Captain Mulford Treat Rich

Descendant of Mayflower passengers William Brewster and Stephen Hopkins

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rich-84

Mulford Treat Rich, son of Mulford Treat Rich and Jerusha Atkins Dyer, was born 24 Aug 1802 at Truro[1]. He died 28 Jan 1892 at Wellfleet[3]

He was the husband of Eliza Bicknell Rich, Thankful Bangs Rich and Nancy Rich Freeman.

He married 09 Aug 1824 at Wellfleet Eliza Bicknell[2]

1847 fisherman, Wellfleet 1848 mariner, Wellfleet 1869, 1872 farmer, Wellfleet

1867 Wellfleet Commissioners of Wrecks: William Cleverly, Isaiah Hatch, Robert M. Holbrook, Medford [sic] Rich, John Newcomb

Barnstable Patriot, 9 Sep 1884 All 'Long Shore Wellfleet "Two of the smartetst men to be found on the Cape of their age are Captains Mulford Rich and Joshua Freeman, aged respectively 82 and 79, both of whom were seen raking quahaugs in our bay one day last week."

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch : 4 December 2014, Mulford Rich, 24 Aug 1802; citing TRURO,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 911,761.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch : 4 December 2014, Mulford Rich and Eliza Bicknell, 09 Aug 1824; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 779,026.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWPZ-HLN : 10 December 2014), Mulford Rich, 28 Jan 1892; citing Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, p 31, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,506.
4. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch : 12 April 2016, Mulford Rich, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 247, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch : 2 April 2016, Mulford Rich, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,973.
6. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch : 12 December 2017, Mulford Rich, 1860.
7. "Massachusetts State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch : 2 April 2016, Milfred T Rich, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,966.
8. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch : 7 December 2017, Mulford Rich and Thankful Rich, 19 Sep 1869; citing , Wellfleet, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,027.
9. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch : 12 April 2016, Mulford Rich in household of John M Crillis, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 28, family 275, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,099.
10. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch : 7 December 2017, Mulford Rich and Nancy Freeman Long, 03 Jun 1872; citing Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,030.
11. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch : 15 August 2017, Mulford Rich, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 8, sheet 130A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0519; FHL microfilm 1,254,519.
12. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014, Mulford Rich, 28 Jan 1892; citing Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, p 31, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,506.
13. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140342902/mulford_treat-rich: accessed April 20, 2024), memorial page for Capt Mulford Treat Rich (24 Aug 1802–28 Jan 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140342902, citing Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by tinlizzie (contributor 47122209).