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Ri13 Elizabeth ?Richmond

Ri13 Elizabeth x we assume to have been the daughter of y Richmond because of the recurrance of Richmond as a first name in the Terrell male line. There is also no apparent relationship to Richmond of Highead Castle. She does not seem to have been the daughter of William Richmond, alias Webb of Stewkley, Grange, Bucks County and Over-Wroughton, Wiltshire and Marjory Choke of Shalborne Wiltshire, but may have been his niece or cousin, a presumtion only supported by the proximity of Wiltshire to Reading. b about 1560 probably in Berkshire, England
Married: 1590 William Tyrrold of West Hagbourne, England d WFT Est. 1599-1664
Buried:
The deciding extract for the Webb alias is taken from page x of the above link.

WILLIAM de RICHMOND of assumed the name of Webb upon his marriage, about 1430, and quartered the Webb arms. He was mentioned as of Yorkshire in Herald’s “Visitation of Gloucester,” 1682-1683, p. 195. He lived at Draycott, Wilts.
m ALICE, daughter and heiress of Thomas Webb of Draycott Wilts., by Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Nicholas, by Jane, daughter of Nicholas St John of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire.

13. WILLIAM RICHMOND ALIAS WEBB of Draycott Foliott, Wilts.*
THE WILL OF WILLIAM RICHMOND
“In the name of Gode amen. The year of our lorde Gode 1502 and the 28 day of March.
I, William Richmond otherwise called William Webbe, being whole and stedfast in minde make this my testament and last will. First I bequeath my soul unto almighty Jesus, to our lady his blessed mother and to all the blessed company in heaven, and my body to be buried in the parish church of Swyndon.” . . .Bequests to the poor of the same church: to the cathedral church of Sarum (Salisbury ): “to the priests of the parish church of Swyndon to pray for me and for all my descendants souls.”
Bequests “to each of my godchildren: To Johanna my wife: to Thomas, Richard. William Sr., Richard (my youngest son), Henry, Christopher, William Jr., my sons and Alice and Ann my
daughters.”
The residue of all my goods and chattels not bequeathed, my debts and bequests being content and paid, I give to Johanne my wife, and to my children not married to be equally divided by them and if it fortunes any of them to decease, then their share to be divided among them that liveth; and I will that Thomas Richard and Richard my sons be myn executors of this my last will for my soul's health and repose and I make Wm. Wroughton, gentleman overseer of this testament.
WILLIAM RICHMOND alias WEBB.”
Will was probated 24 April, 1502.**
JOAN, daughter of John Ewen of Draycott, who survived her husband. Arms, sable, a
fesse between two fleurs de lis, or, a crescent for difference.
14. WILLIAM RICHMOND ALIAS WEBB of Stewkley Grange, Bucks County, and Over-Wroughton, Wilts, had £22 per annum, in land in the County of Wilts, 1565. In Aubrey's Wills,
p. 368, it is stated that “There was a grant of Church land (in Wroughton) by the Crown to William Richmond alias Webb, in the thirty-second year of the reign of Henry VIII (1541). The Webb family had lands in Rudlow, Sherston and Magna; and in the twenty-second year of the reign of Elizabeth a grant of land in Bishoptown or Bushton was made to William Webb.
Aubrey's Wills, page 153, says: “The Baskett family disappeared about 1576, when they sold their estate at Lydiard-Milicent to William Richmond alias Webb. After one hundred and thirty-
They had the following children:

Te12-1 Thomas TYRRELL was born about 1573. Thomas may be another child of William and Elizabeth. He was listed in the earlier, royal line. But he may not be a brother now that we've concluded the family is tied to the William of West Hagbourne line.
Te12-2 Francis TYRRELL was born about 1578. He died in 1638. In a will, Francis is described as a broadweaver.
Te12 Robert Tyrrell b about 1580

Source:http://members.aol.com/AmyHutton/thompson_terrell.html
http://www.genealogy.com/users/l/i/m/Lee-Liming-FL/FILE/0004page.htmlsee below
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lasaundra/gp955.htm#head2see below
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/RICHMOND/1999-02/0918595873 see below
Ronald Leon Love has compiled a Terrell/Richmond pedigree in PDF format.
http://www.richmondancestry.org/richmond_family.shtml


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lasaundra/gp945.htm
Site shows the following data

Husband
Edmond Richmond or Webb b 1532 - Bushton, Cliff Pipard, Wiltshire, England
Marr: 1551 - Kinsbury, Wiltshire, England d AFT 1575 - Denvord, Wiltshire, England ch of William Richmond Webb and Dorothy Lymings
Other Spouses:

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Wife
Mary Weare or Browne b 1534 - Kintbury, Berkshire, England d aft 1575 - England ch of Robert (Browne) Weare and Mrs Robert Brown Weare
Other Spouses:
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Children
Henry Richmond or Webb b 1555 - Christian, Malford, Wilts, England d 1634 - Kintbury, Wilts, England
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William Richmond or Webb b 1553 - Bushton, Wiltshire, England d 23 MAR 1605 -
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Margery Richmond or Webb b 1557 - Kintbury, Eng, Berks, England d AFT 1575 -
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Edmund Richmond or Webb b ABT 1557 - d 1621 -
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Dorothy Richmond or Webb b 24 SEP 1559 - Kintbury, Eng, Berks, England d AFT 1575 -
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Mary Richmond or Webb b 13 FEB 1562 - Amisbury, Wilt, England d -
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Frances Richmond or Webb b 14 FEB 1563 - Kintbury, Berks, England d AFT 1575 -
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John Richmond or Webb b 28 MAR 1565 - Kintbury, Berks, England d AFT 1590 -
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Bridget Richmond or Webb b 22 OCT 1567 - Kintbury, Berks, England d -
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Thos Richmond or Webb b 19 FEB 1569 - Kintbury, Berks, England d 22 NOV 1640 -
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Mary Richmond or Webb b 13 MAY 1572 - Kintbury, Berks, England d -
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Henry Richmond or Webb b ABT 1574 - Bushton, Wilts, England d 15 FEB 1635 -
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Edmund Richmond or Webb b 15 SEP 1577 - Kintbury, Berkshire, England d -
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Chas (Charles) Richmond or Webb b 22 SEP 1578 - Kintbury, Berks, England d -

Family Group


Husband
William Richmond Webb b ABT 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England
Marr: ABT 1515 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d 3 MAR 1578 - England ch of William (Webb) Richmond and Joan Ewen
Other Spouses: Margaret Choke Margery Richmond

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Wife
Dorothy Lymings b 1506 - Nottinghamshire, England d - ch of John Lymings and Marjory Choke
Other Spouses:
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Children
Edmond Richmond or Webb b 1532 - Bushton, Cliff Pipard, Wiltshire, England d AFT 1575 - Denvord, Wiltshire, England
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Jane Richmond or Webb b 1528 - Stewkley Grange, Wilts, England d -
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Thomas Richmond b 1530 - Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts, England d BEF 1564 -
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Family Group


