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. Town Rec. Vol. I., pp. 43, 44.
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was married to Lieut. John Wyman; and after Mr. Wyman's death, May 1684, she was md. to Thomas Fuller 25 Aug. of the same year. Mr. Nutt died at Malden, 2 July, 1671, aged about 73 years. [Bond's Watertown : Woburn Town Records, Vol. I., p. 97. Records of Marriages, etc., etc., in Woburn.]
PARKER. Abraham; early settled in Woburn, being taxed there 8 Sept. 1645, the first tax for the Country on record. He married, 18 Nov. 1644, Rose Whitlock, by whom he had: (1) Hannah [Anna, County Records,] born 29 Oct. 1645. (2) John, b. 30 Oct. 1647. (3) Abraham, b. 8 March, 1650, died 20, 1651. (4) Abraham, again, b. Aug. 1652. About this time, he removed to Chelmsford, where he had other children born to him. He was made freeman 1645; and died 12 Aug. 1685. His widow died 13 Nov. 1691. [Woburn Records : Savage's Geneal. Dict .; Col. Records.]
PARKER. James : freeman 1644; a subscriber at Charlestown to the "Town Orders" for Woburn, 1640; and taxed in Woburn, 1645 and 1646. He married, 23 May, 1643, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Long of Charles- town. By her he had: (I) Elizabeth, born 12 March, 1645. (2) An, b. 5 Jan. 1646-7. (3) John, b. 18 Jan. 1648-9. (4) Sarah, b. 29 Aug. 1650; died 15 Oct. 1651. (5) Joseph, b. 1651. (6) James, b. 15 Apr. 1652, and killed by the Indians, 27 July, 1694. About 1652, he removed from Woburn to Chelmsford, where he had other children born to him; and from Chelmsford to Groton. He died, 1701, in his 84th year. [Woburn Town Rec. and Records of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Reg.]
PEIRCE. Jolin was taxed in Woburn, in the rate for the country in 1645, and in the town rate, 1646. His children recorded in Woburn are : (1) John, born 23 Nov. 1644. (2) Joseph, b. 12 Sept. 1646. (3) Thomas, b. 3 May, 1649. [Records of Births, etc., etc., in Wob. Town Records. N. B. This name is spelt Peirce with great uniformity in Wob. Rec., till a recent date. ]
PEIRCE. I. John, son probably of the John preceding, married, 1 July, 1663, Deborah, daughter of Ensign James Convers; had: (1) Deborah, born 30 Oct. 1666. (2) John, born 26 Jan. 1670-1. (3) Thomas, b. 23 Dec. 1672. (4) James, b. 6 Aug. 1674; died when 11 years old. (5) Daniel, b. 7 Oct. 1676. (6) James, again, b. 8 Oct. 1686. (7) Joseph, b. 24 Aug. 1688. (8) Josiah, b. June, 1691. John Peirce represented Woburn in General Court, 1706; chosen 13 Aug. to succeed Major James Convers, deceased; and 9 years afterward, between 1707 and 1718, inclusively. [Wob. Records of Births, etc., etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
Thomas Peirce, not improbably son of Thomas "Peerce," admitted into Charlestown Church 21 Feb. 1634-5.ª He, (the son,) was born in Eng- land; was in Woburn as early as 1643; was taxed there, 1645; is often styled in the Records there, "Sargent Thomas Peirce; was Selectman of Woburn, 1660, and repeatedly afterwards; of the committee for dividing the common lands in Woburn among "the right proprietors," chosen 28 March, 1667; and also of the General Court's committee appointed for the
& Charlestown Ch. Records.
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same purpose in 1668. By his wife, Elizabeth, there were born to him in Woburn : (1) John, born 7 March, 1643. (2) Thomas, b. 21 Jan. 1644-5. (3) Elizabeth, b. 25 Dec. 1646. (4) Joseph, b. 22 Sept. 1648; died 27 Feb. 1648-9. (5) Joseph, again, b. 13 Aug. 1649. (6) Stephen, b. 16 July, 1651. [Of Chelmsford, a tailor, 1678 .? ] (7) Samuel, b. 20 Feb. 1653-4; died 27 Feb. 1655-6. (8) Samuel, b. 7 Apr. 1656. (9) William, b. 7 March, 1657. (10) James, b. 7 May, 1659. "Old Mr James Peirce died 20 Jan. 1741-2." (11) Abigail, b. 20 Nov. 1660; md. to George Reed, 1684-5.
