139.  George Edwin,7
6140.  Charles Edward,7		 twins, born
May 25, 1840;		 d. June 9, 1840.
d. June 10, 1840.
  1. Charles Edward,7 b. Aug. 23, 1841; d. Nov. 21, 1862.
  2. Julia Emma,7 b. January, 1846; m. Joseph S. Sprague, Sept. 25, 1866. He died June 28, 1574. She died April 9, 1874. Children:
  3. Martha Amelia (Sprague), b. Feb. 5, 1869; d. June 28, 1874.
  4. Louisa Kingsbury (Sprague), b. June 22, 1873.


5644.
 Joseph Richardson6 (Asa,5 Ebenezer,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 7homas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Asa5 and Sarah Richardson, of Billerica; born there, Nov. 8, 1793; married Lucy Cummings, of Andover.
He lived in Andover, and died there, in November, 1874, aged 81, the last of a family of eleven children. His wife Lucy had a paralytic shock in the early autumn of 1872, lingered a year, and passed away in September, 1873.

Their children were:
  1. Joseph,7 unm.; living, it is supposed, in Andover, 1874.
  2. Georgians,7 m. Moses Bacon. Children:
  3. Alice (Bacon).
  4. Edward R. (Bacon).
  5. Nellie (Bacon).
  6. David Cummings,7 m. Henrietta G. Barnard. He is a master car builder; lives in South Lawrence, Mass. Children:
  7. William Cummings,8 b. 1854; living, 1874.
  8. Charles,8 deceased.
  9. Arthur,8 deceased.
  10. Henry,8 deceased.
  11. Lucy Anna.8 b. Dec. 22, 1867; living, 1874.
  12. Catharine Barnard,8 b. March 31, 1870. This little girl attended church with her mother the Sabbath previous to her death; was taken with vomiting after her return home, which continued almost till death. It was the disease called the scarlet fever. She died March 25, 1875. Next Sabbath was the day of her funeral.
  13. Albert,7 lives, 1874, on his father’s place with his second wife. No children.


5646.
 George Richardson6 (Asa,5 Ebenezer,4 Nathaniel,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Billerica, June 18, 1797; married, March 4, 1823, Asenath Cummings, born in Andover, March 1, 1805. She was a sister of Lucy Cummings, his brother Joseph’s wife.
He was a farmer; lived some years in Lowell, and afterwards in Chelmsford. He died in Chelmsford, Sept. 1, 1853. She died there, Dec. 13, 1852.

Their children were, Born in Lowell:
  1. Asenath Louisa,7 b. Dec. 21, 1823; m. Rev. George Washington Webster.
  2. William George,7 b. -Nov. 7, 1825; m. first, Elizabeth Foster Reynolds; second, Lavinia Prudence Reynolds.

    3. Born in Chelmsford:

  3. Ellen Maria,7 b. Dec. 7, 1830; m. George Henry Byam.
  4. Asa Edwin,7 b. May 31, 1836; d. in Chelmsford, March 8, 1846.
  5. Warren,7 b. June 11, 1842; m. Martha Jane Melvin.


5658.
 Thomas Richardson6 (Thomas,5 Jonathan,4 Jonathan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), youngest child of Thomas’ and Judith (Kendall) Richardson, of Billerica; born there, Aug. 31, 1796; married, at what time is not reported, but after 1828, Olivia. Alger, eldest daughter of Cyrus Alger, Esq., extensively known as the proprietor of Alger’s Iron Foundry in South Boston.
In 1817, he went to Mobile, where he entered into partnership, in the commission business, with Thomas Blake. They were tolerably successful. He was an alderman of Mobile when but twenty-five years old, in the year 1821, and also in 1822. In 1828, he returned to Boston, and there married as above. He afterwards had a share in the iron foundry of Mr. Alger, his father-in-law. In South Boston he resided some years, and took a lively interest in public affairs. In 1835 and 1836, he was a representative in the State Legislature, and in 1837 and 1838 was an alderman of the city of Boston. In 1835-6, he purchased the real estate known as the Summer Street Wharf and the Bull Wharf, with the flats and clock between the two, all of which he owned at the time of his death, which occurred Dec. 16, 1872, aged 76. He was noticed and honored for industry, energy, and success.

He has a son living:
  1. Thomas F.,7 who has afforded liberal encouragement for this volume.


5666.
 Abiel Richardson6 (Abiel,5 Abiel,4 Jonathan,3 Thomas,2 Thomas1), son of Abiel Richardson,5 probably of Royalston, Mass.; born about 1770; married Rebecca Chase, daughter of Philip Chase.
He and his brothers, Isaac,’ Lot,’ and Timothy,’ removed from Royalston, Mass., to Waterford and Concord, Vt., on the upper waters of Connecticut River, about the year 1800; perhaps a year or two previous. Of the others we have no further information, but the children of Abiel6 were as follows:
  1. Jacob,7 b. 1796; m. Irene Hovey. Children:
6165.  Francis.8
6166.  William.8		 These two are proprietors of the American House in Lancaster, N. H.
  1. Jacob.8
  2. Freedom.8
  3. Irene.8
  4. Helen.8
  5. Francis.7
  6. Lydia.7
  7. Sophronia.7
  8. Polly.7
  9. Abiel.7
  10. Phebe.7
  11. Rebecca.7
  12. Ira.7


5676.
 Benjamin Richardson6 (Benjamin,5 Benjamin,4 Nathaniel,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Benjamin5 and Rebecca (Wyman) Richardson; born in Woburn, March 4, 17(10; married, Feb. 16, 1783, Mary Cutter, of West Cambridge, now Arlington, born May 7, 1760, daughter of Jonathan and Anne Cutter.
After a residence in Woburn till 1788, or later, he removed to the adjoining town of Stoneham, where he and his father and grandfather of the same name had owned land for fifty or sixty years. He died, intestate, in Stoneham, April 3, 1801, aged 41.* His widow Mary was appointed administratrix, May 6, 1801.
No children of his appear on the Stoneham records, but the Woburn records and the probate records give the following:
  1. Mary,7 b. 178-; m. ______ Ireland.
  2. Jonathan Cutter,7 b. Feb. 5, 1786; lived in Somerville.
  3. Rebecca,7 b. March 12, 1786; m. ______ Ireland.
  4. Judith,7 unm. in 1812.
  5. Daniel,7 was of Charlestown.
*The Cutter Genealogy, p. 152, says that this Benjamin Richardson was drowned in Woburn, Sept. 5, 1786, which seems not to correspond with the probate records.


5678.
 Israel Richardson6 (Israel,5 Israel,4 Nathaniel,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Capt. Israel5 and Susanna (Forbush) Richardson; born in New Salem, in the present County of Franklin, Mass., Nov. 14, 1759; married Hannah Kellogg.
In his twenty-second year, that is, in 1781, he removed with his father’s family from New Salem to Woodstock, Vt., then a new and growing State.
He was a farmer and it would appear a thriving and successful farmer, as he was Ale to send a son to college. About 1813 or 1814, he removed from Woodstock to Fairfax, where he had a fine farm on the River Lamoille.
He died at Fairfax, Vt., May 14, 1840. His wife Hannah died April 14, 1846.

Their children were:
  1. Seth.7
  2. Israel Putnam,7 b. Feb. 6, 1735; m. his cousin, Susanna Richardson [6192]
  3. Benjamin,7 b. 178-; was in the United States army employed against the Indians in 1811, under Gen. William Henry Harrison; was in the battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811.
  4. William.7 was an officer in the war of 1812; he was a lawyer.
  5. Ezekiel,7 was a farmer in Fairfax, Vt.
  6. Stoughton,7 was a lawyer somewhere in the State of New York.
  7. Betsey,7 m. a Mr. England, a farmer, in Fairfax, Vt., and removed to Canada.
  8. Hannah,7 m. a Mr. Holmes, a farmer, of Fairfax.


5679.
 Jason Richardson6 (Israel,5 Israel,4 Nathaniel,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1) brother of the preceding; horn in New Salem, Mass., Feb. 21, 1761; married, 1784, Mary Powers, daughter of Dr. Stephen Powers, of Woodstock, Vt.
Dr. Stephen Powers came from Middleborough, Mass., to Woodstock in 1774. He was the. grandfather of Hiram Powers, the eminent sculptor, who was born in Woodstock, Vt., July 5, 1805. The sculptor now lives, or did lately live, in Italy.
Jason Richardson went with his father’s family to Woodstock in 1781. He was by trade a blacksmith. He had a large farm, and kept a hotel in the village of Woodstock. He died Oct. 19, 1805, aged 44. His widow married Oliver Williams in 1808.

The children of Jason and Mary Richardson were:
  1. Susanna,7 b. June 6, 1785; m. her cousin, Israel P. Richardson [6185].
  2. Lydia Drew,7 b. Nov. 17, 1786; m. Dr. Lyman Paddock, an eminent physician of Barrè, Vt. She died at Barrè, April 17, 1867.
  3. Noah F.,7 b. Aug. 11, 1788.
  4. John Drew,7 b. May 30, 1790; d. April 20, 1799.
  5. John Powers,7 b. Aug. 23, 1792; never married.
  6. Origen Drew,7 b. July 20, 1795; m. Sarah P. Hill, 1828.
  7. Israel B.,7 b. Oct. 4, 1799; was a physician in Michigan; d. at Saginaw, Mich., May, 1874.


5680.
 Dr. Lysander Richardson6 (Israel,5 Israel,4 Nathaniel,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in New Salem, Mass., March 30, 1763; married Lois Ransom, of Woodstock, Vt., May 8, 1787.
At the age of fourteen, in 1777, he went as a waiter on his father, who was captain of a military company. Both father and son were summoned to resist the invasion of the British army under Burgoyne in the autumn of 1777, but the father being sick, Lysander went without him. Though but a few months over fourteen, Lysander and another boy named Joseph French tied on their knapsacks, shouldered their muskets, and marched, with no other companions, from New Salem to Stillwater, a distance, probably, of one hundred miles. After the surrender of Burgoyne, and not before, they returned home.
In the year 1781, Lysander accompanied the family of his father, Capt. Israel Richardson, to their new home in Woodstock, Vt. Not very long after, it was concluded that Lysander should study medicine. Accordingly, he went to study with Dr. Stephen Powers, already mentioned, the only physician in the town at that time; but the condition was previously exacted from him that after obtaining a license he should not practice within ten miles of that doctor’s house. When, therefore, he had finished his course of study, he felt obliged to go to Barnard, an adjoining town, and set up his employment there. This was probably about the year 1786.
In 1787, soon after marriage, he returned to Woodstock, not, however, to practice medicine, and went to live on Hartland Hill, on a good farm which the captain, his father, bought of Josiah Hurlburt. It overlooked Beaver Meadow, and the town of Hartland was near by on the east. In 1789, the father bought thirty-seven acres of land, known in more recent times as the King farm, at the end of Pleasant Street, and built on it a house for his son, which the latter soon after occupied. Dr. Richardson remained here till the spring of 1793. He then leased it to Jacob Wilder, and removed to Pittsford, a town west of the Green Mountain range, and resumed the practice of his profession. In one year more, he returned to Woodstock, and settled again on his farm on Pleasant Street, relying on the paternal affection of his father, who would not allow his favorite son to suffer. But by and by he began to be vexed and harassed with lawsuits, and in 1798 was imprisoned in the county jail for failure to meet the payment of a bond he had given to oblige a friend. His son Chauncey, who gives these statements, now living in Woodstock, at the age of more than eighty years, vividly recalls his painful sensations when his father drew him, at the age of five, through the port-hole of the prison door into the cell where he was confined.
In May, 1800, after his father’s death, Dr. Richardson removed to the farm near the south village in Woodstock, owned and occupied in after years by his son Chauncey. Here he spent the remainder of his days. Here he died, April 3, 1813, at the age of 50. In religious belief he was a Universalist. His wife survived him till Oct. 18, 1847, when she died at Riga, N. Y., aged 82.

Their children were:
  1. Fanny,7 b. July 1, 17SS; m. Selah B. Upham.
  2. Hannah,7 b. July 10, 1790; m. Jonathan Kingsley.
  3. Chauncey,7 b. Feb. 20, 1793; m. Rebecca Carey.
  4. Lois,7 b. April 2.5, 1797; m. Samuel Graves. They have a son:
  5. Benjamin Franklin (Graves). who lives at Battle Creek, Mich., and has been a judge of the supreme court of that State many years.
  6. Ira,7 b. Aug. 9, 1797; m. Sylvia Caldwell.
  7. Mary,7 b. Feb. 13, 1800; m. Alexander Kenyon.
  8. Susanna,7 b. April 11, 1802; m. first, Capt. William Palmer, a farmer, of Riga, N. Y., reputed the wealthiest man in that town; second, John J. Kelsey.
  9. Augustus,7 b. March 21, 1804; m. Olive Lamb, of Montgomery, Vermont.
  10. An infant child, born and died 1806.
  11. Eliza,7 b. Dec. 14, 1810; m. ______ Gridley, of Rochester, N. Y.


