Stephen Richardson

1738 - 1812  (73 years)

• Name	Stephen Richardson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Immigration	1738	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  	Jane and Stephen Richardson left Londonderry, Ireland, with their son, James. Their son, Stephen, was born at sea on their way to America
  Birth	23 Oct 1738  [1, 2]
  	Born at Sea on his Parent's voyage to America
  Gender	Male
  _MILT	Dec 1775	Massachusetts, USA   [3, 6]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War; Captain of Richardson's Company
  Census	1790	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4]
  Census	1810	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [5]
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A095922; Sons of the American Revolution Patriot #: P-278700  [2, 6]
  		Seal-DAR
  Death	20 May 1812	Bass Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Crockett Point Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I14170	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Stephen Richardson,   b. Abt 1700   d. Abt 1747 (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Montgomery,   b. Abt 1705, Ireland d. Abt 1750 (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Ireland
  	Soldier Stephen Richardson and Lady Jane Montgomery eloped without their families' blessings
  Family ID	F2148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Gott,   b. 9 Mar 1734, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 15 Jun 1808, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1762	Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Children	1. William 'Billy' Richardson,   b. Abt 1762  [natural]   2. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Richardson,   b. 14 Apr 1767   d. 27 Jun 1841 (Age 74 years)  [natural]   3. Hannah Richardson,   b. 2 Jul 1773, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 4 Jul 1875, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 102 years)  [natural]   4. Stephen Richardson,   b. 4 May 1768, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1853, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 84 years)  [natural]   5. Deborah Richardson,   b. 11 Dec 1765, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 10 Sep 1847, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 81 years)  [natural]   6. John Gott Richardson,   b. 1761, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 29 Jan 1829, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 68 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F4934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - Jane and Stephen Richardson left Londonderry, Ireland, with their son, James. Their son, Stephen, was born at sea on their way to America - 1738 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 11 Mar 1762 - Rockport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA _MILT - American Army - Revolutionary War; Captain of Richardson's Company - Dec 1775 - Massachusetts, USA Census - 1790 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - 1810 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 20 May 1812 - Bass Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S515] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S425] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 290. [S1382] Ancestry.com, U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Record Group Title: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records; Record Group Number: 93; Series Number: M88. U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783 [S212] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 83; Image: 61; Family History Library Film: 0568142. 1790 United States Federal Census [S517] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 455; Image: 00448; Family History Library Film: 0218682. 1810 United States Federal Census [S1383] DAR: Stephen Richardson, (Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;), RICHARDSON, STEPHEN - Ancestor #: A095922. Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 10-23-1738 AT SEA Death: 1812 MOUNT DESERT-PROB HANCOCK CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS Service Source: STREET, A HISTORY OF MOUNT DESERT, PP 173-177 Service Description: 1) MEM OF COMM OF CORRESPONDENCE, SAFETY & INSPECTION, 1776-1777; HOSTED DIST MEETING IN HOME 30 MAR & 10 JUN 1776; 2) REP TO GENERAL COURT OF MA, 1776 https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A095922 [S269] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). [S528] William Otis Sawtelle, Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer, (Date: 1926;), Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants, 929.2 G6852. NOTES ON THE GOTTS OF NEW ENGLAND The name of Gott is of Old English origin, meaning a water way or water course, to be recognized in our word gutter and gut, meaning a channel of restricted limits. As early as the fourteenth century Gotts appear in the English records and later as residents in Yorkshire and in Kent. A diligent search among the parish records of Old England has failed to locate the antecedents of Charles Gott and his wife Sarah, first of the name in New England. In the publications of the British Records Society the name is frequently met with and also in the numerous English county genealogies; but no mention of any Charles Gott of whom Hubbard thus speaks: “With Mr. Endicot in the year 1628 came Mr. Gotte, Mr. Brokenbury, Mr. Davenport and others who being added to Capt. Trask’s preparations for a new colony that was coming over.” The Captain Trask mentioned by the New England historian was Captain William Trask and it is interesting to note this early mention of two family names well known in the Mount Desert region. As the history of any region is contained in family records I make no apology in presenting these papers relating to the Gotts of New England who spread from Salem, Massachusetts, to Connecticut and to New York; to various parts of Maine, especially Mount Desert where many of them were among the first permanent settlers. La Petite Plaisance of Champlain is our Gott’s Island of today; a name for which the lack of euphony is more than compensated by its significance in the pioneer history of Mount Desert. [S61] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Gott.FTW. [S22] Pierce, William MacBeth, Old Hancock County Families, (Name: Hancock County Publishing; Location: Ellsworth, Maine; Date: 1933;), Gott - Mt. Desert, Swan's Island, Pages 26 - 29. Charles Gott came to America with Gov. John Endicott, and his company of Puritans, sailing from Weymouth, England, in the "Abigail", June 20, 1628, and arriving at Naumkeag (Salem, Mass.,) Sept. 6, 1628. He died in Wenham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1668.