"Thomas Peirce, sen." died 6 Nov. 1683. "Widow Elizabeth Peirce died the 5th of March, 1688."
PEIRCE. Robert, not improbably a son of John and Elizabeth Peirce, of Watertown; freeman 1642; removed to Woburn about 1650, where he was taxed in the Country Rate for 1666, and was numbered among those who were entitled to an interest in the common lands of the town in 1668. By his wife, Mary, he had born in Woburn: (1) Judith, 30 Sept. 1651; died 30 May, 1689. (2) Mary, b. 21 Jan. 1653-4; md. to John Walker, (a brother of Samuel, jun., and Israel Walker,) 14 Oct. 1672. (3) Nathaniel, b. 4 Dec. 1655; md. Hannah Convers, 27 Dec. 1677. (4) Elizabeth, b. 6 March, 1658 ; md. to Samuel Wilson, 1681-2. (5) Jonathan, b. 2 Feb. 1662-3. (6) Joseph, b. 1 May, 1672.
Mary, wife of Robert Peirce, died 18 March, 1701. " Old Robert Peirce" died 10 Sept. 1706.
[Bond's Watertown; Col. Records; Woburn Town Rec .; Woburn Rec. of Births, Marriages, etc., etc.]
PIERSON. Bartholomew, was of Watertown 1640; admitted freeman 1648 : bought of Isaac Learned his house and land in Woburn, 2 Apr. 1652; moved there the next year; was taxed there in the Rate for the Country, assessed 26 Aug. 1666; and was Selectman 1665 and 1666. By his wife, Ursula, he had born to him in Watertown : (1) Bartholomew, b. Sept. 1640; died next month. (2) Bartholomew, again, 26 Feb. 1641-2; died, in Woburn, 23 Feb. 1661-2. (3) Martha, b. 17 Sept. 1643. (4) Jonathan, b. 12 Aug. 1648. (5) Joseph, b. 8 Nov. 1650. After he removed to Woburn, he had born to him a daughter, viz : Sarah, b. 7 May, 1653. Another daugh- ter probably of his, though her birth is not found on record, viz : Mary Pierson, was married in Cambridge to John Richardson, of Woburn, 28 Oct. 1673; and they had a son called by the well known name of Pierson Richardson.
Bartholomew Pierson died 12 March, 1687. His widow, Ursula, died 28 May, 1694. The name Pierson is variously spelt Pearson, Persune, and Person.
[Bond's Watertown, pp. 406, 910; Colony Records; Savage's Geneal. Dict .; Woburn Town Rec. and Rec. of Births, etc., etc.]
POLLY. George, a carpenter by trade; land ordered to be laid out to him in Woburn Feb. 3, 1648-9; chosen a Surveyor of Fences 1665; was taxed in the Rate for the Country 1666; and his right to share in the com-
& Wyman Papers, No. 13. Woburn Town Records, Records of Births, etc., etc.
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mon lands of the town was acknowledged 1668. Married in Woburn Eliz- abeth Winn, daughter, probably, of Edward Winn, 21 May, 1649, by whom he had : (1) John, born 16 Dec. 1650. (2) Joseph, b. 25 Dec. 1652. (3) George, b. 4 Jan. 1655-6. (4) Elizabeth, b. 14 Apr. 1657 ; md. to John Brown, 1682. (5) Samuel, b. 24 Jan. 1660-1, and died the next month. (6) Han- nah, b. 6 Apr. 1662, and died the same day. (7) Hannah, again, born 28 June, 1663; md. to J. Baker, jun., 1682.
George Polly died, 22 Dec. 1683. Elizabeth "Polle, widow," died 2 May, 1695.
POLLY. I. George Polly, jun., md. Mary Knight, 24 Oct. 1677; was a carpenter, like his father; had a family of ten children; and being pressed, 1692, into the public service, his family was helped by the town. [Town Records, and Rec. of Births, etc.]
