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vii. Moses, b. June 2, 1784. m. 1810, Mary Bartlett, dau. of Dea. David and Joanna (Haselton) Bartlett. Lived in Campton where he d. May 31, 1855. A dau. Hannah Bartlett, b. July 10, 1820. m. Dea. William G. Brown (see). A dau. Sarah Lovell, b. March 4, 1832. Res. Plymouth.
3. viii. CHARLES, b. March 15, 1788.
ix. SAMUEL, b. 1789. d. 1790.
X. BETSEY, b. 1792. m. Jacob Giddings.
xi. RUTH, b. July 29, 1794. m. James Burbeck.
3. CHARLES PULSIFER, son of Joseph2, b. Campton, March 15, 1788. m. April 23, 1814, Nancy Webster, dau. of Daniel C. Webster, (see). He lived in Plymouth about three years and removed, 1816, to Canandaigua, N. Y., where he d. Jan., 1823. With her four chil- dren, Mrs. Pulsifer returned to Plymouth and tenderly cared for them. She d. Dec. 25, 1868.
i. SARAH JANE, b. Plymouth, Jan. 23, 1815. m. Sept. 4, 1836, Olcott Pierce. Lived in Lowell, Mass., and San Diego, Cal.
ii. CHARLES, b. Plymouth, July 25, 1816. He learned the trade of saddler of James Miller, and was taxed in Plymouth, 1838, 1840, 1841. He pursued a course of preparatory study and in 1842 he became a missionary to the Indians and labored in Missouri from the summer of 1842 until 1848, being exposed to many hardships, and becoming endeared to the Indians for his services as physician and teacher. He returned to New England 1848, and received a commission from the American Board to return as a regular missionary to the Ojibwas near Lake Superior. He was a faithful laborer until his weakened eyesight influenced him to apply for a release, which was granted, Dec., 1855. In youth he lost an eye by accident, and the sight of the remaining was weakened. He retired to a farm at Rosamond, Ill., where he d. suddenly, May 6, 1861. IIe m. 1841, Hannah Hall or Hannah Hall Swinerton. No children.
iii. JOHN WEBSTER, b. Canandaigua, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1819. In his child- hood his widowed mother removed to Plymouth, and he had a home several years with an uncle in Campton. It is remembered
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that when a young man he walked from Campton to Concord to hear Daniel Webster in one of his speeches there. He m. April 2, 1844, Selina Hermann, b. Derby, Vt., Jan. 20, 1819, and the fol- lowing year he removed to Lycoming, Pa., and the next year to New London, Ia. In 1850, leaving his family in Iowa, he made an overland journey to California and there engaged in gold hunting and mining. He discovered and sold the Crescent mine, and visited Iowa, 1863. With his family he returned to California, in 1865, and has since res. at San José and Indian Valley. He d. at San José, March 25, 1874. (1) Mary Ellen, b. March 2, 1845. m. May 29, 1871, Charles Cooper Ames, who d. San Jose, Cal., Jan. 2, 1899. (2) Martha, b. Oct. 6, 1847, a journalist, and was connected fifteen years with the San José " Daily Mercury." (3) John Wesley, b. Oct. 11, 1849. d. same day.
iv. JOSEPH, b. August 11, 1821. Was a physician. He followed his brother to California and purchased a tract of land in Colusa Co., where he d. Nov. 4, 1869. He m. Frances (Cooper) Semple, widow of Dr. Robert Semple. (1) Joseph, b. 1857, a journalist, d. Chi- cago, Ill. (2) Ruth, b. 1859. m. Philip Baker. (3) Martha, b. 1861, m. - Crowley. m. second, Frank Jacob, of San Francisco, Cal.
PUTNEY.
