Interesting items 1
1. Benjamin Richardson to Elizabeth Hill, by George Thomas,
Justice of the Peace N. Kingstown ----no date!
2. Ebenezer Richardson to Ruth Hill, by Rev Ezra Stiles on 23, 1756 in
Newport
3. .
Ebenezer Richardson to Ruth Hill, Second Congregational Church
Newport, Nov 23 1754 (must be same as above but note dates?)
The only thing interesting about these marriages is the wife's maiden
name of Hill. Other than that.........
Fact 1
Living in the same town as Hill Richardson in 1800 is
Jonathan Richardson. He is old enough to be Hill's father.
Fact 2
In 1850 census of Stockton Town , Chautauqua Co., New
York, Hill states he is born in RI (Rhode Island) and Sarah his wife is
born in CT (Connecticut)
Fact 3
In the 1880 census
of Stockton Town , Chautauqua Co., New York, Arunah (Hill's son) states
his father is born in RI (Rhode Island) and his mother (Sarah) is born
in Conn. (Connecticut).
Fact 3
Hill
moves hundreds of miles (from Otsego) to Jefferson County
to Ellisburg only
miles from Rufus Richardson (born in Barre Mass.)
Freeman
(son of Rufus) and
Rufus Richardson move to the same town (Ellisburg)
as Hill is
in.
Hill
Richardson was a soldier of the War of 1812 and so was Freeman (son of
Rufus) Richardson. In
fact
they were in the same platoon as each other, Freeman (son of Rufus)
being a
corporal and later a sergeant in that group.
Hill
served in the War of
1812 as a private in Capt Brook Harrington's Co.
(from Smithville), in Col Clark Allen's 55th Regiment NYV Militia (also
know as
the Jefferson County Militia).
Hill
names his son Freeman, same as Freeman son of Rufus. Hill is 15 years
younger than Rufus and 15 years older than Freemam (son of
Rufus).
This makes me
wonder if there is some connection of Hill Richardson to Rufus
Richardson? Maybe an older brother or Uncle? The coincidences are too
great to just ignore. Remember, Rufus is from Barre Mass and not from
Rhode Island.
Fact 4
During Hill's birth (1775) the Revolutionary War is going on in Boston
and surrounding areas. Barre is only 20 or 30 (?) miles from this area.
Could Hill's mother left Mass. to go to Rhode Island to escape some of
the problems? If so, why Rhode Island (relatives) ?
Rhode
Island or Mass??
The sources listed below have been checked
and have come up empty.
Rhode
Island Sources
Town Records
Marriages, Births, and Deaths
kept in the town clerks offices
Warwick
Greenwich
East Greenwich
West Greenwich
Covent
Providence
Cranston
Johnston
North Providence
Glocester
Burrillville
Scituate
Foster
Cumberland
Smithfield
Portsmouth
Newport
Little Compton
Tiverton
North Kingston
South Kingston
Exeter
Westerly
Charlestown
Richmond
Hopkinton
Bristol
Warren
Harrington
Church
Records
Rhode Island
Friends
Narragansett Friends
Smithfield
Friends
Kings Towne Friends
Providence
Friends
Swansey Friends
Rev. Gardiner Thurston’s Marriages
Elder John Gorton’s Marriages
Elder Samuel Littlefield’s Marriages
Elder James Wilson’s Marriages and publishments
Elder Steven Gano’s Marriages
Elder Nathan B. Cocker’s Marriages
Elder James Mckensie’s Marriages
Elder Thomas Sheperd’s Marriages
United Brethern’s Marriages
New Port
United Brethern’s Births
Elder James Wilson’s Records of Death
The First Sabbatarian Church
of Newport
United Congregational Church Little Compton
Congregational Church Tiverton
Congregational Church Barrington
St. Mark’s Church Warren
St. Michael’s Church
Bristol
Congregational Church Bristol
Elder Wight’s
United Congregational Church Newport
/ Bristol
Dr. Ezra Style
Second Congregational Church Newport
Dr. Sheperd’s Death Records
Tiverton Baptist
First Baptists of Bristol
First Baptists ofWarren
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church Bristol
Church of the Ascension Wakefield
First Baptists of North Kingstown
First Baptists of South Kingstown
Seekonk Marriages Town
Records Marriages, Births, and Deaths
Pawtucket
Marriages Town
Records Marriages, Births, and Deaths
Newman Congregational Church
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Friends
Westport
Friend
First
Sabbatarian Church
of Hopkinton
First Baptist East Providence
St John’s Church Providence
First Congregational Society of Providence
Westminster Congregational
Church Providence
Congregational Church on the west side of the river
First Congregational Church
of Barrington
West Greenwich and Exiter
Union Church
Sic Principle Church Baptist
Church North Kingstown
The Second Free Will Baptist Church
of Smithfield
Edward Perry Justice of the peace
St. Paul’s
Church Narragansett
Queen’s River Baptist Church South Kingstown
Baptist
Church Exiter
Trinity Church Newport
Narragansett Baptist Church
Kingstown
First
Baptist Church
Wickford
Christ
Church
Westerly
Second Baptist Church
Richmond
Newport
Babbatarian Church
Marriages of Joshua Babcock North Stoninton
First General Baptist
Church of Richmond
St Luke’s Church East Greenwich
Newspapers
The Newport Mercury (news paper)
The Newport
Herald
The
Providence
Gazette
Mass Sources
Barre Mass. There are few records town records of Barre Mass. They were
destroyed in a fire in the town clerks house years ago and were lost
(for the most part).
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