SAMUEL RICHARDSON: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Birth Abt 1610 England [3]

Gender Male

Ancestor of /
Notable Descendants - John Chapman, a.k.a. “Johnny Appleseed” [2]

Artifact In the first settlement of Woburn, Samuel and his brother lived in a row of homes near each other. This road became known as Richardson’s Row, and is now partly located in Winchester. [3]

Discover/Founder Signed the Town Orders that created Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass., on 18 Dec. 1640. The town was incorporated Sept., 1642, by Samuel with 6 others, including his two brothers Samuel and Ezekiel, as well as Edward Convers, Edward Johnson, John Mousall and Thomas Graves. [3, 4]

Immigration Bef 1 Jul 1636 England to Charlestown, Mass. [3]

Died 23 Mar. 1658/59 Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass. [1, 3]

Person ID I11384 Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage

Last Modified 27 Jan 2002 00:00:00

Father THOMAS RICHARDSON, b. Abt 1565, England

Mother KATHERINE DUXFORD, b. Abt 1567

Family ID F7675 Group Sheet

Family JOANNA THAKE, b. Abt 1610, England

Married 18 Oct 1632 Westmill, England

Children

	1. Mary Richardson, b. Bef 25 Feb. 1637/38, Charlestown, Suffolk Co. Mass.
	2. John Richardson, b. Bef 12 Nov 1639, Charlestown, Suffolk Co. Mass.
	3. Hannah Richardson, b. 8 Mar 1642, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass.
	4. Joseph Richardson, b. 27 Jul 1643, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass.
	5. SAMUEL RICHARDSON, b. 22 May 1646, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass.
	6. Stephen Richardson, b. 15 Aug 1649, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass.
	7. Thomas Richardson, b. 31 Dec 1651, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass.
	8. Elizabeth Richardson, b. Abt 1653, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Mass.

Family ID F7678 Group Sheet

Notes	Samuel was granted a houselot in Charlestown, Mass., in 1637, and first appears on a list of Charlestown residents during that year. He and his brothers were all assigned lots on “Misticke side and above the Ponds” (now Malden) on 20 Apr. 1638. Samuel was a Selectman in Woburn in 1644, 1645, 1646, 1649, 1650 and 1651. In 1645 he paid the highest tax due in Woburn. Savage says: SAMUEL, Charlestown, prob. br. of Ezekiel, by w. Joanna, had Mary, bapt. 25 Feb. 1638, prob. m. Thomas Mousall; John, bapt. 12 Nov. 1639; was freem. 2 May 1688, rem. early to Woburn, there had Hannah, b. 8 Mar. 1642, d. next mo. Joseph, 27 July 1643; Samuel, 22 Apr. 1646; Stephen, 15 Aug. 1649; Thomas, 31 Dec 1631, d. bef. his f. and Elizabeth was one of the founders of the ch. 24 Aug. 1642, and d. 23 Mar. 1658 or 9. His wid. Joanna, wh. d. 1666, in her will of 20 June 166_, the last fig. being lost, names eldest s. John, and other ch. Samuel, Stephen, Elizabeth and Mary Mousall. [1, 3]

Sources

[S106] Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Savage, James
[S150] Roberts, Gary Boyd, (NEHGS)
[S191] Vinton, John Adams, (Brown Thurston & Co., Portland, ME), CS71/R52/1876.
[S204] Wyman, Vincent D., (Parker Art Printing Assoc., Coral Gables, Fla. (Private printing)), CS71/W984/1941.
[S86] Roberts, Gary Boyd, (Carl Boyer 3rd)

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