Moses Richardson (1728)

Born 12 Jun 1728 in Dracut, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Colburn) Richardson — married after 16 May 1752 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Husband of Esther (Unknown) Richardson — married 5 Jan 1770 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

"Richardson, Moses, s. Josiah & Lydia, June 12, 1728."^[1]

Marriage

First marriage, Intentions:
"Richardson, Moses, and Elesabeth Colburn 2d, int. May 16 1752."^[2]

Second marriage:
"Richardson, Moses and Esther Kerkin [int. Carken], Jan 5, 1770."^[3]

Military

1758, On a Muster roll of Jonathan Butterfield's Co. in the intended Expedition against Canada.^[4]

1760, On a "roll of Officers and men in Capt. Moses Parker's Co. and Col. Fyre's Reg. in service in the Province of Nova Scotia after the 1st Jan 1760 and at the time of their discharge." ^[5]

Private Moses Richardson, born 12 June 1728 in Dracut, Massachusetts, died 1793 in Dracut, Massachusetts, and his wife Elizabeth Colburn II, born 17 April 1732, are honored for service in Massachusetts: 1) CAPT COBURN, COL BRIDGES.^[6]

Misc.

He was mentioned in his father's will, dated 17 Aug 1773:
Item. I have given to my Son Moses Richardson a deed of land & money in full of his part and portion of my Estate ---^[7]

He was enumerated in the 1790 census in Dracut as the head of household with five females in residence.^[8]

He is listed in the Tax Records for Dracut in 1798 along with his son Obadiah, with the notation "The whole of this house is owned by Obad & Moses Richardson || Valued at 390 Dolls.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Henry Ernest Woods, editor, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907), p. 100
2. ↑ Henry Ernest Woods, editor, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907), p. 232
3. ↑ Henry Ernest Woods, editor, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907), p. 232
4. ↑ Rev. Wilson Waters, History of Chelmsford, Mass. (Lowell, MA: Courier-Citizen Co., 1917), p. 171, citing MA Archives Vol. 96:134-5
5. ↑ Rev. Wilson Waters, History of Chelmsford, Mass. (Lowell, MA: Courier-Citizen Co., 1917), p. 175, citing MA Archives Vol. 98:450
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 4, 2023), "Record of Moses Richardson", Ancestor # A095634.
7. ↑ Josiah Richardson, Probate file Vol.37:235-238 (1776), Middlesex Co. Probate Court, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
8. ↑ 1790 US Census, population schedule, Middlesex Co., MA, NARA Micropublication M637, Roll 4, p. 185.
9. ↑ Massachusetts and Maine 1798 Direct Tax Record, V.10, p.612, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts