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    1. Richard Rich continued
    2. THE FINAL INSTALLMENT from the "Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy" by Josiah Paine 1916: John Rich, the younger brother, and son of Mr. Richard Rich, married Mary Treat, daughter of Rev.Samuel Treat, December 10, 1700. She died January 4, 1722-23. He, the same year, married Mrs. Hope Sears, widow of Richard Sears of Chatham. He settled in that part of Eastham now Wellfleet, where he died of the smallpox in 1747, which was prevelent there that year. Mr. Rich was the deacon of the church and a prominent man. His daughter Hope, by his second wife, born May 7, 1725, was the wife of Col. Elisha Doane, a well known citizen of Wellfleet, who amassed wealth in the whale fishery, and was thought to have been the richest man of his time in Massachusetts. Deacon Rich had 8 children by his first wife Mary. His son John, born 1706, married Thankful Sears, daughter of Richard and Hope Sears in 1727. Thomas Rich, the third son of Mr. Richard Rich, married Mercy, daughter of Samuel Knowles, Esq. of Eastham, July 23, 1702 and settled in that part of town now Orleans, near the late John Doane's house. He had 9 children. His sons were Thomas, James, Joseph, and Samuel. He died in the middle of the last century. He had land granted by the town, in 1702, on the south side of the way, near the cedar swamp and pond. Sarah Rich, daughter of Mr. Richard Rich, married February 25, 1702-3, Isaac Baker of Eastham and settled at Billingsgate, now Wellfleet. They had 6 children, viz: Simeon, Samuel, Isaac, Joseph, Richard and Sarah. *****Unfortunately, that is all there is to this article. Lydia and Samuel are not mentioned******

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