Stephen Richardson (1710 - abt. 1747)

Born 1710 in County Londonderry, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1747 at about age 37 in New Hampshire [uncertain]

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Biography

According to the information that I found, Stephen Richardson was said to have been an English soldier. He went to Ireland where he was the head gardener on the Montgomery Estate where he met his future wife. Many people have tried to find the ancestors of Stephen and Lady Jane, but no success. They had eight children.

1738, October — Jane Montgomery, of Londonderry, Ireland, arrived in Gloucester, Mass., having eloped with Stephen Richardson, of England. VOLUMES ONE AND TWO 1916 * 1917; WILLIAM M. CLEMENS PUBLISHER NEW YORK; The Montgomery Family MAGAZINE; JULY 1915~ CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE MONTGOMERY FAMILY. Page 10

James Richardson (son of Stephen Richardson and Jane Montgomery, who emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, to Gloucester, Massachusetts), wife Rachel Gott, and their then five children (Rachel, James Jr., Daniel, Jane, and Mary) moved from Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Mount Desert Island between 16 January 1761 (the birthdate of daughter Mary, who was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts) and 16 August 1763 (the birthdate of son George, who was born in Mount Desert). Two of James's brothers (Stephen and Thomas) came to Mount Desert at the same time or very shortly afterward. By the first decennial census, in 1790, there were eight Richardson households in what was then the town of Mount Desert, which today includes the towns of Bar Harbor, Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, and Tremont. Mount Desert Island Families — Richardson

Daniel Gott Sr. of Mount Desert Island ...[three of his daughters married the Richardson brothers]

" The three Richardsons {James, Stephen & Thomas} mentioned above were brothers, sons of Stephen and Jane Montgomery Richardson who left Londonderry, N.H . Two other brothers, Elijah and wife Jemima Gott, and Hugh and wife and Elizabeth Clark were at Mount Desert for a while but moved away. Jemima Gott, b. Aug. 5, 1744, dau. of William (IV) and Elizabeth Wanson Gott, and granddaughter of Samuel (III) and Maraget Andrews Gott, m. Nov. 8, 1764, Elijah Richardson, "of Windham, N. H.," by Rev. Samuel Chandler; recorded in his almanac diary." page 156 Sprague's Journal of Maine History (Vol. XIV, No.3) John Francis Sprague (Ed.)

Sources

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• Richardson/Torraville/Hopkins/McPhee/Klein/Schottland Family Trees <http://www.photosetc.net/phpGedView/family.php?famid=F1 />

• Source: S-2071783534 Repository: #R-2141145124 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23696058&pid=464
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