General Notes

JBR #3:  The following is from "The Richmond Family" by Joshua Baily Richmond

"CAPTAIN EDWARD Richmond (JOHN 1) was born about 1632, and probably before his father came to this country.  He married, first, Abigail, daughter of James (handwritten "Wm." over James in copy of JBR book scanned by RichmondAncestry.org) Davis, and secondly, Amy Bull, daughter of Governor Henry and Elizabeth Bull.  He died November, 1696."

CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE:
+17 Abigail, born 1656
+18 Edward, born 1658
+19 John, born about 1660
+20 Elizabeth, born Dec. 6, 1666
+21 Mary, born 1668
+22 Esther, born 1669
+23 Silvester, born 1672, baptized at Little Compton, R.I., Nov. 3, 1700
    (not a typo on 1700 date)
-24 Sarah

CHILDREN BY SECOND WIFE:
+25 Henry, born at Little Compton, R.I.
+26 Ann, born at Little Compton, R.I.

"The order of births is not known, but it is believed that the above is very nearly, of not a ccurately, correct.  He and his wife Amy joined in a deed, August 20, 1685.  He conveyed, February 16, 1691-2, to Henry Bull, his "Father-in-law" and "Grandfather of my two youngest children," certain land in trust for them and "my now wife, Amy," referring in it to a deed to his son Edward, made May 20. 1686.'

"The inventory of his estate was filed December 8, 1696, and on the twentieth of the same month his-estate was divided among Edward, eldest son; son John, for himself and his sister, Abigail Remingon; William Palmer, John Palmer, Silvester Richmond; Sarah Richmond and Thomas Burdges (The two Palmers and Burdges [Burgess] were husbands of his daughters.)"

"The executors of Henry Bull (who died January 22, 1693-4), settled an account, March 2, 1709, in which they reported payment of Henry and Ann Richmond's legacy of L60."

"On May 20, 1657, Abigail Davis petitioned the Assembly, alleging that her step-father John Cowdall and her mother had forced her into a marriage with Richard Ussell, and later in the same year the Assembly declared that the marriage was unlawful and that she was free to marry Edward Richmond, whom she declared in her petition to be her choice."

"When old Portsmouth was divided and Newport organized, Portsmouth was reorganized, and James Davice (Davis) signed (by his mark), April 30, 1639, forming "the body politick" of Portsmouth and in the list of the inhabitants of Acquednic Island (who had become such by consent of the government), dated ..."  (transcription of next page not available)


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Cemetery inscription:
"Here lyeth buried the body of Edward Richmond Captn who departed this life in ye 63rd year of his age Nov 1696."

  Birth Notes

probably born in Wiltshire, England, but possibly born in Rhode Island or Massachusetts

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He has conflicting death information of Abt 1696 and Sakonnet, Newport County, Rhode Island.