Individual Details
Ezekiel Richardson
(1601 - 21 Aug 1647)
Ezekiel Richardson. Origin: Westmill, Hertfordshire; Migration: 1630; First Residence: Charlestown; Removed to Woburn 1640; was admitted in Boston to the church in the winter of 1630/1; on 14 October 1632 they left to organize the Charlestown church; on 2 Nov 1632 they were admitted as founding members in Charlestown; in 18 May 1631 he was a freeman; He was deputy to general court on 2 Sep 1635; Charlestown selectman 10 Feb 1634/5 & 12 Feb 1637/8; constable 3 Apr 1633; [page 1581] Will was dated 20 July 1647 was proved 1 June 1648; Estate inventory 18 Nov 1647; [page 1582] born 1604 son of Thomas & Katherine Duxford Richardson; Death in Woburn 21 October 1647; Married by 1632 Susanna who remarried by 27 Mar 1651 Henry Brooks; 7 children listed.
Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, page 1580-2.
Ezekiel Richardson in The Richardson Memorial
Citation: The Richardson memorial : comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson by John Vinton Adams. Portland, Maine: Brown, Thurston & Co., 1876 [Ancestry] North America, Family Histories.
Source text: page 31 [image 53] arrival in Massachusetts; page 32 [image 54] Ezekiel and his wife Susanna became members of the Charlestown church 27 Aug 1630 which later became the First Church in Boston; on 14 Oct 1632 they left to start a new church in Charleston. He was admitted a freeman 18 May 1631; page 33 [image 55] in 1633 he was appointed a constable; he was a selectman 10 Feb 1634, 1637, 1638 & 1939; page 34 [image 56] by 5 Nov 1640 he with others were chosen to start a new settlemen; by Sep 1642 Woburn was incorporated; 14 Aug 1642 the church in Woburn was started with Ezekiel as a founding member; his two brother joined him; page 35 [image 57] at the first election he was chosen as a selectman in 13 April 1644. Ezekiel died 21 Oct 1647; his will dated 20 July 1647 was proved 1 June 1648; a transcript of the will appears; page 36 [image 58] 18 Nov 1647 an inventory was made;page 37[image 59] His widow Susanna married Henry Brooks of Woburn; children of Ezekiel and Susanna are listed with dates and descendant #
BIRTH: By about 1604 (based on estimated date of marriage and chronology of his siblings), son of Thomas and Katherine (Duxford) Richardson. Came from Westmill, Hertfordshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1630. First settled in Charlestown MA; moved to Woburn in 1640. Died in Woburn, 21 October 1647.
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.
Married by 1632, Susanna _____. She married (2) by 27 March 1651 Henry Brooks.
He was brother of SAMUEL RICHARDSON & THOMAS RICHARDSON , and uncle of FRANCE_IS WYMAN and JOHN WYMAN , sons of his sister, Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
Parents:
Thomas Richardson 1565–1634
Katherine Duxford Richardson 1565–1630
Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, page 1580-2.
Ezekiel Richardson in The Richardson Memorial
Citation: The Richardson memorial : comprising a full history and genealogy of the posterity of the three brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson by John Vinton Adams. Portland, Maine: Brown, Thurston & Co., 1876 [Ancestry] North America, Family Histories.
Source text: page 31 [image 53] arrival in Massachusetts; page 32 [image 54] Ezekiel and his wife Susanna became members of the Charlestown church 27 Aug 1630 which later became the First Church in Boston; on 14 Oct 1632 they left to start a new church in Charleston. He was admitted a freeman 18 May 1631; page 33 [image 55] in 1633 he was appointed a constable; he was a selectman 10 Feb 1634, 1637, 1638 & 1939; page 34 [image 56] by 5 Nov 1640 he with others were chosen to start a new settlemen; by Sep 1642 Woburn was incorporated; 14 Aug 1642 the church in Woburn was started with Ezekiel as a founding member; his two brother joined him; page 35 [image 57] at the first election he was chosen as a selectman in 13 April 1644. Ezekiel died 21 Oct 1647; his will dated 20 July 1647 was proved 1 June 1648; a transcript of the will appears; page 36 [image 58] 18 Nov 1647 an inventory was made;page 37[image 59] His widow Susanna married Henry Brooks of Woburn; children of Ezekiel and Susanna are listed with dates and descendant #
BIRTH: By about 1604 (based on estimated date of marriage and chronology of his siblings), son of Thomas and Katherine (Duxford) Richardson. Came from Westmill, Hertfordshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1630. First settled in Charlestown MA; moved to Woburn in 1640. Died in Woburn, 21 October 1647.
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.
Married by 1632, Susanna _____. She married (2) by 27 March 1651 Henry Brooks.
He was brother of SAMUEL RICHARDSON & THOMAS RICHARDSON , and uncle of FRANCE_IS WYMAN and JOHN WYMAN , sons of his sister, Elizabeth (Richardson) Wyman.
Source: Anderson's Winthrop Fleet.
Parents:
Thomas Richardson 1565–1634
Katherine Duxford Richardson 1565–1630
Events
| Birth | 1601 | Tring, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Death | 21 Aug 1647 | Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |  |  |
Families
| Spouse | Susannah (1610 - 1681) |
| Child | Theophilus Richardson (1633 - 1674) |
| Father | Thomas Richardson IV (1565 - 1634) |
| Mother | Katherine Duxford (1565 - 1630) |
Notes
Death
Ezekell RichardsonSex Male
Death Date 21 Aug 1647
Death Place Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Death Place (Original) Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Endnotes
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