530. Joseph Richardson
The following is taken almost verbatim from Vinton, The Richardson Memorial, published by my great, great, great uncle, Brown Thurston, Portland, Maine 1876. For easier loading and downloading, the main text has been divided into two parts. This first one covers generations one through four, more or less through the Revolutionary War, and the second part covers generations five to seven <richardson2.html>.
Vinton's original footnotes are missing from the following text, but occasional comments and corrections are being placed in linked pop-up pages. Most of the errors found are minor, but there is a major error concerning Joseph Richardson of Bradford <jrofbradford.html> in the fourth generation. References to Vital Records in all linked pages are taken from the CD-ROM disk, Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to about 1850, Search and Research Publishing Corporation, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.
Any comments, corrections, additions or questions will be appreciated by Edgar Farrar Richardson,10 096e2lb02@sneakemail.com <mailto:096e2lb02@sneakemail.com>8048. JOSEPH RICHARDSON3 (Joseph,2 William1), son of Joseph2 and Margaret (Godfrey) Richardson; born in Newbury, Dec. 31, 1686; married ANN RIGGS, of and at Gloucester, Feb. 24, 1712. <riggs.html> <riggs.html>Chester, N. H., was settled about 1723. The charter was granted May, 1722. The grantees, over one hundred in number, were mostly residents in Portsmouth and Hampton, though several dwelt in Haverhill, Bradford, and Newbury. Very few of them ever dwelt in Chester. Their object was to make money, and most of them sold out their lots in a short time. Joseph Richardson bought a one hundred acre lot and an eighty acre lot in Chester as early as 1725, but it does not appear that he ever lived in Chester. He bought the lots for his sons, four of whom afterwards resided in that town. Joseph Richardson, of Newbury, made his will April 24, 1764; proved April 1, 1767; recorded Essex Prob. Rec., xliii. 228. Witnesses, Stephen, Nathaniel, and Eliphalet Emery.(*) No wife is mentioned. His son Joseph Richardson to have one-half of the testator's eighty acre lot in Chester, N. H., and all the deeds given to said son Joseph are confirmed; son Thomas Richardson to have the other half of the eighty acre lot in Chester, and all the deeds to him confirmed; son Moses Richardson to have one-half of the testator's one hundred acre lot in Chester, N. H., and all the deeds to him confirmed; daughter Anna Carr to have one-fourth of the one hundred acre lot in Chester, N. H.; son William Richardson some of the one hundred acre lot in Chester, N. H.; son Caleb Richardson and daughter Betty Richardson; son Daniel Richardson to be executor, and have residue of estate. Inventory of Joseph Richardson's estate, presented by Daniel Richardson, the executor, real estate, consisted of the "home place," about twenty-five acres of land, with the buildings, valued at ` 206, woodland, ten acres, salt marsh in Newbury, five acres, 7. 8. 0., about one hundred and four acres of unimproved land, situated in the township of Chester, N. H., by estimation, 10. [Essex Prob. Rec., xliii. 229.] Joseph Richardson lived in what is now West Newbury, on the road from Newburyport to Bradford <josephjr.html>, about a quarter of a mile from Brown's Springs. His children were: 8071. Ann,4 b. 1712; m. Bradbury Carr, and settled in Chester, N. H. +8072. Joseph,4 b. 1714; m. Hannah Nelson. <jrofbradford.html> +8073. Thomas,4 b. Oct. 31, 1716; m. Priscilla Pearson. +8074. Moses,4 b. July 28, 1718; m. Mary Goodhue. 8075. William,4 b. 1719. +8076. Daniel,4 b. March 28, 1722; m. Lydia Davis. 8077. Mary,4 b. Sept. 13, 1725; m. (???). 8078. Betty,4 m. Joseph Tlaman. +8079. Caleb,4 b. May 9, 1731; m. Catharine (???).