Born about in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Richmond
[uncertain]
and Mehitabell (Deane) Richmond
[uncertain]
Sister of
Mary (Richmond) Leonard, Josiah Richmond Jr., George Richmond, Gershom Richmond, Benjamin Richmond, Mercy (Richmond) Hackett, Lemuel Richmond, Miriam (Richmond) Ray, Ephraim Richmond Sr. and Eleazer Richmond
Wife of
Amaziah Richmond
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Jeremiah Tinkham 3rd
— married
2 Nov 1773 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Amaziah Richmond and Benjamin Tinkham
Died
at about age 75
in Athens, Windham, Vermont, USA
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Probable Conflation
There probably were two different contemporary girls named Zeruiah (or variant spellings) Richmond. One of them married Amaziah Richmond and is presumed to have died before December 1764. The other was born about 1740, married Jeremiah Tinkham in 1773, and died in 1815. One of these is the daughter of Josiah Richmond and Mehitabel Deane. [1]
Biography
Zermiah was born about 1740. She passed away in 1815. [2]
Zerviah Richmond of Middleborough, Massachusetts, was married to Jeremiah Tinkham of Middleborough on 2 November 1773. The marriage was entered in the vital records of both Taunton and Middlleborough, Massachusetts, in both cases suggesting that the marriage occurred in that town. Taunton Vital Records indicates that Zerviah was not previously married, stating: "Richmond, Zerviah, Miss, and Jeremiah Tinkham Jr., both of Middleboro, Nov. 2, 1773, C.R.4."[3] and Middleboro Vital Records suggest her as previously married, stating (in different transcriptions): "[A.D. 1773] November 2d I married Mr. Jeremiah Tinkham [Jr.] & Mrs. Zeriah Richmond Both of Middleborough," or "Septr. 11th 1773 Mr. Jeremiah Tinkham Junr. & Mrs. Zenirah Richmond both of Middleborough," but this difference is not meaningful because all women named in the Middleborough marriage records in that time period are identified as "Mrs."[4][5]
Molly, daughter of Jeremiah and Zeruiah Tinkham, was born in Middleborough on 3 August 1774.[6]
Mrs. Zermiah Tinkham died at the age of 75 in Athens, Windham County, Vermont, on 17 August 1815. Burial was in West Cemetery.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Vol. 19, Thomas Rogers, page 428.
- ↑ Entered by F LaVerne Gillespie, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
- ↑ Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, vol. 2, page 409
- ↑ Vital Records of Middleboro, Massachusetts, vol. 2, page 82.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Middleborough, Vol. 2, page 75.
- ↑ Middleborough, Mass. Vital Records. The Mayflower Descendant, vol. 32 (1934), page 6.
- ↑ Death record for Mrs. Zermiah Tinkham, Town of Athens, Vermont. True copy issued 20 April 1920. Accessed at AmericanAncestors.org.
Acknowledgments
- Richmond-1106 was created by F LaVerne Gillespie through the import of F L Gillespie Direct Line.GED on Jul 16, 2014.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zeruiah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zeruiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zeruiah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zeruiah:
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~1.56%
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I don't believe this woman was a daughter of Josiah Richmond. She is not named in his will, created in 1762. Additionally, the Barbour Collection has a record of Zerviah Richmond born in Sharon, Connecticut, in 1740: Barbour Collection, Sharon, page 100: Zerviah, d. Beniamin & Mary, b. May 23, 1740. The only other record in Sharon for that same family is the death of Mary, wife of Beniamin, on Dec. 7, 1743.