POST. Richard, an early inhabitant of Woburn, being taxed there on the list for the Country Rate, 1645; and had grant of meadow made to him in 1648. He married Susanna Sutton, 27 Feb. 1649-50. For his second wife, he md. Mary Tyler, 18 Nov. 1662; and by her had: (1) Mary, b. 29 Sept. 1664. (2) Susanna, b. 13 Sept. 1666. (3) John, b. 14 Apr. 1669. He was taxed in the Rate for the Second Meeting-house, erected in 1672; but as his name is not mentioned in the tax lists for the town, 1679, 1680, it is presumed that he had then moved away. His house, according to a reliable tradition, stood a little north of the road leading from Mr. Caleb Richardson's, to the East School-house in Burlington, where it meets the ancient road from Woburn to Billerica, which passed west from the pres- ent great road and of Mr. Samuel Walker's house. There, remains of Mr. Post's house and his well are still to be seen. [Woburn Town Records; Records of Births, etc.]
REED. George Reed was son of William and Mabel Reed, who em- barked from England in the "Defence," 4 July, 1656, for New England, bringing with them three of their children, viz: George, aged 6 years, Ralph, aged 5 years, and " Justice" or Justus, 18 months old. a They took up their abode in Woburn, upon land sold Mr. Reed by Nicholas Davis. Their dwelling-house stood in a pasture, called the Baldwin Pasture, on the road from Kendall's mill to the Messrs. Duren. The pasture is now owned by them; and remains of Mr. Reed's cellar and well are still to be seen there. b But, ere many years, William Reed and his wife Mabel returned to England. He died at Newcastle, upon Tyne, æt. 69; and not having appointed executors in his will, letters of administration were granted by Oliver Cromwell, the Protector, 31 Oct. 1656, to his widow, Mabel, who speedily returned with her four youngest children to New England; married Henry Summers, sen., of Woburn, 21 Nov. 1660; and, outliving him, died at the house of her son George, 5 [15?] June, 1690, aged 85 years.c [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc.]
Hon. James Savage.
c Rev. Lucius R. Paige.
b Letter of Jacob W. Reed, Esq., of Georgetown, Sept. 1856.
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REED. William and Mabel Reed appear to have had 9 children, viz : George, Ralph, and "Justice" or Justus, who came with them to New England in 1635; " Michaell" and Israel, Abigail, Bethiah, Sarah and Rebekah.
Of "Justice," or Justus, nothing is known, after he came to this country. Of "Michaell," nothing is known, except that his father speaks of him in his Will, as married in New England. Abigail was married, 2 Oct. 1650, to Francis Wyman; but the date of her death is not on record. Bethiah was md. to John Johnson, 28 Apl. 1657; and was living, 1712, with her husband at their son Obadiah's, in Canterbury, Ct., where she died about 1717. Sarah was md. to Samuel Walker, jun., (afterwards Dea. Walker,) 10 Sept. 1662, and died 1 Nov. 1681. Rebekah was md. to Ensign Joseph Winna about 1664 : " Widow Rebekah Winn died the . . . 1734."
REED. I. George Reed, sen., was born in England; came to this country with his parents in 1635, when he was six years of age : settled at Woburn, where orders were given a Committee, 9 Nov. 1653, to lay out to him 6 acres of land, in consideration of a house lot which had been previously granted him, but which he had surrendered again to the town. b He was made freeman 1684; married, 4 Oct. 1652, Elizabeth Jennison [not "Ginnings," as the Records give the name], daughter of Robert Jennison, of Watertown; to whom were born: (1) Elizabeth, 29 July, 1653; md. 15 Dec. 1675, to Daniel Fiske. (2, 3) twins, sons, died 14 Nov. 1654, but a few hours old. (4) Samuel, b. 29 Apr. 1656. (5) Abigail, b. 27 June, 1658; md. to Nathl. Richardson, 1694. (6) George, b. 14 Sept. 1660. (7) William, b. 22 Sept. 1662. (8) Sarah, b. 12 Feb. 1664-5. Elizabeth, first wife of George Reed, dying 26 Feb. 1664-5, he md. 9th of Nov. 1665, Han- nah Rockwell, of Charlestown,c by whom he had: (1) Hannah, b. 18 Feb. 1669-70. (2) John, b. 18 March, 1672. (3) Mary, b. 15 June, 1674; md. to Matthew Johnson, jun. (4) Timothy, b. 20 Oct. 1678. (5) Thomas, b. 15 July, 1682.
George Reed, sen., died 21 Feb. 1705-6, æt. 67. His second wife sur- vived lıim.
