Seventh Generation

68. Lemuel "Samuel" RICHARDSON Jr. (*) was born on 13 December 1752 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. (This is a map of Coventry Township.) He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. His household consisted of 3 males, 16 and older; 3 males, under 16; and 4 females.

(His household could not be located in the 1800 Census in either Connecticut or Vermont. A Samuel Richardson household was located in Corinth, Orange County, VT, with 5 sons and 4 daughters, but the ages did not fit Samuel's family.) About 1800 he was a storeowner, saddler and harness maker in Waitsfield Township, Chittenden County, VT. "At first, town life (in Waitsfield) centered around the (General Benjamin) Wait family lots. General Wait's home was used for town meetings until 1798. The first church services were held in his barn. What little commerce was available was here as well. Slightly northeast, at the foot of nearby ledges, Samuel Chandler of Worcester, Massachusetts, and Henly Mower of Woodstock, Vermont, had the first store in town." Samuel appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. He died on 16 September 1826 at the age of 73 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. He must have moved back to Vermont after the death of his wife in 1811, but he could not be located in either Connecticut or Vermont in the 1820 Census. He may have been living with one of his children. No male of his age was listed in the households of his sons Roderick, Frederick or Ira.

The 1820 Census for Northfield, Washington County, VT, does contain a Samuel Richardson, age "45 and up" who was living with a woman, age "45 and up," but it is not known if that was him.
He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0CD. Rachel LATHROP (*) (~) and Lemuel "Samuel" RICHARDSON Jr. (*) were married on 2 June 1774 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. (They may have married in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony.)

69. Rachel LATHROP (*) (~) was born on 22 October 1754 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. She appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. Rachel died on 27 April 1811 at the age of 56 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT. She has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0T9. She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. in the South Yard Cemetery.

Children were:

	i.	Achsah RICHARDSON was born on 27 August 1776 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. She died in 1820 at the age of 44 in Vermont. Achsah has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0WP.
	ii.	Lathrop RICHARDSON (1st) was born on 19 December 1776 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 16 March 1789 at the age of 12. He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0FS. Lathrop was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. in the South Yard Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.
	iii.	Roderick RICHARDSON Sr. was born on 15 February 1779 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. In 1806 he was a storeowner in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. He had a store on the Common (the village center) by 1806. "During the first three decades of the 19th century, more and more farms were established among the hills, and the demand for services grew. The village of Waitsfield slowly took form. Roderick Richardson had a house build there by 1817. In 1831 he built a store next door. The building was damaged by fire in 1845 and the present two-story brick structure was built. It is not the Masonic Hall. In 1851, Richardson also moved a building from Irasville to the corner diagonally across from the Masonic Hall. This large building became a hotel. Its ground floor was used for fifty years as a hall for town meetings." "... at the foot of Fort Mill, Roderick Richardson built a large complex of grist and lumber mills in 1829-30. In order to supply his mills with power, he and his two partners hand-dug a canal to the river, passing behind the post office. The slough is visible today." Roderick appeared in the census in 1810 in Waitsfield Township, Chittenden County, VT. His household was next to that of his brother Frederick and consisted of Roderick, his wife, and their 6 sons and 1 daughter. He appeared in the census in 1820 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. He died on 8 June 1844 at the age of 65 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. Roderick has Ancestral File Number 18WN-CRR.
	iv.	Dr. Frederic RICHARDSON was born on 9 March 1781 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. He appeared in the census in 1810 in Fayston Township, Chittenden County, VT. His household was next to that of his brother Roderick and consisted of Frederic, his wife, and their 4 sons and 1 daughter. Frederic appeared in the census in 1820 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. He died on 30 December 1860 at the age of 79 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-DQQ.
	v.	Persis RICHARDSON was born on 16 March 1783 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. (He could not be located in the 1810 Census in Vermont or Connecticut, to where his parents had moved.) She died on 27 November 1859 at the age of 76 in Roxbury, Washington County, VT. Persis has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0Z4.
	vi.	Vinia RICHARDSON was born on 31 October 1786 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. She appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. Vinia died on 27 November 1859 at the age of 73 in Roxbury, Washington County, VT. She has Ancestral File Number 18WN-11H.
34	vii.	*Captain Ira Judge RICHARDSON Sr. () (~).**
	viii.	Lathrop RICHARDSON (2nd) was born on 27 August 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. He died on 15 July 1850 at the age of 59 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT. He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-F97.
	ix.	Roswell RICHARDSON was born on 16 November 1793 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. He appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. His occupation was listed as "Farmer." Roswell appeared in the census in 1880 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT. He and his wife were living in the household of Arseneth, a widowed wife of one of his nephew's. He died on 10 December 1886 at the age of 93 in Keene, Cheshire County, NH. He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-FKV.
	x.	Ralph RICHARDSON was born on 10 March 1796 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. He appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. He died on 17 January 1858 at the age of 61 in Connecticut. Ralph has Ancestral File Number 18WN-G5K.
	xi.	Laura B. RICHARDSON was born on 1 March 1799 in Stafford, Tolland County, CT. She appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT. She died on 19 March 1875 at the age of 76 in Northfield, Washington County, VT. Laura has Ancestral File Number 18WN-13W.