1. JOHN17 RICHMOND (HENRYRICHMOND16WEBB, EDMONDRICHMOND15, WILLIAMRICHMOND14, WILLIAMRICHMOND13, WILLIAM12RICHMOND, THOMAS11, ELYAS10DE RICHMOND, ELYAS9, EUDO8, SIR7ROALD, FIL ALAN RICHMOND DE CROFT, FILROALD RICHMOND DE CROFT6ALAN, SIRROALD FIL ALAN5DE RICHMOND, SIRALAN FIL ROALD4, ROALDUS3, HASCULFUSMUSARD2, ROALDUSMUSARD1) was born 1594 in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England, and died March 20, 1663/64 in Taunton, Mass. He married ELIZABETH NICHOLS (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 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)
Children of JOHN RICHMOND and ELIZABETH NICHOLS are:
i.
JOHN18 RICHMOND, b. 1627.
2.
ii.
EDWARD RICHMOND, b. 1632, England; d. November 1696, Little Compton, RI.
