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Pre-American Ancestors of John Richmond 1040 thru 1594

Generation No. 16

16. HENRY RICHMOND¹⁶ WEBB (EDMOND RICHMOND¹⁵, WILLIAM RICHMOND¹⁴, WILLIAM RICHMOND¹³, WILLIAM¹² RICHMOND, THOMAS¹¹, ELYAS¹⁰ DE RICHMOND, ELYAS⁹, EUDO⁸, SIR⁷ ROALD , FIL ALAN RICHMOND DE CROFT, FIL ROALD RICHMOND DE CROFT⁶ ALAN, SIR ROALD FIL ALAN⁵ DE RICHMOND, SIR ALAN FIL ROALD⁴, ROALDUS³, HASCULFUS MUSARD², ROALDUS MUSARD¹) (Source: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #1462, Date of Import: Jan 30, 1998.) was born 1555 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England (Source: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #1462, Date of Import: Jan 30, 1998.), and died WFT Est. 1597-1646 (Source: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #1462, Date of Import: Jan 30, 1998.). He married ELIZABETH CHRISTIAN (Source: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #1462, Date of Import: Jan 30, 1998.) WFT Est. 1584-1616 (Source: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 22, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #1462, Date of Import: Jan 30, 1998.).

Notes for HENRY RICHMOND WEBB:
Ashton Keynes, 29 March, 1736.
Dear Cousin:
It is agreed by all that our ancestors first settled at Rodborne, Wilt; that two branches lived at Chedderton in Lyddiard Treygoze Parish, Wilts and Brinkworth, Wilts. The farthest of our family I can trace is our grandfather who lived at Christian-Malford, Wilts, about 3 miles from Chippenham in the county. The house is now standing. Henry, our grandfather, had 4 wives and as I have been informed, 25 children, 12 of whom grew up to be men and women. Children by first wife: John and Henry ( The Amisbury Branch*) now decending from John who killed his brother after (during?) the civil wars and cost our grandfather so much money to save his life that his estate was sold or irrecoverably mortgaged. Children by second wife: Peter, father to George and William. Children by third wife: Silvester, Oliffe my father , James died at Campden in Gloucester County and left children, Francis died unmarried. Children by fourth wife: Jane, Edward, Mary died unmarried, Elizabeth married, but died without offspring, Thomasine married Ashton Keynes and left children.
John and Henry our grandfather"s sons were officers of distinction in the civil wars, one in the king's army and the other in Cromwell's and our grandfather's home was often plundered by both armies, the king's party saying he had a son in Cromwell's party, and Cromwell's party that he had a son in the king's.
Your affectionate though unknown kinsman
Oliffe Richmond
John Richmond of Amesbury, Wiltshire, who married a Mary Beckington in 1668, and had 3 sons and 3 daugthers, whose births, etc., are recorded in Amesbury, must have been, according to the letter of Oliffe Richmond quoted above, a son or grandson of John Richmond of Taunton. It is barely possible that is is so, as John Richmond was about 41 yrs. old when he left England, which leaves ample time for a previous marriage in England, and would permit the Amesbury branch to claim the same ancestor.
Dr. Sylvester Richmond, the brother of John Richmond, obtained great celebrity as a physician throughout the counties of Lancaster and Chester, and gained a large property. He was elected Mayor of Liverpool, and was actively engaged in supporting the royal cause during the agitations of that period. He Married Sarah Tarleton, and had 5 sons and 2 daugthers.
Rev. Legh Richmond, author of "The Dairyman's Daugther," was one of his descendants. He died in 1692. (Source: "The Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594" by Jouhua Bailey Richmond)

Child of HENRY WEBB and ELIZABETH CHRISTIAN is:

JOHN¹⁷ RICHMOND, b. 1594, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England; d. March 20, 1663/64, Taunton, Mass; m. ELIZABETH NICHOLS.

Notes for JOHN RICHMOND:
John Richmond, the emigrant, came to America from Ashton Keynes, Whilshire England. He probably left England about 1635 and came over on a trading-vessel. He owned six shares in the original purchase of Taunton, Mass in 1637. He was known to have spend some time in Newport, RI and built a mansion on Mill Brook.
Nothing seems to be known of him from 1643 to 1655, and tradition leads us to believe that he returned to England and engaged in the civil wars.
The family was large land-owners in the easterly part of Tauton, and gave to a village in that section the name of Richmondtown. (Source: "The Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594" by Jouhua Bailey Richmond)

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