Richard Paul (abt. 1610 - abt. 1654)

Born about 1610 in England

Husband of Margery (Turner) Withington — married 7 Nov 1638 in Taunton, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died about 1654 at about age 44 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Richard Paul migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 256) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Son

William Paul has been listed as the son of this Richard Paull and Margery Turner.^[1][2] No evidence for this relationship has been found and all records were destroyed by fire long ago.^[3] The dates of birth make this relationship highly unlikely. Margery is said to have been born 1617, Richard in 1610 and William in either 1615 or 1624. Assuming William born in 1624, Margery would have been 7 and Richard would have been a mere 14.

Biography

Richard Paul and William Scadding orally presented the will of John Briant to the Plymouth Court on June 4, 1638. They testified that they heard him declare it two days before he died.^[1]

Richard was licensed to "keep a victualing house" in Taunton on August 3, 1640.^[1] He was subject to military service in 1643.^[2]

Richard Paul was one of the initial 46 purchasers of the town of Taunton. He had land on the Mill River in Taunton by March 7, 1649, as his land is used to bound the property of George Macey. Richard Paul to the West, George Macey and then Timothy Holloway to the East. He was a member of a jury on inquest in 1650 and again in 1653. He was surveyor of highways in 1652.^[2]

Richard must have died before May 17, 1654, since in the will of Elizabeth Pole on that date she refers to her "kind and old friend sister Margery Paule, widow". ^[4]

May 25, 1680, James Leonard, Jr., was granted rights to land he acquired through the shares in Taunton that were originally allocated to Richard.

This is a total guess based on information from the biography of his wife's second husband

Sources

Taunton, MA Vital Records to 1850; Marriages - page 361

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Emery, Samuel Hopkins. "History of Taunton Massachusetts", Syracuse, NY, D. Mason & Co., 1893.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Connelley, William E. "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans. Vol. 3", Chicago, IL, USA: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918.
3. ↑ Paul, Edward J., "Notes of the American Families of Paul or Paull, Volume I", Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1897. Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, MA 02780
4. ↑ Family papers compiled by Deacon Luther Paul in 1895.

Emigration year 1635 as per COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p.