AMOS RICHARDSON of BOSTON, MA AND STONINGTON, CT
WITH A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF HIS DESCENDANTS AND THE
ALLIED FAMILIES OF GILBERT, EDWARDS, YARRINGTON, AND RUST.
Every man is a bundle of his ancestors - Emerson.
By Rosell L. Richardson.
Second Edition
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
NEW YORK, 1906.

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PREFACE
I am fond of historical research and have found in it a restful
means of recreation since I first came to New York City, as a
student, in 1871. In tracing out my ancestry and that of many
of my friends I have had no intention until recently of
publishing any of it. My reasons for doing so are twofold:
first, I have collected so much data during the thirty-four
years since I commenced that it will gratify me to have it
placed within the reach of others; second, there is no
satisfactory account of Amos Richardson and his descendants.
"The Richardson Memorial," written by the Rev. John Adams
Vinton, is an excellent genealogy and was a great aid to me,
but the dozen pages in it giving the "Posterity of Amos
Richardson" were hastily prepared after the Memorial was partly
printed and contain many errors and important omissions.
I have gleaned information from so many sources that I cannot
mention all who have kindly assisted me. I am indebted to Mrs.
Henry F. (Susan Whitney) Dimock of New York and South Coventry
for invaluable aid, without which this work would never have
been written. Her privately printed records of Coventry placed
a flood of information in my hands, and in addition I have had
the benefit of her private memoranda taken from town records
and tomb-stone inscriptions.
A complete list of others who have assisted me would certainly
include ex-Speaker Winthrop* and his son, Robert C. Winthrop,
Jr.* of Boston; Judge Richard A. Wheeler* and his daughter,
Miss Grace D. Wheeler of Stonington; Roswell Richardson* of
Waitsfield, Vt.; Newton Reed* author of the "History of
Amenia," and his daughter, Miss Mary H. Reed; Hon. Roderick
Richardson* of Boston; Miss Helen Wilkinson Reynolds of
Poughkeepsie; Frank Lorenzo Hamilton of Meriden, Conn.; Mrs.
Irving Robinson of Elizabethtown, N.C.; Judge Gilbert Collins
of Jersey City; John L. Richardson of Bloomsburgh, Pa.; Dr.
George Denison Stanton of Stonington; Reuben H. Smith, editor
of the Thomaston (Conn.) Express; Major Azel Ames of Wakefield,
Mass.; Miss Charlotte S. Mann of New York; and Mr. Frank L.
Howe of Northfield, Vt.
* Deceased
To these and many others I tender most hearty thanks. My effort
I trust may lead some one more competent than I to write a full
genealogy of the family.
Undoubtedly some will be disappointed because I have not given
more data outside of my own direct line. This I could not do,
as it involved more work and expense than I was able to
undertake.
This account is marked second edition because a year ago the
first three generations were put in type and a hundred copies
printed and circulated to assist in getting further
information. Important additions and corrections have since
been made.
R. L. RICHARDSON.
403 West 126th Street
New York.
THE NAME
RICHARDSON
According to Camden's "Remains," Richard the Little, son of
Lord Belward, soon after the Norman conquest had a son called
John Richard-son, taking his father's name with the addition of
son for his surname. "Hence came the name and family of
Richardson." This is quoted in the "Richardson Memorial," and
gives color to the erroneous supposition that the different
families by the name of Richardson have descended from a common
ancestor by that name.
Nor does it add much to our knowledge to know that Richard was
a Norman name. At the time that surnames came into use in
England about the thirteenth or fourteenth century, Richard was
a common Christian name among all classes. As Richard Grant
White states, "the conquerors' language yielded to the strength
and the foothold of the English speech, but their names were
diffused all over England, and within less than a century and a
half had almost wholly driven the English names out of the
country." Charles W. Bardsley, an English authority on names,
says, "The Norman list was really a small one but it took
possession of the whole of England. * * * * Various methods to
secure a personality arose. The surname was adopted and there
were John Atte-wood, John the Wheelwright John the Bigg, and
John Richard's son in every community. Among the middle and
lower classes these did not become hereditary till so late as
1450 or 1500."
Next to John and William, Richard was one of the names most
frequently used during the four hundred years preceding the
Reformation, and presumably hundreds of Richardson families
derived their name from ancestors who had been christened
Richard, but had no connection with each other.
In Burke's "General Armory" for 1844 is given a description of
the arms of twenty-one different Richardson families, but it is
not known that any of the early settlers by that name, in
America, had the right to use arms.
AMOS RICHARDSON
There is nothing known about Amos Richardson prior to May 22,
1639. On that date he was a witness at Boston with Stephen
Winthrop of a deed from Governor Winthrop to Thomas Purchase.
He was born probably about 1623, as the Boston Court Archives
have his affidavit when he was "aged forty years or there
abouts." This is without date, but there was one by Mary
Harmon, June 11, 1663, for the same case. The Genealogical
Dictionary, by the late James Savage, says, "Amos Richardson of
Boston, merchant tailor, perhaps one of that great London
guild." "A man of great enterprise and good estate." "A good
letter from him to Fitz John Winthrop at Cardross in Scotland,
written September 13, 1659, signed Amos Richardson, was given
to me."
Mr. Savage must have learned some things about him which are
now unknown; at least the letter referred to cannot be found.
In some of the Winthrop family letters he is described by his
Christian name only.1
He was closely connected with the Winthrop family for many
years, acting under a power of attorney for Stephen while the
latter was in England, being associated with Dean as one of the
proprietors of Groton, and looking after many business matters
for Mrs. Downing. He was the agent for Governor John Winthrop,
the younger, and with him gave credit to Samuel Winthrop, of
St. Christopher's, in the West Indies.2 He also acted for Capt.
Wait Winthrop as umpire in a mill dispute.
In addition to carrying on the business of merchant tailor, he
soon became a general trader throughout the colonies, and, with
his own vessels, to the West Indies. He acquired large tracts
of land, probably as many as five thousand acres, at
Stonington, New London, and in the Narragansett country."
During the early history of Massachusetts there were no
practicing lawyers and a number of business men acted as
attorneys. It is stated that Amos Richardson was one of the
three, most active attorneys in the law courts during the life
of the Massachusetts colony.
On July 6, 1642, he bought a house and lot, being an acre, more
or less, of George Bromer date purchased of James Stokes), for
seventeen pounds. Stephen Winthrop and John Tinker were
witnesses of the deed. The land was situated on what is now the
north side of Summer Street, where Hawley Street has been cut
through. It was then a rear lot with no street connection;
Summer Street not being laid out until 1645.
A Commission was appointed September 15, 1645, "to lay out a
new way through the gardens towards the wind-mill." "To begin
between Nicholas Parker's house and Robert Reynold's garden (on
Washington Street) and go forth between Amos Richardson's and
John Palmer's house."
In 1683 Hawley Street was called Richardson's lane.3
This was his home for more than twenty years; and probably
until he moved to Stonington (about 1663); here all of his
children were born. During the next fifty years Summer Street
became one of the finest residential streets in Boston;
adjoining the site of Amos; Richardson's home the first Trinity
Church was erected.
On March 22, 1647, he purchased two acres from Francis Smith,
fronting on the Common at what is now the southeast corner of
Tremont and Winter Streets. He owned other property in Boston,
some of it near the Winthrop dock. Capt. James Johnson and
Peter Oliver were partners with him in some of this wharf
property.
On June 20, 1661, Col. Stephen Winthrop deeded to him the
northeast corner of Governor Winthrop's home lot; it does not
appear in the deed what the consideration was. Emanuel Downing
was one of the witnesses. This lot was about 24 feet, on
Washington Street, by 54, on Spring Lane, and adjoined the
Colonel's house and land. The remainder of the Winthrop estate
subsequently became the property of Old South Church, on the
southwest corner of which the present historic "Old South" was
erected in 1729.
In 1679 he gave this lot to his daughter Sarah, and her
husband, Timothy Clarke. It was then described as "All my
Messauge or Tenement late in the tenure & occupation of Sarah
Pickering widdow deed."
He also obtained a number of grants of land, very early in
settlement at Pequot. The New London town records show the
following: "Memorandum for town meeting Sept. 20, 1651, Amos
Richardson is to have a lot."
Caulkin's History states that he was from Boston and had
commercial dealings with the planters and that instead of
taking up a new lot he purchased that of Richard Post on Post
Hill. "Aug. 9, 1653. House lot to Amos Richardson brother, the
millwright (afterwards called brother-in-law)."
"He had subsequently a grant of a large farm east of the river
under the same vague denomination: he has not been identified."
"Two necks of land extending into the Sound, one called 'a pyne
neck,' with a broad cove between them, was granted to Isaac
Willey and by him sold to Amos Richardson."
"Still another containing several hundred acres of land and
separated from Hugh Caulkin's land by a brook called Mistuxet,
was laid out to Amos Richardson and his brother in 1653."1*
Part of this division was known by the Indian name of
"Quonaduck."
In October, 1661, Antipas Newman, of Wenham, sold him a large
tract of land, called Caulkin's Neck, bounded by the above
Quonaduck farm on the East, Caulkin's brook West, Capt. George
Denison's North, and South by the Sea.
Pequot, now New London, embraced the present town of
Stonington, where the last three of the above described grants
were located.
The deed of the Indian sachem Nealewort for a part of this land
was dated August 26, 1658, and is recorded at Stonington. It is
described as "a tract of land called Quinabogue lying and being
near to the country of the Late Pequed Indians for and in
consideration of the great Love and affection I beare unto Amos
Richardson of Boston in the Mass. Colony, Englishman. * * *
contain by measure one English mile and half square on each
side of that River called Quinabogue River next Adjoining to ye
land or farme granted to John Winthrop Esq. Governor of the
English Colony on Connecticut River northward of the said farme
and is called by the name of Nayumscut and Quaduecatuck."

Wheeler's "History of Stonington" locates this property as "the
land lying between Stonington Harbor, Lambert's Cove and Stony
Brook on the east, Fisher's Island Sound on the south, and
Quiambaug Cove on the west up to a point, from which a direct
line easterly passing about thirty rods south of the residence
of Mr. Henry M. Palmer to Stony Brook, constituted the north
boundary line of said tract of land."
The family name of Mary, wife of Amos Richardson, is unknown;
he did not, however, have a second wife, as stated in the
"Richardson Memorial." It is probable that they were married in
1642, the year that be purchased his house and garden.
It is conjectured that the brother-in-law referred to above was
Richard Smith, of Lancaster, a "mill-wright," whose first wife
Mary died with her infant March 27, 1654, and who married, on
the 10th of the following August, Joanna Quarles at Boston.
It is quite certain that John and Mary Smith, who are claimed
to have been the parents of Richard were not the parents of
Amos Richardson's wife.
They had a daughter Alice, however, who probably became second
wife of John Tinker, a man very closely associated Amos
Richardson.
He named one of his sons Amos and the inventory of John estate2
shows that a farm of 240 acres and other property had been
deeded to Mr. Richardson for the use of John, Mary and Amos,
children of John Tinker.
In 1656 the eight proprietors of Groton included this Richard
Smith, with Dean Winthrop, John Tinker and Amos Richardson.
Soon after this he moved to Lyme, Conn., where he was a deputy
in 1678-9.
His children were Richard (probably by his first wife), John,
born 1655, Francis, 1657, James, Elizabeth, who married John
Lee. He had a grandson named Quarles Smith, and the Lyme
records mention two Roland grandsons.
Mary Smith died in 1659 and her husband in July 1669. In May
prior to his death John Smith gave all of his estate to son-in-
law, John Moore, in consideration for his support; his will
mentions only four children - John, Richard, Ann and Alice.
There were -so many John and Richard Smiths that it if; very
difficult to untangle their history. The Diary of Thomas Minor,
of Stonington, refers to Amos Richardson and his family more
than eighty times. On October 29, 1660, he says, "carried the
firkin of butter to Mr. Smith's for Amos." November 2, 1660, "I
weighed Amos his firkin of butter at Mr. Smith's." The
following receipt for a horse delivered in the presence of
Thomas Minor, Jr., and Ephriam Minor is also found in the
Diary: "Delivered unto poor man mine (torn) A horse that he
bout of a mister Richinsoone and by his appointment and order a
horse a chestnut Culer with a blase in his face." * * * "I Say
by mee delivered this 14 day of aguste 1661 with my hand
Richard Smith." Mr. Richardson at this time lived in Boston.
There was also a James Smith at Rehoboth, and on September 7,
1653, Amos Richardson was appointed administrator of his
estate. This was a month after the lot referred to was granted
at New London. Nothing further is known about him; but he may
have been a brother of Richard.
Another Richard Smith was associated with Richardson and Tinker
in the Atherton Company. He was born in Gloucestershire, in
1596 and died at Wickford, R.I., in 1666; he established a
trading house there in 1637 and was a man of note. He had two
sons - Richard, who died without issue in 1692, and James, who
died unmarried in 1664.
The Salem Court records show that on October 14, 1656, Major
John Hauthorne and Amos Richardson were plaintiffs in a law
suit against John Divan, which was adjourned to the next
General Court. That is all that is known about it; but they
must have had a joint interest in some property.
On March 8, 1662, Edward Hutchinson, William Hudson and Amos
Richardson were sent to Rhode Island with a letter from
Massachusetts to settle troubles in the Pequot country. They
could not have been well received, for two years later the
Rhode Island General Assembly denounced them as intruders.
Amos Richardson probably moved to Stonington, Conn., about
1663, but also retained a residence in Boston for a number of
years.
His name appears in the list of inhabitants of Narragansett in
July, 1663, and of Wickford in May, 1668; but while he had
landed interests there it is evident that lie never had an
actual residence in Rhode Island.
The Diary of Thomas Minor notes, under June 19, 1661 that Mr.
Richardson's house was raised and on June 22, 1663, that his
son was to finish it that day.
Amos Richardson was one of the most active members of the
called Atherton Company later called the Narragansett Company,
and he must have taken a leading part in the organization of
it. This is evident from the following letter:
Boston, July 9, 1659.
To the much-honored John Winthrop, Esq.,
Governor of Connecticut Colony, at Hartford, this present:
HONORED SIR, - After my service presented unto yourself and
Mrs. Winthrop, and all yours for whose absence I was troubled
that I did so unhappily to delay one day too long in my coming
to New London, so that I could not speak with you there, I had
thoughts to come up to Hartford; but the weather being so hot,
I darest neither venture myself nor my horse. Sir, you may
remember, when I spoke with you last at Now London, I gave you
a hint of my intents concerning the Narragancet country, which
business, as I conceive, is fully effected with the chief
sachem.
The quantity, as I judge, is twelve mile alongst in Narragancet
Bay. The trading house being in the middle, it judged to be the
only place in the country for a plantation. There are at
present seven purchasers besides yourself. The purchase hath
cost six score pound. Many there is that would willingly join
in it; but we shall do nothing before we speak with you,
yourself being mentioned first in the purchase.
Those that are concerned in it is Major Adderton, Mr. Smith and
his son, Lieut., Hudson, Captain Hutchinson, Mr. Tinker and
myself. But if this come once to be settled, it will make
Quinnebawge of greater value.
As concerning our friends at Wennam, Mr. Newman was here the
last week; but Mr. Mygate hath been there since, who can inform
you concerning their health. As for news I have got not any at
present, only things are pretty sad in regard of old Mr.
Duncome in respect of his last losses disenables him of
satisfying his creditors. They now coming upon him forceth him
to leave off his dealings, and I doubt his son in the same
condition; so by this we may see the uncertainty of these
outward things. Thus I rest yours to command,
Amos Richardson.
Sir, I would entreat you to remember my service to Mr. Stone.
The grant to the Atherton Company was in the present town of
North Kingston, R.I., in the Narragansett territory which was
claimed by Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and the
disputed claims to ownership were not settled for more than
fifty years.
Between the colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island a bitter
controversy was carried on which at times nearly resulted in
open warfare. Mr. Richardson had other large landed interest in
the disputed territory, and was very active, in pressing the
claims of Connecticut, probably more so than any other man in
the colony.
Major John Mason, the noted Indian fighter, seems to have
opposed the action of his colony, probably on account of his
friendship for Roger Williams. This so exasperated Amos
Richardson that he publicly denounced him as a traitor to the
colony.
