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Lemuel Richardson Jr.

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Lemuel Richardson Jr.

Birth
Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Death
16 Sep 1826 (aged 73)
Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Waitsfield Common, Washington County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Lemuel Richardson, Jr., s. of Lemuel Richardson & Anna Rust, was b. at Coventry, Conn. Dec. 13, 1752 and d. at Waitsfield, VT Sept. 16, 1826, Æ 74. Per the Vermont Vital Records, he was interred at Waitsfield's Common Cemetery, but whether he has an extant gravestone there requires further research.

He is the paternal grandson of the memorialist's ancestors. He was a saddle and harness maker at Tolland, was briefly at neighboring Stafford, Conn. in the early 1800s, but following his wife's death relocated to Waitsfield, VT.

On June 2, 1774 at Tolland, Conn., Lemuel m. Rachel Lothrop, the only child of Jonathan Lothrop & Rachel Ladd, b. at Tolland, Conn. Oct. 22, 1754. She was little more than a week old when her mother d. at the age of 18. Rachel (Lothrop) Richardson d. at Tolland, Conn. Apr. 27, 1811, Æ 57. Lemuel & Rachel had the following children, the first two b. of record at Coventry, the rest at Tolland, Conn.:

• i. Lothrop [not Lathrop] Richardson, b. Dec. 10, 1774, d. young Mar. 16, 1789, Æ 15.

• ii. Achsah Richardson, b. Aug. 27, 1776, d. Mar. 5, 1820, Æ 44; m. Erastus Abbott before 1798, who d. at Clearport, OH May 5, 1855.

• iii. Roderich Richardson, b. Feb. 15, 1779, d. June 8, 1844 at Waitsfield, VT, Æ 66; m. Anna Davis at Waitsfield Aug. 25, 1802, dau. of Noah Davis of Stafford, Conn., b. at Stafford Aug. 7, 1779. She d. at Waitsfield, VT Oct. 11, 1857, Æ 79.

• iv. Dr. Frederick Richardson, b. Mar. 9, 1781, d. at Waitsfield, VT Dec. 30, 1860, Æ 80; was thrice married. He m. 1) Lovinia Steele, dau. John Steele & Sarah Cobb of Tolland, b. at Tolland Sept. 29, 1782 & d. Mar. 29, 1813; m. 2) Eliza Waldron, b. at Hartland, VT, May 4, 1789 & d. May 25, 1826; m. 3) Aug. 23, 1829 to Betsey (Billings) Jordan, who d. May 24, 1853, Æ 56.

• v. Persis Richardson, b. Mar. 10, 1783, d. at Roxbury, VT Nov. 27, 1859, Æ 77; m. Samuel Robinson, by whom she had no children.

• vi. Vinia Richardson, b. Oct. 31, 1786, d. Dec. 17, 1865, Æ 79; m. Eli Baker at Tolland, Conn. Oct. 8, 1805.

• vii. Capt. Ira Richardson, b. Jan. 23, 1788, d. Dec. 16, 1844 at Fayston, VT; m. Feb. 13, 1815, Rachel Durkee, dau. of Andrew and Phebe Durkee of Moretown, VT, b. Oct. 27, 1795 & d. in 1884.

• viii. Lothrop [not Lathrop] Richardson, b. Aug. 27, 1790, d. July 15, 1850; m. Apr. 20, 1813 at Tolland, Charity Skinner, dau. of Eli Slinner & Lucinda Nims, b. July 19, 1792. At their m. at Tolland, they were both from Waitsfield, VT.

• ix. The unnamed twin brother of Lothrop, b. and d. Aug. 27, 1790.

• x. Roswell Richardson, b. Nov. 16, 1793, d. Dec. 10, 1886 at Keene, NH; m. Nov. 19, 1816, Mary Huntington, dau. John Huntington & Rebecca Newell, b. June 6, 1795 at Tolland, Conn. & d. Oct. 12, 1885 at Keene, NH.

• xi. Ralph Richardson, b. Mar. 10, 1796; no further record.

