Robert Rich (1703 - aft. 1757)

Born 23 Oct 1703 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Collins) Rich — married 5 Mar 1730 in Truro, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Robert Rich was born on 23 October 1703 in Eastham, Barnstable County, (then) Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of John & Mary (Treat) Rich.^[1]

He married in Truro on 5 March 1729/30, Lydia Collins, the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Bangs) Collins of Truro.^[2] The marriage record gives the groom's name as John, however it is clear from the publishment of their intentions that it was Robert.^[3]

With his wife Lydia, he witnessed a deed of sale between his brothers, Joshua, John and Reuben, of a piece of meadow land at Hopkins Island on 1 October 1757.^[4] (Apparently the last record found of the couple).

Children:

1. Mary, b. 12 July 1732; mar. Simeon Baker of Eastham
2. Moses, b. 15 Aug 1735; d. before 1801; mar.(1) Thankful Atwood; mar.(2) Hannah Rich
3. Robert, b. 12 Sept 1737
4. John, b. 12 Feb 1740; d. young
5. John, b. 3 Oct 1741
6. Joshua, b. 11 Sept 1743
7. Hannah, b. ca. 1747
8. Nehemiah, b. 3 Mar 1750
9. Reuben, b. 18 Dec 1751

Sources

1. ↑ George E. Bowman, Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 9:14, Eastham-Orleans.

   "Robert Rich the Son of John and Mary Rich was Born at Eastham the twenty third day of October Anno 1703."

2. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933), Vol. 1:22.

   "John Rich and Lidia collins were married March ye 5th 1729/30 all by the Revrd Mr Jno : Avery Pastor of the chh in Truroe Recorded Pr Tho : Paine Town Clr"

3. ↑ George E. Bowman, Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 28:171, Eastham-Orleans - Vol. 1:215

   "february ye 5th 1729/30 Robert Rich of Eastham Signified his purpose to marry with Lidia Collins of Truro in order to be published"

4. ↑ Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his Descendants," NEHGR Vol. 83:271. {link by $ubscription}

See also:

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Eastham; Town and Vital Records; Film # 007009735, Image # 222 of 716 [or Image 56 of 126]; Birth registry, p. 53, of Robert and Lydia's sons Namiah and Reuben Rich
• Collins, Jr., Stanley Newcomb. Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 16