5686.
 James Richardson6 (James,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Major James5 and Hannah (Reed) Richardson, of Leominster; born there, January 13, 1755; married in West Cambridge, now Arlington, Dec. 26, 1781, Lucy Wyman,5 born Nov. 25, 1763, daughter of Paul Wyman,4 son of David,3 son of Jacob,2 son of Lieut. John Wyman,1 one of the original settlers of Woburn. See page 189, note. She was a younger sister of Jane Wyman,’ wife of Asa Richardson5 [5448].
He lived in Woburn, and died there previous to 1800, as is inferred from the following entry in Woburn town records: “James Richardson’s widow died December 11, 1800.”

Their children, as on Woburn records, were:
  1. James,7 b. March 19, 1782.
  2. Rehoboam,7 b. April 29, 1791. He lived in Medford, and died in 1815, intestate, and leaving no wife or child, and no heir but his brother James.


5689
. Salmon Richardson6 (James,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Major James Richardson, of Leominster; born there, Jan. 30, 1761; married, May 23, 1781, Lucy Kendall, daughter of Jonas Kendall, of Leominster.
The Kendalls, as well as the Richardsons, of Leominster, removed thither from Woburn about 1740.
He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1778. He studied no profession, at least entered on no profession, but taught school in Leominster, Mass., Swanzey, N. H., and Putney, Vt., and at length removed to Durham, Canada East, where he died, at what time is not known. His widow Lucy died at Leominster, Nov. 28, 1799. An inventory of her estate is dated Aug. 27, 1800. Her brother, Abel Kendall, was the administrator. In the inventory she is described as late of Leominster. [Worcester Prob. Records, xx. 515.]

There is but one child of theirs on record:
  1. Salmon,7 b. in Leominster, Dec. 18, 1781; m. Abigail Carter.


5695.
 William Richardson6 (William,5 William,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Col. William6 and Esther (Joslin) Richardson, of Princeton, Mass.; born in that part of Lancaster which became first a part of the district, and afterwards of the town of Princeton, Mass., Jan. 28, 1757; married a lady of the name of Miles.
He was a dry-goods merchant in Boston, dealing especially in silks. At what time he commenced business in Boston is not known; but the fact is certain it was previous to 1797. See below. The Boston Directory for 1800, now before me, represents him as “William Richardson, shopkeeper, No. 65 Cornhill.” The name Cornhill at that dine was applied to that part of Washington Street which extended from Milk Street northward. It appears from other sources that our WilliaM Richardson imported dry goods of various kinds, and did a profitable business. His brother Peter kept a tavern at the same time on “Exchange Lane.” The compiler’s father had a dry-goods store a few doors from the store of William Richardson, and nearly opposite to Water Street.
William Richardson and Dudley Walker, both of Boston, merchants, took a mortgage, May 12, 1797, from John Peck, of Boston, of 4,480 acres of land in Township No. 1, adjoining to. New Pennycook and Androscoggin River, in Cumberland County, Me. [Cumb. Deeds, xxvi. 178.]
Dudley Walker, at that time, was a shopkeeper, at No. 24 Cornhill. William Richardson named one of his sons for him.
This mortgage seems to indicate prosperity. He spent his latter years in Dorchester.

The children of William Richardson were:
  1. Thomas,7 settled in Tiffin, Ohio, and died at the age of eighty.
  2. Nicholas,7 a merchant in Hayti.
  3. William,7 settled in Richmond, Va., and died at about seventy years of age.
  4. Dudley,7 died at the age of nineteen.
  5. George,7 b. 1794; umn.; his sister Susan kept his house.
  6. Susan,7 b. 179-; unm.; kept her brother George’s house.
  7. John,7 b. 1799; until.; resides at the old homestead in Dorchester, now a part of Boston; distinguished for intelligence, culture, and benevolence.


5697.
 Samuel Richardson6 (William,5 William,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and second son of Col. William5 and Esther (Joslin) Richardson, of Princeton, Mass.; born in what was then Lancaster, June 27, 1760; married, Sept. 30, 1784, Lucy Myrick, born March 10, 1766, daughter of John Myrick, of Weston.
He was a respectable farmer. He lived in Princeton, formerly part of Lancaster, and died there July 26, 1814, aged 54.
His widow Lucy was married Sept. 28, 1818, to William Everett, of Princeton, and died there Jan. 16, 1850, aged 84. This Mr. Everett was born at Westminster, Mass., April 15, 1765; was selectman of Princeton, 1814-15, and died there, Dec. 7, 1857, aged 92.

The children of Samuel and Lucy Richardson were:
  1. Sally,7 b. April 8, 1785; m. Dea. Israel Howe.
  2. Samuel,7 b. Dec. 2, 1787; m. Hannah Hoar.
  3. Polly,7 b. Feb. 16, 1790; m. Azor Maynard.
  4. Catharine,7 b. May 26, 1792; m. John Davis.
  5. William,7 b. Oct. 4, 1794; m. Charlotte Billings.
  6. Peter,7 b. Feb. 13, 179S; m. Mehitable Prentiss.
  7. Susan,7 b. Nov. 1, 1801; m. Dr. James H. Brainerd, Nov. 2, 1820. They removed to China, Me. She died there Nov. 20, 1530. Children:
  8. James (Brainerd).
  9. William R. (Brainerd).
  10. Susan Ann (Brainerd).
  11. Abigail,7 b. Jan. 6, 1809; m. Joseph H. Benson, of China, Me., Oct. 29, 1827. She died in Dorchester, near Boston, at the house of her cousin, George Richardson, Dec. 30, 1556. Children:
  12. Samuel (Benson).
  13. Susan (Benson).


5699.
 John Richardson6 (William,5 William,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in what was then Lancaster, Mass., April 14, 1764; married Hannah Lewis, of Barnstable, April 4, 1799.
He entered Harvard College in 1792, but from ill health did not graduate. From the time of leaving college till a few years be-before his death, he was a teacher by profession; teaching in Ohio, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. He opened the first grammar school on Cape Cod. His residence was Centreville, in the township of Barnstable, and there he found his wife.
He died in January, 1842, aged 78. His widow Hannah died in June, 1861.

Their children were:
  1. Edward Lewis,7 b. June 30, 1800; d. July 29, 1800.
  2. John,7 b. July 22, 1801; m. Emeline Small.
  3. Ephraim,7 b. March 31, 1803; m. first, Mary C. Hinckley; second, Jane Phinney.
  4. Asenath Lewis,7 b. Feb. 12, 1806; m. Albert Scudder.
  5. Josiah,7 b. Sept. 2, 1808; m. first, Abigail Scudder; second, Sophia Howe; third, Harriet E. Goodnow.
  6. Catharine,7 b. June 18, 1811; m. Elijah Loring.
  7. William,7 b. July 24, 1814; d. of fever at Staten Island, Oct. 1, 1833.
  8. Hannah Lewis,7 b. Aug. 24, 1816; m. James Worrell.
    9. The sons who came to maturity were all sea faring men; three of them ship masters.


5708.
 Daharis Carter Richardson6 (Luke,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), eldest child of Luke 5 and Damaris (Carter) Richardson; born in Leominster, June 16, 1859; married, March 6, 1779, David Boutelle, born in Leominster, Dec. 12, 1756, son of James Boutelle, who came from Reading to Leominster.
They lived in Leominster till May, 1798, when they removed to the Old Cowdin farm in Fitchburg, on which their son David now resides. Mr. David Boutelle, the father, died in Fitchburg, Aug. 3, 1816, aged 60.
His widow Damaris died Feb. 5, 1840, aged 81.

Their children were,
Born in Leominster:
  1. Damaris (Boutelle), b. May 9, 1781; m. Sylvester P. Flint. Children:
  2. Charles P. (Flint), a shoe manufacturer in Lynn. Has no children.
  3. David Boutelle (Flint), formerly in the lumber business, firm of Flint & Hall, Boston. He now lives in Watertown.
  4. A daughter, m. ______ Hills. She is now a widow, and her mother lives with her and her two daughters, at Burlington, Mass.
    5. Two others, not now living.
  5. Betsey (Boutell), b. Dec. IS, 17S2; m. Nathan Ordway. They had ten children, six of whom died young. Four are now living, March, 1874. Their names are:
  6. David Routelle (Ordway), a mason; lives at Fitchburg; has five children.
  7. Alfred B. (Ordway), is married, but has no children, 1374. He is in the flour and grain business.
  8. Damaris (Ordway), m. C. F. Proctor; they have five children.
  9. Charles (Ordway), a prosperous merchant at Nashville, Tenn. They have two children.
    10. Mrs. Ordway, their mother, died at Fitchburg, March 25, 1857.
  10. Sophia (Boutelle). b. Jan. 25, 1789; m. Nathan Richardson. They had six children of whom four were living in March, 1874, viz.:
  11. Henry (Richardson), m. ; has no children. He lives in Pittsfield, Mass. He went as lieutenant of the Pittsfield Light Infantry, in the late civil war, and acquitted himself well.
  12. Jonas (Richardson), is somewhere “out west.”
  13. A daughter married, in Palmyra, N. Y.
  14. A daughter married, in Windsor, Mass.
  15. David (Boutelle), b. July 25, 1791; m. first, Ruth B. Hunting; second, Mary Tidd.
  16. Thomas Richardson (Boutelle), b. June 9, 1795; m. Sarah W. Kilburn, of Wendell, Mass. No children. He was a physician in New Braintree, Leominster, and Fitchburg’ about fifty years. He died at Fitchburg, .July 13, 1869, aged 74.
Born in Fitchburg:

6257.  Loenza (Boutelle),
6258.  Louisa (Boutelle),		 twins, born
Sept. 18. 1798;		 never married
see below
Loenza is unmarried, and is still living, March, 1874, in the family of her brother David, in Fitchburg.
Louisa married John Boynton, of Fitchburg. They removed first to Lubec, Me., and afterwards to New York City, where he was in the commission business about thirty years, most of the time under the firm of Smith & Boynton, and a few years under the firm of John Boynton & Son. He died at Brooklyn, N. Y., May 4, 1862, aged 66. The eldest son,
  1. John (Boynton), pursues the same business; is married, and has five children, the eldest fitting for college, March, 1874.
  2. George Mills (Boynton), graduated at Yale College in 1858; is a clergyman in Jersey City, N. J.
  3. A daughter, m. Benjamin Walcott, president of the Hanover Insurance Company, New York City.


5709.
 Sarah Richardson6 (Luke,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and second daughter of Luke5 and Damaris (Carter) Richardson; born in Leominster, Nov. 16, 1760; married, 1783, John Buss, of Leominster.
They lived in Leominster, and had twelve children, of whom three were living in that town in March, 1874. She died, a widow, June 27, 1852, in her ninety-second year.

Children, all born in Leominster:
  1. John (Buss), b. May 5, 1784; m. Betsey Brown, Feb. 11, 1812. They had six children.
  2. Sarah (Buss), b. March 17, 1786; d. Dec. 29, 1790.
  3. Dorothy (Buss), b. March 18, 1788; m. Thomas Hills. No children.
  4. Betsey (Buss), b. April 4, 1790; m. Charles Hills. They had ten children.
  5. Sarah (Buss), b. Jan. 29, 1792; m. Ephraim Wilder. No children.
  6. Luke (Buss), b. June 30, 1794; m. Prudence Carter, June 30, 1816. They had seven children. He was living and taxed in Leominster, 1874.
  7. Susan (Buss), b. Feb. 25, 1796; m. Ex Balch, March 7, 1819. They had ten children.
  8. Polly. (Buss), b. Feb. 17, 1800; unm.; d. June 3, 1860, aged 60.
  9. Ephraim (Buss), b. March 14, 1802; m. “the widow Potter.” He had no children. He was living and taxed in Leominster, 1874.
  10. Nancy (Buss), b. Nov. 5, 1803; m. Oliver Patch. She had no children; was living in 1874.
  11. Asaph Evans (Buss), b. April 25, 1806; m. first, Elizabeth Taylor, Oct. 24, 1836; second, Mary Williams. By first wife he had one child; by the second wife he had nine children. He died Nov. 5, 1873.
  12. Damaris Richardson (Buss), b. March 5, 1808; m. Sumner L. Carter. They had five children. She died July 7, 1873.
Of the above twelve children, only Luke, Ephraim, and Nancy were living in March, 1874, if the compiler’s information can be depended upon.


