Betty: If this is as far back as you've traced this line, I think you're close to a major addition. I, too, am descended from Richs of Enfield Massachusetts. See what you think of this information: Ebenezer Rich (b. Mar 20 1729/30) of Truro, MA moved his family to Greenwich, MA around 1781 (dismissed from Truro Church to Church in Greenwich December 9, 1781.) Ebenezer's family included: Wife: Ruth Paine, b. April 30, 1736, Truro, Massachusetts, m. 10/30/1754, Truro Children: Ebenezer, Jr. b. 8/31/1755, Truro, d. 11/27/1829, Middlebury, New York; 9 children of two wives, children b. Enfield and Greenwich (no Williams) Barnabas b. 9/23/1757; 9 children of two wives, children b. Hardwick and Greenwich, (no Williams) Daughter b. 11/16/1759, d. 11/22/1759 Ezekiel b. 1/5/1761 Mercy b. 1/16/1763, d. 2/14/1834, Greenwich Samuel b. 8/12/1765, d. 8/10/1782, Greenwich Rachel (my ancestor) b. 9/24/1768 Joab b. 3/1/1771 Sarah b. 4/6/1774 Caleb b. 7/7/1776, d. 5/15/1844, Bowdoin, ME At least two of Ebenezer's younger brothers also moved from Cape Cod to Central MA: Apollos, b. 10/9/1746, d. 4/20/1835 in Ware, MA; m. 11/12/1770 in Truro Abigail Collins. Children (b. Truro exc Apphia b. Hardwick) Apollos, Andrew, Elkanah, Margery, Jerusha, Abigail, Apphia John, b. 9/20/1749, d. March 1826 in Enfield; m. 10/22/1772 in Wellfleet, MA Mercy Chipman (descendant of Mayflower passengers) Children (b. Hardwick): Martha, Bethiah, John, Sabra, William 1 (b. June 1784, d. May 5, 1790), Samuel, William 2 (b. 6/13/1792 in Hardwick, died an adult in New York. Many of the Richs from central MA went to Genesee County, New York, and there is a William ther in the 1850 census. If you haven't already you might want to look at this record for a wife Elizabeth. ) My money is on John's son William as your William of Enfield. Contact me if you agree and would like more info and references. List, do you concur with this hypothesis? Dev Clifford Life Member, Rich Family Association Betty Lou Strand wrote: > > My great grandmother Eliza M. Rich Budd b. 13 May 1822 m Daniel Henry Budd b. 29 Dec. 1822 was the daughter of William Rich of > Enfield, MA and Elizabeth Copeland. > > Betty Strand

Hi All, I'm having problems with a family, hopefully someone on the list knows of them. Samuel Rich b Nov 1879 Al died between 1910-1920 Limestone Co Al. He married Ida Belle Martin March 10, 1895 Limestone Co Al, she was the d/o Jackson and Carrie Martin. Samuel and Ida had the following children: Roy T. b Feb 1896 Nelia M b Mar 1900 Riley L. b 1903 Nina b 1905 Eva b 1908 Georgia S. b 1910 Clara B. b 1912 William B. b 1918 When I checked the 1880 Limestone Co Al census the only Rich/Ritch family I found was: M.L. Ritch 32 Al Ga SC mechanic, farmer Sarah 28 Al VA Indiana William R. 10 Robert 7 James 5 they also had several borders who worked as clerk in store. Is Samuel the son of M.L. and Sarah? M.F. would have been born abt 1848. Any help on this family would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Kathy

My great grandmother Eliza M. Rich Budd b. 13 May 1822 m Daniel Henry Budd b. 29 Dec. 1822 was the daughter of William Rich of Enfield, MA and Elizabeth Copeland. Betty Strand

Hello again, Rich's! I received many replies to my note sent out just today, so I know there are lots of you who would benefit from the collective interest and experiences of others as they try to search out the Rich ancestors. I have written to Dick Rich and presented what I hope will be worthwhile suggestions or at least questions on what we can do to collect and share information with each other, perhaps through the Rich website. I am sure that you will also be able to come up with ideas for him that will help us to help each other. Thanks again for your replies! Gardes la Foy! Frank Rich Johnson

Looking for John Lewis Seurs or Sears Rich from ME, went to WI then MN. Born in 1840 ME. Married to Deborah Boynton. Hope someone can help. I haven't had any luck either. ----- Original Message ----- From: FWI <f_w_i@email.msn.com> To: <RICH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 2:32 PM Subject: Re: Hello out there...!