Husband
William (Webb) Richmond b 1436 - Wiltshire, England
Marr: ABT 1466 - d BEF 24 APR 1502 - Wiltshire, England ch of William Richmond and Alice Webb
Other Spouses:

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Wife
Joan Ewen b ABT 1440 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d aft Apr 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England ch of John Ewen and Mrs John Ewen
Other Spouses:
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Children
William Richmond Webb b ABT 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d 3 MAR 1578 - England
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John Richmond or Webb b ABT 1467 - Cheddington, Somerset, England d -
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Richard Richmond b ABT 1468 - Liddington, Wiltshire, England d 1579 -
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Thomas (Webb) Richmond b ABT 1469 - Cheddington, Somerset, England d BEF 1565 -
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Henry Richmond b ABT 1470 - Drayton, Yorkshire, England d AFT 1502 -
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Alice or Alison Richmond b ABT 1473 - Drayton, Yorkshire, England d -
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Ann or Agnes Richmond b ABT 1477 - Drayton, Yorkshire, England d AFT 1502 -
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Christopher Richmond b ABT 1480 - Lid Mal, Lancaster, England d -
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Family Group


Husband
William Richmond b ABT 1410 - Draycott, Yorkshire, England
Marr: 1430 - Draycott, Yorkshire, England d - ch of Thomas Richmond and
Other Spouses:

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Wife
Alice Webb b ABT 1414 - Draycot, York, England d - ch of Thomas Webb and Elizabeth Nichols
Other Spouses:
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Children
William (Webb) Richmond b 1436 - Wiltshire, England d BEF 24 APR 1502 - Wiltshire, England
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Family Group


Husband
Thomas Webb b 1388 -
Marr: - d - ch of and
Other Spouses:

-Wife
Elizabeth Nichols b 1390 - d - ch of and
Other Spouses:
-Children
Alice Webb b ABT 1414 - Draycot, York, England d -
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http://www.genealogy.com/users/l/i/m/Lee-Liming-FL/FILE/0004page.html has the following:

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Husband: John Lymings Born: 1480 at: Nottinghamshire, England
Wife: Marjory Choke Born: 1484 at: Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England
CHILDREN
Name: Dorothy Lymings Born: 1506 at: Nottinghamshire, Eng.;
Husband:William Richmond b Abt 1487 at: Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England
Married: Abt 1515 at: Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d 3 MAR 1577/1578
Other Spouses: MARGARET CHOICKE CHOKE, June 24, 1515
Wife: Dorothy Lymings b 1506 at: Nottinghamshire, Eng.;
Children of WILLIAM RICHMOND and DOROTHY LYMINGS are:
i. JANE RICHMOND, b. 1517, England.
ii. THOMAS RICHMOND, b. 1519, England; m. ANNE PULLEY.
iii. EDMOND RICHMOND, b. Abt. 1521, Bushton, Cliff Pipard, Wiltshire, England; d. Aft. 1575.
William de Richmond (alias) Webb - The 1565 Visitation of Wiltshire reports that William as being of Stewkley, Grange, Bucks County and Over-Wroughton, Wiltshire. Aubrey's Wills notes "There was a grant of church land (in Wroughton) by the Crown to William Richmond alias Webb in the 32nd year of the reign of Henry VIII (1541)." Land in Bishoptown or Bushton awarded to William Webb in the 22nd year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Aubrey's Wills also notes the Baskett family sold land at Lydiard-Milicent to William Richmond alias Webb in 1576. (This late date suggests he may have has a son William, who bought it). This land remained in the family138 years, being sold to Sir John Askew in 1714. A William Webb also bought land in Wiltshire in 1545. William married first Dorothy Lymings of Nottshire, 1527, in Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England, daughter of JOHN LYMINGE and secondly Marjory Choke of Shalborne, Wiltshire.

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REGISTER OF PASSPORTS FOR VAGRANTS 1598-1669
17 June 1605

219. Dorothy Lyminge, an idle wanderer and vagrant, wife of John Lyminge, was punished. Assigned 3 days to go to Marleboroughe where she dwells and she is to carry with her a child that she says she left at Fisherton Anger.

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Lemy(i)nge (or Liminge), Robert, Architect

Places associated with this person:
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
This page was last updated on 1 June 2000 and is from the U.K. Database of Historic Parks and Gardens. See our home page.
Blickling Hall – I, Norfolk. A Seat of the Marquis of Lothian. Built 1616-28 for Sir Henry Hobart by Robert Lyminge, architect of Hatfield, on the site of a home of the Boleyns.’ Country Life, June 7th 1930, pp 814-21

712071
Lyminge, Robert d. 1628
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. Four volumes. Edited by Adolf K. Placzek. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1982. Use the "Index of Names," which begins on page 533 of Volume 4, to locate biographies. (MacEA)


Christopher Richmond b ABT 1480 - Lid Mal, Lancaster, England
Marr: ABT 1506 - Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d - ch of William (Webb) Richmond and Joan Ewen
Other Spouses: Jane Pulleyne

-Wife
Alice Shooter b - d - ch of and
Other Spouses:
-Children
Husband
Christopher Richmond b ABT 1480 - Lid Mal, Lancaster, England
Marr: ABT 1515 - Rodbourne, Wiltshire, England d - ch of William (Webb) Richmond and Joan Ewen
Other Spouses: Alice Shooter
-Wife
Jane Pulleyne b
-Children

Family Group


Husband
William Richmond Webb b ABT 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England
Marr: 24 JUN 1515 - Shalborne, Wiltshire, England d 3 MAR 1578 - England ch of William (Webb) Richmond and Joan Ewen
Other Spouses: Dorothy Lymings Margery Richmond

-Wife
Margaret Choke b
-Children


Husband
William Richmond Webb b ABT 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England
Marr: ABT 1578 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d 3 MAR 1578 - England ch of William (Webb) Richmond and Joan Ewen
Other Spouses: Dorothy Lymings Margaret Choke

-Wife
Margery Richmond b - d - ch of and
Other Spouses:


Husband
Edmond Richmond or Webb b 1532 - Bushton, Cliff Pipard, Wiltshire, England
Marr: 1551 - Kinsbury, Wiltshire, England d AFT 1575 - Denvord, Wiltshire, England ch of William Richmond Webb and Dorothy Lymings
Other Spouses:

-Wife
Mary Weare or Browne b 1534 - Kintbury, Berkshire, England d aft 1575 - England ch of Robert (Browne) Weare and Mrs Robert Brown Weare
Other Spouses:
-Children
Henry Richmond or Webb b 1555 - Christian, Malford, Wilts, England d 1634 - Kintbury, Wilts, England
-William Richmond or Webb b 1553 - Bushton, Wiltshire, England d 23 MAR 1605 -
-Margery Richmond or Webb b 1557 - Kintbury, Eng, Berks, England d AFT 1575 -
-Edmund Richmond or Webb b ABT 1557 - d 1621 -
-Dorothy Richmond or Webb b 24 SEP 1559 - Kintbury, Eng, Berks, England d AFT 1575 -
-Mary Richmond or Webb b 13 FEB 1562 - Amisbury, Wilt, England d -
-Frances Richmond or Webb b 14 FEB 1563 - Kintbury, Berks, England d AFT 1575 -
-John Richmond or Webb b 28 MAR 1565 - Kintbury, Berks, England d AFT 1590 -
-Bridget Richmond or Webb b 22 OCT 1567 - Kintbury, Berks, England d -
-Thos Richmond or Webb b 19 FEB 1569 - Kintbury, Berks, England d 22 NOV 1640 -
-Mary Richmond or Webb b 13 MAY 1572 - Kintbury, Berks, England d -
-Henry Richmond or Webb b ABT 1574 - Bushton, Wilts, England d 15 FEB 1635 -
-Edmund Richmond or Webb b 15 SEP 1577 - Kintbury, Berkshire, England d -
-Chas (Charles) Richmond or Webb b 22 SEP 1578 - Kintbury, Berks, England d
Husband
William Richmond Webb b ABT 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England
Marr: ABT 1515 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d 3 MAR 1578 - England ch of William (Webb) Richmond and Joan Ewen
Other Spouses: Margaret Choke Margery Richmond
-Wife
Dorothy Lymings b 1506 - Nottinghamshire, England d - ch of John Lymings and Marjory Choke
Other Spouses:
-Children
Edmond Richmond or Webb b 1532 - Bushton, Cliff Pipard, Wiltshire, England d AFT 1575 - Denvord, Wiltshire, England
-Jane Richmond or Webb b 1528 - Stewkley Grange, Wilts, England d -
-Thomas Richmond b 1530 - Rodbourne Cheney, Wilts, England d BEF 1564 -
Husband
William (Webb) Richmond b 1436 - Wiltshire, England
Marr: ABT 1466 - d BEF 24 APR 1502 - Wiltshire, England ch of William Richmond and Alice Webb
Other Spouses:
-Wife Joan Ewen b ABT 1440 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d aft Apr 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England ch of John Ewen and Mrs John Ewen
Other Spouses:
-Children
William Richmond Webb b ABT 1502 - Draycott Folliot, Wiltshire, England d 3 MAR 1578 - England
-John Richmond or Webb b ABT 1467 - Cheddington, Somerset, England d -
-Richard Richmond b ABT 1468 - Liddington, Wiltshire, England d 1579 -
-Thomas (Webb) Richmond b ABT 1469 - Cheddington, Somerset, England d BEF 1565 -
-Henry Richmond b ABT 1470 - Drayton, Yorkshire, England d AFT 1502 -
-Alice or Alison Richmond b ABT 1473 - Drayton, Yorkshire, England d -
-Ann or Agnes Richmond b ABT 1477 - Drayton, Yorkshire, England d AFT 1502 -
-Christopher Richmond b ABT 1480 - Lid Mal, Lancaster, England

Husband William Richmond b ABT 1410 - Draycott, Yorkshire, England
Marr: 1430 - Draycott, Yorkshire, England d - ch of Thomas Richmond and

-Wife
Alice Webb b ABT 1414 - Draycot, York, England d - ch of Thomas Webb and Elizabeth Nichols
-Children
William (Webb) Richmond b 1436 - Wiltshire, England d BEF 24 APR 1502 - Wiltshire, England

Husband Thomas Webb b 1388

-Wife
Elizabeth Nichols b 1390 -
-Children
Alice Webb b ABT 1414 - Draycot, York, England d -


I also have John, Jr., and Edward, sons of John Sr. being born in
Ashton-Keynes. Daughters Sarah and Mary I have listed as being born at
Taunton, Mass.

The word ?verified? may be a bit strong. I should have written, ?reliable
sources.? As a Navy Public Affairs Officer and writer, I know how important
sources and attributions are. Sometimes the more I research a story the
more questions I raise. I have not seen the sources my Aunt Bonnie cited,
but some are listed from her notes as follows:

I consider my Aunt Bonnie to be a reliable researcher into the family, as
her life-long obsession has been genealogy.

Sorry about the length of this e-mail, I am not sure if your software would
be able to read an attached file. (I am a computer illiterate) I can only
operate word processing and e-mail with a little bit of internet search? if
I don?t get bored with all the links.

William Richmond alias Webb
Living in Draycott Folott, Wilts, married Joan, daughter of John Ewen of
Draycott.
Children named:
Henry
Christopher
William, Jr.
Alice
Ann

Sources:
Last Will and testament dated March 28, 1502 and probated April 24, 1502.
William is buried in the parish church cemetery of Swyndon.

William (Jr.) Richmond alias Webb, married (1st) Dorothy, daughter of John
Lymings of Notts County. (2nd) Marjory, daughter of John Choke, Esq. of
Shalborne, Wilts.

Sources:
Land grants in the County of Wilts
Church land grant records in Wroughton by the Crown in the thirty-second
year of the reign of Henry 8th (1541)
Land records of holdings in Rudlow, Sherston and Magna
Land grant in the reign of Elizabeth in Bishoptown or Bushton.

Edmond Richmond alias Webb, Esq.
Married Mary, daughter of Robert Weare, alias Brown of Marlborough
He had four sons and three daughters

Sources:
Death records at Durnford

Henry Richmond
Lived at Christian-Walford, Wilts. He was married four times and had
twenty-five children. His eldest son John, and then Henry were by his first
wife.

Sources:
According to a letter written by Oliffe Richmond of Ashton-Keynes
(1679-1757).

John Richmond, eldest son of Henry Richmond, b. 1594 at Ashton-Keynes, d. at
Taunton, Mass. March 20, 1664.
John was married to Elizabeth Nicholas in England.

Sources:
Burial of John near the old Richmond home in Taunton, Mass.
Court records held in Saco in the province of Maine.
Historical records for the purchase of Taunton, Mass in the Plymouth Colony
in 1637.
Letter of Appointment as Juror in 1642
Appointment to the Court of Commissions in 1656
Last Will and testament of John Richmond, executed December 14, 1663,
probated at Plymouth October 29, 1669. Although the will was made Dec. 14,
1663, it was not recorded until Oct. 29, 1669 by reason of an obstruction
that fell in the way. The inventory was exhibited in the Court at Plymouth,
Mass. October 29, 1670.

Edward Richmond, son of John and Elizabeth (Nicholas) Richmond, b. 1632 at
Ashton-Keynes, Wilshire, England.
m. (1st) Abigail Davis, daughter of James Davis in 1657 at Newport, Rhode
Island
m. (2nd) Amy Bull, daughter of Governor Henry Bull of Newport
Children
Abigail b. 1656
Edward b. 1658
John b. 1660
Mary b. 1663
Elizabeth b. Dec. 6, 1666
Esther b. 1669
Sylvester, b. 1672
Sarah, b. 1675
Henry, b. 1684
Ann, b. 1686

Sources:
Court records in Newport Rhode Island in a suit brought by Edward against
Richard Ussell on June 24, 1656.
Records of appointments of land in the Misquaamicut lands on Sept. 9, 1661.
In October 1677, Edward and forty-seven others were granted 5,000 acres to
be called East Greenwich.
>From 1677 until 1680 Edward served as Attorney General of Rhode Island.
Appointment records dated June 11, 1677 for Edward and three others to
raise funds for the colony?s use in sending agents to England.
On June 6, 1683 Edward took the oath of fidelity and served on the town
board as an officer from 1683 until 1685 and again in 1689 and 1690
Record of estate sale dated February 16, 1692 to his father-in-law Henry
Bull of Newport.
Record of purchase of the twenty-seventh lot in Little Compton, Rhode Island
he bought from Daniel Wilcox for 50 pounds.
Last Will and testament of Edward Richmond on December 8, 1696
Grave markers in the family cemetery of the Richmond holdings (as of 1965)
of ?Treaty Rock Farm? on West Road in Little Compton, Rhode Island.