REED. II. George Reed, jun., was born in Woburn, 14 Sept. 1660; married Abigail Peirce, daughter of Thomas, 18 Feb. 1684-5, by whom he had : (1) Abigail, b. 6 Feb. 1685-6. (2) Ebenezer, b. 6 March, 1690, (1691, County Records.) (3) George, b. 2 Aug. 1697; died 6 Oct. 1697. (4) Elizabeth, b. 14 June, 1700; md. 23 May, 1720, to Christopher Paige of Billerica, now Bedford; ancestor of Rev. Lucius Reed Paige, formerly of Cambridgeport.
II. George Reed was a deacon in First Church, Woburn, from 1719 till 1735, when, at the gathering of the Church in the Precinct, now Bur- lington, he was chosen one of its first two deacons. His first wife, Abigail, dying 9 Sept. 1719, he married, for his second wife, Sybil Rice of Sudbury, probably widow of Isaac, 24 May, 1721. He died at the very
a Mr. John A. Boutelle. b Town Rec., Vol. I , pp. 18, 19.
c Rev. Lucius R. Paige. Rec. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.
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advanced age of 95 years and 4 months, 20 Jan. 1756. [Woburn Rec., Rev. Mr. Paige, Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
REED. Ralph, son of William and Mabel Reed, was brought by them in 1635 to this country from England, when a child of 5 years of age. He settled in Woburn, where a grant of land was made to him by the town in 1654, a and where he was taxed in 1666. He married Mary, daughter of Anthony Peirce, of Watertown, by whom he had : (1) William, born 1658. (2) John, b. 1660. (3) Joseph. (4) Daniel. (5) Timothy, b. 14 Feb. 1664-5. (6) David. (7) Jonathan. b A memorable fatal accident hap- pened to William, the eldest son of Ralph, which is stated in the Records of Deaths as follows : c " William Read dyed by a shott November ye 7th, 1688 : his brother Timothy at unawares in the Woods shot him in stedd of a dear."
Mary, wife of Ralph Read, died 15 Feb. 1701. Ralph Reed dyed 4 Jan. 1711-12.
REED. Israel, son of William and Mabel Reed, was brought with his sisters from England to this country by his mother, after the decease of his father; and when about 17 years of age was put under the guardian- ship of his brother George, till he should be 21 years old.d He was taxed in the rate for building the new meeting-house in 1672; followed, appar- ently, the business of a butcher; had land granted him " near the burying place," to set a barn on, 1683-4,e and had liberty given him by the town, 22 Feb. 1685-6, to erect a slaughter house near his house by the Rocke, at the discretion of the Selectmen.f He married, about 1669, Mary, daughter of Francis Kendall; by whom he had : (1) Mary, born 15 Oct. 1670; md. to Matthew Johnson, jun. (2) Sarah, b. 29 Aug. 1673. (3) a daughter, b. 2 Jan. 1678-9. (4) Elizabeth, b. 22 Dec. 1681; md. to Richard Snow, Jan. 1706-7. (5) Ruth, b. 6 Jan. 1683-4. (6) Israel, b. 17 March, 1687. (7) Jemima, b. 23 July, 1689. (8) Patience, b. 3 Dec. 1697; md. to Jeremiah Whittemore, of Charlestown, 15 March, 1722.
" Israel Reed died 29 Juue, 1711." " The widow Mary Reed died ye 17th of January, 1721" [1721-22].
It was to Israel Reed, jun., son of the above Israel Reed, to whom the grant to Woburn of 2000 acres was sold in 1734, by the town's committee.
RICHARDSON. Ezekiel Richardson, apparently the eldest of the three brothers of this name engaged in the settlement of Woburn, was born in England; came with his wife, Susanna, to Charlestown, probably in the fleet with Winthrop, in 1630. Both joined the church which was gathered there in 1630, and which afterwards became the First Church in Boston; and both were dismissed from it, 11 Oct. 1632, with others, in order to form the present First Church in Charlestown, which was gathered in Novem- ber following. He was Representative of Charlestown in General Court, 1635; Selectman, in 1640; and one of the seven Commissioners appointed
.Town Records. b Savage's Geneal. Dict.
Wob. Rec. of Births, Deaths, etc. a Rev. Lucius R. Paige. Rec. of Town, Vol. I., p. 124. fT. R., Vol. III., p. 93; Rec. of Births, etc., etc.