In 1670 Mason sued him for defamation of character and appealed
to the General Court for the appointment of a committee to
investigate the charge. He secured a judgment for 100 pounds
damages; in the County Court, but the case was appealed and
before further action Mason died, which ended the matter.
In 1677, Amos Richardson sold 180 acres of land situated on the
east side of the Pawtucket River, to Thomas Wells, who agreed
in payment, to build a vessel of fifty tons. This land was
located in the disputed territory, and in 1679 Wells refused to
fulfill his contracts Until Mr. Richardson could make good the
title to the land.
In March 1680, suit was brought against Wells for 300 pounds
damages and he was arrested at Westerly by Stephen Richardson,
the plaintiff's son, a constable from Stonington.
Early in July following Stephen Richardson was seized at his
home by warrant of Governor Sanford of Rhode Island for making
this arrest, and carried to Newport. A sharp letter from the
Connecticut Council followed, demanding his release and for
peace sake agreeing not to meddle on the east side of Pawtucket
River till the matter was decided in England.
The Governor replied, giving the reason for the arrest and
retaining the prisoner for trial. The Council issued a formal
protest against the conduct of Rhode Island and in retaliation
caused the arrest of Joseph Clarke, of Westerly, on July 21.
Stephen Richardson was held by the Rhode Island authorities for
about three months and in October released. A full account of
this affair is given in Connecticut Colonial Records, for 1687,
pages 286-291.
Amos Richardson was not a member of the church, either in
Boston or Stonington,. and that is probably the reason for his
not being made freeman until May, 1665. His wife united with
the First Church in Boston, December 26, 1647, when her second
child, John, was 28 days of age. The celebrated John Cotton was
the minister at this time, and all of her children were
baptized by him, in her right. At Stonington she was an
original member of the church and attended the first communion
service September 10, 1674.
Amos Richardson appears to have been a religious man; be
educated his eldest son for the ministry at Harvard College.
When this son was married he was so pleased that he gave him
farm of a thousand acres at Stonington.
The following instrument was signed and recorded at Boston by
Amos Richardson, October 12, 1673.
This may certify to whom it may concern that Whereas (by the
providence of God) my oldest son, John Richardson, hath made
his choice of a wife with my approbation and suddenly intends
marriage, I therefore thought good to signify unto him and to
all whom it may concern that for his future comfortable
subsistance. I do hereby under my hand declare that after my
decease and my wife, yt all that farm called Quanaduck farm
which now I live upon with all the appurtenances of houses and
land and commonage, shall belong to my son, John Richardson,
aforesaid to be to him and his heirs forever, provided I do
possess of it. I do further engage in the meantime that I will
not any way dispose of said farm except it be for the settling
of an estate upon my son ye said John Richardson to his
acceptance in some other place, as witness my hand.
In both of the published letters from him to Governor Winthrop
at Hartford he sends his regards to the Rev. Samuel Stone. For
a number of years they had no way of heating the church at
Stonington, and during the winter months the Sunday services
and other church meetings were often held at the residence of
Amos Richardson, situated a little east of the meeting house
and probably a large house.1
John Gore of Roxbury, by his will in 1657, appoints John
Pierpont, Phillip Eliot, and Amos Richardson executors, and
calls them "my beloved brotheren."
Amos Richardson was a man of great force of character and of
untiring energy. He had a number of controversies, but there is
nothing to show that be was unreasonable in enforcing his
rights.
He was a deputy from Stonington to the Connecticut General
Court from 1676 to 1681 and was honored with other public
offices. It is clear that he was held in great esteem by the
Winthrop family. The following letter was from Governor John
Winthrop, the younger:
(Hartford), Sept. 25, 1673.
Loving Friend: Mr. Amos Richardson. - Mr. Jonathan Gilbert
spake to me of your desires of accommodating you some land,
neer the river of Pacatuck adloying to your land there, for the
convenience of your son, who maried his daughter, for setting
his house there. I though fitt therefore to certify you heerby
that I shall willingly, and freely accommodate you therein,
according to such right or interest as I have therein in
resignation thereof to yourselfe: and therefore you may goe on
in yt building, for your son there as is intended, not doubting
of any kindnesse yt I can doe for your convenience therein. The
oportunity is hasted, and therefore shall only add my loving
remebrance to yourselfe & your wife, with your son & daughters,
& am
Your assured friend,
J. WINTHROP.
Fitz-John Winthrop at New London, (month torn), 7th, 1673,
(perhaps Oct. 7). to Governor Winthrop at Hartford.
"The enclosed is a coppy of the record of the grant by the
townsmen for the piece of land and priuiliges of Pacatack
rtuer, w'ch Mr. R. told me you ordered me to send vp. I suppose
the designe is to lay it to some land w'ch he intends to giue
his son neare the same place. I suppose it is the piece [of]
land w'ch the most desire, being a very fine plane and I
believe may deserue a little consideration (if you please to
think fit) before you dispose of it."
Lucy Downing, at East Hatlie (England), Feb'y. 15th, 1663, to
John Winthrop, Jr., at his lodgings in Coleman Street. London.
"If y'r occasions shall draw you to Boston, I pray you commend
my love and service to my sister Norton, to Mr. Endicot & his
lady, to honest Mr. Richardson & his wife, and to all such who
shall enquire of mee."
Christopher Gardyner at Boston, July 2, 1656, to John Winthrop,
Jr., at Pequitt:
Sir: - "I cannott but returne you most humble thanks for yr
favours and civilities both in yr usage of us your selfe, and
in yr recomendation of us to honest Mr. Richardson, who has
indeed expressed much kindness to us and as becomes one who
does much honour you."
Lucy Downing, Edenb., (Scotland), Feb'y 23, 1658-9, to Fitz-
John Winthrop, at Cardrosse, (Scotland).
Dear Nephew: - I have recd a let'r from Mr. Richason, dated the
27 Decemb'r last, and one inclosed to yo'r selfe alsoe,
mentioneing that yo'r father and all our friends there were
then in good health; alsoe that they had foure moneths of much
raigne, which had occasioned great prejudice to their corne,
and scarsity of hay, and that there was gene'lly much sicknes
and mortallity, but the begining of winter was very. cold &
frosty; and what further was of particular concerne to my owne
business and that yo'r eld'st sister is married to one Mr.
Newman, a minister whom they judge to be a very good match for
her, but I suppose you will have in yo'r owne more
perticularly.
Lucy Downing, Edinburgh, (Scotland), March 27, 1658 to John
Winthrop, Jr.
Sir: - I thank you much for your great care of my troublesome
small business, and I question not but Mr. Richardsonn hath
done his best, but knowing the difficulty of New England, I
marvell not at the delay, but it seemes things were not fully
perfected betuxt the merchant and him, but I shall waite his
further intelligence.
Lucy Downing, East Hatlie, April 20th, 1662, to John Winthrop,
Jr., at his lodgings in Colman Street, London.
I pray present my servis to my neece your wife, and to all
yours, with you, and ellswhear, and my servis to my nepbewe,
Dean Winthrop and his wife when you write, and to Mr. Amos
Richardson. The letter you sent, was a kinde letter from him,
but he mentions nothing of hopes to mende my bargin.
William Cheseborough, who died in June, 1667, by his will
speaks of Rev. James Noyes and Amos Richardson as "my truly and
well-beloved friends."
A large part of the collection of manuscripts known as the
"Winthrop Papers" has never been printed. They belong to the
estate of the late Robert C. Winthrop, Jr., of Boston, who died
on June 5, 1905, leaving them by his will to the Massachusetts
Historical Society. In 1895 Mr. Winthrop gave the author the
following information concerning the letters of Amos Richardson
in this collection:
"In looking through the unpublislied MSS in my possession I
find (if I have counted correctly) fifty-one letters of Amos
Richardson. A number of them are without date and some are
badly torn. Of those bearing dates, the earliest is November
10, 1648, the latest October 14, 1674.
"They chiefly relate to matters of business, either business in
which the writer was acting for members of the Winthrop family
or business in which he was interested with them. He appears to
have been a person in whom Governor John Winthrop, the younger,
bad great confidence. So far as I have found time to partially
decipher them I should say that reference to public affairs are
few in comparison and I have not happened to notice a single
allusion to the writer's family.
"The letter of September 13, 1659, mentioned by Mr. Savage, is
not among them. There is a memorandum 'one taken out' in my
father's hand, but it evidently refers to the one he gave you.
"To thoroughly decipher the whole fifty-one letters would be
the work of an expert with a magnifying glass for many days,
and I could not undertake it nor could I at present suffer
anyone else to do so.
"In addition there is one letter from Mary Richardson, dated
February 18, 1672, and four from Rev. John Richardson, of
Newbury, 1677-1693."
In 1878, the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop presented the author of
this sketch with an original letter from this collection. It
was written to Governor John Winthrop, the younger, at
Hartford, and endorsed on the back with the name of the writer,
by Governor Winthrop. The writing is still plain and legible.
BOSTON - February, day the 2, 1659.
Hounoured Sir, after my service presented to you and Ms
Winthrop, by this you may be pleased to understand I have
received yours by Edward Messenger, by which we understand of
your good health, for which we rejoice.
Sir, here is a ship lately come from England, heavy laden with
sad newse, the particulars I doubt not but you will have by
better inteligence.1* I have only sent you a coppy of a letter
by Edward Messenger, which came out of England, and you may
inform yourself of some newse.
Sir, my ernest desire is that you would persuade Mr. Frits to
return home.2 Concerning the farme, the court referred it to a
Comitty, but as yet hath done nothing. for our friends at
Wennam, I know nothing but they are all in good health. this
with my service presented to yourself, Mr Winthrop, Ms Lucy and
Ms Marget and to all the rest of the Gentlewomen. my service
also to Mr Stone.
Yours to serve,
AMOS RICHARDSON.
Amos Richardson died August 5, 1683, at his residence,
"Quiambog Farm," Stonington.
Thomas Minor notes in his Diary: "mr. Richardson sent ffor mee
sabath day the ffift about one a clok in that mr. Richardson
departed this life." Also on the 17th following: "mistris
Richardson made her will."
His wife was appointed by his will as sole executrix but she
died early in the following month, and their sons, Stephen and
Samuel, were appointed executors.3 Both wills were probated by
the General Court in 1683.
Amos Richardson's residence was located two miles northwest of
the railroad station at Stonington, on what is now called
Palmer's Hill. The exact location of his house cannot be
determined, but it was probably five or six hundred feet south
of the residence of Henry M. Palmer and it was the opinion of
Judge Wheeler that part of the framework was used in building
the Palmer house.
This is the highest elevation for some miles around and from it
a beautiful landscape is presented to every point of view.
Lantern Hill is fifteen miles north, and Pequot Hill, where the
state erected a monument to commemorate the overthrow in 1637
of the Pequot Indians, is about three miles west. To the south
is Fisher's Island, and beyond it, twenty miles away, stands
the far-famed lighthouse at Montauk Point. To the southeast,
overlooking Stonington and Stonington Harbor, may be seen Watch
Hill and Point Judith, and still further away, almost lost to
view, lies the storm-beaten coast of Block Island.
The Quiambog farm of Amos Richardson is now the site of many
beautiful homes, notably those of Mr. Charles Phelps Williams
and Judge Collins, which are adorned with marked evidence of
wealth and culture. After this farm became the property of his
son-in-law, Capt. John Hallam, a new house which is still
standing was erected on it about a mile nearer the harbor. This
old Hallam house has been remodeled by Judge Gilbert Collins,
of Jersey City, and is now his summer home.

Amos and Mary Richardson had eight children:
1.	MARY, born at Boston, probably in 1644 or 45, and
baptized there November 26, 1647. In June, 1663, she married
Jonathan Gatliffe, of Braintree and Boston, Mariner.
Children: Jonathan, born about 1664; Mary, Dec. 14, 1665;
Thomas, Feb'y 10, 1670; Joseph, Feb'y 15, 1673, John, baptized
Dec. 15, 1673.
Her father gave them a house and lot in Boston and 200 acres of
land in Stonington, November 13, 1673. This property was not to
be sold except to redeem him from slavery if he should be taken
captive or to relieve his family in extreme distress.
Jonathan Gatliffe died about February 1, 1675, as his will was
dated January 28th and the inventory February 15th of that
year. He left two sons, Jonathan and Thomas of whom Arthur
Mason and John Fairweather were the overseers. His widow
probably married a Mr. Starr, who, in August 1678, is called
Mr. Richardson's son-in-law.1 He apparently was the captain of
a boat running between Boston and New London. Perhaps he was
Jehosaphat Starr.
She died probably in the month of August, 1681, as the
inventory taken after her decease of the household goods
belonging to her sons by Gatliffe was dated September 2nd,
1681. This property was purchased by Timothy Clarke, her
brother-in-law.
REV. JOHN RICHARDSON
2.	JOHN, son of Amos and Mary Richardson, born October 28,
1647, and baptized December 26, 1647.
He graduated at Harvard College in 1666 as M.A., became a Tutor
or Resident Fellow of the College, and was mentioned for Fellow
in the intended charter of 1672. At the beginning of the
difficulties with President Hoar he was absent and at the
meeting held August 26, 1673, the Corporation voted to take no
action until Mr. Richardson was present; he was then on a visit
to Connecticut. After his return he with others resigned, thus
leaving the President without support and the Corporation
without a quorum.
He may not have agreed in all respects with the opponents of
Mr. Hoar; for Judge Sewell, in relation to these difficulties,
writes, October 16, 1674: "By Mr. Richardson's means I was
called upon to speak. The sum of my speech was that the causes
of the lownes of the College were external as well as
internal."2
Prior to this, April 16, 1673, he was called as Minister of the
First Church of Newbury, Mass., and settled there December 6,
1674, where he was Minister for twenty-one years. The family
name, of his wife Mary has not been discovered. They were
married about October, 1673. He preached the Artillery Election
Sermon at Boston on June 10, 1675, and again in June, 1681. The
latter was printed if not the former. His children-were Sarah,
born September 9, 1674, John ______, Mary, July 22, 1677;
Elizabeth, April 29, 1689; and Catharine, September 15, 1681.
His will, dated March 29, 1692, left his property to his wife,
except a small legacy to each of the above-named children. It
refers to his farm and lands "that lye in Stonington or in ye
Confines of any Town in Connecticut Colony or else where." The
witnesses were Daniel Peirce and Thomas Noyes.
Nothing more is known of his wife or children. He died at
Newbury, July 23, 1696; his gravestone at Newbury has this
inscription:
A resurrection to immortality is here expected for what was
mortal of the Reverend Mr. John Richardson, once fellow of
Harvard College, afterwards teacher to the Church of Newbury.
Put off April 7, 1696."
3.	AMOS, son of Amos and Mary Richardson, baptized January
20, 1650, probably died young, as there is no other account of
him.
4.	STEPHEN, son of Amos and Mary Richardson, was born June
14, 1652. He married Lydia, daughter of Jonathan and Mary
(Wells) Gilbert and resided at Stonington, where he was a man
of note. See second generation following for full account.
5.	CATHARINE, daughter of Amos and Mary Richardson born
January 6, 1655. She married first Captain David Anderson, of
Charlestown, Mass., September 12, 1671. On November 12, 1671,
Amos Richardson and Mary, his wife, of Stonington, made a deed
of gift to their daughter Catharine Anderson, of land and a
dwelling house in Boston, and a tract of land in the
Narragansett country
Children:  John, born July 14, 1675, died young, David, born
May 16, 1677, and married by the Rev. Samuel Willard to Hannah
Philips on January 5, before 1700. The year is unknown.
Captain Anderson was master of the ship "Blessing," and died on
his way home from London in May, 1677. She married for the
second time Captain Richard Sprague, May 7, 1679. He was an
officer of distinction in the Dutch War of 1674. They probably
had no children. She died July 23, 1701.
6.	SARAH, daughter of Amos and Mary Richardson, born July
19, 1657. She married Timothy Clarke, of Boston, Mariner.
Captain Clarke was a man of some note and was selectman for a
number of years after 1700.
Children:  Katherine and Sarah, born April 6, 1687; Sarah,
October 18, 1691; Margaret, April 4, 1697, Prudence, December
31, 1698.
On September 11, 1679, her father gave them the Winthrop lot
previously mentioned.