John Richmond, son of Edward and Abigail (Davis) Richmond. b. 1660 in
Kingstown, Westerly, Rhode Island. d. 1738
m. Elizabeth
Children:
Cyrus
Abigail
Sarah
Stephen
Ann
Elizabeth
Content
Rebecca
Priscilla

Sources:
Record of sale of property dated February 28, 1710.
Record of purchase of property where he and thirty-seven others bought 5,300
acres of Narragansett of the vacant lands.
Episcopal Church records at Wickford, Rhode Island
Quaker Church records at Richmond, Rhode Island
Record of land sale at Hunting Swamp Farm in Portsmouth for 1,300 pounds.
Served as Deputy from 1729 to 1733 and in 1738 was serving as Justice of the
Peace.

Stephen Richmond, son of John and Elizabeth Richmond. b October 3, 1703. d
unk
m. Mary Lawton of Newport and Seaconnet, Rhode Island, who was born
September 23, 1703.
Children:
John Richmond, b August 1, 1728, died young
Mary Richmond, b April 4, 1731, lived with Edward; died unmarried in 1828,
age 98
Unk Richmond, b. February 24, 1733, married Sarah Hazard
Elizabeth Richmond, b. April 27, 1735, married Spink Himes
Adam Richmond, b. March 24, 1737, married Amy Hazard
Rebecca Richmond, b. March 17, 1739, married Robert Watston
Content Richmond, b. June 22, 1741, married Earl King
Stephen Richmond, b. unk, married Lucy Mowry
Edward Richmond, b. December 15, 1746, married Sarah Lawton
Anne Richmond, born June 8, 1750, married Thomas Lawton

Sources:
Records admitting Stephen as a freeman to Westerly, Rhode Island, the last
Tuesday of February 1729 and 1730.
He was deputy of Westerly, Rhode Island for 1756.
At the first town meeting in Richmond, Stephen and James Adams were
appointed to receive the votes.
He was Rate Maker and Moderator in 1749.
President of the Town Council in 1749 and 1750.
Land records of Exeter, Rhode Island, giving him ownership of about half of
Fisher?s Island and the Watch Hill Farm in Westerly, Rhode Island.
Church records from the Quaker Church of Westerley where Stephen served as a
preacher.

Adam Richmond, son of Stephen and Mary Lawton
b. March 24, 1737 in Westerley, Rhode Island.
d. November 17, 1817.
m. March 10, 1757, (1st) Amy Hazard, daughter of Robert Hazard, born
December 21, 1757
m. April 1, 1762, (2nd) Mary Hall of West Greenwich, daughter of Preserved
and Elizabeth (Vaughn) Hall, born June 6, 1741.
Children:
1st marriage:
Amy, married Sylvester Wilcox
2nd marriage:
William, b. November 21, 1762, married Rachel Matteson
Preserved, b. June 25, 1764, married (1st) Mary Olin, had 10 children,
married (2nd) Mary Luther, had nine children
Lucy, a twin, b. August 4, 1768, married Weaver Brown
Lois, a twin, b. August 4, 1768, married Caleb Colvin
Simeon, a twin, b. September 7, 1775, married Clarissa Snow
Stephen Richmond, a twin, b. September 7, 1775, married (1st) Cynthia
Matteson. His second marriage was to Clarissa (Snow) Richmond, the widow of
his twin brother Simeon.
George, b. August 1, 1777
Elizabeth, b. unk, married Asa Matteson, son of John Matteson
Polly, b. unk, married Samuel Grinold.

Sources:
Quaker Church Records of Exeter, Rhode Island.
Land Sales and Purchase Records.
Record of admission of Adam as a Freeman of Exeter, Rhode Island on the
First. Wednesday of May 1759.

William Richmond, son of Adam and Mary (Hall) Richmond.
b. November 21, 1762 in Exeter, Rhode Island.
d. unk
m. January 5, 1783 to Rachel Matteson
Children:
George, b. September 5, 1783, married Caly Potter, he latter married
Experience -. George served in the War of 1812 with Captain
Holbrook?s Company.
Lawton, b. August 17, 1784, m. Sarah Townsend
Wanton, b. September 14, 1785
Susan, b. 1786, m. in 1808 to William C. Potter
Annie, b. March 30, 1787, married January 23, 1810 to Benjamin Franklin
Potter
William, b. 1790
Freeman, b. August 28, 1791, married Nancy Arnold
Sylvester, b. 1793, married Amelia Van Texel
John Richmond, b. 1795, married Ann Van Texel. John served in the War of
1812. After the war John moved to Indiana along with some of his brothers.
The 1840 census listed seven males and four females living in his home in
Switzerland County, Indiana.
Jerrub, b. 1798, married Susanna Walker
Sally, b. July 28, 1800, married Luke Van Texel
Rachel, born about 1808, married Willis Amasa Potter

Sources:
Records from the War of 1812.
Church records at Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York.
Methodists Church records near Allensville, Indiana.
1840 census at Switzerland County, Indiana.
The General Index of Deeds in the Switzerland County court house in Vevay.
Family cemetery located on the Richmond farm in Indiana.
In 1794 or 1795 William moved with his wife, children and father, Adam,
toFairfield, Herkimer County, New York.

Orrin Richmond, son of William and Rachel Matteson
b. February 28, 1797 in Fairfield, Herkimer County, New York
d. October 9, 1847, buried in a small country cemetery located on the
Richmond farm at Allensville, Switzerland County, Indiana.
m. Margaret Bear, born in Virginia on November 26, 1800.
After a time following Orrin's death, Margaret with some of her nine
children set out in a wagon train with other family members too eventually
settle in Madison County, Iowa in 1855. The Pleasant View Methodist church
was organized by the family at the home of Jerrub and Susanna Richmond. The
church is located in Center Township, section 23, Madison County, Iowa.
Children:
Rachel, b. May 10, 1820
David, b. December 26, 1821, married Harriet Gould
Charles, b. September 28, 1823, married Lydia Traver
Ruben, b. December 5, 1825, married Jane Miller
Mariah, b. May 19, 1827, married Jarred Jessup
Peter, b. November 19, 1828, married Melissa Van Osdel
Orrin, b. February 6, 1831, married Mary Jane Shaffer
Mary, b. October 9, 1832, married David A. Brinson
Josiah, born September 12, 1834
Elizabeth, born October 11, 1836, married Thomas Ewart Wood
Lucinda, b. June 3, 1838
John, b. March 15, 1840, married Alvira Walker
William, b. March 3, 1842
Helen, b. July 12, 1845, married Jonas E. Likens (1st) then George Weeks

Sources:
Switzerland County Indiana census of 1840.
Madison County Iowa census of 1860.
Madison County History.
Iowa State Archives.
Land sales and purchase records.
Interviews by Aunt Bonnie with elderly relatives and old-timers in Vevay,
Indiana and Winterset, Iowa.
Pleasant View Methodist Church records in Webster Township, Madison County
Iowa.

