The following is taken almost verbatim from Vinton, The Richardson Memorial, published by my great, great, great uncle, Brown Thurston, Portland, Maine 1876. For easier loading and downloading, the main text has been divided into two parts. This first one covers generations one through four, more or less through the Revolutionary War, and the second part covers generations five to seven.

Vinton's original footnotes are missing from the following text, but occasional comments and corrections are being placed in linked pop-up pages. Most of the errors found are minor, but there is a major error concerning Joseph Richardson of Bradford in the fourth generation. References to Vital Records in all linked pages are taken from the CD-ROM disk, Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to about 1850, Search and Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.

Any comments, corrections, additions or questions will be appreciated by
Edgar Farrar Richardson,10 [email protected]
Edgar Farrar,9 John Francis,8 Henry Brown,7 Henry,6 John Barnard,5 Stephen,4 Daniel,3 Joseph,2 William,1

THE NEWBURY RICHARDSONS
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.
Newbury, in Massachusetts, received its first inhabitants, except, possibly, a few fishermen or transient persons, of which there is no direct proof, early in the spring of 1634. Among the first settlers were Henry Sewall (father of Judge Samuel Sewall), William Moody, Rev. Thomas Parker, Rev. James Noyes, several by the name of Short, several Kents, four Browns, and several others. The place was called Newbury, from Newbury in Berkshire, England, fifty-six miles west from London, where Mr. Parker had preached before coming to America. The population increasing rapidly, the place was incorporated as a town, May, 1635.
Not long after the settlement of Newbury, we find there the names of Edward Richardson and William Richardson. They were there as early as 1647, and probably some years previous. It can scarcely be doubted that they were brothers.

First Generation.

8017.
EDWARD RICHARDSON1 was born in England in 1617, which appears from the fact that he took the oath of allegiance to the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1678, at the age of sixty-one; came to America, and settled in "Old Newbury," probably soon after 1640. He was married, but his wife's name does not appear.
He was a member of the church in Newbury, of which Rev. Thomas Parker was pastor, and Rev. James Noyes the teacher. Not long after 1650 difficulties arose in the church on the subject of discipline, and the church was divided into two parties, one party maintaining that all church power resides in the church itself, the other party, and especially the ministers, claiming that the ministers must take the initiative in all cases, and nothing be done but in accordance with their wishes. Indeed, both ministers were understood to be Presbyterian in sentiment. For five or six years after 1665 the church was in a very excited and unhappy state, divided into two parties, nearly equal in numbers, and each claiming to be the church. Mr. Richardson was of the party opposed to Mr. Parker, the pastor. A full history of the matter is contained in Coffin's History of Newbury.
Edward Richardson and several other inhabitants of Newbury, with some of Dover, presented a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts in May, 1659, for a grant of land twelve miles square, at Penacook (Concord). The petition was granted, but the conditions as to settlement, etc., not being fulfilled, the grant was forfeited. Most of New Hampshire was then under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. [Bouton's Hist. of Concord, p. 52.]
Neither Edward Richardson nor any other Richardson is on the list of proprietors of lands in Newbury, compiled December, 1642; ninety-one in all, but twenty-two were afterwards added. [Coffin's Newbury, p. 292.]
Edward Richardson died Nov. 14, 1685, aged 68.

His children were:
  8018.  John,2 b. 1647; took the oath of allegiance to the colony, 1678, 
            aged 31. 
  +8019.  Edward,2 b. Dec. 21, 1649; m. Anne Bartlet. 
  +8020.  Joshua,2 b. 1651; m. first, Mary Parker, 1679; second, Jane (???). 
  +8021.  Caleb,2 b. Aug. 18, 1652; m. Mary Ladd. 
   8022.  Ruth,2 b. Nov. 23, 1655. 
   8023.  Moses,2 b. April 4, 1658. 
   8024.  Mary,2 b. Sept. 2, 1660; seems to have married Joseph Wilson, 
            Jan. 25, 1699-1700. 
   8025.  Sarah,2 m. at Charlestown, May 31, 1692, John Foster; of 
            Charlestown.


8026.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON,1 supposed to be a brother of the preceding; born in England, about 1620; came to America, and settled in Newbury, about 1640, or not long after; married ELIZABETH WISEMAN, Aug. 23, 1654.
He lived in Newbury, probably in what is now West Newbury. In 1656 he was a creditor of Henry Fay, of Newbury. [From file in clerk's office.] His widow Elizabeth made oath to an inventory of his estate, dated March 30, 1657, amount 52. His real estate consisted of "a house and foure akers of land prised at 23."
He died March 25, 1657, probably under forty years of age.

