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Family of Thomas Richardson (567) & Katherine Duxford

1994. Elizabeth Richardson. Born ca 1593 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. Elizabeth was baptized in Westmill on 13 Jan 1593/4.77 Elizabeth died on 22 Jun 1630 in Westmill, Hertfordshire.77

On 2 May 1617 Elizabeth married Francis Wyman, son of Thomas Wymant (ca 1565-1570-) & Joan Cressal, in Westmill, Hertfordshire.77 Born ca 1594 in Westmill, Hertfordshire. Francis died on 19 Apr 1658 in Westmill, Hertfordshire.77

Their children include:
7162 i. Thomas Wyman (ca 1618-Mar 1677)
7163 ii. Francis Wyman (ca 1619-30 Nov 1699)
7164 iii. Lieut. John Wyman (ca 1621-9 May 1684)
7165 iv. Richard Wyman (ca 1623/4-Mar 1645)
7166 v. Elizabeth Wyman (ca 1626-)
7167 vi. William Wyman (Died soon) (ca 1628-Jul 1630)

1995. John Richardson. Born ca 1596 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. John was baptized in Westmill, Hertfordshire, on 7 Nov 1596.77

1996. James Richardson. Born ca 1600 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. James was baptized in Westmill, Hertfordshire, on 6 Apr 1600.77

James married Agnes [Richardson]. Agnes died on 1 Feb 1632/3.77

James and Agnes resided at Aspenden.77

Their children include:
7168 i. James Richardson (ca 1629-)
7169 ii. Ann Richardson (ca 1632/3-Mar 1632/3)

1997. Samuel Richardson. Born ca 1604 in Hertfordshire, England. Samuel was baptized in Westmill, Hertfordshire, on 22 Dec 1604.77 Samuel died on 23 Mar 1658 in Woburn, MA.35

From the Richardson Memorial:145
  “The first notice we find of Samuel is dated July 1, 1636, when he and his brother, Thomas Richardson, with others, were on a committee to lay out lots of land for hay.  In 1637, the names of Samuel and Thomas Richardson first appear in a list of inhabitants of Charlestown.  The same year the town of Charlestown granted to each of them a ‘house plot,’ clearly indicating that they had recently become residents in the place.  These two brothers were admitted members of the church there, Feb. 18, 1637-8, in consequence of which they were made freemen of the colony, May 2, 1638. Samuel was chosen surveyor of the highways, March 17, 1636-7.
    “The three brothers had lots assigned them, April 20, 1638, on ‘Misticke side and above the Ponds,’ that is, in Malden, and their names, among others, appear as persons having the privilege of pasturing cows upon the Common, Dec. 30, 1638.
  ”On the 5th of November, 1640, the three brothers and four others, Edward Convers, Edward Johnson, John Mousall, and Thomas Graves, were chosen by the church of Charlestown as commissioners or agents for the settlement of a church and town, within what were then the limits of Charlestown, but soon after erected into a separate town, and called Woburn.  That whole territory was then a wide, uncultivated waste.  In the February following, the commissioners built a bridge over the Aberjona River, as the Mystic River is called, north of Mystic Pond. This bridge was known in after times as Convers' Bridge, from Edward Convers, the proprietor of the adjacent mill.  He lived in the immediate vicinity, in the first house built in Woburn.  His descendants lived there, or in that vicinity, and the entire locality is now in the heart of the town of Winchester.
    “When the church was constituted in Woburn, Aug. 14, 1642, O.S., Samuel Richardson and his two brothers, with John Mousall, Edward Johnson, Edward Convers, and William Learned, solemnly stood forth, as the nucleus around which the church was to be gathered.
  “The three brothers lived near to each other, on the same street, which has ever since been known as ‘Richardson's Row.’  It was by the town laid out as a street in 1647, and the three Richardsons are in the town book represented as then living upon it. It runs almost due north and south, in the north eastern part of the present town of Winchester, but a short distance east of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and now constitutes a part of Washington Street, in the town last named.  The three brothers lived near the present line of Woburn.  Cellar holes are still pointed out to designate the sites of their houses.  Samuel lived near the present abode of his descendant, Luther Richardson, now [1876] living, but a short distance north from the present village of Winchester.
    “That Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson were brothers appears from the will of Ezekiel Richardson, in which he ‘discharges all demands between his brother Samuel Richardson and himself, and gives to Thomas Richardson, son of his brother Thomas, ten shillings.’  It also appears from a quitclaim deed of forty acres of land, from Samuel Richardson, dated March 1657, to ‘my sister Susanna Richardson, now Brooks, during her lifetime, and then to my cousin [i.e., nephew], Theophilus Richardson’ [Midd. Deeds, ii. 72], and moreover from the boundaries of said forty acres, which are "south by Samuel Richardson, north by Thomas Richardson, our brother,’ etc.  [Midd. Deeds, ii. 154.]  This deed further determines the relative position of the houses and farms of the three brothers, that Samuel lived nearest to the present village of Winchester, Thomas on the north, near Woburn line, and Ezekiel midway between them.
    “Samuel Richardson was selectman of Woburn in 1644, 1645, 1646, 1649, 1650, and 1651.  In 1645, he paid the highest tax of any man in Woburn; Capt. Edward Johnson the next.
    “He died, intestate, March 23, 1658.  The inventory is dated March 29, 1658.  His widow Joanna and eldest son, John, were appointed administrators.  [Midd. Prob. Rec., i. 142]  Lieut. John Wyman, of Woburn, was appointed guardian of his sons, John and Joseph, June 25, 1658”

