William Richardson (1758 - 1833)

Born 9 Oct 1758 in Sutton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1833 at age 74 in East Alstead, Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

William was a private in the Massachusetts Militia under Captains. Woodbury, Elliot, Batchelor, Burbank, and Colonels Davis, Wood Pension Number: S*W16695 Revolutionary War veteran:

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor #: A095979 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 10-9-1758 SUTTON MASSACHUSETTS Death: 3-23-1833 ALSTEAD CHESHIRE CO NEW HAMPSHIRE Pension Number: S*W16695 Service Description: CAPTS WOODBURY,ELLIOT,BATCHELOR,BURBANK, COLS DAVIS,WOOD Residence 1) City: SUTTON - County: WORCESTER CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS Spouse 1) LAVINA TAFT ^[1]

Death

The death of William Richardson, 74, Revolutionary soldier, at Alstead, New Hampshire, was reported in the Columbian Central on 10 Apr 1833.^[2]

Probate

On 1 Apr 1833, Levina Richardson of Alstead petitioned the probate court of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, to appoint William Richardson to administer the estate of William Richardson, late of Alstead, deceased, who had died intestate.^[3]

Burial

West End Cemetery, Marlow, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ per DAR documentation in records database
2. ↑ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 Massachusetts > Columbian Centinel > Death > Pabodie-Roane > image 8 5 of 924, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image [database on-line] > Massachusetts > Columbian Centinel > Death > Pabodie-Roane > page 3808 > image 875 of 624
3. ↑ Petition of Levina Richardson, in probate file of William Richardson, in New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982] (Ancestry Image, subscription required; see Ancestry Sharing Link) [database on-line] > Cheshire > Estate Files, R181-R238, 1827-1840 > image 557 of 1513. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20843536 for Dr. William Richardson, with photo of gravestone of Doct. William Richardson

See also:

• John Adams Vinton, The Richardson memorial, comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson, who came from England, and united with others in the foundation of Woburn, Massachusetts, in the year 1641, of John Richardson, of Medfield, 1679, of Amos Richardson, of Boston, 1640, of Edward and William Richardson, of Newbury, 1643, with notices of Richardsons in England and elsewhere (Portland, Me., 1878), pages 277-278, citing informatio provided by their son William Richardson
• Personal information Grady Loy (learned from Priscilla Graves Loy and correspondence and conversations with Esther Thomas Ridlon).