Stephen Richardson

1652 - Abt 1694  (41 years)

• Name	Stephen Richardson
  Birth	14 Jun 1652	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1694	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I30131	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Amos Richardson,   b. Abt 1623, England d. 5 Aug 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Mary   d. Sep 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut
  Family ID	F17991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Gilbert,   b. 3 Oct 1654, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. Aft Apr 1712 (Age > 58 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1673	Stonington, New London, Connecticut   [1, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Jonathan Richardson,   b. Bef 10 Sep 1674, Stonington, New London, Connecticut d. 7 May 1700, Stonington, New London, Connecticut (Age > 25 years) + 2. Stephen Richardson,   b. Abt 1676   d. Between 20 Apr 1749 and 13 Jul 1749, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 73 years)
  Family ID	F17989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2020

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4361] John Thomas Bullock, "Our Family Tree.". [S4363] A Potter-Richardson Memorial: The Ancestral Lines of William W. Potter of Michigan, and His Wife, Margaret (Richardson) Potter by Doreen Potter Hanna and Louise Potter. 1957. [S4363] A Potter-Richardson Memorial: The Ancestral Lines of William W. Potter of Michigan, and His Wife, Margaret (Richardson) Potter by Doreen Potter Hanna and Louise Potter. 1957., year only.