Edward RICHARDSON

1617 - 1685  (68 years)

• Name	Edward RICHARDSON  [1]
  	Edward Richardson was born in England in 1617, which appears from the fact that he took the oath of allegiance to the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1678, at the age of sixty-one; came to American, and settled in "Old Newbury," probably soon after 1640. he was married, but his wife's name does not appear. He was a member of the church in Newbury, of which rev. Thomas Parker was pastor, and rev. James Noyes the teacher. Not long after 1650 difficulties arose in the church on the subject of discipline, and the church was divided into two parties, one party maintaining that all church power resides in the church itself, the other party, and especially the ministers, claiming that the ministers must take the initiative in all cases, and nothing be done but in accordance with their wishes. Indeed, both ministers were understood to be Presbyterian in sentiment. For five or six tears after 1665 the church was in a very excited and unhappy state, divided into two parties, nearly equal in numbers, and each claiming to be THE church. Mr. Richardson was of the party opposed to Mr. Parker, the pastor. A full history of the matter is contained in Coffin's History of Newbury. Edward Richardson and several other inhabitants of Newbury, with some of Dover, presented a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts in May, 1659, for a grant of land twelve miles square, at Penacook (Concord). the petition was granted, but the conditions as to settlement, etc., not being fulfilled, the grant was forfeited. Most of New Hampshire was then under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts. (Bouton's Hist. of Concord, p. 52) Neither Edward Richardson nor any other Richardson is on the list of proprietors of lands in Newbury, compiled December, 1642; ninety-one in all, but twenty-two were afterwards added. (Coffin's Newbury, p. 292). Edward Richardson died Nov. 14, 1685, aged 68. [1]
  Birth	1617	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Nov 1685	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I46549	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Edward RICHARDSON,   b. 21 Dec 1649, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 14 Nov 1682, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 32 years)  [Birth]   2. Caleb RICHARDSON,   b. 18 Aug 1652, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [Birth]
  Family ID	F01911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 May 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S1681] John Adams Vinton, The RICHARDSON Memorial, Comprising Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, EZEKIEL, SAMUEL, and THOMAS RICHARDSON.