Harold, In pursuit of a Betsey Richardson, unknown parentage, from this time period--late 18th early 19th century--and this locale (she probably married in VT). She married Joseph Jones--they wound up in Chautauqua County, NY by the 1820s; Betsey is buried there--don't know what happened to Joseph (he was son of Rev. War "hero" John Jones of Wardsboro, VT (and Chautuaqua, NY). John Jones' wife (Joseph's mother) was Abigal Cheney. Stike any notes with your Richardsons??? Thanks, Bob Strong At 03:42 PM 3/8/2005, you wrote: >We've been trying to discover the parentage of one William Richardson, >born 1781/82 in Canaan, Litchfield County, CT. It appears his father was >Thomas, but there are two of them. One deserted the Red Coats during the >Revolutionary war, but we cannot find conclusive proof that this is the >man. He apparently had a William born to him while in England, but that >child died young. We can only assume that he had a second son, also named >William, after he arrived here. > >William's wife was Esther Barnes. We've been able to trace her ancestry >back to the early 1600's. The names of this couple's children are Hiram >(1808-1818), Gilbert (1809-1879), Polly (1811-1901), Levi (1813-????), >Edward (1816-1892, my line), Huldah (1819-????), William C. (1821-1901), >John (1825-1827), and Martha (1827-????). > >I also have a Richardson on my father's side. Julia A. Richardson (no >dates) married James A. Templeton (1818-1908). They had one daughter, >Christina Templeton (1850-1850). I know nothing more about Julia except >she married James in Worcester, Washington County, VT. James fought in >both the Mexican-American War and the War Between the States. > >Any help you can give - or advice - would be most appreciated. > >-- >Harold Templeton >Hoffman Estates, IL >mrman23@earthlink.net > >CT: Barnes, Geer, Horsford, Lamb, Merritt, Richardson >KY: Shields >MA: Lamb, Merritt >NH: Lindsay, Morse, Templeton >NJ: Beam, Riker >NY: Austin, Blakeney, Gardinier, Mayo, Shields, Van Woert >VT: Davis, Geer, Johnson, Mayo, Templeton >Canada: Bonett, Elsey, Mayo Robert W. Strong <><><>"Things are more like they are right now strong@ischool.utexas.edu<><><><>than they have ever been."

A couple of things to think about in searches on these people in the 1820s the spelling would have been Wardsborough that would not have changed until the very early 1900s Mo notes on Richardsons from this part of VT invariably trace to Canada. A little father east towards the Connecticut River you will find some who followed the river up from CT. Bob Strong wrote: > Harold, > > In pursuit of a Betsey Richardson, unknown parentage, from this time > > period--late 18th early 19th century--and this locale (she probably > married in > VT). She married Joseph Jones--they wound up in Chautauqua County, > NY by the > 1820s; Betsey is buried there--don't know what happened to Joseph > (he was son > of Rev. War "hero" John Jones of Wardsboro, VT (and Chautuaqua, NY). > John > Jones' wife (Joseph's mother) was Abigal Cheney. > > Stike any notes with your Richardsons??? > > Thanks, > > Bob Strong > > At 03:42 PM 3/8/2005, you wrote: > > >We've been trying to discover the parentage of one William > Richardson, > >born 1781/82 in Canaan, Litchfield County, CT. It appears his father > was > >Thomas, but there are two of them. One deserted the Red Coats during > the > >Revolutionary war, but we cannot find conclusive proof that this is > the > >man. He apparently had a William born to him while in England, but > that > >child died young. We can only assume that he had a second son, also > named > >William, after he arrived here. > > > >William's wife was Esther Barnes. We've been able to trace her > ancestry > >back to the early 1600's. The names of this couple's children are > Hiram > >(1808-1818), Gilbert (1809-1879), Polly (1811-1901), Levi > (1813-????), > >Edward (1816-1892, my line), Huldah (1819-????), William C. > (1821-1901), > >John (1825-1827), and Martha (1827-????). > > > >I also have a Richardson on my father's side. Julia A. Richardson > (no > >dates) married James A. Templeton (1818-1908). They had one > daughter, > >Christina Templeton (1850-1850). I know nothing more about Julia > except > >she married James in Worcester, Washington County, VT. James fought > in > >both the Mexican-American War and the War Between the States. > > > >Any help you can give - or advice - would be most appreciated. > > > >-- > >Harold Templeton > >Hoffman Estates, IL > >mrman23@earthlink.net > > > >CT: Barnes, Geer, Horsford, Lamb, Merritt, Richardson > >KY: Shields > >MA: Lamb, Merritt > >NH: Lindsay, Morse, Templeton > >NJ: Beam, Riker > >NY: Austin, Blakeney, Gardinier, Mayo, Shields, Van Woert > >VT: Davis, Geer, Johnson, Mayo, Templeton > >Canada: Bonett, Elsey, Mayo > > Robert W. Strong <><><>"Things are more like they are right now > strong@ischool.utexas.edu<><><><>than they have ever been." > > ==== RICHARDSON Mailing List ==== > To use the Richardson Query Board: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.richardson > > To review Archived messages: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/RICHARDSON-L