5710.
 Luke Richardson6 (Luke,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Luke5 and Damaris (Carter) Richardson; born in Leominster, April 2, 1763; married Relief Fuller, 1785.
He lived in Leominster; was one of the school committee, 1819. He died there, March 3, 1842, aged 79 years, 11 months. His wife Relief died Sept. 9, 1827.

Their children were:
  1. Relief,7 b. May 31, 1786; deceased.
  2. Artemas,7 b. Feb. 26, 1790; m. Eliza Stearns.
  3. Sally,7 b. Nov. 7, 1793; living in 1874.
  4. Luke,7 b. May 29, 1797; unm.; deceased.
  5. Betsey,7 b. Jan. 1, 1799; unm.; deceased.


5711.
 Dr. Thomas Richardson6 (Luke,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Luke5 and Damaris (Carter) Richardson; born in Leominster, Feb. 1, 1766; married, 1790, Jane Brown, born Feb. 20, 1765, daughter of Rev. Joseph Brown, of Winchendon, Mass. Mr. Brown was minister there from 1769 to 1800.
Thomas Richardson lived in Royalston, Mass., and was a physician, practicing in Royalston and the adjacent town of Fitz-william, N. H. He died in Fitzwilliam, Aug. 8, 1852, aged 86 years and 6 months. His wife Jane died Oct. 17, 1828, aged 63 years, 8 months.

Their children, all born in Royalston, were:
  1. Thomas,7 b. July 24, 1790; m. first, Sarah Knight; second, Lucy Wright.
  2. Mary,7 b. April 19, 1793; m. William Rider, of Dublin, N. H. She died at Guilford, Vt., November, 1870, aged 77 years and 6 months.
  3. Luke Brown,7 b. April 14, 179:5; m. Mary Ann Dunn; daughter of Judge Dunn, of Cabot, Vt. d. in Cabot, Nov. 26, 1830, aged 35 years, 6 months. Children: Luke,8 Mary Ann,8 Dana.8
  4. Eliza,7 b. April 12, 1707; d. in Fitzwilliam, Jan. 12, 1839, aged 42.
  5. Laura,7 b. June 3, 1800; m. Daniel Reed, of Fitzwilliam, Nov. 2, 1821.
  6. Jane S.,7 b. Nov. 21, 1802; m. John Kimball, of Fitzwilliam. Children:
  7. John Richardson (Kimball).
  8. Charles Edward (Kimball).
  9. Abbie Hill (Kimball).
  10. Eliza Jane (Kimball).
  11. Charles,7 b. April 21, 1805; m. Rebecca N. Hayden, of, Fitzwilliam; d. at Macon, Ga., July 13, 1835, aged 30.
  12. George Carter,7 b. April 27, 1808; m. first, Susan Gore Moore; second, Ellen Gregory.
  13. John,7 b. Jan. 29, 1810; d. at Forsyth, Ga., Oct. 1, 1829, aged 19 years, 8 months.


5715.
 John Richardson6 (Luke,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and third son of Luke5 and Damaris (Carter) Richardson; born in Leominster, Mass., Aug. 8, 1770; married Nancy Lone.
On the records of Leominster he is designated as John Richardson, jr., to distinguish him from his uncle, John Richardson [5412], the son of James and Sarah (Fowle) Richardson.
He was a tailor; for many years the only “man-tailor” in Leominster. He died in Leominster, Aug. 8, 1852, aged 82, the same day his brother Thomas died in Fitzwilliam, N. H.
His will is dated Feb. 20, 1850; proved Oct. 20, 1852. It mentions wife Nancy and all the children named below, except Joseph, as then living.
  1. Harriet Byron,7 b. Sept. 8, 1705; unm.; now living in Leominster, 1874.
  2. Joseph Barker,7 b. July 28, 1797; d. before his father.
  3. Orville,7 b. May 13, 1800; m. June 29, 1826, at Westford, Polly Fletcher, b. June 13, 1802, daughter of Joseph and Frances (Grout) Fletcher, of Westford. Now living in Wisconsin.
  4. Mary Ann,7 b. May 9, 1802; m. ______ Kendall; d. July, 1874. Jane,7 unm.; now living in Leominster, 1874.
  5. William H.7 b. March 4, 1811; merchant at No. 23 India Street, Boston; at Savin Hill.
The daughters were in good repute as teachers.


5717.
 Josiah Richardson6 (Luke,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and fourth son of Luke5 and Damaris Richardson, of Leominster; born there, Feb. 18, 1777; married Reliance Crocker Crosby, of Athol, Worcester County, Mass.
He lived in Leominster till near the age of forty, and appears to have pursued the business of a teacher. He also lived in Keene, N. H. He was town clerk of Leominster five years, from 1811 to 1815, inclusive. He was one of the board of school committe, 1809, 1811, and 1812; selectman, 1811, 1812, and 1815; assessor, 1813 and 1814. He then applied himself to a mercantile life. He was a merchant some years in Wendell, Franklin County, Mass. He and his wife, while there, supposed themselves to become subjects of renewing grace, and united with the Orthodox Church. He was till death an active member in that denomination. He removed from Wendell to Albany, and was in trade in that city. From Albany he removed to Baltimore, Md., where he lived many years, and buried his only son, aged eighteen years.
After passing his seventieth year, he gave up active employments, and returned to his native Leominster to pass the remnant of his days. He died Oct. 28, 1863, aged 86 years, 8 months. His will is dated June 25, 1862. As the will mentions no wife or children, probably they were all deceased. The will mentions his brother Sewall, but no other heir.

We have information of no other offspring of his besides:
  1. William Crosby,7 b. March 14, 1817; d. June 7, 1817.
  2. Reliance.7
  3. William Crosby,7 d. in Baltimore, aged 18.


5718.
 Dr. Sewall Richardson6 (Luke,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Luke and Damaris (Carter) Richardson, of Leominster; born there, July 30, 1784; married, first, April 9, 1815, Abigail Kendall, born June 4, 1788, daughter of John Kendall, of Leominster, whose native place was Woburn. Her mother was Rebecca Hills, of Leominster. She, Abigail, died Sept. 18, 1823, aged 35. Second, April 25, 1831, Mary Cutter, born Feb. 22, 1801, daughter of Jacob Cutter, of Wendell, Mass., a very estimable lady. She died May 10, 1842. Her sister was the wife of Rev. (William?) Leach, a Baptist minister of Harvard, Mass.
Dr. Sewall Richardson lived in his native Leominster. He was very active in his habits, genial in his nature, of a hopeful temperament, never looking on the dark side, remarkably cheerful in his feelings. He enjoyed almost, if not quite, perfect health, till the day previous to his death, which was caused by falling down stairs, rendering him unconscious for twenty-four hours.
He died Jan. 20, 1867.

His children, by first wife, Abigail:
  1. Clarissa Kendall,7 b. Aug. 27, 1816; m. Charles H. Colburn.
  2. Abigail Rebecca,7 b. July 2, 1820; m. first, Daniel Ruudlett Raines; second, Col. Ivers


5727.
 John Richardson,6 Esq. (John,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), eldest son of John 5 and Eunice (Green) Richardson; born in Leominster, Nov. 22, 1771; married, in Topsham, May, 1798, Sarah Tibbets, of Lisbon, Me., daughter of Reuben and Hannah ( Carr) Tibbets. Hannah Carr, her mother, was born Dec. 9, 1754, daughter of Dr. Moses Carr, of Somersworth, N. H.
He left Leominster when a young man, unmarried, and came first to Berwick in Maine, afterwards to Topsham, and to Bath. He was a merchant in Topsham.
Jan. 7, 1801. John Richardson, of Topsham, merchant, bought of Joseph West, of Bath, and wife Ann, land and buildings in Bath. [Lincoln Deeds, xlvi. 148.]
This probably indicates the date of his removal from Topsham to Bath.
1803. John Richardson, of Topsham, merchant, bought of William Howard, of Augusta, land in Bath. [Lincoln Deeds, lii. 46, 47.]
March 2, 1813. John Richardson, of Bath, merchant, is appointed administrator of estate of James Rowe, of Bath. [Lincoln Prob. Records, xvi. 89, 90.]
He died in Bath, Me., August 2, 1855, in his eighty-fourth year. Sarah his wife died March 23, 1858, aged 87.

His children were:
  1. Evelina,7 b. in Topsham, March 7, 1800; d. Aug. 5, 1800.
  2. John Green ,7 b. in Topsham, July 9, 1801. Assistant clerk in the House of Representatives of Maine. He died in Portland, Feb. 23, 1823, aged 21.
  3. Orville,7 b. in Topsham, April 2, 1803; m. in Syracuse, N. Y., August, 1834, Jane Gould, of St. Simons Island in Georgia. He died July 4, 1872. She died aged 59. Both at St. Simons Island. Had one child: James Orville,8 b. in New York, September, 1835; resides in Baltimore.
  4. William Carr,7 b. in Bath, March 19, 1805. He died in Topsham, Oct 9, 1820.
  5. Charles,7 b. Feb. 17, 1807; m. Aug. 25, 1840, Mary H. Warren.
  6. Augustus,7 b. in Bath, Dec. 19, 1808, now residing there, unm.
  7. Sarah,7 b. in Bath, April 10, 1811; m. first, Francis A. Thompson, of Topsham, May 15, 1834. He died July 14, 18:37, on the coast of Samatra. Had one child: Frances Jane Georgiana (Thompson), b. June 14, 1837. Second, Sept. 29, 1847, Samuel I. Robinson, of Bath, who was the first husband of her sister, Betsey C.,7 and the son of Samuel Robinson, of Portland. Had one child: Ella (Robinson), b. July 26, 1852; d. Sept. 5, 1852.
  8. Betsey C.,7 b. in Bath, Sept. 14, 1813; m. Samuel I. Robinson, of Bath, Nov. 4, 1841. She died Aug. 26, 1843. He died in Bath, Sept. 7, 1865. Had one child: Orville Augustus (Robinson), b. in Bath, Aug. 3, 1843, now unm.


5737.
 Green Richardson6 (John,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Johns and Eunice (Green) Richardson, of Leominster; born there, Aug. 16, 1784; married Hannah Tibbetts, of Lisbon, Me., daughter of Reuben Tibbetts, and sister of his brother John’s wife.
He followed his brother John to Maine, when a young man, and settled in Bath. He died there, in the spring of 1841, without issue.
His will is dated April 12, 1841; proved June 7, 1841; recorded Lincoln Prob. Rec., li. 46. He gives to his niece, Sarah E. Rowe, then unmarried, one thousand dollars; if she die unmarried, the testator’s nieces, Sarah Richardson Thompson [6307] and Betsey Richardson [6309], daughters of the testator’s brother John, were to have the legacy. [Sarah E. Rowe was a daughter of James Rowe, of Bath. She married a Hodgkins.] The testator’s sisters, Mary Lincoln and Abigail Parker, had bequests made to them. Bequests were also made to the widow of Peter Osgood McLellan, to Mary C. Smith, to Jemima Welsh, and Moses Tibbets, of Topsham. The testator’s brother, John Richardson, was to have the residue of the estate. There were no children.
Gershom Hyde and William M. Rogers were the executors.
The inventory included a dwelling-house on Front Street, in Bath, in the account described as on Washington Street, valued at $2,000, and personal estate, 81,514.83; total, $3,514.83.
In the executor’s accounts, 1842 and 1847, Sarah E. Hodgkins received the legacy of one thousand dollars, showing her identity with Sarah E. Rowe in the will. She was, I suppose, the wife of Edward Hodgkins, of Boston.


