Other Events:

• Ethnicity/Relig: Deacon

Notes:

Ezekiel and Susanna Richardson traveled with the Winthrop Fleet to Charlestown, MA in 1630.

Source: Richardson Memorial R929, 2, R521 pg. 37; Snow-Estes Genealogy Vol. 1 pg. 284.

[Portertoimport.FTW] Pope's "Pioneers of Massachusetts" Page 384 "Ezekiel, planter, Charlestown, memb. chh. with wife Susanna 1630, frm. May 18, 1631; dep uty. One of the founders of the (reorganized) chh. at Charlestown, Nov. 14, 1632. Rem. to Wob urn. Propr. 1640. Town officer. Ch. Phebe bapt. 3 (4) 1632, (m. Nov. 1, 1649, Henry Baldwin, ) Theophilus bapt. 22 (10) 1633, Josiah bapt. 7 (9) 1635, John bapt. 21 (5) 1638, d. 7 (11) 1 642, Jonathan bapt. 13 (12) 1639, James bapt. 11 (5) 1641, Ruth b. and d. 1643. He d. Oct. 21, 1647. Will prob. 1 (4) 1648. Wife Susanna; sons Theophilus, Josias and Jam es; dau. Phebe; bros. Samuel and Thomas R. [Reg. VII, 172.] The widow m. Henry Brooks. Deed m ade to her from Samuel R. 27 (1) 1651 [Char. Rec.]"

NEHGR 98:363; 99:172

! Baldwin Genelogy pg. 616 Ezekiel is 10th Great Grandfather to Donald Coon

!came in Winthrop Fleet 1630

The principal migration from Old England took place in 1630. A party of 50 or 60 persons under John Endicott was sent to Salem and the following June a party of 200 came under the leadership of Francis Higginson. In 1630 seventeen ships brought at least 1000 passengers from England as estimated by Palfry in his "History of New England." In one of these ships came Ezkiel Richardson. He was probably the first colonist of the name that came to New England. His two brothers Thomas and Samuel came a few years later. As early as November 5, 1640, Thomas and Samuel were chosen agents with others for the erection of a church in Charlestown, Mass. In 1640 Woburn was incorporated. The three brothers with John Mousall, Edward Converse, Edward Johnson, and William Learned were the "seven pillars of the church." They were the nucleous of the new church solemnly constituted August 4, 1642. Source: "Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth" P. 14, Author: Ruth Ellsworth Richardson, Call Number: CS71.R52 Ezekiel Richardson was a man of great respectability and worth. His name often occurs on the Charlestown records. He was, in 1633, appointed by the General Court a constable, then an office of much responsibility. In the following years, he was appointed by the town on several important committees. He was one of the first board of selectmen in Charlestown, chosen Feb. 10, 1634-5; also in 1637, 1638, 1639. He was a deputy or representative of that town in the General Court, chosen Sept. 2, 1634, and also the following year, 1635. In 1637, a lot of land was granted to him on "Misticke Side," or Malden; also to each of his brothers, of whom more in the sequel. He was a follower of Ann Hutchinson and John Wheelwright in the Antinomian Controversy of 1637, as were most of the members of the Boston church, and was one of the eighty or more persons who signed the Remonstrance in Mr. Wheelwright's favor, presented to the General Court on the ninth of March in that year.(*) At the sessio n of the General Court held in November following, he and several others desired that their names might be erased from that paper, which the Court had judged to be of seditious tendency. Thus acknowledging his fault, he was exempted from the censure inflicted by the Court; in other words, he was not disarmed, as were nearly all of the Remonstrants. It is creditable to his memory that he was willing to abandon an enterprise in which he had conscientiously, but unwisely, embarked. At the first election of town officers in Woburn, April 13, 1644, Ezekiel Richardson was chosen a selectman, and continued to be chosen to that responsible office in 1645, 1646, and 1647.Ezekiel Richardson, one of the founders of Woburn, died in that town Oct. 21, 1647. From the fact that all his children were at this time under the age of twenty-one, it is inferred that his age at his decease did not exceed forty-five. His will is dated 20th day of the fifth month, 1647; equivalent to July 20, 1647. It was proved June 1, 1648, and is on file in the Suffolk Probate Office, Boston: I Ezekiel Richardson of Woebourne, being in perfect memorie, doe make this my last will and testament as followeth, imprimis. I make my wife Susanna and my eldest son Theophilus joint Executors. item. I give and bequeath to Josias my son thirtie pounds, to be paid in money, cattell, or corne, when he shall accomplish one and twentie years of age. Item. I give unto James my son thirtie pounds to be paid in money, cattell, or corne, when he shall accomplish one and twentie years of age. Item. I give unto Phebe my daughter thirtie pounds to be paid in money, cattell, or corne, when she shall accomplish twentie years of age, or within six months after the day of her marriage, which cometh first. I say all these several legacies to be paide in money cattell or corne at the discretion of the Executors and overseers. In case any of these three die before they doe accomplish the said age mentiond then the said legacie shal l be equally divided to them which shall survive. In case my son Theophilus die before he shall accomplish one and twentie years of age then his portion shall be equally divided to my other children which shall survive. Item. I doe frelie fforgive and discharge whatsoever accounts and demands have been between my Brother Samuel Richardson and myself. Item. I give unto my brother Thomas Richardson his son Thomas ten shillings to be paide within one year after my decease. Item. I make for overseers to this my will Edward Converse and John Mousall of Woebourne; in case either of them die beffore the accomplishment of this my will the survivor with the consent of Thomas Carter Pastor of the church of Woeburne shall have power to chuse an other overseer in his place. Item. I give unto the overseers for and in consideration of their care and paines thirtie shillings a peece. Item. all my debts and funeral [expenses] being dischargd I give and bequeath all the rest of my estate to my executors, provided that my wife may peceably injoy her habitation in the house soe long as she shall live. In witness whereof I have set to my hand. Esekil richardson. In presence of these Thomas Carter, scribe. Source: "Richardson Memorial" P. 33-37