On 18 Oct 1632 Samuel married Joanna Thake, daughter of William Thake (ca 1571-Oct 1630) & Joan Wood (ca 1574-May 1621), in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire.77 Born ca 1606 in Hertfordshire, England. Joanna was baptized in Westmill, Hertfordshire, on 2 Feb 1606/7.77 Joanna died on 20 Jun 1666 in Watertown, MA. Education: Joanna was admitted to the church in Charlestown 9 Sep 1639.

The will of Joanna Richardson, widow of Samuel, is dated June 20, 1666, proved 1677. She gives her real estate to her eldest son, John, and sons Joseph, Samuel, and Stephen, and her clothing to her daughter Elizabeth.  She mentions Mary Mousall as her daughter.145

Their children include:
7170 i. Samuel Richardson (Died young) (ca 1633-)
7171 ii. Elizabeth Richardson (ca Nov 1635-16 Aug 1685)
7172 iii. Mary Richardson (ca 1637-13 Sep 1677)
7173 iv. Lieut. John Richardson (ca 1639-1 Jan 169[6/]7)
7174 v. Hannah Richardson (Died soon) (8 Mar 1642-8 Apr 1642)
7175 vi. Joseph Richardson (27 Jul 1643-5 Mar 1718)
7176 vii. Samuel Richardson (22 May 1646-29 Apr 1712)
7177 viii. Stephen Richardson (15 Aug 1649-22 Mar 1718)
7178 ix. Thomas Richardson (Died young) (31 Dec 1651-27 Sep 1657)

1998. Ezekiel Richardson. Born ca 1606 in Hertfordshire, England. Ezekiel was baptized in Westmill, Hertfordshire, on 24 Sep 1606.77 Ezekiel died on 21 Oct 1647 in Woburn, MA.35 Occupation: planter.

Ezekiel and Susanna probably came in the fleet of Winthrop in 1630. They belonged to the church of Boston, and were dismissed with others 1 Oct 1632 to establish a church at Charlestown. Ezekiel was freemand 18 May 1631; by the Court appointed 1633 constable, and by the people representative 1635, with many of his townsmen united in remonstrance against the Act of the government towards Wheelwright, in 1637, and, his heart failing him, in Nov expressed his contrition and had his name crossed over. In 1640, when a selectman, he favored settlement at Woburn.2

