Richardson
Author: Nev. Ramsden
The Richardson Family of Whitehaven and Maryland
Anthony RICHARDSON (1659-1731) [the Patriarch Richardson]
Anthony RICHARDSON was born in 1659 in Byersteads, St.Bees, Cumberland. He was baptised in September 1659 in St.Bees. He was a Yeoman. He married Abigail UNKNOWN circa 1680 in Not Known. He died in 1731 in Byersteads. He was buried on 2 April 1731 in St.Bees.
Abigail UNKNOWN and Anthony RICHARDSON had the following children:
Elizabeth RICHARDSON (c. 1685-1725). Elizabeth was born circa 1685. She married William BACON on 27 August 1710 in St.Bees. She died in 1725 in Whitehaven. She was buried on 30 May 1725 in St.Bees.
Frances RICHARDSON (1689- ). Frances was born in 1689 in Byersteads. She was baptised on 18 March 1689 in St.Bees.
Richard RICHARDSON (1691-1691). Richard was born in 1691 in St.Bees. She was baptised on 15 March 1691 in St.Bees. She died in 1691 in St.Bees. She was buried on 19 March 1691 in St.Bees.
Thomas RICHARDSON (1693-1734). Thomas was born in 1693 in St.Bees. He died on 10 October 1734 in Talbot County, Maryland.
Jane RICHARDSON (1696- ). Jane was born in 1696 in Byersteads. She was baptised on 13 July 1696 in St.Bees. She married Francis DICKINSON on 12 February 1716 in St.Bees.
Lydia RICHARDSON (1698- ). Lydia was born in 1698 in Byersteads. She was baptised on 6 March 1698 in St.Bees. She married Benjamin CLARE on 18 February 1723 in Liverpool ?.
Anthony RICHARDSON (1701-1740). Anthony was born in 1701 in Byersteads. He was baptised on 10 October 1701 in St.Bees. He married Elizabeth DICKINSON on 19 November 1737 in St.Peters, Talbot, Maryland. He died on 22 November 1740 in Talbot County.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174350946/anthony-richardson
19 November 1740 ?– ?Will of ANTHONY RICHARDSON, gent, Talbot County, Maryland????
To nephew Anthony Bacon, Executor, land in “Out Range” in Dorchester Co. purchased of Burtonwood Alcock.
[which is West of "Hereford" ?and near Fowling Creek.??????????????????]
Witn: Terrence Connolly, Henry Price, Thomas Turner, William Goldsborough
29 May 1741 ?– Probate: sworn by three subscribers Terrence Connolly, Henry Price, and William Goldsborough
MSA S538-33: Prerogative Court (Wills) DD 1, Vol. 22, 1738-1742, pp. 361, 362
10 December 1741 – An Inventory of all the Goods & Chattles of Mr. ANTHONY RICHARDSON late of Talbot County dec’d.
Kindred: Elizabeth Richardson, Anthony Bacon
Creditors: Wm. Goldsborough, Terrence Connolly
Appraisers: Geo. Robin, J. Goldsborough
MSA SM11-26: Prerogative Court (Inventories), Vol. 26, 1741-1742, pp. 447-458
From: Old White Marsh Church, By W. Thomas Kemp (http://www.tcfl.org/mdroom/narratives/whitemarsh.html)
Before The Eastern Shore Society Of Baltimore City, March, Twenty-Fifth, Nineteen-Hundred And Twenty.
No history of White Marsh Church would be complete without a reference to the age-darkened grave-stones and wrecks of tombs of those early colonists, many of them our own ancestors, who lie buried in the churchyard. Several of the grave-stones are illegible; others are fairly well preserved. Among those which can be deciphered, we read as follows:
To The Memory Of MR. THOMAS RICHARDSON, Merchant,
Who Died October 10th, 1734,
Aged 41 Years ------ And ------
MARY, (His Wife) Who Died in 1728,
Aged ------ Years ------ And Of
ABIGAIL, Their Daughter, Who Died, September 23rd, 1728, Aged Ten Months.
MR. ANTHONY RICHARDSON, Merchant, [brother of Thomas]
Who Died Nov. (ye 22) 1740, In The 39th Year Of His Age.
This Monument Was Erected May Ye 12,1742, By Their Most Affectionate
But Afflicted Kinsman, ANTHONY BACON.
Anthony Richardson 1738 - 1787
Biography
London merchant and slave-owner on Grenada and Dominica, partner from 1761 with his cousin and guardian Anthony Bacon and with Gilbert Francklyn. Richardson and Francklyn were early purchasers of land and enslaved people in Tobago after 1763. Father of Sir John Richardson, Anthony B[acon] Richardson and Thomas Richardson.
