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About Thomas Rich
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The Rich Family of Eastern Connecticut From the article "The Rich Family of Eastern Connecticut" which appeared in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, (Vol. 105). Written by Edwin A. Hill, historian of the Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants:
"This family is found on the east side of the Connecticut river near Middletown in the early part of the i8th Century and all members of it are descendants of William Brewster of the Mayflower ; very little has thus far appeared in print about them, and as my official duties as Historian of the Connecticut Society of Mayflower Descendants have required me to devote some time to an investigation of existing records concerning them, I have concluded to make my researches available to others. Mr. Norman F. Allen, of Hartford, engaged James A. Kibbe to investigate this family for him, and no trouble or expense was spared. My own investigations were separately conducted and all existing probate church and vital records were obtained. Mr. Allen kindly furnished me with Mr. Kibbe's results, which agree entirely with my own. Mr. Kibbe is a reliable genealogist, and is well known by his work in connection with Allen's History of Enfield, Conn.
1. Thomas* Rich and Mercy" Knowles, were married at Eastham, Mass., July 23, 1702, and the births of their children as given below (with the exception of Cornelius, Ruth and Rebecca) are there recorded (Mayflower Descendant, Vol. VII, p. 236). The wife Mercy,^ was the daughter of Samuel and Mercy* (Freeman) Knowles; John and Mercy^ (Prence) Freeman; Thomas and Patience^ (Brewster) Prence; William* Brewster. (Breivster Gen., Vol. I, pp. 21, 22, 23; Freetnan Genealogy, pp. 27, 28, 41). Four of the sons of Thomas* Rich moved to Middlesex County, Connecticut, viz.: Thomas,' David,' John' and Cornelius,' and settled at Middle Haddam; David' later removing to Wallingford. Beers' Hist. Middlesex Co., p. 211.) Beers states that Thomas. David and John were brothers, and that they were sons of Richard and Mercy (Knowles) Rich, and descendants of Samuel Rich, who died at Eastham, about 1665, but is silent as to the relationship of Cornelius to the other three. The records cited, however, prove the father of these brothers to have been Thomas and not Richard ; and in his will, Thomas, of Eastham. names his son Cornelius, who was probably the elder brother, as Executor. The wall also names sons Thomas, Joseph, David, John and Samuel, the heirs of his deceased son Tames, and daughters Mercy Shaw, heirs of his daughter Sarah Shaw, and daughters Thankful, Rebecca and Ruth Rich. The will is dated Sept. 23, 1743, proved Nov. 6, 1753, and recorded in Vol. 9, p. 73, of Barnstable Co., Mass., Probate Records. He was then of "Eastham," and mention is also made of his wife "Marcy." The work Truro, Cape Cod, Etc.. by Shebnah Rich, at p. 554, mentions Thomas' Rich (Richard,^ Richard') as settling in Connecticut or New York, and being the founder of the family of name in New York. It would appear, however, that Thomas,' of that _.. .. rr — -' ' -'^•° ^'^•^ married Thankful Mayo, was the one who removed to Connecticut, and that Thomas,* above referred to as son of Richard, was the one who married Mercy Knowles.
Chiildren of Thomas* and Mercy (Knowles) Rich, b. at Eastham {Mayflower Descendant, VII, p. 236) : -j-2. Thomas," b. Dec. 22, 1702. 3. Mercy," b. Aug. 8, 1704; m. Shaw. 4. James," b. Jan. 10, 1705-6. 5. Joseph," b. Jan. i, 1707-8. - -6. David," b. March 17, 1710. 7. Sarah," b. Sept. i, 1712; m. Shaw. ■j-8. John," b. Sept. 14, 1714. 9. Thankfull," b. Oct. 14, 1716; unm. in 1743. 10. Samuel," b. May 14, 171 — ? + 11. Cornelius," named in the will. 12. Rebecca," named in the will. 13. Ruth," named in the will; m. Oct. 27, 1743, Daniel Higgins, of Middletown, Conn., who d. there Oct. 8, 1749. She m. (2) Nov. 16, 1750, William Taylor, of Middle Haddam, Conn., and removed to West Simsbury, Conn. She d. in 1813, at Barkhamsted, Conn., aged 91. She had children by both husbands. See Higgins Genealogy, p. 154, and Brown's West Simsbury, p. 124.
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Origins
Children of Sarah Roberts and Richard Rich (family removed to Eastham in 1674):
- Richard Rich, b. Abt 1674 at Dover Point or Eastham; married Anne.
- (Deacon) John Rich, b. Aft 1674 at Eastham; married 1) Mary Treat 2) Hope Howes.
- Thomas Rich, b. Abt 1675 at Eastham; married Mercy Knowles
- Sarah Rich, b. Abt 1676 at Eastham; married Isaac Baker.
- Samuel Rich, b. 1685 at Truro; married 1) Elizabeth Mulford 2) Bethia Areu
- Joseph Rich, (uncertain) b. 1691 at Truro, d. before 1697, not named in father's estate settlement
- Lydia Rich b. 1 Apr 1692, Eastham, Barstable Co., Massachusetts , d. Aft 6 Jun 1749, Harwich, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts. Married Samuel Hopkins
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Thomas Rich's Timeline
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February 1671
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Dover, Old Norfolk County, Massachusetts
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| 1702 |
July 23, 1702
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Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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December 22, 1702
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Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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August 8, 1704
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Eastham, Barnstable, MA, United States
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January 10, 1705
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Eastham, Barnstable, Ma
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January 1, 1707
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Eastham, Barnstable, Ma
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March 7, 1710
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Eastham, MA, United States
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September 1, 1712
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Eastham, Barnstable, Ma
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September 14, 1714
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Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
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