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2. 1710, died June 12, 1735. 4. Nathaniel, January 22, 1712-13, died March 18, 1750-51. 5. Joseph, October 9, 1715, died February 14, 1789. 6. Elizabeth, August, 1718, married Samuel How. 7. Roger, April 28, 1721, died August 1, 1807. 8. Mary, November 18, 1726, married, December 14, 1749, Thomas Bird.
(V) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (I) Clapp, was born in Dorchester, October 4, 1705, died there January 10, 1752. He built a house at the northwest end of Willow Court, May 15, 1750. He was tanner and farmer. He married, February 21, 1727-28, Hannah Pierce, born 1708, died November 24, 1757, daughter of John and Abigail Pierce. Chil- dren, born at Dorchester: 1. Abigail, January 15, 1729, died June 23, 1809; married, June 5, 1752, Henry Humphreys ( see sketch above). 2. Ann, March 16, 1731, died May 26, 1812; married, December 11, 1760, Noah Clapp. 3. Ebenezer, April 23, 1732, died January 29, 1802. 4. Daniel, February 19, 1733-34, died June 19, 1734. 5. Lemuel, April 9, 1735, men- tioned below. 6. Hannah, September 8, 1736, lied January 5, 1804; married, June 19, 1755, Timothy Tileston. 7. John, July 7, 1738, died February 19, 1739. 8. Elizabeth, January 10, 1739-40, died June 22, 1741. 9. Elizabeth, August 18, 1741, died December 18, 1741. 10. Elisha, June 10, 1743, died August 14, 1775. II. William, August 8, 1745, died March 8, 1778 ; married, December 1, 1768, Sarah Tiles- ton.
(VI) Captain Lemuel, son of Ebenezer (2) Clapp, was born in Dorchester, April 9, 1735, died there December 29, 1819. He held a com- mission as captain and commanded a Dor- chester company at the fortification of the Heights and at Noddle Island. He was a tanner by trade, having his tanyard on the Old Causeway road near what is now Willow Court. His house was there also and a picture of it is given in the old Clapp Genealogy. He was a man of much energy, decision and force of character, universally respected and very influential. He married, December 11, 1760, Susanna Capen, who died March 6, 1767, aged twenty-six years. He married (second) No- vember 3. 1768, Rebecca Dexter, daughter of Rev. Samuel Dexter, of Dedham. She died May 31, 1823, aged eighty-four years. Chil- dren, born at Dorchester : 1. Susanna, born November 2, 1761, died December 10, 1761. 2. Lemuel, August 5, 1763. 3. Edward, Janu- ary 24, 1765, died December 16, 1790. Chil- dren of second wife: 4. Samuel, October 1, 1769, died January 1, 1770. 5. Ebenezer,
October 8, 1770, died March 13, 1806; married, November 12, 1795, Abigail Glover Clapp. 6. Rebecca, November 13, 1771, died November 13, 1772. 7. Jason, September 20, 1773, died December 8, 1852. 8. Richard, October 15, 1774. 9. Elisha, June 15, 1776, died October 22, 1830. 10. Stephen, September 9, 1777; died July II, 1778. II. William, March 3, 1779, died February 29, 1860. 12. Richard, July 24, 1780, mentioned below. 13. Cath- arine, April 17, 1782, died unmarried Febru- ary 21, 1872. 14. Rebecca, March 6, 1784, died unmarried December 11, 1855.
