Elizabeth Richmond

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 6 Dec 1666, Bristol County, Massachusetts

Elizabeth married John Palmer in 1686. John was born on 18 May 1665 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 13 Oct 1753 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island; was buried in Old Commons Burying Ground, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Palmer was born on 18 Mar 1703 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island; was christened on 3 Nov 1704 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island; died between 21 Mar 1774 and 21 Feb 1775 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Commons Burying Ground, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island.

Notes:

From Chase-Wigglesworth Genealogy (citation details below):

Before coming to Little Compton, Edward owned property in the part of Newport which became Middletown. A gunsmith, he was an incorporator of Little Compton and bought two great lots there. He lived and is buried on the place known as the Father Richmond place, slightly north of the entrance to Meeting House Lane on the other side of the West Main Road. His gravestone in the small Richmond cemetery is the second oldest in town and a photo appears in Little Compton Families.

In 1661 Edward had a share in Misquamicut (Westerly) lands appointed to him, and in 1663 he received a legacy of forty acres and wearing apparel from his father's will. On 31 October 1677 he and forty-seven others were granted 5,000 acres to be called East Greenwich. He bought the twenty-seventh lot in Little Compton from Daniel Wilcox for £50 on 2 February 1692.

Edward served the Colony of Rhode Island as General Solicitor 1667, 1669, 1670, and 1672; Attorney General 1677-1680; Deputy 1678-1679, 1686; and Selectman 1683-1685, 1689-1690. In 1677 he was one of three men appointed to go to Newport regarding advancing money for the Colony's use in sending agents to England. He took the oath of fidelity at Little Compton on 6 June 1683.

On 6 August 1767 the Assembly voted "that Lieutenant Edward Richmond, with his company, shall be allowed and have the one-half of the produce of the seven Indians they brought in" (according to the act allowing certain Indian men and women be sold for service of nine years). Edward was clerk of a court martial held on 23 August 1676 for the trial of four Indians who were executed. He was fined 65 on 4 June 1686 for furnishing an Indian with rum or strong liquor. In May 1690 he was appointed Captain.

Edward married Abigail Davis. Abigail (daughter of William Davis and Mary) died before 20 Aug 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"She married first, Richard Ussell. On 21 May 1657 Abigil Davis petitioned the General Court alleging that her stepfather John Cowdell and her mother had forced her into marriage with Richard Ussell . The marriage was declared unlawful and she was free to marry Edward Richmond." [Chase-Wigglesworth Genealogy, citation details below]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 14 Dec 1663 and 11 Apr 1664, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Notes:

From Chase-Wigglesworth Genealogy (citation details below):

The Richmond Family states John Richmond came from Ashton Keynes, co. Wiltshire, England. The name of his wife is unknown. They probably married in England.

John was a purchaser of six original shares of Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1637 , but lived in Newport and other places much of his life. The court records for the Province of Maine include numerous citations of a John Richmond involved in civil cases for slander, trespass, etc., at the Saco Court in 1636 and 1637 (Register, 39: 362-4) .

He took the oath of fidelity at Taunton before 1640 and was in Rhode Island in 1655. He was a Commissioner for Newport at the Court of Commisioners held at Portsmouth in 1656. At the Court of 17 March 1656, moderated by Roger Williams , it was ordered that "Whereas, there are divers presentments standing uppon a booke of records (belonging to ye Islan ), against John Richmond" and a number of others, the "presentments shall not be, any of them, prosecuted, except by expresse orders from His Highness ye Lord Protector" ( R. I. Colonial Records, 1:333 ). In 1656-7 John Richmond of Newport "sen'r" paid a fine levied against Edward Richmond of Newport for £3.13s which had been uncollected "by reason that noe estate was found to serve it on" (Newport, R.I. Records).

William married Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]