Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Theophilus RICHARDSON | ||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richardson, Theophilus, of Woburn, m. Ruth Swan (Gershom, John) [24 Ap. 1711] [ref 17:628] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Theophilus Richardson birth 7 Jan 1692 Woburn Middlesex /s of Ezekiel [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Richardson, Theophilus Apr 24, 1711 Woburn, Middlesex MA; Swan, Ruth [ref 23:0761394 & 0859998] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THEOPHILUS RICHARDSON4 (Ezekiel,3 Theophilus,2 Ezekiel1), son of Ezekiel3 and Elizabeth (Swan) Richardson, of Woburn; born there, Jan. 7, 1691-2; married, in Watertown, April 24, 1711, RUTH SWAN, daughter of Gershom Swan, probably a relative of his mother's. He lived in Woburn, or perhaps latterly in Stoneham, and died in the autumn of 1723, in his thirty-second year, as is apparent from the inventory. The Probate Record says that "he died at Charlestown--i. e., in Stoneham, then a part of Charlestown--'Charlestown End'--on his return from his majesty's service at the eastward." The explanation is, the Indians in Maine, instigated by Sebastian Rasles, the French and Jesuit missionary at Norridgewock, who was in close correspondence with the governor of Canada, had since the year 1722 been committing great ravages on the English settlements. They had captured nine families at Merry Meeting Bay in June, 1722; had burned Brunswick, and had taken sixteen Massachusetts vessels at Canseau. In the spring of 1723, they ravaged Falmouth, Scarborough, Berwick, Wells, York, and Dover. The government of Massachusetts had sent a force against these savages. Theophilus Richardson was one of the men sent, and died soon after his return. This war lasted till December, 1725, and included the famous "Pigwacket Fight," in May, 1725. The inventory is dated Dec. 12, 1723. It includes only personal estate, and amounts but to �13. 19. This shows that the family had become poor. The widow makes oath that this is "all she knows of estate," and she has to "support herself and five small children, all sick at home of the feaver." Of the three sons named below, Deacon Nathan Richardson, their father's cousin, was appointed guardian Nov. 30, 1733, and held a small amount of property in trust for them. Col. Edmund Goffe, of Cambridge, was appointed administrator March 23, 1724-5. Ruth, the widow of Theophilus Richardson, was married, April 6, 1726, to Ebenezer Parker, of Stoneham. Children with Theophilus 1712-22: Martha, Ruth, Edward, Richard, Moses. [ref 94:54] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||
| Notes for Ruth SWAN | ||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ruth Swan, d. of Gershom and Sarah, Dec. 25, 1685 Cambridge [ref 12] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Swan, Ruth (Gers., John) b. 25 Dec. 1685, m. (1) Theophilus Richardson of Woburn, (2) Ebenezer Parker, of Stoneham. [ref 17:726] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ruth, 25 Dec. 1685 [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ruth Swan birth 25 Dec 1685 Cambridge Middlesex /d of Gershom and Sarah [ref 76] Ruth Parker death 26 Jun 1749 Stoneham Middlesex w Ebenezer in her 64th y [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||
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