If someone has these two wills, would they be kind enough to post them on this forum? Henry Rich died in 1793 in Rowan Co., NC and his will is in Will Book D, page 108. His son Isaac Rich died in 1787 in Rowan Co., NC and his will is in Will Book D, page 107. Many thanks. Joy Winchester, TN

I am looking for information on Hiram Posey Rich, born about 1834 in North Carolina. He married Emeline Whorley. I found this family in the 1860 Murray County,Ga census. This census showed 3 children, Mary A. Rich, Jeremiah Rich and Joseph.Rich. I found Emeline as head of household in the 1870 Murray County,Ga census, so it appears Hiram Posey Rich died before 1870. This census was so dim and faded I couldn't make out the names of the children. I am trying to determine if they had a son Sam Rich, I don't have a birth date but it would have probably been between 1860 and 1870.

--part1_57.385ad6c.260fef42_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This post came to another list... Thought someone could help. --part1_57.385ad6c.260fef42_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NJ-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (rly-yb03.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.3]) by air-yb03.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 10:20:04 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-yb03.mx.aol.com (v70.21) with ESMTP; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 10:19:45 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA14649; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 07:17:02 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 07:17:02 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Sender: PStreeter@roc.acccorp.com Sun Mar 26 07:16:57 2000 From: PStreeter@roc.acccorp.com Message-ID: <A19ABD1B45F3D21193E600600899F2D0222C76@ACCPOS> Old-To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, NJ-L@rootsweb.com, RICHEY-L@rootsweb.com, NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com, NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 10:17:04 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [NJ] RICHEY Wm. m. Eunice MARTIN; Woodbridge, NJ 1740 Resent-Message-ID: <5SMYB.A.RkD.tni34@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: NJ-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NJ-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NJ-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3219 X-Loop: NJ-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NJ-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Who were the ancestors and descendants of the following William RICHEY? >From Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey Vol. 22: MARRIAGE LICENSES: Richey, William, Woodbridge, and Eunice Martin, Woodbridge 1740 Feb. 9 Was this William RICHEY connected to the William RICHEY identified below? 1. ____-A Richey, father of our earliest known Richey ancestor, John-1 Richey "the elder," and his brothers. The Richeys were apparently of Scots-Irish origin; they were Presbyterians from Northern Ireland. Perhaps they emigrated from the County Donegal. They immigrated to New York City about 1738 and settled on the Musconetcong River in New Jersey by 1747 and perhaps as early as 1741. Their lands fell within the boundaries of first Hunterdon, then Morris, then Sussex, and finally, Warren County. Children: i. William-1, resided in Virginia. ii. Robert, d. shortly before 10 March 1747. 1747-S, March 10. Richey, Robert, of Amwell, Hunterdon Co. Int. Inventory of estate (L- 56.0.10) includes a Bible, bonds of Stephen Baldwin, Daniel Kelsey, Edward Hunt, Bickley Welling, James Osborn. Made by Philip Cawlvin and Edward Rockhill. 1747, March 15. Adm'r. John Richeye, of Amwell. James Darompel and Edward Rockhill, of Amwell, yeoman, sureties. Witnessed by Abraham Bonnell. Lib 5, p. 491. 1749-1750, February 20. Account. Mentions Elizabeth Mullin, Andrew Mershon, Charles Bounfield, Abraham Bonnell, Joseph Paxton, Jno. ODonnell, Samuel Fleming, Jno. Rouse, Doctor John Naars, Isaac Lanning, William Roseborough, John Jobe. (New Jersey Colonial Documents, 398). 2. iii. John, m. Mary _____. 2. John-1 Richey "the Elder" died in (then Mansfield Township, Sussex County, now) Franklin Township, Warren County, New Jersey in 1776; he was married to Mary _____. See the RICHEY document at my website for further information. Perry Streeter (perry@streeter.com) Canandaigua, New York USA http://www.perry.streeter.com --part1_57.385ad6c.260fef42_boundary--

Looking for parents and siblings of Levi Ritch. He married first Margaret Saunderson and they had 6 children, the first two of which were born in SC, and the others in DeKalb Co., GA. Children were Elizabeth (McCluskey), Harvey C. (married Sarah Clonts), Robert, Susan Jane (Borden), John A. (married Martha E. Neal), Mary Ann (Wyman) Second wife was Jane Carlisle Gober whom he married in 1853. Their children were: Amanda (Wyman), Georgia (Shelton), Martha M. (Towe), and born in TN Emma (Richardson) and Margaret Elizabeth. Any information will be appreciated.