His children were:
  +8027.  Joseph,2 b. May 18, 1655; m. Margaret Godfrey. 
   8028.  Benjamin,2 b. March 13, 1657. No children appear on record. 
            He was one of the witnesses, twenty-four in number, summoned 
            to Boston, March, 1680, in the case of Elizabeth 
            Morse, wife of William Morse, of Newbury, accused of witchcraft. 
            The warrant gives his age at that time as being twenty-one. 
            Joshua Richardson, probably his cousin, was another witness.  

Second Generation.

8019.
EDWARD RICHARDSON,2 son of Edward Richardson,1 of Newbury; born Dec. 21, 1649; married, Oct. 28, 1673, ANNE BARTLET, born Sept. 28, 1650, daughter of Christopher Bartlet, of Newbury.
John Bartlet, Christopher Bartlet, Richard Bartlet, and two others, brothers, came to Newbury in 1635.
Edward Richardson lived in Newbury; took the oath of allegiance to the colony, 1678, and died Nov. 14, 1682, aged 33.
Anne, the widow, was appointed administratrix, April 11, 1682 [error for 1683], and made oath to the inventory, amount £80. 8. 0. The appraisers were Anthony Somerby and William Coffin. The real estate consisted of a house and one acre of land. One item of personal estate was three-eighths of a vessel. The court held at Ipswich, April 10, 1683, ordered the whole estate to be in the widow's hands for the bringing up of the children during her widowhood, and the land to be bound for children's portions.

Children:
   8029.  Mary,8 b. Oct. 25, 1673; d. April 3, 1678. 
  +8030.  Edward,8 b. Sept. 2, 1674; m. Elizabeth Hale, Dec. 11, 1696. 
   8031.  Mary,8 b. Aug. 25, 1676; m. Jonathan Norton. 
   8032.  Moses,8 b. Jan. 22, 1680; m. Lydia Coleman, daughter of Tobias 
            Coleman, of Rowley, who was son of Thomas Coleman, who 
            was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, Eng., 1602, and settled 
            in Newbury, 1635. 
   8033.  Margaret,8 b. July 7, 1682. 


8020.
JOSHUA RICHARDSON,2 son of Edward Richardson,1 of Newbury; born there, 1651; married, first, MARY PARKER, Jan. 31, 1679. She died March 7, 1685. Second, JANE (???).
He was a husbandman, and lived in Newbury. He took the oath of allegiance to the colony, 1669, aged 28.
His will is dated July 12, 1719; proved March 5, 1724-5; witnesses, John Calfe, A. S. and J. G.; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xv. 95. Son Joshua and Thomas Moody, executors. Children Mary and Esther shall have all the household goods of their father in the old house where they now dwell, and to continue to dwell there until married. Joshua to have all the estate, by paying out the legacies to daughters Hannah, Elizabeth Gooch, Joanna Maxfield, Jane, and Mehitable.
Inventory taken March 11, 1724-5. Sum total, £1135. 12. 0. Real estate consisting of one dwelling-house, barn, and about eight acres of land in the homestead, about ten acres of meadow at Blechford, five acres meadow at Pine Island, about four acres of meadow at Plumb Island, about twenty-five acres of meadow and upland near Little River, joining to Mr. Brown's land, also commonage and wood lot. [Essex Prob. Rec., xv. 100.]

His children were,
By first wife, Mary:
  +8034.  Mary,3 b. 1680 or 1681; never married. 
   8035.  Esther,3 b. March 15, 1683. 


By second wife, Jane:
  +8036.  Judith,8 b. June 25, 1688; m. Benjamin Norton. 
  +8037.  Hannah,3 b. Oct. 9, 1690; never married. 
   8038.  Abigail,3b. Aug. 6, 1692. 
  +8039.  Elizabeth,3 b. Nov. 4, 1694; m. William Gooch or Couch. 
  +8040.  Joanna,3 b. March 6, 1697; m. Joseph Maxfield, of Salisbury; 
            intention of marriage, Dec. 17, 1717. 
   8041.  Jane,3 m. Willoughby Favour. 
  +8042.  Mehitable,8 b. 1701; m. John Norton, of Newbury. 
   8043.  Joshua,3 b. May 20, 1702. He died intestate, and apparently 
            unmarried. His brothers-in-law, Couch and Benjamin Norton, 
            were appointed administrators, March 22, 1724-5. 


