John RICHMOND

1594 - 1664  (70 years)

• Name	John RICHMOND  [1, 2]
  	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. [1] 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. [2, 3]
  Birth	1594	Ashton Keynes, England   [1]
  Christening	1597	Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Mar 1664	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I46657	Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	? UNKNOWN,   b. England
  Children	+ 1. Capt Edward RICHMOND,   b. Abt 1632, Ashton Keynes, England d. 1696, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Age 64 years)  [Birth] + 2. John RICHMOND,   b. 1627   d. 07 Oct 1715, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 88 years)  [Birth]   3. Sarah RICHMOND,   b. Abt 1638, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 1691, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years)  [Birth] + 4. Mary RICHMOND,   b. Abt 1639, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 03 Oct 1715, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F09647	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1594 - Ashton Keynes, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5383] "Little Compton Families" Vol. II, Little Compton, Rhode Island. [S3193] Margaret Olier Collacott and Ruth Thompson Grandin, The Ancestors and Descendants of Zephaniah and Silence ALDEN HATHAWAY With Notes on Allied Families. [S3276] Joshua Bailey Richmond, The RICHMOND Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594.