I am looking for the parents of Joel Rich posibly born in Ky.9-7-1935 or 39. Died 12-15-1879 in Williamson Co., ILL. I think. He married Susan Stalcup in Benton, ILL. April26, 1860. any info appreciated. Joyce Tadlock <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/T8642/TravisandJoycespageindex.html">TravisandJoy ce'sHomePage</A> Princeton, Texas

Hello, Still looking for parents of Thomas Rich b. England abt 1834 . He and his wife Margaret were on the 1870 census for Canton Fillmore Co. Mn. Children Thomas ,Alfred ,Sara,and baby Edith.Would like to know more.Thomas died Aug. 26, 1907 . Thanks Shirley

Count me in, but I have never ever been contacted by anyone that is researching my particular Ritch/Rich line despite the fact that I have sent out my rather detailed research information several times. I will be happy to share my research data and documentation, but I think that no current researcher has identified themselves as being interested in my particular line. Franklin Ingram, Raleigh, NC

Looking for a descendant of Raumelle/Roumelle Rich. Her ancestry was: Descendants of Moses Rich 1 Moses Rich b: in New York +Helen Hinsdale b: in New York 2 Pitt Cllifton Rich b: July 1852 in New York or Chicago . +Mary F./A. Ford b: September 1853 in Lake View, Cook Co., IL . 3 Raumelle/Roumelle Rich b: January 1886 in Illinois Mary Ford Rich was my gggrand aunt, so Raumelle Rich was a cousin Eleanor Gordon

Last year I put together a series of "Electronic Queries" which were published in "Kinfolk" (fall/winter 1997 and spring 1998). These generated a flurry of correspondence but not much followup. Many Rich researchers are not online and probably never will be. We need to find more ways to reach those who have answers as well as those who have questions. The most important function of the Rich Family Association (http://www.richfamilyassociation.org), the Rich LISTSERV as well as the Rich Forum (http://genforum.genealogy.com/rich/) is to bring together people with the common interest of the Rich surname. It is also important that we stimulate the retrieval and study of records that will add to the body of knowledge about our ancestors. The Internet can only be useful if someone makes information available and we all have a responsibility to do this. No one wants to give away hard earned research but I believe that we will ultimately get back much more. Dick Rich - President, Rich Family Association

In a message dated 11/7/99 11:28:53 AM Central Standard Time, EUZELIA@aol.com writes: << Ok. My son-in-law is Michael Cole Rich b. December 25, 1960, Orlando, Fl. His parents are Emory Gene Rich b. 1923 and Nancy Cole. His parents are Emory Rich b. 1902 - 1978, Bainbridge, Ga. and Genevieve Bell. This is as far as I have gotten with his request for his linage. I am certain they came through NC, where some of our family married into the Rich family. I do not have the piece for that. Then I feel it goes into the Northern Branch which I am certain is well documented from what I have seen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Joy Charleston, SC >> Joy, Do you have a copy of "Decatur County Ga., Past and Present"? Information included in that book indicates that your Emory Rich may descend from Martin Rich as follows: Thomas J. Rich b 1815 married to Lettie Fann Augustus Myles Rich b 1843 married to Malinda E. Griffin Elijah Allen Rich b 1880 married to Ida Frances McCann Emory M. Rich b 1902 married to Cora Eugenia Powell Emory Eugene Rich b 1923 married Margaret Walker I noticed the wives names are not the same as the ones in your post but the birth years are the same. It is probably worth checking out. I have been trying to tie my James Everett Rich bc 1832 dc 1885 married to Caroline Tipton (without success) for a number of years. Hope this is helpful to you. Good luck in your research. Voncille

Ok. My son-in-law is Michael Cole Rich b. December 25, 1960, Orlando, Fl. His parents are Emory Gene Rich b. 1923 and Nancy Cole. His parents are Emory Rich b. 1902 - 1978, Bainbridge, Ga. and Genevieve Bell. This is as far as I have gotten with his request for his linage. I am certain they came through NC, where some of our family married into the Rich family. I do not have the piece for that. Then I feel it goes into the Northern Branch which I am certain is well documented from what I have seen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Joy Charleston, SC

