Thomas Richardson1 
8th great-grandfather of Louise Underwood.
10th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Louise Underwood
Thomas Richardson of Standon and Katherine Duxford of Westmill were married 24 August 1590 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. He was buried on 8 January 1633/34 in Westmill.1,2
The will of Thomas Richardson of Westmill in the County of Herts, husbandman, was made 4 March 1630/31, and proved 31 July 1634, at Hitchin. He left to his wife Katherine Richardson for her life, "my littell close of pasture called little hunnymeade cont[aining] half an acre" and after her death to his son Samuel Richardson and his heirs. To his son John Richardson 40s. to be paid within three years after his and his wife's deaths. To his son James Richardson 12d. To his son Thomas Richardson £3 to be paid within three years after his and his wife's deaths. To his wife Katherine, all his movable goods for her life and thereafter to his son Samuel who was named executor. Witnesses: Richard Baker, Philip Baker.1
The will of Thomas Richardson of Westmill in the County of Herts, husbandman, was made 4 March 1630/31, and proved 31 July 1634, at Hitchin. He left to his wife Katherine Richardson for her life, "my littell close of pasture called little hunnymeade cont[aining] half an acre" and after her death to his son Samuel Richardson and his heirs. To his son John Richardson 40s. to be paid within three years after his and his wife's deaths. To his son James Richardson 12d. To his son Thomas Richardson £3 to be paid within three years after his and his wife's deaths. To his wife Katherine, all his movable goods for her life and thereafter to his son Samuel who was named executor. Witnesses: Richard Baker, Philip Baker.1
Children of Thomas Richardson and Katherine Duxford
- Elizabeth Richardson+3 b. 13 Jan 1593/94
- John Richardson3 b. 7 Nov 1596
- James Richardson3 b. 6 Apr 1600
- Samuel Richardson+2 b. 16 Dec 1602, d. 23 Mar 1657/58
- Ezekiel Richardson+ 4 b. c 1604, d. 21 Oct 1647
- Margaret Richardson4 b. 19 Apr 1607
- Thomas Richardson+4 b. 3 Jul 1608, d. 28 Aug 1651
Citations
- [S165] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Richardson, of Chelmsford," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. III, 3: 216, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
- [S173] Walter Kendall Watkins, "Some Early Immigrants from Herts, England", New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 57 (July 1903): 299.
- [S165] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Richardson, of Chelmsford," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 3: 217, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
- [S165] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Richardson, of Chelmsford," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 3: 218, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
