Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Rachel Yarrington
Bef 1707 - Bef 1775 (< 68 years)1. Rachel Yarrington 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. Rachel married Amos Richardson about 1724. Amos (son of Jonathan Richardson and Ann Edwards) was born in Dec 1699 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 23 Jun 1700 in First Church, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died before 25 Nov 1779 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Rachel Richardson
was born on 16 May 1729 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; died on 13 Jan 1807 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut; was buried in North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut.
- 2. Rachel Richardson
Generation: 2
2. Rachel Richardson (1.Rachel1) was born on 16 May 1729 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; died on 13 Jan 1807 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut; was buried in North Cemetery, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. 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]
Children:
- 3. Jesse Richardson was born on 3 Feb 1758 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; died in 1838 in Monroe Township, Muskingum, Ohio.
- 3. Jesse Richardson
Generation: 3
3. Jesse Richardson (2.Rachel2, 1.Rachel1) was born on 3 Feb 1758 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; died in 1838 in Monroe Township, Muskingum, Ohio. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1843
Notes:
"Jesse was not yet 17 when the Revolutionary War began, and he enlisted on July 7, 1775, with his brother David. Jesse served until December 16th in Captain Pease’s 3rd Company in Colonel Hunton’s Connecticut Regiment. The Pease family were prominent members of Somers. In 1776, with his brother Sanford, Jesse enlisted again with Captain Pease in Colonel Erastus Wolcott’s Connecticut Regiment and served nine months, being discharged on January 1, 1777. He enlisted again in 1778 and served one year in Captain Haws’ Company in Colonel Mason’s Connecticut Regiment. At the end of that last tour of duty, when he was 20, he married 19 year-old Anna Jones on November 12, 1778 in Somers, at the Congregational Church." [John Thomas Bullock, citation details below]
A letter from A. D. Miller of the War Department pension office to Mrs. P. Nugent, 18 Feb 1932, viewable at fold.com, substantiates nearly all of the above, and adds that "He was allowed pension on his application executed March 7,m 1833 in Monroe Township, Mukingum County, Ohio, in which state he had resided fifteen years, aged seventy-four years."Family/Spouse: Lydia Rowley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Jesse married Anna Jones on 12 Nov 1778 in Congregational Church, Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. Anna (daughter of Zebulon Jones and Anna Kibbe) was born on 28 Sep 1759 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut; died on 7 Sep 1807 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Jesse Richardson was born on 3 Feb 1785 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut; died after 1850 in Hancock County, Illinois.
Generation: 4
4. Jesse Richardson (3.Jesse3, 2.Rachel2, 1.Rachel1) was born on 3 Feb 1785 in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut; died after 1850 in Hancock County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 1784, Connecticut
Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born in 1785 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Henry Sisson Richardson was born on 13 Jan 1817 in Otsego, Muskingum, Ohio; died on 15 Apr 1880 in Collinsville, Grayson, Texas; was buried in Ethel Cemetery, Ethel, Grayson, Texas.