Richardson Name Study

Profile managers: One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message], Mary Richardson [send private message], Debra Allison [send private message], and Sarah Saenz [send private message]

This profile is part of the Richardson Name Study.

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about this surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. Please contact the project leaders, add categories to your profiles, add your questions to the bulletin board, add details of your name research, etc.

DNA analysis assists in determining that two or more participants who have tested their yDNA descend from a common male ancestor, it will not identify the specific ancestor without the use of accurate record documentation used in genealogical research.

The purpose of this study is to work together to establish an accurate Richardson Family tree by using the best possible sources available for documentation. We can help the effort by growing the best Richardson tree possible.

• http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Richardson

• http://www.richardsonname.com/

• http://richardsonfamily.homestead.com/coatofarms.html

• http://forebears.io/surnames/richardson

• https://turnersusa.wordpress.com/possible-jewish-surnames/

See descriptions of the Richardson crests:

• Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, Volume 2, By William Berry

Origin of Richardson Surname

Richardson name was brought into England during the migration following the Norman Conquest, 1066. It is taken from the German name,”Ricard” meaning ”powerful”, or “brave”

The Anglo Saxo surname was found in 1381 in Yorkshire, England.^[1]

• William Richardson
• John Richardson is recorded as being one of the men responsible for transporting and selling as slaves, in the West Indies, many of the convicted Monmouth Rebels in 1685

Members

• Debra (Downs) Allison

• Mary Richardson

• Sharon L Richardson

• Howard Crosby Rankin Jr

• Billy Blackstock

• Robin G. (LaPlante) Payne having DNA studies done

• Damian Larcombe

• Rosalee Richardson Rupp

• Caitlin Gerarden Wisconsin Richardsons

• Sarah Shaw Massachusetts Richardsons

• Kim Williams Richardson's in England

• Heather Douglas Thomas Richardson (b 1774 Stapelton Cumberland England d 20th Sept, 1844) and Thomas Richardson (b~1676 Kirk Andrews On Esk, Cumberland)

• Heather Richardson Jimmy Richardson (father) of Texas. James Harvey Richardson of Kentucky. My Richardson’s were in Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky.

• Rodney Richardson Durham England, Pennsylvania, McDowell County West Virginia Richardson ancestors.

• Phil Richardson x2 separate Richardson branches in my Heritage. Both originating in England.

• Leanne Lucas

• Marylyn Kenyon- My third great-grandfather is Hill Richardson. He is one of my last remaining brick walls. I hope this can be solved. A sketch of his grandson indicated that Hill was believed to be a native of Massachusetts. Y-DNA test results show an NPE somewhere in the Richardson line, either at Hill or earlier, with matches to Townsends of Oyster Bay.

What You Can Do

1. Work cooperatively together with other Richardson profile managers to create the best Richardson tree possible.
2. Add the category for Richardson Name Study to profiles.
3. Search out documentation and add sources to your Richardson profiles.
4. Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies for Richardson profiles.
5. Check for duplicates and request merges.
6. Contact Sarah to request PPP status for those profiles that meet the criteria for project protection. This will protect them from an incorrect merge.
7. If you are a male with the Richardson surname or a variant and haven't already, please consider testing your yDNA.

Richardson Surname Origins

What made Richardsons emigrate? Example: Richard Richardson, a Yorkshire wool merchant in 1640 paid 40 lb so he would not be knighted.

Currently there approximately 90,000 Richardsons in Britain.^[2]

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Richardson#ixzz4675DVVYA

Name Variations

Richardson Name Distribution

Frequency of this name is the highest for this name in the USA, followed by that of Britain, then Australia

Known Settlement

Richardson Settlers- Canada

• Jas M Richardson landed St John, New Brunswick, 1907
• James Richardson arrived Nova Scotia 1749
• Edward Richardson, a soldier of St. John’s in 1756

Australia- 19th Century

• John Richardson, Scottish convict from Glasgow, transported on “Asia”, Sept 3, 1820
• John Matthew Richardson, English convict of Sussex, transported on “Arab” 1841
• Thomas Richardson, 38, bricklayer arrived Wellington, New Zealand on “Arab”, 1841

Richardson’s of USA:

• William Richardson, landed ln Virginia 1623
• William Richardson, landed in Virginia 1624/25
• Thomas Richardson landed Charlestown, Massachusetts 1630
• Ezekiel Richardson landed Charlestown, Massachusetts 1636
• Samuel Richardson landed Charlestown, Massachusetts 1636
• Henrie age 21 arrived Virginia, 1635

• Jonathan Richardson landed Allegany County, Pennsylvania 1803
• Nathaniel Richardson landed Allegany County, Pennsylvania 1803

DNA Studies

Richardson DNA project at FamilyTree DNA

See also the RicharsonDNA Category here on WikiTree

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richardson_(surname)
2. ↑ http://www.richardsonname.com

• "Richardson Surname Meaning and Geographic Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
• "Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
• "Surname Richardson". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
• Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists who came to New Englalnld between 1623 and 1650 7th edition.

• Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
• Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
• Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
• Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
• Bowman, George Ernest. The Mayflower Reader A Selection of Articales from The Mayflower Descendent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
• Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.

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