8021.
CALEB RICHARDSON,2 fourth son of Edward Richardson,1 of Newbury; born there, Aug. 18, 1652; married MARY LADD, July 31, 1682, daughter of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill.
He acknowledged, March 25, 1720, that he had received of his brother, Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, full satisfaction for all his right and interest in ye fourth division laid out in Haverhill to "my Honoured Father, Daniel Ladd, late of Haverhill, decd." [Essex Prob. Rec., xiii. 327.]
He lived in Newbury, at least for a time, and made his will Dec. 4, 1723; proved Aug. 9, 1725; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xv. 138. The witnesses were Benaiah Titcomb, sen., Benaiah Titcomb, jr., and Enoch Titcomb. The wife is provided for, but her name is not given. Ruth Emery, the eldest daughter, is to have three-fourths of his salt marsh lying at Blechford, on Plumb Island; the other fourth he gives to her son, Caleb Emery. Sarah to have all the right the testator had in Haverhill that came to him from his father Ladd. Ann to live with her mother; be executrix of the will, and to have most of the estate, paying debts and legacies, "she being lame."

His children were:
   8044.  Ruth,3 b. March 1, 1683; m. (???) Emery. 
   8045.  Mary,3 b. Jan. 12, 1685. 


8027.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON,2 son of William1 and Elizabeth (Wiseman) Richardson, of West Newbury; born there, May 18, 1655; married, July 12, 1681, MARGARET GODFREY, born Oct. 9, 1663, daughter of Peter and Mary (Browne) Godfrey, of Newbury.
He took the oath of allegiance to the colony, 1678, aged 23. He was a cordwainer, and lived in West Newbury.
His will is dated April 7, 1724; proved June 1, 1724; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xv. 51. Son William to be executor.

Children:
   8046.  Mary,3 b. April 16, 1682; m. (???) Riggs. 
   8047.  William,3 b. March 22, 1684. 
  +8048.  Joseph,3 b. Dec. 31, 1686; m. Ann Riggs. 
   8049.  Elizabeth,3 b. Feb. 28, 1689; m. (???) Roberts. 
  +8050.  Daniel,3 b. April 4, 1692; m. Lydia (???). 
   8051.  Sarah,3 b. June 19, 1694; unm. in 1724. 
  +8052.  Thomas,3 b. Feb. 15, 1697; m. Hannah (???). 
   8053.  Margaret,3 unm. in 1724. 
  +8054.  Caleb,3 b. June 9, 1704; m. Tryphena Bodwell. He was one of 
            the "Narraganset grantees" in 1735. 


Third Generation.

8030.
EDWARD RICHARDSON3 (Edward,2 Edward1), son of Edward2 and Anne (Bartlet) Richardson, of Newbury; born there, Sept. 2, 1674; married ELIZABETH HALE, Dec. 11, 1696.
He was a weaver, and lived in Newbury.
His will is dated March 26, 1755; proved Jan. 12, 1756; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xxxiii. 164. It gives to wife Elizabeth the household goods "which she brought with her to me when I married her." No children are mentioned, but legacies are devised to the following persons: Cousins--Stephen Pettingell, Moses Pettingell, Ann, wife of Joseph Hoyt, Mary, wife of Nathan Hoyt, Sarah, wife of Ebenezer Wise, Cutting Pettingell, Joanna, wife of Samuel Goodwin; sons-in-law [probably wife's children by a former marriage]--Dr. Parker Clark, Daniel Clark, Oliver Clark; daughters-in-law--Elizabeth Worster, Sarah Lunt; other legatees--Judith Howard, of Boston, formerly Judith Wallingford, "my girl Abigail Currier," church in Boston of which Rev. Jeremiah Condy was pastor [a Baptist Church] plate for the church, poor widows and other poor persons of the First Church in Newbury.
The inventory, presented Jan. 12, 1756, included the following real estate: Homestead, land and buildings, tillage land, in two pieces, six and one-half acres, pasture land, in four pieces, forty-three acres; Brown's garden, bought of Greenleaf, six acres, in Newbury, devised to Daniel Clark; Turkey Hill land, twelve acres, marsh land, in two pieces, twenty acres, house and land in Boston.

8034.
MARY RICHARDSON3 (Joshua,2 Edward1), eldest child of Joshua2 and Mary (Parker) Richardson, of Newbury; born there, about 1680; never married.
She lived in Newbury, and died there, 1753. Her will is dated Jan. 8, 1730-1; proved June 18, 1753; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xxxi. 194. She gives to the Third Church of Christ, in Newbury, of which Rev. John Lowell was pastor, her silver tankard, valued in inventory at ú8. 13. 4. All the residue of her estate, after her debts were paid, to go to the eldest daughter of my uncle John Parker and the eldest daughter of my uncle Joseph Parker, of Andover [her mother's brothers], to be equally divided between them, and in case of the death of either, to their heirs. Her "well beloved friend, Timothy Pike, of Newbury," to be executor.
Inventory, amount ú25. 18. 2. No real estate.

8036.
JUDITH RICHARDSON3 (Joshua,2 Edward1), daughter of Joshua2 and Jane Richardson; born in Newbury, June 25, 1688; married BENJAMIN NORTON.

Children:
  Judith (Norton). 
  Hannah (Norton). 