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that year by the church of Charlestown to effect the settlement of Woburn. Of the church of Woburn, he was one of the original members. By his wife, Susanna, he had : (1) Phebe, baptized in Boston, 3 June, 1632, and married, 1 Nov. 1649, to Henry Baldwin. (2) Theophilus. (3) Josiah. (4) John, who died at Woburn, 7 Jan. 1642-3. (5) Jonathan; died young. (6) James. (7) Ruth, born at Woburn, 23 Aug. and died 7 Sept. 1643. Ezekiel Richardson died 21 Oct. 1647.
RICHARDSON. I. Theophilus, eldest son of Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson, was baptized in the church of Charlestown, 22 Dec. 1633; a married, 2 May, 1654, Mary Champney, danghter of John and Joanna Champney, of Cambridge ; b by whom he had : (1) Ezekiel, born 28 Oct. 1655. (2) Mary, b. 15 Jan. 1657-8. (3) Sarah, b. 23 Apr. 1660. (4) Abi- gail, b. 21 Oct. 1662. (5) Hannah, b. 6 Apr. 1665; md. to Daniel Baldwin, 1684-5. (6) John, b. 16 Jan. 1667-8; died 29 Oct. 1749, æt. 81 years. [Gravestone.] (7) Esther, b. 25 June, 1670. (8) Ruth, b. 31 Aug. 1673; md. to William Russell, of Salem Village [Danvers], 20 Jan. 1703-4.
Theophilus Richardson died 28 Dec. 1674. His widow, Mary, probably married John Brooks, sen., 30 Jan. 1683-4.
RICHARDSON. II. Ezekiel Richardson, son of Theophilus, and grand- son of first Ezekiel, inarried, 27 July, 1687, Elizabeth Swan, of Cambridge; by whom he had : (1) Theophilus, born 4 July, 1688; died, 3 Aug. 1688. (2) Elizabeth, b. 20 Oct. 1689 [1690, County Records.] (3) Theophilus, b. 7 Jan. 1691-2. (4) Ezekiel, b. 22 Apr. 1694. (5) Abigail, b. 15 Jan. 1696-7. (6) Aaron, b. 16 Dec. 1701.
Ezekiel Richardson died 13 March, 1734.
RICHARDSON. II. John Richardson, son of I. Theophilus, and brother of II. Ezekiel, married Deborah -- , by whom he had : (1) Mary, born 10 Aug. 1689. (2) John, b. 29 Dec. 1692. (3) Deborah, b. 8 March, 1695; md. to John Kendall, 1718. (4) Sarah, b. 12 March, 1698; died 20 Feb. 1703-4. (5) Josiah, b. 14 Feb. 1700-1. (6) Nathan, b. 24 Jan. 1701-2. (7) Eunice, b. 3 Jan. 1703-4. Deborah, wife of John Richardson, died 12 Feb. 1703-4. [Record of Births, etc., in Woburn.]
RICHARDSON. Samuel Richardson, brother of the first Ezekiel, was born in England; was admitted into the church of Charlestown 18 Feb. 1637-8; and at dismission from that, he became one of the original mem- bers of the church in Woburn, gathered in August 1642. By his wife Joanna he had : (1) Mary, baptized in the church at Charlestown 25 Feb. 1637-8, and married probably to Thomas Mousall of Charlestown. (2) John, born at Charlestown, and baptized in the church there 12 Nov. 1639. (3) Hannah, b. at Woburn 8 March, and died there 8 April, 1642. (4) Jo- seph, b. 27 July, 1643. (5) Samuel, b. 22 May, 1646. [April, Gravestone.] (6) Stephen, b. 15 Aug. 1649. (7) Thomas, b. 31 Dec. 1651, died 27 Sept. 1657. Also a daughter Elizabeth, mentioned about 1666 in her mother's Will. Samuel Richardson died 23 March, 1658; His widow Joanna died in 1666.
& Charlestown Church Records. Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wob. Town Records. b Cam- bridge Ch. Rec.
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[Charlestown Ch. Records : Savage's Geneal. Dict. Woburn Town Rec. of Births, etc., etc.]
