Seventh Generation

70. Roderick RICHARDSON Sr.^8,47 was born on 15 February 1779 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.³⁸ He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³⁹ In 1806 he was a storeowner in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.⁴⁴ 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.⁵² 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.⁴⁵ He died on 8 June 1844 at the age of 65 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.³⁸
Roderick has Ancestral File Number 18WN-CRR.³⁸

Roderick RICHARDSON Sr. and Anna DAVIS were married.⁵⁰ Anna DAVIS was born about 1779.⁵⁰ She died in 1844 at the age of 65 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.⁵⁰