General Notes

From Joshua Bailey Richmond's genealogy:"(2). John Richmond 2 (John 1) was born about 1627, before his father came to this country .  He married Abigail Rogers, daughter of John Rogers of Duxbury, born in 1641.  He died Octo ber 7, 1715, aged eighty-eight, and she, August 1, 1727, aged eighty six.  Both are buried i n Taunton, Mass."
"There is no specific authority for the statement that he had a wife before Abigail Rogers; but the inscription upon her gravestone makes her age eighty-six at her death, August 1, 1727 ; that would fix her birth at 1641; so she would have been only thirteen years old when Mar y was born. Deeds of the land of John Rogers show that Joseph Richmond was the son of Abigail .  It is probable that John Richmond (2) had a previous wife, who died in 1662, and that he m arried Abigail Rogers early in 1663."

"That Thomas died unmarried is shown by a deed from James Reed of Middleboro, and Susanna, his wife, dated December 20, 1705, to Edward Richmond of Taunton, of all rights, etc., in the estate of "our brother Thomas," late of Taunton, deceased:  the deed was proved April 16, 1706 ; also by deed from John of Taunton, and Ebenezer of Plymouth, of the land "my son Thomas lived on."

"John Richmond (2), on March 21, 1712 –13, and July 16, 1713, conveyed land to his son Edward .

John Richmond (2) and James Walker were appointed to buy land of Indians, 1672.  He was of T own Council February 29, 1675-6, also in 1690.  There is a deed of John Richmond (2) conveyin g to his son John for L400, his house-lot and dwelling-house, "where he now dwells," and vari ous lots of land.  On September 28, 1671, Wm. Brenton, Jas. Walker, Wm. Harvey, Walter Dean e and John Richmond bought land from Phillip and his head men: the tract included Taunton, o f which the purchasers were already in possession.  October 1, 1672, there was another sale t o the same parties."

"He was Constable, member of the Town Council, Commissioner and Surveyor.  His residence at " Neck of Land" was about three-quarters of a mile from the "Green" or Center. - He and his wife are buried there.

He was a distributor, in March, 1677, of L10, being Taunton's apportionment of L363.35. "Irish Charity," sent from Dublin, Ireland, in 1676, "to distressed sufferers" by King Philip's Wa r, and apportioned among the people of forty-seven towns.  John Richmond (2) was a member o f every important committee in Taunton for the purchase, division and settlement of land an d other matters of public interest, He was interested in several extensive purchases of lan d from the Indians in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  Concerning one purchase for the t own of Taunton is the following record: "On 25th May, 1680, Town voted to accept what the com mittee had done, Etc, concerning settlement of our lands."

"John Richmond (2) took his share "on rights that was his father's, and on rights that was Mr . Francis Doubty's (Doughty)."

"In a communication from John Richmond (2), dated Taunton, April 30, 1698, addressed to Lieut .-Col. Elisha Hutchinson, Esq., Capt. Samuel Lowell, Esq., and Elisha Cook, Esq., Boston, h e mentions the first purchase of Taunton as a matter within his personal knowledge, which sho uld settle that question.  Afterreferring to a dispute with Bridgewater men about town bounda ries, and to what his neighbor Hathaway had said, he proceeds:-

"And, first, I desire it may be considered how inconsistent to justice their sense it, for th ey say and sense it that although Taunton hath the eldest grant, yet it is theirs notwithstan ding, because it was granted before: and although it be Taunton's by purchase from the Indian s three times over, - for we bought it first of Woo?mequi? in the year '39 or '40 (this was i n my minority), the sum paid I know not; then we bought all again from Philip, and paid him s ixteen pounds for it; then we bought that very spot of Josiah, he claiming some land there, a s appears by his deed; then we bought that spot again, with other lands, of Maj. Bradford: h e had twenty pounds more; - they have owned that they never made any purchase, yet theirs bec ause granted," Etc.

"This matter is also referred to in the History of Bristol County, Mass, in the following wor ds:- "Dighton, as is well known, was once a part of Taunton. It was called the Taunton Sout h Purchase, and was bought by a company of Taunton men of the Sachem Philip for one hundred a nd ninety pounds, lawful money.  The land was bought in two sections and at two different tim es.  The first section was stated to be three miles broad on the river, and extended back int o the woods four miles."

"The deed of the first section was dated the 28th day of September, 1672, and the considerati on mentioned was one hundred and forty-three pounds. The land was conveyed to a committee o f the associates consisting of William Benton, Esq., William Harvey, James Walker (1), Richar d Williams, Walter Deane, George Macy and John Richmond (2), who transferred the deed, except ing their own-rights, to the Rev. George Shove, third minister of Taunton, and seventy-six as sociates or proprietors of the land.  The second section purchased was on the south side of t he first section, and was one mile wide on the river and four miles in length."  The price pa id for it was forty-seven pounds, and the deed was dated Oct. 1st, 1672.  It was ostensibly b ought by Constant Southworth, treasurerer of the Plymouth Colony, who immediately transferre d the deed to the committee of the associates mentioned."

(All of the above was taken from the genealogy by Joshua Baily Richmond)

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  Death Notes

now Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

  Burial Notes

now Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. John was buried on his home property ("Neck of Land") in what is now known as the Neck O' Land Cemetery on Summer Street.

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Gallery: John and Abigail Richmond gravestones in Neck O' Land Cemetery on Summer Street in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA.
  
  THESE STONE RESET
  BY THEIR DESCENDANTS 1906
  
  HERE LIES THE
  BODY OF JOHN RICHMOND
  AGED 88 DIED IN THE
  YEAR 1715 OCTOBER Ye 7
  
  HERE LYES ye Body
  of Abigail Richmond
  Aged 86 years
  & died August
  in 1727

• He was buried at his home in 1715 in what would later become the Neck O' Land Cemetery in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA.
  
  HERE LIES THE
  BODY OF JOHN RICHMOND
  AGED 88 DIED IN THE
  YEAR 1715 OCTOBER Ye 7