8037.
HANNAH RICHARDSON3 (Joshua,2 Edward1), sister of the preceding; born Oct. 9, 1690; never married.
She lived in Newbury; died there, 1751. Her will is dated April 10, 1751; proved May 6, 1751; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xxx. 11. She makes bequests to her sisters Joanna Maxfield, wife of Joseph Maxfield, of Salisbury, Jane Favour, wife of Willoughby Favour, Mehitable Norton, wife of John Norton; to her cousin Mary Norton, wife of Jonathan Norton; also to John, Daniel, Moses, Jane, Sarah, Hannah, and Mehitable, children of her sister Mehitable.

8039.
ELIZABETH RICHARDSON3 (Joshua,2 Edward1), sister of the preceding; born in Newbury, Nov. 4, 1694; married WILLIAM COUCH.

Children:
   8057.  William (Couch). 
   8058.  Joseph (Couch). 


8040.

JOANNA RICHARDSON3 (Joshua,2 Edward1), sister of the preceding; born March 6, 1697; married JOSEPH MAXFIELD, of Salisbury.

Children:
   8059.  Abigail (Maxfield). 
   8060.  Prudence (Maxfield). 
   8061.  Elizabeth (Maxfield). 
   8062.  Joseph (Maxfield). 
   8063.  Joshua (Maxfield). 


8042.
MEHITABLE RICHARDSON3 (Joshua,2 Edward1), sister of the preceding; born in Newbury, about 1701; married JOHN NORTON, of Newbury.

Children:
   8064.  John (Norton). 
   8065.  Daniel (Norton). 
   8066.  Moses (Norton). 
   8067.  Jane (Norton). 
   8068.  Sarah (Norton). 
   8069.  Hannah (Norton). 
   8070.  Mehitable (Norton). 


8048.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON3 (Joseph,2 William1), son of Joseph2 and Margaret (Godfrey) Richardson; born in Newbury, Dec. 31, 1686; married ANN RIGGS, of and at Gloucester, Feb. 24, 1712.
Chester, N. H., was settled about 1723. The charter was granted May, 1722. The grantees, over one hundred in number, were mostly residents in Portsmouth and Hampton, though several dwelt in Haverhill, Bradford, and Newbury. Very few of them ever dwelt in Chester. Their object was to make money, and most of them sold out their lots in a short time. Joseph Richardson bought a one hundred acre lot and an eighty acre lot in Chester as early as 1725, but it does not appear that he ever lived in Chester. He bought the lots for his sons, four of whom afterwards resided in that town.
Joseph Richardson, of Newbury, made his will April 24, 1764; proved April 1, 1767; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xliii. 228. Witnesses, Stephen, Nathaniel, and Eliphalet Emery.(*) No wife is mentioned. His son Joseph Richardson to have one-half of the testator's eighty acre lot in Chester, N. H., and all the deeds given to said son Joseph are confirmed; son Thomas Richardson to have the other half of the eighty acre lot in Chester, and all the deeds to him confirmed; son Moses Richardson to have one-half of the testator's one hundred acre lot in Chester, N. H., and all the deeds to him confirmed; daughter Anna Carr to have one-fourth of the one hundred acre lot in Chester, N. H.; son William Richardson some of the one hundred acre lot in Chester, N. H.; son Caleb Richardson and daughter Betty Richardson; son Daniel Richardson to be executor, and have residue of estate.
Inventory of Joseph Richardson's estate, presented by Daniel Richardson, the executor, real estate, consisted of the "home place," about twenty-five acres of land, with the buildings, valued at ` 206, woodland, ten acres, salt marsh in Newbury, five acres, 7. 8. 0., about one hundred and four acres of unimproved land, situated in the township of Chester, N. H., by estimation, 10. [Essex Prob. Rec., xliii. 229.]
Joseph Richardson lived in what is now West Newbury, on the road from Newburyport to Bradford, about a quarter of a mile from Brown's Springs.

His children were:
   8071.   Ann,4 b. 1712; m. Bradbury Carr, and settled in Chester, N. H. 
  +8072.  Joseph,4 b. 1714; m. Hannah Nelson.
  +8073.  Thomas,4 b. Oct. 31, 1716; m. Priscilla Pearson. 
  +8074.  Moses,4 b. July 28, 1718; m. Mary Goodhue. 
   8075.  William,4 b. 1719. 
  +8076.  Daniel,4 b. March 28, 1722; m. Lydia Davis. 
   8077.  Mary,4 b. Sept. 13, 1725; m. (???). 
   8078.  Betty,4 m. Joseph Tlaman. 
  +8079.  Caleb,4 b. May 9, 1731; m. Catharine (???). 


