Lemuel Richmond (1771 - 1864)

Born 27 Oct 1771 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Briggs) Richmond — married 24 Feb 1805 in Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1864 at age 92 in Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Lemuel6 Richmond (Lemuel*, Josiah*, Edward3, John2, John1), b. Taunton, Oct. 27, 1771 ; d. Bd., Apr. 18, 1864; m. Bd., Feb. 24, 1805, Joanna, dau. Ephriam and Rhoda (Whitcomb) Briggs, b. Bd., Mch. 13, 1787; d. Bd., Oct. 16, 1867. Held every town office and was High Bailiff of Windsor Co., Maj. in the militia of Vt. "Made the one dollar he inherited at the age of twenty-one increase forty thousand fold." He was a hatter as well as a farmer.

As of about 1927, Newton wrote that "The Major Lemuel Richmond place is the house, now falling down, in Barnard upper village opposite the Gale brick house. Nearly opposite this house in the meadow may be seen the foundations of the hat factory belonging to Major Lemuel Richmond."^[1]

Children :

I. Rollin, born Barnard, July 1, 1806; m. (1), Aug. 6, 1832, Mary Marsh of Be., b. Nov. 8, 1806; d. Oct. 29, 1842; m. (2), Mary Almira , b. Windsor, Aug. 12, 1814. A very successful merchant and farmer, honored with all the important town offices and a leading man in the community. Lived in Barnard a part of his life.

(a) George Nelson Babbitt, b. Bd., July 9, 1833; d. Aug. 9, 1849.

(b) Rollin Marsh, b. Bd., Apr. 29, 1835. Graduate of U. V. M., 1857. Died at St. Louis, Mo.

II. Asa Whitcomb, b. Barnard, March 18, 1808; d. Kenosha, Wis., Feb. 1, 1856; m. Sept. 2, 1830, Caroline C. Cook of Bd., b. 1811 ; d. May 7, 1860. Went West and finally settled in Kenosha. Was a merchant (a) Francese Adeline, b. Bd., Mch. 25, 1833 ; d. Sept. 9, 1836. Six other ch., none of whom were b. in Barnard.

III. Alaphal, born Barnard, Apr. 9, 1810; d. Bd., Nov. 1, 1810.

IV. Joanna Raymond, b. Bd., Aug. 7, 1811; m. Loring S. Wins- low.

V. Rhoda Briggs, b. Bd., Nov. 8, 1814; m. Daniel Aikens.

VI. Elvira Jennett, b. Bd., Apr. 2, 1817; m. Lucian Blackmer.

VII. Lemuel Carlton, b. Bd., Oct. 25, 1819; m. Oct. 15, 1850, Jane Ann, dau. Dr. Lemuel and Ruth Emm (Hinman) Richmond, b. Derby, Sept. 19, 1830. He held most of the town offices.

(a) Willis H., b. Bd., Aug. 5, 1852.

(b) Rollin Lemuel, b. Bd., Nov. 10, 1858. Name in town book as Carlton L.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A014347

1. ↑ Newton, History of Barnard, Vol. 2, page 342.

• No. 1124, pg 169 and No. 1127, pg 331 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, MD 1886 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
• Newton, William Monroe. History of Barnard, Vermont with Family Genealogies 1761-1927 (Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society, 1928), Vol. 2. Pages 347-348.