5738.
 William Richardson6 (John,5 James,4 James,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of John5 and Eunice (Green) Richardson; born in Leominster, Mass., Oct. 26, 1786; married, first, March 13, 1814, Harriet Leland, daughter of Hon. Joseph Leland, of Saco, Me. Her mother was, Dorcas King, of Saco, sister of Rufus King, senator of the United States, and of Gen. William King, the first governor of Maine, after the separation from Massachusetts. Her sister Sarah was the second wife of Hon. Edmund Parker, of Amherst, and of Nashua, N. H., eminent as a legislator and a business man. Her sister Mary was the wife of Benjamin Frederic’ French, a lawyer, legislator, and agent of manufacturing companies in Nashua and Lowell, the places of his residence. Her sister Betsey was wife of Rev. Nathan Lord, pastor twelve years in Amherst, N. H., and president of Dartmouth College thirty-five years, from 1828 to 1863. Dr. Lord and wife had eight sons who went through the full course of instruction at Dartmouth College.
Mr. Richardson married, second, 1838, Mrs. Maria (Ogden) Wann, born in Newark, N. J., Oct. 9, 1793, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Vance) Ogden, and widow of Marmaduke Wand. Mr. Wand (not Ward) was a native of Houdon, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, and a merchant in New York City. He died in 1830.
When a young man, Mr. William Richardson left his native Leominster and followed his elder brothers, John and Green, into Maine. After a short stay in Berwick and Topsham, he settled in Bath, Me. In that thriving city he passed the remainder of his life. He was a merchant, accomplished and successful, so that he early retired from the pursuits of commerce. He was not a member of any church, but he regularly attended public worship, avowed a Christian hope, and his pastors and friends had perfect confidence in him as a Christian man. He enjoyed the confidence, indeed, of the whole community.
He was remarkable for his very strict integrity and perfect uprightness. He was a generous supporter of all good institutions and enterprises. He was noted for systematic and judicious liberality; was highly respected by all of every name, and was one of the leading and most honored citizens of Bath.
He died in Bath, Dec. 22, 1846, aged 60. His second wife, Maria, died May 24, 1874, aged 80 years and 7 months.
His will is dated Nov. 5, 1846; proved Feb. 17, 1847; recorded Lincoln Prob. Rec., lxiv. 3-9. It is very long, occupying six pages or more of the record. Much of the estate was committed to five trustees, who were, his brother-in-law, Edmund Parker, of Nashua, Benjamin Frederic French, another brother-in-law, of Lowell, and his sons, Frederic L., Henry L., and John G. Richardson. They give bonds for fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Parker, in May, 1851, resigned the trust.
The inventory, dated February, 1850, amounted to $160,315. It is found in Lincoln Prob. Rec., lxxi. 255.
An abstract of the will now follows. It is inserted as a curiosity; it would be difficult to find a parallel. The wife Maria is to have the use of the dwelling-house, etc., and an annuity of one thousand dollars.
Eight children of the testator are provided for, to wit: Harriet E. Colby, Sarah B. Richardson, Mary Jane Richardson, William P. Richardson, Henry L. Richardson, Frederic L. Richardson, John Green Richardson, George L. Richardson, the last named and Mary Jane being minors.
To his brother John, whose wife was Sarah, he gave a bequest. To his sister, Abigail Parker, of Leominster, Mass., he gave the sum of one thousand dollars, and if she should die before receiving the same, that sum to be equally divided to her children. [Mrs. Parker was then 78 years of age.]
To the Rev. Ray Palmer [whose wife was the testator’s stepdaughter], and to my niece, Sarah R. Thompson, of Bath [6307]* [his brother John’s daughter], to my nephews, Joseph Darling, of Leominster, and William A. Darling, of the city of New York [sons of the testator’s sister Mary], to Mrs. Betsey King Lord [wife of President Lord, of Dartmouth College, his wife’s sister], and Miss Dorcas King Leland [sister of the last named], of Hanover, N. H., to each the sum of five hundred dollars.
To Nathaniel Coffin, of Jacksonville, Ill., to Rufus King Porter, of Portland, to Professor William Smyth and Alpheus Spring Packard, of Brunswick, and John Shaw, of Bath, to each the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. [Messrs. Smyth and Packard were professors in Bowdoin College.]
To Ann Maria Palmer, wife of Rev. Ray Palmer [his minister], the brick house on Middle Street, purchased of John Weeks and at the date of the will occupied by them. [When Mr. and Mrs. Palmer left Bath, this house was sold for two thousand dollars.]
To Marmaduke Wand, the son of my wife, the sum of one thousand dollars on his becoming twenty-one years of age.
To Miss Martha Robb, of Canton, Mass., the faithful instructor of my children, thirty dollars annually during her life.
To the widows of Dr. Bowman, of Rev. Silas Stearns [formerly of Bath], Joel Mitchell, James Robinson, and other widows, certain specified sums.
To the Maine Missionary Society, to the Seamen’s Friend Society, etc., bequests were made.

His children, all born in Bath, and all by first wife, were:
  1. Harriet E.,7 m. Josiah Colby; now lives in Brooklyn, N. Y.; took care of the family after the decease of her mother.
  2. Sarah B.,7 m. George Barnard Upham, adopted son of Thomas Cogswell Upham, professor of moral philosophy and metaphysics in Bowdoin College from 1824 to 1872. This son graduated, Bowdoin College, 1846; M. D., 1350; lives in Yonkers, N. Y.
  3. Henry Lincoln,7 b. 1820; m. March 25, 1858, Fanny Mitchell Lincoln, daughter of Henry Lincoln; graduated, Bowdoin College, 1839; was a banker in Boston; was appointed, May 5, 1851, trustee to fill the place of Hon. Edmund Parker, who had resigned the trust. He lived in Brookline; d. suddenly in New York City, 1866, aged 46.
  4. Frederic Lord,7 office, 40 State Street, Boston, treasurer of the Hill Manufacturing Company, Lewiston, Me., a son-in-law of Homer Bartlet, Boston.
  5. John Green,7 was postmaster in Bath, 1873; m. Mary Lincoln; one child: Marcie.8
  6. William P.,7 was in business in Boston; fell from a wharf and was drowned.
  7. George L.,7 m. Ann McLellan, of Bath; was in business in Boston; in a fit of insanity killed one of his children; is now au inmate of the asylum for the insane at Somerville, near Boston.
  8. Mary Jane,7 was unmarried June, 1875, and living with one of her sisters.
*Transcribers Note: Sarah R. Thompson is number 6308, not 6307. Number 6307 is Augustus, son of John Richardson.6


5739.
 Nathaniel Richardson6 (Nathaniel,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), eldest son of Nathaniel5 and Eunice (Putnam) Richardson, of Salem; born in Woburn, Aug. 26, 1772; never married.
He removed from Salem, where he had been brought up, to Portland, Me., about 1793. He was a tanner, merchant, and trader on a large scale. Many conveyances of land to him are on record in the Cumberland Registry of Deeds, beginning at the outset of his career. Some abstracts follow:
July 8, 1793. Nathaniel Richardson, of Portland, tanner, leased of John Emmons, of Portland, currier, his tanyard and the buildings thereon, for four years, or two years, if said Richardson thinks best. [Cumb. Deeds, xx. 248.]
July 4, 1794. Nathaniel Richardson, of Portland, tanner, leased of Stephen Hall his tanyard, with currier’s shop, etc., in Portland, for two or six years. [Cumb. Deeds, xxi. 300.]
Aug. 14, 1795. Nathaniel Richardson, of Portland, tanner, bought of [Colonel] William Cobb, of Portland, a parcel of land in Portland, on the south side of Fore Street, eastward of Love Lane, and some flats adjoining, extending to the channel of Fore River, together with the wharf and buildings thereon. [Cumb. Deeds, xxiii. 144.]
April 29, 1796. Nathaniel Richardson, of Portland, tanner, bought of Mary Hall, of Portland, land and flats on the southeasterly side of Fore Street, adjoining the land which said Richardson purchased of Col. William Cobb. [Cumb. Deeds, xxiv. 296.]
June 6, 1796. Nathaniel Richardson, of Portland, trader, bought of John Emmons, of Portland, several parcels of land in Portland. [Cumb. Deeds, xxiv. 558.]
He made other purchases of land in Portland in 1797, 1798, and 1900. [Cumb. Deeds, xxvi., xxvii., and xxxiii.]
He also bought a mill in Buxton and other property on Saco River, Aug. 27, 1793. [York Deeds, lxiii. 41.]
On the flats purchased as above in Portland, and the wharf adjoining, Richardson’s wharf was built by him, and named for him, and a large amount of business was transacted. He had a store on that wharf. He advertised flour and other articles for sale, in the Portland Gazette,
August 18, 1800. He was also in the East India trade. Meanwhile he carried on the tanning business in the old tanyard between Fore and Free Streets, where Cotton Street now is, and where Deacon William Cotton and his heirs had pursued the same business nearly fifty years.
To make these purchases and transact this business, he was in part dependent on his father’s resources, as we learn from another deed. He removed to Baltimore previous to February, 1803.
February, 1803. Nathaniel Richardson, late of Portland, but now of Baltimore, merchant, to secure his bond, gave a deed to Eunice Richardson, of Salem, Mass., widow [his mother], of land and flats on Fore Street in Portland, being the same he bought of William Cobb in 1795 and Mary Hall in 1796. [Cumb. Deeds, lxxxix. 262.]
Eunice Richardson, the mother, sold her right in the above to Joshua Richardson, another son, in 1823. [Climb. Deeds, xciii. 503.]
In July, 1805, he was residing in the city of Lisbon. How long he resided there, does not appear. He died in Malaga, in Spain, Jan. 24, 1818, aged 45. His large property, at his death, went to his brothers and their children.


5740
Joshua Richardson
Capt. Joshua Richardson8 (Nathaniel,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and second son of Nathaniel5 and Eunice (Putnam) Richardson, of Salem; born there, Sept. 28, 1774; married, first, November, 1802, Eunice Lander, born 1778, daughter of Capt. Peter and Rebecca (Brown) Lander, of Salem. She died March 23, 1804, aged 26. “She was a lady of superior intellectual endowments, and enjoyed an habitual cheerfulness, which never forsook her during her twelve months sickness.” [Salem Gazette, April 3, 1804.] Second, April 2, 1816, Ann (Hanford) Jones, daughter of Thomas Hanford, Esq., of St. John, New Brunswick. She died Oct. 19, 1850, aged 63.
While yet a young man, he visited Europe twice. He spent some time in France in 1796-7, and again in 1800-1. The influence of these visits on his manners was manifest during his whole subsequent life. While living in Salem, October, 1798, he subscribed five hundred dollars to the fund for building the frigate Essex at that port.*
He came from Salem, his native place, to Portland, in September, 1801, and in 1802, joined his brother Nathaniel in the store then lately built on Richardson’s wharf, where, and in its neighborhood, lie continued to the close of a long life. Steadily, industriously, and honorably, he conducted a prosperous and remunerative business. He had great energy of character, and was so prompt in the discharge of his own duties, and so rigid in his requirements of duty from others, that he seemed, to persons not familiar with him in his social hours, to be stern and severe. But he possessed keen sensibility, and in private and domestic life was affectionate, gentle and kind.
He was many years in the West India trade. Afterwards was treasurer of the Portland Manufacturing Company, and president of the Manufacturers and Traders Bank.
For twenty years he was very active in the municipal affairs of Portland, as fire warden, superintendent of streets, and selectman; and was a most efficient officer. He conducted the affairs of the town with much ability and vigor. Two years, 1823 and 1824, he was a member of the State Legislature. Whatever he undertook he faithfully performed. He was a true and honorable man in all his dealings, and expected a like return from others.
May 23, 1856. Joshua Richardson, his brother Israel Richardson, their brother William Putnam Richardson, Lydia D. Gillis, George D. Richardson, Eunice P. Richardson, Elizabeth D. Richardson [these four being children of Jesse Richardson, deceased, a brother of Nathaniel and Joshua], Susan C. Richardson, Ellen Octavia Low [grandchildren of Jesse], Edward Symmes Lang Richardson, and the children of Charles Frederic Richardson, by their guardian, purchased of the Richardson Wharf Company, by their president, G. F. Shepley, the said wharf, and the land, etc., connected therewith, corner of Fore and Bank Streets. [Climb. Deeds, cclxxii. 104.]
Same day Israel Richardson, executor of the will of Mrs. Eunice (Dodge) Richardson, widow of Jesse, sold her interest in said wharf, etc. [Cumb. Deeds, cclxxii. 107.]
Joshua Richardson sold several parcels of land in Westbrook in 1841. He died in Portland, Nov. 4, 1802, aged 88.

His children were, by first wife, Eunice:
  1. An infant, died young.