Hello Riches! Are you out there? My email has been deluged on a daily basis with the MAYFLOWER-L questions and answers about lineage, books available, etc. Yet, though I have not 'unsubscribed' to the RICH-L list, I have had no email from Rich members for a long time so I wonder if I have somehow missed the boat schooner! I am sure that there are Richs on this list who are still looking to establish their lines, and who are perhaps trying to do it solo, who could benefit from the 'email connection' available through this list. Or there is perhaps some Rich family who might want to get some questions answered, but have no computer in their home. There are all sorts of benefits this list might have to the RFA. Let's see if we can come up with an email scheme that would let us all interact and keep in touch with each other in addition to the RFA website ~ (http://www.richfamilyassociation.org) Garde la Foy! Frank Rich Johnson

Hi Andy, The website for the Rich Family Association is at: http://www.richfamilyassociation.org/ Email addresses are links from there Best wishes, John John C. Rich Knoxville, TN gorf@usit.net On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Andrew R. Hutchko wrote: > Would some kind soul please provide the address of E-mail for this > Association. > > Thanks, > Andy - Guam USA [Where America's day begins] > >

Would some kind soul please provide the address of E-mail for this Association. Thanks, Andy - Guam USA [Where America's day begins]

Sorry I forgot to include the URL http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl I should have read my signature. Jim... A person who fails to plan will most assuredly plan to fail..

There certainly is such a search brought to you by the fine people at Rootsweb. Not only are they archiving lists they are archiving GenWeb sites, US Census and more. Go to the following URL and just put in the name you want to search such as Rich-L (all lists that Rootsweb maintains can be searched this way) you will be given a year to pick from such as 1997, or 1998 or 1999 pick your year then you can look for what ever name you want lets say you want to look for George Rich you would put the following as a search argument george and rich these would find all queries that had the word george and rich. like george henderson and jacob rich. if you wanted george rich look for "george rich" if you want to see all the queries just ask for rich. When you get your queries you will be given the opportunity of what part of the message to look at. Full, subject, submitter, body, etc. Folks this is a wealth of information available to those who want to take the effort. Jim Lantrip, (my late wife was a Rich for Hamilton Co. Ill.) ----- Original Message ----- From: Charon Joy van Tellingen <vantcha@charlie.cns.iit.edu> To: <RICH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 10:16 AM Subject: searchable archive for Rich-L? Hello everyone, Is there an searchable archive for the messages posted to this list? There is so much valuable information here and awful lot of duplication that a means to search previous postings would be so helpful. Just curious... Charon Joy

Hello everyone, Is there an searchable archive for the messages posted to this list? There is so much valuable information here and awful lot of duplication that a means to search previous postings would be so helpful. Just curious... Charon Joy

Hello All, I'm new to the list and hope that someone may know of this family. Samuel Rich born November 1879 Al married March 10, 1895 to Ida Belle Martin by J.M. Payne in Limestone County, Alabama. Samuel apparently died before 1920. The are listed on the 1900, 1910 Limestone Co Al census and Ida is still there in 1920. Their children are: Roy T born Feb 1896, Nelia M b March 1900, Riley L b 1903, Nina A. born 1905, Eva b 1908 Georgia S. b abt 1908, Clara B. b 1912, Clyde b 1914 and William B b abt 1918. Does anyone know who Samuel and Ida's parents were and who Riley married the 1st time. Riley and his first wife had a daughter named Ruby Dale who died in a car accident in 1952. They also had children; James, Wilbourn, and Margaret. Riley's wife died when Ruby was very young. He married a 2nd time to possibly Mary Smith. By his 2nd wife he had David, Cornelus and Charles. Riley may have lived in the Ardmore Al area. Ruby was married to a Self. Would appreciate any help I can get on this family. Thank you, Kathy

I am looking for information on Sam Rich, born in North Carolina. He married Lillie Belle Tinsley in Dalton,Ga Feb 20 1887. They had 3 children. Ella Louise Rich, born 1889 in Gilmer County, Ga, Emmie Jane Rich, born in Dalton,Ga in 1889 and Woodrow Wilson Rich, born 1894 in Ga. I believe Sam Rich was killed about 1894-1912 in Elijay,Ga