In Tobago Anthony Richardson, was shown as the original purchaser of Courland Bay division (St David) Lots nos. 12-14, for which by c. 1774 G. Francklyn was shown as Present Proprietor and of which Lots no. 12 and 14 became Franklyns while Lot no. 13 formed part of Les Coteaux.
Will of Anthony Richardson of [Powis Place] St George the Martyr proved 15/10/1787. In the will he instructed his executors and trustees to sell his property, including enslaved people, in Grenada and Dominica with the income for his wife Hannah for life and then to divide the proceeds equally among his six children.
Sources: Jacob M. Price, ‘Bacon, Anthony (bap. 1717, d. 1786)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/50608]
'Tables showing the Lots in each Parish, numbered as originally granted - the original Grantee - the name of the Lot, or lots, if one has been acquired, and the present Possessor where there is one' and 'A Table, showing the Estates in cultivation in 1832, and their Owners, in 1832, copied from the list appended to Byres' map of that date, with those in cultivation in 1862', Henry Iles Woodcock, A History of Tobago (Ayr: Smith and Grant, 1867; new impression London: Frank Cass and Company Limited, 1971); John Fowler, A summary account of the present flourishing state of the respectable colony of Tobago in the British West Indies illustrated with a map of the island and a plan of its settlement, agreeably to the sales by his Majesty’s Commissioners (London: A Grant, 1774), pp. 32-33; 36-7.
PROB 11/1158/90.
taken from:- Legacies of British Slave-ownership - UCL Department of History 2018
Anthony Bacon Richardson 1765 - 1819
Biography
Slave-owner on Dominica, where he registered 14 enslaved people in 1817 on his own account, and where he co-owned a group of enslaved people on Copt Hall with his brothers Thomas Richardson II and Sir John Richardson (each of whom q.v.). Son of Anthony Richardson (q.v.). Buried at St George the Martyr, Queen Square, aged 54, 18/06/1819 'of Great Ormond Street.' Namesake of Anthony Bacon, the Atlantic entrepreneur, slave-factor and industrialist, who had been guardian and partner of Anthony Bacon Richardson's father Anthony Richardson.
taken from - 'Anthony Bacon Richardson', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database,
http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146654093 [accessed 2nd December 2018]
1817 ? Joint owner of Copt Hall estate in Dominica.
Attorney and joint-owner in 1817 of a group of enslaved people later moved from the Copt Hall estate in 1819.
Relationships (3)
Anthony Bacon Richardson Brother Sir John Richardson of Bedford Square
Anthony Bacon Richardson Son ? Father Anthony Richardson
Anthony Bacon Richardson Brothers Thomas Richardson II
his address Great Ormond Street, London, Middlesex, London, England
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170192974/thomas-richardson
Thomas Richardson
Birth unknown
Death Oct 1734
Talbot County, Maryland, USA
Burial White Marsh Cemetery, Trappe, Talbot County, Maryland, USA
Memorial ID 170192974
10 May 1728 – Inventory Estate of JOSIAS [2] CREMEEN late of Dorchester County deceased.
Kindred: James Cremeen and Joseph Cremeen [brothers of the deceased]
Appraisers: Rich’d Webster, Joseph Alford
Creditors: Tho’s Richardson, JOHN CREMEEN [brother of the deceased]
MSA SM11-13: Prerogative Court (Inventories), Vol. 13, 1728-1729, pp. 275-277
07 August 1732 – The Account of JOSIAS [2] CREMEEN late of Dorchester County deceased.
- of Cash due from the Dece.d in the year 1726 to Thomas Richardson Merchant in Talbot County upon Balance of Accounts, and paid by the accountant as per accounts proved and Receipt appears . . . ?3:18:8
- of Ditto from Ditto to Ditto [Thomas Richardson] in the year 1727 upon account proved and paid by the accountant as per Receipt appears . . . ?1:14:6
MSA SM7-14: Prerogative Court (Accounts), Vol. 11, 1731-1733, pp. 473, 474
06 November 1732 - Will of Thomas Barnitt Dorchester Co., MD
I likewise constitute make and ordain my beloved friend Mr. Thomas Richardson Merchant of Talbot County aforesaid my only and solo Executor of this my Last Will and Testament
Witn: Jeremiah Nichols, Joseph Bell, Rachel Bell, John Price (Miller) & Henry Jones
MSA S538-30: PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills) TD, Vol. 20, 1732-1734, pp. 620-622
01 October 1734 - “In the name of God amen the first Day of October in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred thirty and four, I Thomas Richardson of Talbot County Merchant being sick and weak in body . . . “
To my brother Anthony, Executor, to inherit land in Maryland; and residue of personal estate.
To my nephew Anthony Bacon fifty pounds current money of Maryland.