7.	SAMUEL, son of Amos and Mary Richardson, born February
18, 1659.  He married Anna Cheseborough, daughter of Nathaniel
and Hannah, of Stonington, 1693. He was elected a Selectman in
1706. The History of Stonington gives his name in a list of men
who served in Indian wars. He died in 1712-3, his will being
dated January 27th and probated March 10 of that year.1
Children: Samuel, born February 9, 1686, died 1688; Anna, born
November 12, 1688, married William Avery, and had five
children; Prudence, born September 10, 1690, married George
Plumb, and had two children; Samuel, born April 7, 1693, died
1695; Hannah, born August 30, 1695, married Jonathan Brown and
had six children; Catharine, born January 16, 1697, married
William Thompson, and had eight children; Sarah, born September
26, 1699, married Saxton Palmer, and had two children; Mary,
baptized June .10, 1700, married Joshua Holmes, and had ten
children.
8.	PRUDENCE, daughter of Amos and Mary Richardson, born
January 31, 1661/2. She first married March 15, 1683, John
Hallam, a sea captain and merchant, who resided in Stonington,
where he died November 20, 1700. In 1692 the Rev. John
Richardson, of Newbury, his brother-in-law, leased to him in
perpetuity a thousand acres of land for the consideration of
five shillings and an annual rent of one peppercorn. This was
the former home of her father.
"Captain Hallam's possessions were large and his inventory
gives evidence of a style of dress and housekeeping more
expensive and showy than was common in those days.
"It contains silver-plate, mantle and coat of broadcloth, lined
with silk, seventeen horse kind, four Negro servants, &c.2"
Shortly before the arrest of Capt. Kidd in the autumn of 1699,
two of his men are said to have visited Capt. Hallam, this
threw suspicion on him so that he was required to give a bond
the exact nature of which is unknown. Hallam died a few months
later and this bond was subsequently in the possession of his
family for a number of generations.
Many years ago Dr. George D. Stanton, of Stonington, obtained
the bond, and later gave it or loaned it to the late Judge
Wheeler. It is now unknown what has become of it.
Children: John, born 1684, died young; Prudence, baptized April
18, 1686, died 1701; Amos, November 20, 1687, died young; John,
April 13, 1690; Amos, July 6, 1696.
Amos Hallam married Phebe Greenman and had Prudence, September
22, 1717; John November 7, 1719, and Phebe, August 13, 1722.
The last named John married Abigail Noyes, daughter of Capt.
Thomas, and had Amos, August 26, 1738, who graduated at Yale in
1756, married Desire Stanton, daughter of Thomas, and was a
wealthy merchant at Stonington. Children: John, Abigail, Amos,
Thomas, Nicholas, Desire, Edward, Alexander and Giles Russell.
Prudence [Richardson], widow of John Hallam, married second
Elnathan Minor, a man of note at Stonington. They had one son:
REV. Richardson Minor.
Richardson Minor was baptized at Stonington, February 25, 1705,
graduated at Yale College in 1726, married Elizabeth Munson and
had ten children. He was the Congregational minister at Unity
(now Trumbull), and also a popular physician in a number of
towns, including Stratford. During the Great Awakening of 1740
he became the leader in Fairfield County of a strong party in
his denomination who opposed this; movement, or at least much
of the Calvin theology.
Efforts were made to have Mr. Gold, the minister at Stratford,
dismissed and Mr. Minor called in his place. However, in 1744,
before this question was settled, his name was dropped at his
own request and he joined the Episcopal church with a large
number of his followers. He then went to England at the expense
of his friends to take orders as minister of the Episcopal
church at Stamford. During the voyage he was captured by the
French and taken to France. After his release, on his way to
London, he was stricken with a fever and died at Salisbury,
probably in the latter part of 1744. His widow died, at New
Haven in 1751. Their daughter, Henrietta, born 1728, married
John Miles, of New Haven. Prudence, the second daughter, born
1729, married Phillip Benjamin. The other children were younger
and their names are unknown.3
In 1833 Richardson Minor (aged 80) was a Massachusetts
Revolutionary pensioner, residing in Franklin Co. Perhaps he
was a grandson of Rev. Richardson Minor.
SECOND GENERATION
STEPHEN RICHARDSON
Stephen Richardson, son of Amos and Mary, was born in Boston,
June 14, and baptized June 20, 1652, at the First Church (now
Congregational Unitarian). On December 29, 1670, his name
appears in the list of inhabitants at Stonington who had house
lots, he then being only a little over eighteen years of age.
He married Lydia, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Wells)
Gilbert1 before September 25, 1673, probably during that year.
This is shown by the letter of that date from Governor
Winthrop, before given on page 9.
He was well acquainted with the Indian language and was often
employed as an interpreter.
He served in King Philip's War in 1675-6 at the time of the
Great Swamp Fight, and was one of the soldiers who shared in
the Voluntown grant made by the State in 1696. He was probably
the Quartermaster for the Connecticut troops. On May 18, 1676,
the Colonial Council authorized him to sell arms in his
possession in part payment for his services. Minor's Diary,
December 15, 1675 says: "Concticut Armie Set forth from mr.
Richardsons," and June, 1676, "Thursday, the 15. wee were to
meet all the soldiers at steeven Richardsons house." He was
made a freeman in 1679. After his imprisonment by Rhode Island
in the summer of 1680, previously referred to, he presented a
claim to the General Court for damages. In 1687 he was a
representative from Stonington to the General Court.
Niles's History is authority for the statement that in July
1689, "Stephen Richardson shot dead on the spot one William
Trimming, a notorious English decoy in the service of the
French privateers." Trimming had secreted himself in a house on
Fisher's Island, and Richardson, with sixteen other men, went
there to capture him. He was censured by some for his action,
as they wanted to take him alive.
Stephen Richardson resided on the Connecticut side of the
Pawcatuck River at Westerly. The railroad must cross very near
to where his house was located.
It is about five miles east of his father's home. This land
Amos Richardson purchased in 1663; it is the property referred
to by Governor Winthrop and Fitz John Winthrop in 1673; it
extended along the river for nearly a mile.
He must have died about 1694, as his widow signed a deed on
July 1, 1695, in which she is described as "Lydia Relict of Mr.
Steven Richardson being Executor of my honored husbands will
and in full power by Act of New London Court and having
Libertie by my husbands will."
The following deed to her son Jonathan was dated August 10,
1696. "Let all men know that I Lydia Richardson Relict of ye
late Steven Richardson of Stonington Do for ye lncouregment of
my son Jonathan for his present settling with me upon, that
Land which was given him by his Honorred father after my
decease I say I do by these and att this Present Give him ye
one half of all the houseing & ye Lands belonging to ye home
place and that adjoining on ye South side of it which was given
to Nathaniel Deceased, that is to say, his part to Joyn to Mr.
Noyes is land on ye South & to ye River on ye East and so
Westerly to ye Barns the Barne being his part of out houseing,
and ye welling house, he is to have ye Great Room & half of ye
seller & ye Poarch Chamber and that ye Promise may be sure to
him my son Jonathan his heirs and assigns to all purposes &
intents for Ever I sett to my hand & Seal this Tenth Day of
August one Thousand six hundred ninety six; also it is provided
before signing I give to Jonathan ye Salt meadow that was
Nathaniels."
The will of Mary Gilbert (widow of Jonathan), dated May 23,
1700, shows that her daughter, Mrs. Lydia Richardson, had a
second husband named Chapman, perhaps Richard Chapman, although
Savage suggests William.
At the Probate Court, New London, June 3, 1703, Mrs. Lydia
Chapman exhibited a deed of gift of lands left her by the will
of her deceased husband, Mr. Stephen Richardson, late of
Stonington, to her three daughters, Mary Carder, Rachel
Richardson and Jemima Richardson.
Stephen and Lydia Gilbert Richardson bad at least nine
children, and it is supposed that he was the only one of his
family to leave descendants in the male line. The following is
an account of their children:
1.	JONATHAN, son of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, born
probably in 1674. He married Ann Edwards. See third generation
for further account.
2.	STEPHEN, son of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, was bapt.
at Stonington June 19, 1681, with Mary and Amos. It may be
conjectured that he was born about 1676, as the record of
baptism probably names the three children in the order of their
ages. He married first Joanna Minor, daughter of Joseph, of
Stonington. She joined the church there in 1702. They had a son
Stephen, bapt. July 10, 1715, of whom nothing more is known.
Second, he married Abigail Pelham at Newport R.I., March 25,
1728. She joined the church at Stonington in 1733. They had a
son David bapt. April 6, 1729.
In 1726, Stephen Richardson was chosen to assist in a council
at Valuntown in a difference between Pastor and church. He was
a Selectman for the town for a number of years and in 1719 was
elected a Representative to the General Court. He owned a
number of slaves. In 1742 his negro servant, Peter, was
baptized. "Crump, negro servant of Stephen Richardson, married
Deborah, Indian servant of Jonathan Richardson," 1739.
In January, 1745, he moved to Lebanon, Connecticut, and, with
his slave Peter,1 United with the church there by letter from
Stonington. He died at Lebanon, August 11, 1749. His son David
married Rachel Richardson, a daughter of his cousin Amos of
Coventry, October 28, 1747. Their children born at Lebanon
were: Rachel, July 23, 1748; Abigail, Feb. 1, 1751; Stephen,
May 1, 1752; Betty, March 21, 1754, married at Somers, Daniel
Benton, of Tolland, Feb. 18, 1779; Annis, bapt. Dec. 14, 1755;
David, bapt. Jan. 23, 1757, married Eunice Wood, at Somers,
Nov. 30, 1780. She died at Enfield, Conn., Oct. 22, 1784, in
her 28th year, according to her tombstone. He married second
Sarah Hudson, at Somers, June 15, 1785. He served in the
Revolutionary War from that town. It is not known when the
family moved to Somers and Enfield, which are adjoining towns.
There was a son, Daniel, who erected a monument over the graves
of his parents at Enfield, "In memory of Mr. David Richardson
who died Aug. 5th, 1811, in his 83d year. Also Mrs. Rachel his
consort who died Jan. 13th, 1807, in her 79th year. This
monument was procured by their son Daniel Richardson May 20th,
1817." There was a Daniel Richardson, who served in the
Revolution from Windham County.
3.	MARY, daughter of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, bapt.
June 19, 1681. She married Richard Carder in January, 1700. He
was lost at sea in 1707. Children: Mary, born Sept. 29, 1700;
Lydia, born Aug. 2, 1702; Rachel, born Sept. 4, 1704.
4.	AMOS, son of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, bapt. June
19, 1681. In 1683 his grandfather Richardson left him a farm on
the east side of the Pawcatuck River, then occupied by Mr.
Wells. He probably died young.
5.	SAMUEL, son of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, was bapt.
March 18, 1683, married Sarah Stanton. Children: Sarah, bapt.
Nov. 3, 1734; Mary, bapt. May 16, 1736;  Mehitable, bapt. Feb.
26, 1738. Samuel died in 1755 and his widow with Capt. Gideon
Brainard was authorized by the Assembly to sell his lands. The
daughter Sarah married Gideon Brainard, Jr., June 7, 1753.
6.	RACHEL, daughter of Stephen and Lydia Richardson bapt.
May 30, 1686. She was unmarried in 1703.
7.	LEMUEL, son of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, bapt. Aug.
12, 1688. He married Mehitable, daughter of Capt. John Chapman,
of Haddam, Conn., Dec. 15, 1709. They United with the church at
Stonington in 1710, and he died at East Haddam, May 24, 1713,
probably having resided there but a short time, as in 1712 when
his father-in-law's estate was settled, he is called "of
Stonington."2 He left property at Stonington and East Haddam.3
Their four children were:
i.	MEHITABLE, bapt. at Stonington, March 26, 1710.
ii.	SAMUEL, bapt. at Stonington, May 27, 1711, was probably
the eldest son, as his father left him twenty pounds; more than
he gave his brother. He married, according to family tradition,
Pauline or Polly Whitney. He had two children and there may
have been others.
(1)	Stanton, born at Haddam, Jan. 10, 1755, was presumably
the Stanton Richardson who served in the Revolution from
Wallingford.
(2)	Lemuel, born in 1761, served in the Revolution in the
First N.H. Reg., Capt. Farwell's Company. At the time of his
enlistment at Charlestown, N.H., in 1779, his age was given as
18, birthplace Haddam, Conn., height 5 feet 6 1/2 inches, and
residence Westminster, Vt. He married Jerusha Hedges and had a
son, Samuel, born in Northfield, Vt., Sept. 26, 1801, who
married Catherine J. Valleau and left two children: Samuel
William-and Katherine Phoebe. The former was born at Rochester,
N. Y., April 19, 1850, and is an officer in the U. S. Marine
Hospital Service, stationed it Wilmington, N.C. He married Emma
Cornelia Butler and has a son, William Butler Richardson, born
Jan. 21, 1880.
iii.	LEMUEL, date of birth or bapt. unknown. He is named in
his father's will and died March 9, 1722.
iv.	STEPHEN, born in 1713, not mentioned in his father's
will, probably born after his death.
8.	JEMIMA, daughter of Stephen and Lydia Richardson, bapt.
June 19, 1692; married first Green Hungerford, of East Haddam;
second Matthew Fuller. Her children by the former were: Lydia,
born Dec. 1712; Sarah, Dec. 29, 1714; Prudence, Jan. 18, 1716;
Green, Jan. 4,. 1718; Mary, Dec. 26, 1720.; Rachel, Oct. 12,
1722; Lydia, Dec. 30, 1724; Stephen, May 1, 1726; Hester, May
22, 1728; Elizabeth, Jan. 25, 1730; Lemuel and Nathaniel, May
23, 1733.
9.	NATHANIEL, no record of baptism. All that is known
about him is the mention made in the deed from his mother to
Jonathan in 1696. He probably died after his father.
THIRD GENERATION
JONATHAN RICHARDSON
JONATHAN RICHARDSON, son of Stephen and Lydia (Gilbert)
Richardson, was born before September 10, 1674, the date of
Jonathan Gilbert's will, probably at Stonington in that year.
His parents most likely had been married only a short time when
the Winthrop letter was written, September 25, 1673. He was
named for his grandfather, Jonathan Gilbert,1 who mentions him
in his will: "I give to my daughter Lydia Richelson 20
shillings." "I give my grand child Jonathan Richelson 5
pounds." There is no record of his baptism as there are no
church records kept at Stonington prior to June 3, 1674.
The Rev. James Noyes had been holding regular services there
for ten years, being paid by the town; but no church
organization was formed that year.2
He married in 1696 Ann Edwards,3 daughter of Richard and
Elizabeth (Tuttle) Edwards, of Hartford, and they resided at
the homestead on the Pawcatuck River. He died May 7, 1700, and
the inventory of his estate shows that be owned the homestead,
except that his mother had a life estate in one-half of it.
Also that he had a right in lands at "Quanabooge" (Quiambog).
The inventory taken May 23, 1700, states that he left a "widow
and two children Jonathan and Amos the eldest two years and an
half ould the youngest half a year." "Mrs. An Richardson made
oath that she had made a true exhibition of his estate."
The inventory shows that be was not a slaveholder, as his
uncle, Captain Hallam, was, and as some of the Richardson
family were later.
On May 23, sixteen days after his death, his grandmother
Gilbert made her will at Hartford, which contained these
provisions: "And further the 1/7th part of the 1/5th part
legacy here given unto Lydia Chapman shall be paid to the sons
of my late grandson Jonathan Richelson decd when they attain
the age of 21. *  *  *  And my mind and will is that the rest
of the fifth part Lagacy given to my daughter Lydia, not
otherwise disposed of to the heirs of the late Jonathan
Richelson decd shall be equally divided amongst the children of
my said daughter Lydia, which she had by her husband Richardson
decd, minors." It should be noted that the Christian name of
Lydia Chapman's first husband, Richardson, is not mentioned.
The author of the Gilbert Family4 was apparently misled by this
will into supposing that Lydia Gilbert married Jonathan
Richardson, and others, including the Richardson Memorial, and
even Savage's Dictionary, made the same error.
The children of Jonathan and Ann (Edwards) Richardson were both
baptized in the First Church at Hartford. The records; of
baptism are: "Jonathan son to Jonathan Richardson Nov. 21,
1697," and "Amos June 23, 1700 son to Widowe Richardson."
