Rachel Richardson

Rachel married David Richardson on 28 Oct 1747. David (son of Stephen Richardson and Abigail Pelham) was born on 4 Mar 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 6 Mar 1729 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; died on 15 Aug 1811 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jesse Richardson was born on 3 Feb 1758 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; died in 1838 in Monroe Township, Muskingum, Ohio.

Notes:

He was one of the founders of the church of Coventry's North Parish.

Amos married Rachel Yarrington about 1724. Rachel (daughter of Peter Yarrington and Abiah) was born before 10 Aug 1707; was christened on 10 Aug 1707 in First Congregational Church, Preston, New London, Connecticut; died before 18 Sep 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Ann Edwards about 1696. Ann (daughter of Richard Edwards and Elizabeth Tuttle) was born about 1678 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died in May 1764 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; was buried in Nathan Hale Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Abiah. Abiah died after 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From John Thomas Bullock (citation details below):

Stephen was well acquainted with the Indian language and was often employed as an interpreter. He served in King Phillip's War in 1675/6 at the time of the Great Swamp Fight, and was one of the soldiers who shared in the Voluntown grant made by the State in 1696. He was probably the Quartermaster for the Connecticut troops. On May 18, 1676, the Colonial Council authorized him to sell arms in his possession in part payment for his services. Minor's Diary, December 15, 1675, says: “Coneticut Annie Set forth from mr. Richardsons,” and June, 1676, “Thursday, the 15. wee were to meet all the soldiers at steeven Richardsons house.” Stephen was made a freeman in 1679. […]

According to Richard Anson Wheeler, in his book History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, in 1687 Stephen was elected to and held the office of Representative under the Charter Of King George II, as his father did before him and his son after him. Nile's History is the authority for the statement that on July, 1689, "Mr. Stephen Richardson shot dead on the spot one William Trimming, a notorious English decoy in the service of the French privateers.” Trimming had secreted himself in a house on Fisher's Island, and Richardson, with sixteen other men, went there to capture him. He was censured by some for his action, as they wanted to take him alive.

Stephen married Lydia Gilbert on 25 Sep 1673 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Lydia (daughter of Jonathan Gilbert and Mary Wells) was born on 3 Oct 1654 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died after Apr 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1738, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Notes:

He sought and was granted a divorce from Elizabeth Tuttle on the grounds that she was pregnant before he married her, that she was frequently adulterous after their marriage, and that she frequently threatened to murder him in his sleep. It has been speculated that reports of his grandmother Elizabeth's behavior and demeanor were an influence on the severe Puritanism of her grandson the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, author of the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Richard married Elizabeth Tuttle on 19 Nov 1667 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, and was divorced in Oct 1691. Elizabeth (daughter of William Tuttle and Elizabeth) was born before 9 Nov 1645; was christened on 9 Nov 1645 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Attorney, merchant taylor, property owner, friend of John Winthrop, Jr.

Amos married Mary. Mary died in Sep 1683 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was Marshall of Connecticut for many years.

Jonathan Gilbert (1617-1682) = Mary Wells (1630-1700)
Rachel Gilbert (1668-1754) = Josiah Marshfield (1665-1712)
Catherine Marshfield (1702-1788) = Eliphalet Steele (b. 1700)
Mercy Steele (1727-1794) = Noah Webster (1722-1813)
Noah Webster (1758-1843), lexicographer

Jonathan married Mary Wells before 25 Jul 1651. Mary (daughter of Thomas Wells and Frances Albright) was born before 15 Jul 1630; was christened on 15 Jul 1630 in St. Lawrence, Evesham, Worcestershire, England; died on 3 Jul 1700 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a cooper. He was one of the original settlers of Hartford, but he was not a proprietor, as he owned no land. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford.

From Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families (citation details below):

William had been taught to write, perhaps by his stepfather, and often witnessed deeds. He appears frequently in court actions as plaintiff or defendant, and seems to have plied the cooper's trade which Cole had taught him. He was one of the Hartford men to be troopers under Major John Mason, 11 Mar. 1657/8, and was made a freeman, 20 May 1658. On 14 May 1663, Edwards charged Mr. Daniel Clark, Secretary of the Colony, with "breach of his oath, unfaithfulness in y^e great trust committed to him by the freemen of this Corporation, to the dishonour of God, infringment of y^e royall perogatiue of our Soueraign Lord the King, contempt of y^e authority established in this Corporation, & abuse of the members of ye same." This was a serious charge against one of the most prominent men in the Colony, and was brought by a man who had never held public office. Nevertheless, "The Court haueing considered the complaint of Wm. Edwards against Mr. Clark, and hauing seriously considered the case, do find him so far falty as to put him out of the Secretary's place untill the next Election Court." At the next court, John Allyn was elected Secretary.

During King Philip's War, the Council in March 1675/6 granted "Mr. Tho: Terry and Mr. Wm. Edwards" liberty to transport 300 bushels of grain to supply the people of Rhode Island and Plymouth. In 1654 "Will Edwards & Will Williams Coopr" were presented for sale of "Cascke unmarked Contrary to Law." He was one of four men charged 5 Mar. 1656/7 "for smoaking in the street contra to law." On 14 June 1661, "Wm Edwards is fined for drunkenes at M^r Wels his funerall 10^s." It was customary to serve wine at funerals.