I am searching for information on the birth date and any family information on Elnora Rich. She married my g-grandfather Marion Dow Maples on 2/14/1888 at the age of 18. That would put her birthyear about 1870. This was the second marriage for Marion D., and it took palce in either Carroll or Benton Co., AR, so I am thinking that her family was from around there. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Robin Hulver Houston, Texas

Dorothy McCann-Philllips asked, earlier this month, for Sumner Rich's progenitors. The Ahnentafel chart below carries back to Nicholas Rich. This information was collected from ancestor tables and articles submitted, over the years, by Rich family Association members for publication in "KINFOLK" the association magazine. I find it quite amazing that Sumner's father, Thomas who was born in MA in 1808, moved ,during his offspring producing years, to Wisconsin and then moved yet farther on west. He died in 1888 in Oregon. He spanned the continent. Today that would not be at all surprising, but a man born a quarter century after the founding of the nation did that ! --note: for space, Sutton = ** and Cambridge = ## Gen I 1.) Sumner Kenney Rich - b1833 MA - d 1924 Gen II 2.) Thomas Rich - b 1808 MA - d 1888 Enterprise, OR 3.) Prudence Sibley Kenney - b 1809 MA - d 1887 OR Gen III 4.) Elijah Rich - b 4 apr 1764 ** MA - d 16 nov1829 ** MA - m 20 dec 1792 ** MA 5.) Abigail Hicks - b 11 may 1770 ** MA - d 11 jan 1844 ** MA 6.) Jesse Kenney - b 1783 MA - d 1841 7.) Polly Sibley - b 1775 Gen IV 8.) Samuel Rich Jr- b 30 aug 1735 - d 18 mar 1832 ** MA - m 18 mar 1761 ** MA 9.) Ruth Putnam - b 6 jun 1741 ** MA - d 28 dec 1811 ** MA 10.) Samuel Hicks - b 1738 MA - d 1 mar 1797 ** MA - m 24 jan 1760 ** MA 11.) Elizabeth Leland - b 19 sep 1741 ** MA - d 2 jan 1813 ** MA Gen V 16.) Samuel Rich - b 10 jun 1712 Mendon MA - d 1789 ** MA 17.) Elizabeth Marsh - b 20 jan 1714 Salem MA - d 20 mar 1805 ** MA 18.) Edward Putnam III - b 1711 - d 1800 - m 1734 19.) Ruth Fuller - b 1715 - d 17 jan 1779 20.) John Hicks - chr 14 feb 1696/97 ## MA - d 8 mar 1772 ** MA - m 8 may 1721 ## MA 21.) Rebeckah Champney - b 8 oct 1703 ## MA- 22.) Moses Leland - b 1716 - d 23 mar 1797 Gen VI 32.) Samuel Rich - b 1684 Wenham MA - d 1729 ** MA - m 29 nov 1705 Salem MA 33.) Hannah Marsh - b 18 sep 1683 Salem MA - d 30 mar 1716 Mendon MA 34.) Benjamin Marsh - b 20 nov 1687 Salem MA- m 24 jun 1709 Salem MA 35.) Hannah King - - 40.) Zachariah Hicks - b 1657 - - m 18 nov 1685 ## MA 41.) Ruth Greene - - d 1704 42.) Samuel Champney - b 9 mar 1667 Billerica MA - d 8 mar 1745 ## MA 43.) Ruth Smedley - b 1671 - d 1 sep 1687 ## MA - (( m abt 1 oct 1695 ## MA) 44.) James Leland - b 20 sep 1687 Sherborn MA- - m 5 apr 1710 Sherborn MA 45.) Hannah Learned - b 10 sep 1690 Sherborn MA - Gen VII 64.) Nicholas Rich - b 1660 - d 1726 Preston CT - m abt 1683/4 Salem MA 65.) Abigail Green - b 22 feb 1660 Salem MA - d 1713 Don Rich 3/19/00

