Birth: 1631 Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
1st Marriage: JUN 1658 to Abigail Davis Newport, Rhode Island
Birth of Daughter: 1656
Name: Abigail Richmond
Birth of Son: 1658
Name: Edward Richmond
Birth of Son: 1660
Name: John Richmond
Place: Newport, Rhode Island
Birth of Daughter: 06 DEC 1666
Name: Elizabeth Richmond
Birth of Daughter: 1668
Name: Mary Richmond
Birth of Daughter: 1669
Name: Esther Richmond
Birth of Son: 1672
Name: Silvester Richmond
Note: He was one of the incorporators of Little Compton, R. I., in 1674, and owned several shares.
Military: Captain
2nd Marriage: to Amy Bull daughter of Governor Henry and Elizabeth Bull
Birth of Son: Henry Richmond
Birth of Daughter: Ann Richmond
Land: He and his wife Amy joined in a deed, August 20, 1685. He conveyed, February 16, 1691-2, to Henry Bull, his “Father-in-law” and “Grandfather of my two youngest children,” certain land in trust for them, and “my now wife, Amy,” referring in it to a deed to his son Edward, made May 20, 1686.
Death: NOV 1696
Burial: Richmond Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport Co, Rhode Island
Inventory: The inventory of his estate was filed December 8, 1696, and on the twentieth of the same month his estate was divided among Edward, eldest son; son John, for himself and his sister, Abigail Remington; William Palmer, John Palmer, Silvester Richmond, Sarah Richmond and Thomas Burdges. (The two Palmers and Burdges [Burgess] were husbands of his daughters).
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Abigail Davis
Birth: 31 OCT 1635 Newport, Rhode Island
1st Marriage: to Richard Ussell
Marriage Note: 20 MAY 1657
Details: On May 20, 1657, Abigail Davis, petitioned the Assembly, alleging that her step-father, John Cowdall, and her mother had forced her into a marriage with Richard Ussell, and later in the same year the Assembly declared that the marriage with Richard was unlawful and that she was free to marry Edward Richmond, whom she declared in her petition to be her choice.
Death: JUL 1682 Saconnet (Little Compton), Rhode Island
Burial: Possibly Richmond Cemetery, Little Compton, Newport Co, Rhode Island
Note: No tombstone
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