Bethia (Richardson) Hunt (abt. 1652 - 1707)

Born about 1652 in Queens, New York Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Ketcham — married 14 Mar 1676 in West Farms, Westchester, New York

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1707 at about age 55 in West Farms, Westchester, New York

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Biography

Married 14 March 1676 to John Ketcham West Farms, Westchester, New York.^[1]

She married Joseph Hunt in 1694. Torrey lists her as Bethia___. ^[2]

Note

The patent for West Farms was granted to John Richardson (father of Bethia) and Edward Jessup April 25, 1666. " Bounded east by the river called by the Indians Aquehung, otherwise Bronks river, westerly by a little brook called by the Indians Sackwrahung, and southward to the Sound at East river, including a certain neck called Quinahung." Edward Jessup had a daughter Elizabeth, who married Thomas Hunt, and his part came into their possession. The whole was divided in 1669, Thomas Hunt having the part still known as "Hunt's Point."^[3]

Marriage date: above lists marriage date to Ketcham as March 14, but the source from familysearch says Feb 26. One may be the license date and the other the ceremony.

Listed as daughter of John Richardson and wife of John Ketcham in 1679 will of John Richardson. See familysearch under memories for unsourced image.

Two children with John Ketcham (Nathaniel and Joseph) listed on page 4 of book by Dorothy Chance.^[4]

Two children with John Ketcham listed in book on McArthur family (Theophilus and Bethia, who each married a Reeder sibling).^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CL-819L : 22 July 2021), Bethia Richardson in entry for John Ketcham, 26 Feb 1676, New York, British Colonial America; citing ref. ID , county clerk offices from various counties, New York; FHL microfilm 930,131.
2. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.Pg. 404
3. ↑ Jessup, Henry G. Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester County, New York, and His Descendants, (1887)
4. ↑ The Ketcham/Ketchum family in America, 1635-1991 : descendants of Nathaniel Ketcham of Huntington, Long Island, and of Nathaniel Ketchum of Norwalk, Connecticut by Chance, Dorothy Jane, 1924-, published 1991, Gateway Press, page 4-5, https://archive.org/details/ketchamketchumfa00chan/page/4/mode/2up : accessed 21 May 2022
5. ↑ McArthur - Barnes ancestral lines by McArthur, Selim Walker, 1888-1961, Page 54, http://www.houstonlibrary.org/ https://gengophers.com/book.html#/book/4304?page=58&given=Theophilus&surname=Ketcham

• Jessup, Henry G. Edward Jessup of West Farms, Westchester County, New York, and His Descendants, (1887)

• Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith ... [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Seversmith, Herbert Furman,. Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith .... Washington. 1939-1958. Page Kecham 1715

See also

• Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L27S-3T2

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Susan Ketcham for creating WikiTree profile Richardson-4811 through the import of Ketcham Family Tree (3).ged on Mar 20, 2013.

• This person was created on 13 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.