William Richmond

1694 - 1770  (75 years)

• Name	William Richmond
  Birth	10 Oct 1694	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Feb 1770	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I22605	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GFS
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Col. Sylvester Richmond,   b. 1672, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island d. 20 Nov 1754, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Rogers,   b. 16 Apr 1673, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 23 Oct 1724, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1693  [1, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F13627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Gray,   b. 29 Jan 1702, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island d. 9 Oct 1762, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1724	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island   [1, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Ephraim Richmond,   b. 5 May 1723, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F13626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He was an assistant to the governor from 1753 to 1755. He was a judge, and according to Little Compton Families (citation details below), he was instrumental in securing the Rhode Island border that ensured Little Compton was inside Rhode Island.

  
  

• Sources

  [S479] Little Compton Families, from records compiled by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour. Little Compton, Rhode Island: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967. Fifth edition, Baltimore: Clearfield, 1997. [S679] The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany, New York; 1887., date only. [S2219] Chase-Wigglesworth Genealogy: The Ancestors and Descendants of Philip Putnam Chase and His Wife Anna Cornelia Wigglesworth ed. Alicia Crane Williams. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1990. [S5710] The Richmond Family 1594-1896 by Joshua Bailey Richmond. Boston, 1897.