MARRIAGE:
1. Clarence Torrey, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", NEHGS CD, 2001:
Ezekiel RICHARDSON (-1647, Woburn) & Susanna _____, m/2 Henry BROOKS; by 1632; Boston/Charlestown {Charlestown 809; Richardson Mem. 31, 37; Richardson (#2) 5; Woburn Hist. 632-3; Aborn #21; Cleveland 58; Cram 33; Farwell (1929) 55; Vinton Mem. 326; Woolson-Fenno 102, 115; Baldwin 616; Bassett-Preston 47, 233; Snow-Estes 1:284; Reg. 7:172, 57:279, 58:48, 98:363}

Robert Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" (Boston: NEHGS)
EZEKIEL RICHARDSON
ORIGIN: Westmill, Hertfordshire
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Charlestown
REMOVES: Woburn 1640
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "Ezechiel Richardson and his wife" admitted to Boston church as members #80 and #81, which would be in the winter of 1630/1 [BChR 13]; on 14 October 1632 "Ezechiell Richardson and Susan his wife" were dismissed to participate in the organization of Charlestown church [BChR 16]; on 2 November 1632 "Ezek:" and "Susan Richeson" were admitted to Charlestown church as founding members [ChChR 7].
FREEMAN: 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:366].
EDUCATION: He signed his will.
OFFICES: Deputy for Charlestown to General Court, 2 September 1635 [MBCR 1:156]. Petit jury, 19 September 1637 [MBCR 1:203]. Charlestown member of colony committee on valuation of livestock, 13 May 1640 [MBCR 1:295]. Commissioner for small causes at Woburn, 10 May 1643 [MBCR 2:35]. Committee to lay out highway between Cambridge and Woburn, 10 May 1643 [MBCR 2:36].
Charlestown selectman, 10 February 1634/5, 12 February 1637/8 [ChTR 13, 34]. Constable, 3 April 1633 [MBCR 1:104]. Committee to lay out lots, 9 January 1633/4, 23 November 1635 [ChTR 10, 17]. Committee to lay out highways, 10 February 1634/5, 12 February 1637/8, 20 December 1638 [ChTR 12, 39, 40]. Committee to regulate wages, 28 November 1636 [ChTR 23]. Committee on stinting the common, 17 February 1636/7 [ChTR 25].
ESTATE: In 1635 Ezekiel Richardson surrendered back to the town five acres of land Mystic Side [ChTR 14]. In the same year he was granted five shares of hay ground, which was increased to six shares [ChTR 19, 20].
On 24 October 1636 the town of Charlestown "agreed to allow Ezek[ie]ll Richeson 2 acres of ground besides the two due to him, to make & keep two sufficient gates for the highway between Mr. Mayhew's & New Towne, & the highway to have 6 pole in breadth" [ChTR 23]. On 3 March 1636/7 "Goodman Ezek[ie]ll Richeson had ½ a cow's grass appointed by Tho[mas] Squire" [ChTR 26].
Ezekiel Richardson had five acres of land Mystic Side in 1637, and also four and three-quarter cow commons [ChTR 27, 33]. On 23 April 1638 he had Mystic Side allotments of 35, 85 and 5 acres [ChTR 36]. On 30 December 1638 he had 6½ cow commons in the stinted common [ChTR 42].