    2. By second wife, Ann, and born in Portland:

  2. Julia,7 b. Feb. 27, 1817; m. Edward C. Upham.
  3. Ann Hanford,7 b. Jan. 30, 1819; d. Sept. 21, 1820.
  4. Thomas Hanford,7 b. Dec. 3, 1820; m. Hannah J. Crockett.
  5. William,7 b. Oct. 19, 1822; d. the next day, Oct. 20, 1822.
  6. Nathaniel Putnam,7 b. Sept. 17, 1823; d. Aug. 20, 1824.
  7. Nathaniel Putnam,7 b. Aug. 22, 1825; m. Mary Woods Smith.
  8. William Putnam,7 b. April 5, 1829; m. Sarah F. Richards.
  9. Ann Hanford,7 b. Feb. 3, 1832; m. first, John de J. Manger; second, Henry W. Bishop.
*The Essex was built by a subscription of Salem merchants and others, in 1798. She was of 860 tons burthen, and carried thirty-two guns. She was built in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed June 30, 1798, authorizing the President (Adams) to accept of twelve vessels of war on the credit of the United States, for the protection of our commerce against the depredations of British and French cruisers. The money for building them was raised by a subscription of private individuals, and loaned to the United States. The subscription was filled with great promptness and alacrity. The amount thus raised in Salem was $74,700. William Gray and Elias H. Derby headed the subscription, each with the sum of ten thousand dollars. Others followed with sums of from five thousand, down to fifty, and even twenty-five dollars. The whole number of names on the paper was one hundred and one. The names and respective amounts appear in the historical collections of the Essex Institute, vol. x. part iii. The whole cost of the ship Essex, when armed, equipped, and ready for sea, was $139,362.


5741.
 Jesse Richardson6 (Nathaniel,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and third son of Nathaniel55 and Eunice (Putnam) Richardson of Salem; born in Salem, Dec. 2, 1776; married, Jan. 16, 1800, Eunice Dodge, daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth (Crowninshield) Dodge, of Salem.
They lived in Salem. He was a merchant in the East India trade, and acquired a handsome property; was kind and courteous to all.
He died Feb. 11, 1814, aged 37. His wife. Eunice died Oct. 21, 1812, aged 34. Their remains repose in the Howard Street Cemetery.

Their children were:
  1. Lydia Dodge,7 b. Dec. 14, 1800; m. James Dunlap Gillis.
  2. Nathaniel,7 b. July 2, 1802; when between nineteen and twenty years of age, he was lost overboard, at sea.
  3. Jesse Putnam,7 b. April 2, 1804; m. Susan Cabot.
  4. George Dodge,7 b. Jan. 18, 1806; m. Harriet Bolina Wells.
  5. Eunice Putnam,7 b. March 8, 1808; unm. April, 1875; she owns and occupies the house built by her grandfather Nathaniel, 32 Forester St., Salem.
  6. Elizabeth Dodge,7 b. Nov. 22, 1809; unm.; d. in Boston, Jan. 24, 1861, aged 51 years, 2 months.
  7. Charles Story,7 b. Aug. 18, 1811; d. from having been scalded, Aug. 6, 1813.


5743.
 Israel Richardson6 (Nathaniel,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding; born in Salem, Jan. 15, 1782; never married.
He came from Salem to Portland about 1793; was at first a clerk to his elder brother Nathaniel, and never had but two boarding places, viz, the house of Daniel Cobb on Free Street, and that of the Misses Jones, corner of Congress and Park Streets.
He was a merchant in the East India trade, and what is said of his brother Joshua in a preceding sketch is largely applicable to him. He acquired a large property by commerce, and was very charitable to the poor.
The Cumberland Registry of Deeds contains many conveyances of land and buildings to and from him; the earliest dated November, 1803; the latest, 1866.
He spent his life in Portland after 1793, and died there, March 26, 1867, aged 85.


5744.
 Capt. William Putnam Richardson6 (Nathaniel,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Nathaniel and Eunice (Putnam) Richardson, of Salem; born there, May 5, 1785; married, Aug. 6, 1807, Deborah Lang, born Sept. 23, 1785, daughter of Edward and Rachel (Ward) Lang.
He was a shipmaster in the East India trade, and afterwards a merchant in Salem. He was, at the date of his death, president of the American Insurance Company in that town.
While following the seas, he visited some of the islands in the Pacific Ocean, and performed an important service to the cause of philology, which is acknowledged in the following passage copied from the journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. i. No. 1, p. 52, Boston, 1843:
“Among the other islands, our countrymen first furnished a valuable vocabulary of the Fiji language, which supplied an important deficiency in the known vocabularies of the Polynesian family of languages.”
The ensuing note then follows:
“This vocabulary was collected in the year 1811, by the late William P. Richardson, Esq., of Salem, and is made the subject of a particular notice and acknowledgment of the late eminent philologist, Baron William Von Humboldt, to whom it was communicated about twenty years ago, in his great work entitled, Veber die Kaui, Sprache auf der Imael Java; that is, On the Kaui, or Oriental language of the Island of Java, 3 vols., 4to., Berlin, 1836-1839. See vol. ii. p. 29.”
William Putnam Richardson died Sept. 5, 1826, aged 41 years, and 4 months. His widow Deborah died March 4, 1845, aged 59 years and 5 months. Their remains were deposited in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem.

Their children were:
  1. Ellen Octavia,7 b. April 25, 1808; m. James W. Low.
  2. Sarah Lang,7 b. May 8, 1809; m. June 13, 1839, John Crownin-shield Dodge, of Chicago, Ill., son of John and Betsey (Waite) Dodge, of Salem. Removed to Chicago, where she died, Nov. 9, 1843. She had no children.
  3. Augusta Hsley,7 b. Nov. 11, 1810; 6. Feb. 7, 1811, aged 3 months.
  4. William Putnam,7 b. Aug. 15, 1815; unm.
  5. Edward Symmes Lang,7 b. Feb. 2S, 1816; m. Harriet Emeline Norris.
  6. Eliza Anne,7 b. March 4, 1817; m. Capt. William James Chever.
  7. Charles Frederic,7 b. April 11, 1818; m. Ruth Chever Shepard.
  8. Caroline Louisa.,7 b. April 25, 1819; m. June 12, 1850, Henry Bryant Osgood, b. at Baltimore, Md., May 10, 1818, son of Capt. Henry and Lydia (Bryant) Osgood, of Salem. Children:
  9. Deborah Lang (Osgood), b. April 10, 1851; unm.; April, 1875.
  10. Caroline Louisa (Osgood), b. June 11, 1854; d. Oct. 12, 185.5.
  11. Henry Bryant, (Osgood), b. July 3, 1856; d. Oct. 20, 1858.
  12. Nathaniel Putnam,7 b. April 6, 1824; d. Nov. 26, 1825.


5752.
General Alford Richardson6 (Asa,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Asa5 and Jane (Wyman) Richardson, of Woburn; born there, Oct. 11, 1779; married, at North Yarmouth, Me., Jan. 8, 1806, Susan Barneville, born in Amesbury, Mass., March 22, 1783. Her father was Capt. Edward Barneville, of North Yarmouth, a native of England, who came to this country at an early age. Her mother, Susan Davis, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
In early life, he worked at the baker’s trade in Charlestown. In an account written by himself, he says, he went, Nov. 19, 1798, to live with Lane Cutter,* to receive from them clothes, board, and a dollar a week “for spending money.” He was orderly sergeant of a military company in Boston, in September, 1801. In June, 1802, he went to North Yarmouth, Me. (now Yarmouth), and engaged as a clerk in a grocery store; perhaps in consequence of his connection with Ammi Cutter, of Boston. Not long after, he entered into partnership with a Capt. Bennett in that business; this connection was dissolved July 15, 1805. He was married, as above, Jan. 8, 1806, and went to house-keeping. “April 21, 1806. Moved into Capt. Levi Cutter’s house; rent fifty dollars the year, and half the taxes.”†
About 1808, Alford Richardson took a leading part in forming a Light Infantry Company in Yarmouth, of which he was chosen captain. He represented that town in the Legislature of Massachusetts, four years, from May, 1814 to May, 1818. In politics he was a Federalist. He was commissioned, June 13, 1814, major general of the Twelfth Division of the Militia of Massachusetts.
The original commission, signed by Caleb Strong, as governor, and Alden Bradford as secretary of the Commonwealth, is now before me. It being a time of war, when a long range of coast was continually threatened by the enemy, the office was no sinecure. He was honorably discharged, at his own request, Jan. 27; 1818.
In February, 1819, he was elected cashier of the Bank of Portland, and in May following removed to that town with his family. He remained in the faithful and honorable discharge of the duties of that office sixteen years. In 1835, in consequence of ill health, he resigned that trust. Not long after he was elected to the Maine Legislature.
His wife having died in 1839, lie removed to Cambridge, Mass., in October, 1842, and took up his abode for the remainder of life with his eldest son Edward.
At Yarmouth, Me., when Alford Richardson, then a youth of twenty-two, removed thither, in June, 1802, Rev. Sylvanus Boardman, father of the excellent missionary, George Dana Boardman, occupied the pulpit of the Baptist Church. Although previously inclined to Universalism, and a hearer of Mr. Murray in Boston, he now attended the services at the Baptist Church. In his case, at least, the labors of Mr. Boardman were not in vain. The word now preached came to the heart of the subject of this notice. Distressing conviction of sin was succeeded by peace and joy in believing on a crucified Saviour. The change was decisive and manifest. On the seventh day of April, 1811, Mr. Richardson was baptized by Mr. Boardman, and admitted a member of the Baptist Church in North Yarmouth.
From this time his course was onward and upward. His honesty of purpose, his decision of character, his energy and promptness in action, united with soundness of judgment, and Christian zeal and earnestness, gained for him the respect and confidence, not only of the church, but of the whole community. He was chosen a deacon of that church, Aug. 17, 1815. He faithfully discharged the duties of that office till his removal to Portland, May, 1819; after which he was chosen to the same office in the Baptist Church in Federal Street, to which he had transferred his relation. In both churches he filled that office sixteen years with credit to himself and advantage to others. Bodily illness compelled him to relinquish it in 1835.
In 1835, his limbs began to be affected by paralysis, which gradually extended over his whole bodily frame, even to his tongue. In 1836, he was confined to the house, and was able to walk afterwards only by the help of crutches. With this exception his health was almost uninterrupted. He was patient, cheerful, and happy; keeping himself informed of passing events, and laying up treasures in heaven. The Bible was his daily companion, and from it he derived daily strength and support.
His end was perfect peace. He was a man of sterling integrity, of strict truth, faithful to all trusts committed to him, honored and beloved by all.
His wife was for him a fit companion, indeed an invaluable blessing. Like her husband, once inclined to the doctrine of universal salvation, she, in a severe sickness after the birth of her second child, became convinced of her ruined state by nature, and, renouncing all other hope, yielded herself calmly to the mercy of God through the atonement of his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. In the spring of 1810, she was baptized by that apostolic man, the Rev. Sylvanus Boardman, and united with the Baptist Church in Yarmouth. There, and at Portland, she was exemplary as a wife and a mother, and adorned the doctrine of her God and Saviour. She habitually lived under the influence of Christian principle. She aided her husband to bear his burdens, often heavy and depressing. She suffered much from ill health, but was cheerful, patient, and submissive through the whole. She died in Portland, May 18, 1839, aged 57. Gen. Richardson, her husband, died in Cambridge, Dec. 26, 1854, aged 75 years, 2 months.

Their children were,
Born in North Yarmouth:
  1. Angelia,7 b. Jan. 24,1507; unmarried. During a long and painful illness she was sustained by the hopes and promises of the gospel, and died in Portland, June 13, 1838, aged 31 years, 4 months.
  2. Edward,7 b. March 4, 1809; m. Mercy Owen.
  3. Alford,7 b. Feb. 11, 1811; d. March 12, 1812.
  4. William Phillips,7 b. Feb. 14. 1813; unm.; cashier of the Bank of Bangor; d. on “The Plains,” on his way overland to the Pacific Ocean.
  5. Alford,7 b. Aug. 31, 1815; unm.; was a stock broker in St. Louis, Mo.; d. in St. Louis, July 12, 1843, aged 28.
  6. Joshua Wingate,7 b. Jan. 13, 1818; m. Virginia W. Johnson.

    7. Born in Portland:

  7. Augustus,7 b. May 17, 1820; m. Charlotte Maria Moore.
  8. Charles,7 b. Feb. 26, 1823; m. Georgiana Dow.
*Levi Lane and Ammi Cutter. They were merchants in Boston, as some say; but Levi Lane, at least, was a sail-maker. They were partners in business, and both lived on Prince Street, in Boston.

†This was Hon. Levi Cutter, born in North Yarmouth, Me., May, 1774, son of Capt. William Cutter, grandson of Dr. Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, and great-grandson of Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, who was ordained, Nov. 18, 1730, the first minister of North Yarmouth. Hon. Levi Cutter was a convert in the memorable revival under the labors of Rev. Tristram Gilman, 1791—“Father Gilman”—as the good people of North Yarmouth were accustomed to call him long since the compiler’s remembrance. Levi Cutter, during sixty-five years, maintained a consistent Christian profession. He removed to Portland in 1810, and was elected mayor of that city in 1824, which office he sustained with great credit to himself, and advantage to the city, six years. He died March 2, 1856, and the whole city did him reverence.


