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Ancestors of Bessie Florella Trask
325.Joanna Thake803,804,805, born Bef. Feb 02, 1605/06 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England; died Jun 20, 1666 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..She was the daughter of 650. William Thake and 651. Joan Wood.
Notes for Samuel Richardson:
From Descendants of Thomas Richardson of Westmill, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND
Therefrom St. Albans, as the Chiterns vanish towards the flat lands of East Anglia, the emerald countryside of Hertfordshire, ENGLAND lies before the eyes. On June 15, 1567, before the high altar of Abbey Church,Thomas Richardson married Margaret Silverside. They are my tenth great grandparents. Their marriage was the union, and Old England the soil, from whence issued my Richardson ancestry. Their grandson, my 8th great grandfather, Samuel Richardson, along with his brothers, Ezekiel and Thomas, helped to settle the village of Woburn, Massachusetts, near Boston, in 1642. Puritans, the Richardsons had been members of that devout group of believers whose desire it was to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church of the trappings of Roman Catholicism that had remained after the Reformation. Their desire was to worship in the manner they believed congregations had in the early days of Christianity. It had been their hope that such reforms could be achieved while remaining in the Church of England.
“The Puritans were…a class that did something else than celebrate their forefathers' day, and eat parched corn in remembrance of that time. They were… men of simple habits, straightforward, prayerful; not thinking much of rulers who did not fear God, not making many compromises.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Richardson family hailed from Westmill and Standon, both small parish towns. Samuel had arrived in America previous to the year 1636. The root of my family tree lies deep in a one thousand-page work, "The Richardson Memorial", authored by John Adams Vinton in 1876. His compilation of a "full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson" provides a plenteous genealogical base for Richardson descendants.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON, the second of the three brothers of that name who united in the settlement of Woburn, was born in England, not far from the year 1610. We do not know in what year he came to this country. Possibly he came with his elder brother, Ezekiel, in 1630, though this is not at all probable. A list of fifty-eight men, inhabitants of Charlestown, dated Jan. 9, 1633-4, is found on the records of that town. Among them is the name of Ezekiel Richardson, but not of Samuel or of Thomas, his brothers. A similar list was made out, January, 1635-6, in which Ezekiel appears, but neither of his brothers. The first notice we find of Samuel is dated July 1, 1636, when he and his brother, Thomas Richardson, with others, were on a committee to lay out lots of land for hay. In 1637, the names of Samuel and Thomas Richardson first appear in a list of inhabitants of Charlestown. The same year the town of Charlestown granted to each of them a "house-plot," clearly indicating that they had recently become residents in the place. These two brothers were admitted members of the church there, Feb. 18, 1637-8, in consequence of which they were made freemen of the colony, May 2, 1638. Samuel was chosen surveyor of the highways,March 17, 1636-7.The three brothers lived near to each other, on the same street, which has ever been known as "Richardson's Row". It was by the town laid out as a street in 1647, and the three Richardsons are in the town book represented as then living upon it. It runs almost due north and south, in the north-eastern part of Washington Street, in the town last named. The three brothers lived near the present line of Woburn. Cellar holes are still pointed out to designate the sites of their houses.
And another note:
From the Richardson Memorial: (John Adams Vinton, Richardson Memorial, 1876)
"The first notice we find of Samuel is dated July 1, 1636, when he and his brother, Thomas Richardson, with others, were on a committee to lay out lots of land for hay.In 1637, the names of Samuel and Thomas Richardson first appear in a list of inhabitants of Charlestown.The same year the town of Charlestown granted to each of them a 'house plot,' clearly indicating that they had recently become residents in the place.These two brothers were admitted members of the church there, Feb. 18, 1637-8, in consequence of which they were made freemen of the colony, May 2, 1638. Samuel was chosen surveyor of the highways, March 17, 1636-7.
"The three brothers had lots assigned them, April 20, 1638, on 'Misticke side and above the Ponds,' that is, in Malden, and their names, among others, appear as persons having the privilege of pasturing cows upon the Common, Dec. 30, 1638.
"On the 5th of November, 1640, the three brothers and four others, Edward Convers, Edward Johnson, John Mousall, and Thomas Graves, were chosen by the church of Charlestown as commissioners or agents for the settlement of a church and town, within what were then the limits of Charlestown, but soon after erected into a separate town, and called Woburn.That whole territory was then a wide, uncultivated waste.In the February following, the commissioners built a bridge over the Aberjona River, as the Mystic River is called, north of Mystic Pond. This bridge was known in after times as Convers' Bridge, from Edward Convers, the proprietor of the adjacent mill.He lived in the immediate vicinity, in the first house built in Woburn.His descendants lived there, or in that vicinity, and the entire locality is now in the heart of the town of Winchester.