In 1702 Mrs. Ann Richardson became the wife of William
Davenport of Hartford.5 By a former wife he had one child only,
William. They moved to Stonington before 1708, and from there
to Coventry after 1718. Mr. Davenport died in Coventry, 1742,
in the seventy-seventh year of his age. His widow Ann was born
in Hartford in 1678, died in Coventry in May, 1764. Their
children were:
Humphrey, born 1703, married Hannah Fitch, and resided in
Coventry;
Ann bapt. 1705, married Habakuk Turner of Coventry;
Elizabeth bapt. in 1708 at Stonington, married Nathaniel Gove
of Coventry;
Rachel bapt. at Stonington 1715;
Richard born 1716, settled in Coventry, where he had six
children by wife Alice;
Rachel bapt. in Stonington in 1718.
The two children of Jonathan and Ann (Edwards) Richardson were:
1.	JONATHAN, bapt. Nov. 21, 1697, was born a few days
before, as he was two and a half years of age in May, 1700. He
married Anna, daughter of Rev. Salmon and Dorothy (Noyes) Treat
of Preston, Conn., Oct. 25, 1721, and resided at the old
homestead of his father and grandfather on the Pawtucket River,
in Stonington. Joshua Hempstead notes in his diary under date
of Nov. 18, 1721, "I went about Stonington as far as Jonathan
Richardson's att Pocatuck."
On Oct. 13, 1728, Anna, wife of Jonathan Richardson, was
recommended to the church at North Stonington, and on Nov. 1,
1730, he was allowed to commune with the church at Stonington.
On Dec. 6, 1739, his Indian servant, Deborah, was married to
Stephen Richardson's negro slave, Crump. In 1734 John Denison,
of Stonington, was plaintiff in a suit against Jonathan
Richardson, which was decided by the Assembly in favor of the
defendant.
In 1753, when the highway from Pawtucket Bridge to Voluntown
was laid out, his dwelling house was mentioned as being in the
second course after leaving the bridge, and he probably built
the dam across the Pawtucket below the bridge in company with
someone on the east side of the river.1 He had a saw and grist
mill which in 1756 he gave to his son, Salmon Treat. In 1795
the latter conveyed it (or at least a part interest) to his son
George.
Salmon Treat Richardson signed a deed in February, 1810, for
what was probably his remaining interest in the mill property
or other lands adjoining. Jonathan Richardson died Nov. 22,
1773, aged 76,2 and his wife March 17, 1777. She was born Aug.
26, 1699. They had at least nine children, order of birth
unknown:
i.	ANNA, bapt. at Stonington, Nov. 24, 1728.
ii.	DOROTHY, bapt. Nov. 24, 1728, married John Stanton, and
had ten children:
(1)	Adam, married Elizabeth Treat.
(2)	Daniel, married Vashti Dickinson.
(3)	Amos, married Sarah Draper.
(4)	George, married Prudence Woodburn.
(5)	Prudence, married Ashbel Parker.
(6)	Anna, married a Trumbull.
(7)	Dorothy, died unmarried.
(8)	Mary, married James Treat.
(9)	Rachel, married Samuel Hayne.
(10)	Rebecca, married Amos Treat.
iii.	JOHN, bapt. May 28, 1731, married Thankful Worden, Nov.
2, 1778.
iv.	AMOS, bapt. May 28, 1731, married Sarah Kennedy Jan.
15, 1778, and had a daughter Sarah, born Sept. 3, 1779. His
wife probably died, for he married Mary Meach Nov. 25, 1782.
v.	SALMON TREAT, bapt. with John and Amos, married Hannah
Wilkerson Aug. 8, 1765, and their son George Richardson, date
of birth unknown, married Sarah Holmes, March 30, 1795, and had
seven children:
(1)	Sally, born March 17, 1796;
(2)	Hannah, March 10,. 1798;
(3)	George,, Oct., 17, 1800;
(4)	Anna, April 15, 1803;
(5)	Stephen, Dec. 7, 1806;
(6)	Jonathan, Oct. 25, 1808,
(7)	Thankful, May 29, 1812. -
COL. JAMES RICHARDSON.
vi.	JAMES, born about 1734, as according to the inscription
on his gravestone in North Carolina, "Col. James Richardson
died Sept. 29, 1810, aged 76 years." Nothing has been learned
about him from Connecticut records except that in 1770 Jonathan
and James Richardson, of Stonington, petitioned the Assembly in
a suit against Eleazer Fitch, Jr., of Windham, by which it
appears that Fitch had obtained a judgment against them for
about 300 pounds, and that the farm and dwelling house of
Jonathan Richardson had been taken by execution, "When there
was sufficiency of land without said house, and complaining of
unfairness in the appraisement, also that said Fitch has
received considerable sums of money of James Richardson
aforesaid by the hand of Col. John Whitney, which ought. to be
deducted out of said execution."
It appears, by the records of the Assembly from 1764 to 1766,
that James Richardson, of Stonington, had a controversy with
Benjamin Bancroft, of Suffield, relating to their accounts, the
charter of the sloop "Gull" and merchandise taken by Richardson
to sell at Havana in 1762. Bancroft obtained a judgment for 493
pounds, which Richardson refused to pay and was imprisoned.
Later he petitioned the Assembly for a rehearing, which was
granted, the first judgment set aside, and a new one entered
against him for 132 pounds, which was settled in 1766.
The first information received by the author about Col.
Richardson was from a letter by the late Col. John A.
Richardson, of Elizabethtown, N.C., to Judge Wheeler in 1872.
It is now supplemented by further data from his cousin, Mrs.
Irving Robinson, of Elizabethtown, and Dr. William M.
Richardson, of Boardman, Fla.1
This shows that James Richardson, of Stonington, was
shipwrecked off Cape Hatteras, shortly before the Revolution,
while on a voyage to the West Indies with a cargo of flour.
Subsequently he settled on the Cape Fear River, in Bladen Co.,
N.C. He had previously been a soldier in the French and Indian
war, and was with General Wolfe of the storming of Quebec. He
had a sister Prudence at Stonington, who married a Watson or
Woodburne; also a brother Salmon, who was a merchant in Boston,
where he died.
James Richardson served in the Revolutionary war and became a
colonel in the American army. He had two cousins in North
Carolina, Samuel and Nathaniel Richardson.2 The latter served
in the Revolution, was a member of the Provincial Congress, and
was shot by the Tories in Robeson County while on his way to
pay off the Whig troops. He left no family.
Col. Richardson's father visited him before his death and gave
him a Bible which he had brought from England.3 It cannot be
learned what became of this Bible, although Mrs. Robinson
remembers having seen it many times when a girl at the home of
her uncle Edmund Richardson, and later at her uncle Purdie
Richardson's.
Col. Richardson married a widow Purdie, whose maiden name was
Elizabeth Neal. Another account is that she was a widow Roots
and that they were married in Jamaica where she owned a large
property with 900 slaves. She died May 19, 1808, aged 81 years.
They had two sons:
(1)	Samuel Neal Richardson, born June 11, 1770, married
Mary Ann Smith, and died March 1, 1831. He was a Methodist
minister, also a member of the North Carolina House of Commons
for 1801 and the Senate for 1802 and 1803. Children: Sophia,
James Stephen, Elizabeth, Purdie, Helen, John, Amos, Edmund and
Mary Ann.
The son James S., was a physician located at Moulton, Ala. in
1829, and the father of the above mentioned Col. John A.
Richardson, who died in 1872.
Dr. William M. of Boardman, Fla., and Dr. Clement L., of Lake
Charles, La., are sons of Purdie Richardson.
The youngest daughter, Mary Ann, married Rev. Alexander B.
Smith who were the parents of Mrs. Irving Robinson and Mrs.
Charles P. Parker.
(2)	Amos Richardson, born in 1772, married Mary Haynes, and
died March 22, 1812. He was a member of the House of Commons
from 1802 to 1806. Children: Haynes and Samuel.
vii.	STEPHEN RICHARDSON, bapt. June 11, 1738, married Sarah
Treat at Wethersfield, Aug. 20, 1765, settled in Barkhamsted,
Conn., where his wife died May 17, 1831, aged 84, and he July
31, 1831, aged 93. He was a hatter by trade and acquired
considerable property. He is said to have been somewhat pompous
in his ways, powdered his hair and wore knee breeches and a
conspicuous hat.
He had three negro slaves, one, a woman, lived to be a hundred
years of age. They had six children:
(1)	Silas, (2) Ralph, and both, according to tradition,
settled in North Carolina.
(3)	Samuel resided in Barkhamsted, where he died leaving
four children: Ralzamon, Rollin, Marilla and Ann. Rollin had
Wellington B. (residence unknown), Marrilla (died unmarried)
and Mary, who married D. D. French. There are no descendants of
Samuel Richardson living, unless it is through his grandson
Wellington.
(4)	Daniel settled in Twinsburg, Ohio, about 1834. He had
five children: William Richardson, married and died without
issue; Edwin Richardson, had a son Julian, of Ravenna, Ohio,
and a daughter, name, unknown; Daniel Richardson, Jr., had a
son and a daughter. The names of the two daughters of Daniel
Richardson, Sr., are unknown.
(5)	Lemuel, married Sarah Taylor and died July 29, 1856.
Children: Lemuel, Jerusha Wolcott, Emily, Sarah and Clara.
Jerusha W. Richardson is the only daughter living; she married
John Dempsey, resided at New Hartford, Conn., and had five
children, one of which is Judge Eugene Dempsey, of Danbury.
The only son of Lemuel and Sarah (Taylor) was:
REV. LEMUEL RICHARDSON.
He was born in Barkhamsted May 26, 1829, and inherited his
father's farm, where he resided until about 1864. He was
converted when he was twenty-nine years of age and almost at
once commenced fitting himself to preach the Gospel by private
study. He began preaching as a Methodist minister in 1859 and
is still in active service. After entering the ministry he
resided for the first five years on his farm and preached at
nearby churches. Since then he has been pastor of the churches
at Rockland, East Granby, North Canton and Darien, in his
native State, and at Huntington and Port Jefferson, N. Y.
About twenty-two years ago he came to Brooklyn as pastor of the
Cook Street Church; next in New York City for three years with
the Eleventh Street Church. He then returned to Brooklyn and
has since been in charge of the York Street Church, Warren
Street Church, Ridley Memorial and North Fifth Street Church,
of which he has been pastor for the last six years.
The Rev. Fred Saunders, an associate with him in the ministry,
writes of him as follows: "The Rev. Lemuel Richardson is one of
the most faithful and loyal preachers of the Gospel in the New
York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as
fearless and uncompromising as Elijah but as gentle as the
beloved disciple John; his gentleness and purity of character
have made him as lovable as he has been efficient."
He married Martha M. Tiffany, Oct. 22, 1849, and has had three
daughters: Mary, married M. W. Griffin and resides in New
Haven; Nellie G., married James J. Butler and died without
issue Dec. 2, 1896; Clara L., died unmarried Nov. 25, 1900.

(6)	Sally, daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Treat)
Richardson, married Benjamin Roberts, of Great Barrington,
Mass. She probably has no descendants living.

viii.	RACHEL RICHARDSON, bapt. March 24, 1745, married John
Watson, of South Kingston, R. I., Nov. 24, 1773.
ix.	PRUDENCE RICHARDSON, date of birth unknown, was married
to Samuel Woodburn, "both of Stonington," by Elder Stephen
Babcock, at Westerly, March 4, 1757. Presumably the Prudence
Woodburn who married her sister's son John Stanton was their
daughter.
2.	AMOS, son of Jonathan and Ann (Edwards) Richardson. ,-
See fourth generation following for full account.

FOURTH GENERATION
AMOS RICHARDSON
AMOS RICHARDSON, son of Jonathan and Ann (Edwards), was born
probably at Stonington, and in December, 1699, as he was six
months; of age when his father died. He was baptized, as before
stated, at Hartford, June 23, 1700. His early years were spent
there, and until his stepfather, Mr. Davenport, moved to
Stonington, which was before August 8, 1708, when Elizabeth
Davenport was baptized.
It is uncertain when he settled in Coventry. "The Centennial
Address," delivered before the church at North Coventry by the
pastor, Rev. George A. Calhoun, Oct. 9, 1845, says, concerning
the founders of the church:
"Amos Richardson married Rachel Yarrington,1 of Long Island,
and emigrated from Stonington to Coventry in 1717. At that
period there was no house in the east school district and but
one in the present limits of the district. He settled on the
farm now owned by one of his descendants, Levi Sweetland, Esq."

This date seems improbable when we consider his age and the
fact that Mr. Davenport was still living in Stonington. (Rachel
was baptized there May 5, 1718.)
The earliest record showing a residence in Coventry is a deed
of land dated Oct. 4, 1723, from Thomas Lasett, of Windham, to
Amos Richardson, of Coventry. However, on the 2nd of the
following May, he signed a deed for land in Stonington to his
brother Jonathan, in which they are described as "both of
Stonington," and he as a carpenter. The witnesses to the Lasett
deed were William and Humphrey Davenport, his stepfather and
half brother.
The tradition that he was married to Rachel Yarrington on Long
Island is undoubtedly an error, as there is no reason to
suppose that any of the Yarrington family resided there at the
time of their marriage, which must have taken place as early as
1724, her first child being born March 20, 1725.
They were married, probably, at Stonington or Preston. It is
unknown whether her father moved to Stonington from Preston
before she was married; at least one of his sons continued to
reside at Preston; her first child was baptized there, and at
the same time, Sept. 26, 1725, she united with the church. This
must have been only a few days after her father died at
Stonington.
The church in the North Parish of Coventry was not organized
until twenty years after this, and Amos Richardson was the
leading man in securing its establishment. He was active in
town and church affairs, but there is no record of any military
services. On Dec. 13, 1725, he was elected Lister and
Inspector, and during the next fifteen years held many town
offices.
He gave a farm to each of his sons. His home was located about
a half mile southeast of the Coventry church, on the south side
of the highway leading past the birthplace of Nathan Hale, two
and a half miles farther southeast. After 1850 this farm was
occupied for many years by Andrew K. Brown and later by Capt.
George Keeney.
He died in 1779, the inventory of his estate was taken Nov. 25,
1779, and his will dated Sept. 18, 1775; his wife must have
died before that time as her name is not mentioned in it. He
had fourteen children and at least ninety grandchildren. He did
not achieve fame as his cousins Jonathan Edwards and Gov.
Belcher, but be certainly perpetuated a sturdy race.
The fourteen children of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson were:
1.	NATHAN, born at Coventry March 20, 1725, baptized at
Preston Sept. 26, 1725, and married to Phebe Crocker at
Coventry, Nov. 8, 1748. He served in the Revolution and was at
the battle of Bunker Hill, where he lost a gun. He resided for
a few years in Lebanon, and his daughter Lois was born there in
October, 1772.
His father's home farm at Coventry was deeded to him before the
date of his will (of which he was executor), Sept. 18, 1775,
and it is probable that his father was living there with him at
the time of his death in 1779. He removed to Manchester, Vt.,
in -March, 1780, where he was called Capt. Richardson and was a
prominent man in the town. His twelve children were:
i.	ROSAMOND, born at Coventry, July 9, 1749, married
Daniel Brewster at Lebanon, June 2, 1774.
ii.	ANDREW, born at Coventry, Dec. 13, 1750, married Mercy
Clauson at Lebanon, Oct. 17, 1773. He served in the
Revolutionary War from Lebanon, and in 1780 moved on an open
sled to Manchester, Vt., where he was in the service in 1781
and 1782, and in 1806 was a representative from that town. They
had six children:
(1)	Eleazer, born at Lebanon, March 21, 1774.
(2)	John Clauson, born at Coventry, Sept. 1, 1776, married
Lucretia Root, Sept. 6, 1804, and died at Manchester in 1860.
Children:
a) Jerusha, born July 5, 1805, died young;
b) Aaron C., Jan. 25, 1809, married Aurilla Howard and had
Ellen Lucretia, April 21, 1839 (married Asahel Parker), and
Julia Mabel, March 6, 1842, (reside at Manchester Depot);
c) Artemesia, born May 11, 1811, died young;
d) Andrew E., born Aug. 8, 1813, married Margaret Helen,
daughter of his second cousin Humphrey Richardson;
e) Moses, born May 24, 1817, had two sons and resided at
Castile, N. Y.
John Clauson Richardson also had two other daughters, Caroline
and Sophia, of whom there is no record; both died unmarried.
(3)	Rosamond, born Sept. 17, 1778.
(4)	Andrew, born Jan. 13, 1783, married Rachel Boarn, June
24, 1804, and had:
Barnett, April 17, 1805,
Hattie Strong, May 6, 1806
Ophelia, Jan. 29, 1811,
Lois Ann and Amos (twins), Aug. 25, 1815,
Cyrus, Nov. 27, 1820.
(5)	Zereniah (daughter), born Jan. 13, 1785.
(6)	Mercy, born May 21, 1787.
iii.	LUCY, born at Coventry, Sept. 3, 1752.
iv.	AMOS, born at Coventry, Nov. 26, 1754. He served in the
Revolution, from Manchester, in 1780, 1781 and 1782.
v.	JOHN, born Nov. 16, 1756, who served in the Revolution
from Coventry and probably also in Vermont. His daughter Phebe
was bapt. at Coventry, Dec., 1780.
vi.	ESTHER, born at Coventry, Oct. 26, 1758.
vii.	NATHAN, born at Coventry, Oct. 27, 1760, served in the
Revolution from Manchester. A few years later he removed to
Burlington, Vt., where he died. His children born in Manchester
were William Palmer, July 22, 1784, and Rhoda, Dec. 31, 1785;
the former was:
HON. WILLIAM P. RICHARDSON
William Palmer Richardson, son of Nathan, was well educated and
excelled as a public reader. He married Laura, daughter of
Capt. John Lyman, Sept. 23, 1807, served in the War of 1812 and
was at the battle of Plattsburgh. After the war he settled near
Jerico Center, Vt., where he was a prominent man and
representative from Chittenden County in the Legislature for a
number of years.
He wrote the early history of Jerico which was published in
Thompson's Gazeteer, was especially interested in the causes of
education and temperance. When more than eighty years of age be
removed with his wife to Butternuts, Otsego Co., N.Y., resided
with his son-in-law, Edward Converse, and died Feb. 28, 1871. A
further account of him is given in Kulp's Wyoming Valley
Families, Vol. 1. He had a notable family of, fourteen
children:
* Betsy, the oldest child, born July 8, 1808, at Westford, Vt.,
married Dec. 17,1829, Russell French, of Jerico, was a teacher,
and died April 9, 1830.
* Nathan R., born Jan. 20, 1810, married May 21, 1837, Emily
House, and was a teacher.
* Emily, born Jan. 9, 1812, married in 1834, Rev. James
Hillhouse, a Presbyterian clergyman, and died in Newbern, Ala.,
April 4, 1835. She was a teacher for some years in an academy
at Columbus, Ohio.
* Hannah W. (fourth child of William P. and Laura L.), born May
31, 1814, married Nov. 4, 1840, Prof. John G. K. Truair and
died Aug. 31, 1849, at Norwich, N. Y. She was for some years in
charge of the female department of the Gilbertsville Collegiate
Institute, of which her husband was the principal.
* John Lyman (fifth child), born Sept. 15, 1816, at Jerico,
married June 30, 1846, Catherine Heermans, at Scranton, Pa. He
was a successful teacher for many years, and in 1855, while
principal of the Madison Academy at Waverly, Pa., was
commissioned Superintendent of Schools for Luzerne County. He
resided at Bloomsburg,. where he died March 16, 1885. Their
nine children were:
i. Mary Lyman Richardson, born Nov. 17, 1847, married Isaac
Platt Hand, May 3, 1871. He is a prominent lawyer at Wilkes
Barre, Pa., where they have had eleven children, namely:
Elizabeth, George (both died young), Kathleen, Isaac P. (died
April 8, 1905). Bayard, Laura (married Hamilton Farnham, Sept.
27. 1904, has daughter Catharine, born Aug. 22, 1905, resides
in New York), Aaron Hicks (died young), Richardson, Joseph
Henry, Emily, and Philip Lyman.
ii. Laura Ann Richardson, born July 25, 1849, married first
Edward Welles, in 1875, second Angus Morrison, in 1879, third
Asher Miller, in 1888, resides at Santa Cruz, Cal. Children:
Emily Morrison, Catharine J. Morrison, and Mary Morrison who
married George Cuthburt.
iii. Galitain Truair Richardson, born Jan. 19, 1861, resides in
Los Alamitos, Cal.
iv. Florence Delphine Richardson, born March 14. 1853, married
Willis Emmons and has a daughter Louise, who resides near
Sacramento.
v. Emily Eliza Richardson, born Nov. 14, 1855, married Capt.
Walter T. Hall of San Francisco. He was a soldier in the Civil
War and made a record which placed him in the front rank with
the "bravest of the brave." They reside in San Francisco and
have a son Walter T., Jr., who married Freda Robb, May 21,
1902.
vi. William Philip Richardson, born Oct. 6, 1857, resides in
Silver City, Idaho.
vii. John Lyman Richardson, born March 2, 1863, married Minnie
Bittenbender of Constantine, Mich., resides at Bloomsburg, and
has Catharine R., born June 5, 1896, John L. Jr., born July 4,
1897, and Emily E., born Feb. 21, 1899.
viii. Catharine Heermans Richardson, born Jan. 28, 1866, died
in infancy.
ix. Harriet Heermans Richardson, born Oct. 28, 1868, married
John Gordon. resides at Norwalk, Cal., and has Heermans and
Laura.
* William Palmer (sixth child and twin with John Lyman), died
in infancy.
* Martin P., born June 2, 1818, married, May 12, 1842, Ann
Beecher, of Cambridge, Vt., and was a teacher.
* William Palmer (eighth child), born March 8, 1820, married,
in 1842, Elmira Wilder, of Cambridge, Vt., where he died in
1843.
* Caroline (ninth child of William P. and Laura L.), born Jan.
21, 1822, married Edward Converse, May 23, 1848, resided at
Butternuts, N. Y., and for many years was a teacher.
* Minerva, born April 4, 1824, died March 31, 1839.
* Laura E., born Nov. 10, 1826, died March 24, 1839.
* Joseph L., born April 17, 1828, died March 28, 1839. These
three last named children of William P. and Laura I., die
during the same week at Cambridge, Vt., of scarlet fever.
* Burton, born Dec., 1830, died Nov., 1844.
* Simeon R. (fourteenth and last child), born March, 1832,
married Charlotte Dickinson, April 16, 1850, resides in
Lexington, Minn., where he was formerly a teacher.

The other five children of Nathan and Phebe (Crocker)
Richardson were:
viii.	HETTIE, born at Coventry, Nov. 6, 1762.
ix.	SARAH, born at Coventry, March 10, 1765.
x.	ELIZABETH born at Coventry, Feb. 26, 1768.
xi.	WELLES, born in Coventry, Feb. 14, 1770. In 1793 he
resided at Manchester, Vt., where he was a voter.
xii.	LOIS, born at Lebanon, Oct. 13, 1772.
2.	LEMUEL, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington) Richardson,
born Sept. 19, 1726, married Anna Rust. See fifth generation
for full account.
3.	AMOS, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington) Richardson,
born at Coventry, March 5, 1728, married first Ruth Stiles,
June 5, 1751, mother of all his children; and second Phebe. The
epitaphs on their tombstones in the cemetery at Coventry,
sometimes called the Strong Cemetery, read as follows: "In
memory of Mrs. Ruth, consort of Capt. Amos Richardson, who
departed this life Feb. 4th, 1777, in the 44th year of her
age." "In memory of Mrs. Phebe Richardson, who died July 12,
1802, aged 68 years. Wife of Capt. Amos Richardson." "In memory
of Capt. Amos Richardson, who died Sept. 30th, 1802, in the
75th year of his age."
He served in the French and Indian War in 1757, received a
commission from the Assembly as Lieutenant in 1765 and Captain
in 1767; in 1763 he was the Collector of Rates. He kept a hotel
for many years, which was destroyed by fire April 24, 1766, on
which account he petitioned the Assembly to relieve him from
taxes. He was one of the committee to secure relief for Boston
and served as a Captain during the Revolutionary War. He had
five children:
i.	ANNA RICHARDSON, born March 26, 1752, married Capt.
Noah Grant, grandfather of President Grant. Her tombstone bears
this inscription: "In memory of Mrs. Anna, wife of Mr. Noah
Grant daughter of Capt. Amos & Mrs. Ruth Richardson, who died
1786 in ye 38th year of her age." There is a discrepancy of
three years between the dates of her birth as given in the town
records and on her tombstone, but mistakes of this kind are
often found.
Since Marshall's "Ancestry of General Grant" was published in
1869 it has been supposed that the first wife of his
grandfather, Capt. Noah Grant a Revolutionary soldier, was a
widow Richardson whose maiden name was Anna Buell. This mistake
was undoubtedly made by General Grant's father, Jesse Root
Grant, and may be accounted for by his near relationship to the
Buell family. Martha Huntington, widow of Noah Grant, married
Peter Buell, a prominent man who died in 1769, leaving a number
of children by her. Capt. Noah and Anna (Richardson) Grant had
two sons:
(1)	Solomon Grant, born at Coventry, about 1779, brought up
there and well educated (by his grandfather Buell, according to
Mr. Marshall). Whether he lived with his grandfather Richardson
or with his father's relatives it is now impossible to say.
About 1798 he is said to have gone to the West Indies as the
overseer of a sugar plantation, and it is now claimed that he
left descendants there. The accounts about him differ
somewhat.1
(2)	Peter Grant, born at Coventry, Nov. 4, 1781, after his
mother's death went with his father to Pennsylvania, where the
latter married Mrs. Rachel Miller Kelly, and had seven other
children:
1. Susan A., born Dec. 7, 1792;
2. Jesse Root (father of General U. S. Grant), Jan. 23, 1794;
3. Margaret 31., Oct. 23, 1795;
4. Noah B., Nov., 1797;
5. John K., June 2, 1799;
6. Roswell M., Jan. 10, 1802,
7. Rachel M. Sept. 6, 1804.
Peter Grant settled in Maysville, Ky., and there married
Portnelia Bean (or Bane), Nov. 12, 1807. He acquired a fortune
as a tanner, salt manufacturer and mine owner; but his family,
who favored the Confederate cause, lost a large share of their
property during the war. Children, all born at Maysville:
1.	Clarice Grant, born Aug. 16, 1808, married James
Howitt.
2.	Lawson B. Grant, born July 1, 1810. married Martha G.
M. F. Hudson.
3.	Solomon K. Grant, born July 14, 1812, married Elizabeth
F. Thornton.
4.	Orville Root Grant. born April 28, 1815, married Marian
M. McFarland.
5.	Peter Buell Grant, born May 13, 1817, married Elizabeth
B. Hendley.
6.	Anna Richardson Grant, born March 10, 1819, married
Mortimer Oliver Hubbard Norton.
7.	Permelia Grant, born Jan. 19, 1822, married Dr. Volney
Spalding of N. Y. City.
8.	Noah Grant, born April 1, 1824, married Eliza Colston
Marshall.
9.	Susan A. Grant. born March 26, 1826, died 1827.
10.	Rachel M. Grant, born March 18, 1829, married Alfred
Gray Morgan.
ii.	HEZEKIAH RICHARDSON, born Jan. 25, 1754, married Olive
Thompson, Jan. 27, 1774, and died June 23, 1814. His will
mentions children-Amos, Nancy Coleman, Ruth, Phebe Ripley,
Susan Lyman, and a granddaughter, Olive Richardson. They appear
to have had seven children, order of birth unknown.
(1)	Nancy Richardson, born Aug. 6, 1774, married Solomon
Coleman and had Nancy and Solomon Lathrop, bapt. July 1, 1828,
and James Manning, Sept. 30, 1831.
(2)	Ruth Richardson, born Jun. 9, 1779, was unmarried when
her father's will was dated in 1813.
(3)	Hannah Richardson, born Oct. 13, 1780, married Capt.
Joseph Dow and had Eunice, bapt. at Coventry, March 21, 1802,
Rebecca, Jan. 16, 1803, Hannah, May 22, 1804, Joseph, Oct. 6,
1805, Joseph and Newton, Oct. 8, 1809, Hezekiah, Lucia and
Augustus, Oct. 1, 1815, Edward, June 1, 1817 (resided Rt.
Bunker Hill, Ill.2), Elizabeth, March 1, 1819, James
Richardson, Jan. 21, 1821, and Mary, -May 24, 1829.
(4)	Olive Richardson, born in 1782, married Col. James
White and died Nov. 14, 1808, leaving a daughter, Olive
Richardson, who was baptized the next day.
(5)	Phebe Richardson, date of birth unknown, married Elijah
Ripley at Coventry, Nov. 14, 1804. On Aug. 18, 1816, they had
the following children baptized: Joseph, Amos, Polly, Fredrick,
Olive, Sally and Erastus. On Jan. 4, 1820, Emily and Norman,
children of widow Elijah Ripley, were baptized. On Sept. 3,
1820, Elijah, son of widow Elijah Ripley, was baptized. Her
husband died Jan. 1, 1820, age 37 years.
(6)	Susan Richardson, date of birth unknown, married
William Lyman, Sept. 19, 1797, and had Jane Richardson;
baptized July 29, 1798, Miranda, Sept. 15, 1799, Alicia, Oct.
3, 1802, Idocia, Aug. 5, 1804, Mary, Nov. 3, 1805, Lucy, Oct..
19, 1807, Nathan Morrison and Chauncey, March 15, 1811, and
Julia Ann, Oct. 1, 1815.
(7)	Amos Richardson, born July 4, 1786, married Sarah
Strong, Nov. 29, 1810. He resided in Coventry, about a half-
mile south of Mansfield Depot, where he died, March 13, 1860.
He was a deacon in the First Church at South Coventry. He had
ten children:
1. Hezekiah, born Feb. 7, 1812, died 1833.
2. Theodore Dwight, born Aug. 14, 1813, died 1817.
3. Joseph Warren, born Aug. 14, 1815, resided in 1871 in
Coventry, unmarried.
4. Charles. born July 23, 1817, resided in 1871 in Coventry,
unmarried.
5. Lucy Strong, born Dec. 23, 1820, married in 1847, Andrew
Jackson Main, resided in Coventry, and had five children.
6. Edward. born April 2, 1823, died unmarried in 1863.
7. Ruth Stiles, born April 2, 1825, in 1871 resided in
Coventry, unmarried.
8. Olive White, born June 18, 1827, married William Oliver
Gardner, and had four children.
9. James White, born July 2, 1830, married, 1858, Nancy Eliza
Logan. He was a carpenter, resided in Hartford, and had five
children.
10. Amos, born June 20, 1832, married Sarah Brindall and had
two children.
iii. 	ZEBULON RICHARDSON, born Feb. 10, 1757, died at
Coventry, Feb. 15, 1809, aged 52 years, probably never married.
iv.	REUBEN STILES RICHARDSON, born at Coventry, Feb., 1762.
v.	RUTH RICHARDSON, born about 1765, married Levi
Swetland, Dec. 28, 1780, and died at Coventry, Jan. 11, 1842,
aged 77. Children:
(1)	Mille Swetland, -born Nov. 28, 1782, married Capt.
Joseph Rose, Nov. 28, 1799, and had Fanny, Sept. 3, 1800 (died
1814), Elizabeth Hale, June 28, 1804, and Fanny Mary, Sept. 24,
1815. Capt. Rose died Aug. 1, 1838.
(2)	Anne Swetland, born April 26, 1785, died 1808.
(3)	Polly Swetland, born Jan. 17, 1787, died 1813.
(4)	Levi Swetland, born June 2, 1789, married Electa
Kingsbury, March 8, 1810, and had Mary Anne and Olive White,
baptized 1819, and Levi P., Henry K. and Harriet E., baptized
in 1821.
(5)	Ruth Swetland, born March 30, 1791;
(6)	Rosca Swetland (daughter), born March 21, 1797.
4.	RACHEL, daughter of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, was born at Coventry, May 16, 1729, and married
David Richardson, of Lebanon. See page 15.
