Seventh Generation

68. Lemuel "Samuel" RICHARDSON Jr. (*) was born on 12 December 1752 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{265,309,314,519} He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^521,798 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.⁷⁹⁹ "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.⁸⁰⁰ He died on 16 September 1826 at the age of 73 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.^{212,265,314,493,519,522} 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.

Life Sketch: "Lemuel Richardson, Jr., s. of Lemuel Richardson & Anna Rust, was b. at Coventry, Conn. Dec. 13, 1752 and d. at Waitsfield, VT Sept. 16, 1826, Æ 74. Per the Vermont Vital Records, he was interred at Waitsfield's Common Cemetery, but whether he has an extant gravestone there requires further research.

He is the paternal grandson of the memorialist's ancestors. He was a saddle and harness maker at Tolland, was briefly at neighboring Stafford, Conn. in the early 1800s, but following his wife's death relocated to Waitsfield, VT.

On June 2, 1774 at Tolland, Conn., Lemuel m. Rachel Lothrop, the only child of Jonathan Lothrop & Rachel Ladd, b. at Tolland, Conn. Oct. 22, 1754. She was little more than a week old when her mother d. at the age of 18. Rachel (Lothrop) Richardson d. at Tolland, Conn. Apr. 27, 1811, Æ 57. Lemuel & Rachel had the following children, the first two b. of record at Coventry, the rest at Tolland, Conn.:

• i. Lothrop [not Lathrop] Richardson, b. Dec. 10, 1774, d. young Mar. 16, 1789, Æ 15.

• ii. Achsah Richardson, b. Aug. 27, 1776, d. Mar. 5, 1820, Æ 44; m. Erastus Abbott before 1798, who d. at Clearport, OH May 5, 1855.

• iii. Roderich Richardson, b. Feb. 15, 1779, d. June 8, 1844 at Waitsfield, VT, Æ 66; m. Anna Davis at Waitsfield Aug. 25, 1802, dau. of Noah Davis of Stafford, Conn., b. at Stafford Aug. 7, 1779. She d. at Waitsfield, VT Oct. 11, 1857, Æ 79.

• iv. Dr. Frederick Richardson, b. Mar. 9, 1781, d. at Waitsfield, VT Dec. 30, 1860, Æ 80; was thrice married. He m. 1) Lovinia Steele, dau. John Steele & Sarah Cobb of Tolland, b. at Tolland Sept. 29, 1782 & d. Mar. 29, 1813; m. 2) Eliza Waldron, b. at Hartland, VT, May 4, 1789 & d. May 25, 1826; m. 3) Aug. 23, 1829 to Betsey (Billings) Jordan, who d. May 24, 1853, Æ 56.

• v. Persis Richardson, b. Mar. 10, 1783, d. at Roxbury, VT Nov. 27, 1859, Æ 77; m. Samuel Robinson, by whom she had no children.

• vi. Vinia Richardson, b. Oct. 31, 1786, d. Dec. 17, 1865, Æ 79; m. Eli Baker at Tolland, Conn. Oct. 8, 1805.

• vii. Capt. Ira Richardson, b. Jan. 23, 1788, d. Dec. 16, 1844 at Fayston, VT; m. Feb. 13, 1815, Rachel Durkee, dau. of Andrew and Phebe Durkee of Moretown, VT, b. Oct. 27, 1795 & d. in 1884.

• viii. Lothrop [not Lathrop] Richardson, b. Aug. 27, 1790, d. July 15, 1850; m. Apr. 20, 1813 at Tolland, Charity Skinner, dau. of Eli Slinner & Lucinda Nims, b. July 19, 1792. At their m. at Tolland, they were both from Waitsfield, VT.

• ix. The unnamed twin brother of Lothrop, b. and d. Aug. 27, 1790.

• x. Roswell Richardson, b. Nov. 16, 1793, d. Dec. 10, 1886 at Keene, NH; m. Nov. 19, 1816, Mary Huntington, dau. John Huntington & Rebecca Newell, b. June 6, 1795 at Tolland, Conn. & d. Oct. 12, 1885 at Keene, NH.

• xi. Ralph Richardson, b. Mar. 10, 1796; no further record.

• xii. Laura Richardson, b. Mar. 19, 1799; m. at Tolland, Conn. Jan. 29, 1824, Thomas Sargeant of Warren, VT.
They resided at Brookfield, VT." He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0CD.³¹⁴ Samuel was buried in Waitsfield Common, Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.^193,265 Rachel LOTHROP (*) (~) and Lemuel "Samuel" RICHARDSON Jr. (*) were married on 2 June 1774 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{309,314,519,801} (They may have married in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony.)

