Saturday, July 28, 2018

Surname Saturday -- RICHARDSON (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2139 who is Sarah RICHARDSON (1640-1694). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this RICHARDSON family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)

67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susanna Reed (1745-1833)

266.  Nathan Reed (1719-1802)
267.  Susanna Wood (1724-1780)

534.  Josiah Wood (1687-1753)
535.  Ruth Walker (1692-1752)

1068.  Josiah Wood (1658-1741)
1069.  Abigail Bacon (1667-1743)


2138.  Michael Bacon, born before 16 February 1639 in Winston, Suffolk, England; died 13 August 1701 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4276. Michael Bacon and 4277. Mary LNU.  He married 22 March 1660 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2139.  Sarah Richardson, born before 22 November 1640 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 15 August 1694 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Michael Bacon and Sarah Richardson are:
*  Mary Bacon (1661-1741), married 1683 Jacob Fuller (1655-1731).
*  Sarah Bacon (1663-1754), married 1685 Benjamin Fuller (1660-1754).
Abigail Bacon (1667-1743), married 1686 Josiah Wood (1658-1741).
*  Jonathan Bacon (1672-1754), married (1) 1694 Elizabeth Giles (1671-1738); (2) 1739 Elizabeth Hancock (1677-1748).
*  Nathaniel Bacon (1675-1750), married 1698 Judith Wyman (1679-1744).
*  Josiah Bacon (1678-1723), married 1702 Mary LNU (1678-????).
*  Ruth Bacon (1681-????).
*  Benjamin Bacon (1683-1727), married 1712 Abigail Taylor (1695-1733).
*  Joseph Bacon (1685-1747), married 1716 Rebecca Taylor (1687-1778).

4278.  Thomas Richardson, born before 03 July 1608 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England; died 28 August 1651 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8556. Thomas Richardson and 8557. Catherine Duxford.  He married before 21 February 1636 in probably Hertfordshire, England.
4279.  Mary Baldwin, born about 1612 in England; died 19 May 1670 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Richardson and Mary Baldwin are:
*  Mary Richardson (1638-1657), married 1655 John Baldwin (1635-1683).
Sarah Richardson (1640-1694), married 1660 Michael Bacon (1639-1701).
*  Isaac Richardson (1643-1689), married 1667 Deborah Fuller (1650-1714).
*  Thomas Richardson (1645-1710), married (1) 1670 Mary Stimpson (1646-1690); (2) 1690 Sarah Kendall (1653-1734).
*  Ruth Richardson (1647-????), married 1669 Thomas Fuller (1644-1719).
*  Phebe Richardson (1649-????).
*  Nathaniel Richardson (1651-1714), married 1672 Mary Peacock (1654-1719).

Information about this RICHARDSON family was obtained from:

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Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857, wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield Maine (Portland ME : Anthoensen Press, 1958).

I have done no original research on this Richardson line.


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