1. JOHN ALVIN PUTNEY, son of John and Sally (Batchelder) Putney, b. Concord, August 23, 1833. Dartmouth College, 1856. Admitted to the bar, 1858, and opened an office in Plymouth. He was taxed in Plymouth one year, 1858. He removed to Concord and soon after to Memphis, Tenn. He served as quartermaster in a Kentucky regiment in the Union army. Near the close of the war he returned to Memphis, where he d. May 21, 1865. He m. 1856, Lucinda L. Roberts, dau. of Harrison Roberts, of Warner. m. second 1860, Celia Bowers, of Louisville, Ky.
PUTNEY.
1. JOSEPH PUTNEY, a native of Grafton. m. Ann W. Davis and lived in Wentworth, where he d. 1880.
2. DUDLEY DAVIS PUTNEY, son of Joseph 1, b. Wentworth, May 12, 1846. m. August 12, 1879, Ida Josephine Hardy, dau. of Abram Hardy (see). He res. a few years in Michigan, coming to Plymouth, 1886. He was a farmer and d. in Plymouth, June 7, 1892. She m. second, Dec. 17, 1893, Eugene S. Sanborn, son of Isaac S. Sanborn, and now res. in Woodstock.
i. NERISSA A., b. Feb. 18, 1881. m. Nov. 23, 1898, George H. Bean. She d. Woodstock, Nov. 2, 1899.
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QUINCY.
1. HON. JOSIAH QUINCY, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Hatch) Quincy, b. Lenox, Mass., March 7, 1793. Samuel Quincy was a lawyer several years in Roxbury, Mass., and removed to Lenox, 1787. Josiah Quincy was an able and distinguished lawyer of Rumney, a foremost and potent promoter of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad, a state senator, president of the senate, a director of the Pemigewasset Bank, and a trustee of the Holmes Plymouth Academy. (For biographical sketch see "Granite Monthly," Vol. VIII., p. 334, Childs's Gazetteer of Grafton Co., p. 112, and " Bench and Bar," p. 600.) He m. April 5, 1819, Mary Grace Weld, dau. of Col. Jabez Hatch Weld (see). She d. Dec. 7, 1844. He m. second, Oct. 25, 1845, Harriet Tufts, dau. of Ezra G. Tufts. (See Cilley Register.) She d. about 1865. He m. third, June 11, 1868, Mary H. Dix, dau. of James H. and Ann (Blaisdell) Dix, of Boston, Mass. She had pre- viously been married and divorced, assuming her maiden name. Her dau. Mary, by the first marriage, m. Orville W. Lane, M.D., of Great Barrington, Mass. Hon. Josiah Quincy d. Jan. 19, 1875. His widow m. Charles H. Taylor, of Great Barrington, Mass. He d. April 15, 1904.
Six children of Josiah Quincy by first and one by second marriage.
i. MARTHA GRACE, b. Feb. 5, 1820. m. August 15, 1845, Jonas D. Sleeper, son of Jonas and Sally (Bean) Sleeper, of Gilford. IIe was clerk of the courts of Grafton Co., 1848-1856; State sen- ator 1854 and 1855. He removed from Haverhill to Concord, 1858, and was cashier of Capitol Bank, 1858-1860. In 1860 he was appointed clerk of the courts of Merrimack Co. He d. Sept. 9, 1868. She d. Oct. 29, 1895.
ii. ELIZABETH JANE, b. Sept. 5, 1823. d. Sept. 11, 1825.
iii. SAMUEL HATCH, b. June 20, 1827, a gentleman of culture and ability. Representative from Rumney, 1865. He removed to Lancaster, Mass., where he d. Dec. 12, 1903. He m. Dec. 7, 1853, Sophia Louisa Eastman, b. Feb. 13, 1830, dau. of Benja- min and Sophia (Symmes) Eastman, of Medford, Mass., and Derry. She d. Sept. 11, 1855. He m. second, Nov. 11, 1856, Sarah A. Webster, dau. of James and Maria (Eayrs) Webster, of Derry. Two children. (1) Josiah Hatch. (2) Grace Weld.
iv. CHARLES EDWARD, b. May 29, 1831. d. March 6, 1833.
