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From: "William G Johnson" <>
Subject: RE: [RICHARDSON] Re: 1850 Annals of the Cleveland Richardsons by George Richardson
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 09:19:20 -0600
In-Reply-To: <4385B454.4070907@ukonline.co.uk>


Ben:

I am looking for info on Clement Richardson and William Clement Richardson.
Clement was born on May 25, 1756 and William was born on September 7, 1794
in Ohio. I do not know which line they are from and have been blocked in my
search.

Just thought you might have run into these names.

Thanks,


Rev.William G. Johnson



-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin S. Beck [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 6:39 AM
To:
Subject: [RICHARDSON] Re: 1850 Annals of the Cleveland Richardsons by
George Richardson


I have a copy of this book myself. Although 'Not published', there's a
copy in the British Library, and there's also one currently available
through Bookfinder.com, at 157 GBP.

The author, George Richardson, was my 4x great-uncle, and the William &
Elizabeth Richardson you mention were my 7x great-grandparents. The
Richardsons became a well-known Quaker family in the North-East of
England. Among their descendants were John Wigham Richardson, founder of
what became the Swan Hunter shipyard, and Sir Ralph Richardson, the actor.

George Richardson himself was a well-known Quaker, and earned himself an
entry in the /Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

/My great-grandmother, Elizabeth Richardson, is the most recent of my
forebears to be mentioned in the book, midway down p. 63.

My best guess for the identity of the Hannah Richardson who owned your
copy is the author's great-niece Hannah Richardson, b. 1827 in
Darlington, d. 1911 in York.

This excellent book is one of the principal sources for the early
history of this family, and I used it a lot in compiling the Richardson
page of my website (URL in my signature).

Best wishes,
/
/Ben

--
Benjamin S. Beck

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/benjaminbeck


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