Solomon Richardson

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 528.

Notes:

Solomon Richardson was born in "Salem Village," afterwards incorporated as a
part of the town of Middleton. He was a yeoman. His will is dated 2 May 1761;
proved 6 July 1761; recorded Essex Probate Records, xxxviii, 129. This will
gives to wife Abigail, "Dinah her maid," in the inventory valued at 40 pounds;
"also all my household furniture, and other things which she brought with her."
It gives to son David the testator's house and barn, and about forty acres of
land and meadow by Cromwell's brook and Hutchinson's meadow; also to be
executor of the will, and "to sell my negro man Frank," in the inventory
appraised at 60 pounds, to pay debts, etc. To sons John Richardson and
Jonathan Richardson, daughter Elizabeth Sawyer, and daughter Sarah Richardson,
legacies are to be paid by son David. Sons Amos, Stephen, and Solomon, are to
have the other land after the decease of the widow. The testator's
grandchildren to have their legacy "in five years after their grandmother
Richardson's decease."

The real estate, as shown by the inventory, presented 14 September 1761,
consisted of the homestead, containing about three hundred acres of land, with
the buildings thereon; salt marsh at Lynn, about three acres; about twelve
acres of meadow in Middleton, and about seven acres of woodland in Andover.
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Reference:
"A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 15.
"The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 528.

Solomon married Abigail Buxton 7 May 1741. Abigail was born Abt 1711; died 15 May 1805. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Of Salem, Massachusetts.
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Reference:
"A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 15.
"The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 528.

Notes:

David Richardson was a yeoman, and lived at Wills Hill, in what was then
Danvers. His name occurs in a petition, with twenty-three others, dated 28
February 1726/1727, addressed to the parish, asking for an abatement of their
tax for the salary of Rev. Peter Clark, of Danvers, for the reason that they
now had preaching in their own neighborhood, afterwards incorporated 20 June,
1728, as part of Middleton.

His will is dated 5 April 1748; proved 15 August, 1748. Inventory, forty-five
acres of land with the buildings thereon.
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Reference:
"A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 15.
"The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 507, 512.

David married Hannah Putnam 14 Sep 1702, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Hannah was born Abt 1682, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Vinton has David Richardson's wife's name as Rebecca. She was admitted to the
church in Danvers, 3 December 1725.
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Reference:
"The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 512.

Notes:

Isaac Richardson lived on "Richardson's Row," in the easterly part of Woburn,
and about half a mile, more or less, from the present village of Winchester.
His farm adjoined that of the second Ezekiel Richard, son of Theophilus. His
will dated 28 February 1688/1689, recorded Middleton Probate Record, vii 11,
mentions wife Deborah, son Jonathan, then under twenty-one years of age, sons
Edward, Joseph, Benjamin, and David, all minors, and daughters Mary and
Elizabeth. "Two eldest sisters" are mentioned, to whom Jonathan, the eldest
son, was to pay ten pounds each when they came of age. their names do not
appear in this connection, but they must have been Mary and Phebe. the
testator disposes of other land, and a house then building, besides the
homestead. He had a lot near "bare hill" -- more correctly Bear Hill -- in
Charlestown, afterwards included in Stonham. Samuel Richardson [1556], Stephen
Richardson [1557], and Thomas Fuller, his brother-in-law, sign as witnesses.
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Reference:
"A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 11.
"Richardson Chronicles, 1590-past 1850", Richardson Descendants, 1988.
"The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 506-507.

Isaac married Deborah Fuller 19 Jun 1667, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of Thomas Fuller and Elizabeth Tidd) was born 12 May 1650, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"A Brief Sketch of Thomas Fuller", Jesse Franklin Fuller, 1896, p 11.
"The Richardson Memorial...", John Adams Vinton, 1876, p 506, 507.