Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 83

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978

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To his son, Richard, John Richardson devised a tract called "Content," and the plantation, "where Richard Groves lives," and the mills and mill lands, house and improvements on Mill Creek. To his son, Joseph, and daughters were de- vised legacies in money and goods. Ann (Ashton) Richardson, wife of John Richardson, died June 18. 1748, aged sixty-eight years.

Issue of John and Ann (Ashton) Richardson:

Elizabeth Richardson, b. June 4, 1705, d. March 15, 1733-4, unm .;

Joseph Richardson, b. Dec. 6, 1706, d., Phila., Nov. 17, 1770; was associated in business with his father in his younger days, and on his marriage, his father erected a house for him on Christiana Creek and designed to have him take an active interest in the business, but he chose to live in Phila. He m., Oct., 1745, Sarah Morris, b. in Barba- does, Sept. 9, 1722, d. Oct., 1746, on the birth of her only child, Sarah, who became wife of Nicholas Waln, of Phila. Sarah was a dau. of William Morris, a prominent colonial merchant of Phila., Barbadoes and Trenton, N. J., by his wife, Sarah Dury, of Barbadoes, and granddaughter of Anthony Morris, of Phila., by his third wife, Mary Coddington. Joseph Morris was prominent in the affairs of Phila., and served as a representative in Colonial Assembly, 1763 to his death:

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Robert Richardson, b. May 31, 1708, d. June 18, 1761 ; m., Oct. 6, 1750, Sarah, dau. of William Shipley, founder of Wilmington, by his second wife, Elizabeth Levis, b. May 25, 1729, d. June 28, 1793. Robert Richardson was connected with the shipping busi- ness on Christiana Creek many years, and later carried on the mercantile business at Wilmington. He was about to remove to Phila., when he d. His dau., Elizabeth, became second wife of Charles Wharton, a prominent and successful merchant of Phila., Commissary of the Pennsylvania Battalion, 1776, d. s. p., May 23, 1782. Ann Richardson, another dau. of Robert and Sarah, m. Dr. Henry Latimer, of Wilming- ton, and inherited the homestead at the death of her only brother, John Richardson, 1800;

Susannah Richardson, b. Sept. 19, 1710, d. Nov. 26, 1766; m. Peter Bayard, of Bohemia Manor, Maryland ;

Sarah Richardson, b. July 9, 1712, d. Aug. 15, 1772; m., 1745, Dr. John Finney, who d. at New Castle, March 22, 1774;

Ann Richardson, b. May 1, 1714, d. Feb. 20, 1799; m., 1758, Col. William Armstrong, of New Castle co., member of Colonial Assembly, 1742-46; living in 1775;

Mary Richardson, b. March 22, 1715-16, d. Nov. 18, 1798; came to Phila. to live with her brother, Joseph, 1767, and m. there, 1772, Peter Reeve; no issue;

Rebecca Richardson, b. June 22, 1717, d. Nov. 23, 1773; m., April 13, 1741, Joseph Peters, shipping merchant of Wilmington, son of Thomas Peters, of Phila .; brought certifi- cate from Friends' Meeting at Phila., 1740, and was disowned 1748, for arming his merchant vessel. She m. (second) William Morris, merchant of Trenton, N. J., later of Wilmington, son of William and Sarah (Dury) Morris, and brother to Sarah Morris, wife of her elder brother, Joseph. She had no issue by either husband:

John Richardson, b. Oct. 6, 1718, d. March 18, 1737, accidentally killed;

RICHARD RICHARDSON, b. June 9, 1720, d. Sept. 10, 1797; m. Sarah Tatnall; of whom presently ;

Hannah Richardson, b. Sept. 16, 1721, d. Nov. 11, 1787; m. (first) Thomas Gray, (sec- ond) Francis Johnson;

Jane Richardson, b. Feb. 1, 1727, d. July 18, 1805; m. Dr. John Mckinley, first President or Governor of state of Del., appointed Feb., 1777; captured by the British the night of Sept. II, 1777, after battle of Brandywine, and carried to New Castle and confined on board the "Solway" British man-of-war, and after the capture of Phila. imprisoned there and carried to Flatbush, L. I., on its evacuation; but released July, 1778, and returned to his home; d., Wilmington, Aug. 31, 1796; was native of Ireland, b. Feb. 24, 1721.

RICHARD RICHARDSON, fourth son and tenth child of John and Ann ( Ashton) Richardson, of Christiana Creek, New Castle county, was born in the old family mansion there, June 9, 1720. He inherited from his father the mills on Mill Creek, near the bridge on the Baltimore Road, one and a half miles from Wil- mington, of which his father had been one of the proprietors when it was a "tub mill," propelled solely by the current of the creek, without dam or forebay. It was the first mill erected on the stream, and was a very primitive affair, when John Richardson purchased the interest of his quondam partners, 1723. He soon after erected a much more modern mill, located at the point where the old Balti- more Road crossed Mill Creek, at the head of tide water, which at that time was navigable by small craft up to the mill and the grain and grists came to the mill by water as well as overland. Prior to the time of his marriage, Richard Rich- ardson lived at this mill, which he operated; his youngest sister residing with him as housekeeper, prior to her own marriage to Gov. Mckinley.

Richard Richardson erected a sawmill here 1765, and renewed the grain mill, 1785, and continued to operate it until his death, September 10, 1797.

Richard Richardson married, at Friends' Meeting, Wilmington, April 24, 1766, Sarah Tatnall, born October 31, 1745, daughter of Edward Tatnall, of Wilmington, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Pennock, of West Marl- borough township, Chester county, and granddaughter of Robert Tatnall, of Lei- cestershire, England, who died there, 1715. His widow, Ann Tatnall, and her seven children, Jonathan, Thomas, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ann, and Edward,

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sailed from Bristol, England, and settled in Darby, Chester county, near Phila- delphia, about 1725.

Edward Tatnall, youngest son, married at London Grove Meeting, Chester county, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1735, Elizabeth Pennock, and soon after that date removed to Wilmington, New Castle county, now Delaware, and was one of the early carpenters and builders of the town. He died there April 11, 1790. Ed- ward and Elizabeth (Pennock) Tatnall were the parents of five children, Mary, who married William Marshall; Ann, died unmarried; Joseph; Elizabeth, who married John Tripp, and Sarah, who married Richard Richardson. Joseph Tat- nall, the only son, born in Wilmington, November 6, 1740, and died there August 3, 1813, was one of the most distinguished men of Wilmington. He was a miller, and during the Revolutionary War furnished flour to Washington's famished army, though threatened by the British with the destruction of his mill if he did not desist from so doing. Washington and Lafayette were guests of Joseph Tat- nall at his house, now 1803 Market street, Wilmington, prior to the battle of Brandywine, and when Lafayette paid his visit to America, 1824, he stopped at the house to pay his respect to the son of his oldtime host and friend. Joseph Tatnall had a good business at Wilmington, which was continued by his sons and grandsons. He was first president of Bank of Delaware. He married (first) January 31, 1765, Elizabeth Lea, mother of his children; (second) Sarah (Rod- man), widow of Joseph Parson, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, his nine chil- dren were: Sarah, born 1765; m. Thomas Lea, who built the largest mill on the Brandywine, still operated on a very large scale by his descendants; Margaret, born 1767, married (first) Isaac Starr, (second) James Price; Elizabeth, born 1770, married Joseph Bailey; Edward, died young; Ann, born 1775, married (first) Hon. Thomas Sipple, (second) John Bellah; Joseph, born 1777, died of yellow fever, 1798; Esther, born 1779, married William Warner; Edward, born 1782, married Margery Paxson (and his eldest son, Joseph, married Sarah, daughter of Ashton Richardson, and granddaughter of Richard and Sarah (Tat- nall) Richardson) ; Thomas, born 1785, died of yellow fever, 1798.

Mary Tatnall, eldest daughter of Robert and Ann Tatnall, of Leicestershire, was first wife of William Shipley, before mentioned.

Joseph Pennock, maternal grandfather of Sarah (Tatnall) Richardson, was born in Clonmel, county Tipperary, Ireland, January 18, 1677-78, and was a son of Christopher Pennock, of Clonmel, Ireland, some time of Cornwall, England, who came to Philadelphia about 1685, and died there 1701, by his wife, Mary, daughter of George Collett, of Clonmel, county Tipperary, Ireland, some time of Cork. George Collett, son of George of Clonmel, died in Philadelphia, without issue, and his real estate came to his eldest brother Robert Collett, who trans- ferred it to his nephews, Nathaniel and Christopher Pennock, of Philadelphia, 1696. Christopher Pennock is mentioned in Besse's "Sufferings of Quakers," as having suffered imprisonment for attendance at meetings of Friends in England and Ireland.

Joseph Pennock came to Pennsylvania with his parents, Christopher and Mary (Collett) Pennock, and located in Chester county, where he married, 1705, at her father's house, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clator) Levis, of Springfield, Chester county, and settled on a tract of 1250 acres in Marlborough township, Chester county, granted by William Penn to George Collett, his grand-

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father. In 1738, he built a mansion called "Primitive Hall," which is still stand- ing. Prior to 1714, he is said to have been a merchant in Philadelphia. He took a prominent part in Colonial affairs, and was a member of Colonial Assembly, 1716, almost if not quite, continuously until 1746. He was also a Justice of Ches- ter county, 1736-49. He died in Chester county, March 27, 1771. His twelve children intermarried with prominent families of Chester county.

Samuel Levis, father of Mary (Levis) Pennock, was born at Harby, Leicester- shire, England, September 30, 1649, son of Christopher and Mary Levis, and married, May 4, 1680, Elizabeth, born January 16, 1653-54, daughter of William and Alice Clator, of Elton, Nottingham, England, and came to Chester county, 1684. He was a member of Provincial Assembly, 1689-94-98, and 1706-08; Jus- tice of Chester county, 1686-89: and a member of Governor's Council, 1692, but the government of Pennsylvania reverting to the Crown, he does not appear to have sat in Council. He died in Springfield, 1728. Besides the daughter Sarah, who became wife of Joseph Pennock, he had two sons, Samuel and William, and daughters, Sarah, wife of George Maris, of Springfield, and Elizabeth, born De- cember 20, 1690, died October 10, 1777, who became second wife of William Ship- ley, of Wilmington, and mother of Sarah (Shipley) Richardson, wife of Robert, before mentioned.

William Levis, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Clator) Levis, born September 8, 1688, died April 11, 1745-46, married, December 12, 1720, Elizabeth Reed, and settled in Kennett, Chester county. They had issue :

Elizabeth Levis, b. Oct. 30, 1721; m. Jacob, son of Abel and Elizabeth (Stacy) Janney, Aug. 13, 1740; d. Nov. 3, 1770;

Samuel Levis, b. Nov. 18, 1723; m. Elizabeth Gregg;

William Levis, b. Feb. 3. 1725-6; m. (first) Jane Ogden; (second) Martha Marshall; Sarah Levis, b. Ang. 31, 1728; m., Nov. 19, 1755, Samuel, son of Timothy and Susanna (Freeland) Hanson; his second wife;

Mary Levis, b. April 10, 1732; m., Sept. 22, 1756, Thomas Hanson, brother of Samuel, who m. her sister;

Lydia Levis, b. Aug. 16, 1734; m. John Lamborn.

Sarah (Tatnall) Richardson, widow of Richard Richardson, of New Castle county, whose ancestry and connections we have just briefly sketched, after the death of her husband, made her home with her unmarried daughter, Ann Richard- son, in Wilmington, and died there, September 6, 1834. aged eighty-nine years.

Issue of Richard and Sarah (Tatnall) Richardson:

Joseph Richardson. b. at Mill Creek, Feb. 19. 1767. d. Dec. 24. 1833; inherited the Mill Creek property, and resided there all his life. He m., June 16, 1803, Ann, b. Dec. 28. 1777. d. June 23, 1842, dau. of George and Thomazine (Bond) Spachman, of Wil- mington. George Spachman. b. in village of Hankerton, near Malmsbury, Wiltshire, England, March 20, 1740-1, d. in Wilmington, Del., Sept. 4, 1798. He was a son of Isaac Spachman, a worsted comber, who d. in Hankerton, Wiltshire, about 1746, leav- ing a widow, Esther, and seven children. In 1750 William Beale, of Chester co., Pa., a brother of Esther Spachman, went to England and brought over with him to Pa .; four of the children-Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth and Isaac Spachman-and their brother, George, came some years later. These children became Friends after their arrival in Pa., and George Spachman m. at Uwchlan Meeting, May 11, 1775, Thoma- zine, b. 1755, d. Julv 20. 1832, dau. of Samuel Bond, b. Aug. 19, 1717, by his wife, Thomazine, dau. of Thomas Downing, founder of Downingtown, Pa., b. in Bradnich, Devonshire, England, Dec. 14, 1691, settled in Concord twp., Chester co., prior to 1718, and located at the site of Downingtown, 1737. He and his second wife, Thoma- zine, were admitted to Concord Meeting of Friends, 1730, and he died there, Jan. 15, 1772. Of his eleven children, Thomazine, b. Ang. 15, 1727, m., June 20, 1749, Samuel. son of Joseph Bond, one of the Charter Burgesses of Bristol Borough, Bucks co.,