V. ELIZABETH FRANCES, b. March 17, 1833. m. Dec. 6, 1853, James A. Dix, b. Nov. 21, 1823, son of James H. and Ann (Blaisdell) Dix, of Boston, Mass. He d. Oct. 11, 1865. Two children. (1) James Quincy. (2) Mary Grace.
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vi. JOSIAH, b. July 1, 1835. m. April 21, 1859, Ellen A. Webster, dau. of James and Maria (Eayrs) Webster, of Derry. Heres. Lancaster, Mass. Three children. (1) Charles Edward. (2) Harriet Grace. (3) Arthur Grace.
vii. MARY ANN, b. May 18, 1854. m. 1876, Willard F. Kinsman. Two children. (1) Quincy. (2) Elizabeth.
RAMSAY.
1. HUGH RAMSAY, from the north of Ireland, was part owner and commander of a sailing vessel. He conducted several colonies of Scotch-Irish settlers to America. In 1724 Charter, James Moor sold to " Hugh Ramsay lately from Ireland" his rights in the undivided lands of the township. Many of his descendants have honorably filled important positions. His wife was Ann. Their children were
i. JOHN, b. August 14, 1717. Settled in Greenfield.
ii. MARY, b. June 5, 1719.
2. iii. JAMES, b. March 16, 1720/1.
iv. HUGH, b. Jan. 15, 1723/4. Lived in Londonderry. d. Nov. 11, 1787. Family.
v. MATTHEW, b. May 29, 1726.
vi. MARGARET, b. June 9, 1729. m. James Steele, b. March 25, 1724, son of Thomas and Martha (Morrison) Steele. Removed to Antrim.
2. JAMES RAMSAY, son of Hugh 1, b. March 16, 1720 /1. He was a prominent citizen of Londonderry, a selectman. Nine children.
i. HUGH, b. Londonderry. Lived in Plymouth, 1774 to 1785, when he removed to Holderness. He was a soldier from Plymouth, and a selectman of IIolderness many years.
ii. MATTHEW lived in Rumney, removing to Plymouth, 1802, where he lived until 1819. A record of his family is not secured. He m. probably second, April 15, 1810, Sarah (Lovejoy) Emerson, widow of Nathaniel Emerson (see), who d. 1819.
iii. WILLIAM, b. Londonderry, 1751. m. Euphemia Moore, b. London- derry, 1753, dau. of Dea. Robert and Letitia (Cochran) Moore. They lived in Walpole and in Sutton, Vt. He d. March 1, 1823. She d. Sept. 5, 1841.
iv. JAMES. m. Mary Nesmith and lived in Greenfield.
v. JOHN. d. unm. in Londonderry.
vi. ROBERT. Removed to Maine.
vii. viii. ix. Daughters who m. Steele, Boyse, and McGlothen.
3. THOMAS RAMSAY, b. 1752. Probably a son of Matthew and grand- son of Hugh 1. Was a soldier in the Revolution, from Rumney. He m. August 27, 1772, Abigail Craig, b. Chester, August 4, 1748, dau. of
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David Craig (see). They were members of the church in Plymouth, but lived in Rumney. They were intelligent and respected. He d. Jan. 6, 1837. She d. Jan. 8, 1837.
i. HUGH.
ii. JONATHAN.
4. iii. DAVID.
5. iv. MATTHEW, b. April 11, 1779.
v. JAMES, b. 1792.
vi. MARY.
4. DAVID RAMSAY, son of Thomas 3, m. Hannah Greenough, dau. of William Greenough (see). They lived in Rumney, where he d. Jan. 6, 1853. She d. Feb. 14, 1826.
i .. WILLIAM. d. spotted fever, 1815.
ii. CARPENTER. d. spotted fever, 1815.
iii. JOSEPH. d. spotted fever, 1815.
iv. HENRIETTA. m. Lewis Keyes (see).
v. HANNAH. m. Amos H. Craig.
vi. VALERIA. m. Charles Clark Chapman.