8050.
DANIEL RICHARDSON3 (Joseph,2 William1), third son of Joseph2 and Margaret (Godfrey) Richardson, of Newbury; born there, April 4, 1692; married LYDIA (???).
He lived in Methuen. His will is dated May 5, 1768. It was lodged in the probate office Nov. 17, 1774, from which it appears that he died in that year; proved 1774, and found in Middlesex probate office, box 358.

Their children were:
  +8080.  Christopher,4 b. 172-; m. Anna Briggs. 
   8081.  Daniel,4 seems to have settled in Maine. 
  +8082.  Stephen,4 m. Mary Chase. 
   8083.  Hannah,4 m. Stephen Farnum, Dec. 8, 1726. 
   8084.  Sarah.4 
Either Daniel or Stephen was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and drew a pension.

8052.
THOMAS RICHARDSON3 (Joseph,2 William1), brother of the preceding; born Feb. 15, 1697; married HANNAH (???).He lived in Methuen and in Andover.

Children:
   8085.  John,4 b. Nov. 6, 1730. 
  +8086. Thomas,4 b. Feb. 15, 1732; m. Elizabeth (???). 
   8087.  Hannah,4 b. May 21, 1734. 
  +8088.  Francis,4 b. March 11, 1737; m. Mary Ford. 


8054.
CALEB RICHARDSON3 (Joseph,2 William1), youngest child of Joseph2 and Margaret (Godfrey) Richardson; born in Newbury, June 9, 1704; married TRYPHENA BODWELL, daughter of Capt. Daniel and Elizabeth (Parker) Bodwell.
They resided in Methuen, and had ten children. He was one of the "Narraganset grantees" in 1735.

Children:
   8089.  Mary,4 b. Jan. 8, 1736-7. 
  +8090.  Parker,4 b. 1738-9; m. Lydia (???). 
   8091.  Caleb,4 b. 1742. 
   8092.  Tryphena.4 
   8093.  Abigail,4 d. young. 
  +8094.  Samuel,4 b. Feb. 22, 1749; m. Lucy Parker, of Westford. 
  +8095.  John,4 b. Sept. 1, 1751; m. Sarah Stevens. 
   8096.  Abigail.4 
   8097.  William,4 b. 1756. 
   8098.  Eliphalet,4 b. July 6, 1759. 


Fourth Generation.

8072.
JOSEPH RICHARDSON4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), eldest son of Joseph3 and Ann (Riggs) Richardson; born in what is now West Newbury, 1714; married HANNAH NELSON, of Rowley.
He settled in the east parish of Bradford, now the town of Groveland, on the Nelson lot, next to the line of what is now West Newbury. This lot had been in the wife's family from the beginning of Bradford, building their house on the northerly side of the highway. Be this as it may, his will, dated April 20, 1746, proved May 19, 1746, recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xxvi. 287, makes him a yeoman of Bradford, residing on the west line of West Newbury, and gives him the following children with the exception of Bradbury, who is not mentioned. Joseph was executor of the will, and was to have all the real estate, he paying out the legacies, etc. William Balch, John Hopkins, and John Sargent were witnesses, which determines the locality. The dates are unreconcilable, but are as given to us.

Their children were:
   8099.  Hannah,5 unm.; probably died in 1735. 
   8100.  Sarah,5 b. 1719; m. Joseph Chandler, of Andover; published 
            Oct. 31, 1741. 
   8101.  Hephzibah,5 b. 1720-1; m. Moses Davis, 1741. He was of Haverhill, 
            and settled in Derryfield, now Manchester, N. H. 
  +8102.  Joseph,5 b. Nov. 15, 1722; m. Dorothy Monroe. 
   8103.  Bridget,5 b. Nov. 29, 1725; m. (???) Silloway; resided in the east 
            parish of Haverhill. 
   8104.  Phebe,5 b. Dec. 20, 1729; m. Samuel Page, of East Haverhill, 
            1750. 
   8105.  Thomas,5 b. December, 1731; d. August, 1732. 
  +8106.  Bradbury,5 b. October, 1737; m. first, Judith Blake; second, 
            Abigail Ladd. 


8073.
THOMAS RICHARDSON4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), second son of Joseph3 and Ann (Riggs) Richardson; born in Newbury, Oct. 31, 1716; married, Nov. 17, 1737, PRISCILLA PEARSON, of Newbury Old Town. Her father owned a tide-mill in Newbury.
Thomas Richardson settled on a lot in the easterly part of Chester, N. H., near the bounds of Exeter and Kingston; taxed there, 1741. This lot, we suppose, was given him by his father. In 1747, his father gave him half of another lot.
He died in Chester, 1795, aged 78. His widow Priscilla died May 11, 1803, aged 87. Pearson Richardson administered on the estate.

Their children were,
Born in Newbury:
   8107.  Elizabeth,5 b. 1738; m. (???) Rolfe, of Newbury. She lived to be 
            ninety or over. 