We thus get a picture of William Edwards as a man of affairs, diligent in business, not afraid to speak his mind, and not averse to tobacco and wine, and there is no doubt that as a rule he was a man of moderation. It is a bit odd that with his better than average education he never sought public office; and his putting his realty into his wife's name suggests a cautious streak in his disposition. It is to be remarked also that his mother gave to him and his wife life use only of her property, after which it was to go to his son Richard.

William married Agnes Harris on 11 Dec 1645 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Agnes (daughter of Bartholomew Harris, Mayor of Barnstaple, Devon and Elizabeth Collamore) was born before 6 Apr 1604; was christened on 6 Apr 1604 in Barnstaple, Devon, England; died after 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

One of JTS's eleven proven "gateway ancestors", one of DDB's six, one of AW's three, and one of XYZ's two.

Agnes Harris (b. 1604) = William Spencer
Sarah Spencer = John Case
Mary Case = William Alderman
Sarah Alderman = Thomas Moses
Amy Moses = William Halladay
James Halladay = Rebecca Copley
James Halladay, Jr. = ?
Thompson Halladay = Rachel Halladay
Anna Maria Halladay = Jacob Robert Neahr
Henry Clay Neahr = Anna Serepta Wells
Hortense Neahr (1884-1948) = William Stephenson Bloomer (1874-1934)
Elizabeth Ann Bloomer (1918-2011), known as Betty Ford

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Jun 1673, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Notes:

Emigrated with his family in 1635 on the Planter. First at Charlestown; then at Boston in 1637, New Haven in 1639. He was a husbandman.

"His descendants are famous for intellectual brilliance and, in some cases, for homicidal insanity." [David L. Greene, citation details below.]

Great-grandfather of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, and great-great-great grandfather of Aaron Burr:

William Tuttle (1607-1673) = Elizabeth (1612-1684)
Elizabeth Tuttle (b. 1645) = Richard Edwards (1647-1718)
Rev. Timothy Edwards (1669-1758) = Esther Stoddard (1672-1770)
Rev. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) = Sarah Pierpont (1710-1758)
Esther Edwards (1732-1758) = Aaron Burr (1716-1757)
Aaron Burr (1756-1836), third Vice President of the United States; killed Alexander Hamilton

William Tuttle (1607-1673) = Elizabeth (1612-1684)
Thomas Tuttle (1635-1710) = Hannah Powell (1641-1710)
Caleb Tuttle (1674-1751) = Mary Hitchkiss (1680-1723)
Eliphalet Tuttle (1718-1755) = Desire Bradley (1722-1788)
Esther Tuttle (b. 1747) = Nathaniel Lewis (b. 1740)
Elizabeth Lewis (1767-1842) = Isaac Hale (1763-1839)
Emma (Hale) Smith (1804-1879), wife of LDS founder Joseph Smith

William married Elizabeth before 1631. Elizabeth was born about 1609; died on 30 Dec 1684 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1612
• Alternate death: 31 Dec 1684, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Thomas married Elizabeth Bennett on 29 Aug 1610 in Yardley, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She may be the unnamed wife of Thomas Gilbert who died at Wethersfield at about the same time he did.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1600

Notes:

He was a weaver.

Thomas married Frances Albright on 13 Oct 1625 in All Saints, Evesham, Worcestershire, England. Frances (daughter of Richard Albright and (Unknown wife of Richard Albright)) was born about 1600; died before 26 Mar 1678 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 27 Oct 1620 he was appointed Master of the Free-School at Ratcliffe in Stepney, Middlesex. He died there five years later of the plague.

Richard married Anne before 1614. Anne (daughter of Julian) died on 20 Feb 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She emigrated to New England in the late 1630s, with her second husband James Cole and her son, his stepson, William Edwards.

Notes:

Mayor of Barnstaple, Devon, in 1602. He was a merchant. Richardson ("The English Origin of Agnes Harris," citation details below) notes that before 1599, all parish records referring to him lack the honorific "Mr.", whereas from 1599 onward, "Mr." and "Mrs." are applied to him and his wife with total consistency.

Bartholomew married Elizabeth Collamore on 18 Jan 1587 in Braunton, Devon, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Collamore and Margaret Blight) was born before 2 Sep 1566 in Bishop's Tawton, Devon, England; was christened on 2 Sep 1566 in Bishop's Tawton, Devon, England; died before 7 Dec 1647 in Barnstaple, Devon, England; was buried on 7 Dec 1647 in Barnstaple, Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Isabel Wells about 1592. Isabel (daughter of John Wells and Helen) was born about 1565; died after 1635. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Isabel Tuttle accompanied three of her sons to New England, but since no reference to her has been seen in New England, she probably did not long survive and possibly died during the voyage." [David L. Greene, citation details below.]

"Isabel was slated to be a passenger on the Planter, but does not appear in New England records." [Travis Dodge Miscia, citation details below]