Susannah Rishworth

Biography

When Susannah Wheelwright was born on May 22, 1628, in Bilsby, England, her father, John, was 36 and her mother, Marie, was 30. She had at least one daughter with Edward Rishworth Sr. on January 8, 1659. She died in 1674 in York, Maine, at the age of 45.

From Page 26 The Sayward Family: Being the History and Genealogy of Henry Sayward of York ... By Charles Augustus Sayward

2. JOHN, son of Henry (1) and Mary, was probably born about 1657 while his father was residing at Strawberry Bank, as Portsmouth was then called. ... He married Mary, daughter of Edward Rishworth of York, about 1680. This has been disputed, but Rishworth, in a deed to Mary Sayward, Oct. 16, 1682, Vol. 3, p. 12 1, York Co. Deeds, conveys certain land in consideration of the "love & affection which I bear unto my beloved daughter, Mar)- Sayward, wife of John Sayward." John Sayward, in a deed dated Oct. 17, 1682, recorded Vol. 3, p. 122, conveys land, "by me purchased of my father-in-law, Edw: Rishworth." These two witnesses seem to settle the matter beyond controversy.

Edward Rishworth was a very prominent man in Maine. He married Susan, daughter of John Wheelwright and was at Exeter with Wheelwright for a time where he was clerk of the Courts.

Origins

Children of Mary Storr and John Wheelwright:

• John Wheelwright Jr,
• Thomas Wheelwright,
• William Wheelwright, and
• Susanna Wheelwright married Edward Risworth.