Seventh Generation

69. Rachel LOTHROP (*) (~) was born on 22 October 1754 in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.⁴⁴ She appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁴⁵ She appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁴⁶ Rachel died on 27 April 1811 at the age of 56 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.^44,47,48 She has Ancestral File Number 18WN-0T9.⁴⁴ She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁴⁹ in the South Yard Cemetery.

Rachel LOTHROP (*) (~) and Lemuel "Samuel" RICHARDSON Jr. (*) were married on 2 June 1774 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^21,44,47,48 (They may have married in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony.) Lemuel "Samuel" RICHARDSON Jr. (*), son of Lemuel RICHARDSON and Anna RUST, was born on 12 December 1752 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^21,27,44,48 He appeared in the census in 1790 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^45,50 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.⁵¹ "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.⁴⁶ He died on 16 September 1826 at the age of 73 in Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.^{21,27,44,49,52,53} 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.⁴⁴ Samuel was buried in Waitsfield Common, Waitsfield Township, Washington County, VT.^27,42

Rachel LOTHROP (*) (~) and Lemuel "Samuel" RICHARDSON Jr. (*) had the following children: