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4. EZEKIEL² RICHARDSON (THOMAS¹) was born ca. 1604 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England, and died October 21, 1647 in Woburn, Massachusetts. He married SUSANNAH Bef. August 30, 1630. She was born ca. 1606, and died September 15, 1681 in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Notes for EZEKIEL RICHARDSON:
The Great Migration Begins, Vol. I-III, by Robert C. Anderson NEHGS ONLINE (at http://www.newenglandancestors.org):
EZEKIEL RICHARDSON
ORIGIN: Westmill, Hertfordshire
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
REMOVES: Woburn 1640
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Ezechiel Richardson and his wife" admitted to Boston church as members #80 and #81, which would be in the winter of 1630/1 [BChR 13]; on 14 October 1632 "Ezechiell Richardson and Susan his wife" were dismissed to participate in the organization of Charlestown church [BChR 16]; on 2 November 1632 "Ezek:" and "Susan Richeson" were admitted to Charlestown church as founding members [ChChR 7].
FREEMAN: 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:366].
EDUCATION: He signed his will.
OFFICES: Deputy for Charlestown to General Court, 2 September 1635 [MBCR 1:156]. Petit jury, 19 September 1637 [MBCR 1:203]. Charlestown member of colony committee on valuation of livestock, 13 May 1640 [MBCR 1:295]. Commissioner for small causes at Woburn, 10 May 1643 [MBCR 2:35]. Committee to lay out highway between Cambridge and Woburn, 10 May 1643 [MBCR 2:36].
Charlestown selectman, 10 February 1634/5, 12 February 1637/8 [ChTR 13, 34]. Constable, 3 April 1633 [MBCR 1:104]. Committee to lay out lots, 9 January 1633/4, 23 November 1635 [ChTR 10, 17]. Committee to lay out highways, 10 February 1634/5, 12 February 1637/8, 20 December 1638 [ChTR 12, 39, 40]. Committee to regulate wages, 28 November 1636 [ChTR 23]. Committee on stinting the common, 17 February 1636/7 [ChTR 25].
ESTATE: In 1635 Ezekiel Richardson surrendered back to the town five acres of land Mystic Side [ChTR 14]. In the same year he was granted five shares of hay ground, which was increased to six shares [ChTR 19, 20].
On 24 October 1636 the town of Charlestown "agreed to allow Ezek[ie]ll Richeson 2 acres of ground besides the two due to him, to make & keep two sufficient gates for the highway between Mr. Mayhew's & New Towne, & the highway to have 6 pole in breadth" [ChTR 23]. On 3 March 1636/7 "Goodman Ezek[ie]ll Richeson had ˝ a cow's grass appointed by Tho[mas] Squire" [ChTR 26].
Ezekiel Richardson had five acres of land Mystic Side in 1637, and also four and three-quarter cow commons [ChTR 27, 33]. On 23 April 1638 he had Mystic Side allotments of 35, 85 and 5 acres [ChTR 36]. On 30 December 1638 he had 6˝ cow commons in the stinted common [ChTR 42].
In the 1638 Charlestown Book of Possessions "Ezechell Richardson" held thirteen parcels of land: three acre homestead in High Field; one acre meadow at north end of aforesaid three acres; one half acre meadow in High Field; one acre meadow on northeast side of Gibbon's Field (which "he bought of William Nash to whom at first it fell by lot"); one acre arable land in East Field; two acres meadow bounded to the south on Cambridge Field and to the north on Gibbon's River (later annotation: "sold to Thomas Brigden"); six acres meadow in Mystic Field; five acres woodland in Mystic Field; thirty-five acres woodland in Mystic Field; three acres meadow "lying to the northward of Mount Prospect") ninety acres of land in Water Field; six and a half milch cow commons (four and three quarters granted to him, one and a quarter bought of William Nash, and a half bought of George Whitehand); and four acres arable land in Line Field [ChBOP 3-4].
In his will, dated 20 July 1647 and proved 1 June 1648, "Ezekiell Richardson of Woebourne" appointed "my wife Susanna and my eldest son Theophilus joint executors"; and bequeathed to "Josias my son Ł30" at twenty-one years of age; to "James my son Ł30" at twenty-one years of age; to "Phebe my daughter Ł30" at "twenty years of age or within six months after the day of her marriage"; if any of these three should die before they come of age, the legacies be shared among the survivors; in case "my son Theophilus die before he shall accomplish one and twenty years of age, then his portion shall be equally divided to my other children"; discharged demands against "my brother Samuell Richardson"; to "my brother Thomas Richardson, his son Thomas, 10s."; overseers Edward Converse and John Mousall of Woburn, if either of these die, then the survivor with the consent of Thomas Carter, pastor of the church in Woburn, to choose a replacement overseer; 30s. to each overseer; residue to my executors, "provided that my wife may peacably enjoy her habitation in the house so long as she shall live" [SPR Case #72].
The inventory of the estate of Ezekiell Richardson was taken 18 November 1647 and totalled Ł190 6s. 6d., with no real estate included [SPR Case #72].
On 6 March 1649/50 Edward Converse confirmed to the heirs of Ezekiel Richardson an earlier sale of twelve acres of meadow & upland in Woburn [MLR 2:71]. On 27 March 1651 Samuel Richeson of Woburn "having formerly sold unto Ezekill Richeson my brother (who is since deceased) forty acres of arable & meadow land" in Woburn, confirms the same to "my sister Susanna Brookes (who was the wife of my deceased brother Ezekill Richeson" [MLR 2:72]. On 23 March 1654/5 "Susanna Richeson now Brookes formerly the wife of Ezek: Richeson" confirmed a sale made eight years earlier by "Ezekill Richardson & Sussanna Richardson my wife" to Thomas Moulton and John Greenland of thirty-five acres of land in Woburn [MLR 2:36]. On 13 December 1659 "Henry Brookes & Susanna Brookes of Woburn," in accordance with an award of the court, deeded to Theophilus Richardson the right and title they had in "the moiety or half part of the housing & land of Ezekiell Richardson of Woburn aforesaid, by executorship or otherwise" [MLR 2:154].
BIRTH: By about 1604 (based on estimated date of marriage and chronology of his siblings), son of Thomas and Katherine (Duxford) Richardson [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-28].
DEATH: Woburn 21 October 1647.
MARRIAGE: By 1632 Susanna _____. She married (2) by 27 March 1651 Henry Brooks [Sarah Hildreth Anc 30, citing MLR 2:36, 72, 154].
CHILDREN:
i PHEBE, bp. Boston 3 June 1632 (corrected from 1631 [BChR 277]); m. Woburn 1 November 1649 Henry Baldwin [WoVR 2:226].
ii THEOPHILUS, bp. Charlestown 22 December 1633 [ChChR 45]; m. Woburn 2 May 1654 Mary Champney [WoVR 2:226].
iii JOSIAH, bp. Charlestown 7 November 1635 [ChChR 46]; m. Concord 6 June 1659 Remembrance Underwood (recorded Chelmsford).
iv JOHN, bp. Charlestown 21 July 1638 [ChChR 47]; d. Woburn 7 January 1642 [WoVR 3:157].
v JONATHAN, bp. Charlestown 13 February 1639/40 [ChChR 48]; no further record.
vi JAMES, bp. Charlestown 11 July 1641 [ChChR 50]; m. Chelmsford 28 November 1660 Bridget Henchman.
vii RUTH, b. Woburn 23 August 1643 [WoVR 1:210]; d. there 7 September 1643 [WoVR 3:157].
ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Richardson and Thomas Richardson, brothers of Ezekiel, arrived in New England by 1635; Francis Wyman and John Wyman, sons of Ezekiel Richardson's sister Elizabeth, also came to New England [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-27].
COMMENTS: "Ezech[ie]ll Richeson" was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown in 1630 [ChTR 5] and appeared in the lists of inhabitants of 9 January 1633/4 and January 1635/6 [ChTR 10, 15].
On 15 November 1637 Ezekiel Richardson was one of eight Charlestown men who admitted their error in signing the petition in favor of Wheelwright and who were permitted to erase their names from that document [MBCR 1:209].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1876 John Adams Vinton published a comprehensive genealogy of the descendants of the three Richardson brothers [The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson ... (Portland, Maine, 1876)]. In 1903 Walter Kendall Watkins published the data on the English origin of the Richardsons [NEHGR 57:298-300], and this material was incorporated in Walter Goodwin Davis's treatment of the family [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-31].

More About EZEKIEL RICHARDSON:
Bp/Chr: Maybe in Standon, Hertfordshire, England
Emigration: 1630, Arrived in Winthrop's Fleet
Issue: 7 children
Misc: August 27, 1630, Became a member of the Charlestown Ch.
Residence: 1641, removed to Woburn, Massachusetts
Source 1: 1876, Richardson by J. A. Vinton, pg 31-37
Source 2: 2002, Grt.Mig. (Ezek.Rchrdsn) NEHGS ONLINE Vol. I-III
Source 3: March 2, 1998, FTM CD194, MA & ME FAM, V3, pg 218-221
Will: July 20, 1647, written, proved June 1, 1648

More About SUSANNAH:
Misc: August 27, 1630, Became a member of the Charleston Ch.
Misc.: m. (2) Henry Brooks of Woburn
Source 1: 1876, Richardson by J. A. Vinton, pg 31-37
Source 2: 2002, Grt.Mig. (Ezek.Rchrdsn) NEHGS ONLINE Vol. I-III
Source 3: March 2, 1998, FTM CD194, MA & ME FAM, V3, pg 221

Children of EZEKIEL RICHARDSON and SUSANNAH are:

12.	i.	PHEBE³ RICHARDSON, b. ca. 1631, Boston, Massachusetts; d. September 13, 1716, Woburn, Massachusetts.
13.	ii.	THEOPHILUS RICHARDSON, b. ca. 1633, Charlestown, Massachusetts; d. December 28, 1674, Woburn, Massachusetts.
14.	iii.	CAPT. JOSIAH RICHARDSON, b. ca. 1635, Charlestown, Massachusetts; d. July 22, 1695, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

5. THOMAS² RICHARDSON (THOMAS¹) was born ca. 1607 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England, and died August 28, 1651 in Woburn, Massachusetts. He married MARY. She was born ca. 1608 in prob. England, and died May 19, 1670 in Woburn, Massachusetts.

Notes for THOMAS RICHARDSON:
The Richardson Memorial by John Adams Vinton, 1876 printed by Brown Thurston & Co., Portland, Maine (1876), pg. 504-506:
THOMAS RICHARDSON,was the youngest of the three brothers of that name, EZEKIEL, SAMUEL and THOMAS, who united with Edward Convers, Edward Johnson, John Mousall, William Learned, and others, in the settlement of Woburn, and the formation of a church there, in 1641. The seven men, whose names have just been written were the commissioners chosen by the church in Charlestown, Nov. 5, 1640, to commence the settlement; with the exception of William Learned was substituted soon after for Thomas Graves, who had been chosen, but declined taking part in the enterprise.
It is believed that Samuel and Thomas Richardson, who were younger than Ezekiel, did not come from England, till at least five years after. The colonists suffered greatly from famine during the first year, and a few came over till 1633 or later. A list of inhabitants of Charlestown, dated Jan. 9, 1633-4, does not contain the name of Samuel or Thomas Richardson. The same deficiency exists in a similar list, made one year after. The first notice we find of either of these brothers, is dated Feb. 21, 1636, when Mary, the wife of Thomas Richardson united with the church in Charlestown. Samuel and Thomas Richardson joined said church the 18th of the 12th month [February], 1637-8; in consequence whereof they were admitted freemen of the colony, May 2, 1638. Their names are found on the records of Charlestown for the first time in 1637, when to each of them the town granted a house-plot, clearly indicating that they had recently become citizens of the place. The same year, their names are for the first time found on the records as citizens of Charlestown. They doubtless came from England together.
The three brothers were all young. They probably did not marry until on the eve of embarking for America; Ezekiel in 1630; Samuel and Thomas in 1635. This is inferred from the dates of the births of their children.
The three brothers had lots assigned them, April 20, 1638, on the "Misticke Side and above the Ponds," that is, in Malden. The share they had in the settlement of Woburn, and the organization of the church in that town, has been sufficiently related in the notices already given of Ezekiel and Samuel Richardson.
Thomas Richardson died in Woburn, Aug. 28, 1651. There is no will of his on record. Below is an inventory of his estate found in the Middlesex Registry of Probate, dated Sept. 22, 1651, and signed by Edward Johnson, Edward Converse, John Mousall and Samuel Richardson.
...Total 133.14.4 pounds
Further, the said Thomas Richardson died possessed of one dwelling house, bard and one hundred acres of land, situate in the Town of Woburn, of which 25 acres are plowed land, and ten of meadow. Real Estate valued at 80.0.0 pounds.
Following the inventory, and, it would seem, a part of it, is this statement:
"He hath left a wife, three sons, and four daughters. The eldest son is 8 years old; the second, 6 years; and the third, three-quarters [of a year]. The eldest dau. is 13 years old; the second, 11 years; the third, 4 years; the fourth, 2 years.
The name of the wife of Thomas Richardson was Mary. After his death she became, Oct. 26, 1655, the second wife of Michael Bacon, senior, who is said to have come from Ireland, and was on of the original inhabitants of the town of Woburn, 1641. He was the ancestor of the distinguished Dr. Leonard Bacon, of New Haven, Ct. Bacon's first wife, also named Mary, died July 4, 1688. His only son married a dau. of Thomas and Mary Richardson.

More About THOMAS RICHARDSON:
Bp/Chr: July 3, 1608, Westmill, Hertfordshire, England
Emigration: Bet. 1635 - 1636, to Charlestown, then (1641) Woburn, MA
Issue: 10 children
Source 1: 1876, Richardson by J. A. Vinton, pg 504-506
Source 2: March 2, 1998, FTM CD194, MA & ME FAM, V3, pg 218

More About MARY:
Misc: October 26, 1655, m. (2) Michael Bacon in Woburn, MA
Misc.: might be: Mary Stephenson
Source 1: 1876, Richardson by J. A. Vinton, pg 506
Source 2: March 2, 1998, FTM CD194, MA & ME FAM, V3, pg 218

Children of THOMAS RICHARDSON and MARY are:

15.	i.		SGT. THOMAS³ RICHARDSON, b. October 4, 1645, Woburn, Massachusetts; d. February 25, 1719/20, Billerica, Massachusetts.
16.	ii.		NATHANIEL RICHARDSON, b. January 2, 1650/51, Woburn, Massachusetts; d. December 14, 1714, Woburn, Massachusetts.

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