"When the church was constituted in Woburn, Aug. 14, 1642, O.S., Samuel Richardson and his two brothers, with John Mousall, Edward Johnson, Edward Convers, and William Learned, solemnly stood forth, as the nucleus around which the church was to be gathered.
"The three brothers lived near to each other, on the same street, which has ever since been known as 'Richardson's Row.'It was by the town laid out as a street in 1647, and the three Richardsons are in the town book represented as then living upon it. It runs almost due north and south, in the north eastern part of the present town of Winchester, but a short distance east of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and now constitutes a part of Washington Street, in the town last named.The three brothers lived near the present line of Woburn.Cellar holes are still pointed out to designate the sites of their houses.Samuel lived near the present abode of his descendant, Luther Richardson, now [1876] living, but a short distance north from the present village of Winchester.
"That Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson were brothers appears from the will of Ezekiel Richardson, in which he 'discharges all demands between his brother Samuel Richardson and himself, and gives to Thomas Richardson, son of his brother Thomas, ten shillings.'It also appears from a quitclaim deed of forty acres of land, from Samuel Richardson, dated March 1657, to 'my sister Susanna Richardson, now Brooks, during her lifetime, and then to my cousin [i.e., nephew], Theophilus Richardson' [Midd. Deeds, ii. 72], and moreover from the boundaries of said forty acres, which are "south by Samuel Richardson, north by Thomas Richardson, our brother,' etc.[Midd. Deeds, ii. 154.]This deed further determines the relative position of the houses and farms of the three brothers, that Samuel lived nearest to the present village of Winchester, Thomas on the north, near Woburn line, and Ezekiel midway between them.
"Samuel Richardson was selectman of Woburn in 1644, 1645, 1646, 1649, 1650, and 1651.In 1645, he paid the highest tax of any man in Woburn; Capt. Edward Johnson the next.
"He died, intestate, March 23, 1658.The inventory is dated March 29, 1658.His widow Joanna and eldest son, John, were appointed administrators.[Midd. Prob. Rec., i. 142]Lieut. John Wyman, of Woburn, was appointed guardian of his sons, John and Joseph, June 25, 1658"
More About Samuel Richardson:
Date born 2: 1602, Westmill, Hertfordshire, England
Date born 3: Dec 22, 1603
Died 2: 1658
Died 3: Mar 23, 1657/58, Westmill, Hertfordshire, England
More About Joanna Thake:
Date born 2: Feb 02, 1605/06, Westmill, Hertfordshire, England806
Died 2: Jun 20, 1666, Woburn, MA806
More About Samuel Richardson and Joanna Thake:
Marriage 1: Oct 18, 1632, Westmill, Herts, England806,807
Marriage 2: Oct 18, 1632, Great Hormeal, Hertfordshire, England
Children of Samuel Richardson and Joanna Thake are:
i. | Elizabeth Richardson807, born May 22, 1635 in Westmill, Herts, England; died Aug 16, 1685 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
ii. | Mary Richardson807, born Feb 25, 1636/37 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Sep 13, 1677 in Charleston, Suffolk, Mass; married Thomas Mousall. |
More About Mary Richardson: Date born 2: Feb 25, 1637/38 |
168 | iii. | John Richardson, born Nov 12, 1639 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Jan 01, 1696/97 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass; married (1) Elizabeth Bacon Bef. 1670; married (2) Mary Pierson Oct 28, 1672 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass.; married (3) Margaret Willing Aft. 1678. | ||
iv. | Hannah Richardson807, born Mar 08, 1641/42 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Apr 08, 1642. | |||
v. | Joseph Richardson807, born Jul 27, 1643 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Mar 05, 1717/18 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass; married Hannah Green. | |||
162 | vi. | Samuel Richardson, born May 22, 1646 in Woburn, MA; died Apr 29, 1712 in Winchester, MA; married (1) Martha ? Bef. 1670 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; married (2) Hannah Kingsbury Aft. 1672; married (3) Phebe Baldwin Aft. 1675; married (4) Sarah Hayward Aft. 1678. | ||
vii. | Stephen Richardson807, born Aug 15, 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Mar 22, 1716/17 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass; married Abigail Wyman. | |||
viii. | Thomas Richardson807, born Dec 31, 1651 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Sep 27, 1657 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. |
338.Bartholomew Pierson808,809,810, born Abt. 1626; died Mar 12, 1686/87 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass..He married 339. Ursula ?.
339.Ursula ?811,812,813, died May 28, 1697 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass..
