Born
26 Jan 1656 in
Berwick, Yorkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Died
18 Aug 1733
at age 77
in
King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]
Profile last modified 25 Feb 2023
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Multiple people may be conflated in this profile, i.e. information about different people may be combined and confused.
Biography
Research Notes
Children
The children of Richard and Mary of Berwick with birth records includes:[1]
Richard, b. 23 Nov 1708
James, b. 24 Feb 1710
Moses, b. 24 Jan 1712
Aron, b. 27 Jan 1714
Sarah, b. 28 Dec 1716
Nathan, b. 5 Dec 1718
Adam, b. 6 Jan 1720
Mary, b. 17 Jan 1722
Emmey, b. 26 Nov 1724
Keziah, b. 26 Nov 1726
Joseph, b. 26 Jul 1728
Jobez, b. 14 Jun 1732
They were all born in Berwick, York County, Massachusetts, now in Maine.
The implication of these 12 birth records is that Richard and Mary did not marry in 1678 in Virginia, and are conflated with a different family.
The birth dates of Richard and Mary also do not make sense. There may be 3 different couples conflated here.
Here are apparently the third couple:
Spratlin-29 04:50, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
Sources
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All Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 results for Lord, father Richard, mother Mary; database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1960/?name=_Lord&count=50&father=Richard&father_x=1&mother=Mary&mother_x=1 ).
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Mary Lord was born 17 Jan 1722 in Berwick, York, not Virginia.