5753.
 Prudence Richardson6 (Asa,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Asa s and Jane (Wyman) Richardson; born in Woburn, April 16, 1785; married, in Charlestown, June 7, 1807, John Bowers, of Pepperell, who was born Sept. 5, 1780.

They had but one child:
  1. Mary Jane (Bowers), b. in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 25, 1812; m. Daniel C. Colesworthy, then of Portland, now of Chelsea; a bookseller in Cornhill, Boston. She died May 27, 1874, aged 61 years. Their children were:
    2. 6354.e  Daniel C. (Colesworthy), b. Aug. 23, 1835; d. April 1, 1867, aged 31.
    6354.h  Mary Jane (Colesworthy), b. July 12, 1837.
    6354.e  Charles J. (Colesworthy), b. Oct. 10, 1839.
    6354.d  Ellen M. (Colesworthy), b. Dec. 28, 1841.
    6354.e  George E. (Colesworthy), b. April 3, 1844.
    6354.f   Harriet A. (Colesworthy), b. Nov. 9, 1846.
    6354.g  Alice E. (Colesworthy), b. June 19, 1849.
    6354.h  William G. (Colesworthy), b. March 16, 1851.


5757.
 Jane Richardson6 (Asa,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Asa5 and Jane (Wyman) Richardson, of Woburn; born there, about 1790; married, in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 8, 1819, Asa Cakdwell, a tanner, of Londonderry, N. H.

Children:
  1. Joseph (Caldwell), m. Elizabeth Eliot, of Charlestown.
  2. a  Harriet (Caldwell), m. Samuel Rugg, of Charlestown. They removed to Chicago, and had: Solon, Anyelia, Frederic, Ellen.
  3. Angelia (Caldwell), m. Samuel Loring, of Duxbury. Children: Lucy, d. young; Walter, d. young; Arthur, d. aged 14; Joshua, m. Harriet Clark, of Charlestown.


5759.
 Phebe Richardson6 (Asa,5 Joshua,4 Joshua,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Asa and Jane Richardson, of Woburn; born Dec. 11, 1797; married, in Cambridge, Sept. 12, 1819, Daniel Foster, of Winchester, N. H. They lived in Cambridge, Concord, and Waltham, Mass.

Their children were:
  1. Jane (Foster), b. Aug. 28, 1820; m. 1848, Thomas Miller, of Waltham. Children: Jane, Edward F., Phebe.
  2. Asa Wilson (Foster), b. in Brighton, July 20, 1822; m. first, Philenda Tilden Bond, Aug. 14, 1845; second, Sarah Bond, her sister, April 11, 1850. She died March 17, 1859, aged 29.
  3. Prudence Richardson (Foster), b. in Watertown, Aug. 23, 1824; m. Benjamin D. Richardson, of Orange, in Brattleboro, Vt., May 18, 1849. Children, born in Fitchburg:
  4. Leonard Wilson,8 b. Jan. 29, 1850; killed on Fitchburg railroad, May 14, 1872.
  5. Edward Jones,8 b. July 23, 1853; d. June 23, 1854.
  6. William,8 b. June 23, 1857.
  7. Lucinda Harris (Foster), b. in Cambridge, Dec. 13, 1826.
  8. Susan Augusta (Foster), b. in Concord, Dec. 13, 1828; d. April 13, 1840.
  9. Hannah Stetson (Foster), b. in Concord, Jan. 3, 1831; m. Wm. H. Hall. No children.
  10. Sarah Emeline (Foster), b. in Concord, Nov. 21, 1833.
  11. Mary Adeline (Foster), b. in Concord, Dec. 8, 1835; m. June 3, 1868, Prof. William D. Gunning, of Bloomingburg, Ohio.
  12. Frances Angelia (Foster), b. in Concord, Oct. 15, 1838.
  13. James Edward (Foster), b. in Waltham, Sept. 30, 1841; d. Dec. 27, 1847.


5770.
 John Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Capt. John and Ruth (Sawtell) Richardson, of Templeton, Mass.; born there, May 17, 1758; married Sarah Wilder.
They lived in Templeton. His will is dated Dec. 24, 1823; proved Jan. 20, 1824. It provides for wife Sarah, and for the children named below, with the exception of Sarah and Henry, who had previously deceased. It provides that each of the sons shall have a family Bible with a family record, to be transmitted to the males of the family to all succeeding generations.
He died Dec. 25, 1823, aged 55. The widow married a second husband, and died Feb. 22, 1851.

His children were:
  1. John,7 b. Aug. 22, 1786; m. Catharine McFarlane, Nov. 19, 1811. He died Feb. 10, 1874. Children:
  2. Ruth,8 m. Lemuel B. Howe, of Templeton.
  3. Sarah,8 m. Charles Mirick, of Princeton.
  4. Joshua,7 b. July 24, 1788; m. Lucinda Sawtell, Nov. 28, 1816; d. June, 1842.
  5. James,7 b. April 3, 1791; d. April 7, 1845.
  6. Thomas,7 b. May 30, 1703; d. Aug. 5, 1874.
  7. Sarah,7 b. March 14, 1796; d. September, 1815.
  8. Caleb,7 b. April 22, 1798; d. Sept. 6, 1871.
  9. Charlotte C.,7 b. Oct. 24, 1800; m. Charles C. Clay, who died at Rockton, Ill.
  10. Henry,7 b. May 12, 1803; d. July 29, 1805.
  11. Charles,7 b. Nov. 28, 1806; m. first, Unity Partridge; second Miranda Cook.


5771.
 Sarah Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and eldest daughter of Capt. John Richardson,5 of Templeton; born there, June 21, 1769; married Aaron Hall, Nov. 4, 1788. She died June 7, 1817.

Their children were:
  1. Sarah (Hall), b. April 27, 1790; m. Rodney Smith, of South Deerfield, Mass., May 6, 1813; d. Dec. 26, 1866. Children:
  2. Sarah Hall (Smith), b. March S, 1815; m. Rev. Lester Janes, now of Quincy, Ill.
  3. Apphia (Smith), b. Aug. 31, 1817; d. March 16, 1819.
  4. George Rodney (Smith), b. Nov. 13, 1819; m. Elvira Hopkins; lives in South Deerfield, Mass.
  5. Jehu Richardson (Smith), b. Oct. 31, 1821; lives in Illinois.
  6. Irene Hall (Smith), b. March 20, 1824; lives in Illinois.
  7. Pliny (Smith), b. Sept. 7, 1826; d. Nov. 28, 1846.
  8. Apphia (Smith), b. July 18, 1829; lives in Illinois.
  9. Richardson (Hall), b. Jan. 17, 1795; m. Syhilla Hale; d. March 8, 1860. He lived in Greenfield, Mass. Children:
  10. Sarah (Hall), m. Henry Hooker; lives in Westfield, Mass.
  11. John Richardson (Hall), lives in Boston.
  12. Charles (Hall), d. in Greenfield, Nov. 14, 1849.
  13. Almira (Hall), m. Edward Dewey; lives in Boston.
  14. William Hooker (Hall), lives in Boston.
  15. Edward (Hall), m. Josephine Collins; lives in California.
  16. Isabella (Hall), d. Feb. 16, 1853.
  17. Mary (Hall), m. Frank Barnard; lives in Boston.
  18. Henry (Hall), m. Betsey Judd; lives in Minnesota.
  19. Betsey (Hall), b. Feb. 13, 1797; m. Asa Parsons, Dec. 11, 1817. Children:
  20. Aaron Hall (Parsons), b. Sept. 26,1818; m. Harriet N. King; d. Feb. 28, 1852.
  21. Henry (Parsons), b. Nov. 25, 1823; d. May 29, 1826.
  22. Henry Moore (Parsons), b. Sept. 14, 1827; m. Susan M. Kingsley; resides in Westhampton, Mass.
  23. Arethusa (Parsons), b. July 13,1829; m. William J. Lyman; lives in Westhampton, Mass.
  24. Rebecca (Hall), b. Oct. 6, 1798; d. Dec. 17, 1798.
  25. Irene (mall), b. July 29, 1800; m. Rev. Samuel Matthews. Children:
  26. Martha Ely (Matthews), b. Aug. 20, 1836.
  27. Sarah Richardson (Matthews), b. June 13, 1838; d. June 20, 1854.
  28. Arethusa (Hall), b. Oct. 13, 1802; unmarried. She was many years the accomplished and successful principal of a young ladies’ school in Brooklyn, N. Y. She compiled a work some years ago on English Literature, which was well received. She wrote the Life of Rev. Sylvester Judd, and doubtless other works.
  29. Drusilla (Hall), b. July 30, 1805; m. Alfred Johnson, of Hadley. Children:
  30. Alfred Myron (Johnson), b. Feb. 25, 1836; m. Frances A. Mitchell.
  31. Samuel Herbert (Johnson), b. July 13, 1837; m. Nellie Hoyt.
  32. Edward (Johnson), b. Dec. 22, 1838.
  33. James Birney (Johnson), b. Sept. 17, 1840; d. March, 1841.
  34. Julia Alethea (Johnson), b. April 14, 1842; m. David A. Rice; d. Dec. 20, 1874.
  35. Liberty Hall (Johnson), b. July 18, 1845; d. Nov. 4, 1848.
  36. Sarah Hall (Johnson), b. Aug. 26, 1848.
  37. Samuel (Hall) b. May 7, 1808; d. Sept. 2, 1860. Mrs. Irene (Hall) Matthews [6405], his sister, who compiled this schedule of the Hall family, and sent it to Miss Lydia R. Stone, of Medford, for insertion in this volume, says: “Of my brother Samuel, I would say that he was a noted philanthropist and a zealous leader in the earliest anti-slavery movement. He lectured on the subject during his college and theological course, and twice came near losing his life by a furious mob. After completing his. studies, he was called to settle in a town in the eastern part of this State. The council came together and refused to ordain him on account of his zeal in the anti-slavery cause, which he did not conceal. Ever after, he followed teaching, saying he could never hold fellowship with time-serving brethren. What a change since that time! Would he had lived to witness it!”


5773.
 Caleb Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Capt. John6 and Rebecca (Moore) Richardson, of Templeton, Mass.; born there, Sept. 21, 1772; married Clarissa Knight, of Easthampton, Mass.,
Sept. 1, 1797.
He was a practitioner of medicine, at first in Charleston, N. Y., afterwards in Burlington, N. Y., and died Jan. 20, 1838. His wife Clarissa died at Waterloo, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1845.

Their children were,
Born in Charleston, N. Y.:
  1. John,7 b. Oct. 10, 1798; d. Oct. 16, 1798.

    2. Born in Burlington, N. Y.:

  2. Betsey,7 b. July 16, 1799; d. July 18, 1799.
  3. John Watts,7 b. March 22, 1801; m. May 26, 1822, Lillis Potter, of Edmeston, N. Y. He died at Burlington, N. Y., August, 1869. Of his three children none survived him.
  4. James Knight,7 b. April 3, 1806; m. Mabel B. Knight, of Waterloo, N. Y., June 3, 1840. He was an able and conscientious lawyer in Waterloo, N. Y.; much respected as a judge and surrogate of Seneca County. He died Oct. 9, 1875. His children were:
  5. George Darwin,8 b. April 8, 1841.
  6. Virginia Frances,8 b. Oct. 22, 1842.
  7. James Knight,8 b. Feb. 22, 1844; d. April 8, 1855.
  8. John Erastus,8 b. Sept. 10, 1846.
  9. Charles Erskine,8 b. April 8, 1849.
  10. Mabel Augusta,8 b. Aug. 8, 1551.
  11. Erasmus Darwin,7 b. Nov. 2G, 1810; m. first, Oct. 21, 1834, Betsey W. Spofford, who died Aug. 30, 1841; second, Alma 0. Spofford. They live at Geneva, Wis.


5774.
 Joshua Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Capt. John6 and Rebecca (Moore) Richardson, of Templeton; born there, Aug. 17, 1774; married, in 1800, Abigail Sparhawk, born Dec. 26, 1775, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer and Naomi (Hill) Sparhawk, of Templeton. Her mother, Naomi, was a second wife; the first wife was Abigail, daughter of Rev. David Stearns, of Lunenburg; the second wife was a daughter of Rev. Abraham Hill, of Shutesbury. Mr. Sparhawk, by his first wife, was the father of Rev. Samuel Sparhawk, born 1802, minister successively of Pittsfield and West Randolph, Vt.
Mr. Richardson was a farmer in Templeton. He died July 18, 1849, aged 75. His wife Abigail died Sept. 13, 1855, aged 80. They had no children.


