Richard Oldham (1614 - bef. 1656)

Born Mar 1614 in St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Husband of Martha (Eaton) Brown — married about 1650 in Prob. Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 1 Apr 1656 before age 42 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Richard was born in 1614 in London to John Oldham.^[1] He married Martha Eaton(?)

Family

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Date: Abt 1652

Place: Prob. Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Probate

His will is dated 8 July 1655 and recorded on 1 April 1656 at Cambridge. He mentions his wife Martha, and his two sons, Samuel and John. His inventory was taken on the 19th of the 10th month 1655. ^[2]

Research notes

Torrey NE Marriages: OLDHAM, Richard (-1655) & Martha [EATON] (1636-), m/2 Thomas BROWN 1656; by 1649; Cambridge (Brigham Anc. says Martha Sherman) {Reg. 76:73; Brigham Anc. 41, 47; Brighton Hist. 198; Eaton Fam. Assn. 19; Watertown 202}

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMR9-MJY : 4 February 2023), Richard Oldham, 1614.
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1654-1673”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89D5-BQZ8 : 4 May 2023), FHL microfilm 007554513, image 53-54, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Vol 1, 1654-1661, Pages 91-93.

• Putnam, England. Genealogical Research in England - Jenkin, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1922) , Vol 76 Page 73
• Winship, J. P. C. (John Perkins Cushing). Historical Brighton: an Illustrated History of Brighton And Its Citizens. Boston: G. A. Warren, 1899, 1902. Page 187.
• Report of the 5th Annual Reunion of the Eaton Family Association. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers, 1888. Page 19.
• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1855) Page 202.
• Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
• Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 16211: Will.
• Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Acknowledgements

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