I am looking for the ancestors of Richard Rich who was born about 1370 and had a son Richard born about 1400. Carolyn Nelson

Just wanted to call attention to the execution at San Quentin in California today of one of "ours".....well maybe he's one of "yours"...cause I don't want to claim him. Darrell Keith Rich, age 45, was executed as a serial killer for crimes committed in Northern California....Shasta County. He was from Cottonwood in Shasa Co. I don't know anything about him but wanted to write this in case someone was looking for this fella in their research. Don't know his mother's name but I know that she was buried in a cemetery in the Redding area, Shasta Co, CA....and she will be moved to another location by her son. There was objection to his being buried in the site near his mother as it is very close to the grave of one of his victims. Perhaps no one is looking for this fella but I wanted to put it out to the list "just in case". Barbara....uprooting family trees in Sacramento.

If you are related to James R. Ritch b. 1827 d. 1903 and / or a John William Ritch b. 1859 d. 1927 TX please email me. I am trying to get some clues together for my wife's family. The following is based on tombstones in the Asbury Cemetery in Smith County Texas. There is a James R. Ritch b. 17 Mar 1827 - d. 9 Feb 1903 wife Gimminy G. Brown Ritch b. 28 Mar 1828 - d. 17 Feb 1924 buried at Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. Could these be the parents of John William Ritch? Modified Register for John William RITCH 13 Mar 2000 First Generation 1. John William RITCH was born 3 Aug 1859. He died 18 Sep 1927 and was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. John married (1) Ida Newton UNKNOWN. Ida was born 14 Aug 1867. She died 7 Apr 1905 and was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. John also married (2) Alice Venora HENSON. Alice was born 6 Sep 1880. She died 8 Jul 1946 and was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. They had the following children: 2 M i. James Albert RITCH was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. As his tombstone has not dates, this child may be the son of J. W. and his first wife, Ida Newton Ritch. 3 M ii. Harley RITCH was born 1 Oct 1908. He died 1 Aug 1910 and was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. 4 F iii. Velma RITCH. + 5 M iv. Clifford Onts RITCH was born 5 Sep 1911 and died 4 Apr 1976. 6 M v. Infant son RITCH was born 1913. He died 1914 and was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. Transcribed tombstone markers for Asbury Cemetery lists grave as, "Infant Sons of J.W. & Alice Ritch 1913-1914." Question - Is this grave twin sons who lived and died the same? Did they die close to the same time and the tombstone is for two small graves? 7 M vi. S/Sgt. Paul R. RITCH died 8 Feb 1945 in Luxemburg from Died in the service of his country at Luxemburg in the European area, Company C, 359th Infantry, 90th Division. and was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Smith County, Texas. Larry Dwayne Ponder ldp@tenet.edu

To James; You mentioned George Lucian Rich..I have him as the son of Thomas and Prudence Kenney as well in my family line. - This is the group who went to Wisconsin. - Do you know when he moved to Texas? Elijah Rich, his brother, also namrd a son George Rich. shown as being 3 yrs old in the 1860 Cenus in Friendship, Wis. They were earlier in Grant County Wis have you seen the family information I posted to the list recently? Dorothy McCann-Phillips

--part1_c7.31377ec.25fdae55_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_c7.31377ec.25fdae55_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Tuck1946@aol.com From: Tuck1946@aol.com Full-name: Tuck1946 Message-ID: <ee.267f24c.25fdadb5@aol.com> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:34:29 EST Subject: Rich To: donrich@prodigy.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 42 Don Rich, I have some info on George Lucian Rich b. 10 Mar 1832 in Salem. Massachusetts d. 04 Dec 1898 in Spurger, Tyler County, Texas. Married 1st to Hester Ann Segrest. They had four children. George married 2nd. to Rebecca Jane Tucker. They had nine children. All born in Jasper and Tyler Counties, Texas. George Lucian Rich was the son of Thomas and Prudence Sibley Kinney Rich. Will exchange any and all that I have on the Rich Family. James Andrew Tucker in Texas --part1_c7.31377ec.25fdae55_boundary--