Born in Chester:
   8108.  Hannah,5 b. Nov. 25, 1740; m. Timothy Eastman, of Boscawen. 
            She died in Boscawen, Sept. 4, 1835, aged 97. 
  +8109.  Pearson,5 b. Feb. 21, 1742; m. first, Martha Webster; second, 
            widow Simonds. 
   8110.  Priscilla,5 b. July 18, 1745; m. first, Bitfield Plummer, of Boscawen, 
            who was killed instantly by the fall of a limb from a 
            tree in 1788, at the age of 46 years; second, Capt. Peter Kimball, 
            of Boscawen, who died there, Sept. 12, 1833, aged 88. 
            She died in 1835, aged 90 years. 
   8111.  Thomas,5 b. July 6, 1747. 
   8112.  Lydia,5 b. Aug. 28, 1749; m. 1769, Abraham Sargent, b. Feb. 28, 
            1748, son of Winthrop Sargent. Winthrop was born in 
            Amesbury, Oct. 28, 1711. Lydia died Feb. 6, 1840, aged 90. 
   8113.  Abigail,5 b. Dec. 9, 1752; m. (???) True, of Vermont. She died 
            1817, aged 65. 
  +8114.  Susanna,5 b. March 26, 1754; m. October, 1779, Benjamin Hazeltine, 
            b. Aug. 15, 1752, son of Thomas Hazeltine, of Chester. 
            The Hazeltines were from Bradford, Mass. 
   8115.  Jeremiah,5 b. March 25, 1757; lived in Hartland, Vt.; was a 
            soldier in Col. Wyman's regiment in Continental service 
            against Canada, July, 1776. 

8074.
MOSES RICHARDSON4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), brother of the preceding; born in West Newbury, July 28, 1718; married, 1746, MARY GOODHUE, born May 2, 1730, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Powell) Goodhue, of Chester, N. H.
He settled in the westerly part of the present town of Chester; taxed there, 1741. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church in Chester, and died March 30, 1806, aged 88. His widow Mary died Oct. 13, 1809, aged 79.

Their children were:
   8116.  Mary,5 b. 1747; m. Feb. 14, 1765, Ebenezer Basford, of Chester. 
   8117.  David,5 b. 1748; m. 1773, Sarah Shackford, b. Feb. 3, 1755, 
            daughter of Theodore and Mary (Bartlet) Shackford. The 
            Shackfords came from Portsmouth. In the spring of 1776, 
            he, with many others, signed what was called the Association 
            Test, pledging the subscribers to resist to the utmost, 
            even with arms, and at the risk of their lives and fortunes, 
            the encroachments of the British ministry. 
   8118.  Elizabeth,5 b. Aug. 11, 1750; m. Sept. 23, 1770, David Craige, of 
            Chester. They removed to Rumney. She died 1849, aged 99. 
   8119.  Sarah,5 b. Feb. 28, 1751; m. April 16, 1772, Stephen Clay, b. 
            Aug. 1, 1743, son of Stephen Clay, of Chester. 
   8120.  Nelly,5 b. 175-; m. Bracket Towle, b. 1746, son of Phineas 
            Towle. They removed to Corinth. 
   8121.  Ruth.5 
   8122.  Moses.5 
   8123.  Jonathan,5 b. 1765; m. (???) Edmunds; moved to Northwood; 
            was a contractor, 1804, to build Chester turnpike. 
   8124.  Lucretia.5 
   8125.  Anna.5 
   8126.  Edward,5 b. Feb. 1, 1772; m. 1797, Mary Cammet, daughter of 
            Silas Cammet. He died 1804. His widow married Robert S. 
            Huntoon, and died Dec. 7, 1863, aged 81. 


8076.
DANIEL RICHARDSON4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), brother of the preceding, and fifth son of Joseph3 and Ann (Riggs) Richardson; born in West Newbury, Mass., March 28, 1722; married, Nov. 21, 1751, LYDIA DAVIS, daughter of Ephraim and Lydia Davis, of Newburyport.
He removed to Chester, N. H., but not till many years after his brothers, probably about 1760. He lived in the extreme southeast part of Chester, near the line of the present town of Sandown. His son Daniel lived there after him. He signed the Association obligation, 1776, referred to under David [8117].
He died March 23, 1799. His wife died a week later, March 30, 1799.

Their children were,
Born in West Newbury:
  +8127.  Moses,5 b. Nov. 12, 1752; m. Sarah Chase. 
   8128.  Lydia,5 b. Feb. 23, 1755; d. Aug. 25, 1757. 

