Joseph Richardson

SEE: The autobiography of a Pennsylvanian by Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker
Chapter I

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"My grandmother, through her mother, Mary Lane, had her part in a great pedigree. The name of Lane occurs in Battle Abbey. Edward Lane, to whom William Penn frequently refers in terms of friendship and to whom he entrusted some correspondence to be brought across the Atlantic, son of William Lane of Bristol, England, lived on the Perkiomen, where he owned seven thousand five hundred acres of land and where he founded St. James' Episcopal Church He married Ann, daughter of Samuel Richardson' member of assembly, provincial councillor, judge of the Philadelphia court of common pleas and the first alderman of that city. Next to Samuel Carpenter, he (SAMUEL RICHARDSON) was the richest man there and owned all of the land on the north side of Market Street from Second Street to the river. George Keith said he was lascivious, but Keith was a very bitter partisan with a long tongue. He had only one son, Joseph, who also went to the Perkiomen where he bought one thousand acres at the junction of that creek and the Schuylkill, in a region bearing the Indian name of Olethgo. There was another intermarriage. Sarah Richardson, the granddaughter of Joseph, married Edward Lane, who had fought under Braddock, the grandson of Edward. The Friends' Meeting records of Gwynedd say that he had another wife, a statement hinting at a long forgotten scandal which cannot now be probed. Mary Lane was their daughter. When Joseph Richardson married Elizabeth, the daughter of John Bevan, in 1696, there was an elaborate settlement recorded in Philadelphia in which lands and £200 in money were given them by their fathers. '

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Joseph Richardson Gender: Male Birth: 1667 Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: June 30 1696 Merion Meeting House, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Death: Jan 1 1752 Perkiomen, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States Father: Samuel Richardson Mother: Eleanor Richardson Wife: Elizabeth Bevan Children:

1. Edward Richardson
2. William Richardson
3. Richard Richardson
4. Aubrey Richardson
5. John Richardson
6. Eleanor Richardson
7. Samuel Richardson
8. Hannah Richardson
9. Elizabeth Richardson
10. Barbara Richardson
11. Elizabeth Richardson

Siblings of Joseph

1. Anne Richardson
2. Mary Richardson
3. Elizabeth Richardson Source: View full record on WikiTree website (wikitree.com)

~• from "The Richardson Family of Providence; booklet (1929)"
Joseph Richardson lived at "Olethgo" on the 'Perquiomen' Creek in Providence Twp. His will was (proved) in Philadelphia, Jan 14, 1752. In it he makes especial mention of his dau. Elinor, "for keeping house for me".

~• (4) Joseph Richardson, d. 1752, m. at Abington MM 5 mo. 25, 1696. Elizabeth Bevan d. pre 1741, dau. of John and Barbara (Aubrey) of Haverford in the Welsh Tract (Radnor MM). Because both Joseph and the family of Edward Lane resided in Providence their lives were intertwined. Two of the children of Joseph's son Edward married children of Samuel Lane: Sarah, b. 14 Jan 1732, d. 18 Aug 1819, Schuylkill twp., Chester Co., m. Edward Lane 14 Oct 1754, at Christ Church, Philadelphia. John Richardson b. 26 May, 1748 m. pre 1771 Christiana Lane. John was sold land by Samuel Lane in 1771 as "of Providence Twp." and sold it in 1777 as "Late of Providence Twp." The will of Joseph and more on his family follow Samuel Richardson's will below.
(Abington MM Recs.31; Phila. Co. Deed Books: F-2:568, Elizabeth signs, H-6:371: no wife signs; Pennypacker, Samuel W., The Pedigree of Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker, Henry Clay Pennypacker, Isaac Rusling Pennypacker, James Lane Pennypacker of Philadelphia sons of Isaac Anderson Pennypacker and Anna Maria Whitaker, (Globe Printing House), 1892, Reprinted Washington (District of Columbia) L.C. Photoduplication Service, 1986, SLC Film #1550322 Item 35; Gwynedd MM Records; Phila. Co. Will Book P:221, 1771 will of Samuel Lane; Phila. Co. Deed Books I-10:16, D-1:124.)

JOSEPH RICHARDSON AND INFORMATION ON HIS CHILDREN

Joseph purchased a 1,000 acre plantation called "Olethgo" in Providence Twp. from his brother-in-law Abraham Bickley in 1710, and lived there until his death in 1752. In the early years the meetings of Providence Preparatory Meeting were held in Joseph's home, the first being held in 1716. Providence was always a small meeting, never reaching over 40-70 members including children. Most of the early minutes of Providence PM are missing. Joseph's sons Edward, Richard, and Aubrey are on the roster of Officers of the Meeting. (Major, Charles, Forward of Book written by anonymous author, HeritageQuest Online: ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History Collection, paid subscription; Records from Providence Preparatory Meeting {Montgomery Co., PA}- under the care of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, Records from a Commemorative Bulletin published in 1930 by descendants of Providence. Original at HSMC, Transcribed by James Quinn, Gwynedd Monthly Website.)