In the 1638 Charlestown Book of Possessions "Ezechell Richardson" held thirteen parcels of land: three acre homestead in High Field; one acre meadow at north end of aforesaid three acres; one half acre meadow in High Field; one acre meadow on northeast side of Gibbon's Field (which "he bought of William Nash to whom at first it fell by lot"); one acre arable land in East Field; two acres meadow bounded to the south on Cambridge Field and to the north on Gibbon's River (later annotation: "sold to Thomas Brigden"); six acres meadow in Mystic Field; five acres woodland in Mystic Field; thirty-five acres woodland in Mystic Field; three acres meadow "lying to the northward of Mount Prospect") ninety acres of land in Water Field; six and a half milch cow commons (four and three quarters granted to him, one and a quarter bought of William Nash, and a half bought of George Whitehand); and four acres arable land in Line Field [ChBOP 3-4].
In his will, dated 20 July 1647 and proved 1 June 1648, "Ezekiell Richardson of Woebourne" appointed "my wife Susanna and my eldest son Theophilus joint executors"; and bequeathed to "Josias my son £30" at twenty-one years of age; to "James my son £30" at twenty-one years of age; to "Phebe my daughter £30" at "twenty years of age or within six months after the day of her marriage"; if any of these three should die before they come of age, the legacies be shared among the survivors; in case "my son Theophilus die before he shall accomplish one and twenty years of age, then his portion shall be equally divided to my other children"; discharged demands against "my brother Samuell Richardson"; to "my brother Thomas Richardson, his son Thomas, 10s."; overseers Edward Converse and John Mousall of Woburn, if either of these die, then the survivor with the consent of Thomas Carter, pastor of the church in Woburn, to choose a replacement overseer; 30s. to each overseer; residue to my executors, "provided that my wife may peacably enjoy her habitation in the house so long as she shall live" [SPR Case #72].
The inventory of the estate of Ezekiell Richardson was taken 18 November 1647 and totalled £190 6s. 6d., with no real estate included [SPR Case #72].
On 6 March 1649/50 Edward Converse confirmed to the heirs of Ezekiel Richardson an earlier sale of twelve acres of meadow & upland in Woburn [MLR 2:71]. On 27 March 1651 Samuel Richeson of Woburn "having formerly sold unto Ezekill Richeson my brother (who is since deceased) forty acres of arable & meadow land" in Woburn, confirms the same to "my sister Susanna Brookes (who was the wife of my deceased brother Ezekill Richeson" [MLR 2:72]. On 23 March 1654/5 "Susanna Richeson now Brookes formerly the wife of Ezek: Richeson" confirmed a sale made eight years earlier by "Ezekill Richardson & Sussanna Richardson my wife" to Thomas Moulton and John Greenland of thirty-five acres of land in Woburn [MLR 2:36]. On 13 December 1659 "Henry Brookes & Susanna Brookes of Woburn," in accordance with an award of the court, deeded to Theophilus Richardson the right and title they had in "the moiety or half part of the housing & land of Ezekiell Richardson of Woburn aforesaid, by executorship or otherwise" [MLR 2:154].

