Rhoda Richards (1787)

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Rhoda was born in 1787 in Middleton, Strafford, New Hampshire to Tristram Richards and Abagail York. She was married first to Peter Clark and second to Capt. Emmor Rawson, who died in 1867.

She had at least 7 children by Peter Clark: Martha, Jonathan, Samuel, Hezekiah, Sarah, Elizabeth, & Peter. She then had at least 7 more children with Emmor Rawson: Sylvia, Horace, Asa, Celestia, Emmor Jr., Emeline, and Orlando.

Rhoda died 30 Jun 1871 at the age of 83 yrs, 6 mos, 10 days and is buried in Bisco Cemetery in Paris, ME.

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• "History of Paris, ME from its Settlement to 1880, A History of the Grants of 1736-1771 together with Personal Sketches, a Copious Genealogical Register and an Appendix", by William B. Latham and Silas P. Maxim Published in Paris, ME, printed by the authors, 1884, pages 551-552
• 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1850; Census Place: Paris, Oxford, Maine; Roll: M432_263; Page: 173A; Image: 341Name: Rhoda Rawson Age: 64 Birth Year: abt 1786 Birthplace: New Hampshire Home in 1850: Paris, Oxford, Maine, USA Gender: Female Family Number: 99
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCQ-4KP : 12 December 2017), Rhody Rawson in entry for Emmor Rawson, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6D5-JRV : 12 June 2019), Rhoda Rawson in entry for Emmor Rawson, 1870.
• The Rawson Family : A revised memoir of Edward Rawson, Secretary of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Page 148.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #158573710