5. MATTHEW RAMSAY, son of Thomas 3, b. April 11, 1779. m. April 30, 1812, Nancy Haseltine, b. May 1, 1792, dau. of John Haseltine. He lived in Rumney, where he d. Sept. 18, 1851.
i. PERLEY AYER, b. April 11, 1813.
ii. ISAAC PATTERSON, b. Sept. 11, 1816.
iii. SUSAN, b. Jan. 31, 1821.
iv. EMILY, b. August 29, 1825.
RANDALL.
1. EUGENE CLARENCE RANDALL, son of Francis A. and Jennie (Chase) Randall, of Wentworth, and grandson of James and Eleanor (Avery) Randall, of Barnstead and Ellsworth. Was b. Wentworth, July 25, 1871. He m. Sept. 15, 1898, Elizabeth Frazer, b. July 24, 1873, dau. of John H. and Irvilla E. (Hoyt) Frazer. He came to Pymouth in December, 1899, and is janitor of the Normal School buildings.
RANDOLPH.
1. WILLIAM F. RANDOLPH, son of Samuel and Anna (Flude) Ran- dolph, b. Northampton, England, August 14, 1817. He m. May 28, 1844, Lucy Sharp, b. Cranford, England, Dec. 22, 1818, dau. of William and Martha Sharp. He was a landscape gardener and came
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from England to Bristol, 1869, his wife and three children coming in the spring of 1870. He cared for the Bristol Cemetery with unusual efficiency several years. He d. in Bristol, August 14, 1898. She d. May 10, 1878.
2. WILLIAM J. RANDOLPH, son of William F.1, b. June 15, 1859. Grad. Bristol High School, was a printer in the office of the " Bristol Enterprise " also at Laconia and in the government printing office at Washington. He was employed on the staff of the " Lowell Courier " and came from there to Plymouth, 1886, where he was employed on the " Plymouth Record " and where he established a job printing office which he sold in 1889 to Chase and Wright. He was editor and manager four years of the " Meredith News." He is the regular corres- pondent of the Boston Daily and Sunday "Globe," and the " Manchester Union." Mr. Randolph was census enumerator, 1900, selectman, 1904, and he has been an efficient and courteous correspondent concerning the " History of Plymouth." He m. Nov. 30, 1885, Elizabeth A. Bayley, dau. of Timothy Eastman Bayley (see).
RAYNER.
1. WILLIAM ROBERT RAYNER, son of William, b. Southam, Conn., July 29, 1853. m. Jan. 1, 1877, Jennie H. Blanchard, of New Ipswich. He is a butcher, removing from Tewksbury, Mass., to this town, 1895, and now res. Neponset, Mass.
i. WILLIAM ARTHUR, b. August 22, 1878.
ii. EDWIN ROBERT, b. May 15, 1881.
iii. FRED IRVING, b. June 9, 1883.
iv. HARRY WEBSTER, b. Sept. 10, 1887.
v. GEORGE ABBOT, b. Nov. 2, 1890.
vi. CHARLES HERBERT, b. April 22, 1892.
READ.
1. ESDRAS READ, emigrant ancestor of one of the families of Reed, or Read, which has been numerously represented in New Hampshire, was in Salem, Mass., 1637, later of Wenham, and a representative, 1648 and 1651, and subsequently one of the founders of Chelmsford Mass. In 1660 he sold his lands in Chelinsford, and removed to Boston, where he d. 1680. Grave-stone in Copp's Hill Cemetery.
2. OBADIAH READ, son of Esdras1. m. August 19, 1664, Anna Swift, and lived in Boston, where he d. about 1718. His wife d, Sept. 13, 1680. His grave-stone at Copp's Hill Cemetery.