BIRTH: By about 1604 (based on estimated date of marriage and chronology of his siblings), son of Thomas and Katherine (Duxford) Richardson [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-28].
DEATH: Woburn 21 October 1647.
MARRIAGE: By 1632 Susanna _____. She married (2) by 27 March 1651 Henry Brooks [Sarah Hildreth Anc 30, citing MLR 2:36, 72, 154].
CHILDREN:
i PHEBE, bp. Boston 3 June 1632 (corrected from 1631 [BChR 277]); m. Woburn 1 November 1649 Henry Baldwin [WoVR 2:226].
ii THEOPHILUS, bp. Charlestown 22 December 1633 [ChChR 45]; m. Woburn 2 May 1654 Mary Champney [WoVR 2:226].
iii JOSIAH, bp. Charlestown 7 November 1635 [ChChR 46]; m. Concord 6 June 1659 Remembrance Underwood (recorded Chelmsford).
iv JOHN, bp. Charlestown 21 July 1638 [ChChR 47]; d. Woburn 7 January 1642 [WoVR 3:157].
v JONATHAN, bp. Charlestown 13 February 1639/40 [ChChR 48]; no further record.
vi JAMES, bp. Charlestown 11 July 1641 [ChChR 50]; m. Chelmsford 28 November 1660 Bridget Henchman.
vii RUTH, b. Woburn 23 August 1643 [WoVR 1:210]; d. there 7 September 1643 [WoVR 3:157].
ASSOCIATIONS: Samuel Richardson and Thomas Richardson, brothers of Ezekiel, arrived in New England by 1635; Francis Wyman and John Wyman, sons of Ezekiel Richardson's sister Elizabeth, also came to New England [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-27].

COMMENTS: "Ezech[ie]ll Richeson" was admitted as an inhabitant of Charlestown in 1630 [ChTR 5] and appeared in the lists of inhabitants of 9 January 1633/4 and January 1635/6 [ChTR 10, 15].
On 15 November 1637 Ezekiel Richardson was one of eight Charlestown men who admitted their error in signing the petition in favor of Wheelwright and who were permitted to erase their names from that document [MBCR 1:209].

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1876 John Adams Vinton published a comprehensive genealogy of the descendants of the three Richardson brothers [The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson ... (Portland, Maine, 1876)]. In 1903 Walter Kendall Watkins published the data on the English origin of the Richardsons [NEHGR 57:298-300], and this material was incorporated in Walter Goodwin Davis's treatment of the family [Sarah Hildreth Anc 25-31].

THE EZEKIEL RICHARDSON (1602) & SUSANNA BRADFORD (abt 1600) FAMILY Ancestral File Changes: 1. 4th child, James RICHARDSON AFN:P1TV-CT,...merge to 8th child, James RICHARDSON. 2. 5th child, Ruth RICHARDSON AFN:SCZ9-JK,...merged to 9th child, Ruth RICHARDSON. 3. 10th child, Ruth RICHARDSON AFN:9KD9-29,...merged to 9th child, Ruth RICHARDSON. 4. Wife, Susanna BRADFORD,...merge her 3rd husband, Ezekiel RICHARDSON AFN:LSPG-NS, with her 1st husband, Ezekiel RICHARDSON, leaving her with two marriages. 5. 8th child, James Richardson,...merged his 2nd wife, Bridget HINCKSMAN AFN:P391-15 (married the 28th of Nov 1660 at Charlestown, MA), with his 1st wife, Bridget HENCHMAN, leaving him with one marriage. 6. 11th child, Esther RICHARDSON,...merged her 2nd husband, Benjamin SHAW AFN:PB28-22, with her 1st husband, Benjamin SHAW, leaving her with one marriage. 7. Husband, Ezekiel RICHARDSON,...merged his wife Susanna REDFORD AFN:1P64-8WL (whose marriage has been submitted) with his wife, Susanna BRADFORD. 8. Wife, Susanna (REDFORD) BRADFORD's other husband, Henry BROOKS,...merged his wife Annis JAQUITH AFN:1K6N-G8M (who was married to him on 12 Jul 1682) with his other wife, Anna or Annie JAQUITH. Also deleted his wife Mrs. BROOKS AFN:1K6N-GB2. That leaves him with 5 marriages.

