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About William Richardson, Sr.
Cannot possibly be a son of Robert Richardson and Susanna Smith - he was born before she was.
William RICHARDSON , Sr. [bogus parentage] was born on 3 Apr 1640 in Nunwick Hall, Cumberland, England. He was a Quaker - Minister of the West River Meeting in Anne Arundel, Maryland. He immigrated from London, England to Virginia on the "Constant Friendship" in 1665. He was a planter and merchant. He signed a will on 21 Dec 1691. He died in Dec 1697 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland. He was buried at Quaker Burying Grounds, W River, Maryland. He had his estate probated on 26 May 1698. He was a 5th g grandfather of Althea Current.
William Richardson, Sr., d. 1697, immigrant from England in the ship Constant Friendship, in 1655, settled in Maryland, and from 1678 to 1683 was a member of the Assembly from Anne Arundel County, serving on the committee that regulated the defense and military affairs of the colony. Elizabeth (Ewen) Richardson d. 1st Jan. 1703. - Colonial Families in the U.S., Ancestry.com
He was a registered Quaker with the West River Friends and was a friend of William Penn.
December 19, 1682, William PENN met Lord Baltimore at West River, and after an interview upon their divisional line, PENN set out, Lord Baltimore accompanying him several miles, to the house of William RICHARDSON, and from there two miles further to a religious meeting of his friends, the Quakers, at the house of Thomas HOOPER.
William Richardson...was an ardent member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Anne Arundel County in Maryland. He was married to Elizabeth Ewen Talbott, who was the daughter of a Major Richard Ewen and wife, Sophia. She had previously married a Richard Talbott who had died and then married William Richardson. They had eight children - four sons, William, Daniel, Joseph (died as a child) another Joseph, & four daughters, Sophia Elizabeth, Sapphira, Elizabeth, and Sarah. William died in 1698 and Elizabeth Ewen Talbott Richardson died in 1703.
Information from Quaker records as published in the book "Quakers in The Founding of Anne Arundel County, Maryland" by J. Reaney Kelley (FHC Bk. No. 975.255 F2k, US/Can) indicates as follows:
Page 14 - "While there is no proof that Richard Ewen became a Friend, it is known that in 1657 he refused to take an oath and declared it unlawful to do so. His daughter, Elizabeth, married, first, Richard Talbott, and, second, William Richardson both well-known and ardent Friends."
Page 37 - "William Richardson was the first signer of this Testimony. Prior to 1680 he acquired a tract of land in the West River Hundred named 'Watkins Hope.' A part of this land is now known as 'Woodstock, and is located between Owensville and the Old Quaker Burying Ground. An historic roadside marker, indicating the general location of his house, calls attention to a visit by William Penn to Richardson in 1682, after the memorable conference between the former and Charles, Third Lord Baltimore, 'at the house of Col. Thomas Tailler,' where the two had discussed the boundaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Colonel Taillor's home was only a few miles away, just below South River. The tract now known as 'Etowah Farm', on State Route 2, includes a part of the Taillor plantation. From Richardson's house Penn traveled a short distance to attend a Meeting at the house of Thomas Hooker, Sr., near West River Landing, and from there he embarked for the Eastern Shore. Quaker Meetings were held at the house of William Richardson, who was a Quaker minister, until his death in 1697."
Additional information shows - "Soon after 1663, William Richardson, Sr., married Elizabeth, widow of Richard Talbott of 'Poplar Knowle,' now 'Tulip Hill,' and daughter of Richard Ewen of nearby 'Ewen Upon Ewenton,' today known as 'Cedar Park.' He was fined for not taking an oath on November 10, 1662, but later held an important position in Lord Baltimore's government,' serving as a member of the Lower House of the General Assembly in 1678. In 1683, at a meeting of the General Assembly at John Larkin's house, now 'Larkins Hills,' in the area called The Ridge, Richardson argued in favor of making West River Landing a port of entry for that area, a development not accomplished until the next year. Richardson was appointed as one of the commissioners to survey and manage the building of a courthouse at Londontowne on South River, another instance of a Quaker holding a position in the Maryland government. He died in 1698, and his will, dated December 21, 1691, was probated on April 2, 1698. He left a substantial estate of which his wife, Elizabeth, was given the home plantation 'Watkins Hope,' and he remembered his beloved Quaker Church." [http://www.richardsonfamily.homestead.com/ReedRichardson.html]
ichardson, William, Sr., A. A. Co., 21st Dec., 1691; 28th May, 1698. To sons Daniel and Joseph equally and hrs., 5 patents, 600 A., called "Henry's Hills" and "Franklin's Enlargement." To wife Eliza:, "Watkin's Hope." To son William at 21 yrs. of age, 50 A., part of "Watkin's Hope" which testator gave him and his hrs adjoining plantation of Wm. Cole. To dau. Sophia, 75 A., "The Diligent Search," at 16 yrs. of age. To young, son Joseph, grandson William Richardson, Margaret, wife of William Richardson, Jr., to Eliza:, dau. of John and Sarah Talbot, and to 3 child, of Edward Talbot, and the Quaker Church, personalty. Exs.: Wife Eliza: and son William. Properties devised to son Joseph and dau. Sophia to be held by their mother during their minority. Overseers: Rich'd Jones, Rich'd Harrison, Jno. Talbott, Wm. Coleson. Test: James Elphinstone, John Westnutt, John Elsey. 7. 388.
William Richardson 17.156 I AA £655.8.3 Oct 21 1698 Appraisers: John Chappell, John Merriton. List of debts: Mrs. Sarah Groome (administratrix of Samuell Groome).
William Richardson 19.158 A AA £655.8.5 Jul 27 1699 Payments to: Edward, John, and Elisabeth Talbott paid to Elisabeth Talbott (their mother). Distribution to: Daniell Richardson, Joseph Richardson, Thomas Sparrow for his wife Sophia Richardson (daughter), Elisabeth Richardson (her thirds), accountant (one-quarter of two-thirds). Executor: William Richardson (Quaker). [-Michael Marshall]
Do not confuse him with the William Richardson (parentage unknown) who married Elizabeth Scarburgh.
Also do not confuse him - some people *have* - with the William Richardson who was a Quaker minister in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
William was under age 16 in 1680, devised one-half of "Mount Ephraim" and sold his inheritance, as 500 acres, 9 Jul 1693, having purchased his sister Elizabeth's portion the day before, and mentioned in 1713 as having departed this Province 20 years and in all men's opinion deceased.1
Origins
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.
Citations
- [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, p. 198 (Richard Smith Family).
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William Richardson, Sr.'s Timeline
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April 3, 1640
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Pougateaque, Accomack County, Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1668 |
August 26, 1668
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West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland
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March 13, 1670
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March 13, 1670
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West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
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| 1678 |
April 3, 1678
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West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
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July 27, 1680
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West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
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| 1697 |
November 2, 1697
Age 57
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West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Colonial America
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Galesville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States of America
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