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3. THOMAS READ, son Obadiah 2, b. July, 1665. Settled in Chelms- ford, Mass. He had sons, Thomas, Jonathan, William, Esdras, John, and by second wife, Hannah, Benjamin, and Timothy.
4. THOMAS READ, son of Thomas 3, b. 1687. m. March 14, 1709/10, Sarah Fletcher. He lived in the part of Chelmsford which is now Westford, and was a leading man in town affairs, a justice of the peace and town officer. He d. Westford, Dec. 24, 1773.
5. JOSEPH READ, son of Thomas 4, b. Chelmsford, Mass., June 4, 1716. m. in Concord, Mass., May 30, 1737, Ruth Underwood, b. Chelmsford, 1719, dau. of Joseph and Susannah (Parker) Underwood. The record of marriage appends " both of Westford." Westford was severed from Chelmsford, 1729. He was a man of distinction, a rep- resentative from Westford nine years. His wife Ruth d. Feb. 8, 1777.
6. JOSEPH READ, son of Joseph 5, b. Westford, Mass., Oct. 9, 1746. m. Nov. 11, 1771, Martha Fletcher, b. June, 1754, dau. of Gershom and Lydia (Townsend) Fletcher (see). She was a sister of Joshua Fletcher and of the wife of Lieut. Jonathan Robbins. He re- moved, 1773, from Westford to Plymouth, and settled in Lower Intervale. He was a farmer and a good citizen. Selectman, 1783, and an ensign in the militia. He d. July 23, 1820. She d. Jan. 4, 1832.
i. RUTH, b. Westford, Dec. 22, 1771. m. Edward Senter (see).
ii. MARTHA, b. Westford, August 4, 1773. m. Crisp B. Noyes (see).
iii. MARY, b. Plymouth, May 15, 1775. m. Enoch Melvin (see).
iv. LYDIA, b. Jan. 3, 1778. m. Richard Bayley (see).
v. SARAHI, b. Jan. 14, 1780. m. Samuel Ward (see).
vi. MIRIAM, b. June 6, 1782. m. Nov. 25, 1802, Mark Chase, of Sandwich.
vii. HANNAH, b. Oct. 25, 1784. m. May 20, 1804, Henry Currier (see). m. second, 1822, Capt. Oliver Taylor, a farmer of Thetford, Vt. viii. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 6, 1787. m. Benjamin Darling (see).
7. ix. JOSEPH, b. May 7, 1792.
7 .. JOSEPH REED, son of Joseph 6, b. May 7, 1792. m. May 10, 1813, Susan Cummings, dau. of Jonathan Cummings (see). He was a farmer on the homestead, building a new house on higher land to avoid inconveniences formerly experienced from the annual freshets. He d. August 10, 1842. She d. Sept. 19, 1872.
i. GEORGE CUMMINGS, b. August 28, 1814. m. May 1, 1844, Phebe Currier, dau. of Aaron Currier (see). He was a farmer of Plymouth, where he d. Sept. 18, 1874.
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ii. JANE, b. Nov. 30, 1816. d. Nov. 8, 1839.
iii. JOSEPH, b. May 16, 1819. d. Oct. 20, 1820.
8. iv. WILLIAM HASTINGS, b. August 22, 1822.
v. LAURA, b. April 28, 1826. m. Daniel H. Currier (see).
vi. JOSEPH HENRY, b. Feb. 2, 1829. d. Jan. 27, 1834.
8. WILLIAM HASTINGS REED, son of Joseph 7, b. August 22, 1822. m. Nov. 28, 1861, Mary E. Moses, b. Campton. He was a farmer on the old homestead. He d. Oct. 28, 1881. She d. June 15, 1884.
i. CHARLES WILLIAM, b. May 14, 1863. m. May 1, 1885, Mary E. Currier, b. Ashland, 1862, dau. of Edwin B. and Mary A. (Smith) Currier. He is a farmer of Ashland. (1) Inez Ella, b. Oct., 1888. (2) Hazel Elizabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1899.