69. Rachel LOTHROP (*) (~) was born on 22 October 1754 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.³¹⁴ She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁵²¹ She appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁸⁰⁰ Rachel died on 27 April 1811 at the age of 56 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.^309,314,801 She has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0T9.³¹⁴ She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁵²² in the South Yard Cemetery.

Children were:

	i.	Lothrop RICHARDSON (1st)^310,311 was born on 10 December 1774 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^193,265,314 He died on 16 March 1789 at the age of 14 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^265,314,520 He was buried in 1789 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^193,520 in the South Yard Cemetery on Cider Mill Road. Lothrop has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0FS.³¹⁴
	ii.	Achsah RICHARDSON^310,311 was born on 27 August 1776 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{212,265,309,314} She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁵²¹ She died on 5 March 1820 at the age of 43 in Vermont.^{212,265,309,314} Achsah has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0WP.³¹⁴
	iii.	Judge Roderick RICHARDSON Sr.^193,310 was born on 15 February 1779 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^265,309,314 He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁵²¹ In 1806 he was a storeowner in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.⁷⁹⁹ 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.⁴⁹² 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.⁴⁹³ He died on 8 June 1844 at the age of 65 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.^265,314 Roderick has Ancestral File Number 18WN-CRR.³¹⁴ He was buried in Waitsfield Common, Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.¹⁹³ in the Wait Cemetery.
	iv.	Dr. Frederic RICHARDSON^309,310 was born on 9 March 1780 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^193,265,314 He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁵²¹ He appeared in the census in 1810 in Fayston Township, Chittenden County, VT.⁴⁹² 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.⁴⁹³ He died on 30 December 1860 at the age of 80 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.^212,265,314 He was buried in January 1861 in Waitsfield Common, Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.²⁶⁵ in the Common Cemetery. Frederic has Ancestral File Number 18WN-DQQ.³¹⁴
	v.	Persis RICHARDSON^310,311 was born on 10 March 1783 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^265,314 She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^521,800 (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.^{212,265,309,314} Persis has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0Z4.³¹⁴ She was buried in Roxbury, Washington County, VT.¹⁹³
	vi.	Vinia RICHARDSON^{193,265,309,310} was born on 31 October 1785 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{193,265,309,314} She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁵²¹ She appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁸⁰⁰ Vinia died on 17 December 1865 at the age of 80 in Somers, Tolland County, CT.^265,309,314 She has Ancestral File Number 18WN-11H.³¹⁴ She was buried in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.²⁶⁵ in the South Yard Cemetery.
34	vii.	*Captain Ira Judge RICHARDSON Sr. () (~).**
	viii.	Lothrop RICHARDSON (2nd)^309,310 was born on 27 August 1790 in Coventry, Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^265,309,314 He died on 13 July 1854 at the age of 63 in New Hartford, Litchfield County, CT.^{193,265,309,314} He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-F97.³¹⁴ Lothrop was buried in Burlington, Hartford County, CT.¹⁹³
	ix.	(Unknown Infant Twin Son) RICHARDSON²⁶⁵ was born on 27 August 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.²⁶⁵ He died on 27 August 1790 at the age of 0 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.²⁶⁵
	x.	Roswell RICHARDSON^310,311 was born on 16 November 1793 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^265,309,314 He appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁸⁰⁰ He appeared in the census in 1850 in Salem, Rockingham County, NH.¹⁹³ Roswell appeared in the census in 1860 in Salem, Rockingham County, NH.¹⁹³ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.⁵⁰² His occupation was listed as "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.⁵⁰³ He and his wife were living in the household of Arseneth, a widowed wife of one of his nephew's. Roswell died on 10 December 1886 at the age of 93 in Keene, Cheshire County, NH.^265,314 He has Ancestral File Number 18WN-FKV.³¹⁴ He was buried in Keene, Cheshire County, NH.^193,265
	xi.	Ralph RICHARDSON^310,311 was born on 10 March 1796 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^265,309,314 He appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁸⁰⁰ He died on 17 January 1858 at the age of 61 in Connecticut.^212,309,314 Ralph has Ancestral File Number 18WN-G5K.³¹⁴
	xii.	Laura B. RICHARDSON^310,311 was born on 1 March 1799 in Stafford, Tolland County, CT.^{212,265,309,314} She appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁸⁰⁰ She appeared in the census in 1850 in Warren, Washington County, VT.¹⁹³ Laura appeared in the census in 1860 in Northfield, Washington County, VT.¹⁹³ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Northfield Township, Jackson County, WI.¹⁹³ She died on 19 March 1875 at the age of 76 in Northfield, Washington County, VT.^265,309,314 Laura has Ancestral File Number 18WN-13W.³¹⁴ She was buried in East Warren, Warren Township, Washington County, VT.^193,265