Obediah
Rich
Born in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Rich
and Hannah (Doane) Rich
Brother of
Josiah Rich, Uriah Rich Sr., Matthias Rich, Hannah (Rich) Snow, Pegge (Rich) Hopkins, Margaret (Rich) Hopkins, Huldah Rich and Richard Rich
Husband of
Priscilla (Rich) Lewis
— married
[date unknown] in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died
at age 29
in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Nov 2014
This page has been accessed 488 times.
Biography
Obediah Rich, a son of Richard Rich and Hannah Doane, was born December 21, 1730 in Truro, Massachusetts and died in Truro, Massachusetts on January 25, 1760
Died 25 JAN 1760. Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Age: 29.
Buried 1760 Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Occupation: Sea Captain.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #45081247: Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Bowman, George Ernest. Vital Records of The Town of Truro, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1933) Page 25.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWY-82K : 10 February 2018), Obadiah Rich, 21 Dec 1730; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWY-82P : 10 February 2018), Obadiah Rich in entry for Obadiah Rich, 09 Jun 1758; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCWY-X2H : 10 February 2018), Obadiah Rich in entry for Aquilla Rich, 11 Nov 1759; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
Is Obediah your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Obediah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Obediah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Obediah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Obediah:
-
~0.78%
Jean (Tufts) Evans
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T812348 [compare], FTDNA kit #562895
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured National Park champion connections: Obediah is 13 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 10 degrees from George Catlin, 15 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 21 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 13 degrees from George Grinnell, 25 degrees from Anton Kröller, 13 degrees from Stephen Mather, 20 degrees from Kara McKean, 13 degrees from John Muir, 15 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.