John Richmond, son of Orrin and Margaret Bear
b. March 15, 1840 in Switzerland County, Indiana
d. April 19, 1920 in Los Angeles, California
m. Alta Alvira Walker. Alta died March 4, 1880 in Madison County, Iowa.
John is buried in the Old Soldiers Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA
On August 9, 1862 John was enrolled as a private in Company A, 39th Regiment
of Iowa Infantry Volunteers in the Civil War. John was honorably discharged
at Washington, DC June 5, 1865. Following Alta's death, John left his 5
children with relatives and headed west where he wandered from Colorado, New
Mexico and California where he lived near Lake Tahoe and then Yosemite for
awhile, eventually staying for a period with his daughter Geneva in San
Diego before moving on to Los Angeles.

Sources:
Iowa Infantry Volunteers roll.
Pleasant View Methodist Church records.
Aunt Bonnie interviews with elderly relatives and friends.
Madison County Land Records.
Army discharge papers.

Fredrick Oliver Richmond, son of John and Alta (Walker) Richmond.
b. April 20, 1874 in Winterset, Iowa
d. January 7, 1956 in Tucson, Arizona
m. Nannie Violet Lotz, daughter of Fredrick and Martha Ellen (Hallgarth)
Lotz.
b. April 12, 1882, in Winterset, Iowa
d. March 5, 1934, in Omaha, Nebraska

Sources:
Birth Certificates.
Death Certificates.
Marriage Certificates.
Stories told to Aunt Bonnie from elderly relatives.

Cleo Edith Richmond (My paternal grandmother), daughter of Fredrick and
Violet (Lotz) Richmond
b. July 21, 1908 in Herman, Nebraska
d. July, 1987 in Independence, Missouri
m. December 1, 1927, at Omaha, NE to Willis Alexander Barber, son of Aaron
and Loriena May (Mitchell) Barber
Willis was born March 25, 1905 in Lexington, Nebraska. He died in 1982 at
Seattle, WA.