Born in Chester:
   8129.  Anna,5 b. July 19, 1757; m. Gideon Currier, who was born in 
            Chester, Aug. 13, 1754, son of Gideon Currier, who came from 
            Amesbury. She died March 19, 1827. He died 1835. 
   8130.  Lydia,5 b. May 7, 1760; m. Nathan Webster, son of Abel Webster, 
            of Chester. She died March 28, 1837. 
   8131.  Betty,5 b. May 2, 1763; m. Joseph Carr, b. Feb. 26, 1767, son of 
            Joseph Carr, of Chester, of Scotch descent. She died Feb. 
            28, 1820. He died October, 1855, aged 88. 
   8132.  Daniel,5 b. April 2, 1766; m. Lois Knapp, 1791; lived on the 
            homestead, and died Jan. 30, 1826. 
   8133.  Joseph,5 b. Dec. 23, 1768; m. Anna Wilson; d. 1848 or 1849. 


8079.
CALEB RICHARDSON4 (Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William1), brother of the preceding, and youngest son of Joseph3 and Ann (Riggs) Richardson; born in West Newbury, May 9, 1731; married CATHARINE (???).
He lived for a time in Chester, the south-easterly part, near his brother Daniel, but removed to Maine after the birth of his third child, Mary. He appears to have lived for a time in Methuen, and was a proprietor of what was called Sudbury Canada, now the town of Bethel, Mc. He probably removed thither after the war of the Revolution. It is supposed he has descendants now in that vicinity.

Children, born in Chester, N. H.:
  +8134.  Caleb,5 m. Abigail Kneeland. 
   8135.  Catharine,5 m. Lieut. Josiah Forsaith, of Chester, b. March 30 
            1768. She died 1818. He died March 18, 1833. Had a son: 
       8136.  Josiah (Forsaith), b. Jan. 25, 1785. 
   8137.  Mary.5 

8080.
CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON4 (Daniel,3 Joseph,2 William1), son of Daniel3 and Lydia Richardson; born, probably in Methuen, perhaps in Dracut, possibly in West Newbury, about 1720; married ANNA BRIGGS, of Gloucester, the daughter of a ship master.
They lived for a time in Newbury or Newburyport. The accounts do not well agree together. His grandson Christopher remembers him at Dracut, he thinks; but his grandson Asa, from Methuen or Dracut, remembers him at Pelham. He removed to Raymond, N. H.; was a farmer, and lived and died there. After his death, his widow lived in the family of her son Samuel, at Corinth, Vt. If she kept school there, as is stated, she could not have been very old in 1790; probably she was younger than her husband.

Their children were:
   8138.  Josiah,5 b. perhaps about 1750. He was a musician in the 
            army; died in the Revolutionary war; it is said at Ticonderoga, 
            but how or when is not known. 
  +8139.  Samuel,5 b. about 1755; m. Mary Folsom. 
  +8140.  Timothy,5 b. about 1758; m. Sarah (Bachelder) Philbrick. 
There may have been others; these are all that are reported.

8082.
STEPHEN RICHARDSON4 (Daniel,3 Joseph,2 William1), son of Daniel3 and Lydia Richardson, of Methuen; married MARY CHASE; of West Newbury. Her father's family lived near Artichoke Brook.
He lived in Dracut, and died there in the autumn of 1813. He had previously lived in Methuen. He and his family, their names being given, having lately come into Dracut for the purpose of abiding therein, not having obtained the town's consent, were, by a precept directed to a constable, warned to depart the limits thereof within fifteen days from the date thereof, which was Dec. 31, 1790. [Dracut Records.] This was in accordance with the law.

Children:
  +8141.  Stephen,5 b. Feb. 18, 1763; m. Susanna Gardner, 1786. 
   8142.  Daniel,5 settled in Sutton, N. H. No children. 
   8143.  Nancy,5 m. (???) Austin; settled in Sutton, N. H. 
  +8144.  John Barnard,5 b. in Methuen, about 1768; m. Mabel Wolcott. 
  +8145.  Mary,5 m. Bezaleel Carleton, of Bradford. 
   8146.  Sarah,5 b. 1771; m. Bezaleel Carleton. 
   8147.  Edmund,5 settled in Sutton, N. H. No children. 
  +8148.  Aquila,5 m. Abigail Clough. 
   8149.  Anna,5 unm., feeble, sickly, and disabled; was in the almshouse 
            at Newburyport in 1823. 


8086.
THOMAS RICHARDSON4 (Thomas,3 Joseph,2 William1), son of Thomas and Hannah Richardson, of Methuen; born there, Feb. 15, 1732; married ELIZABETH (???).
They lived in Methuen.

Children:
   8150.  Hannah,5 b. July 4, 1755. 
   8151.  Elizabeth,5 b. 1757. 
   8152.  Susanna,5 b. Dec. 7, 1759. 