• xii. Laura Richardson, b. Mar. 19, 1799; m. at Tolland, Conn. Jan. 29, 1824, Thomas Sargeant of Warren, VT.
They resided at Brookfield, VT.
Lemuel Richardson, Jr., s. of Lemuel Richardson & Anna Rust, was b. at Coventry, Conn. Dec. 13, 1752 and d. at Waitsfield, VT Sept. 16, 1826, Æ 74. Per the Vermont Vital Records, he was interred at Waitsfield's Common Cemetery, but whether he has an extant gravestone there requires further research.

He is the paternal grandson of the memorialist's ancestors. He was a saddle and harness maker at Tolland, was briefly at neighboring Stafford, Conn. in the early 1800s, but following his wife's death relocated to Waitsfield, VT.

On June 2, 1774 at Tolland, Conn., Lemuel m. Rachel Lothrop, the only child of Jonathan Lothrop & Rachel Ladd, b. at Tolland, Conn. Oct. 22, 1754. She was little more than a week old when her mother d. at the age of 18. Rachel (Lothrop) Richardson d. at Tolland, Conn. Apr. 27, 1811, Æ 57. Lemuel & Rachel had the following children, the first two b. of record at Coventry, the rest at Tolland, Conn.:

• i. Lothrop [not Lathrop] Richardson, b. Dec. 10, 1774, d. young Mar. 16, 1789, Æ 15.

• ii. Achsah Richardson, b. Aug. 27, 1776, d. Mar. 5, 1820, Æ 44; m. Erastus Abbott before 1798, who d. at Clearport, OH May 5, 1855.

• iii. Roderich Richardson, b. Feb. 15, 1779, d. June 8, 1844 at Waitsfield, VT, Æ 66; m. Anna Davis at Waitsfield Aug. 25, 1802, dau. of Noah Davis of Stafford, Conn., b. at Stafford Aug. 7, 1779. She d. at Waitsfield, VT Oct. 11, 1857, Æ 79.

• iv. Dr. Frederick Richardson, b. Mar. 9, 1781, d. at Waitsfield, VT Dec. 30, 1860, Æ 80; was thrice married. He m. 1) Lovinia Steele, dau. John Steele & Sarah Cobb of Tolland, b. at Tolland Sept. 29, 1782 & d. Mar. 29, 1813; m. 2) Eliza Waldron, b. at Hartland, VT, May 4, 1789 & d. May 25, 1826; m. 3) Aug. 23, 1829 to Betsey (Billings) Jordan, who d. May 24, 1853, Æ 56.

• v. Persis Richardson, b. Mar. 10, 1783, d. at Roxbury, VT Nov. 27, 1859, Æ 77; m. Samuel Robinson, by whom she had no children.

• vi. Vinia Richardson, b. Oct. 31, 1786, d. Dec. 17, 1865, Æ 79; m. Eli Baker at Tolland, Conn. Oct. 8, 1805.

• vii. Capt. Ira Richardson, b. Jan. 23, 1788, d. Dec. 16, 1844 at Fayston, VT; m. Feb. 13, 1815, Rachel Durkee, dau. of Andrew and Phebe Durkee of Moretown, VT, b. Oct. 27, 1795 & d. in 1884.

• viii. Lothrop [not Lathrop] Richardson, b. Aug. 27, 1790, d. July 15, 1850; m. Apr. 20, 1813 at Tolland, Charity Skinner, dau. of Eli Slinner & Lucinda Nims, b. July 19, 1792. At their m. at Tolland, they were both from Waitsfield, VT.

• ix. The unnamed twin brother of Lothrop, b. and d. Aug. 27, 1790.

• x. Roswell Richardson, b. Nov. 16, 1793, d. Dec. 10, 1886 at Keene, NH; m. Nov. 19, 1816, Mary Huntington, dau. John Huntington & Rebecca Newell, b. June 6, 1795 at Tolland, Conn. & d. Oct. 12, 1885 at Keene, NH.

• xi. Ralph Richardson, b. Mar. 10, 1796; no further record.

• xii. Laura Richardson, b. Mar. 19, 1799; m. at Tolland, Conn. Jan. 29, 1824, Thomas Sargeant of Warren, VT.
They resided at Brookfield, VT.


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