Ebenezer Richardson (1802 - 1848)

Born 7 Jan 1802 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Ebenezer Richardson; b. 7 Jan 1802 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine;^[1]

m. Jane Campbell, daughter of James Campbell and Elizabeth Smallidge, 5 Feb 1829 at Eden, Hancock, Maine;

He died 4 Apr 1848 at Æ 44y;

Jane Campbell was born on 1 Jun 1807 at Eden, Hancock, Maine. She died on 8 Jul 1891 at age 84. She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Ebenezer Richardson and Jane Campbell were as follows:

• i. Sarah Richardson; b. 17 Nov 1829 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; b. 1831 at Hancock, Maine; m. Alfred Mayo, son of Thomas Mayo and Desire Keziah Knowles; d. 1914; she was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Nicholas R. Richardson; b. 17 Apr 1831 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Harriet Ann Wasgatt Hadley, daughter of Josiah B. Hadley and Zena Seamons Wasgatt, 26 Sep 1859 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Harriet Ann Wasgatt Hadley, daughter of Josiah B. Hadley and Zena Seamons Wasgatt, 1 Oct 1859 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 10 Apr 1894 at Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, at age 62.

• iii. James C. Richardson; b. 22 May 1833 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 20 Sep 1868 at Wilmington, North Carolina, at age 35; AE 37y 7m; d. 14 Sep 1869 at age 36; he was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Emeline Richardson; b. 17 Feb 1834 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• v. Albion Richardson; b. 17 Feb 1837 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 21 Aug 1848 at age 11.

• vi. Orient Richardson; b. 17 Feb 1839 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Anna M. (--?--); m. Mary Frances Thurber, daughter of George Winchester Thurber and Abigail Matilda Dawes, 21 Apr 1871 at Portland, Cumberland, Maine.

• vii. Mercie H. Richardson; b. 11 Jun 1841 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 15 Mar 1870 at age 28; she was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• viii. Sylvester B. Richardson; b. 7 Apr 1843 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; d. 16 Sep 1862 at age 19; d. 17 Sep 1862 at Antietam at age 19; AE 19y 5m "killed at Antietam."

• ix. Kerriah H. Richardson; b. 7 Apr 1845 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine.

• x. Zeruah H. Richardson; b. 7 Apr 1845 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; m. Winslow N. Hadley, son of Amos Thomas Hadley and Esther Mayo, 17 Dec 1867 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 18 Jul 1879 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 34; she was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine.

• xi. Caroline A Richardson; b. 4 Aug 1847 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; b. 4 Aug 1848 at West Eden, Hancock, Maine; m. Eben Fernala Burns, son of William D. Burns and Martha Gott, 10 May 1866 at Eden, Hancock, Maine; d. 20 May 1917 at Eden, Hancock, Maine, at age 68.

Sources

1. ↑ “Town and Vital Records, 1796-1891, Vol 1, Town of Eden, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-8CTN : 5 October 2022), FHL microfilm 008128199, image 9, Volume 1, Eden, Maine, Page 2.

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4CZ-82B : 14 January 2020), Ebenezzear Richardson, 1802
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 March 2020), memorial page for Capt Eben Richardson (1804–4 Apr 1848), Find a Grave Memorial no. 93275401, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Wildflower (contributor 47716214) .