9. ii. HENRY W., b. August 10, 1865.
iii. JENNIE MAY, b. Oct. 23, 1867. m. August 12, 1897, Alfred H. Al- drich, son of William A. and Mary A. (Haynes) Aldrich, of Upton Mass.
iv. GEORGE CUMMINGS, b. Sept. 20, 1869. d. June 30, 1884, drowned.
V. JOSEPH MOSES, b. March 30, 1872. Plymouth High School, 1891. Res. Plymouth, an esteemed employé of W. G. & I. H. Chase. d. Jan. 8, 1902.
vi. FRED HASTINGS, b. Sept. 20, 1875. d. Feb. 16, 1877.
9. HENRY W. REED, son of William Hastings 8, b. August 10, 1865. . m. Oct. 29, 1885, Lizzie Bell Foster, dau. of Samuel Foster (see). She d. Oct. 19, 1886. m. second, Carrie Isabel Foster, dau. of Samuel Foster (see). He was a farmer on the ancestral home- stead, being the fourth generation in possession. One hundred and twenty-two years after the settlement in Plymouth of Ensign Joseph Reed, he removed to the village, 1894, and now lives on the Daniel Currier place. Three children.
i. ARTHUR HENRY, b. Oct. 17, 1886.
ii. LULA MARGARET, b. April 2, 1889.
iii. CLARENCE JOSEPH, b. Nov. 30, 1893.
10. LEONARD READ, son of Joseph 5 and Ruth (Underwood) Read, and brother of Ensign Joseph 6, b. Westford, Mass., April 23, 1750. m. 1769, Bethia Herrick, and lived in Westford, where he d. June 8, 1811.
11. JOEL READ, son of Leonard 10, b. Westford, Mass., 1776. m. Jan. 7, 1810, Joanna Chandler, b. 1789, dau. of William and Joanna (Reed) Chandler, of Westford. He removed to Nashua about 1825.
12. EDWIN RANSOM READ, son of Joel 11, b. Westford, Mass., July 2, 1815. m. Lucy Sawyer Tarr, of Gloucester, and removed, 1851, VOL. II. - 36
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from Nashua to Dorchester, and from Dorchester to Plymouth, 1879. He was a selectman of Dorchester seven years.
13. JOEL EDGAR READ, son of Edwin Ransom 12, b. June 14, 1851. Came to Plymouth, 1882, having purchased a large farm at Lower Intervale, known as the Melvin farm. He m. Jan. 21, 1872, Martha . Helen Follansbee, b. Danbury, Dec. 19, 1852, dau. of Lucian and Sarah (Sargent) Follansbee.
i. WILL NEWELL, b. April 21, 1873. m. June 25, 1901, Eliza M. Rogers, dau. of Harvey M. Rogers (see). He is a farmer with his father.
RICHARDSON.
1. SAMUEL RICHARDSON, a brother of Ezekiel 1, b. England about 1610, one of the founders of Woburn. He was a selectman six years and 1645 paid the largest tax. He d. March 23, 1658. His widow Joanna d. about 1666.
2. STEPHEN RICHARDSON, son of Samuel 1, b. Woburn, August 15, 1649. m. Jan. 2, 1674/5 Abigail Wyman, dau. of Francis and Abi- gail (Read) Wyman, of Woburn. He d. March 22, 1717/18. She d. Sept. 17, 1720.
3. STEPHEN RICHARDSON, son of Stephen2, b. Feb. 20, 1675/6. m. Susannah Wilson, b. Woburn, March 11, 1679, dau. of John Wil- son. He lived in Billerica, where he d. Jan. 14, 1711/12. She m. second, Daniel Simonds.
4. EBENEZER RICHARDSON, son of Stephen 3, b. 1708. m. Ruth and lived in Nottingham and in Pelham, where he d. Oct. 22, 1768. - She d. Oct. 20, 1783.