5775.
 James Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Capt. John5 and Rebecca Richardson, of Templeton, Mass.; born there, Oct. 26, 1776; married, 1799, Adah Hinds.
A little previous to the year 1800, he came to the wilds of central Vermont. In that new country he spent nearly a year in felling the forest and making a rude home for himself and his future wife. At his first house-raising he was assisted by all his fellow townsmen, who numbered only seven. He then returned to his native Templeton, was married, and brought his bride, Adah Hinds, to the home he had prepared for her in that remote region.
Fancy a bridal trip in mid winter from Massachusetts to central Vermont, performed with a slow team of sober oxen and a farmer’s sled for conveyance, surrounded with feather beds, iron kettles, and various kitchen utensils.
In the town where he first made his home, Warren, Washington County, Vt., he continued to reside during the remainder of life. In that town he became a prominent citizen. He kept a public house for some years, and was widely known in the surrounding country. He was one of the original members of the Congregational Church, and for years led the choir, which was often composed of his own family, and it was no feeble singing they had in those days. He was decided in his opinions, and willing to express them on all fit occasions, by which he sometimes made enemies, but he did not swerve on that account. He filled many important public offices with ability and credit.
His wife died in July, 1855. He mourned for her deeply, and often said, on retiring to rest at night, that he hoped never again to awake on earth. His wish was granted. On the evening before Dec. 25, 1855, he retired in his usual health, and was found dead in his bed the next morning.

His children were:
  1. James,7 b. 1800; d. 1802, while his parents were making their first visit in Templeton after their marriage.
  2. Adah Hinds,7 b. April 14, 1802; m. Hon. Denslow Upham, August, 1824. Both are now living in Warren, Vt., 1876. Children:
  3. Edward Fisk (Upham), b. Jan. 29, 1826; now, 1876, a physician, residing in West Randolph, Vt. He has a son who is a professor of mathematics in a school in California.
  4. Susan Hinds (Upham), b. June, 1833; m. John C. Gleason; resides in Warren, Vt.; has had six children, four of whom are living and are at home.
  5. Emily Henry,7 b. Feb. 4, 1804; m. Huzzial Gleason, June 26, 1627. They live in Warren, Vt. Children:
  6. James Richardson (Gleason), m. Mary Matthews. They live in Waitsfield, Vt.; he has been postmaster there many years. They have four children.
  7. Carlisle Joslyn (Gleason), is a lawyer in Montpelier, Vt.
  8. Louis Pomeroy (Gleason), m. ______ ______; has one son.
  9. Emilie Martha (Gleason), unm.; a teacher in Waitsfield, Vt.; an accomplished lady; a successful teacher, and has furnished for this volume this sketch of her grandfather, James Richardson, and his descendants.
  10. Abigail Sparhawk,7 b. Oct. 20, 1807; m. Dr. Luther M. Kent, January, 1827. They lived in Lincoln many years, afterwards in Bristol, adjoining towns, both in Addison County, Vt. Dr. Kent died in Bristol, October, 1870. Their children were born in Lincoln. They had five children, three of whom are living, 1875, viz.:
  11. Adak Richardson (Kent), m. C. P. Bush, a merchant in Bristol.
  12. Lucy A. (Kent), m. J. S. Green; they are living in Lincoln, Nebraska, and have three sons.
  13. Erasmus Marble (Kent), is a physician and druggist in Bristol, Vt.; has a wife and one child.
  14. Achsah Watts,7 b. March 6, 1809; m. Horace Gleason, Oct. 9, 1831. They lived in Warren, Vt., till their death. The husband died April, 1858; the wife died Oct. 19,1875. Children:
  15. James Richardson (Gleason), has lived in Boston several years.
6444.  Ann Campbell (Gleason),
6445.  Emma Campbell (Gleason),		 twins, both
married.		 Ann has two children.
Emma has one child.
  1. Lydia Moore,7 b. Feb. 24, 1811; m. Horatio Gates Van Deusen, of Warren, Vt. They still reside in Warren. Children:
  2. Augustus Pingry (Van Deusen), living in Colorado.
  3. Lucy Kent (Van Deusen), m. Dayton Nichols; living in Roxbury, Vt.
  4. Homer Gates (Van Deusen), lives in Warren, Vt.
    5. Two other children deceased.
  5. James McDonough,7 b. Oct. 24, 1814; m. Salome Fletcher Redfield, of Montpelier, Vt., March, 1845, a sister of Hon. Isaac Fletcher Redfield, chief justice of Vermont. The husband was for many years a merchant and successful business man in Waitsfield, Vt. Shortly before his death he removed to Montpelier, where he died, Feb. 16, 1863. His only son, James, died 1871, and the widow died October, 1872. Children, born in Waitsfield:
  6. Elizabeth Salome.8
  7. James,8 d. 1871.
  8. Minnie.8
    9. The daughters, Elizabeth and Minnie, after their father’s death resided in the family of their mother’s brother, Judge Redfield, in Charlestown, Mass. He has lately died, 1876.
  9. Joseph Buckminster,7 b. Aug. 28, 1817; m. Louisa Danforth, of Weathersfield, Vt., January, 1852. He lived with his parents until their death. Of all the numerous descendants of his father, he is the only one that now bears the family name. He and his wife now live in Northfield, Vt. At his death, the name, in this branch of the family, becomes extinct. His children are:
  10. Louisa.8
  11. Kate.8


5776.
 Rebecca Richardson6 (John,5 caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Capt. John5 and Rebecca Richardson, of Templeton, Mass.; born there, Oct. 11, 1778; married, 1814, Cyrus Brown, of Templeton.
They lived in Templeton. He died there, Dec. 19, 1846. She died in Springfield, Mass., Jan. 1, 1855.

Their children were:
  1. Rebecca Richardson (Brown), m. Dr. A. S. McClean, of Springfield, Mass. Their son:
  2. Dr. George Chesley (McClean), was b. Jan. 16, 1851.
  3. Sarah Hall (Brown).
  4. Maria Jane (Brown).


5777.
 Silence Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Capt. John Richardson,5 of Templeton; born there, Sept. 28, 1780; married Washington Howe, of Petersham, 1806.
They lived in Petersham, Mass. He died June 6, 1855, aged 76.

Their children were:
  1. Sylvanus (Howe), b. Feb. 26, 1807; d. at Petersham, Jan. 26, 1849, aged 42.
  2. George Washington (Howe), b. Sept. 28, 1808; m. Sophia Rugg, of Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 2, 1836. He lived at Detroit, Mich., and died July 13, 1870.
  3. Rebecca Moore (Howe), b. Sept. 4, 1810; m. Antrim White, of Barre, Mass., April 2, 1845.
  4. Stephen (Howe), b. Sept. 13, 1817; m. first, Betsey T. White, June 10, 1840. She died at Petersham, Nov. 21, 1855. Second, Mrs. Miranda Barton, July 12, 1863. Stephen Howe died at Baldwinsville, Mass., Nov. 3, 1874.
  5. John Richardson (Howe), b. Dec. 27, 1821; m. Lucy K. Wetherell, of Petersham, Jan. 27, 1848.


5778.
 Betsey Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and third daughter of Capt. John5 and Rebecca (Moore) Richardson, of Templeton, Mass.; born there, July 6, 1782; married, Feb. 22, 1803, Jonathan Shattuck, born in Templeton, March 11, 1779.
He was a farmer, a son of Dr. Benjamin Shattuck, who was an eminent physician in Templeton about twenty-five years. He was also a brother of Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck, who became an eminent and successful physician in Boston, dying March, 1854.
Mr. Shattuck at first settled in Warren, Vt., where his wife’s brother, James Richardson [5775], had already made a home; but afterwards returned to the homestead of his father, where he was living in 1855. Mr. Shattuck died Aug. 31, 1864, aged 85. His wife Betsey died June 13, 1861, aged 79.

The children of Jonathan and Betsey Shattuck, all born in Warren, Vt., were:
  1. Lucy Barron (Shattuck), b. Nov. 26, 1803.
  2. Rebecca Moore (Shattuck), b. April 9, 1806.
  3. Betsey Richardson (Shattuck), b. July 12, 1808; d. April 9, 1809.
  4. Betsey Richardson (Shattuck), b. Feb. 2, 1810; d. Dec. 14, 1812.
  5. Lydia Richardson (Shattuck), b. Dec. 7, 1812.
  6. Martha Washington (Shattuck), b. Dec. 5, 1815; d. Jan. 31, 1821.
  7. Elizabeth Cheever Davis (Shattuck), b. Dec. 1, 1818.
  8. Jonathan Benjamin (Shattuck), h. Jan. 11, 1821; d. March 20, 1831. [Shattuck Memorial.]


5783.
 Joel Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Capt.’ John5 and Rebecca (Moore) Richardson, of Templeton, Mass.; born there, May 26, 1785; married, 1813, Mary Haild, born June 6, 1796.
He died May 28, 1860, aged 75. His wife died March 23, 1863, aged 67.

Their children, all born in Templeton, Mass., were:
  1. Hannah Kendall,7 b. Nov. 10, 1815; m. Simeon B. Wright, Dec. 25, 1836. He was born 1811; d. Oct. 22, 1845. They had two children:
  2. Martha Jane (Wright), b. June 21, 1839; d. Dec. 5, 1872.
  3. George S. (Wright), b. Aug. 24, 1841. He enlisted as a private in the Thirty-sixth Regiment of Mass. Volunteers,and served three years in the late war.
  4. Mary Hand,7 b. May 8, 1817; m. June 28, 1840, John L. Greenwood, b. Feb. 14, 1814; d. Jan. 22, 1871. Two children:
  5. Edward E., (Greenwood), b. March 24, 1845.
  6. John Abbot (Greenwood), b. Sept. 5, 1855.
  7. Elizabeth,7 d. in infancy; dates are wanting.
  8. Abby Peirce,7 b. Aug. 29, 1826; m. Lorenzo L. Priest, June 21, 1860. He died. Oct. 11, 1866.
  9. Joel,7 b. July 5, 1829; m. Mary Ann Thayer, who was born in Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 19, 1836. She died Oct. 15, 1859. He enlisted in the Fifty-third Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, Co. G, and died in the Marine Hospital at New Orleans, May 2, 1863. They had only one child:
  10. Charles Wellington, who d. Oct. 3, 1859.
  11. John A.7 b. Aug. 20, 1832; d. Sept. 4, 1866.


5784.
 Lydia Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and daughter of Capt. John and Rebecca (Moore) Richardson, of Templeton, Mass.; born there, Jan. 27, 1789; married, Oct. 26, 1819, Leonard Stone, of Templeton.
They lived in Templeton. He died Jan. 20, 1857. Mrs. Lydia Stone died Oct. 22, 1854.

Their children were:
  1. Abigail Bigelow (Stone), b. Nov. 28, 1820; m. June 30, 1847, Algernon Sidney Lincoln. Children:
  2. William Sydney (Lincoln), b. Aug. 29, 1853; d. Nov. 17, 1853.
  3. Agnes Wyman (Lincoln), b. July 18, 1856.
  4. Leonard (Stone), b. Sept. 11, 1822; m. Oct. 26, 1848, Margaret Wellington, daughter of Rev. Charles Wellington, of Templeton; d. June 19, 1862. Children:*
  5. Charles Wellington (Stone), b. Dec. 13, 1853.
  6. Mary Wellington (Stone), b. April 27, 1856.
  7. Catharine Wyman (Stone), b. June 29, 1824; d. Oct. 18, 1827.
  8. William (Stone), b. May 1, 1827; m. June 22, 1854, to Martha Pomeroy Paige, of Providence, R. I. Children:
  9. Frederic Paige (Stone). b. in Worcester, Aug. 10, 1855.
  10. Lucius Paige (Stone), b. March 27, 1857.
  11. William Sydney (Stone), b. in Templeton, April 2, 1862.
  12. Lydia Richardson (Stone), b. Jan. 14, 1829; unm. This lady has contributed to this volume the notices it contains of her grandfather, Capt. John Richardson [5452], of Templeton, and his descendants, and of his sisters. Without her aid this part of the volume would have been incomplete.
  13. Ephraim Wyman (Stone), b. Dec. 5, 1830; m. Sept. 14, 1858, Betsey Burdell Sawyer, of Templeton. He was severely wounded during the civil war in the battle of Newbern. Children:
  14. Abby Cook (Stone), b. July 4, 1859.
  15. Helen Margaret (Stone), b. Sept. 24, 1863.
  16. George Sawyer (Stone), b. Feb. 3, 1866.
  17. Everett Wyman (Stone), b. Sept. 22, 1868.
  18. Lydia Richardson (Stone), b. Aug. 14, 1871; d. Aug. 19,1873.
  19. Walter (Stone), b. Dec. 4, 1832; d. July 20, 1836.
*Transcribers Note: Someone penciled in: “Leonard (Stone)” with what appears to be a birthdate afterwards but I couldn’t read the birthdate. It might have said December something.



