Daniel Richardson (1692 - abt. 1774)

Born 4 Apr 1692 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Pottle) Richardson — married 5 Feb 1723 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Husband of Lydia (Brown) Richardson — married 27 Jul 1761 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1774 at about age 81 in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Daniel Richardson was born to Joseph and Margaret (Godfrey) Richardson, April 4, 1692 in Newbury, Massachusetts.^[1]

Daniel married Sarah Pottle, February 5, 1723, in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.^[2][3] Daniel's children were all with Sarah.

Daniel and Sarah had five children, born in Newbury, Massachusetts:^[3][4]

• Christopher, b 1724
• Hannah, b 1726
• Daniel, b 1730
• Sarah, b 1733
• Stephen, b 1737

Daniel married second, widow Lydia (Brown) Mireck, July 27, 1761, in Newbury, Massachusetts.^[5]

On May 4, Daniel sold his property in Methuen, approximately 52 acres with a house and barn, to Jonathan Noyes of Newbury for 160 pounds.^[6] Thereafter, it seems likely that he lodged with his son Stephen across the town and county line in Dracut, Middlesex County and died there.

Daniel died in 1774, prior to November 17. His will was filed in the Middlesex County Probate office, but is missing from the docket.^[1]

Research Notes

Although there is a marriage record between Daniel Richardson and Sarah Pottle in 1723 in Hampton Falls, which is about 25 miles away; is it the correct Daniel? The Richardson Memorial... has shows only a wife Lydia ______.^[1]

Daniel's father, Joseph, was a cordwainer.^[7] Sarah's father, Christopher, was a tanner^[8]. Daniel's brother Thomas married Sarah's sister Hannah.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Richardson Memorial comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson, who came from England...., by John Adams Vinton, published 1876, reference page 820
2. ↑ History of the town of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire from the time of the first settlement within its borders, by Warren Brown, published 1900, reference page 129
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Simon, Vaughn L., Descendants of William Richardson and Elizabeth Wiseman, published 2006. Reference pages 24-27
4. ↑ FamilySearch.org using Daniel and Sarah's names
5. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Newbury Volume 2, page 419
6. ↑ Essex Deeds 133-163 recorded July 14, 1774; microfilm record, NEHGS, Boston.
7. ↑ Vinton, op.cit.
8. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts; 2. 358.
9. ↑ Brown, op. cit.