5. ZEBADIAH RICHARDSON, son of Ebenezer 4, b. March 6, 1742/3. m. Rebecca Snow, dau. of Joseph Snow (see). He lived a short time after marriage in Nottingham and Pelham, when he removed to Amherst, 1768. In 1773 he came to Plymouth and lived here twelve years. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was one of the recruits raised by Lieut. Matthew Thornton, of Thornton, to serve in Bedel's regiment. Under this enlistment he served in Capt. James Osgood's company, Col. Timothy Bedel's regiment, from July 10 to Dec. 2, 1775. He also served in Col. Hobart's regiment at Bennington, 1777. From Plymouth he removed, 1785, to Sanford, Me., and two years later to Fryeburg, Me., where he was a Baptist minister and was pastor of the church in Fryeburg from 1787 to 1805. He d. about 1820. His widow d. 1822.
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6. i. DAVID, b. August 5, 1763.
ii. NATHAN, b. Sept. 20, 1765. Probably d. young.
iii. ZEBADIAH, b. Jan. 26, 1769. Settled in Chatham and removed, 1802, to Fryeburg, Me., and the following year to Canada, and later to Ohio. He m. Phebe Charles, of Fryeburg, Me. They were the parents of thirteen children. He d. Dec. 15, 1822. She d. June 4, 1850.
iv. BRIDGET, b. 1773. m. Benjamin Walker, of Conway.
v. CALEB, b. Plymouth, July 4, 1782. m. Mehitable Osgood, dau. of Samuel Osgood, of Concord and Conway. He settled in Dan- ville, Pa.
vi. JOSHUA, b. Plymouth, April 4, 1784. m. Mary McIntire, of Frye- burg, Me. He removed to Danville, Pa., where he d. Sept. 1, 1860. She d. Jan. 5, 1861. He was a preacher, but no record of his ministry is secured.
vii. LUTHER, b. Sanford, Me., 1787. m. Hannah Chandler, dau. of Jo- seph Chandler, of Concord. He lived many years in Chatham ; rep- resentative, 1824 ; selectman seven years. He d. Fryeburg, Me., Feb. 27, 1864.
viii. HANNAH. m. Robert McKeen, of Conway.
ix. SARAH. m. Henry McKeen, a brother of Robert McKeen.
6. DAVID RICHARDSON, son of Rev. Zebadiah 5, b. August 5, 1763. m. Dec. 20, 1790, Mary Dearborn, dau. of Samuel Dearborn (see). He served in Col. Bedel's regiment, 1778. He lived in Plymouth until 1800, when he removed to Danville, Vt., and the following year to Compton, P. Q. In Compton he was a farmer and there built a grist mill. In 1827 or 1828 he removed to Gloucester, P. Q., where she d. and he returned to Compton, where he d. May 13, 1849. When in Plymouth he was a farmer on the Peter Dearborn farm, and he also owned land in Rumney, but was taxed on personal and real estate in this town until and including 1799. Enlisting from Plymouth, July, 1778, he served one year in Capt. William Tarlton's Company, Col. Timothy Bedel's regiment. Richardson Memorial, without naming the regiment, alleges he served three months. He may have enlisted twice or he may not have served the full term. Capt. Tarlton's Company was raised for one year.
i. SAMUEL, b. Plymouth, August 3, 1791. m. 1811, Mehitable Shurtleff, b. May 19, 1792, dau. of Joel and Eunice (Scott) Shurtleff, of Compton, P. Q. She d. August 28, 1842. m. second, March 18, 1845, Abigail (Ladd) Kathon, b. 1793, dau. of John and Judith (Smith) Ladd, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and widow of Daniel
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Kathon. She d. Feb. 4, 1869. He was a farmer of Compton, P. Q., where he d. June 13, 1866.