Dan Barber



www.RichmondAncestry.org
The Pre-American Richmonds
The RICHMOND FAMILY had its origin in Brittany, France. The name is derived from the French words riche and monte or monde, and is first given in early English history as Rychemonde, later as Richemount and Richmonte, and finally as Richmond. The family name Richemonte may still be found in France.* It is extremely difficult to follow ancestral lines previous to the founding of the Herald's College by Richard III, in 1483, so much is tradition engrafted in history. The credit for tracing our English ancestors is mostly due to the nephew of the compiler, Henry I. Richmond, Jr., who has spent much time, in this country and in England, examining old wills and records, to enable the Richmonds to "read their titl e clear" to ancestors who served by the side of William the Conqueror on Hastings Field. Mr. Richmond's forte is Geology, which bears close relations to Genealogy, and he will not be satisfied until he discovers the bones of Richmonds in some ante - diluvian strata. It is possible that he may give the family a more complete and revised history of the English Richmonds at some future time.
The line of English ancestors given is also that of the Ashton-Keynes and other Wiltshire Richmonds: the former for five generations bore the alias of Webb, first assumed by William Richmond about 1430, when he married Alice, daughter and heiress of Thomas Webb of Draycott, Wiltshire, England. Francis Thackeray, uncle of William Makepeace Thackeray, who descended from the R ichmonds of Wiltshire, compiled the records of the ancestors of the Ashton-Keynes Richmonds. These records correspond with our line with one exception: he claims that we descend through Roald, the son of Roaldus "le Ennase," while General Plantagenet-Harrison, in his "History of Yorkshire," states that we descend from Alan, son of Roaldus "le Ennase," claiming that his son Roald had no children. William Makepeace Thackeray wrote of Colonel John Richmond-Webb (whose name may be found in the Gazetteer of the English Army): "He came of a very ancient Wiltshire family, which he respected above all families in the world; he could prove a lineal descent from King Edward I, and his first ancestor, Roaldus de Richmond, rode by William the Conqueror's side on Hastings Field. ‘We were gentlemen,’ Colonel Webb used to say, ‘when the Churchills were horse-boys.’" Roaldus de Richmond was granted lands by the Crown in Yorkshire, and tradition informs us that this Richmond was a relative of Alan Rufus, but no positive proof of this statement has been found. Alan Rufus was a kinsman of the Conqueror, and was granted lands in Yorkshire. He built Richmond Castle, and was the first Duke of Richmond.**
Tradition from many sources informs us that John Richmond was born Ashton-Keynes. The Reverend J. C. Richmond claims that he was allowed to take the old church records at Ashton-Keynes, Wiltshire, to his lodgings, as a special favor, and asserts positively that he found the date of the baptism of John Richmond in 1597. James Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, states: "Family tradition brings this John from Ashton-Keynes, a parish of Wiltshire, four and one-half miles west from Crichlade, where he was baptized in 1597." He died March 20, 1664, aged seventy years; therefore his birth occurred in 1594. The compiler cannot state positively whether Ashton-Keynes, Radborne, or Christian Malford is the place of nativity of John Richmond, but it seems more than probable that he was born in the County of Wiltshire, and there is no doubt that the Wiltshire Richmonds descended from the Yorkshire Richmonds, who came from Brittany with William the Conqueror.*** *The Rev. J. C. Richmond wrote: "If the children or Israel retain the physiognomy of their fathers nearly four thousand years ago, why should you be surprised at what I now relate? In 1830, while in Paris, I went to the Chamber of Deputies, and, seeing a sharp]y marked man speaking, I exclaimed to a friend, 'There's my father I Did you ever see my father ?' I then inquired who w as speaking, and a Frenchman answered, ‘General de Richemonte.' Thus, after eight hundred years, the American retained the strong resemblance to the old Norman race; 10 without being aware that there was a Richmond in France, I saw my father's face in a R ichemonte." **This title and estate is now held by the Lennox family. Our ancestors were Lords of the Manor and Constables of Richmond Castle, but no claim can be established to the Arms of the Duke of Richmond. The compiler cannot determine whether the ducal coronet in the Richmond Arms comes from our being a lineal descendant of King Edward I, as claimed by Col. John Richmond-Webb, from kinship with Alan Rufus, the first Duke of Richmond, or from later Inter-marriage with some ducal family. ***The f ollowing extract from a letter of William E. Richmond to William R. Richmond, dated in Providence Dec. 31, 1865, may be of interest, and show bow traditions have been passed down in the family: "I have thought best to give you this much of the family hist ory while I may, as life is uncertain and my hand is not often in condition to write. It will be eight hundred years in October, 1866, since our predecessor from Brittany landed in Pevensey Bay, England, an officer in King William's Army. On the fourteen th of October was fought the great battle of Hastings, in which the Saxon King Harold and half of his army were killed, and England was subjected to the King. Our ancestor settled on land in Yorkshire given him by the King, etc. At a subsequent period a younger branch of this family settled in Wiltshire, England, where traces of them for many generations are still found in cemeteries and parish records. John Richmond was born at the Manor of Ashton - Keynes, and came to America with his sons John and Edwar d," etc., etc.
1. ROALDUS MUSARD DE RICHMOND, one of the most powerful leaders who accompanied William the Conqueror into England.*
2. HASCULFUS MUSARD DE RICHMOND, held in Demesne Keddington and Chilworth, Oxfordshire, Stainbury , G loucestershire and other lordships at the time of the general survey. (Dugdale).
3. ROALDUS DE RICHMOND, “LE ENNASE”, second Constable of Richmond Castle under Alan III, Earl of Richmond, seized of lands in Skeeby and Croft by the gift of King Henry, who likewise gave him the manor of Pickhall, etc., which he gave in marriage with his daughter to Jolanus de Neville. He was Lord of Burton, Aldborough and most of his uncle Emsart's lands (the first Constable of Richmond) by grant of King Stephen. He founde d an Abbey on his Manor of Easby in honor of St. Agatha, 1152, where he was buried.** GRACIANA buried at St. Agatha's.
4. SIR ALAN, FIL ROALD DE RICHMOND, third Constable of Richmond Castle. In the first year of the reign of Richard I (1189), he owed the king two hundred marks for the custody of Richmond Castle; in the fourth year of the reign of Richard I (1193), he paid ten marks and owed one hundred and ninety; in the third year of the reign of Richard I, he was surety for Walter de Lasceles. In t he second year of the reign of John (1201), he gave the king three hundred marks and three palfreys to be Constable of Richmond Castle, to hold the same to himself and his heirs, of the king and his heirs, by good and lawful services. In the ninth year of the reign of John (1208), he gave the king two hundred marks and four palfreys to have the Castle of Richmond, of which he had been disseised, and to have the king's letters patent granting him military jurisdiction which the Castle of Richmond ought to p ossess.*** *Thackeray's Genealogy. Plantagenet-Harrison gives Fulco de Richmond as the grandfather, and Robert as the father of Roaldus “le Ennase.” **Sir Harris Nicholas, Siege of Carlaveroc, p. 374. ***Plantagenet Harrison's Hist. of Yorkshire, p. 35.
5. SIR ROALD, FIL ALAN DE RICHMOND, Knight, fourth Constable of Richmond Castle, to whom King John, in 1208, gave the lands of William de Rollos, including the manors of Caldewell, Croft, Kipling, etc., with one mill and lands in Skeby which belonged to Harsculph fil Harsculph, who died with the king's enemies in Brittany, 1204. In the twenty-first year of the reign of Henry III (1237), he was summoned to answer the king by what right he held those manors, when he produced the letters patent of King Joh n, by which the same was granted to him and his heirs forever. He entailed the manors of Burton, Aldeburgh and Croft upon his son Roald, in the latter part of the twenty-fourth year of the reign of Henry III (1240).*
6. ALAN, FIL ROALD RICHMOND DE CROFT, to whom his brother gave the manor of Burton, the third part of which, Sarra, who was the wife of Goscelyn Deyville, claimed as dower, in the thirty - third year of the reign of Henry III (1249); claimed lands in Roppele, Clareworth, Wurthington and Newland, County of Lincoln, in right of his wife, in the forty-third year of the reign of Henry III (1259); was plaintiff in a plea of trespass, in the first year of the reign of Edward I (1272).** MATILDA, daughter and co-heir of Peter de Goldington and consanguinea and co-heir of Simon de Roppele, Lord of Roppele, Co. Lincoln, living in the 28th year of Edward I (1300).
