Samuel Richardson (1670 - 1754)

Born 5 Nov 1670 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna Richardson — married about 6 Jan 1703 (to 6 Aug 1726) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1754 at age 83 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel Richardson was born 5 November 1670 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Richardson and his wife Martha.^[1][2] He died at Woburn, 3 September, 1754.^[3]

He married Susanna Richardson in Woburn on January 6, 1703-4.^[4]

"In the afternoon of April 10, 1676, as Mr. Samuel Richardson, who lived upon what has been recently called the Miller Farm in Richardson's Row, was employed in carting manure into his field, accompanied by his son Samuel, a boy between five and six years of age, he was surprised in looking toward his house, to see feathers flying about it, and other tokens of mischief within. Apprehending that Indians might be there, he hastened home, and there found two of his family murdered, viz: his wife, Mrs. Hannah Richardson, who had been lately confined; and his son Thomas, twin brother to him who had been with him in the field."^[5]

He was buried at the First Burial Ground in Woburn, where his gravestone reads:.^[6]

💀

Here lyes Buried

the Body of M^r.

SAMUEL RICHARDSON

Who Departed this Life

Sep^br yͤ 3^d 1754 in yͤ

84^th Year of His Age.

Sources

1. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume I. Births. Page 210.
2. ↑ Richardson Memorial: Pages 196-197 (#1572).
3. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume II. Deaths. Page 158.
4. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume III. Marriages. Page 227.
5. ↑ History of Woburn: Page 119.
6. ↑ Woburn Records: Volume II. Epitaphs, First Burial-Ground. Page 34*. Cting: "(170.) 'Here lyes Buried the Body of M'r Samuel Richardson Who Departed this Life Sept'br ye 3'd 1754 in ye 84'th Year of His Age.'
   Samuel Richardson, born Nov. 5, 1670, son of Samuel (epitaph 43) and Martha Richardson, married Susanna Richardson (epitaph 94), Jan. 6, 1703-4. His twin brother, Thomas, was slain by Indians, 1676."

See also:

• Johnson, Edward. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Marriage Intentions, from 1640 to 1900. (Woburn, Mass., 1890-1919).
• Sewall, Samuel. The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass.. (Wiggin and Lunt, 1868).
• Vinton, John. The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. (Brown Thurston & Co., Portland, Maine, 1876).
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 April 2020), memorial page for Samuel Richardson, III (5 Nov 1670–3 Sep 1754),Find A Grave: Memorial #40418687, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642).

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Richardson-2043 created through the import of DeRiemaecker Family Tree.ged on Aug 3, 2011 by Amanda Smith. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Amanda and others.