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1720, who came from Wrose, near Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his wife, Ann Shiers; bringing a certificate from Brighouse Meeting to Philadelphia Meeting, dated Aug. 8, 1709. Samuel Bond and several of his children removed to Frederick co., Va., 1791. Issue of Joseph and Ann (Spachman) Richardson :

Jane Richardson;

SAMUEL S. RICHARDSON. b. Oct. 11, 1806, d. Feb. 6, 1880; m. Susanna Robinson; of whom presently:

Sarah Richardson; Thomazine Richardson ;

Edward Richardson ;

Joseph Richardson ;

George Richardson.

John Richardson, b. May 30, 1769; d. Jan. 7, 1773:

Elizabeth Richardson, b. July 20, 1771, d. Nov. 5, 1847: m., Oct. 29, 1789, Samuel Stroud, who d. in Wilmington, 1832: had issue :

Ann Stroud;

Mary Stroud; Edward Stroud:

Samuel Stroud ;

Sarah R. Stroud, mn. Jesse Mendenhall, and was grandmother of Eleanor Wilson Mendenhall, wife of John Richardson, Jr., see forward:

James Strond.

Richard Richardson, b. July 27, 1774, d. Dec. 6, 1774;

Ashton Richardson, b. May 6, 1776, d. Aug. 10, 1852; resided at "Ashley Farm," on the Baltimore Road, near the Mill; m., June 5, 1807, Mary, dan. of Robert and Elizabeth Wood, and granddaughter of Joseph and Mary Wood, of Phila., b., Phila., April 1, 1785, d., Delaware, Feb. 1, 1853. They had issne :

Richard, who compiled the "History of the Richardson Family" (1878) ;

Robert W. Richardson:

Elizabeth Richardson;

Mary Richardson;

Sarah Richardson, m. Joseph Tatnall, son of Edward and Margery;

Hannah W. Richardson ;

Lucy Richardson ;

Ashton Richardson, Jr.

Ann Richardson, b. Oct. 26, 1778, d., Wilmington, July 9, 1845, unm .;

JOHN RICHARDSON, b. May 18, 1783, d. Sept. 30, 1859; m. Margaret Paxson; of whom presently.

SAMUEL SPACHMAN RICHARDSON, second child and eldest son of Joseph and Ann (Spachman ) Richardson, and grandson of Richard and Sarah (Tatnall) Richardson, born at the old mill on Mill Creek, on the Baltimore Road, near Wilmington, Delaware, October 11, 1806, married, October 14, 1841, Susanna, born November 10, 1812, daughter of William Robinson, of Wilmington, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Way) Hanson ; granddaughter of Nicholas Robinson, Chief Burgess of Wilmington, 1774, by his wife, Mary, daughter of William and Dinah (Dickson) Hicklin, of Brandywine Hundred, New Castle county, and great-granddaughter of Francis and Elizabeth Robinson, from Ballycane, county Wicklow, Ireland, who settled in New Castle county, in the first half of the seventeenth century. Francis Robinson had goods taken for tithes in county Armagh, Ireland, 1672, and was witness to the marriage of Valen- tine Hollingsworth (one of the earliest settlers of New Castle county), to Ann Calvert, in Segoc parish, county Armagh, Ireland, June 12, 1672. His will, dated December 4, 1748, was proven at New Castle, March 7. 1749. His widow, Elizabeth, died September 10, 1777. On July 12, 1752, a certificate was received at Wilmington Monthly Meeting, from Ballycane Monthly Meeting, county Wick-

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low, Ireland, stating that Elizabeth Robinson, with her husband, Francis Robin- son, since deceased, had removed from Ballycane several years previously, and had now requested a certificate; with this explanation, appended to the certificate : "We also, some years ago gave a certificate to the same purpose, which, with her daughter, was taken by the French and miscarried." Francis and Elizabeth Rob- inson, had sons, Francis, Nicholas, and James. Mary, eldest daughter of James Robinson, born August 8, 1743, on May 17, 1792, became second wife of Timo- thy Hanson, father of Elizabeth (Hanson) Robinson, and maternal grandfather of Susanna (Robinson) Richardson.

