Ancestral Glimpses » Edward Richmond (± 1632-1696)

Personal data Edward Richmond 

• He was born about 1632 in ENGLAND.
• Religion: Church of England.
• He died November 1696 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British America.
• A child of John Richmond
• This information was last updated on December 27, 2013.

Household of Edward Richmond

(1) He is married to Abigail Davis.

They got married June 1658 at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, British America.

Child(ren):

1. Sarah Richmond  
2. Abigail Richmond  1656-1744 
3. Edward Richmond  1658-± 1743 
4. John Richmond  1658-1740 
5. Elizabeth Richmond  1665-1717 
6. Mary Richmond  1668-???? 
7. Esther Richmond  1669-1706 
8. Sylvester Richmond  1672-1754

(2) He is married to Amey Bull.

They got married in the year 1682 at Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, British America.

New England Marriage Prior to 1700-pg. 624

Notes about Edward Richmond

Edward Richmond - TimeLine

EDWARD2, (John1), b. 1632; d. 1696.
m. (1)
ABGAIL DAVIS, b. ; d.

m. (2)
AMEY BULL, b. of Henry & Elizabeth ( ) Bull; d.

Newport, Little Compton, R. I.
1657, May 20. The petition of Abigail Davis daughter-in-law (i. e. stepdaughter), of John Cowdall, having been read by a committee of the Assembly, it was shown that her marriage with Richard Ussell, was for fear of being forced to it by her father and mother, and later in the same year the said marriage was declared an unlawful one by the Assembly. She was thus enabled to many Edward Richmond, whom she had declared in her petition to be her choice.
1661, Sep. 9. He had a share in Misquamicut (Westerly) lands appointed to him.
1663, Dec. 14. He had a legacy of 40 acres, and wearing apparel, from the will of his father John Richmond, of Taunton.
1667-69-70-72. General Solicitor.
1676, Aug. 6. It was voted by the Assembly "that Lieutenant Edward Richmond, with his company, shall be allowed and have the one half of the produce of the seven Indians they brought in." By an act of the Assembly
certain Indian men and women able for service, were to be sold for nine years.
1676, Aug. 23. He was clerk of a court martial that was held for the trial of four Indians, who according to the sentence of the court were executed.
1677, Juu. 11. He and three others were appointed to go to such persons in Newport as they see cause, to know who will advance money for the Colony's use in sending the agents to England.
1677, Oct. 31. He and forty-seven others were granted 5,000 acres to be called East Greenwich.
1677_78-79-80. Attorney General.
1678-79. Deputy.
1680. Taxed 14s.
1633, Jun. 6. Little Compton. He took oath of fidelity.
1633-84-85-89-90. Selectman
1686. Deputy.
1686, Jun. 4. Lieutenant. On the same date he was fined £5, for furnishing an Indian with some rum or strong liquor.
1690, May 20. Captain.
1691, Aug. 7. He and his children were mentioned in the will of his sister Sarah Stoughton, wife of Nicholas.
1692, Feb. 2. He bought of Daniel Wilcox, the twenty-seventh lot in Little Compton for £50.
1692, Feb. 16. He sold to "my father-in-law " Henry Ball, of Newport, being grandfather to my two youngest children, 120 acres in Little Compton, for £80, for the use and behoof of my two youngest children Henry and Ann,
with housing, garden, &c, reserving to self and wife Amey, the whole profits for life.
1696, Dec. 8. Inventory, £326, 6s., sworn to by the administrator Edward Richmond, eldest son of deceased. 2 oxen, 6 cows, 4 heifers, 2 yearlings, 5 calves, 2 mares, 3 colts, 2 horses, sheep, 2 fat swine, 8 lean swine, 18 loads of hay, pewter, cheese press, warming pan, arms, stillyards, sundry pieces of land, &c.
1696, Dec. 20. His estate was divided among his children as follows: To eldest son Edward, land £36, 3s., Ad., movables £27, 16s., 6d. To John Richmond, in his own right and right of sister Abigail Remington, land £36, 3s., Ad., movables £27, 16s., 6d. To William Palmer, laud £18, 1s., 8d., movables, £13, 3s., 3d!., and a like amount each to John Palmer, Sylvester
Richmond, Sarah Richmond and Thomas Burge.
He was a member of the Church of England, according to the testimony of his daughter Abigail Gardiner, who deposed to that effect in 1738, calling herself in her eighty-second year.

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