Dave, Thanks for the information. I'll keep it in my Richardson file and get back to you if I find any connections between our families. My interest in the name Granville is because my father's frst name was Granville. I suspect that it was given to him by his mother, Ella Richardson Wilde. But, in all of my Wilde and Richardson family research (which is extensive, especially the Wilde line) this name never appeared until my father's birth. (By the way, my father detested the name, always signing as G. M. Wilde, and preferred to be addressed by his middle name Mack) For generations both families followed tradition by naming their children after grandparents, etc. My father was the only exception and I'm just curious as to where my grandmother came up with the name. Tom Dave and Emma Richardson - wrote: > > Check this guy out I have bunches on this line if any of it looks familiar let me know. > > 2746d > Levi Richardson > > Levi Richardson 7 (Eldad, 6 Eri, 5 Amos, 4 Stephen, 3 Stephen, 2 Samuel 1), son of Eldad and Hopestill (Brown) Richardson was born in Erieville on June 6, 1803. He married Thirza Medbury, daughter of Thomas Medbury and Sabra Brown, on September 14, 1826 in Erieville. Thomas Medbury was a farmer, gunsmith and hotelier who migrated from Rehoboth, MA to New Berlin, NY in 1794. Sabra, daughter of Thomas Brown and his second wife, Hannah Jones, came to NY from Attleboro, MA and was from a different line of the same extended Brown family of Rehoboth, MA as was Hopey Brown, Levi Richardson's mother. > Sabra Brown's lineage can be traced back five generations to John Brown and Dorothy Beauchamp who arrived in Boston on the "Lyon" in 1632. Their son, James Brown, married Lydia Howland, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilly, both of whom arrived in Massachusettes on the "Mayflower" in 1620. > Levi Richardson was a prosperous farmer and a Captain in the New York State militia. He died October 28, 1876 and Thirza Medbury Richardson died September 25, 1882. > > Children: > > 2746d1. Thomas Medbury 8 b. 1827; m. ; d.1901. He continued to live and farm his parent's Erieville property, but added two adjacent farms until the property totaled over 300 acres. Thomas married, 1854, Maria E. Pinckerton of Unadilla, NY, the daughter of Robert and Asenath (Howe) Pinckerton. > > They had one daughter > > 2746d2. Lettie, born in 1860, who married Hiram R. Westcott of Nelson. > > Their only son, > > 2746d3. Edgar T. Westcott, born in Nelson in 1880. > > 2746d4. Maria S. 8 b. 1829 married Morah Jones of Nelson in 1853. > > They had two children, > > 2746d5. Louisie (Jones) married W. E. Torpy and settled in Syracuse. > > They had a single son, > > 2746d6. Raymond (Torpy), also of Syracuse. > > 2746d7. Levi (Jones) married Edna Mack, daughter of Charles and Florence Mack of Morrisville. Edna Mack Jones died in 1899; Levi died in 1931. > > 2746d8. Granville F. 8 b. 1835; married Helen M. Sanders November 30, 1854. d. 1913. > > They had a single son, > > 2746d9. Ross, born in 1868 ; married May Hamilton, daughter of William Hamilton of Eaton, NY in 1890. > > 2746d10. Edward Germane, 8 b.1838; m. Harriet C. Humphrey 1864; d. 1918 > 2746d11. Alfred Adlebert, 8 b. 1843 m. Marie Antoinette Isbell 1866; d. 1876 served in the Civil War in Company D, 114th Regiment, NY State Volunteers. He married "Marinette" Isbell September 26, 1866. > > They had two children, > 2746d12. Fred C. 9 born 1867 Fred married and settled in Syracuse, NY. > 2746d13. Harry E. 9 born 1868. never married and died in Newark, NJ in 1921. Fred married and settled in Syracuse, NY. > > DCR... > > Tom Wilde wrote: > > > Sue, > > > > My great great grandfather was Seth Richardson of St. Lawrence Co., > > NY. His wife was Clarissa Farwell. They had several children, one of > > whom was my great grandfather, Seth Farwell Richardson. Seth F. was > > born in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY, in 1836. Seth F. grew up around > > Canton and Stockholm, NY. He was in the 50th NY Volunteer Engineers > > during the Civil War. He married Orpha Blanchard in Potsdam in 1865 > > after returning from the Civil War. Orpha and Seth F. then moved to > > Wisconsin where my grandmother, Ella A. Richardson, was born in 1872. > > Several other children were born in Wisconsin before the entire family > > moved to Anoka Co., Minnesota, where Ella married my grandfather > > Thomas G. Wilde. > > > > Since Canton, Stockholm, Brasher (Falls) and Potsdam are all near each > > other, I figure we must have a connection somewhere. I think that my > > g,g,grandfather was born in Vermont but I don't have any proof of that > > yet. I have not yet begun my research into the Farwell family. > > Besides my g,grandfather Seth F., Seth and Clarissa also had at least > > one other son, Julius Richardson, who married and settled in > > Marquette, Michigan. I have had contact with another Richardson > > researcher in Minnesota and her Richardson family is (we're certain) > > connected to my g,g,grandfather somehow. > > > > I'm thinking that you're Richardson family of Vermont may be connected > > to my Seth Richardson. By the way, Seth F. and Orpha had several > > children, in addition to my grandmother Ella, who's names were: Frank > > Elmer, Cora M., Ernest Farwell, Hiram M., and Anna B. Admittedly > > these given names are quite common but the similarity to some of the > > given names in your Richardson family is interesting. > > > > Just out of curiosity, does the given name Granville appear in any of > > your Richardson family? > > > > Let's keep in touch. > > > > Tom Wilde > > Chesapeake, Virginia > > > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > > To use the Richardson Query Board: > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/ric/Richardson > > To review Archived messages: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L > > -- > The Richardson Memorial CD-Rom at > http://www.mindspring.com/~dcrichardson/cd.htm > > David C. and Emma J. Richardson > 130 Gingercake Ct. > Fayetteville GA 30214-7600 > > Home page: > http://www.mindspring.com/~dcrichardson/ > > Most useful web sites: > http://www.mindspring.com/~dcrichardson/useful_sites.htm