Children of Bartholomew Pierson and Ursula ? are:
i. | Bartholomew Pierson813, born Sep 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.; died Oct 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
ii. | Bartholomew Pierson813, born Feb 26, 1641/42 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.; died Feb 23, 1661/62 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
iii. | Martha Pierson813, born Sep 17, 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
iv. | Jonathan Pierson813, born Aug 12, 1648 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
v. | Joseph Pierson813, born Nov 08, 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
169 | vi. | Mary Pierson, born Apr 10, 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Dec 21, 1721 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass; married John Richardson Oct 28, 1672 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass.. | ||
vii. | Sarah Pierson813, born May 07, 1653 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. |
340.James Converse814,815, born 1620 in England; died May 10, 1715 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..He was the son of 680. Edward Convers and 681. Sarah Parker.He married 341. Anna Long Oct 24, 1643 in Mass.815.
341.Anna Long816,817, born Jun 01, 1623 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died Aug 10, 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..She was the daughter of 682. Robert Long and 683. Sarah Taylor.
More About James Converse and Anna Long:
Marriage: Oct 24, 1643, Mass.817
Children of James Converse and Anna Long are:
i. | Anna Converse817, born Jul 15, 1644. | |||
170 | ii. | James Converse, born Nov 16, 1645 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Jul 06, 1706 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass; married Hannah Carter Jan 01, 1667/68 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.. | ||
iii. | Deborah Converse817, born Jul 26, 1647. | |||
iv. | Sarah Converse817, born Apr 21, 1649. | |||
v. | Rebecca Converse817, born May 15, 1651. | |||
vi. | Lydia Converse817, born Mar 08, 1652/53. | |||
vii. | Edward Converse817, born Feb 27, 1654/55. | |||
viii. | Mary Converse817, born Dec 29, 1656. | |||
ix. | Abigail Converse817, born Oct 13, 1658 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Jan 25, 1689/90 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass; married Jonathon Kettell Mar 30, 1676 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass; born 1646 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass.; died Dec 18, 1720 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass.. |
More About Jonathon Kettell and Abigail Converse: Marriage: Mar 30, 1676, Charlestown, Middlesex, Mass. |
x. | Ruth Converse817, born Oct 13, 1658. |
342.John Carter818,819,820, born Bef. 1620 in England; died Sep 14, 1692 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass..He was the son of 684. Thomas Carter and 685. Mary Parkhurst.He married 343. Elizabeth Kendall Grove 1642 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass..
343.Elizabeth Kendall Grove821,822, born 1613 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died May 06, 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..
More About John Carter and Elizabeth Grove:
Marriage: 1642, Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.
Children of John Carter and Elizabeth Grove are:
171 | i. | Hannah Carter, born Jan 19, 1650/51 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Aug 10, 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass; married James Converse Jan 01, 1667/68 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.. | ||
ii. | Anna Carter822, born Abt. 1640 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Mar 10, 1656/57. | |||
iii. | Abigail Carter822, born Jan 10, 1648/49 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Sep 14, 1676 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
iv. | John Carter822, born Feb 06, 1652/53 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Jan 13, 1726/27 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
v. | Mary Carter822, born Mar 08, 1645/46 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Jul 02, 1714 in Charleston, Suffolk, Mass. | |||
vi. | Elizabeth Carter822, born Aug 08, 1645 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Dec 20, 1653 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. |
344.William Johnson823,824, born Bef. Mar 22, 1626/27 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died May 22, 1704 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass..He was the son of 688. Edward Johnson and 689. Susan Munter.He married 345. Esther Wiswell.
345.Esther Wiswell825,826, born 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Mass.; died Dec 25, 1707.She was the daughter of 690. Thomas Wiswell and 691. Elizabeth Berbage.
Children of William Johnson and Esther Wiswell are:
i. | William Johnson826, born Feb 26, 1655/56; died Jan 10, 1729/30 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
172 | ii. | Edward Johnson, born Mar 19, 1656/57 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Aug 07, 1725 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass; married Sarah Walker Jan 12, 1686/87 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.. | ||
iii. | Ebenezer Johnson826, born Mar 29, 1660 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Mar 17, 1736/37 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
iv. | Hester Johnson826, born Apr 13, 1662 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Mar 31, 1742 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
v. | Joseph Johnson826, born Jun 14, 1664 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
vi. | Benjamin Johnson826, born Oct 15, 1666 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Apr 22, 1733 in Billerica, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
vii. | Josiah Johnson826, born Jan 15, 1668/69 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass.; died Dec 16, 1739. | |||
viii. | Susanna Johnson826, born Jun 29, 1671 in Woburn, Middlesex, Mass. | |||
ix. | Abigail Johnson826, born Oct 04, 1674; died Mar 16, 1787 in Mansfield, CT. |
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