RICHARDSON. John, eldest son of Samuel Richardson, married Eliza- beth Bacon, daughter of Michael, of Woburn, 22 Oct. 1658; and had by her: (1) John, b. 24 Jan. 1660-1. (2) Joseph, b. 3 Jan. 1666-7. His wife Elizabeth dying, he md. 28 Oct. 1673, Mary Pierson, daughter of Bartholo- mew Pierson, by whom he had : (1) Pierson Richardson, b. 29 Sept. 1674. (2) Jacob, b. 15 Feb. 1675-6. (3) William, b. 29 June, and died 1 Aug. 1678. His 2d wife being dead, John Richardson " sen.," and Margaret Wil- ling md. 25 June, 1689; and had : (1) Willing, a son, b. 5 Oct. 1692 : died 14 March, 1704. (2) Job, b. 30 Apr. 1696.
Lieut. John Richardson died 1 Jan. 1696-7, aged 58 years [Gravestone] " Widow Margaret Richardson died 28 Oct. 1726." [Rec. of Births, etc., etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
RICHARDSON. Joseph, second son of first Samuel Richardson, married Hannah Green, 5 Nov. 1666 ; by whom he had : (1) Hannah, born 22 Oct. 1667. (2) Mary, b. 22 March, 1669; md. to James Fowle 1688. (3) Eliza- beth, b. 28 June, 1670; md. to John Coggin, 1692. (4) Joseph, b. 19 May, 1672. (5) Stephen, b. 7 Feb. 1673-4. [Afterwards known as Dea. Stephen, who died Feb. 1752, aged 79. Gravestone.]
Joseph Richardson, " sen.," was admitted freeman 1672; and died 5 March 1718. "The widow Hannah Richardson died 20 May, 1721. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
RICHARDSON. II. Samuel, 3d son of first Samuel Richardson, and brother of John and Joseph above, had by his wife Martha, 5 Nov. 1670 : (1, 2) Samuel and Thomas, twins, of whom Thomas was slain by the In- dians, 10 April, 1676. (3) Elizabeth, born about 1672. (4) Martha, b. 20 Dec. 1673 : Martha, the mother of this child, died the day of its birth. Samuel Richardsou md. Hannah Kingsley, 30 Sept. 1674. This 2d wife Hannah, and an infant, Hannah, slain by the Indians, 10 Apr. 1676. He then md. Phebe, daughter of Henry Baldwin, 7 Nov. 1676, by whom he had : Zechariah, b. 21 Nov. 1677 .. Phebe Richardson, his 3d wife dying 20 Oct. 1679, he md. for his 4th wife, 8 Sept. 1680, Sarah Hayward; by whom he had : (1) Thomas, born 18 Aug. and died 9 Sept. 1681. (2) Sarah, b. 20 Aug. 1682. (3) Thomas, again, b. 25 Sept. 1684. (4) Ebenezer, b. 15 March, 1687. (5) ... . son of Samuel and Sarah Richardson, b. 17 Aug. 1689, and died the same day. (6) Hannah, b. 11 Aug. 1690. (7) Eleazer, b. 10 Feb. 1692-3. (8) Jonathan, b. 16 July, 1696. (9) David, b. 14 Apr. 1700. Sam- - uel Richardson died 29 Apr. 1712 [aged 66 years. Gravestone.] The widow Sarah Richardson died 14 Oct. 1717 [aged 62 years. Gravestone.] Wob. Records of Births, etc., etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
RICHARDSON. I. Stephen Richardson, 4th son of first Samuel, and bro- ther of the above John & Joseph, married, 2 Jan. 1674-5, Abigail Wyman, a daughter, probably, of Francis Wyman; by whom he had : (1) Stephen, born 20 Feb. 1675-6. (2) Francis, b. 19 and died 27 Jan. 1677-8. (3) Wil- liam, b. 14 Dec. 1678. (4) Francis, again, b. 15 Jan. 1680-1. (5) Timothy, b. 6 Dec. 1682; dicd 18 Jan. 1682-3. (6) Abigail, b. 14 Nov. 1683. (7)
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Prudence, b. 17 Jan. 1685-6. (8) Timothy, again, b. 24 Jan. 1687-8. (9) Seth, b. 16 Jan. 1689-90. (10) Daniel, b. 16 Oct. 1681. (11) Mary, b. 3 May, 1696. (12) Rebekah, b. 10 June, 1698; died 6 Dec. 1711. (13) Solo- mon, b. 27 March, 1702. (14) Henry, b. 1704.
