Second and Third Generations - Richardson

Second Generation

2. John Richardson (John) was born 1649 / 1650. He died May 29, 1697.
John married Rebekah Clark. Rebekah was born August 16, 1660 in Medfield, MA, the youngest daughter of Joseph and Alice Clark. She died February 17, 1739.

      

Children of John and Rebekah:

• 3.  *John, born August 25, 1679, married Esther Breck
• 4.  Elizabeth, born September 20, 1682
• 5.  Daniel, born August 31, 1685, married Hannah Underwood
• 6.  Joseph, born about 1687, married Hannah Barbour
• 7.  Mehitabel, born June 16, 1689, died previous to 1711
• 8.  Benjamin, born 1693, married Elizabeth
• 9.  Rebekah, born February 28, 1697,  married Eleazar Hill of Sherborn, August 12, 1712.

 Third Generation:

3. John Richardson (John, John) was born August 25, 1679 in      Medfield, MA. He died May 19, 1759 in East Medway, MA

John Richardson was a farmer, housewright carpenter and a cordwainer (somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. The word is derived from "cordwain", or "cordovan", the leather produced in Córdoba, Spain. The term cordwainer was used as early as 1100 in England. Historically, there was a distinction between a cordwainer, who made luxury shoes and boots out of the finest leathers, and a cobbler, who repaired them)

About 1699, John married Esther Breck, born in Medfield in 1579, the daughter of John Breck, born March 4, 1671.  One of the first of four settlers of Medfield was Thomas Breck (Esther's grandfather according to Rootsweb.com). 

They had the following children:

• 10. Sarah, born April 25, 1700. She married David Pond of Wrentham
• 11. John, born October 22, 1701, married Jemima Gay - John and Jemima were the guardians of Joseph's children (as recorded in the Vital Records of Massachusetts).
• 12. David, born June 19, 1703, died March 9, 1723 (or 1724)
• 13. Jonathan, born February 1, 1704, married Ruth Clark
• 14. Esther, born January 2, 1706(07), married first, May 27, 1728 to Thomas Jones of Holliston,    married second, Nathaniel Clark, probably of Wrentham
• 15. Mary, born September 9, 1710, married James Boyden, Jr. June 4, 1736.  She died before 1759.  She had a son living in 1759.
• 16. *Joseph, born April 3, 1711, married Abigail, died June 3, 1754.

The following are found in "The Richardson's of Uxbridge"  by Richard N. Pierce of Bloomfield, CT, however, I did not find them in the Massachusetts Vital Records.

• 17.  Samuel, born January 3, 1713(14), married first, Mary Allen, married second, Sarah Clark
• 18.  Solomon, born April 21, 1716 in Medway, MA, married Rebecca Munn
• 19.  Moses, born February 8, 1717(18), married Abigail Allen
• 20.  Asa, born October 16, 1720, married Abigail Barbour
• 21.  David, born December 5, 1724, married Esther Smith