From the Richardson Memorial:145
    Ezekiel and Susannah “became members of the church gathered in Charlestown, Aug. 27, 1630, which afterwards became the First Church in Boston; and both were dismissed from it, with thirty three others, Oct. 14, 1632, to form the present First Church in Charlestown, which was gathered on the second day of November following.  He was admitted a freeman of the colony, May 18, 1631, which was in consequence of his church membership.
    ...
    “His name often occurs on the Charlestown records.  He was, in 1633, appointed by the General Court a constable, then an office of much responsibility.  In the following years, he was appointed by the town on several important committees.  He was one of the first board of selectmen in Charlestown, chosen Feb. 10, 1634-5; also in 1637, 1638, 1639.  He was a deputy or representative of that town in the General Court, chosen Sept. 2, 1634, and also the following year, 1635.  In 1637, a lot of land was granted to him on ‘Misticke Side,’ or Malden; also to each of his brothers, of whom more in the sequel.
    “He was a follower of Ann Hutchinson and John Wheelwright in the Antinomian Controversy of 1637, as were most of the members of the Boston church, and was one of the eighty or more persons who signed the Remonstrance in Mr. Wheelwright’s favor, presented to the General Court on the ninth of March in that year.  At the session of the General Court held in November following, he and several others desired that their names might be erased from that paper, which the Court had judged to be of seditious tendency.  Thus acknowledging his fault, he was exempted from the censure inflicted by the Court; in other words, he was not disarmed, as were nearly all of the Remonstrance.  It is creditable to his memory that he was willing to abandon an enterprise in which he had conscientiously, but unwisely, embarked.
    “In May, 1640, the town of Charlestown petitioned the General Court for an enlargement of her territory. The petition was granted, and addition made to her territory of two miles square, soon after increased to four miles square. On the 15th of May, Ezekiel Richardson, Edward Johnson, Edward Convers, and some others were sent to explore this grant and to determine its bounds. The original design was to make a village within the bounds of Charlestown and dependent on it. But as early as the 5th of November, 1640, the church of Charlestown chose seven men, Edward Convers, Edward Johnson, Ezekiel Richardson, John Mousall, Thomas Graves, Samuel Richardson, and Thomas Richardson, as commissioners or agents, for the erection of a new church and town, upon the land thus granted, to be entirely distinct and separate from Charlestown. A beginning was made in the erection of houses.   Log houses, doubtless during the year 1641, at and near the center of the new town, which at its incorporation, in September, 1642, received the name of Woburn, from Woburn in Herefordshire, England, where was an ancient abbey, founded in 1145, and where was the palatial residence of the noble family of Russells, dukes of Bedford, long known as the friends of liberty. The church in Woburn was solemnly constituted Aug. 14, 1642, O.S., answering to Aug. 24, N. S. Seven persons were embodied in a church state, viz.: John Mousall, Edward Convers, Edward Johnson, William Learned, Ezekiel Richardson, Samuel Richardson, and Thomas Richardson. These persons stood forth, one by one, and declared their religious faith and christian experience. These seven men were the ‘seven pillars,’ Prov. ix. 1; they were the nucleus of the new church, and theirs was the responsible duty of deciding what other members should be admitted. It was also their duty to lay out the new town to be formed in connection with this church, and make all needful arrangements for this purpose. The fact that the three Richardson brothers were appointed on so important a service is conclusive proof of their general excellence of character and of the confidence reposed in their wisdom and integrity. The first settlers of Woburn, 1642, could not have exceeded thirty heads of families.  Thirty two men subscribed the ‘Town Orders,’ agreed on by the commissioners at their first meeting, in Charlestown, for the settlement of Woburn, Dec. 18, 1640; but several more became inhabitants of the new town.
    “Ezekiel Richardson and his two brothers, after their removal to Woburn, lived near each other, on the same street, which, from its having been their residence and that of many of their posterity, has been known from time immemorial as ‘Richardson's Row.’  It was in the present town of Winchester, a little north and east of the village; the ‘Row’ now constituting a part of Washington Street.  He himself lived half a mile north of the present village of Winchester; a locality, until April 30, 1850, included in the town of Woburn.  The descendants these three brothers, bearing the name of Richardson, long have been and still are more numerous than persons of any other name in Woburn, and among them have been found some of the most useful and valued members of the church and citizens of the place.  [Statement of Rev. Samuel Sewall, of Burlington, in his History of Woburn, p. 71] At the first election of town officers in Woburn, April 13, 1644, Ezekiel Richardson was chosen a selectman, and continued to be chosen to that responsible office in 1645, 1646, and 1647.  Edward Convers,  John Mousall these were deacons of the church till their death and Ezekiel Richardson were appointed "’o end small causes under twenty shillings,’ at Woburn;  and so continued till death.
    “Edward Convers, Ezekiel Richardson, Capt. Cooke, and Edward Goffe, with Mr. Stileman, were appointed a committee to lay out a road from Cambridge to Woburn. Ezekiel Richardson, one of the founders of Woburn, died in that town Oct. 21, 1647.  From the fact that all his children were at this time under the age of twenty one, it is inferred that his age at his decease did not exceed forty five. His will is dated 20th day of the fifth month, 1647; equivalent to July  20, 1647.  It was proved June 1, 1648, and is on file in the Suffolk Probate Office, Boston.”