5.	JONATHAN, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, was born at Coventry, July 24, 1721, and died there
April 3, 1799. He was one of the soldiers who went to Boston at
the Lexington Alarm in 1775. His will, dated Nov. 13, 1795,
mentions wife Jerusha, children William, Ezekiel, Ephriam,
Mason, Martin, Mary Fox, and grand-daughter Eunice Fox. As far
as can be learned he had nine children, order of birth unknown:
i.	WILLIAM, born perhaps about 1756, presumably the
William Richardson who married Abigail Thayer, at Bolton, Sept.
24, 1778, was a Revolutionary soldier from Coventry.
ii.	EZEKIEL, born in 1760 or 1761, served in the
Revolutionary War from Coventry. He married Jerusha Porter, who
died in 1824. The inscriptions on their tombstones in the
cemetery at the foot of Silver Street, Coventry, read as
follows: "In memory of Mr. Ezekiel Richardson, who died Nov. 8,
1816, in the 56th year of his age." "In memory of Mrs. Jerusha
Richardson, relict of Mr. Ezekiel Richardson, who died Aug. 14,
1824, aged 62 years."
Her will, dated June 24, 1824, names children Chester, Lathrop,
Uriel, Jerusha, Chloe, and grand-daughter Harriet Maria
Spofford. Children:
(1)	Chester Richardson, born about 1782, married Huldah
Lyman and died at Coventry in 1856, aged 74. She died in 1855,
aged 70; they had one son, name unknown.
(2)	Lathrop Richardson, born in 1789, baptized at Vernon on
Oct. 18 of that year, married Mary Hatch, Jan. 4, 1819, and had
Charles who resides in South Dakota, Jane, Mary Ann (married
Henry Tracy, a Boston editor), Lillcone (married Alpheus-
Fuller, of Scotland, Conn.), and Emily L., who was baptized at
Coventry in 1829 and resides at Lenox, Mass.
(3)	Jerusha Richardson, bapt. at Vernon, Aug. 6, 1792, died
Sept. 19, 1849, aged 45. She married Daniel Loomis, Jan., 1815,
and had Edwin, Daniel, Juliatta, bapt. 1819, and Mary
Kingsbury, bapt. 1821.
(4)	Chloe Richardson, bapt. July 10, 1796, married, Sept.
4, 1816, Jesse Spofford of Mansfield, and had Maryette, 1817,
Marilla, 1819, -Manly W., 1821, Harriet Marie, 1824, who
married Dr. H. M. Prestou, Uriel, 1826, Monroe D., 1831, Eliot
G., 1837.
(5)	Uriel Richardson died Sept. 16, 1824, age 24 years.
This date is taken from the inscription on his tombstone in the
cemetery at the foot of Silver Street, which reads as follows:
"Uriel, son of Mr. Ezekiel & Mrs. Jerusha Richardson, died
Sept. 16, 1824, in Bethsaida, Georgia, age 24 years." There was
no village nor post office in Georgia named Bethsaida, but the
Bethsaida College and Orphan Home, founded by the celebrated
George Whitefield about 1740, was located near Savannah and
destroyed by fire soon after his death in 1770. In 1808 this
property was sold to the Morrell family, and at the time of
Uriel Richardson's death was part of their plantation.
In the centennial address of Rev. George A. Calhoun in 1845,
Dr. Uriel Richardson is mentioned as a physician who was born
in Coventry. Mrs. Harriet M. Preston, a niece of Uriel
Richardson, furnished some years ago information about the
family, in which she spoke of him as it skillful physician who
died (when about 45 years of age) at Milledgeville, Ga.
The above accounts of Uriel Richardson do not agree if the date
taken from his tombstone is reported correctly, and the most
that can be said is that he probably was a promising young
physician, who went South perhaps for his health and died
there.
iii.	EPHRAIM RICHARDSON, date of birth unknown, enlisted in
the Revolutionary service in 1778 for three years in a Company
of Harness Makers, and was stationed at Springfield, Mass. He
was named in his father's will, dated in 1795.
iv.	WEALTHY RICHARDSON, date of birth unknown, died Dec. 8,
1767, in the fourth year of her age.
v.	MINOR RICHARDSON, date of birth unknown, died Aug. 14,
1779, in his 15th year.
vi.	WEALTHY RICHARDSON, date of birth unknown. died Nov.
27, 1784, in her 17th year. Her record and the two preceding
ones were taken from their tombstones.
vii.	MASON RICHARDSON, date of birth unknown, resided in
Coventry and signed a deed there in 1801 with Martin, his
brother, during the same year received a letter of transfer
from the church at Coventry.
viii.	MARY RICHARDSON, married a Mr. Fox and had a daughter
Eunice. Presumably she was the widow Fox who died in Coventry
in 1826, age 56 years, according to the record of the Second
Church.
ix.	MARTIN RICHARDSON, born in 1773, was the youngest son,
married Lavinia Taylor, resided in Windham and ran a line of
stages between there and Hartford.
His eight children were:
(1)	Lavinia Richardson, born Dec. 8, 1797, married Joseph
Delliber, of Hartford, and had two children: Joseph, born in
1821, married Caroline Rust; Lavinia, second child, born Jan.
15, 1825, married Lorenzo Hamilton. Children:
1.	Lillie Lavinia, born March 4, 1853, married James W.
Eldridge of Hartford.
2.	Frank Lorenzo, born Jan. 7, 1855, married Sarah Lavinia
Lines, resides at Meridan and has Maud Lines Hamilton, born
Nov. 3, 1886, and Lorenzo Hamilton, born June 24, 1895.
3.	Joseph D., date of birth unknown.
4.	Ida Louise, born Jan. 28, 1859, married Dr. Franklin P.
Roberts of New Haven and had Hazel Lavinia, born Sept. 5, 1883,
and Frank Hamilton, born Oct. 12, 1885.
(2)	Leydon Richardson, born in 1800, married first Eliza
Emeline, and second Mary Charlotte Lyman, leaving a son Henry
by his first wife.
(3)	Jonathan Dwight Richardson, born 1807, married Martha
Way and had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Arad Tuttle.
(4)	Cynthia Ann Richardson, born 1810, died 1828.
(5)	Julia Ann Richardson, born in 1812, died in 1829.
(6)	Wealthy Richardson, born 1814, married William Palmer.
(7)	William Hart Richardson, born in 1816, married Lucy
Stillman.
(8)	Laura Richardson, born in 1819, died in 1834.
6.	STEPHEN, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, born July 14, 1732, married Mabel Marsh at
Coventry, Feb. 22, 1763, and was one of the soldiers who went
to Boston at the Lexington Alarm in 1775. After the war he
resided in Windsor, where be died Oct. 7, 1809, his wife Aug.
4, 1798. They had nine children:
i.	JANE RICHARDSON, born at Coventry, Dec. 24, 1763,
married Elijah Wright, Jr., Nov. 1, 1781. They were buried in
the cemetery near the foot of Silver Street which is situated a
little west of the site of his old mill, now in ruins. The
locality is known to this day as "Wright's Mill." He was a
descendant of Deacon Samuel Wright, of Springfield, and a
cousin of Jesse, grandfather of the Rev. Merle St. C. Wright,
of New York. The epitaphs on their tombstones are: "Elijah
Wright, died Feb. 28, 1839, aged 80 years. Jane, relict of
Elijah Wright, died Sept. 27, 1850, aged 86 years." Children:
(1)	John Wright, born Feb. 2, 1787, resided at or near
Detroit, Mich., served in the War of 1812, and died Aug. 15,
1812. One account is that he was killed in the service.
(2)	James Wright, born June 10th, died July 17, 1789.
(3)	James Wright, born July 12, 1793, settled at Rootstown,
Ohio, had three daughters and two sons, and died at Franklin
Mills, Ohio, July 13, 1863.
(4)	Emily Wright, born July 25, 1795, married Uriah
Brigham, April, 1825, and died in March, 1826.
(5)	Harvey Wright, born July 17, 1797, married Sarah
Bissell, of Manchester, in 1820, names of their children
unknown.
ii.	JENNET JEWETT RICHARDSON, born Nov. 1, 1765, died Sept.
28, 1793 (perhaps a widow).
iii.	LUCRETIA RICHARDSON, born Feb. 11, 1768.
iv.	ABIGAIL RICHARDSON, born March 9, 1770, married William
Kingsbury at Coventry, 1788, moved to Homer, N. Y., where he
was a tanner and shoemaker.1 Their five children were:
(1)	Eleazer, born Nov. 25, 1788, married Susan Kinnee and
had four children: Andrew E., born June 28, 1820, married,
1847, Cynthia Edgerton, of Coventry; Antoinette, born Aug. 24,
1823, married, 1850, Denman Spencer, resided at Binghamton, N.
Y., and had one daughter, Harriet, born -May 3, 1828; Sarah,
born Sept. 4, 1830.
(2)	William Kingsbury, born Aug. 27, 1790, married Hilpah
Winchell in 1817, died Sept. 1, 1867, at Homer, where his three
children were born: Harriet, died young; Augustus W., born Nov.
30, 1824, married Mary Fish, had two children, and died in
Minnesota in 1866; Henry Clay, born Nov. 6, 1830, married -
Mercy Ann LaDue, resided in Westfield, N. Y., where he was a
prominent lawyer and died in 1902. (Children: Carlton A.,
Edward P., Clara LaDue, Julia H. and Henry Clay.)
(3)	Erastus, born Dec. 23, 1792, died Sept. 22, 1810.
(4)	Augustus, born Oct. 12, 1796, married Dec., 1816, Polly
Loomis, and died Oct. 26, 1872. Children: Affiry, born Feb. 2,
1817; Harriet, born June 19, 1819, married Wells Woodbridge, of
Manchester, Conn.; Erastus, born May 8, 1821, married Elizabeth
Goodwin.
(5)	Charles, born March 20, 1802, married Nov. 26, 1829,
Pamelia Porter; resided in Cortland Village, N. Y. Children:
Emily M., born Feb. 14, 1832, died Oct. 7, 1852; Charles P.,
born July 8, 1833, married Cleoria Bennett; Andrew Dwight, born
Nov. 18, 1834, married Emily Hawkes; Albert G., born Feb. 14,
1841, married Fanny Cleine, resided in Des Moines, Iowa; Edwin
S., born Sept. 26, 1842, died March 13, 1874; Frederick W.,
born July 22, 1850, married Sept. 27, 1876, Mary Sehemerhorn.
v.	ALEXANDER RICHARDSON, born June 17,1772.
vi.	PHILLIP RICHARDSON, born Sept. 7, 1774, drowned May 13,
1793. -
vii. 	MABEL RICHARDSON, born March 8, 1778.
viii. 	DANIEL RICHARDSON, born Jan. 8,1781.
ix.	POLLY RICHARDSON, born Oct. 12, 1785.
7.	ANN, daughter of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, born Jun. 4, 1734, married Uriah Brigham, May 28,
1754, and died Aug. 5, 1813. Her husband died in Jan., 1777,
aged 55. Their eight children were:
i.	ROGER, born Oct. 28, 1755, died in Nov., 1760.
ii.	BETHIAH, born July 14, 1757.
iii. 	ANNE, born Oct. 14, 1759, married Samuel Rudd, of
Norwich, Feb. 19, 1783.
iv.	NORMAN, born Dec. 2, 1761, died Aug., 1782.
v.	DON CARLOS, born Feb. 21, 1763, married Polly
Greenleaf, June 7, 1789, and died March 27, 1843. A son aged
two years died Jan. 20, 1804, and another, Gurdon, aged 12,
died June 11, 1804. Don Carlos Brigham was a Revolutionary
pensioner in 1832, and resided in Hartford Co.
vi.	CEPHAS, born Dec. 7, 1765, married Amelia Robertson,
May 14, 1786, died May 17, 1841. Children:
(1)	Anne, born probably about 1787, bapt. May 17, 1793,
married Roderick Dimock, of Mansfield, Oct. 9, 1806.
(2)	Lucia, date of birth unknown, bapt. May 17, 1793,
married Horace Russ, Nov. 29, 1810, who died before Aug. 29,
1826, on which date the following children of his widow were
baptized at Mansfield: Horace Dwight, Lucia Emily, Isabel,
Amelia, Lewis and Louisa.
(3) Sally, bapt. with her sisters May, 1793.
vii. 	MARCIA or MARTHA, born Jan. 28, 1770, bapt. July, 1778.
viii.	LUCIA, born Nov. 6, 1771, bapt. July, 1778, married Dr.
Rice, of Glastonbury, Aug. 31, 1800.
8.	ZEBULON, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, was born March 7, 1735. Nothing more is known of
him. Two of his brothers' sons were named for him, and, as
there is no record of his death at Coventry, it is not
improbable that he lost his life in the Revolution.
9.	HUMPHREY, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, born March 9, 1737, was named for his father's
half-brother, Humphrey Davenport.
His father's will contains this provision: "I give and bequeath
unto Humphrey my grandson, & son of my son Humphrey deceased
what will remain out of Six & twenty pounds after deduction
therefrom, to pay a Legacy of œ50 old tenor willed to my sd.
son Humphrey by his Uncle Humphrey Davenport of Coventry
deceased."
He married Mary Brown, probably daughter of Ebenezer and Martha
Brown, of Coventry, who was born April 26, 1741. He served as a
soldier and was killed in a battle with the Indians at Hoosick
Falls, N. Y., in the latter part of 1756.
One of his descendants, Mrs. A. F. Hill, of West Brattleboro,
has a letter, written by him while in camp to his father,
mother and wife, dated May 17, 1756. His only child, born after
his death, was:
i.	HUMPHREY RICHARDSON, born Feb. 6, 1757. He served in
the Continental Army, was taken prisoner, and, when paroled,
his residence was again in Coventry. In April, 1777, be
enlisted again for three years in Capt. Jonathan Allen's Co.,
Col. Putnam's Reg., from Northampton, Mass. He married Margaret
Webb, July 17, 1781, and on March 27, 1782, his infant child
died at Bolton, Conn. On Nov. 30, 1783, Humphrey Richardson and
wife were admitted to the church at Bolton. He moved to
Williamstown, Mass., from there to Dorset Vt., and died at
North Bennington, Vt., in 1849.
In 1837 he petitioned Congress for an appropriation of $35.25
and interest to pay for property lost by him during the
Revolutionary War. This request was not granted, although
Hiland Hall, Representative from his district, certified that
he was a man of "undoubted veracity." His petition in part was
as follows:
"Your petitioner Humphrey Richardson, of Dorset in the county
of Bennington and State of Vermont, a pensioner under the act
of 1818, respectfully represent that in the month of March,
1776, he was a soldier in Col. Porter's regiment in the
Massachusetts line, that he had furnished himself at his own
expense with arms, clothing, and equipments, that on his way to
Canada in crossing Lake Champlain, he, without any fault on his
part slipped on the ice and broke the stock of his gun, which
rendered it entirely useless, and there being no means of
repairing it, it was left at St. Johns and lost to your
petitioner, that the said gun cost him ten dollars in specie,
that in August of the same year your petitioner was taken
prisoner near the Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain, carried to
Quebec and from thence to New York where he was paroled and
returned home in the fall of the same year.
"Your petitioner further states that on being taken prisoner be
was stripped of all his clothing except that which be wore, and
also of his arms and equipments, and that his losses in arms,
equipments. and clothing are truly and justly stated in the
following bill."
The five children of Humphrey and Margaret (Webb) Richardson
were:
(1)	Humphrey Richardson, born at Bolton, Conn., Feb. 8,
1774 married Hannah Durgee, Aug., 1805, had sixteen children,
only five accounted for, the others probably having died young:
1.	Humphrey Davenport, married Mary Webb of Sunderland,
Vt., and had Webb, Humphrey Davenport, and Adeline.
2.	Margaret Helen, born in Dorset, Jan. 1, 1824, married
Andrew Edward Richardson, in 1840, at Salem, N.Y., and died
Nov. 8, 1862. He was born Aug. 8, 1813, and was the son of John
Clauson and Lucretia (Root), as before mentioned. They had two
children: Josephine Amelia, born Aug. 30, 1842, married
Alexander F. Hill, July 15, 1862. resides at West Brattleboro,
Vt., and has two daughters, Margaret Helen and Ruth Adeline,
wife of Charles D. Pettee; Humphrey Edward Eugene, born Dec. 4,
1843, moved to Colorado about 1893.