Probate granted: 21 October 1734
Witn: Jeremiah Nichols, Tench Francis, Henry Lowe, Samuel Dudley
MSA S538-31: PREROGATIVE COURT (Wills) DD 1 Vol. 21, 1734-1735, pp. 306-308
From: Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia, Helen W. Ridgely (1908) The Grafton Press, p. 208
Thos. Richardson Merchant 1728? [ the Inscription effaced]
From: National Register of Historic Places MSA SE5-19569
Name: Old Whitemarsh Cemetery and Church Ruin, St. Peter’s Parish
http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagsere/se1/se5/019000/019500/019569/pdf/msa_se5_19569.pdf
A number of gravestones were moved from Old Whitemarsh Cemetery to Old Spring Hill Cemetery in Easton prior to 1906. In that year a list of these stones was published by A. L. Richardson in his book, Historical Graves of Maryland.
THOMAS RICHARDSON, Merchant, 1728? (Illegible inscription); Burial: Old Whitemarsh Cemetery, Talbot County, MD.
[Jeremiah Nichols (1713-1753) witness to the Will of Thomas Richardson is also buried there.]
The Old Whitemarsh Cemetery and the ruins of Old Whitemarsh Church are significant as tangible remains of the early history of the Protestant Episcopal Church of England. When the Maryland Assembly made the Church of England the state church of Maryland in 1692, it outlined St. Peter’s Parish where Whitemarsh Church is located as one of the thirty original parishes in the colony. The location of Old Whitemarsh Church was chosen in the 17th century because of its accessibility to the trade and commerce of that day. It was a focal point on the main public road, lying midway between the Town of Oxford and the now extinct Town of Dover, Maryland, which was originally the county seat of Talbot County, on the upper Choptank River.
from: Old White Marsh Church, By W. Thomas Kemp
(http://www.tcfl.org/mdroom/narratives/whitemarsh.html)
Before The Eastern Shore Society Of Baltimore City, March, Twenty-Fifth, Nineteen-Hundred And Twenty.
To The Memory Of MR. THOMAS RICHARDSON, Merchant,
Who Died October 10th, 1734, Aged 41 Years ------
And ------ MARY, (His Wife) Who Died in 1728, Aged ------ Years ------
And of ABIGAIL, Their Daughter, Who Died, September 23rd, 1728, Aged Ten Months.
MR. ANTHONY RICHARDSON, Merchant, [brother of Thomas]
Who Died Nov. (ye 22) 1740, In The 39th Year Of His Age.
This Monument Was Erected May Ye 12,1742,
By Their Most Affectionate But Afflicted Kinsman, Anthony Bacon.
The Richardsons and the Dickinsons of Pennsylvania
Samuel Dickinson, the father of John Dickinson, first married Judith Troth (1689–1729) on April 11, 1710. They had nine children; William, Walter, Samuel, Elizabeth, Henry, Elizabeth "Betsy," Rebecca, and Rachel. The three eldest sons died of smallpox while in London seeking their education.
John Dickinson (November 8, 1732 – February 14, 1808), was a Founding Father of the United States, and was a solicitor and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware. He was known as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his twelve Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, published individually in 1767 and 1768.
“Samuel Dickinson's son, John, who wrote or helped write so many of our historic papers, was born at Crosiadore in 1732. He studied law at the Middle Temple in London and was admitted to the Bar in Philadelphia in 1755.
In 1776, John Dickinson was appointed chairman of a committee to draw up the Articles of Federation which were adopted in 1777.
Dickinson's signature However, when the resolution was introduced to make America completely independent from England, Mr Dickinson opposed it. He felt we should be governed properly but were not ready to make a complete break with England and he would not sign the Declaration of Independence.
Dickinson College at Carlisle, Penna. – was named for John Dickinson by its founder, Dr Benjamin Rush, famous physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mr Dickinson gave the first endowment funds and served as president of the Board of Trustees from 1783 until his death.
John Dickinson married Miss Mary Norris, daughter of the Hon. Isaac Norris, speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly and they had two daughters. He died in 1808.
Father Samuel Dickinson's brother, James, married Hannah Coale and they had four children, William, Ann, Mary and Elizabeth.
In his will made in 1738, James leaves Dickinson's Plains in Queen Anne County to his three daughters. His daughter, Elizabeth, married Anthony Richardson, Sr. and they had two sons, Anthony Richardson, Jr. and Thomas Dickinson Richardson. These boys lived in England when they were grown. Anthony Sr. died in 1741 and Elizabeth married the Rev. Philip Walker of Caroline County. Their daughter, Elizabeth Walker in 1774 married her cousin, Henry Dickinson (who was also a descendent of Walter Dickinson). They were the parents of Charles Dickinson who was killed in a duel by Andrew Jackson.”
This article was written by Dora W. Mitchell as part of a series called Eastern Shore Families and appeared in News and Farmer, Preston, Maryland, on 21 April 1966.
Obviously, the article is written from an American point of view.