(VII) Richard, son of Lemuel Clapp, was born in Dorchester, July 24, 1780, died there December 26, 1861. He was also tanner by trade. He had a brick-kiln and made the bricks used in his house on Pond street near Five Corners. He was a prominent citizen, surveyor of highways, overseer of the poor, selectman and member of the school committee. He was "a man of large benevolence, firm in his principles, just and kind, a good citizen and an exemplary Christian." He married, November 3, 1807, Mary Blake, born April I, 1784, died February 7, 1875, daughter of Jon- athan and Sarah ( Pierce) Blake, of Warwick. ( See Blake family herewith). Children, born at Dorchester : 1. Sarah Blake, born July 29, 1808, died March 15, 1850; married, Decem- ber 2, 1830, Deacon Henry Humphreys, (see Humphreys herewith). 2. Lemuel Dexter, November 4, 1810, died November 13. 1844; married, November 30, 1834. Abi- gail H. Eaton, of Framingham, Mass- achusetts ; was a tanner. 3. Mary, April 2, 1812, died November 24, 1821. 4. Richard, January 27, 1814, died August 20, 1866; mar- ried, January 12, 1842, Caroline Bird, daugh- ter of Jacob Bird; married (second) March 31, 1859, Eunice Emily Holden. 5. Catharine, November 26, 1815, married. July 14, 1851, Deacon Henry Humphreys, husband of her deceased sister Sarah. (See Humphreys here- with ). 6. Rebecca (twin), November 26, 1815, died March 13, 1817. 7. Rebecca, September 4, 1817, married, November 25, 1844, William Blake Trask, an eminent antiquarian and genealogist, born November 25, 1812. 8. Alfred, April 9, 1819, married, October IO, 1843, Elinor M. Cain. 9. Martha, April 27, 1821, married, June 28, 1852, Stephen Clapp. IO. Elisha, September 20, 1822, married, April 8, 1851, Martha Johnson, of Warwick, daugh- ter of Daniel and Sally ( Ward) Johnson ; was a currier, engraver, and finally farmer at Gill, Massachusetts. 11. Mary, August 16, 1825.
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married, June 28, 1852, Charles Frederic Weis, born at Offenbach, Germany ; merchant at Bos- ton. 12. James, September 9, 1828, died Aug- ust 6, 1829.
(For introduction see Nicholas Clapp 1).
Thomas Clapp, immigrant ances-
CLAPP tor of this branch of the family in America, was son of Nicholas Clapp, of Venn Ottery, county Devon, England. Thomas had brothers, John and Ambrose, also immigrants. His cousins, Captain Roger and Edward, sons of William Clapp, also came to New England. Thomas Clapp settled in Weymouth, and was admitted a freeman March 13, 1638-39. He removed to Scituate and was admitted a freeman of Plymouth Colony, June 5, 1644. He was deacon of the Scituate church in 1647, and deputy to the general court in 1649. He served as overseer of the poor in 1667. His farm was on the southwest of Stockbridge's mill pond, and was afterwards owned by Calvin Jenkins. He died April 20, 1684, aged eighty-seven years. His will was dated April 19, 1684. He married Abigail Children: I. Thomas, born March 15, 1639, died 1691. 2. Increase, May, 1640. 3. Samuel mentioned below. 4. Eleazer, re- moved to Barnstable. 5. Elizabeth, married, April 20, 1669, Deacon Thomas King. 6. Prudence. 7. John, born October 18, 1658. 8. Abigail, January 29, 1659-60.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Clapp, was born in Scituate, and was a distinguished man of his time. He was deputy to the general court many years, and in many ways served the town and state on important matters. He had a grist and saw mill where the Stock- bridge mills have since stood. He was called major. He married, June 14, 1666, Hannah Gill, who died February 27, 1722, daughter of Thomas Gill, of Hingham. He died on the homestead at an advanced age. Children : I. Samuel, born May 15, 1667. 2. Joseph, De- cember 14, 1668, mentioned below. 3. Stephen, March 4, 1670, died December II, 1756. 4. Hannah, January 15, 1673. 5. Bethia, 1675. 6. John, September 31, 1677. 7. Abigail, Octo- ber I. 1679, married, February 14. 1700, John Bailey. 8. David, November, 1684. 9. Deborah, February, 1686-87. 10. Jane, No- vember, 1689, married, 1708, Samuel Jol- brook, Jr.
(III) Joseph, son of Samuel Clapp, was born in Scituate, December 14. 1668. He lived probably on Black Hill pond in Scituate.
Children : 1. Samuel, born November 18, 1695. 2. Mary, March 6, 1696-97. 3. Abigail, May 16, 1699, died October 13, 1740. 4. Joseph, July 15, 1701, mentioned below. 5. Rebecca, October 2, 1703. 6. Anna, March 1, 1705. 7. Sarah, May 15, 1708. 8. Benjamin, April 26, 1710. 9. Job, November 6, 1712, married Temperance IO. Elisha, March 9, 1714, married, 1735, Leah
(IV) Deacon Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) Clapp, was born in Scituate, July 15, 1701. He married (first ) in 1732, Hannah Briggs, daughter of Joseph Briggs, of Scituate. He married (second), Sarah Perkins. Children, all by first wife: I. Hannah, born Novem- ber 8, 1733, died young. 2. Joseph, February 21, 1734-35, mentioned below. 3. Ruth, April 14, 1738. 4. Betty, October 13, 1740. 5. Han- nah, September 19, 1748, married Timothy Foster. 6. Elijah, February 16, 1757, died December 19, 1833 ; married, October 8, 1778, Martha Turner.