Will: I Ezekiel Richardson of Woburn, being in perfect memoir, do make this my last will and testament as followeth, imprimis.  I make my wife Susanna and my eldest son Theophilus joint Executors.  Item. I give and bequeath to Josias my son thirty pounds to be paid in money, cattle, or corn, when he shall accomplish one and twenty years of age. Item. I give unto James my son thirty pounds to be paid in money, cattle, or corn, when he shall accomplish one and twenty years of age. Item. I give unto Phebe my daughter thirty pounds to be paid in money, cattle, or corn, when she shall accomplish twenty years of age, or within six months after the day of her marriage, which cometh first.  I say all these several legacies to be paid in money cattle or corn at the discretion of the Executors and overseers.

In case any of these three die before they do accomplish the said age mentioned then the said legacy shall be equally divided to them which shall survive.  In case my son Theophilus die before he shall accomplish one and twenty years of age then his portion shall be equally divided to my other children which shall survive. Item. I do freely forgive and discharge whatsoever accounts and demands have been between my Brother Samuel Richardson and myself. Item. I give unto my brother Thomas Richardson his son Thomas ten shillings to be paid within one year after my decease.  Item. I make for overseers to this my will Edward Converse and John Mousall of Woburn; in case either of them die before the accomplishment of this my will the survivor with the consent of Thomas Carter Pastor of the church of Woburn shall have power to choose an other overseer in his place. Item. I give unto the overseers for and in consideration of their care and pains thirty shillings apiece.  Item. all my debts and funeral [expenses] being discharged I give and bequeath all the rest of my estate to my executors, provided that my wife may peaceably enjoy her habitation in the house so long as she shall live.
    
In witness whereof I have set to my hand. Ezekiel richardson.
In presence of these

    Thomas Carter, scribe.
    Edward Convers.
    John Mousall.

Testified under oath of the said Edward Converse and John Mousall that the above written is the last will and testament of Ezekiel Richardson and that he was of a disposing mind at the making the same.  Taken 1 (4) 1648 before the court and myself.

  Increase Nowell, Rr. [Register.]

An inventory was taken 18 Nov 1647.

ca 1631 Ezekiel married Susannah [Richardson]. Susannah died on 15 Sep 1681 in Woburn, MA.

Susannah first married Ezekiel Richardson, second Henry Brooks. Susannah’s surname is sometimes given as Bradford, but there seems to be no reason ever mentioned why it should be Bradford.

Their children include:
7179 i. Phebe Richardson (ca 1632-13 Sep 1716)
7180 ii. Theophilus Richardson (ca 1633-28 Dec 1674)
7181 iii. Capt. Josiah Richardson (ca 1635-22 Jun 1695)
7182 iv. John Richardson (Died young) (ca 1638-7 Jan 1743)
7183 v. Jonathan Richardson (Died young) (ca 1639/40-)
7184 vi. Lieut. James Richardson (ca 1641-28 Jun 1677)
7185 vii. Ruth Richardson (Died soon) (23 Aug 1643-7 Sep 1643)

1999. Margaret Richardson. Born ca 1607 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. Margaret was baptized in Westmill, Hertfordshire, on 19 Apr 1607.77

2000. Thomas Richardson. Born ca 1608 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. Thomas was baptized in Westmill, Hertfordshire, on 3 Jul 1608.77 Thomas died on 28 Aug 1651 in Woburn, MA.35 Religion: Thomas joined the church in Charlestown 18 Feb 1637/8.

Thomas had lived a few years at Charlestown, freeman 2 May 1638, then one of the founders of the church at Woburn.2

On 21 Feb 1635/6 Thomas married Mary Baldwin in Charlestown, MA. Mary died on 19 May 1670 in Woburn, MA. Religion: Mary was admitted to the Charlestown church on 21 Feb 1635/6.

Their children include:
7186 i. Mary Richardson (ca 1638-)
7187 ii. Sarah Richardson (ca 1640-)
7188 iii. Isaac Richardson (24 May 1643-2 Apr 1689)
7189 iv. Thomas Richardson (4 Oct 1645-25 Feb 1720/1)
7190 v. Ruth Richardson (14 Apr 1647-)
7191 vi. Phebe Richardson (24 Jan 1649-)
7192 vii. Nathaniel Richardson (2 Jan 1651-4 Dec 1714)

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