3.	Marion, born Feb. 19, 1826, married Samuel E. Moore,
Nov. 15, 1855, and had Frank Ernest, Oct. 23, 1856, Lillian
Emogene, June 23, 1858, Ralph Edward, July 7, 1865, and Hubert
Samuel, Feb. 19, 1867. The second child. Lillian E., is the
only one living; she married Major Frank L. Howe, at Dorset,
Sept. 22, 1881, resides at Northfield, Vt., and has Harold
Moore, born July 14, 1882, and Muriel Lillian, Oct. 16, 1884.
The latter married Earl L. Bean, June 29, 1904.
4.	Mary, married George Pettibone and has George R., who
resides at Yonkers. N.Y.
5.	Anne, married Benjamin Albe.
(2)	Hiram Richardson, born Jan. 25, 1786, had two sons, Eli
and Edwin, who resided at North Bennington.
(3)	George Washington Richardson, born Dec. 27, 1789,
according to family tradition, died unmarried at Memphis,
Tenn., in 1846. He was born with only one hand, was educated at
Williams College, but did not graduate. He was for many years a
teacher, but became a physician. Mrs. A. F. Hill has a good
letter written by him Dec. 15, 1828, at which time be was
teaching at Riverhead, Conn., and was in poor health. Mr. A. M.
Jones also has eleven family letters from him, the first dated
at New York, Sept. 10, 1810, the last at Birch Pond, Tenn.,
1843. He had an exemplary Christian character.
(4)	Margaret Richardson, born in Williamstown, Mass., July
22, 1796, married Norris Dodge and had seven children:
1.	William, drowned when about two years of age.
2.	Mary H., born Oct. 25, 1820, married William G. Baker,
died in Scottsville, N. Y., June 18, 1901, leaving a daughter
Margaret E., who married LeGrand Brown.
3.	Marcia Richardson, married Elijah Sherwin and died in
Iowa without issue.
4.	Jane N., married Edwin Haswell, moved to California,
where she died in 1862. Her sons, Alfred Z. and George E.,
reside in Madison, Wis.
5.	Margaret Helen and
6.	Marrett J. died in infancy.
7.	Eva P., born April 9, 1835, married Fred H. Cooledge,
March 23, 1869, resides at Dorset and had two children: Mary
J., born Dec. 25, 1867, died Sept. 29, 1881; William Dodge,
second child, born Aug. 23, 1861, married Frances Harrington
and died Sept. 18, 1891, leaving a daughter Mary Ella (wife of
Ralph Walker) and a son, George Baker.
(5)	Marcia Richardson, born July 31, 1803, married Amos
Allen Jones in 1828, resided many years at North Bennington,
and died in Schaghticoke, N. Y., June 28, 1883. Children:
1.	Myron Allen Jones, born Feb. 6, 1835, married Mary C.
Barton in 1868, had Helen M., Myra, Helen B., and died at
Schaghticoke April 30, 1883.
2.	Myra Jones died in infancy.
3.	Albert Melvin Jones, born Sept. 10, 1840, married
Freelove E. Allen Feb. 13, 1866, resides at Hoosick Falls, N.
Y., and has six children: Amos Melvin, born July 2, 1869,
married Cora A. Reynolds Oct. 17, 1894, and has William
Reynolds, born Oct. 26, 1901; Oliver Arnold, second child, born
April 9, 1872, married Emma Oldenberg Aug. 30, 1899, resided at
Westfield, N. Y., and has Olive R., born June 16, 1900, and
Albert F., May 12, 1902; Ralph Allen, third child, born March
21, 1875, married Maud L. Easton Sept. 20, 1899, and resides at
North Bennington, Vt. The other children of Albert M. and
Freelove E. (Allen) Jones are Marcia E., born April 18, 1879,
Myra H., July 18, 1885, and Myron H., Aug. 3, 1888.
10.	ABIGAIL, daughter of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, born July 23, 1739. There is no further account of
her.
11.	LOIS, daughter of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson born July 18, 1741, married Jonathan Porter, Jr.,1
Nov. 15, 1759. He went to Boston at the Lexington alarm. Her
gravestone in the cemetery near the foot of Silver Street is
marked "Lois Porter, wife of Jonathan Porter, Jr., died April
14, 1766, in the 25th year of her age." Their seven children
were:
i.	LOIS, born April 14, 1759, married Lieut. Joseph
Kingsbury, Feb. 21 1780 and by him had eleven children:
(l)	Lois Kingsbury, born Jan. 14, 1781, married Nov. 3
1805, Ira Lillie and died without issue.
(2)	Oliver Kingsbury, born Jun. 24, 1782, married April 28,
1803, Cynthia Wing and had Maria May 12, 1806 (married Dr.
Alonzo Streeter) and Oliver R., March 15, 1809 (married Susan
Paterson).
(3)	Eunice Backus Kingsbury, born Nov. 17, 1784, married,
Nov. 1802, Ebenezer Porter and had four children: Sophronia,
born Sept. 26, 1803, married Daniel Wight; their son Edwin
Mather, born Oct. 31, 1836, graduated at Williams College and
is a lawyer in New York; Rosanna, born April 12, 1806; Monroe
H., born Aug., 1812, died Sept. 5, 1818- Alva, born April,
1814, married -John C. Mather.
(4)	Ward Kingsbury, born Jan. 10, 1787, married, Feb. 2,
1808, Irene Avery and had three children; Louisa, born July 24,
1811, married Ebenezer Parsons; Dinah, born Jan. 22, l813,
married Matthew Allyn of Wellingston, Ohio; Ebenezer, born July
10, 1821, married Clemena Hitchcock.
(5)	Persis Kingsbury, born Dec. 10, 1789, married, May 2,
1813, Ira Lillie (her sister was his first wife). Children:
Marcus, born March 3, 1814; Elizabeth, Nov. 26, 1817, and
Tannette, May 31, 1821.
(6)	Electa Kingsbury, born June 9, 1791, married March 8,
1810, Levi Swetland. 2Children: Mary Ann, born July 18, 1811,
married George N. Loomis; Oliver W., born June 12, 1817, died
unmarried; Henry Kirke Wight born May 28, 1821, married Lizzie
Mann, was a fine musician and composer and died June 19, 1852;
Harriet Elizabeth, born Feb. 24, 1824, married George Pomeroy;
Levi Parsons, born April 25, 1827, died July 13, 1854.
(7)	Mary Kingsbury, born Oct. 3, 1793, married, May, 1813,
Harlan Page. He was a man of strong religious convictions and
had a great influence on the religious life of Coventry. He was
the manager of the American Tract Society of New York until his
death (Sept. 23, 1834, aged 43). His "Memoirs" were printed by
the Society in 1835. They had four children: Erwin Page, born
Aug. 11, 1815, in Coventry, graduated at Marietta College,
1841, at Lane Theological Seminary 1844, and died unmarried
Aug. 8, 1865.
Electa Maria Page, second child of Harlan and Mary (Kingsbury),
born Oct. 22, 1817, married, July 18, 1843, Rev. John Lewis of
Platteville, Wis.
Cyrus Page, third child of Harlan and Mary (Kingsbury), born-
May 15, 1822, married, March, 1843, Sophronia Davenport and
died the following month.
Harlan Marius Page, fourth child, born Jan. 1, 1833, in New
York, graduated at Beloit College about 1856, married Sarah E.
Turner, was an editorial writer on the Wisconsin State Journal,
and died June 15, 1886, leaving a widow and two children: Josie
Electa and Harlan Kingsbury. Mrs. Page and her daughter were
talented musicians. She was the prima donna of the Ole Bull
Concert Troupe. Of the daughter the Iowa State Register says:
"The wonderful child artiste, Mdlle. Josie Page, is a little
jewel, has a remarkable voice, which she uses with great ease,
singing the most difficult music with a thoroughly clear
enunciation."
(8)	Roxana Kingsbury, born Aug. 5, 1796, married, Sept. 20,
1815, Daniel Wight and had five children. Their third child,
William Ward Wight, born Feb. 4, 1821, married, July 10, 1844,
Lydia Ann Potwin Van Akin, died April 20, 1868, and left four
children: Daniel Porter, born Aug. 16, 1846; William Ward, born
in Troy, N.Y., Jan. 14, 1849, married, June 29, 1876, Sarah
Emily West, resident at Milwaukee, is President of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, and has written a genealogy of
the Wight family; Clara Elizabeth, born Oct. 9, 1852, is a
teacher and resident in Troy; Arthur Merriam, born April 20,
1860.
Joseph Kingsbury Wight, fourth child of Daniel and Roxana, born
Feb. 9, 1824, married, Aug. 16, 1848, Elizabeth N. Van Dyke,
graduated at Williams College and at Princeton Theological
Seminary and was a missionary to China. They had seventeen
children.
(9)	Ruth Kingsbury, born April 24, 1798, married Simon
Tracy, a merchant, and had Addison Leander, born Oct. 25, 1819,
in Lebanon; Lois Abby, born July 21, 1821, and Simon Kingsbury,
born Oct. 23, 1831, in Norwich.
REV. ADDISON KINGSBURY, D. D.
(10)	Addison Kingsbury, son of Joseph and Lois, born July 5,
1800, in Coventry, married first, April 27, 1830, Emma Little
and second Mary Farrar Price, Aug. 20, 1832. He was formerly a
shoemaker, but after his religious conversion he determined to
become a preacher of the Gospel. He was fitted for college
under the private instruction of Rev. George A. Calhoun of
Coventry, entered Amherst College, 1823, but was compelled by
serious sickness to leave after the first year, and taught at
Norwich Falls, Conn.; he studied at Andover Theological
Seminary, 1825-1828, was licensed by the Andover Association
April 22, 1828, ordained as an evangelist by the Presbytery of
Newburyport September 25, 1828, and went to Ohio.
His route was from New York City by boat to Albany, by canal
from Schenectady to Utica, stage to Buffalo, steamer to
Dunkirk, stage via Conneaut, Ohio, to Wheeling, W. Va., thence
to Marietta, Ohio, where he landed October 28, 1828. He labored
for one year as home missionary in Washington County, Ohio,
under commission from the American Home Missionary Society.
In autumn of 1829 he was installed pastor of the united
churches of Belpre and Warren, Ohio. After ten years labor he
was called to the Presbyterian Church of Putnam, Ohio, now a
ward of Zanesville, serving till April, 1878, when he resigned,
having completed a half century of ministerial service. The
presbytery, at the request of the Church, honored him as
"pastor emeritus;" he resided at Marietta until his death, Jan.
25, 1892 (aged 92).
He was a member of the New England Historic Genealogical
Society, a trustee for thirty-eight years of the Putnam Female
Seminary, for thirty-one years of Lane Theological Seminary,
and for fifty-three years of Marietta College. The last-named
institution conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity
in 1854. -He was from the church at Coventry in which Harlan
Page was reared, and drank largely of the spirit of that
devoted man.
Dr. H. M. Field says of him in the New York Evangelist: "He was
probably the oldest, and, up to recent years, almost the best
known of our ministers west of the Ohio. He was among the most
zealous and efficient of those pioneers of the Church who began
their ministry at the front, when Ohio was yet largely a
wilderness."
He had three sons, the youngest of whom died young. The oldest,
Harlan Page, born Aug. 12, 1836, married Mary Ellen Haver.
Joseph Addison, the second son, born Sept. 28, 1840, graduated
at Marietta College 1861, married Sarah Elizabeth Shipman and
resides in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he is a railroad official. He
is the author of the Kingsbury Genealogy (from material
gathered by his father). Most of the record here given of the
Kingsbury line is gleaned from this excellent family history.
He had three daughters and one son, Samuel Shipman Kingsbury,
born Sept. 12, 1871, -who is professor of Greek and German in
Fairmont College, Wichita, Kansas.
(11)	Emeline Kingsbury, daughter of Joseph and Lois, born
March 2, 1803, married, Sept. 18, 1826, Alvin Kingsbury. He was
a merchant and manufacturer and bad five children:
1.	Martha Roxana, born Aug. 20, 1828, married Charles A.
Kingsbury.
2.	Joseph, born Oct. 31, 1830, died Aug. 31, 1863.
3.	Ruth M., born Nov. 8, 1832, married Hon. Marcus Lillie.
4.	Addison, born Nov. 15. 1835, married first Charlotte
Elizabeth Lillie, second Sarah M. Scott, third Mrs. Ida May
(Warner) Robertson.
5.	Andrew Backus, born Nov. 15, 1837, died Aug. 20, 1841.
The other children of Jonathan and Lois (Richardson) Porter
were:
ii.	MERCY, born May 22, 1760, married Capt. Samuel
Robinson, and had Neal, June 16, 1784, and Sarah Anne, Oct. 17,
1786.
iii.	RACHEL, born May 28, 1761, married Samuel White.
iv.	PERCIS, born July 10, 1762, married Dr. Daniel Avery
and died April 1, 1831. He died Sept. 27, 1841, aged 80.
v.	AMAZIAH, born Dec. 29, 1763, married ______ Kittridge.
vi.	IRENE, born March 6, 1765, married Jabez Rockwell and
had thirteen children.
vii. 	JONATHAN, born April 5, 1766, married Tirzah Carpenter.
12.	JUSTUS, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington) Richardson
born Sept. 30, 1743, married Submit Troop, Nov. 16, 1769, and
died Aug. 28, 1813 (according to his gravestone at Coventry).
Children:
i.	JAMES, born Nov. 17, 1770, died July 6, 1790.
ii.	SUBMIT, born about January, 1772, died Aug. 28, 1782,
aged 11 years.
iii. 	IRENE, born Dec. 8, 1772.
iv.	RUSSELL, born Nov. 16, 1774.
13.	EUNICE, daughter of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, born Aug. 7, 1746, married Elam Jewett at Coventry
May 19, 1768. Children:
i.	JEMIMA, born July 6, 1769.
ii.	ELAM, born Nov. 19, 1770.
iii. 	JARED, born Jan. 26, 1771 (?).
iv.	JEREMIAH, born Dec. 7, 1773.
v.	OTHNIAL, born April 1, 1775.
14.	ABIAL, daughter of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington)
Richardson, born March 18, 1749, married Dr. Henry Ladd, Jr.,
June 26, 1766; he died Aug., 1778. Children:
i.	JERUSHA, born Feb. 15, died Aug. 11, 1767.
ii.	HENRY, born Aug. 9, 1768, bapt. July, 1778.
iii. 	HERMAN, born Feb. 6, 1770, bapt. July, 1778.
iv.	JERUSHA, born April 11, 1772, died Feb. 21, 1776.
v.	PEREGRINE, born Jan. 1, 1774, bapt. July, 1778.
vi.	LORIN, born June 8, 1775, died Dec. 10, 1777.
vii. 	HIRAM, born Oct. 16, 1776, bapt. July, 1778.
viii.	BENONI, born July 24, 1778, bapt. July, 1778.
FIFTH GENERATION
LEMUEL RICHARDSON
LEMUEL RICHARDSON, son of Amos and Rachel (Yarrington), born in
Coventry Sept. 19, 1726 married Anna, daughter of Capt. Samuel
and Sarah (Hawkins) Rust1 of Conventry, Aug. 30, 1747, and had
fifteen children, all recorded at Coventry. Roswell Richardson,
his grandson, was told by his father that there were fifteen
children, although he never heard of but seven men and two
women, which makes it probable that the others died young.
He resided in the northwest corner of the town, on the road
leading from Coventry to Rockville about a quarter-mile south
of the Tolland town line.
His father gave him this farm in 1754. The deed reads in part
as follows:
"To all people to whom these presents shall come greeting. Know
Ye that I, Amos Richardson of Coventry in the County of Windham
and Colony of Connecticut in New England for and in
consideration of ye love and affection that I bear unto my son,
Lemuel Richardson of ye Town of County and Colony above, have
given, granted, and do for and by these presents given and
grant unto my 2d son, Lemuel and to his heirs and assigns
forever two certain pieces of land lying in the Township of
Coventry."
His farm contained about fifty-six acres and was first occupied
by Noah Skinner; subsequently, in 1838, it was purchased by
Daniel Usher.
