Note: No death or burial record has been found for Edward. His death year comes from the inventory of his estate.
Edward was the son of Rev. Thomas Rishworth and Hester Hutchinson of Laceby, Lincolnshire, England, and baptized there on 5 May 1617. His father was the rector of the Laceby parish church for over 25 years. His grandfather Edward Hutchinson was a successful mercer in Alford, Lincolnshire, and his grandmother, Susanna Hutchinson, was the matriarch of a large family of children, and she joined five of them in immigrating to New England.
Edward's aunt, Mary Hutchinson, married the Rev. John Wheelwright, and when the Wheelwrights left England for New England, young Edward soon followed them there. When Wheelwright was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, during the Antinomian Controversy, he founded the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Rishworth was there in 1639 as a signer of the combination that formed the government of that settlement. Soon thereafter Wheelwright was forced to abandon Exeter, and Rishworth was with him as they established a new settlement at Wells, which is now in Maine.
In 1643, Thomas Gorges named Rishworth as one of three agents to make a grant of land between the Ogunquit and Kennebunk rivers. Rishworth owned land in Hampton in 1650, and lived there temporarily as he was a selectman in 1651. By 1656/7 he had settled in York, occupying the house of Ferdinando Gorges. Rishworth had become the Recorder of the Maine Province in 1651, which work he did for nearly four decades, and York was suitably located to carry out this work. He was very active in the affairs of this town, serving at times as Councilor, Justice, and Deputy to the General Court, as well as being a magistrate for most of his later life.
Edward married Susannah Wheelwright, who was not a daughter of his Aunt Mary (who was the second wife of Rev. John Wheelwright), but instead a daughter of John Wheelwright by his first wife. They had one known child together, Mary, who had four known husbands.
Edward's inventory was taken on 18 Feb 1689/90, but administration of his estate wasn't granted to his daughter Mrs. Mary Hull until a year later, on 24 Feb 1690/1.
Edward was the son of Rev. Thomas Rishworth and Hester Hutchinson of Laceby, Lincolnshire, England, and baptized there on 5 May 1617. His father was the rector of the Laceby parish church for over 25 years. His grandfather Edward Hutchinson was a successful mercer in Alford, Lincolnshire, and his grandmother, Susanna Hutchinson, was the matriarch of a large family of children, and she joined five of them in immigrating to New England.
Edward's aunt, Mary Hutchinson, married the Rev. John Wheelwright, and when the Wheelwrights left England for New England, young Edward soon followed them there. When Wheelwright was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, during the Antinomian Controversy, he founded the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Rishworth was there in 1639 as a signer of the combination that formed the government of that settlement. Soon thereafter Wheelwright was forced to abandon Exeter, and Rishworth was with him as they established a new settlement at Wells, which is now in Maine.
In 1643, Thomas Gorges named Rishworth as one of three agents to make a grant of land between the Ogunquit and Kennebunk rivers. Rishworth owned land in Hampton in 1650, and lived there temporarily as he was a selectman in 1651. By 1656/7 he had settled in York, occupying the house of Ferdinando Gorges. Rishworth had become the Recorder of the Maine Province in 1651, which work he did for nearly four decades, and York was suitably located to carry out this work. He was very active in the affairs of this town, serving at times as Councilor, Justice, and Deputy to the General Court, as well as being a magistrate for most of his later life.
Edward married Susannah Wheelwright, who was not a daughter of his Aunt Mary (who was the second wife of Rev. John Wheelwright), but instead a daughter of John Wheelwright by his first wife. They had one known child together, Mary, who had four known husbands.
Edward's inventory was taken on 18 Feb 1689/90, but administration of his estate wasn't granted to his daughter Mrs. Mary Hull until a year later, on 24 Feb 1690/1.
Note: No death or burial record has been found for Edward. His death year comes from the inventory of his estate.
Edward was the son of Rev. Thomas Rishworth and Hester Hutchinson of Laceby, Lincolnshire, England, and baptized there on 5 May 1617. His father was the rector of the Laceby parish church for over 25 years. His grandfather Edward Hutchinson was a successful mercer in Alford, Lincolnshire, and his grandmother, Susanna Hutchinson, was the matriarch of a large family of children, and she joined five of them in immigrating to New England.
Edward's aunt, Mary Hutchinson, married the Rev. John Wheelwright, and when the Wheelwrights left England for New England, young Edward soon followed them there. When Wheelwright was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, during the Antinomian Controversy, he founded the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Rishworth was there in 1639 as a signer of the combination that formed the government of that settlement. Soon thereafter Wheelwright was forced to abandon Exeter, and Rishworth was with him as they established a new settlement at Wells, which is now in Maine.
In 1643, Thomas Gorges named Rishworth as one of three agents to make a grant of land between the Ogunquit and Kennebunk rivers. Rishworth owned land in Hampton in 1650, and lived there temporarily as he was a selectman in 1651. By 1656/7 he had settled in York, occupying the house of Ferdinando Gorges. Rishworth had become the Recorder of the Maine Province in 1651, which work he did for nearly four decades, and York was suitably located to carry out this work. He was very active in the affairs of this town, serving at times as Councilor, Justice, and Deputy to the General Court, as well as being a magistrate for most of his later life.
Edward married Susannah Wheelwright, who was not a daughter of his Aunt Mary (who was the second wife of Rev. John Wheelwright), but instead a daughter of John Wheelwright by his first wife. They had one known child together, Mary, who had four known husbands.
Edward's inventory was taken on 18 Feb 1689/90, but administration of his estate wasn't granted to his daughter Mrs. Mary Hull until a year later, on 24 Feb 1690/1.
Edward was the son of Rev. Thomas Rishworth and Hester Hutchinson of Laceby, Lincolnshire, England, and baptized there on 5 May 1617. His father was the rector of the Laceby parish church for over 25 years. His grandfather Edward Hutchinson was a successful mercer in Alford, Lincolnshire, and his grandmother, Susanna Hutchinson, was the matriarch of a large family of children, and she joined five of them in immigrating to New England.
Edward's aunt, Mary Hutchinson, married the Rev. John Wheelwright, and when the Wheelwrights left England for New England, young Edward soon followed them there. When Wheelwright was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637, during the Antinomian Controversy, he founded the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Rishworth was there in 1639 as a signer of the combination that formed the government of that settlement. Soon thereafter Wheelwright was forced to abandon Exeter, and Rishworth was with him as they established a new settlement at Wells, which is now in Maine.
In 1643, Thomas Gorges named Rishworth as one of three agents to make a grant of land between the Ogunquit and Kennebunk rivers. Rishworth owned land in Hampton in 1650, and lived there temporarily as he was a selectman in 1651. By 1656/7 he had settled in York, occupying the house of Ferdinando Gorges. Rishworth had become the Recorder of the Maine Province in 1651, which work he did for nearly four decades, and York was suitably located to carry out this work. He was very active in the affairs of this town, serving at times as Councilor, Justice, and Deputy to the General Court, as well as being a magistrate for most of his later life.
Edward married Susannah Wheelwright, who was not a daughter of his Aunt Mary (who was the second wife of Rev. John Wheelwright), but instead a daughter of John Wheelwright by his first wife. They had one known child together, Mary, who had four known husbands.
Edward's inventory was taken on 18 Feb 1689/90, but administration of his estate wasn't granted to his daughter Mrs. Mary Hull until a year later, on 24 Feb 1690/1.
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