ii. DANIEL CLOUGH, b. Plymouth, June 20, 1793. m. Olive Hunting- ton. He was a millwright and mill owner of Compton, P. Q., where he d. May 28, 1851.
iii. SARAH, b. Plymouth, March 14, 1795. m. Ebenezer Badger. Re- moved to Ohio.
iv. ROSWELL, b. Plymouth, June 24, 1797. Removed to California.
v. HENRY, b. Plymouth, April 30, 1799. m. Hannah Badger. He was a farmer of Compton, P. Q., where he d. Jan. 17, 1853. She d. August 21, 1858. Nine children.
vi. DAU., b. August 21, 1801. d. young.
vii. MIRIAM SNOW, b. May 19, 1804. m. William Brennan, and lived Gloucester, P. Q.
viii. MELINDA, b. Sept., 1806. d. young.
ix. CLARISSA, b. June 10, 1811. m. Amos Saunders. Res. St. Paul, Minn.
x. DAVID FREDERIC, b. Jan., 1814. unm. d. Gloucester, P. Q.
RICHARDSON.
1. EZEKIEL RICHARDSON, brother of Samuel 1, emigrant ancestor, arrived in Charlestown, 1630, and was one of the founders, 1641, of Woburn, living in the territory now Winchester. He was a select- man and is honorably named in the early annals of Woburn. He d. Oct. 21, 1647. By wife Susannah he had seven children. (See Richardson Memorial.)
2. JOSIAH RICHARDSON, son of Ezekiel 1, baptized Charlestown, Nov. 7, 1635. m. Concord, June 6, 1659, Remembrance Underwood, b. Concord, Feb. 25, 1639/40, dau. of William and Sarah Underwood. With a colony from Woburn he removed to Chelmsford and was one of the founders of that town. Selectman fourteen years, town clerk four years ; a captain. He d. June 22, 1695. Eight children.
3. JOSIAH RICHARDSON, son of Josiah2, b. Chelmsford, May 18, 1665. m. Dec. 14, 1687, Mercy Parris, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth (Blanchard) Parris, of Dunstable, and a sister of the wife of John Goffe, senior. Robert Parris and wife were slain by the Indians about 1696. The narrative of the presence and escape of the daughter Mercy ("Farmer and Moore's Hist. Coll.," . Vol. II. p. 306) is an embellishment of tradition. The massacre occurred several years after her marriage. Josiah Richardson was a lieutenant, town clerk and selectman of Chelmsford, where he d. Oct. 7, 1711. She d. April 25, 1743.
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4. JOSIAH RICHARDSON, son of Josiah 3, b. Chelmsford, May 5, 1691. m. 1712, Lydia -, who d. March 28, 1737. m. second, 1738, Elizabeth French, of Dunstable, who d. Dec. 15, 1771. He lived in Dracut. Selectman, assessor, treasurer, and a captain. He d. 1776.
5. DAVID RICHARDSON, son of Josiah 4, b. Dracut, June 5, 1731. m. Elizabeth Colburn, b. April 17, 1732, dau. of Samuel and Mary Richardson Colburn, of Dracut. He was a farmer of Dracut, and had a ferry across Merrimack River. He d. June 6, 1773.
6. SAMUEL RICHARDSON, son of David 5, b. Dracut, Feb. 14, 1766. m. March 3, 1795, Prudence Wood, b. Dec. 15, 1768, dau. of William and Abigail (Fox) Wood, of Dracut. He was a farmer of Dracut. School Committee. He d. Dec. 9, 1844. She d. Dec. 3, 1854.
7. SAMUEL RICHARDSON, son of Samuel 6, b. Dracut, Oct. 12, 1797. m. May 3, 1821, Hannah Varnum, b. Dracut, March 7, 1800, dau. of Col. Prescott Varnum. She d. Dec. 19, 1842. He m. second, Oct. 9, 1844, Mrs. Mary Trull, who d. March 1, 1875. He was a useful and respected citizen of Dracut.
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