Elizabeth Richardson is the daughter of Samuel Richardson and Joanna (Thake) Richardson. Elizabeth was born circa November 1635 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England, and baptized there on November 22,1635. She came to New England with her parents in 1636, settling first in Charlestown, and removing about 1640 to Woburn, Middlesex County, [1]
Elizabeth Richardson married John Mousall before 1659 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Elizabeth and John had three children, all born in Charlestown:
1. Elizabeth Mousall, born 16 Jul 1659
2. John Mousall, born 11 Mar 1665/6, died 16 Jun 1713, in Charlestown
3. Joanna Mousall, born 24 Feb 1667/8, died 28 Oct 1691, in Charlestown
↑ John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England, Madison, Wisconsin, 1990.
↑ Vital records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p. 1:39, records birth of first child Elizabeth on 16 Jul 1659, so married before 1659. Since Elizabeth came to New England in 1635-6 timeframe with her parents, the marriage must have occurred in New England, probably Charlestown.
Anderson, Robert Charles: Great Migration Directory; page 185.
Massachusetts Town & Vital Records 1620-1988; Record of Deaths in Charlestown; page 553.
New England Marriages prior to 1700; Third Torrey Supplement; page 189,
Pope, Charles Henry; Pioneers of Massachusetts; page 384 (Richardson)
Find A Grave: Memorial #51158449: Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Just a heads up -- the published Richardson Memorial supplemental volume is in error, not having the Herts birthdate, assumed she was born in Woburn. This can be seen at
Richardson-1263 and Richardson-817 appear to represent the same person because: The sources indicate that Richardson-1263 is the daughter of Samuel Richardson and Joanna (Thake) Richardson, born circa 1637, but the date of birth field does not match the documentation in the profile. Please consider the source documentation for Richardson-817. She married John Mousall, Sr. and is the mother of John Mousall, Jr. born 11 Mar 1666 in Charlestown, John Mousall Jr married Dorothy Hett, daughter of Thomas Hett (ca 1644-11 Jun 1692) & Dorothy Edmunds (ca 1646-11 Dec 1710)
https://ia800501.us.archive.org/13/items/SupplementToTheRichardsonMemorial/RichardsonMemorial_Supplement.pdf