Richard SALTONSTALL, Knt.

1586 - Aft 1658  (73 years)

• Name	Richard SALTONSTALL  [1, 2]
  	Richard Saltonstall, Knt., of Huntwick, co. York, is the son of Mr. Samuel Saltonsall, of Kingston-upon-Hull, co. York, by his first wife, Anne, daughter of John Ramsden, Esq., of Longley near Hothersfield. He was baptized at halifax on 4 Apr 1586. After the death of his first wife he sold his lands and removed with his children to New England. Richard was First Associate, Massachusetts Bay Company, and was appointed First Assistant. He commenced the settlement of Watertown in 1630, and was an original patentee of Connecticut with Lord Saye and Sele, Lord Brooke, and others. He returned to England in 1631. [1] He was a nephew of the Lord Mayor London Richard Saltonstall (1517-1600) and was admitted pensioner at Clare College, Cambridge in 1603. Richard served as a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire and was Lord of the Manor of Ledsham before he left England for North America. he sailed aboard the Arbella on 26 Aug 1629 with his wife, Elizabeth, and his children, Richard, Jr., Samuel, Robert, Henry, Grace, Rosamund (children of Grace), John and Ann (children of Elizabeth). he was named First Assistant to Governor John Winthrop. He immigrated in 1630 to Boston (returned 1631 to England). [2]
  Suffix	Knt.
  Birth	1585/6	Halifax, co. York   [2]
  Christening	4 Apr 1586	St. John the Baptist, Halifax   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	1658	Date of Will   [1]
  Death	Aft 1658  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I90507	Main Tree
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Grace KAYE
  Marriage	2 Jul 1609	Woodsome Hall   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Maj. Richard SALTONSTALL, Esq.,   b. 1610, Woodsome Hall seat of the Kaye family, Yorkshire, England d. 29 Apr 1694, Hulme, Lancashire, England (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth WEST,   b. 1609, Wherwell, co. Hamps d. 1639, Islewort, Ileworth (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	1631	Wherwell, co. Wilts   [2]
  Children	1. Anne SALTONSTALL,   b. Jan 1632/3, Isleworth d. May 1633, Isleworth (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   2. John SALTONSTALL,   b. Jan 1632/3, Isleworth d. young  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family 3	Martha WILFRED
  Family ID	F37725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Fact - 1658 - Date of Will  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S11979] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. IV Pelham-Avery-West.