Capt Edward RICHMOND

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Before coming to Little Compton, he owned a place in Newport, in that part now called Middletown. A gunsmith, he bought two great lots in Little Compton. He lived on the place known as the Father Richmond place, which is slightly north of the entrance to Meeting House Lane, on the other side of the West Main Road and is buried in this place, where his gravestone (the next to the oldest in town) may still be seen in the small Richmond cemetery. He was the first settler by the name of Richmond in Little Compton.

He was one of the incorporates of Little Compton in 1674.

Family/Spouse: Abigail DAVIS. Abigail was born on 31 Oct 1635 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth L. RICHMOND was born on 06 Dec 1666 in Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island; died on 09 Feb 1717 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; was buried in Old Commons Cemetery, Little Compton, Rhode Island.
2. Col. Silvester RICHMOND was born about 1672 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island; died on 20 Nov 1754 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Family/Spouse: Amey BULL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Richmond, born in 1594. He came from Wiltshire, England, probably from the town of Amesbury. Mr. Harry Richmond of Little Compton found in Bristol, England, a ship's passenger list on which it said that John Richmond of Amesbury in Wiltshire bound for Virginia on a ship sailing in 1635.

John Richmond was one of the purchasers of Taunton, Mass., in 1657. Undoubtedly he was married before he came to this country, but neither the name of his wife nor the date of his marriage have been discovered. He died in Taunton 20 March 1664 age 70.


According to tradition, as a young man he engaged in commercial pursuits on the west coast of Ireland. He became a distinguished officer in the English Civil War, but, having killed his brother Henry, who was with the King's forces, he emigrated to America about 1635. He was undoubtedly married before he came, for one son was certainly born in England, but there is no record of his wife. He was one of the "original purchasers" of Taunton, and a large landowner in the eastern section known as Richmondtown. He was frequently away from Taunton, often in Saco and Newport, where supposedly he was engaged in trade. At least, his trips out of the Plymouth colony do not seem to have been caused by religious persecution, as was the case of most Rhode Islanders, for his gift of 5 acres for the support of the Taunton minister is recoded. He was a man of substantial property, taking up a large amount of land in the South Purchase. He died March 20, 1663/4.

John married ? UNKNOWN. ? was born in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]