Ezekiel married Bradford, Susanna on 25 Feb 1630 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Susanna was born about 1610 in of Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 15 Sep 1681 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massaschusetts; was buried on 15 Sep 1681 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richardson, Marie de was born about 1627 in England; died in 1671 in England.
2. Richardson, John was born in <1630> in Woburn, Middlesex, Massaschusetts; was christened on 21 Jul 1638 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 7 Jan 1639; was buried in First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
3. Richardson, Phebe was born on 3 Jun 1632 in Woburn, Middx., Massachusetts; was christened on 3 Jun 1632 in Boston, Massachusetts; died on 13 Sep 1716 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Woburn, , Massachusetts.
4. Richardson, Janus was born in <1632> in ; was christened on 11 Jul 1641 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 15 Feb 1640 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
5. Richardson, Theophilus was born in 1633 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was christened on 22 Dec 1633 in Charleston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 28 Dec 1674 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried in Massachusetts.
6. Richardson, James was born about 1635 in Charlestown, Essex, Massaschusetts; was christened on 11 Jul 1641; died in DECEASED.
7. Richardson, Josiah was born in 1635 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massaschusetts; was christened on 7 Sep 1635 in Charlestown, Massachusetts; died on 22 Jul 1695 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massaschusetts; was buried in Jun 1695 in Chelmsford, , Middlesex Co, Massachusetts.
8. Richardson, Ruth was born on 23 Aug 1643 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 7 Sep 1643 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
9. Richardson, Esther was born in 1645 in Of Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; was christened on 16 Nov 1646; died on 16 May 1736 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States; was buried in Old, Hampton, , New Hampshire.

Notes:

1. NEHG Register, Vol. 139, April 1985, "Notes on English Origins, The Duxford Ancestry of the Richardsons and Wymans," p. 147-148. Contributed by John B. Threlfall, Madison, Wisconsin. 2. NEHG Register, Vol. 57, July 1903, Some Early Emigrants from Herts, England, by Walter Kendall Watkins, Esq., of Malden, Mass., p. 298-300. This article indicates that the will of Thomas Richardson was found at Hitchin, England. At the time of his marriage, Thomas Richardson was listed as of "Standon" and Katherine Duxford of West mill.

Thomas married Duxford, Catharine. Catharine was born about 1585 in of, Massachusetts; was christened on 15 Jan 1592/1593 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England; died in DECEASED; was buried on 10 Mar 1631. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source: Snow-Estes Genealogy Vol. 1 pg. 284; Parish Records pg. 9299; Emigrants from Herts; Will of Thomas Richardson found at Hichin Registry.

!Snow-Estes Genealogy, vol 1 p 284; Parish records p 9299; Emigrants from Herts Will of Thomas Richardson fornd at Hichin Regestry. !Death date is 4 Mar 1630, is probate of will. this makes him 107 years old.

SOURCE: NEHGR 98:363; 99:172 and "The Bateman Connection" , p.77ff.

Thomas married Silverside, Mary Margaret about 1540 in Hertfordshire, England. Mary was born in 1545 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England; died before 31 Jul 1634 in Westmill, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]