Rozannah/Rosannah Rich born 1785 in CT - Searching for her parents - she married Lemuel Clark in Genesse Co., NY - Marge Kientz Oak Ridge, TN

hello all: And to Don especially, I have been searching for some years to find Thomas's family descendants, and I am so very delighted to hear from you Don! Yes would you please fill me in on the family....This is my mother's family, my grandmother was Mattie Estelle Rich and her father was Sumner Kenney Rich and her mother was Mary Abigail Nogle-Rich. Anything you can send would be very much appreciated! If you are interested, I have many letters which Mattie Rich had written me, and would be happy to send them to you as well. Needless to say you have made my day and I thank you! She does mention a Don Rich in her letters as well. Would you also be a descendant of this family? I will await your response Don, thank you again. Dorothy McCann-Phillips

Dear Dorothy, Over the past 35 years various descendants of Thomas, father of Sumner Kenney Rich, have submitted, for publication in Kinfolk, Ancestor Tables, or articles on earlier generations,or "For The Record" (family information, most commonly death notices), on their Rich ancestors. The net result is that I have generated links that show that the subject Thomas is a sixth generation descendant of Nicholas Rich, b 1660, d 1726 at Prescott CT. Working from Nicholas down to Thomas, there are multiple generations located in Sutton, MA, a location you mention. The Spring 1975 issue of Kinfolk has a death notice for Daniel Lee Rich, Dec 31 1974 at Jamestown ND. He was the son of Sumner Rich, b at Dell Prairie WI, 15 Sep 1887. You reference, early in your note, that "proof is needed" on earlier generations. Unfortunately, these articles and postings do not generally show definitive sourcing. None the less, I can, if you have a degree of patience, fill you in with what I have posted into a large, multi-family chart of families covered in Kinfolk articles. Don Rich -- donrich@prodigy.net

Does anyone know the name of Elizabeth Jenkes parents married to Richard Rich was born 1496 England or the name of Joan Dingley parents she was married Richard Rich was b 1470 England. Thank You Gail

