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1652 - Abt 1694 (41 years)
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Name |
Stephen RICHARDSON [1] |
Birth |
14 Jun 1652 |
Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Baptism |
20 Jun 1652 |
First Church in Boston, Mass. [1] |
Fact |
Representative from Stonington to the General Co. [1] |
Fact 1 |
Made a Freeman [1] |
Military Service |
Between 1675 and 1676 [1] |
Served in King Philip's War |
Death |
Abt 1694 [1] |
Notes |
- Stephen served in King Philip's War at the time of the Great Swamp fight, and was one of the soldiers who shared in the Voluntown grant made by the State in 1696. Was Probably the Quartermaster for the Connecticut troops. On May 18, 1676, the Colonial Council authroized him to sell arms in his possession in part payment for his services. Minor's Diary, December 15, 1675 says: "Concticut Armie Set forth from mr. Richardsons," and Jun, 1676, "Thursday, the 15, wee were to meet all the soldiers at steeven Richardson house.: Was imprisoned by Rhode Island in the summer of 1680. Presented a claim to the General Court for damages. In 1687, he was a representative from Stonington to the General Court.
Niles's History is authority for the statement that in July 1689, "Stephen Richardson shot dead onthe spot one William Trimming, a notorious English decoy in the service of the French privateers." Trimming had secreted himself in a house on Fisher's Island, and Richardson, with sixteen other men, went there to capture him. He was censured by some for his action, as they wanted to take him alive.
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Person ID |
I46617 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
14 Feb 2022 |
Father |
Amos RICHARDSON, b. Abt 1623 d. 05 Aug 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Mary ? d. Sep 1683, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
Abt 1640 |
England |
Family ID |
F08933 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Lydia GILBERT, b. 03 Oct 1654 |
Marriage |
Bef 25 Sep 1673 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Mary RICHARDSON, b. 1678, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 1749 (Age 71 years) [Natural] |
| 2. Jonathan RICHARDSON, b. 10 Sep 1674 d. 07 May 1700 (Age 25 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Jemima RICHARDSON, c. 19 Jun 1692 [Birth] |
| 4. Samuel RICHARDSON d. 1755 [Natural] |
| 5. Lemuel RICHARDSON d. 24 May 1713, East Haddam [Natural] |
| 6. Stephen RICHARDSON, c. 19 Jun 1681, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut d. 11 Aug 1749, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age ~ 68 years) [Birth] |
| 7. Nathaniel RICHARDSON [Natural] |
| 8. Amos RICHARDSON d. young [Birth] |
| 9. Rachel RICHARDSON [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F06667 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
14 Feb 2022 |
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Sources |
- [S01670] Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington by Rosell L. Richardson.
- [S02735] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1855, Vol. 9.
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