Patience (Earle) Richardson (1702 - abt. 1755)

Born 24 Nov 1702 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Richardson Jr. — married 1724 in Leicester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1755 at about age 52 in Leicester, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Biography

Patience was born 24 November 1702 in Freetown.^[1] She is the daughter of Ralph Earle and Mary Carr ancestor of families of that name in Leicester. He came from Rhode Island to Leicester in 1717, and was one of the 37 men to whom a deed of the easterly half of the terrirory of Leicester was given by a committee of the proprietors, dated Jan 11, 1724-5.^[2]

She married Benjamin Richardson.

Children of Benjamin Richardson and Patience Earle

(Born in Leicester)

i. Abigail, b in ; m. (1) ______Moore; married (2) Zachariah Eager

ii. Asa, b. about 1726

iii. Benjamin, b. Feb 22 1732; m. (1) Eunice Swan; married (2) Abigail Holman; (3) Olive_____; (4) Candace Allen

iv. Elizabeth, b. 1734; m. Nathan Earle b. in Leicester may 12 1728, son of Ralph Earle (her uncle)

v. Nathaniel, b. about 1737; m. Ruth Gilkey

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-M986-8?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-929%3A353350701%2C353563901%2C353563902 : 20 May 2014), Bristol > Freetown > Town records 1686-1795 vol 1-2 > image 19 of 569; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ Page 525 Richardson memorial vol ii

• Vinton, John Adams. (1876).Vol II. The Richardson Memorial; Full History and Genealogy of Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson. Posterity of Thomas Richardson.Portland ME.