Stephen Richardson, sen., died 22 March, 1718 ["abt. 67 years old:" Gravestone]. Widow Abigail Richardson died 17 Sept. 1720 [aged 60 years : Gravestone].
[Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
Thomas Richardson, born in England; doubtless came to this country with his brothers Ezekiel and Samuel above named, in 1630; was admitted into the church of Charlestown 18 Feb. 1638; and by his wife Mary had : Mary, who was baptized there 17 Nov. 1638; and (2) Sarah, baptized at Charlestown, 22 Nov. 1640.a His other children by his wife Mary were born in Woburn, and were: (1) Isaac, b. 24 May, 1643. (2) Thomas, b. 4 Oct. 1645. (3) Ruth, b. 14 Apr. 1647. (4) Phebe, b. 24 Jan. 1648-9. (5) Nathaniel, b. 2 Jan. 1650-1. Thomas Richardson died 28 Aug. 1651.
[Savage's Geneal. Dict. Wob. Rec. of Births, etc.]
RICHARDSON. I. Isaac Richardson, son of Thomas and Mary, mar- ried Deborah, daughter of Thomas Fuller, 19 June, 1667, and had by her : (1) Jonathan, born 12 Dec. 1669. (2) Deborah, b. 22 Jan. 1671-2. (3,4) Joseph and Benjamin, twins, b. 25 June [al. January], 1674: (5) Mercy [Mary, County Records], b. 27 Oct. 1676; died 13 May, 1678. (6) David, b. 4 Feb. 1678-9. (7) Phebe, b. 14 Feb. 1680-1; married to Joseph Rice, Reading, 20 May, 1703? (8) Mary, b. 14 July, 1683. (9) Elizabeth, b. 8 Nov. 1685. (10) Edward [Samuel?], b. 2 Feb. 1687-8. Isaac Richardson died 2 Apr. 1689. [Savage's Geneal. Dict. Woburn Records of Births, etc., etc.]
RICHARDSON. I. Thomas, son of first Thomas Richardson, and brother of Isaac, born 4 October, 1645, settled in Billerica, and died there, 25 Feb. 1721, [1721-2?]; leaving numerous descendants. [Farmer's Geneal. Register.]
RICHARDSON. I. Nathaniel, son of first Thomas Richardson, and brother of Isaac, had by his wife Mary : (1) Nathaniel, born, 27 Aug. 1673. (2) James, b. 26 Feb. 1675-6. "Capt. James Richardson died 24 March, 1721-2, (aged 46 years & 23 days." G. S.) (3) Mary, b. 10 March, 1679; md. to Thomas Wyman, 1696; and to Josiah Winn, 1733. (4) Joshua, b. 3 June, 1681. (5) Martha, b. - , 1683. (6) John, b. 25 Jan. 1684-5. (7) Thomas, b. 15 Apr. 1687. (8) Hannah, b. --- May, 1689. (9) Samuel, b. 24 Sept. 1691. (10) Phineas, b. ye. -- of February, 1693-4. (11) Phebe, b. 4 March, 1696; md. to David Wyman, 1716. (12) Amos, son of Nathl. and Mary Richardson, b. 10 Aug. 1698. (13) Benjamin, son of Nathl. and Mary Richardson, b. 27 Aug. 1700; died 5 Sept. 1700.
Nathaniel Richardson, sen., died 4 Dec. 1714. Mary Richardson, widow of Nathaniel Richardson, died 22 Dec. 1719. [Wob. Rec. of Births, etc., etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
The Richardsons have always been the most numerous family in Woburn. On the Province Tax List for both Parishes, in 1769, of 330
636
GENEALOGICAL NOTICES.
resident males taxed, there were 42 Richardsons, 27 Wymans, 16 Reeds, and 24 Johnsons, making 109 persons of those four names; a number which, within a trifle, is equal to one-third of all the males then taxed. See T. R., Vol. IX., pp. 83-91.
Again, in 1760, the Province and County Tax (assessed in Woburn together) amounted to £641 17s. 6d. 1qr.
In the assessment of this Tax, there were :
On the East List, 160 resident persons assessed.
On the West List, 166
Making 326
66 in all. T. R., Vol. VIII., pp. 295-302.
Of the resident persons taxed, there were of
Johnsons on the East List, 3: on the West List, 18=21
Reeds on the East List, 3: " West List, 14=17
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