Greetings all I had posted this information some time ago, but thought I would send again, Does anyone have any connections with the following families In the 1870 Cenus Adams County Wis (Del Prairie) were: RICH-Tuller-Nogle Families of Adams County Wisconsin This is the family of my grandmother, Mattie Estelle Rich-Tuller She married Charles Milton Tuller, the son of Charles B. Tuller and Charlotte Reise Her father was Sumner Kenney (Kinne, Kinney) RICH Her mother was Mary Abigail NOGLE This is the RICH Family Group, beginning with Thomas Rich, born 1808 in Worcester, Sutton, Mass. He married Prudence Kenney, (Kinne) on Jan 7, 1830; the daughter of Parley Kenney and Ruth Hutchins Mass, and moved to Grant County, Wisconsin where they secured land. The children of Thomas Rich and Prudence: Haven't connected to his parents definitely. Proof is needed. Elijah Rich, born Oct 21, 1830 George Lucian Rich, born Mar 10, 1832 Sumner Kenney Rich, born Sep 28, 1833 (This is my family line) Mary Adeline Nogle-Rich, born Mar 17, 1842 Henry Rich, born Oct 6, 1836 Thomas Franklin Rich, born Jan 14, 1838 Those above born in Mass. They then moved to Wisconsin Children born in Wisconsin: Ellen Rich born 1855 in Wisconsin In the 1870 Census of Del Prairie, Adams County Head of Family, Thomas Rich age 62, Farmer, born in Mass. Real Estate Value $2700.00 Personal Goods $600.00 Wife, Prudence, age 60, born in Mass. Child: Ellen Rich, age 13, at school, born in Wisconsin Also in the 1870 Census of Adams County, Wis Henry Rich, Head of family, age 41, farmer, born in Mass. 1832 Wife, Mary, last name unknown, age 22, born in New York Children: Jesse Rich, age 2, born in Wis Mary, 1 month old, born in Wis In 1870 Cenus of Adams County Wis Sumner K. Rich , Head of family, age 41, Farmer, born in Mass. Wife Mary Abigail Nogle-Rich, age 30 born in Ohio Children: Maria Rich age 3, born in Wis Eliza, age 1, born in Wis In the 1900 June Census of Preston County where they moved later In this 1900 Census, he is listed as the Census Taker in District 2. Sumner K. Rich, Head of family, age 68 Farmer, County Enumerator. Owns his property, free of mortgage Wife, Mary Abigail Nogle, age 50, born in Ohio Her father David Nogle born in England, mother in Ohio Thier children listed in 1900 Irving E., boarder, born 1871, single, born in Wis Howard Kenney Rich, born 1876 in Wis, age 23, single Samuel Walter Rich, born 1879, age 21, single, born in Wis Farm lanorer Mary Ellen Rich, born 1883, ahe 17, single born in Wis Mattie Estelle Rich, age 15, single, born in Wis Daniel Lee Rich, age 12, born in Wis Effie A. Rich, age 10 Melinda Lu Ella Rich born 1881 Maria 1867 in earlier census Eliza, 1869 In earlier census In 1910 the Sumner Kenney Family was in Adams County Wisconsin Friendship Village Sumner Kenney Rich, age 76, Mary Abigail Nogle, wife Daniel Lee Rich age 22, Occupation Butcher, owns his shop Mary B. Rich-Smith, widow and daughter of Sumner and Mary Sumner A, Smith, grandson, age 4, born in Illinois, Father born in Ill. Lillian A, Carr, Boarder, age 23, born in R.I. teacher, Christian school Mae E, Carr, boarder, age 16, born in Illinois< Cenus of June 1860, Friendship, Adams County, Wisconsin Elijah Rich, age 29, son of Thomas and Prudence Kenney-Rich Born in Mass. Occupation: County Sheriff Value of real estate, $100, personal property $500 Wife: Mary E. Rich age 25, born in NY Children: George Rich, age 3 yrs., born in Wis Jenna Rich, age 1 year, born in Wis Census 1900 Preston County William Rich, born 1874 Head of family, farmer, owns his property Wife, Carrie Rich, born 1877 in Wis. Her father b in NY, mother in Wis Children: Glen Rich, born 1897 in Wis Archie Rich, born 1898 in Wis The following is the family line of Mattie Estelle Rich, who married Charles Milton Tuller Charles was the grandson of the early Tuller family who immigranted to Wisconsin from NY and earlier in Ct. Mattie was the daughter of Sumner K Rich and Mary A. Nogle-Rich Children of Mattie Rich and Charles M. Tuller: Of Friendship, Wisconsin Oma Marjorie, b April 17, 1907. in Wis. married Wm. O. McCann Virginia F., b 1810 in Wis ., married Mr. Bolling Nelda I., b 1912 in ND M Mr. Cole Ruth E., b 1914 in Wis married Mr. Tailieur Charles M. b 1916 m Edna Mattie J. b 1918 m Mr. Bailey Harold S b 1920 twin Lery C., b 1920 twin Joyce L. b 1825 m Mr. Holmes Would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows of the early family. Dorothy McCann-Phillips

Any information on a John Lewis Seur's Rich born in Maine 1840? This is all the information I have. spence@ime.net

Some members of the Rich Family Association did not receive the Fall/Winter issue of "Kinfolk". If you were one please notify the RFA address on any issue of the journal. We will send you your copy. ML

I never received my fall and winter issue of kinfolk for 1999. Called about it, but as yet have not received it. Please send, as it contains two of my grandchildren in it. Thank you, Barbara Weikel 2238 Auburn Ave Atco, N.J. 08004

I am trying to find information on Sam Rich, born in North Carolina. I have been told he was murdered in Elijay, Ga about 1912. He married Lillie Belle Tinsley February 20 1887 in Dalton,Ga. They had 3 children. Ella Louise Rich, born Nov 22, 1889, she married William James Gentry. Emmie Jane Rich,born July 26, 1892, she married William B. Brownlee. Thomas Solomom Rich, born Dec 27, 1894, he married Ruby Thelma Smith.