Capt Edward RICHMOND

Male Abt 1632 - 1696  (64 years)


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  • Name Edward RICHMOND  [1
    • 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. [1]
    Prefix Capt 
    Birth Abt 1632  Ashton Keynes, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1696  Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I46641  Main Tree
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2022 

    Father John RICHMOND,   b. 1594, Ashton Keynes, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1664, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother ? UNKNOWN,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F09647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Abigail DAVIS,   b. 31 Oct 1635, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth L. RICHMOND,   b. 06 Dec 1666, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Feb 1717, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Col. Silvester RICHMOND,   b. Abt 1672, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1754, Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F08843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Amey BULL 
    Family ID F29029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1632 - Ashton Keynes, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1696 - Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5383] "Little Compton Families" Vol. II, Little Compton, Rhode Island.