7. SIR ROALD, FIL ALAN RICHMOND DE CROFT to whom his uncle Roald fi1 Roald gave the manors of Caldewell and Croft. He was defendant in a plea of dower, in the thirty-fourth year of the reign of Henry 1.11 (1250); against whom Roald fil Roald de Richmond claimed the manor of Caldewell, in the thirty - fifth year of the reign of Henry III (1251); died in the forty - sixth year of the reign of Henry II I (1262).*** In Gale's “Honores de Richmond,” this Sir Roald is said to have been the son of Sir Roaldus de Richmond, fifth Constable, brother to Alan fil Roald de Croft. ISABELLA, daughter and peir of Robert fil Osanna de Langthwayt by Isabella his wife. Second husband, Alan de Lasceles, claimed his wife's dower, 50 Henry III ( 1266), died 10 Ed. I (1282). Third husband, Walter de Rubyr, living 17 Ed. 1 (1289).
8. EUDO DE RICHMOND had possessions in Staynwriggis, County of York, as appears by “Reg. Hono res de Richmond.”
9. ELYAS DE RICHMOND was living during the time of Edward Ill, 1327 - 1377. §
10. ELYAS DE RICHMOND was living during the time of Edward III and Richard II, 1327 - 1399. §§ RICHARD DE RICHMOND (brother of Elyas de Richmond). Upon Richard a nd Elizabeth, his wife, William de Burgh entailed the manor Burgh, near Catterrick, County York, in the twenty - third year of the reign of Edward III (1350). Richard and Elizabeth de Richmond have free warren in Burgh, in the thirty - fourth year of the reig n of Edward III, 1360. §§ * Ibid. ** Ibid. ** Harleian manuscripts, 6831, p. 130. Book H. 22, Herald's College. ***Harrison's Hist. of Yorkshire, p. 35. Reg. Honores de Richmond, pg. 62. § Thackeray's Genealogy. §§ Harleian manuscripts, 6831, pg. 130. Glover’s Collections, folio175, Herald’s College. www.RichmondAncestry.org English Ancestors. x
11. THOMAS DE RICHMOND was living in the time of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V. (See Inquisition post mortem, etc.). ELIZABETH daughter of Wm. de Burgh, Lord of Burgh.
12. WILLIAM DE RICHMOND of assumed the name of Webb upon his marriage, about 1430, and quartered the Webb arms. He was mentioned as of Yorkshire in Herald’s “Visitation of Gloucester,” 1682 - 1683, p. 195. He lived at Draycott, Wilts. ALICE, daughter and heiress of Thomas Webb of Draycott Wilts., by Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Nicholas, by Jane, daughter of Nicholas, of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire.
13. WILLIAM RICHMOND ALIAS WEBB of Draycott Foliott, Wilts.* THE WILL OF WILLIAM RICHMOND “In the name of Gode amen. The year of our lorde Gode 1502 and the 28 day of March. I, William Richmond otherwise called William Webbe, being whole and stedfast in minde make this my testament and last will. First I bequeath my soul unto almighty Jesus, to our lady his blessed mother and to all the blessed company in heaven, and my body to be buried in the parish church of Swyndon.” . . .Bequests to the poor of the same church: to the cathedral church of Sarum (Salisbury ): “to the priests of the parish church of Swyndon to pray for me and for all my descendants souls.” Bequests “to each of my godchildren: To Johanna my wife: to Thomas, Richard. William Sr., Richard (my youngest son), Henry, Christopher, William Jr., my sons and Alice and Ann my daughters.” The residue of all my goods and chat tels not bequeathed, my debts and bequests being content and paid, I give to Johanne my wife, and to my children not married to be equally divided by them and if it fortunes any of them to decease, then their share to be divided among them that liveth; and I will that Thomas Richard and Richard my sons be myn executors of this my last will for my soul's health and repose and I make Wm. Wroughton, gentleman overseer of this testament. WILLIAM RICHMOND als WEBB.” Will was probated 24 April, 1502.** JOAN, d aughter of John Ewen of Draycott, who survived her husband. Arms, sable, a fesse between two fleurs de lis, or, a crescent for difference.
14. WILLIAM RICHMOND ALIAS WEBB of Stewkley Grange, Bucks County, and Over - Wroughton, Wilts, had £22 per annum, in land in the County of Wilts, 1565. In Aubrey's Wills, p. 368, it is stated that “There was a grant of Church land (in Wroughton) by the Crown to William Richmond alias Webb, in the thirty-second year of the reign of Henry VIII (1541). The Webb family had lands in Rudlow, Sherston and Magna; and in the twenty-second year of the reign of Elizabeth a grant of land in Bishoptown or Bushton was made to William Webb. Aubrey's Wills, page 153, says: “The Baskett family disappeared about 1576, when they sold their estate at Lydiard - Milicent to William Richmond alias Webb. After one hundred and thirty - *Harleian manuscripts, 1443. pp. 57 and 58. **Bramyr 8, Probate Court of Canterbury. eight years, the Webbs sold it in 1714 to Sir John Askew. “Regarding Ste wkley Grange, Jones's “Index” contains the following note: “De manibus Reginae amovendis de Mane rio de Stewkeley Grange, et aliis, in Comitatibus Bucks et Wilts ac William Webb Arm Liberandis. Michaelis Recorda, 8 Eliz. Rotulo 110 (1566).”* He bought lands in Chiseldon and Over-Wroughton, Wilts, in the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Henry VIII (1545), of Sir Edward Baynton. DOROTHY, daughter of John Lymings of Notts County. First wife. Second wife was MARJORY, daughter of John Choke, Esq., of Shalborne, Wilts.
15. EDMOND RICHMOND. ALIAS WEBB, Esq. of Denvord (Durnford), Wilts, was living in 1575. (Book G. 3, 107 Herald's College.) He had four sons and three daughters, all unmarried in 1575. His death is not recorded at Durnford.** He was probably a ncestor of the Richmond - Webbs of Lydiard - Milicent, Wilts. MARY, daughter of Robert Weare alias Brown of Marlborough.***
16. HENRY RICHMOND ALIAS WEBB. His second son was living; unmarried) in 1575 (G. 3, 107 Herald's Office). He lived at Christian - Malford) Wilts; was married four times and had twenty-five children) according to a letter § written by Oliffe Richmond of Ashton-Keynes (1679 - 1757) to Rev. Silvester Richmond of Walton.
17. JOHN RICHMOND, eldest son; was an officer of distinction during the civil wars. §§ *Edward Jones's Index to Records, called Memoranda. ** Edward, Marion and Robert Webb, children of Edward Webb," recorded at Ashton-Keynes, 1604 - 1608 may be children of Edmond by a second marriage). ***Book G. 3, 107 Herald's College. Dear Cousin: § AHTON KEYNE5, 29 March, 1736. ...It is agreed by all that our ancestors first settled at Rodborne, Wilts; that two branches lived at Chedderton in Lyddiard Treygoze Parish, Wilts, and Brinkworth, Wilts. The farthest of our family I c an trace is our grandfather who lived at Christian - Malford, Wilts, about three miles from Chippenham in the County. The house is now standing. Henry, our grandfather, had four wives and as I have been informed, twenty - five children, twelve of whom grew u p to be men and women. Children by first wife: John and Henry (The Amisbury Branch* 1 ) now descending from John who killed his brother after (during?) the civil wars and cost our grandfather so much money to save his life that his estate was sold or irrec overably mortgaged. Children by second wife: Peter, father to George and William. Children by third wife: Silvester* 2 , Oliffe my father, James died at Campden in Gloucester County and left children Francis died unmarried. Children by fourth wife: Jane, Edward, Mary died unmarried, Elizabeth married, but died without offspring, Thomasine married in Ashton Keynes and left children. John and Henry our grandfather's sons were officers of distinction in the civil wars, one in the king's army and the other in Cromwell's, and our grandfather's home was often plundered by both armies, the king's party saying he had a son in Cromwell's party, and Cromwell's party that he had a son in the king's. Your affectionate though unknown kinsman, OLIFFE RICHMOND * 1 John Richmond of Amesbury, Wiltshire, who married a Mary Beckington in 1668, and had three sons and three daughters, whose births, etc., are recorded in Amesbury, must have been, according to the letter or Oliffe Richmond quoted above a son or grandson or John Richmond of Taunton. It is barely possible that it is so, as John Richmond was about forty-one years old when he left England, which leaves ample time for a previous marriage in England, and would permit the Amesbury branch to claim the same ancestor. * 2 Dr. Sylvester Richmond, the brother of John Richmond, obtained great celebrity as a physician throughout the counties of Lancaster and Chester, and gained a large property. He was elected mayor of Liverpool, and was actively engaged in supporting the r oyal cause during the agitations of that period. He married Sarah Tarleton, and had five sons and two daughters. Rev. Legh Richmond, author of "The Dairyman's Daughter," was one of his descendants. He died in 1692. §§ "On the night preceding one of th e engagements, Henry, his brother, went into the camp of the other army, eluded the vigilance of the sentinels, and reached John's tent in the hope of enjoying an affectionate interview previous to the uncertain events of the morrow. On entering the tent, John, alarmed at the sudden appearance of a stranger, as he conceived Henry to be, rose upon his bed and shot him dead upon, the spot. When he discovered his mistake, it is said he became deranged." (Manuscript Book of Rev. Legh Richmond.) THE MANOR HOUSE he Richmond Manor House was owned and occupied by Oliffe Richmond in the early part of the last century. The Manor comprised originally about four hundred acres, and the entire village of Ashton-Keynes belonged to this branch of the Richmond family. By the marriage of Bridget, granddaughter of Oliffe Richmond, with Edward Nichols, the Richmond Manor House passed in 1768 into the Nichols family. They sold it in 1856 to the Duke of Cleveland. The Manor House was in a good state of preservation in 1 896, when the accompanying views were taken.
TRADITIONS OF JOHN RICHMOND
