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William RICHARDSON

William RICHARDSON

Male - 1697

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  • Name William RICHARDSON 
    Gender Male 
    Immigratn 1649  [1] 
    • With his wife, four children and four other persons.
    Immigratn 1655  [2] 
    • aboard Constant Friendship, settled in Maryland
    Will 21 Dec 1691  Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Will bequeaths to sons Daniel and Joseph equally, six hundred acres called "Henry's Hills" and Franklin's Enlargement." To wife, Elizabeth, "Watkins Hope," to son William, at twenty-one years of age, part of "Watkins Hope" adjoining plantation of William Cole. To daughter Sophia "The Diligent Search" at sixteen, young son Joseph, grandson William Richardson, Margaret, wife of William Richardson, Jr. all received personalty, as did also John and Sarah Talbot and their daughter Elizabeth and the three children of Edward Talbot (the children of his wife by her marriage to Richard Talbot).
    Occupation Member and later minister, Society of Friends  [4] 
    Probate 28 May 1698  Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5] 
    Death 2 Nov 1697  [2] 
    Person ID I1080  MM
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2002 

    Father Robert RICHARDSON 
    Mother Susanna UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F2170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth EWEN,   b. 1634, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1703/04, Anne Arundel Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1667  [4, 6] 
    Children 
     1. William RICHARDSON,   b. 26 Aug 1668, West River, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1744 (Age 75 years)
     2. Daniel RICHARDSON,   b. 13 Mar 1670/71, West River, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Joseph RICHARDSON,   b. 13 May 1671
     4. Sophia Elizabeth RICHARDSON,   b. 4 Jul 1675, West River, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1678 (Age 3 years)
     5. Joseph RICHARDSON,   b. 3 Apr 1678, West River, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 18 Aug 1748, West River, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
     6. Sapphira RICHARDSON,   b. 27 Jul 1680, West River, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1705 (Age 24 years)
     7. Elizabeth RICHARDSON,   b. 27 Jul 1680, West River, Anne Arundel, MD Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsWill - 21 Dec 1691 - Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 28 May 1698 - Annapolis, Anne Arundel, MD Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Skordas, Gust, Early Settlers of Maryland, (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1968), 83.

    2. [S86] Mackenzie, George Nordbury, Colonial Families of the US, (Grafton Press, New York, 1907), 86.

    3. [S82] Cotton, Jane Baldwin, Maryland Calendar of Wills, (W.J.C. Dulany Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1901), 82.

    4. [S77] Desc. of Rich. & Eliz. Talbott, (Day Printing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1927), p. 15, 77.

    5. [S77] Desc. of Rich. & Eliz. Talbott, (Day Printing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1927), 77.

    6. [S81] Richardson, Hester Dorsey, SideLights of Maryland History, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, Maryland, 1967), Shown in Annapolis Records, Liber 19, folio 615., 81.