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PRESENTED TO THE Shelf No. THE Richmond Family 1594-1896 AND , AMERICAN ANCESTORS PRE- 1040-1594 BY JOSHUA BAILEY RICHMOND Member ofthe New England Historic Genealogical Society ^Wity Sdc^tmtfee of Jt&tgnafuree, CommurctonB anb of^er ©ocumenfa Digitized by the Internet Archive 2015 in / https://archive.org/details/richmondfamily1500rich CONTENTS .............. Page Preface ........... iii Introduction ............ : Pre-American Richmonds .......... vii English Ancestors .......... ix The Richmond Manor House ......... xiv Traditions ofJo.hn R.ichmo.nd .......... xv The Richmond Family in America xvi Explanation ............. xix Genealogy of the Richm.ond F.amily.: ......... First Generation ............ i Second Generation ............ 3 Third Generation ............ 9 Fourth Generation ............ 22 Fifth Generation 42 Sixth Generation ............ 94 The Jersey Prison.Ship,.Sonn.et by.Geor.ge W..Curt.is .. .. .. .... 191 Seventh Generation ............ 205 Eighth Generat.ion ............ 396 Ninth Generation 523 General Index 541 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .......... The Richmond Manor House, Ashton-Keynes, England (front view) . . . Frontispiece Portrait of the Compiler facing page iii ........ The Richmond Manor House, Ashton-Keynes, England (side view) . . " page xiv The Richmond Arms (in colors) " page 1 Deed, showing Facsimile of Signature and Handwriting of Captain Edward2 Richmond . ..... facing page 5 Deed {vera copid) signed by " ye mark of Philip, ye Sachem of Mount Hope." Sale of land to Captain Edward2 Richmond and others facing page 6 ........... Deed given by Edward3 and John3 Richmond to brother Silvester3, with Facsimiles oftheir Signatures facing page 14 v vi The Richmond Family. Silvester3 Richmond's Commission as Lieutenant. Facsimile of Signature of Joseph Dudley, Esq., C.aptain.-Gene.ral .and G.overn.or-in.-Chie.f of.Her .Majest.y's Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England. Given in Ninth Year of Her Majesty's Reign, July 25, 1710 facing page 15 Silvester3 Richmond's Commission as Colonel. Facsimile of Signature of William Shir- ley, Esq., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Province .... of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Given in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, A. D. 1742 facing page 16 Orders from His Excellency the Governor.Wil.liam.Shir.ley,.Esq.,.to Co.lonel Silvesters Richmond to enlist a Company and to report names of Commissioned Officers of his Regiment, also condition ofArms facing page 17 Silvester3 Richmond's Commission as Justice of the Peace, with Facsimile of Signature of William Dummer, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor, Commande.r-in.-Chi.ef,.etc. facing page 18 Facsimile of Signature of Colonel Silvester3 Richmond facing page 19 ........ Contract with Indian Servant. Facsimile ofSignatures ofWilliam4 andSilvester3Rich- mond and Nathaniel Church ..... facing page 34 Facsimile of Signatures of Samuel and Jared Talbot facing page 37 Perez4 Richmond's Commission as Captain, with FacsimileofSignature of William Shirley Esq., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Province of ..... Massachusetts Bay in New England. Given in the Sixteenth Year ofthe Reign ofHis Majesty King George the Second, A. D. 1742 facing page 38 Facsimile of Signature of Perez* Richmond. Advertisement of a Runaway Slave facing page 39 Facsimile of Signatures of Joshua5 and Nathaniels Richmond, etc. . . facing page 86 Perez5 Richmond's Commission as Ensign, with Facsimile of Signature of Thomas Hutch- inson, Esq., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Prov- ince of Massachusetts Bay, and Vice-Admiral of the same. Given in the Nineteenth Year ofthe Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, A. D. 1772 . facing page 89 4