Nicholas Robinson, born 1728, died in Wilmington, August 27, 1814. He married at Newark, or Kennett, Meeting, March 22, 1750, Mary, daughter of William Hicklin, of Brandywine Hundred, New Castle county, by his wife, Dinah Dickson, whom he had married at Newark Meeting, June, 1721.

William Dixon (probably father of Dinah ( Dickson) Hicklin), and Isabella Rea, both of Segoc parish, county Armagh, Ireland, were married under the care of Lurgan Monthly Meeting, Ireland, July 4, 1683, at the house of Roger Webb, in the said parish of Segoc. Henry and Rose Dickson signed the certificate. Henry Dickson, soon after this date, came to America, and is said to have kept an inn at New Castle. He had three children, viz. :

William, who, if the same William, above mentioned, was twice married, as he married, about 1690, Ann, daughter of William and Ann Gregg, who settled on 400 acres of land in Rockland manor, Christiana Hundred, New Castle county, surveyed to him March If, 1685, by virtue of warrant dated March 26, 1684, where he died July, 1687, and his land was divided in 1692, between his sons, Richard and John. William Dickson was a weaver by trade, and settled on Red Clay Creek, Christiana Hundred, about one mile southwest of the present village of Centerville. His will dated Imo. 31, 1708, was proven September 20, 1708. His widow, Ann, married John Houghton, of New Castle county.

Dinah Dickson, daughter of Henry, married Michael Harlan, 1690, at Newark Meeting.

Rose Dickson, daughter of Henry, married, 1690, Thomas Pierson, then a widower, Deputy Surveyor of New Castle county.

Nicholas Robinson, a resident of Wilmington, was Chief Burgess of the Borough, 1774, and died there August 27, 1814, aged eighty-six years. His wife Mary Hicklin died May 12, 1792. They had five children, of whom William, born January 20, 1764, was the fourth. He married, May 24, 1798, at Wilming- ton Monthly Meeting, Elizabeth, born July 13, 1778, daughter of Timothy Han- son, of Wilmington, by his wife. Mary, daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth Way, of Wilmington, and granddaughter of Robert Way, who settled in Kennet township. Chester county, 1691, and died there 1725, by his wife Hannah Hickman.

Thomas Hanson had a grant of land in Dover, Massachusetts, and became a citizen of Dover, now New Hampshire, April 5, 1661. His will was proved April 5, 1666. His widow Mary was killed by the Indians at the massacre of Waldron's Garrison, June 28, 1689. Their sixth child, Timothy Hanson, born 1642, died 1710-II, married Barbara, and prior to 1696, removed to Abington, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, and in that year from there to Dover, Delaware. Their son, Timothy Hanson, married at Philadelphia Friends' Meeting, November 9, 1704, Susanna, daughter of William Freeland, an early settler in Kent county,

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now Delaware, Colonial Justice there, 1689-90, and Assemblyman 1690-92, later removed to Philadelphia and died there, 1697-98; by his wife, Susanna, daughter of John Richardson, a member of William Penn's Council from Kent county, on the Delaware, 1683-84, and a grantee under Edmond Andross, for 2000 acres of land in Kent county, 1676, confirmed by Penn, 1684. A tract of land in Kent county, called "London," was conveyed by Timothy Hanson and Susanna, his wife, February 14, 1709, which deed recites the grant by Penn to John Richard- son, 1684, the deed of John Richardson to William Freeland, and Susanna, his wife, "daughter of said John," and the devise to Susanna Hanson, by the will of her father, William Freeland, proved in Philadelphia, March 18, 1697-98. This Timothy Hanson was a Justice of Kent county, 1710-26. He was a carpenter in Frankford, Philadelphia, at the time of his marriage, but soon after removed to the property inherited by his wife in Kent county. He died September 18, 1754. Of his seven children, Samuel. the youngest, born in Kent county, December 22, 1719, died 1795; married (first), December 22, 1771, Priscilla Sipple; (second), 1755. Sarah, daughter of William Levis, as before mentioned in our account of the Levis family. Priscilla, was a daughter of Waitman Sipple, of Murderkill Hundred, Kent county, said to have come from Virginia, settled in Kent county, and purchased land there in 1729; married at Duck Creek Meeting, 1724, Mary, daughter of Nathaniel and Elinor Hunn, of Kent county, born October 16, 1706.

