Capt. Edward Richmond, I^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1632 - 1696  (64 years)

• Name	Edward Richmond
  Prefix	Capt.
  Suffix	I
  Born	1632	Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Nov 1696	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I35	Schuerman-Wood-Worden
  Last Modified	31 May 2013

  
  

  Father	John Richmond, I,   b. 1594, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England ,   d. 20 Mar 1663/1664, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)
  Married	Bef 1627	England   [5]
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abigail Davis,   b. Abt 1633, Boston, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef Jul 1682, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Married	Aft 20 May 1657  [6]
  Children	1. Abigail Richmond,   b. 1656,   d. 1744  (Age 88 years)   2. Edward Richmond,   b. 1658,   d. 1682, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age 24 years)   3. John Richmond,   b. 1660, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. Bef 28 Jul 1740, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island  (Age < 80 years)   4. Mary Richmond   5. Elizabeth Richmond,   b. 6 Dec 1665,   d. 9 Feb 1717  (Age 51 years)   6. Esther Richmond,   b. 1669,   d. 12 Nov 1706  (Age 37 years)   7. Sylvester Richmond,   b. 1672, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. 20 Nov 1754, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age 82 years)   8. Sarah Richmond
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Amy Bull
  Children	1. Henry Richmond   2. Ann Richmond
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2023
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Torrey): Edward Richmond (?1632-1696) & 1/wf Abigail {Davis} (1635-) ?Aft 20 May 1657 Taunton/Newport/Little Compton, R.I. John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Albany, 1887: b. 1632, d. 1696. Lived in Newport, Little Compton, R.I. m. 2nd Amey Bull of Henry and Elizabeth. Emery, History of Taunton, UofC F74.T2E5: See father. Supplement. p. 7: "Edward Richmond, according to Mr. Drummond, had a wife before he married Amy Bull. His first wife was the mother of all his children except Henry and Amy, and Henry died without issue." Little Compton Families, p. 511-2: Capt. Edward Richmond (John(1)), born abt 1632, probably before his father came to this country. He died in LC in 1696. He married first Abigail Davis, daughter of William and Mary Davis of Boston. He married second Amey Bull, daughter of Governor Henry and Elizabeth Bull. Before coming to LC, he owned a place in Newport, in that part now called Middletown. A gunsmith, he bought two great lots in LC. He lived on the place known as the Father Richmond place, which is slightly north of the entrance to Meeting House Lane, on the other side of the West Main Road and is buried in this place, where his gravestone (the next to the oldest in town) may still be seen in the small Richmond cemetery. He was the first settler by the name of Richmond in LC. He was one of the incorporators of LC in 1674. [Lists debts paid from his estate.] Children by his first wife: i. Abigail, b. 1656; d. 1744; m. (1) abt 1679 John Remington, son of John and Abigail Remington, d. 1688; m. (2) Henry Gardiner, b. 1645, d. 1744 ii. Edward, b. 1658 iii. John, d. 1738 or before, m. Elizabeth (--) iv. Mary, m. William Palmer v. Elizabeth, b. 6 Dec 1665; d. 9 Feb 1717; m. John Palmer vi. Esther, b. 1669; d. 12 Nov 1706; m. Thomas Burgess, son of Thomas and Lydia (Gaunt) Burgess, b. 1668, d. 1 July 1743 vii. Sylvester, b. 1672 viii. Sarah Children by second wife: ix. Henry x. Ann Rhode Island Vital Records, Vol 4, Little Compton Births and Deaths, p. 151: Richmond, Edward 1632, died 1696 Amey (Bull) of Henry Edward of Edward and Amey 1658 [this conflicts with the above] See also Richmond Family, pp. 5-7.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Austin, John Osborne , (Albany, 1887). [S16] History of Taunton, Emery, Samuel Hopkins, (Syracuse, 1893), F74.T2E5. [S14] Richmond Family 1594-1896 and Pre-American Ancestors 1040-1594, Richmond, Joshua Bailey , (Published by the author, Boston, 1897), Film 1018890, Item 6. [S15] Little Compton (RI) Families, Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin , (Little Compton, RI: Little Compton Historical Society, 1967), E6975.955., p. 511-12. [S156] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence, Almon Torrey, (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985). John Richmond (?1594-1664) & ___? in Eng. b[efore] 1627 Taunton/Newport [S156] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Clarence, Almon Torrey, (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985). Edward Richmond (?1632-1696) & 1/wf Abigail {Davis} (1635-) ?Aft 20 May 1657 Taunton/Newport/Little Compton, R.I.