(V) Joseph (3), son of Deacon Joseph (2) Clapp, was born in Scituate, February 21, 1734-35. He married there Eliza Turner, but probably settled elsewhere. Children: I. Charles, probably died of small pox in Scitu- ate in 1792-93. 2. Luther. 3. Barnard, died April 24, 1803; married Lydia Packard. 4. Increase, born 1780, mentioned below. 5. Joseph, 1781, removed to Lyme, New Hamp- shire. 6. Job.
(VI) Increase, son of Joseph (3) Clapp, was born in Scituate, about 1780, died in 1820. He removed to Weymouth when a boy and was apprenticed to his brother Barnard in the business of ship-building. He became one of the firm of Clapp & Loring, ship-builders. He was quite active in the organization of the Union Religious Society of Weymouth and Braintree, and was one of the committee to superintend the removal of the Old Church building from Boston to Weymouth, which was taken down in Boston and transported to Weymouth by water. About 1809 he erected the dwelling house on Front street, Wey- mouth, which was occupied afterward by his son Adoram. Increase Clapp married Sarah Holbrook, daughter of Elisha Holbrook, of Weymouth. Children : I. Clarissa, born March 28, 1805, married Warren Richards. 2. Adoram, March 26, 1807, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, January II, 1809, married Susan Adlington. 4. Sarah, February 15, 1811, mar- ried Addison Chessman. 5. Charles S., April 20, 1813, married Harriet Nash. 6. Mary
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Ann, August 24, 1816, married Eben Stod- dard. 7. Hannah Torrey, July 18, 1818, mar- ried Robert Bassett. 8. Mercy, August 25, 1820, married Thomas Pratt.
(VII) Adoram, son of Increase Clapp, was born in Weymouth, March 26, 1807, died February 20, 1881. He was a prominent man of Weymouth and was a member of the state legislature. For many years he was engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes in Weymouth and Boston. He was one of the organizers of the Universalist church in Wey- mouth, and always took an active interest in church work. He was a Republican in poli- tics. He married Clarissa Bartlett Nash, born at Weymouth, died June 2, 1894, daughter of Ebenezer Nash, of Weymouth. Children : I. Ann Elizabeth, born June 23, 1829, died April 19, 1865 ; married Albion Hall. 2. Sarah Jane, February I, 1832. 3. Augustus Warren, June 7, 1834, mentioned below. 4. Andrew Jack- son, September 21, 1836, died June 8, 1837. 5. Maria Louisa, September 24, 1838, married Solon W. Pratt. 6. William Henry, March IO, 1842. 7. Emma Augusta, February 17, 1844, died April 4, 1860, at Weymouth. 8. Richmond, November 14, 1846, married Susan Loud.
(VIII) Augustus Warren, son of Adoram Clapp, was born in Weymouth, June 7, 1834, died December 8, 1890. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He was associated with his father for some years in the manufacture of boots and shoes, then opened a retail shoe store in Weymouth and afterwards a wholesale and retail store in Boston, where he was in partnership with his father, later with others, the firm being A. W. Clapp & Company. He continued in business to the time of his death and was very success- ful. He was shrewd, industrious and enter- prising, upright and of sound judgment. He was a member of the Universalist church. In politics he was a Republican. He married Eleanor Frances Richards, born June, 1836, daughter of Elias Richards. (See Richards family). Children : I. Emma Louisa, born September 20, 1863. 2. Charles Austin, Jan- uary 7, 1867, travels for a boot and shoe firm, making trips across the continent to Califor- nia semi-annually ; married Alice Humphrey Clapp, of East Weymouth, daughter of James Henry and Elizabeth (Humphrey) Clapp; they have one child, Augustus Warren. 3. William Augustus, November 20, 1869, died 1872.
( For introduction see preceding sketch).
