John Richmond

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Husband John Richmond ¹

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           Born:  - England
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           Died: 20 Mar 1664 - Taunton, Bristol Co, MA 1
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• Ancestry Information: George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926).
To read about the early ancestry of this family, click here.

• Note: This may be the same person as : John Richmond.

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Wife

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Children

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1 M John Richmond ¹

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           Born: Abt 1627 - England
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           Died: 7 Oct 1715 1
         Buried:  - Taunton, Bristol Co, MA

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

         Spouse: Abigail Rogers (1641-1727) 1
           Marr: Abt 1663

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2 M Edward Richmond ¹

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           Born: 1632 1
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3 F Sarah Richmond ¹

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           Born: 1636 1
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4 F Mary Richmond ¹

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           Born: 1639 1
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General Notes: Husband - John Richmond

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The immigrant ancestor of this family, he is said to have been born in Wiltshire, England, where the old Richmond Manor House is still [1913] standing. He was baptized there in 1579. He came to America about 1636, and was one of the purchasers of Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1637.
George Richmond, possibly a cousin, was engaged in business in Saco, Maine, in 1635, and John may have been there also, before coming to Taunton.
John Richmond is mentioned in the court records, March 7, 1636, showing that at that time he was engaged in trade, and it is thought that he may have returned to England. He returned to Taunton, however, and died there March 20, 1664, aged seventy years. His name is often on the court records in 1636 and 1637. He was of Newport for a time, and one of the commissioners from that town in 1656. He took the oath of fidelity in Taunton before 1640. The part of the town where he owned land is still [1913] called Richmondtown. His will was dated December 14, 1663, and proved October 29, 1669. [Something is amiss in the dates given here, probably the year of his baptism - if he died in 1664 at age seventy, then he was born about 1594.]

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 14.