Lemuel Richardson died in 1774, and was buried in the cemetery
at the foot of Silver Street, about a half mile west of
Wright's mill. A tombstone marks his last resting place on
which is this inscription: "In memory of Mr. Lemuel Richardson
who died April ye 22, 1777, in ye 51 year of his age." The
inventory of his estate shows that his wife survived him; it is
not known when she died.
There is no account of his serving in the Revolution, although
he may have done so, and his last illness may have been caused
from exposure in the service. The doctor's bills, as shown by
the inventory, would indicate that he was ill for some time. It
is well known that the Revolutionary records contain the names
of only part of the men who were in the service. This is proved
by the petitions for pensions of many of the Revolutionary
soldiers. His family, however, were well represented in the
service, for it is known that at least four of his brothers,
four of his sons, two sons-in-law, and four of his brother's
sons were in the war. Their fifteen children were:
1.	MERCY, or MARY, daughter of Lemuel and Anna (Rust)
Richardson, was born at Coventry Jan. 7, 1748. There is no
further account of her, and she probably died young.
2.	SAMUEL, son of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson, was
born March 25, 1749. In 1814 he was residing near Lake George,
and during that year visited his sister, Mrs. Collins at
Manchester, Vt., where Roswell and his father met him. It is
known that he had been a Revolutionary soldier and he may have
been the Samuel Richardson who was at Ticonderoga in 1772.
There was a Sergeant Samuel Richardson in the Continental Army
from Stafford, Conn., where some of his family resided. It is
not known that he was ever married.
3.	NATHANIEL, son of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson,
born April 5, 1750, served in the Revolution from Coventry and
was one of the soldiers who went to Boston at the Lexington
alarm. The name of his wife is unknown. He had a daughter
Pauline, born in Coventry Oct. 24, 1783. According to the
recollection of Roswell Richardson he moved after that to West
Stafford, where he resided until his death about 1828. He was a
shoemaker by trade and had four children, two sons and two
daughters. The eldest daughter, probably Pauline, died at her
uncle Lemuel's some years before Roswell left home. The sons
were shoemakers and resided in Berlin, Conn.; their names are
unknown.
4.	ZEBULON, son of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson, born
July 31, 1751, served as a Major in the Revolution. After the
war he resided in Berlin, Conn., where he was a blacksmith; he
made the first scythe that Roswell Richardson ever used. The
family name of his wife Lois is unknown. The following are the
epitaphs on their tombstones at Berlin: "Major Zebulon
Richardson died June 25, 1809, aged 58." "Lois relict of Major
Zebulon Richardson, died March 10, 1812, aged 57." He had two
daughters:
i.	HULDA, born about 1779, married first Seth Beckley,
second, Dec. 2, 1806, Ammi R. Demming of Southington, Conn.,
and died May 25, 1847, aged 68. She had one daughter, who was
living in 1827.
ii.	HARRIET, born about 1781, united with the Second
Congregational Church at Berlin in 1813, and died there Sept.
4, 1822, aged 41, presumably unmarried.
5.	LEMUEL, son of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson, born
at Coventry Dec. 13, 1752, married Rachel Lothrop of Tolland,
June 2, 1774. He was a saddler by trade. After the birth of one
child at Coventry, he removed to Tolland, where probably all of
his other children were born. He died at Waitsfield, Vt., Sept.
26, 1826, and his wife in Tolland, April 27, 1811. His eleven
children were:
i.	LOTHROP, born Dec. 10, 1774, died March 16, 1789.
ii.	ACHSAH, born Aug. 27, 1775, married Erutus A. Abbot of
Rutland, Vt., and died March 5, 1820.
iii.	RODERICK, born Feb. 15, 1779, married Anna Davis of
Stafford, daughter of Noah Davis, the grandfather of Judge Noah
Davis of New York. He settled in Waitsfield, Vt., where he died
in 1844. He was a prominent businessman and Judge of the County
Court. His four children were:
(1)	Sophia Richardson, born about 1802, died unmarried at
Waitsfield, Vt.
(2)	Dan Richardson, born Nov., 1804, married first, Betsey
Jones, second, Lucy Carpenter, and died in 1865.
HON. RODERICK RICHARDSON
(3)	Roderick, born Aug. 7, 1807, married, Feb. 28, 1839,
Harriet Emeline Taylor and died in Boston Dec. 13, 1882. A full
account of him and his family, with his portrait, is given in
the "Richardson Memorial." It is regretted that more space
cannot be given here for an account of his life. he was in the
banking business at Montpelier, Vt., and for nine years at
Freeport, Ill., served as a Judge in Washington Co., Vt., and
for nine years in the Legislature as Representative and as
Senator.
After moving to Boston, in 1869, he was president for a few
years of the Montpelier and Wells River Railroad. He was a
prominent member of the Episcopal Church. He took a great
interest in his family history, and the data, given in the
"Richardson Memorial," of Amos Richardson's descendants in
Connecticut was obtained by him at Coventry and at Stonington.
His four children were Roderick Julius, Louis Ferdinand, Dan
Erskine, Roderick Davis.
(4)	Lovina Richardson, married Nathaniel G. Joslyn, who
resided upon the old Richardson farm at Waitsfield, where he
died in l874, leaving one son, Louis.
iv.	FREDERICK, born March 9, 1781, married first Lovina
Steele, who died in 1813, second Eliza Waldron, who died in
1826, and third Mrs. Betsy (Billings) Jordon. He was a
physician and resided at Waitsfield and Waterbury, Vt. He died
at Waitsfield Dec. 30, 1860. He had three children by his first
wife and five by his second:
(1)	Ahira Steele Richardson, married Mary Ann Babcroft and
had one daughter, Francis A.
(2)	Elisha Benton Richardson, married Betsy Cutler and had
eight children: Lovina married Holland Jones; Albert married
____ Tinkham; Edwin, killed in the Civil War; Carlos E. married
Lovina B. Richardson; Laura married Charles Prentice; Loren,
married Miss Reed; John, name of wife unknown; Ahira S. married
Emma Soules of St. Albans, Vt.
(3)	Lovina Steele Richardson died young.
(4)	Frederick A. Richardson married Lucia Wood and had
Eliza, Homer and Frank.
(5)	Samuel Richardson died unmarried.
(6)	John W. Richardson married first, Eugenia Joslin;
second, Areenath and had three children all by his first wife,
Cyrus, Flora and Charles.
(7)	Oramel Richardson, name of wife unknown, resided at
Roxbury, Vt., and later at Billingham, Mass., where he died. It
is regretted that more information cannot be given about him,
as one of his cousins wrote many years ago that he was a man
with an unusually fine character. His three children were
Seldon, Persis and Rolla.
(8)	Amanda Richardson, married Erastus N. Spalding.
v.	PERSIS, born March 16, 1783, married Samuel Robinson,
and died in 1859 without issue.
vi.	VINA, born Oct. 31, 1785, married Eli Baker and died in
Somers, Conn., in 1865, without issue.
vii.	IRA, born Jan. 23, 1788, married Rachel Durkee; resided
at Fayston, Vt., where he died Dec. 15, 1844. He served in the
War of 1812 and was a member of the Legislature from Fayston.
Their seven children were:
(1)	Ira Richardson, born in 1816, married Harriet F.
Chapman; resided at Waitsfield, where he probably died. He was
a successful business man, a prominent member of the Methodist
Church, a Judge of Washington Co., and a member of -both
branches of the Legislature. He had five children: Calvin C.,
born in 1845, married Terrence Kelsey; Ira E., born in 1848,
married Eleanor Allen; Clarence M., born in 1849, married
Isabella A. Kneeland; Orville H., born in 1852, unmarried;
Meriden L., born in 1854, married Flora E. Allen.
(2)	Eli Baker Richardson, married Lydia Sweat and resided
in Burns, Wis. Their nine children were: Ira, Egbert, Herbert,
Alonzo, Eugene, Florence, Lovila, Rosette and Emma.
(3)	De Witt C. Richardson, married Ann Eliza Giddings and
resided at Eau Claire, Wis. He was High Sheriff of that county.
His seven children were: James I., Duane, Mary, Flora, Emma,
Addie and Jessie.
(4)	Duane M. Richardson, married Pamelia Scott and resided
at Leon, Wis. Children: Lorne, Lucius and De Witt.
(5)	Rachel C. Richardson married Lucius S. Greggs and
resided at Tomah, Wis., where they had Orman J., Clarence,
Florence and Harriet.
(6)	Lucinda C. Richardson married Robert Mosher and had
three children, who died young.
(7)	Lovila Richardson died unmarried.
viii.	LOTHROP, born Aug. 27, 1790, married Charity Skinner,
of Waitsfield, where he resided for a number of years and then
moved with his family to Coventry, Conn., where he died July
15, 1850. Children: Charles, Eli, Harriet, Vina, and perhaps
others.
ix.	ROSWELL, born in Stafford Nov. 16, 1793, married Mary
Huntington. He was a soldier in the War of l812; after the war,
in 1815, he moved to Mt. Pleasant, Pa., where he resided until
1827, when he settled in Waitsfield, Vt., where he lived until
a few years; before his death, which occurred at Keene, N. H.
Dec. 10, 1886.
He was of great assistance to the author by giving information
concerning his family history. He had twelve children, all
dying in infancy except the following five:
(1)	Laura A. Richardson married Joseph Barnes and resided
at Fitchburg, Mass. (no children).
(2)	Rachel Rebecca Richardson married George S. Ellis,
resided at Keene, N. H., and had four children: Lizzie Frances,
Edward Stanley, Mary Wyman and Henry Judson.
(3)	Persis R. Richardson went to California in 1868, where
she was a teacher until 1876, when she married Luke Lukes; she
now resides in Santa Cruz, and has no children.
(4)	Elizabeth Richardson died unmarried.
(5)	Judson Wade Richardson married, in 1857,-Marilla A.
Goodwin. He was a union soldier in the Civil War for three
years and was in many important battles, making a record of
which his family are proud. He resides at Warren, Vt., and Had
three children: Fred C., born in 1860; Belle Louisa, born in
1867, and Elwyn Heath, born in 1869.
x.	RALPH, born March 10, 1796, married and had three
children: Mary Jane, Ralph and Roderick. He resided in
Connecticut where he died in 1858.
xi.	LAURA, born March 19, 1799, married Thomas Sargent in
Tolland Jan. 29, 1824, resided at Warren and at Northfield,
Vt.; after his death in 1870 at Brookfield, Vt., where she died
in 1875. Children: Irving, Roderick and Edwin.
6.	MABEL, daughter of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson,
born Oct. 13, 1754, married Nathaniel Collins at Coventry. He
was born there Jan. 9, 1748-9, went to Boston from that town at
the Lexington alarm in 1775, removed to Manchester, Vt., before
1780, and was a Representative in 1805. He was at first a
tanner and shoemaker, but in 1814, when Roswell and his father
visited them, he was a wealthy farmer with three sons and three
or four daughters.
They may have had a son born before he removed to Manchester.
The children recorded there are Elijah, born July 8, 1780;
Clara, Aug. 2, 1781; Elijah, Dec. 29, 1782; Mary, May 28, 1784;
Rachel, Sept. 17, 1785; Lemuel, July 16, 1787, and Mabel, Nov.
6, 1788.
There is but little known about this family. In 1898 Mr. E. B.
Smith wrote to the author that Elijah Collins was his
grandfather and Nathaniel Collins his great-grandfather; that
he resided in the brick house at Manchester Center which
Nathaniel Collins erected. He remembered that the latter had
three sons and that his wife was a Richardson.
7.	RICHARD, born Sept. 29, 1755.
8.	Infant son, born Feb. 17, died Feb. 22, 1757.
9.	Daughter, born Dec. 20, 1758.
10.	STEPHEN, born May 25, died Nov. 4, 1760.
The above were children of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson,
as shown by the Coventry town records; there is no other
information about them.
11.	ANNE, daughter of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson,
born Oct. 19, 1761, married Nathaniel Thompson at Coventry, who
was born in 1762 and was a Revolutionary soldier. He married a
daughter of Lemuel Richardson, but there is no positive proof
that it was Anne, and the Christian name of his wife has not
been found.
In 1818 he was a Revolutionary pensioner and resided at
Manchester. His application for a pension contains the
affidavits of Hezekiah Richardson and Olive, his wife, of
Coventry, stating that he came back to Coventry lame from his
service in the war; also that he moved from Coventry to
Johnstown, N.Y., in 1805.
In 1814 be resided in Dorset, the adjoining town to Manchester,
where he was visited by Roswell Richardson and his father. Mr.
E. B. Smith, of Manchester, before mentioned, thinks he had a
son Nathan and perhaps other children.
12.	STEPHEN, son of Lemuel and Anna (Rust) Richardson, was
born March 27, 1763. According to the recollection of his
grandson Stephen F. he served as a drummer, in the Revolution.
He married Huldah, daughter-of Lieut. Joseph Deming, at Berlin,
Conn., she was born March 19, 1760. In June, 1789, he was
living at Stephentown, N. Y., where one of his sons was born;
he moved to New York probably soon after 1800 and for some time
was engaged in the cartage business. In 1805 he resided at 74
Harman Street, now East Broadway; some years later moved to
Brooklyn, and in 1826 was a wood inspector.
In 1806 his family, which included four sons and three
daughters, were all converted at a camp meeting held in
Tuckahoe, Westchester Co., and united with the Sands Street M.
E. Church, Brooklyn.
He died Oct. 29, 1827, his wife June 2, 1837, and they were
buried in the Sands Street Church yard until 1888, when their
remains were removed to the family plot in Greenwood. His will,
dated August, 1826, left $100 to his brother Marvelous, and $20
to his grandson Stephen Frazier; the remainder of his estate
was left to his wife Huldah during her life, and after that to
his children, namely, Gideon, Simon, Lemuel, Marvelous, Betsy
Wood and Huldah Garrison. Simon and Lemuel were the executors.
He had ten children:
i.	GIDEON RICHARDSON, born Oct. 21, 1782, died at
Shippenville, Pa., Nov. 28, 1846. In 1812 he moved to Elk
township, Clarion Co., Pa., where he was at first a land agent,
but subsequently bought land and improved it. He was a member
of the first board of commissioners of Clarion Co., was 6 feet
4 inches in height, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. He
married Nancy Ann VanKirk, who was born in Hoboken, N.J., and
who died at Shippenville Nov. 6, 1854, aged 73. They had six
children:
(1)	Charlotte Richardson, born Aug. 19, 1810, died May,
1888; married Peter Heasley, and had eight children: Jeremiah,
born March 26, 1831, died in 1881; Julia Ann, born April 20,
1833; Gideon Perry, born Sept. 23, 1835, died; May 19, 1836;
Obediah F., born May 3, 1838, resides at Panora, Iowa; Sarah
E., born May 7, 1840, died Jan. 5, 1902; Henry, bon, Oct. 16,
1843, residence unknown; Clarissa E., born June 12, 1845, died
April 16, 1850; Peter, born June 271, 1847, residence unknown.
(2)	Elizabeth Richardson, born Sept. 8, 1812, married Mr.
Jerrard, or Jarrett, and moved to Maryland. There is no further
account of her.
(3)	Carolina Richardson, born Jan. 3, 1814, married Robert
Allen, died in 1851, and had five children: Druzilla born 1835,
died in 1851; John married and resides in Clay township, Butler
Co., Pa.; Gideon R., married and has two children (residence
Euclid, Pa.); Lizzie, born in 1843, died without issue in 1901;
Henry, born in 1845, served in the 11th Pa. Cavalry in the
Civil War, and killed near Suffolk, VA., in 1862 or '63.
(4)	Richard Richardson, born Jan. 22, 1816, married
Elizabeth Rice, resides at Franklin, Venango Co., Pa., and has
had four children: Frances Annett married Capt. Henry M.
Hughes, who served three years in the Civil War in the Pa.
Cavalry; Lucia Lorania married Budley S. Black; Rollin R., born
in 1847, resides in Patagonia, Ariz., unmarried; Harriet E.
married Orrin D. Bleakley, President of the Franklin Trust Co.
[Appears to have been added after printing: "The above Richard
Richardson died March 22, 1906, aged 90. He was widely known as
Colonel Richardson, acquired a fortune as a merchant and oil
operator, had great force of character"]
(5)	Thomas Gideon Richardson, born April 21, 1818, died
Oct. 16, 1896, at Blooming Valley, Crawford Co., Pa.; married
Sarah Whitehi