William Clapp, of the ancient CLAPP Devonshire family, lived at Sal- combe Regis, Devonshire. (See introduction to preceding sketch). Two of his sons were prominent among the pioneers of Dorchester, Massachusetts. I. Captain Roger, mentioned below. 2. Edward, came over after his brother, about 1633, admitted freeman, December 7, 1636; was proprietor, town officer, deacon ; married Prudence Clapp, daughter of his uncle, Nicholas Clapp, of Venn Ottery ; ( second) Susannah
(II) Captain Roger, son of William Clapp, was born in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, Eng- land, April 6, 1609. He sailed from Ply- mouth on the ship "Mary and John," for New England, March 20, 1630, arriving at Nan- tasket, May 30, 1630. He was one of the first settlers of Dorchester, in 1630. He was a proprietor and was admitted a freeman, May 14, 1634. He was chosen selectman in 1637, and fourteen times afterward, previous to 1665, when he took command of the fort, being appointed August 10 of that year "cap- tain of the Castle." He continued in this office twenty-one years with a salary of fifty pounds a year. He was several times deputy to the general court. At the first regular organization of the militia in 1644 he was lieu- tenant of the Dorchester company, and was afterwards captain. He was one of the found- ers of the Dorchester church and a member for sixty years. He was a kind and consid- erate officer, and honored and respected by all under his authority. Such was the affection in which he was held by the citizens that on one occasion when he was seriously ill a day of fasting and prayer was ordered by the town of Dorchester, that they might pray for his recov- ery. On his restoration to health a day of thanksgiving was set apart. He removed to Boston in 1686 and died there February 2, 1691. He married, November 6, 1633, Johanna Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford, of Dorchester, England, who was a passenger on the same ship. She was born June 8, 1617, and died in Boston, June 29, 1695. Children : 1. Samuel, born October II, 1634, died Octo- ber 16, 1708. 2. William, July 5, 1636, died September 22, 1638. 3. Elizabeth, June 22, 1638, died December 25, 17II ; married Joseph Holmes. 4. Experience, August 23. 1640, died young. 5. Waitstill, October 22, 1641, died August 9. 1643. 7. Preserved, November 23, 1643, mentioned below. 8. Experience, De-
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cember, 1645, died young. 9. Hopestill, No- vember 6, 1647, died September 2, 1719. 10. Wait, March 17, 1649, died May 3, 1717 ; mar- ried Jonathan Simpson. II. Thanks, baptized August 25, 1650, died young. 12. Desire, born October 17, 1652, died December, 1717. 13. Thomas, April, 1655, died 1670. 14. Unite, October 13, 1656, died March 20, 1664. 15. Supply, October 30, 1660, died March 5, I686.
(III) Preserved, son of Captain Roger Clapp, was born November 23, 1643, died Sep- tember 20, 1720. He lived in Dorchester until he was about twenty years old, when he removed to Northampton, and became one of the leading citizens there. He was captain of the militia, and ruling elder of the church. He was deputy to the general court. He mar- ried, June 4, 1668, Sarah Newberry, of Wind- sor, who died October 3, 1716, aged sixty-six, daughter of Major Benjamin Newberry. Chil- dren : I. Sarah, born February 24, 1669, died young. 2. Wait, November 8, 1670, married John Taylor Jr. 3. Mary, December 14, 1672, died November 2, 1691. 4. Preserved, April 29, 1675, died October II, 1757. 5. Samuel, 1677, mentioned below. 6. Hannah, May 5, 1681, married (first) January 1, 1699, Abraham Miller ; (second) Lieutenant John Parsons. 7. Roger, May 24, 1684, died January 29, 1762. 8. Thomas, June 16, 1688, died 1745.
(IV) Samuel, son of Preserved Clapp, was born in 1677 and died May 10, 1761. He was lieutenant in the military company. He mar- ried (first) in 1697, Sarah Bartlett, who died August 7, 1703. He married (second) Sep- tember 15, 1704, Thankful King, who died September 18, 1705. He married (third) March 17, 1708, Mary Sheldon, born 1687, daughter of John and Hannah Sheldon. Mary Sheldon was carried into captivity to Canada by the Indians from Deerfield in 1704. At that time she was engaged to be married to Jonathan Strong. He, supposing her to be dead, married before her return. After the death of Samuel Clapp she married her first love, his first wife having died. At the time of this marriage she was between seventy and eighty years old. Child of Samuel Clapp by first wife: I. Mary, born March 14, 1699, died August 28, 1702. Child of second wife : 2. Sarah, September 9, 1705, married, 1728, Gideon Parsons. Children of third wife: 3. Samuel, November 13, 17II, died August 28, 1775. 4. Mary, September 21, 1713, married, May 21, 1733, David Pomeroy. 5. Seth, July 14, 1716, died July 4, 1754. 6. Thomas, No-
vember 13, 1724, died December 4, 1724. 7. Ebenezer, October 13, 1726, mentioned below.
