Susanna Richardson

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Part of the following information has been taken from Film #897279 at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It was compiled (and very well documented) by Harry M. Richardson of Broken Bow, Nebraska. He is the founder of the "Richardson Heritage Society". Information has been confirmed by other records in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Robert Richardson, born in England in 1615, embarked from Gravesend, England, April 3, 1635, in the ship "Paul", for St. Christophus, with Shipmaster Jo: Acklin. (Hotten "Emigrants to America", Page 50.) He landed near Pongateaque, Accomack County, Virginia, marrying Susanna Smith, daughter of Richard Smith. (At the time of this writing, no records have been found about Robert Richardson's birthplace in England or who his parents were.)

In 1666, he received a land patent for 500 acres of land, near Pongateaque, Accomack County, Virginia. This land was adjoining the land of his deceased father-in-law, Richard Smith. By 1668, he and his wife sold most of the land. (Whitelaws "Virginia Eastern Shore", Pages 600,1,2). Robert Richardson then patented 2,000 acres of land in then Somerset County, Maryland (now Worcester County) and called his plantation "Mount Ephraim, Boqueternorton Hundred". It was on or near Sinepuxent Bay on the Ocean Side of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. (Virginia Patent Book #6, Page 35). Robert Richardson died September 10, 1682. (Somerset County Land Records Liber IKL. Folio 232, Hall of Records, Annapolis, Md.) His will dated Dec. 20, 1680, and Codicils dated April 20, 1681, and June 15, 1682, was probated Nov. 29, 1682, with his wife Susannah, Executor, naming his children William, Elizabeth, Tabitha, Susannah, Robert, Sarah, and Charles. Charles was to receive his plantation after his wife's death. Also mentioned was his neighbor and friend, John Osborne. Robert Richardson is thought to be buried at Mount Ephraim, Boquetenorten Hundred, Worcester County, Maryland.

Family

Robert Robertson married Bef 5 Apr 1666 [2] to Susan (3) Smith, b. Abt 1642, Northampton Co, Virginia.

In his will Richard Smith named son-in-law Nathaniel Bradford, Alce Smith and her children, daughter Susan Smith, and servants John Major, Edward Martin, John Gorthine, John Fisher & little boy William East.

Children of Susan Smith & Robert Richardson:

1. William (6) Richardson, b. Abt 1666, Somerset Co, Marylandd. Abt 1710 (Age 44 years)
2. Elizabeth (7) Richardson, b. Abt 1668, Somerset Co, Maryland/d. Yes, date unknown
3. Susannah (8) Richardson, b. Abt 1670, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
4. Tabitha (9) Richardson, b. Abt 1672, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Abt 1700 (Age 28 years)
5. Robert (10) Richardson, b. Abt 1674, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Abt 1700 (Age 26 years)
6. Charles (11) Richardson, b. Abt 1676, Somerset Co, Maryland c d. Bef 18 Apr 1727 (Age < 51 years)
7. Sarah (12) Richardson, b. Abt 1678, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown

Origins

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Not a child of Richard Smith of Wickford, Rhode Island. See will dated July 16, 1664, below.

Will of Richard Smith, 1664

Richard Smith's will reads:

"In the Name of God, Amen. The fourteenth day of July in the year of Our Lord, one thousand, six hundred, sixty and four, in the Sixteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England and Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Father, etc. I, Richard Smith, of Wickford, in the Narragansett Countrey, in New England, Yeoman, being in health of Body, and of good and perfect memory, (Thanks be unto God) Do make this my last Will and Testament, and I do hereby revoak and renounce all former and other Wills and Testaments whatsoever heretofore by me made, by Word, Writing or otherwise And make and ordain this to be my very true, last Will and Testament, and no other Concerning my Lands, Chattels, debts, and every part and parcel thereof, in manner and form as followeth.

First: I Commend my soul to Almighty God, and to his Son Jesus Christ, my Saviour and Redeemer, by whom I have to obtain full pardon, and remission of all my Sins, and to Inherit Everlasting Life. And I will that my Body be decently buryed by the Discretion of my Executors hereunto named.

Item. I will that my debts which I shall owe unto any Person or Persons at the time of my decease either by Law or Conscience be well and truly Contented and paid, within Convenient time, out of my Goods and Chattels.

Item, I will that all my share and part in the Great Neck of Land beyond Capt. Edward Hutchinss house, Westward and Southward and all the rest of my share of Land belonging to that purchase And also my share of Land of the last purchase and all my Cattle, Horses, Mares, Sheep, Goats, & Swine and all my Goods and Debt whatsoever to me appertaining be (after my decease) Divided into Four Equal parts and portions, the which after my debts paid & funeral Charged thereout, I gie and bequeath as followeth. That is to say.

To my son Richard Smith, and his heirs, the one fourth part or portion thereof,

and to my Daughter, Elisabeth, wife of John Vial and her issue, I give one other Fourth part thereof,

and to my Grand Children, the Children of my dec'd daughter Katharine, sometime wife to Gilbert Updike, one other forth part thereof to be Equally Divided amongst them.

And to my Grand Children, the Children of my deceased daughter, Joan, sometime wife to Thomas Newton, one other fourth part thereof to be Equally divided amongst them my S'd Grand Children, parts to be paid to each of them, Viz. To Each of my Grandsons as they Come to the age of Twenty one years; And to Each of my Grand Daughters as they Come to the age of Eighteen years, or on day of marriage which shall first happen,

And in Case that any One of my Grand Children, the Children of my daughters Katharine and Joan, do Dyue before they come to be of the age aforesaid or Marr'yd, then such part or share, as should have been to such deceased, shall be to the Survivours of them, part and part alike to them to be divided.

References

1. https://www.espl-genealogy.org/getperson.php?personID=I58589&tree=1 cites
   1. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 196 (Richard Smith Family), 940.
   2. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 60 (undated will of Richard Smith), 497.
   3. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 197 (Richard Smith Family), 940.