The traditions recorded in the manuscript of the Rev. Legh Richmond, if true, would explain the mystery which shrouded the life T I of John Richmond. Soon after the death of his brother Henry) mentioned in this manuscript, it seems probable that he joined a colony of cadets of noble English families on the western coast of Ireland, who had chosen this remote spot where they could engage in commercial and other pursuits without sho cking their aristocratic relatives. Here George Richmond, possibly a cousin of John Richmond was established and largely interested in navigation. It is well known that he carried on an extensive and flourishing trade with Saco, Me., in 1635. It is the opinion of the writer that John Richmond came to America on one of these trading vessels about 1635, and engaged in business in Saco. Records of Courts held at Saco in the Province of Maine under Capt. William Gorges mention sundry suits by and against John Richmond -- among others, a suit by John Richmond “to collect from Thomas Lewis six pounds and ten shillings for two barrells of beife" showing that a John Richmond was engaged in trade in that place March 7, 1636.* It is positively known that John Richmond was one of the purchasers of Taunton in 1637. The birth of his daughter Sarah, in 1638, and of Mary, in 1639, probably occurred in Taunton, Mass., but his name does not appear in the list of men able to bear arms in 1643. Nothing seems to be known of him from 1643 to 1655, and tradition leads us to believe that he returned to England and engaged in the civil wars between the dates mentioned. The compiler, in his childhood, always heard John Richmond referred to as “Col. John,” and that he was engaged in the English civil wars, which, if true, would account for the absence of his name from all records in this country between 1643 and 1655, and the sad tragedy mentioned in the letter of Oliffe Richmond might have occurred during this time. In his Will is the following bequest: “I give and bequeath unto my eldest son John all my writings** in my chest which is in my son-in-law Edward Rew's house.” This treasure, now lost to us, would undoubtedly remove the mystery, which surrounds his life, and furnish us with facts where we have only traditions. Although somewhat vague and unsatisfactory, the compiler believes that the results of his researches relating to our English ancestors will prove of sufficient interest to the family to warrant their being include d in this volume; but it is with undisguised satisfaction he turns from the region of “Quien sabe?” with its mysteries, romance and uncertain traditions, to the well established dates and facts concerning JOHN RICHMOND of Taunton.
*Savage states that Joh n Richmond of Taunton may be the same John who is placed in Maine by Fulsom, p. 138. **It will give the compiler great pleasure if anyone can give him information of this chest of “writings” of John Richmond; also of the silver-mounted sword and silver tankard of Sylvester Richmond (page 17) – and “Father Richmond's desk,” - the latter was left, by the will of Thomas Burgess, to his son Edward (page 16). John and Edward, his sons, are known to have had excellent educations. That their father signed his wil l by his mark was undoubtedly the result of feebleness, as he refers to his writings in that document, which was made but a short time before his death. www.RichmondAncestry.org THE RICHMOND FAMILY IN AMERICA t has been extremely interesting to trace the movements and study the characteristics and condition of the different generations of our family. John Richmond of Taunton, our ancestor, was a large landholder, and quite wealthy for that time. His sons, John 2 and Edward 2 , were educated and refined gentlemen. They were interested in purchases of extensive tracts of land from the Indians, both in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. John 2 settled on the land of his father in T aunton, and was prominent in every important transaction connected with the town, his name appearing constantly in the records. Edward 2 lived in Newport, where he was Crown Solicitor and Attorney - Genera1, and one of the leading men in the town. Later in life he settled and died in Little Compton, R. I., where he was a large landholder. John and Edward divided their land among their children, and they in turn continued the division, and this generation was largely interested in real estate and agriculture. The subdivision of the land reduced the size of the farms, and the next generation was forced to seek new fields. Many followed trades and professions, while others occupied land in other sections of the country. The descendants of John first scattered over Massachusetts and Connecticut, then through the Middle Western States, and a few in the Northern and Northeastern States; while the offspring of Edward spread over Rhode Island, a large number settled in New York and the Western Lake States, and quit e a large colony in the southwestern section of the country. Several of the descendants of both John and Edward removed to Canada on account of attachment for the mother country and religious scruples, being Quakers and non-combatants. These early pioneer s were a hardy race, of powerful frame and large stature. They were noted for great strength, and were proud of their skill with the axe. On "town-meeting day” they followed the old English custom of engaging in wrestling and other games to show their prowess, and a man was great according to his deftness in these manly sports. Family traditions state that the Richmonds carried away their full share of the trophies in these rustic tournaments. “The cup that cheers” was not a stranger to the lips of some of these early Settlers, and there was many a type of “Old King Cole;” such was the custom of that time, but in later years came the other extreme, and the family was strongly arrayed on the side of temperance, some members devoting their entire time to a crusade against intemperance and other evils of the day. A large proportion of the Richmonds were church - members and "lived according to the letter of the law" They were foremost in introducing religious and educational advantages in the new settlements. I
xv The sons were manly, worthy and progressive citizens, and the daughters were their fit companions, ever ready to share in the hardships of pioneer life. They were vigorous in mind and body, and, if family records are correct, many of the daughters were beautiful in both character and person. The family was very prominent in the Colonial Wars, and was also well represented in the War of the Revolution. The Richmonds have a grand record in the Civil War, nearly every family sending one or more members, and in some cases all the sons engaging in the service of their country. When the compiler was refused access to the war-records, the Chief of the Pension Bureau informed him that it would be a great task to give a full history of the Richmonds in the war, as the name appeared very frequently. The family is now scattered over the country from the extreme north to the Gulf of Mexico, and are engaged in every occupation and profession. There are, both in the East and the West, many eminent clergymen, lawyers , professors, civil engineers, and a legion of schoolteachers, both male and female. There are also a large number of very successful merchants and manufacturers; many who have contributed largely to educational and charitable work, and founded and endowed hospitals, academies, colleges and churches. In many States they have built towns, which bear the family name. In the localities where they settled they erected the first grist - and saw - mills, foundries, cotton - and woollen - mills, rope - walks and paper - manufactories, and later built railroads and established sail - and steamboat - lines, and are possessed of untiring energy and perseverance. Being noted for their integrity, justice and liberality, and having broad minds, they stand high in their communitie s and hold many public offices and positions of trust. They are generous, genial and very hospitable. A very bright and intelligent correspondent, well informed concerning the western branch of the Richmond family, expresses so tersely the compiler's view s, that the report is given verbatim :
- “The men have been either farmers or professional men, rarely a poor or rich one among them. Both the men and women have been fond of reading, promoters of educational facilities in the earliest pioneer days, progre ssive but conscientious and tolerant Christians. Abolitionists in the slavery agitations, each family sending one or more representatives to the wars. Genial manners and purity of morals. Honorable in dealings, not very close in bargaining, and showing great affection in their families. Intellectual and having investigating, minds, rather than great commercial ability; seeming to possess the Anglo - Saxon pioneer spirit to ‘go west,’ selecting fair and sightly spots on the government lands, and from the e arliest settlement of their locality planning school advantages, churches and literary meetings. They are decidedly more philosophical than ambitious in striving for this world's goods. Physically they have large frames, large heads, vigorous health and great endurance, and have an average length of life. They were generally well married, and the daughters were as intellectual as the sons, although not caring to take part in any public life.” Nearly every State, and in some States many counties, contains towns or villages founded by, or named after some prominent Richmond. These are our monuments. The family is justly proud of the name of Richmond. Our ancestors have passed our escutcheon down to us