2. BISHOP JAMES2 RICHARDSON (JAMES1) was born 1791 in Kingston, Ontario, and died Aft. 1871. He married REBECCA DENNIS 06 Feb 1813 in Toronto, Ontario, daughter of JOHN DENNIS. She was born Abt. 1789 in York, Ontario, and died Unknown.
Notes for BISHOP JAMES RICHARDSON:
From: Notes of the Richardson Canadian Ancestry:
Lieutenant James Richardson, Canadian Marine
Born at Kingston, Upper Canada, in 1791. Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Canadian Marine at the outbreak of the War of 1812. Served against the American Fleet on Lake Ontario throughout the was. Present at the unsuccessful attack on Sacketts Harbour by Sir George Prevost in May 1813. Lost his left arm May 6th 1814 at the taking of Oswego while serving in the frigate "Montreal" under Sir James Yeo. At the close of the war served in HMS St Lawrence, built in Kingston, of 110 guns, the relics of which are now lying in Kingston Harbour, at the site of the old Morton Distillery. At the close of the war he entered the service of the Methodist Episcopal Church and became its Bishop in Upper Canada.
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Name:
Rev James Richardson
Event:
Living
Year:
1871
Place:
Toronto, York Township
Province of record source:
Ontario
County of record source:
York
Comments: Bishop Episcopal Methodist.
Source: Lovell's Canadian Dominion Directory for 1871, John Lovell, Montreal, 1871.
Volume/Page(s): 829
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Name:
James Richardson
Event:
Married
Year:
1813
Province of record source:
Ontario
Comments: Military.
Source: William D. Reid, Marriage Notices of Ontario, Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ, 1980. Volume/Page(s): 7
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JAMES RICHARDSON Sex: M
Marriage(s): Spouse: REBECCA DENNIS
Marriage: 6 Feb 1813, Toronto, York, Ontario
Source Information: Film Number: 1760818
Notes for REBECCA DENNIS:
Rebecca DENNIS
Sex: F ; Event(s): Birth:
Abt. 1789; Of York, York, Ontario
Parents: Father: John DENNIS
Source Information:
Film Number: 446303; Page Number: 0105; Reference Number: 70504
Child of JAMES RICHARDSON and REBECCA DENNIS is:
