Tag: Richardson

Ezekiel Richardson

Ezekiel Richardson first came to America in 1630. He has also been known as Ezechll Richeson, mostly due to the way things were written back then. He was the son of Thomas Richardson and Katherine Duxford. His exact date of birth is unknown, but it is thought to be somewhere between 1601 and 1604. He […]

Stephen Richardson (Senior)

Stephen Richardson was born on February 7, 1674, in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, during the early colonial period of New England. He was the fifth child of Joseph Richardson and Hannah Green, a family deeply rooted in the community and history of Woburn. Stephen’s life spanned nearly eight decades, and he played an integral part […]

Joseph Richardson

Joseph Richardson was born on July 27, 1643, in Woburn, Massachusetts, a settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the second son of Samuel Richardson, one of three Richardson brothers who emigrated from England in 1630 as part of the Puritan migration. Joseph grew up in Woburn, which was then a frontier town and […]

Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson was born in 1602 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. He died on March 23, 1658, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He is the son of Thomas Richardson and Catherine Duxford. We know this because Samuel was the executor of his father’s estate on July 31, 1634, in Hutchins, England. This is the Thomas Richardson that we […]

Thomas Richardson I of Westmill

So many people in my tree named Thomas Richardson. This particular one we are speaking about now was born in 1523 in Westmill, England, and he died in 1570. However, I should note there is a Millennium file document that says he died in March of 1630. But that could be his son. What I […]

Thomas Richardson II of Westmill

Thomas Richardson was born on March 15, 1543, in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England.  He died on March 4, 1630, also in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. He is not the person known as “Sir Thomas Richardson.” He is also not the person who was buried on  December 13, 1630, at St Mary, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.  Although […]

John Henry Richardson

John Henry Richardson is the brother of my 2nd great-grandfather, William Alexander Richardson. He is the son of John Durk Richardson. We know that during the 1880 US Census he was 2 years old, so that means he was about about 1878. This makes him 4 years younger than William Alexander. This record also says that he […]

John David Richardson

John David Richardson was born in 1720 in Randolph, North Carolina. He received a delayed birth certificate and that is how we know his full name. (Roll # NCVR_B_C081_68002, volume 16, page 369) He is the son of Stephen Richardson and Mary Trueblood. I don’t have a lot of information on him. I think he might have died […]

David Richardson

David Richardson was born in 1760 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. David Richardson is the son of John David Richardson and the father of John David Richardson. Confusing? Yeah don’t worry, it was for me too. David Richardson lived in Moore County, along Buffalo Creek, a tributary of Deep River. We know that Jonathan David Richardson was […]

Thomas Richardson of Standon

Today we are going to talk about Thomas Richardson of Standon or Thoms Richardson. He is the son of Thomas Richardson II of Westmill and the grandson of Thomas Richardson I of Westmill. Thomas Richardson of Standon is my 12th great-grandfather. This is a person that I was struggling to verify information about. Luckily the […]