Samuel Richardson1 
b. 16 December 1602, d. 23 March 1657/58
Samuel Richardson|b. 16 Dec 1602\nd. 23 Mar 1657/58|p745.htm|Thomas Richardson||p732.htm|Katherine Duxford||p733.htm|||||||||||||
7th great-granduncle of Louise Underwood.
9th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Samuel Richardson was baptized on 16 December 1602 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England.1,2 He was the son of Thomas Richardson and Katherine Duxford.1 He married Joanna Thake in 1622 in Much Hormead, Hertfordshire, England.2 He died intestate on 23 March 1657/58, and administration was granted to his widow Joanna and his eldest son John.2
Samuel Richardson was named executor of Thomas Richardson's will in Westmill.3 By the terms of his father's will, Samuel was to inherit the "pasture called little hunnymeade" and all his movable goods after the death of his mother Katherine.1 Samuel and Thomas followed their brother Ezekiel to Massachusetts where they arrived by 1635/36. In 1637, all three had grants of land on "Misticke side" (Malden).2 Both Samuel Richardson and Thomas Richardson were on a Charlestown committee 1 July 1636.2 He was granted a house plot in 1637.2 He was was admitted to the church 18 February 1637/38.2 He took the Freeman's Oath on 2 May 1638.2 With his brothers Ezekiel and Thomas, and and four others, he was a member of a committee to lay out the town which became Woburn but which was then within the bounds of Charlestown.2 They were all original members of the new church at Woburn in 1642. Samuel was a selectman of Woburn 1644-1646, 1649-1651, and he paid the highest town tax in 1645.2 In his will dated 20 July 1647, Ezekiel Richardson forgave Samuel's debts: "I doe frelie fforgive and discharge whatsoever accounts and demands have been between my brother Samuel Richardson and myself."4,5,6 On 27 March 1651 Samuel Richeson of Woburn "having formerly sold unto Ezekill Richeson my brother (who is since deceased) forty acres of arable & meadow land" in Woburn confirms the same to "my sister Susanna Brookes (who was the wife of my deceased brother Ezekill Richeson)."7
Samuel Richardson was named executor of Thomas Richardson's will in Westmill.3 By the terms of his father's will, Samuel was to inherit the "pasture called little hunnymeade" and all his movable goods after the death of his mother Katherine.1 Samuel and Thomas followed their brother Ezekiel to Massachusetts where they arrived by 1635/36. In 1637, all three had grants of land on "Misticke side" (Malden).2 Both Samuel Richardson and Thomas Richardson were on a Charlestown committee 1 July 1636.2 He was granted a house plot in 1637.2 He was was admitted to the church 18 February 1637/38.2 He took the Freeman's Oath on 2 May 1638.2 With his brothers Ezekiel and Thomas, and and four others, he was a member of a committee to lay out the town which became Woburn but which was then within the bounds of Charlestown.2 They were all original members of the new church at Woburn in 1642. Samuel was a selectman of Woburn 1644-1646, 1649-1651, and he paid the highest town tax in 1645.2 In his will dated 20 July 1647, Ezekiel Richardson forgave Samuel's debts: "I doe frelie fforgive and discharge whatsoever accounts and demands have been between my brother Samuel Richardson and myself."4,5,6 On 27 March 1651 Samuel Richeson of Woburn "having formerly sold unto Ezekill Richeson my brother (who is since deceased) forty acres of arable & meadow land" in Woburn confirms the same to "my sister Susanna Brookes (who was the wife of my deceased brother Ezekill Richeson)."7
Children of Samuel Richardson and Joanna Thake
- Samuel Richardson2 b. 3 Jul 1633
- Elizabeth Richardson8 b. 22 May 1635
- Mary Richardson2 b. 25 Feb 1637/38
- Lieutenant John Richardson+2 b. 12 Nov 1639, d. 1 Jan 1696/97
- Hannah Richardson2 b. 8 Mar 1641/42, d. 8 Apr 1642
- Joseph Richardson+2 b. 27 Jun 1643, d. 5 Mar 1717/18
- Samuel Richardson+9 b. 22 May 1646, d. 29 Apr 1712
- Stephen Richardson9 b. 15 Aug 1649, d. 22 Mar 1717/18
- Thomas Richardson9 b. 31 Dec 1651, d. 27 Sep 1657
Citations
- [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 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: 217, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
- [S165] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Richardson, of Chelmsford," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 3: 216, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
- [S179] W.B. Trask, "Abstracts of Wills of the Early Settlers of New England", New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 7 (April 1853): 172, 173.
- [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-16?? (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-200?). The Great Migration Study Project is ongoing. Several volumes have been published in hardcopy, and new sketches appear frequently in the "Great Migration Newsletter" (online subscription or hardcopy). The database is online and may be viewed at New England Ancestors.org or Ancestry.com, both of which are subscription sites. It is also available in hardcover and CD-ROM from NEHGS, citing Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, Case #72.
- [S165] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Richardson, of Chelmsford," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 3: 220, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
- [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Deeds, 2: 72.
- [S173] Walter Kendall Watkins, "Some Early Immigrants from Herts, England", New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 57 (July 1903): 300.
- [S165] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Richardson, of Chelmsford," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 3: 218, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