(V) Ebenezer, son of Samuel Clapp, was born in Northampton, October 13, 1726, died September 22, 1797. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war in Captain Phineas Stevens' company in 1746 and was in the fight at "No. 4," now Charlestown, New Hamp- shire. He was also in Captain William Lyman's company in November, 1747. Chil- dren : I. Ebenezer, married, May 5, 1778, Nancy Toliston ; died about 1840. 2. Esther, married Asahel Clapp. 3. Oliver, settled in Northampton ; married three times. 4. Rich- ard, married Anna Alford; removed to Ohio. 5. Dorothy, born March 15, 1757, died Decem- ber 28, 1830; married, March 16, 1783, Medad Parsons. 6. Elihu, June 21, 1761, died August 8, 1845; married 1800, Jane B. Munroe. 7. Thomas, married Diadema Kellogg and settled in Northampton; died 1798. 8. Sylvanus, 1764; died April 14, 1847. 9. Cephas, Febru- ary 17, 1766. 10. William, January 14, 1767, died December 8, 1839, unmarried. II. John, mentioned below.
(VI) John, son of Ebenezer Clapp, married Lucy Clark, the intentions being published April 24, 1797. Among their children was Lucius, mentioned below.
(VII) Lucius, son of John Clapp, was born 1797. He married (first) Dorothy King, and ( second) Achsah Clark. Children of first wife: I. Alvin, born February 12, 1825, died June 13, 1883. 2. Harriet, born September 2. 1830, married E. B. Coon ; died November 15, 1893. Children of second wife: 3. Edwin Clark, born June 14, 1831, died May 17, 1901 ; married Charlotte Houghton; children: i. Frank L., married Nellie Frary, daughter of Dexter Frary, and had Frederick R., and Helen ; ii. A. Jennie, married Wilbur Knowl- ton and had Charlotte E., Gladys H., Wilbur C. and Paul C. Knowlton ; iii. Robert H., mar- ried Jennie Smith Freeman, daughter of Julius Freeman, and had Roger Freeman Clapp. 4. Martin Luther, see forward. 5. John Franklin, born April 12, 1835, married Serena Smith ; children : i. Liona, married Frank Busbee; ii. Edwin ; iii. Carrie, married Bert Geisinger ; iv. John.
(VIII) Martin Luther, son of Lucius Clapp. was born in the South Street home- stead in Northampton, February 10, 1834, died May 8, 1897. He was reared in the old homestead and educated in the local schools. While always more or less actively engaged in farming pursuits, he was for many years prom-
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inently known as the leading member of the firm of Clapp & Johnson, who succeeded Fos- ter & Hall in the meat business, the present firm of Clapp & Clapp succeeding to the busi- ness. After retiring from the meat business he gave his attention largely to the traffic in horses, which with his brother, Edwin C., and nephew, Robert, he conducted successfully for years, frequently visiting the west and other sections to purchase horses. He married, Jan- uary 12, 1859, Frances Augusta Phelps, born August 23, 1836, daughter of Chester and Sarah (Wright ) Phelps. (See Phelps family ). Children, born at Northampton: I. Sarah Agnes, December 13, 1862. 2. Alvin Win- throp, April 11; 1865, mentioned below. 3. Bertha Frances, November 6, 1869, married, August 22, 1893, Alexander Hill; children : Marion F. Hill, born August 24, 1896; Doris Aline Hill, October 12, 1898; Priscilla Hill, October 9, 1904. 4. Arthur Martin, March I, 1876, married, October 25, 1905, Edith Wright Bates, born January 26, 1876.
(IX) Alvin Winthrop, son
of Martin Luther Clapp, was born at Northampton, April II, 1865, on the old homestead. He received his education in the public schools there, also the Northampton high school. He and his cousin, Frank L. Clapp, succeeded his father in the meat and provision business in 1888. Since 1895 the firm name has been Clapp & Clapp and their market is one of the largest and finest in the country. In politics he is a Republican. He married, November 9, 1887, Mabel Delphine Williams, born in Killingly, Connecticut, 1866, daughter of Elisha, born South Killingly, Connecticut, 1837, and Han- nah Beulah (Cooper ) Williams, born East Killingly, Connecticut, 1842. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Williams: Eva Bertha, born South Killingly. 1864: Mabel Delphine, mentioned above: Frank Elisha, born Killingly: Sarah E. ; Josie B. ; Georgia C. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Clapp, born at Northampton: 1. Mabel Beatrice, May 4, 1904. 2. Hortense Williams, August II, 1908.