5785,
 Jehu Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Capt. John5 and Rebecca (Moore) Richardson, of Templeton; born there, April 9, 1791; was never married.
He possessed superior talents, and his life began with much promise; but died at the early age of thirty-five, baying passed several years on his bed a suffering invalid. He was a saddler by trade. In his will, dated Feb. 2, 1825, proved Dec. 5, 1826, be left a small property, about seven hundred dollars, which he gave to the town of Templeton, for the benefit of unmarried females of good character, in indigent circumstances; and the fund bearing his name is to the present day yearly distributed according to his directions. He died Oct. 25, 1826.


5786.
Abigail Richardson6 (John,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding, and youngest child of Capt. John Richardson,5 of Templeton, Mass.; born there, Feb. 17, 1795; married, Sept. 4, 1814, to John Bigelow, of Sterling, who died in Medford, May 13, 1853, aged 70. Mrs. Abigail Bigelow died in Boston, Aug. 4, 1868.

Their children, born in Templeton, were:
  1. Eliza Wales (Bigelow), b. Aug. 23, 1815; m. in Worcester, Henry A. Page, Merchant, of Boston, Sept. 1, 1842.* [See foot note, p. 498.] They reside at 29 St. James Avenue, Boston. Their children are:
  2. Henrietta (Page), b. in Boston, Dec. 24, 1844.
  3. Ellen (Page), b. in Medford, Sept. 4, 1846.
  4. Gordon Prince (Page), b. in Medford, Nov. 7, 1849.
  5. Joshua Richardson (Bigelow),† b. Jan. 8, 1817; m. Ruth Hathaway, of Worcester, 1841. Resides in Boston; has been very successful in the manufacture of paper hangings for many years, firm of J. R. Bigelow & Co., with an office at 147 Franklin Street, introducing machinery into it for the first time. Children:
  6. Charles Edward (Bigelow), b. July, 1847.
  7. Lydia (Bigelow), b. 1849; d. 1852.
    8. 6511.
  8. Lydia (Bigelow), b. March 2, 1822; m. in Lynn, Samuel Hathaway, of Worcester, a brother of Ruth, who married Joshua, and died at that place, March 31, 1830. Children:
  9. Eliza Page (Hathaway), b. in Lynn, June 10, 1845; m. in Medford, John Henry Thompson, of New York City, now of San Francisco, Cal.
  10. Samuel Herbert (Hathaway), b. in Worcester, March 12, 1850.
  11. John William (Bigelow),† b. April 27, 1824; m. Nov. 7, 1849, Anna Maria Barton, daughter of Hon. Ira M. Barton, of Worcester: was at first a partner in a dry-goods commission house in Boston; since, and for many years, in New York. Children:
  12. William Blake (Bigelow), b. in Medford, Feb. 5, 1852.
  13. Annie (Bigelow), b. in Medford, Jan. 20, 1855; m. in Newport, R. I., Charles McKim, of New York City, October, 1875.
    14. 6517.
  14. Samuel Lee (Bigelow), born and died in Paris, France.
  15. Marie (Bigelow), b. in Boston, June 29, 1862.
  16. Samuel Lee (Bigelow), b. June 2, 1826; m. May 1, 1857, Lucy Barton, of Worcester, sister of John W. Bigelow’s wife; was several years a successful physician in Paris, France, and returned to his native country in 1860; entered the army of the Potomac, and was medical inspector in Gen. Franklin’s corps at the time of his death, which took place in Hagerstown, Md., Nov. 1, 1862, aged 36. He had a son born to him in Paris:
  17. Samuel Lee (Bigelow), b. July 28, 1858.
  18. Henry Wellington (Bigelow),† b. April 12, 1828; m. Frances Porter, of Medford, Jan. 2, 1534; was Joshua’s [6508] partner in business. The husband lives in Medford, 1876. The wife died June, 1870. Children:
  19. Howard Porter (Bigelow).
  20. Edward Turner (Bigelow).
  21. Edward Augustus (Bigelow), b. Nov. 26, 1830; d. Feb. 21, 1833.
*Henry A. Page was in the iron commission business of the firm of Geo. H. Gray & Co. through all its changes, for nearly forty years; is a man of sterling integrity of character and benevolence in every relation in life.

†Joshua Richardson [6508], John William [6514], and Henry Wellington [6521] were all honorable, successful, and open handed men.


5787.
 Caleb Moore (Abigail Richardson,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Josiah and Abigail (Richardson) Moore, of Bolton; born August, 1768; married, Nov. 26, 1776 (an evident mistake for 1796), Achsah Whitney.
He died Oct. 24, 1826. She died Jan. 15, 1831.

Their children were:
  1. Joshua Richardson (Moore), b. Aug. 3, 1799; d. Nov. 14, 1819.
  2. Alpheus (Moore), b. Sept. 2, 1802.
  3. James Richardson (Moore), b. Feb. 25, 1805.
  4. George (Moore), b. Aug. 31, 1806.
  5. Lydia Richardson (Moore), b. Feb. 26, 1808; d. June 10, 1840.
  6. Christopher Columbus (Moore), b. July 2, 1810.
  7. Charles (Moore), b. May 15, 1812.
  8. Achsah (Moore), b. March 5, 1816; d. Sept. 30, 1833.


5788.
 HENRY MOORE (Abigail Richardson,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Josiah and Abigail (Richardson) Moore; born in Bolton, Aug. 23, 1772; married Mary Cook.

Their children were:
  1. Josiah (Moore), b. 1800; graduated at Harvard College, 1826; was installed minister of the church in Duxbury, Mass., 1834.
  2. Mary (Moore), residing in Waltham, Mass.
  3. Amory (Moore), lived in Waltham; deceased.
  4. Nelson (Moore), was of Waltham; deceased.
  5. Hannah (Moore).
  6. Horatio (Moore).
  7. Caleb R. (Moore), a ship-master; deceased.
  8. Achsah E. (Moore).
  9. Albert (Moore), died when a young man.
  10. James G. (Moore), living in Pittsburgh, Pa.
  11. Elizabeth Sawyer (Moore).


5789.
 Achsah Moore (Abigail Richardson,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), sister of the preceding; born in Bolton, July 24, 1774; married Hon. Stephen P. Gardner, of Bolton, Nov. 6, 1798.

Their children were:
  1. Abbie (Gardner), b. July 2, 1804; m. Rev. Nathaniel Gage, Aug. 1, 1827.
  2. Stephen (Gardner), b. Dec. 7, 1806; lives in Hastings, Minn.
  3. Sarah Elizabeth (Gardner), b. Dec. 31, 1807; m. Rev. Dumont Jones.
  4. Theodore (Gardner), b. Dec. 20, 1809; m. Lucy Ann Wallington, of Boston; lives in Hastings, Minn.
  5. Delia Ann (Gardner), b. April 11, 1811; m. Charles Holbrook.
  6. Mary Louisa (Gardner), b. July 20, 1812; m. John Ruggles, of Longwood.
  7. Laurinda (Gardner), b. 1813 ( ?); m. G. R. Withington; deceased.
  8. Octavia Watts (Gardner), b. Oct. 30, 1814; m. Dr. Horace Du-pee, Boston.
  9. Augustine W. (Gardner), b. May 10, 1817; lives in Hastings, Minnesota.
  10. Achsah (Gardner), m. Rev. Washington Gilbert, of Harvard, Mass.; d. at West Newton, Mass., July, 1874.
  11. Ellen P. (Gardner), m. Hon. Stephen Minot, of Haverhill; d. at Longwood, June, 1875.


5790.
 James Moore (Abigail Richardson,5 Caleb,4 John,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Josiah and Abigail (Richardson) Moore, of Bolton; born there, Jan. 7, 1777; married Hannah Fairbanks. They lived in Bolton.

Their children were
  1. Abigail (Moore), m. John Sawyer, deceased. She died in 1858.
  2. Caroline (Moore), b. 1803; m. Asa Whitcomb, deceased, of Bolton.
  3. Hannah (Moore), b. 1805; d. 1855.
  4. James (Moore), b. 1809; d. 1811.
  5. Julia (Moore), b. 1813; m. Nathaniel A. Newton, of Bolton.


5799.
 John Adams RIchardson,6 Esq. (Joseph,5 Philip,4 Thomas,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Joseph5 and Sarah (Hanson) Richardson; born in Durham, N. H., Nov. 18, 1797; married, first, at Kittery, Me., July 5, 1829, Marcia Adams Rice, daughter of Hon. Alexander Rice, of Kittery. She died in October, 1832, leaving two children. Second, at Concord, N. H., Mrs. Frances Jacobs (Farrand) Murdock, daughter of Hon. Daniel Farrand, of Burlington, Vt., and relict of Rev. Thomas Jewett Murdock. Mr. Murdock was born in Norwich, Vt., Nov. 27, 1790; graduated Dartmouth College, 1812; was pastor at Portland, Me., from 1819 to 1821; pastor at Canterbury, Ct., from 1822 till his death in that place, Dec. 15, 1826, aged 36.
Our Mr. Richardson prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy; entered Dartmouth College in 1816; graduated there, 1819; taught a high school in Haverhill, Mass., one year; in 1820 entered the law office of the Hon. John Varnum, in Haverhill, continuing till 1823; was admitted to the bar in Newburyport in 1823; then went into the practice of law at Durham, where he still resides; was clerk of the Senate of New Hampshire in 1846; was a trustee of the asylum for the insane about ten years; continued in the practice of law until 1871, when ill health and advancing years compelled him to abandon it.

His children, by first wife, Marcia, have been:
  1. Marcia Rice,7 b. about 1830; unm.; d. 1862. She and her sister were heirs to one-fifth part of the homestead farm of their grandfather, Alexander Rice, of Kittery, Me., one hundred and fifty acres. In her will, dated March 5, 1862, proved June, 1862, recorded York Prob. Rec., lxxxviii. 302, she leaves her property to her aunts, Harriet Richardson, Fanny Richardson, and Sarah A. E. Rice [her mother’s sister], to her father, to her sister Frances, wife of George L. Treadwell, to her niece, Marcia Rice Treadwell, daughter of her sister Frances.
  2. Frances P.,7 b. 1832; m. George L. Treadwell, of Portsmouth, N. H.


5801.
 Joseph Richardson6 (Joseph,5 Philip,4 Thomas,3 Nathaniel2 Thomas1), brother of the preceding, and son of Joseph6 and Sarah (Hanson) Richardson; born in Durham, N. H., about 1802; married, first, Caroline King, daughter of Gedney King, well known as a mathematical instrument maker and importer in Boston, having his place of business in 1814, as the writer well remembers, in State Street, opposite Merchants Row, Boston. Second, Caroline Mackay, daughter of John and Fanny Mackay, also of Boston.
He was a merchant in Boston. He died there, in 1869, leaving a widow and three children. One of them is named:
  1. Gedney,7 living in Boston.


5824.
 Thomas Richardson6 (Herbert,5 Thomas,4 Phinehas,3 Nathaniel,2 Thomas1), son of Herbert5 and Lydia (Parker) Richardson, of Reading; born there, May 25, 1788; married, 1808, Dorothy Pearson, sometimes called Dolly, daughter of Samuel Pearson, of Lynnfield, by his first wife.
He lived in Reading; his children’s births are all recorded there. Dolly, his wife, died June 9, 1827. He died 1828.

Their children were:
  1. Lydia Parker,7 b. July 22, 180S; m. Obed Simonds, March 23, 1826.
  2. Thomas,7 b. Jan. 16, 1810; m. Lydia Knight, of Wakefield.
  3. Eliza,7 b. Feb. 5, 1812; m. Joseph P. Baker, April 11, 1829.
  4. Sophia,7 b. Nov. 28, 1813; m. Darius Pratt, June 6, 1833.
  5. Harriet,7 b. Oct. 18, 1815; m. John A. Robinson, Oct. 20, 1836.
  6. George Washington,7 b. Sept. 28, 1817; m. Amanda Parker.
  7. Herbert,7 b. June 22, 1819; d. May 14, 1841.
  8. Charlotte Dorothy,7 b. Dec. 2, 1821; m. John A. Allen, April. 1839.
  9. Susanna,7 b. Aug. 21, 1823; d. Jan. 24, 1826.
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