Timothy Hanson, youngest child of Samuel and Priscilla (Sipple) Hanson, was born at Duck Creek, Kent county. now Delaware, November 19, 1749, and at sixteen came to Wilmington to serve an apprenticeship, bringing a certificate from Duck Creek Meeting dated April 27, 1765, and remained in Wilmington five years, taking his return certificate to Duck Creek, January 10, 1770. He returned to the neighborhood of Wilmington, however, a year later, and, October 13, 1771, married at the old Swedes' Church, Mary, daughter of Caleb and Eliza- beth Way, before mentioned. She died September 24, 1790, and he married (sec- ond), May 17, 1792, Mary, daughter of James and Eleanor Robinson. He died October 20, 1798, and his widow 1827. He had but two children, both by his first wife, Susanna, who died unmarried, and Elizabeth, born July 13, 1778, mar- ried William Robinson, May 24, 1798, son of Nicholas and Mary (Hicklin) Robinson.

William Robinson was the fourth child and only surviving son of Nicholas and Mary, and was born January 20, 1764. He and his wife, Elizabeth Hanson, were parents of ten children, of whom Susanna, wife of Samuel S. Richardson, born November 19, 1812, was the eighth.

Samuel S. Richardson died in Wilmington, February 6, 1880, his wife Susanna having died July 26, 1865.

Issue of Samuel S. and Susanna (Robinson) Richardson:

Ann Richardson;

Elizabeth Richardson;

Mary A. Richardson, b. Feb. 15, 1847; m., June 8, 1866, Samuel Bancroft, Jr., son of Joseph and Sarah (Poole) Bancroft, of Wilmington, b. Jan. 21, 1840, and had issue : Elizabeth Bancroft, b. May 6, 1871 ; m., April 2, 1897, John Blymer Bird, of Wil- mington, b. May 6, 1870, son of Charles Moody Bird, by his wife, Leah Jane Blymyer, and grandson of John Dickinson Bird, by his wife Lucinda C., dau. of Maj. Charles Moody, who was a drummer boy in the Revolutionary War, by his wife, Leah Jane Blymyer, and descendant of John Bird, who m. Elizabeth Van Louvenigh. John B. and Elizabeth (Bancroft) Bird have issue :

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Samuel Bancroft Bird, b. Dec. 11, 1898.

Joseph Bancroft, b. May 18, 1875; m., Oct. 29, 1902. Elizabeth Howard, and had issue :

Elizabeth Bancroft, b. Aug. 23, 1904.

Jane Richardson ;

Lucy J. Richardson:

Joseph Richardson.

JOHN RICHARDSON, youngest son of Richard and Sarah (Tatnall ) Richardson, was born at Mill Creek, New Castle county, Delaware, May 18, 1783, resided the greater part of his life on the "Rockwell Farm," near his birthplace; building the mansion house in which he resided after his marriage in 1813. He was elected a director of the Bank of Delaware, June 8, 1808, and served continuously until his death in Wilmington (where his later years were spent), September 30, 1859 He married, May 11, 1813, Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Paxson, and had issue :

Sarah Richardson, b. Feb. 15, 1815: d. June 18, 1861 ; m., Jan. 24, 1855, Edward T. Belach; no issue ;

Anna Richardson, b. Aug. 11, 1816, d. May 26, 1889; m. Oct. 6, 1842, Joseph Bring- hurst, a druggist of Wilmington, b. Sept. 26, 1807, d. March 14, 1880, son of Dr. Joseph Bringhurst, a distinguished physician and scholar of Wilmington, by his wife, Deborah Ferris;

William P. Richardson, b. July 22, 1818, d. Aug. 15. 1895; m., Feb. 16, 1865, Mary W. Forst, dan. of Joseph and Elizabeth Warner, of Bristol, Bucks co., Pa. He was a prominent business man of Wilmington, and was many years a director of Bank of Delaware, having succeeded his father in that position, June 1, 1861;

Elizabeth Richardson, b. May 19, 1819; m., Nov. 9, 1853, Joseph C. Turnpenny, of Phila .; no issue:

Mary Richardson, b. Dec. 5, 1821; m., June 22, 1843, Charles Warner, of Wilmington, son of William and Esther (Tainall) Warner;

JOHN RICHARDSON, b. Feb. 2, 1824; d. June 2, 1904; m. Martha Andrews; of whom pres- ently;

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Colonial families of Philadelphia, Volume II, Part 83

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 978

Author: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 978