RICHARDS
This is one of the numerous prominent names of Welsh origin, which originated in
the Welsh system of making the possessive form of the father's name a surname, and is equivalent to Richard's son. There are at least seventeen different coats-of-arms belong- ing to different branches of the family. At Caernywick, Marioneth county, Wales, is a manor inherited by Sir Richard Richards,
president of the house of lords and lord chief baron of the court of exchequer, and his ancestors were ancient possessors of the estate in 1550. They claim the privilege of bearing the identical arms of Richard of East Bag- borough, county Somerset. This was depicted on the tablet of Hon. James Richards, of Hart- ford, who died in 1680, and may be seen in an ancient manuscript in the New England His- toric Genealogical Society Library, halved with the arms of Governor Winthrop, whose daughter married a Richards in 1692.
(I) William Richards, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family in America, prob- ably came with his brother John and sister Sarah, who subsequently married George Pidcocke. He was taxed at Plymouth as early as 1632-33. He removed to Scituate, January 6, 1636-37, and forfeited his land at Plymouth. It was re-granted by the Plymouth authorities to Nathaniel Sowther. He was doubtless related to the eminent Thomas Richards, of Dorchester and Weymouth, and may have been a brother. William Richards was pious and upright and highly respected. He was a successful trader. He removed from Scituate to Weymouth in 1645 or earlier and in 1650 sold his homestead in Scituate to Gowen White for seventy-five pounds. He was constable at Weymouth in 1659 and one of the proprie- tors. He bought a house and various lots of land of Nicholas Whitmarsh, July 6, 1658, and in 1660 drew a twenty acre lot of common land. He sold land in Braintree, April 12. 1648. He married Grace Her will dated January 18, 1680, proved July 25, 1682, bequeathed to sons James, Benjamin, John and Joseph. Administration was granted on his estate to his second wife, Mary, April 24, 1683. Children of wife Grace: I. John, died
1695, married Sarah - . 2. Joseph, died 1695 : married ( first ) Susan - -: (second )
Sarah . 3. James, mentioned below. 4. William. 1683, at Weymouth. 5. Benjamin, born May 19, 1660, died unmarried 1683.
(II) Sergeant James, son of William Rich- ards, was born at Weymouth, June 2, 1658, died March 8, 1711. He married Ruth He lived in Weymouth; was surveyor of that town; sergeant in 1701-02: tythingman in 1703-04, and was one of those responsible for the wages of the school master in 1707. His will dated February 12, 1710-11, proved March 15, 1710-II, bequeathed to daughter Ruth Lovell, and son Benjamin, sole executor. The inventory shows an estate worth over eight hundred and fifty pounds and includes an
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Indian girl, held as a slave, valued at thirty- five pounds, boat, canoe and tackling ; fifty acres of land, house, barn and orchards valued at four hundred pounds. He owned some salt marsh at Braintree. His widow drew one hundred and four acres of land in 1712-13. She died February 12, 1728. Children : I. Benjamin, born August 4, 1683. mentioned below. 2. Ruth, married - Lovell.
(III) Benjamin, only son of Sergeant James Richards, was born August 4, 1683, at Weymouth, Massachusetts, died there Decem- ber 20, 1733. He resided on the original home- stead at Weymouth. His will was dated Octo- ber 23, 1732, proved December 25, 1733, and the estate was valued at two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds. He married Joanna Children, born at Weymouth : I. James, mentioned below. 2. Benjamin, mar- ried Abigail -- Probably others.
(IV) James (2), son of Benjamin Rich- ards, was born in Weymouth and resided there. He married, in 1736, Elizabeth Mandley. He was constable in 1741-42, and highway sur- veyor. His will dated June 4, 1745, gave to his wife all his property, she to have the charge of the three minor children. Children, born in Weymouth: I. James, July 5, 1737, mar- ried, November 23. 1758, Abigail Beal. 2. Nathaniel, September 19, 1740, mentioned below. 3. Rebecca, September 22, 1742.
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