8088.
FRANCIS RICHARDSON4 (Thomas,3 Joseph,2 William1), brother of the preceding; born in Methuen, March 11, 1737; married MARY FORD, daughter of James Ford.
They lived in Methuen, in that part which is now Lawrence.

Children:
   8153.  John,5 b. Sept. 9, 1759. 
   8154.  Elisha Ford,5 m. Ruth Ladd, Aug. 30, 1787. 
   8155.  Francis,5 m. (???) Manser; settled in Methuen. 
   8156.  Robert,5 m. Hannah Boynton, Aug. 19, 1795; settled in Methuen 
            and Haverhill. 
   8157.  Polly.5 
  +8158.  Pottle,5 b. Sept. 3, 1773; m. Deborah Swan. 
   8159.  Abigail,5 b. 1777. 

8090.
PARKER RICHARDSON4 (Caleb,3 Joseph,2 William1), son of Caleb3 and Tryphena (Bodwell) Richardson, of Methuen; born there, 1738-9; married LYDIA (???).
They lived in Methuen. He died there, April 7, 1819, aged 80. His wife Lydia died Sept. 30, 1823, aged 79.

Children:
   8160.  Parker,5 b. June 29, 1766. 
   8161.  Caleb,5 b. 1768. 
   8162.  Edward,5 b. 1770. 
   8163.  Isaac Blunt.5 
   8164.  John Lacer.5 
   8165.  Lydia Kimball.5 
   8166.  Lydia Bodwell.5 
   8167.  Bill.5 
   8168.  Larkin Dodge,5 b. Jan. 18, 1787. 


8094.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON4 (Caleb,3 Joseph,2 William1), sixth child of Caleb3 and Tryphena (Bodwell) Richardson, of Methuen; born there, Feb. 22, 1748-9; married LUCY PARKER, of Westford.
He lived in Methuen; was in the Revolutionary war, and died July 15, 1836, aged 87. His wife Lucy died March 26, 1818, aged 64.
A Samuel Richardson resided in Londonderry, N. H., but was a recruit sent by Chester, N. H., in 1777, for the Revolutionary war; at first for three years; in 1781 for a shorter period. I presume the above Samuel.

They had eight children, all born in Methuen, viz.:
   8169.  Samuel,5 b. July 4, 1781; m. Hannah (???). She died Oct. 4, 
            1824, aged 33. She is buried in the old cemetery in Methuen. 
   8170.  Lucy,5 b. May 28, 1783; d. Oct. 19, 1812, aged 29. 
   8171.  John C.,5 b. May 4, 1785; d. Nov. 2, 1823. 
   8172.  Betsey P.,5 b. March 13, 1787; living in 1868. 
   8173.  Achsah,5 b. July 24, 1789; d. Nov. 7, 1819, aged 30. 
  +8174.  Aaron P.,5 b. July 22, 1791; m. Betsey Reed. 
   8175.  William,5 b. April 26, 1794; m. Abiah (???); d. Aug. 2, 1836. 
   8176.  Mary,5 b. July 27, 1797. 
                                       


8095.
CAPT. JOHN RICHARDSON4 (Caleb,3 Joseph,2 William1), son of Caleb3 and Tryphena (Bodwell) Richardson, of Methuen; born there, Sept. 1, 1751; married, October, 1784, SARAH STEVENS, a kinswoman of Thaddeus Stevens, a representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, a champion for the anti-slavery cause.
He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was in the battle of Stillwater, sometimes called the battle of Bemis Heights, where he was disabled, and for a time supposed to be dead. A cannon ball killed the soldier immediately before him, and threw him down with great violence, but inflicted no fatal injury. He afterwards received a captain's commission. There were two battles on Bemis Heights, four miles north of the village of Stillwater; one fought Sept. 19, 1777, the other Oct. 7th, following. Both were severe; the second compelled the surrender of Burgoyne.
Capt. Richardson was an intelligent man, a great reader. He passed his life in his native town, Methuen, and died there, May 15, 1843, in his ninety-second year.

His children, all born in Methuen, were:
   8177.  Nancy,5 b. July 11, 1785; m. Dudley Davis, of Methuen. They 
            lived in Methuen, and both died there. 
  +8178.  Phineas,5 b. Feb. 2, 1787; m. Sarah Pratt. 
   8179.  Abigail,5 b. March 1, 1789; m. Samuel Cross, of Methuen. They 
            lived and died in Methuen. She died June, 1822. 
   8180.  John,5 b. April 18, 1791; never married. 
   8181.  Eliphalet,5 b. June 11, 1793; m. Lavinia Gage, of Methuen. 
            They lived and died there. He died March 23, 1872. 
   8182.  Ben5 (sic), b. Jan. 25, 1796; d. Aug. 8, 1872. 
The males of this family, with the exception of Phineas, were cordwainers.

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