Individual Details
Richard Sylvester
( - Ca 1663)
Richard Sylvester was fined and disfranchised by the government in Weymouth for agreeing with the religious sentiments of his minister Robert Lenthal, "That all baptized persons should be admitted to Communion without further trial." Rev. Lenthal retracted this heresy in the presence of the General Court but Richard did not. This made him leave the colony in 1642 and come to Scituate. Thomas Rawlins, Thomas Clap, James Torrey and William Holbrook came to Scituate about the same time, probably because they held the same opinion. Richard settled in Marshfield, or the part of Scituate called "the Two miles" (Deane 347-348).
Richard Sylvester was an intimate friend of James Torrey, the father of his daughter Lydia's husband.
Richard Sylvester was an intimate friend of James Torrey, the father of his daughter Lydia's husband.
Events
| Death | Ca 1663 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | Naomi Torrey |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Naomi Torrey ( - ) |
| Child | Lydia Sylvester (1633 - ) |
| Child | John Sylvester (1634 - ) |
| Child | Peter Sylvester (1637 - 1642) |
| Child | Joseph Sylvester (1638 - ) |
| Child | Dinah Sylvester (1642 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Sylvester (1643 - 1666) |
| Child | Richard Sylvester (1648 - ) |
| Child | Naomi Sylvester (1649 - ) |
| Child | Israel Sylvester (1651 - ) |
| Child | Hester Sylvester (1653 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Sylvester (1656 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Richard married the sister of Capt. William Torrey."Richard Sylvester's widow, Naomi, allowed more than her husband's will." is in Court Records,
IF, he did not marry more than once, then he m. Naomi Torrey.
Endnotes
1. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831 (Boston, MA: J. Loring, 1831), 347-350; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 26 October 2009.
2. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts: from its first settlement to 1831 (Boston, MA: J. Loring, 1831), 347-350; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com/ : accessed 26 October 2009.