Jonathan Rich (1734 - bef. 1787)

Born 1734 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Merritt) Harris — married 6 Jan 1763 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Died before 2 May 1787 before age 53 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Cautionary Note: There are two men, about the same age known as Johathan & John Rich, both children of Jonathan and Phebe Rich of Marblehead.

The subject of this profile: Jonathan Rich, eldest son [probate record of Jonathan & Phebe Rich], born about 1734 [no record of birth, no record of death] married Mary Merrit, on 6 Jan 1763, at Marblehead. She is Mary Rich on 2 May 1787. Jonathan Rich [1734] of Marblehead died before this date. The widow Mary Rich later married Mason Harris, as Mrs. Mary Rich, 22 Dec 1793 in Marblehead. [A. Stanley 2 Apr 2019]

Jonathan married ... Mary MERRITT on 6 Jan 1763 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. [from Hal Bradley's web page] Notes: ... both of this town, married by the Mr. Simon Bradstreet, the second minister of the Second Congregational Church.

Reasearch Notes

Jonathan RICH 1, 2 was born 1705 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. He died 3 Oct 1771 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. Jonathan married 4 Phebe BRIDGES on 8 Jan 1727 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts.

Phebe BRIDGES 1, 2 was born 1707 in York, York, Maine. She died 3 Oct 1771 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. Phebe married 4 Jonathan RICH on 8 Jan 1727 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts.

They had the following children:

F i Mary RICH was born 1728. [FLANAGHAN (Flanegan) John, and Mary Rich, m. Apr. 27, 1749. CR3] see as Mary Merr in probate record [FLANEGAN (Flanaghan) Mary, and Michael Mer [Merr], m. at Salem, Dec. 18, 1752.]

F ii Ann RICH was christened 26 May 1731. Ann, and John Connel, m. Mar. 27, 1749. CR3 ; not mentioned in probate record

M iii Jonathan RICH was born 1734 and died 1792 [died before 2 May 1787]. Jonathan, and Mary Merrit, m. Jan. 6, 1763. eldest son in probate record

F iv Elizabeth RICH was born 1737 and died 24 Feb 1809. Elizabeth, and Philip Thrasher, m. July 25, 1758. CR3 Elizabeth Thrasher in probate record

M v William RICH 1, 2 was christened 3 7 Sep 1740 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. not mentioned in probate record

M vi John RICH was christened 1 Aug 1742 and died 15 Oct 1811. given as John Rich in probate record

Selected Families and Individuals by H.W. Bradley

John/Jonathan of Mount Desert, formally of Marblehead deeds Marblehead Property to Mary Merritt, widow of Marblehead, and daughter Mary Rich, widow of Jonathan Rich, dated 2 May 1787. Noted: John Rich of Mount Desert [Note: he signed the deed as Jonathan Rich] , in 1787, transferred his Mansion and land at Marblehead to "Mary Merrit of the same Marblehead widow," and to her daughter Mary Rich [Sister-in- Law?] for the length of their natural lives.

"2 [August 1776] This day warm weather. This afternoon I went to Salem. Philip, a servant of Jonathan Rich, was buried that died of his wounds received on board Burke." Vol. 45 Journal of Ashley Bowden

[14 Nov 1776] ¼ quintal of fish from Jonathan Rich. Came from Rainsford Island a sloop flag of truce." vol 45 Journal of Ashley Bowden

[July 1779 ]Monday, 5 This day fair and pleasant. Our gentry fired the cannon at the Fort for the Independency. Anchored here a ship, Burke, and prize schooner of Conway’s. Vol. 45 Journal of Ashley Bowden

Hardie, Robert (Capt., Pennsylvania Navy), 345-46 (Burke) Adam Boyd, second lieutenant on the armed ship Burke, Jan. 23, 1776; promoted to first lieutenant Octo- ber 4, 1776; honorably discharged July 16, 1777; lieu- tenant in the Northampton county contingent August, Centennial : the settlement, formation and progress of Dauphine County, Pennsylvania, from 1785 to 1876 ; prepared under the direction of the commissioners of said county / by George H. Morgan

May be the " Burke, Pennsylvania Navy armed galley, "

Historic House Old Town_Marblehead [not sure which brother owned this house] /166 - 40 Jonathan Rich, Fisherman, House 112 Front Street c l767 2. 1/2 Story Gambrel

Jonathan RICH ... was born 1734 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts.

He died 1792 [before 2 May 1787] in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts.

Jonathan was born in 1734. He was the son of Jonathan Rich and Phebe Bridges. He passed away in 1787.

Research Notes

Two Rich family researchers that provided some of Information for these profiles. Both researches believe that the Marblehead Rich family, has no connection to the other MA Rich families. Thus it is a small leap think all the Richs in Marblehead are the same family. The family seem to baptize boys as Jonathan, then refer to one of them as John. This is repeated at Mount Desert as well. Lacking birth records, this is a theory only. Land records imply a family connection. The 1 Feb 1773 probate record for Jonathan & Phebe Rich supply the names of four children: Jonathan Rich eldest son [administrator of the probate], John Rich, Mary Mer, and Elizabeth Thrasher.

John Rich as Jonathan Rich of Mount Desert, formally of Marblehead deeds his Marblehead Property to Mary Merritt, widow of Marblehead, and daughter Mary Rich, his sister-in-law, [now widow?] of Jonathan Rich of Marblehead, deed dated 2 May 1787. Later Jonathan/John Rich transfers property to Mary Rich's 2nd husband, Mason Harris.

Sources

• Marriage"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-3D31?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-N3J%3A353349401%2C353440401%2C1006015901 : 30 October 2019), Essex > Marblehead > Births, marriages, deaths 1653-1774 > image 145 of 561; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

• Essex County MA Vital Record_Marriage

• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1505.htm#25263

• https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/738

• https://archive.org/details/centennialsettle00mor/page/169