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From: "David C. Richardson" <>
Subject: Re: [MAINE] Richardson families - Sutton, Mass. to Maine
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:36:37 -0400
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sorry about not removing extraneous html .

This is the only Jeremiah Richardson of Sutton I have and his birth date
(which could be wrong) makes him 10 at marriage.


*7128*
Benjamin Richardson ^3 /(John, ^2 / /John/ /^1 )/,
son
7156. Jeremiah, ^4 b. Nov. 25, 1748. He lived in Sutton. Inventory
dated Oct. 3, 1797.

wrote:
> Subject: Richardson families - Maine.
> Source: Genealogical & Family History of the State of Maine by
> Henry Sweetser Burrage & Albert Roscoe Stubbs.
> p.2086
> The History of Sutton, Mass., fail to give the name of the immigrant
> ancestor of the
> Richardson family of that town, nor is their line of descent to be found in
> the various
> genealogical records relative to the posterity of the founders of the name
> in America,
> of whom there were several.
>
> The Richardsons of New England are mostly the progeny of three brothers,
> Samuel, Ezeliel
> and Thomas Richardson, who were among the original setters of Woburn,
> Massachusetts,
> in 1638, and the Sutton family is undoubtedly descended from one of these
> immigrants.
>
>
> (I) Jeremiah Richardson of Sutton, Mass. was married in that town, March 23,
> 1758, to
> Abigail, dau. of Benjamin & Abigail (Wyman) Gowing, and reared two sons:
> Benjamin &
> Jeremiah Richardson.
>
> (II) Benjamin Richardson, eldest son of Jeremiah & Abigail (Gowing)
> Richardson, was b.
> at Sutton, July 28, 1760. He was married at Westboro, Mass., Oct. 14, 1784,
> Martha
> Forbush, of that town. They resided in Sutton where Benjamin followed the
> blacksmith's
> trade. Their children were:
> 1. Edward Richardson.
> 2. Ebenezer Richardson, b. Mar 7, 1787.
> 3. Jeremiah Richardson, b. Sept 20, 1797
> 4. Pliny Richardson b. April 6, 1800.
> 5. Patty Richardson b. April 27, 1802.
> 6. Abner Richardson b. April 22, 1804.
> 7. Catherine Richardson b. July 1, 1806.
>
> (III) Edward Richardson, eldest child of Benjamin & Martha (Forbush)
> Richardson, was
> born at Sutton, Sept. 3, 1785. In early life he came to Maine, first
> settling in Bethel,
> and in 1823-24, he removed to Milan, New Hampshire, locating on Milan Hill.
> He was an
> industrious farmer and took a prominent part in public affairs, serving as
> one of the
> first Selectmen and continuing in that capacity for several years. He died
> an Octogen-
> arian, March 24, 1872. September 27, 1812, he m. Charlotte Ellis, born at
> Sutton, July
> 30, 1791, dau. of Abel & Jemima Ellis of that town. Abel Ellis died March
> 4, 1843,
> aged 88 and Jemima died Feb 17, 1844, aged 64 yrs. Children of Edward &
> Charlotte (Ellis)
> Richardson:
> 1. Abel Ellis Richardson
> 2. Asa Forbush Richardson b. May 1, 1818.
> 3. Martha Maria Richardson b. Oct 4, 1819.
> 4. Silence Leland Richardson b. Sept 24, 1821.
> 5. Pliny Warren Richardson
> 6. Lucy Twitchell Richardson
> 7. Ebenezer Andros Richardson
> 8. Louise Cole Richardson
> The dates of whose birth do not appear in the records at hand.
> (IV) Abel Ellis Richardson, eldest child of Edward & Charlotte (Ellis)
> Richardson
> was born June 23, 1813. His boyhood and youth were spent in attending the
> district
> school and assisting in carrying on the home stead farm, but when a young
> man he
> learned the stone-cutter's trade, which was subsequently his principal
> occupation.
> Although slightly beyond the usual age of enlistment, he enrolled himself as
> a
> private in Company A, Fourteenth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry for
> service in
> the Civil War, and while in the army, he contracted fever and ague from
> which he never
> fully recovered. For a number of years he was a resident of Saco, Maine,
> whence he re-
> moved to Kennebunk, Maine, where he died July 26, 1878. Politically he acted
> with the
> Republican party. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in West
> Kennebunk.
> He married Ann Evans of Milan, who died in 1899. Children:
> 1. Caroline E. Richardson
> 2. Roswell M. Richardson
> 3. Charles E. Richardson
> 4. Isabella M. Richardson
> 5. Estelle C. Richardson
> 6. Asa Atwood Richardson
> 7. Sarah E. Richardson.
>
> (V) Asa Atwood Richardson, 3rd son and 7th child of Abel E. & Ann (Evans)
> Richardson,
> was born at Saco, Maine, November 12, 1863. He was educated in the public
> schools of
> Kennebunk. Havig decided to take up the study of law, he became a student in
> the office
> of W. L. Dane of Kennebunk, and after completing his legal preparations, was
> admitted
> to the York, Maine County Bar in 1896. Opening an office in Kennebunk, he
> has ever
> since conducted a general law business in that town, and is now well
> advanced in the
> legal profession. Allying himself with the Republican party upon attaining
> his majority
> he has figured quite prominently in the public affairs of Kennebunk, having
> served as
> Tax Collector for five years, as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen in 1900
> and 1901
> and again in 1907. He is a Scottish Rite Mason and a past Master of the
> York Lodge;
> affiliates with Mousam Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a
> member of the
> Baptist Church.
>
> In 1887, Mr. Richardson married Emma Garvin, daughter of Sylvester & Mary
> (Day) Garvin
> of Kennebunk. She died March 2, 1889, leaving one son, Ira W. Richardson b.
> Jan 28, 1888,
> and is now a student at Colby College, Waterville, Maine, preparatory to
> entering the
> medical profession.
>
> p.2087
> November 12, 1801, Mr. Richardson m. for his 2nd wife, Etta A. Currier,
> daughter of
> Cyrus M. & Louise Currier of Dorchester, Mass. Of this union there are no
> children.
> End.
> Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
>
>
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