Eme Richards1

b. 11 February 1547/48
Eme Richards|b. 11 Feb 1547/48|p7650.htm|Thomas Richards||p7651.htm|Alice Pearce||p7626.htm|||||||||||||

9th great-grandmother of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
11th great-grandmother of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
     Eme Richards was baptized on 11 February 1547/48 in All Saints Church, Biddenden, Kent.1,2 She was the daughter of Thomas Richards and Alice Pearce.1 She married Isaac Stedman, son of Thomas Stedman the elder and Elizabeth Fuller, on 1 February 1574/75 in Biddenden, Kent.1,3,4 She was buried on 10 May 1604 in Biddenden.1,5
     
Additional Data
Administration on the estate of Alice Stedman widow, late of Biddenden, was granted to Emme Richards, daughter of the deceased, 11 January 1574/75. Bondsmen: Robert Moyse of Biddenden, clothier, and Isaac Stedman of Biddenden, weaver, in £80. Inventory, £13 9s. 3d.6

Eme Stedman was granted administration on the estate of her husband, Isaac Stedman, 12 February 1601/2 at Biddenden.7

The Will of Emm Stedman late wife of Isaacke Stedman, 24 March --------. To my daughter Alice a cow, wearing apparel, and household goods. To my daughter's son a silver ring and a pewter dish. To my daughter's daughter a "dagee." I make Thomas Stedman my son my executor. Witnesses: Stephen Vamer, Thomas Stedma', John Rampaden.8 The will of Emme Stedman late of Biddenden was proved 25 July 1604 by the executor named.8

Children of Eme Richards and Isaac Stedman

Citations

  1. [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 66:75.
  2. [S761] NEHGR, 66:74.
  3. [S761] NEHGR, 66:71.
  4. [S739] Charles Flagg, Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England: My Ancestors [sic] Part in that Undertaking (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainerd Co., 1926), 347.
  5. [S761] NEHGR, 66:72.
  6. [S761] NEHGR, 66:68, citing Archdeaconry of Caturbury, Act Book 17, fo. 133.
  7. [S761] NEHGR, 66:67, citing Archdeaconry of Caturbury, Act Book 23, fo. 157.
  8. [S761] NEHGR, 66:69, citing Archdeaconry of Canterbury, vol. 55, fo. 97.
  9. [S761] NEHGR, 66:76.