 1737 - 1808 (71 years)
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| Name |
Stephen Richardson |
| Birth |
6 Aug 1737 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Nov 1808 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [1] |
| Person ID |
I36000 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Stephen Richardson, b. 27 Sep 1714, Stoneham, Middlesex, MA d. Jun 1754, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA (Age 39 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Hannah Coy, b. 2 Oct 1718, Beverly, Essex, MA d. 10 Jan 1761 (Age 42 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
11 Nov 1736 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [1] |
| Family ID |
F13239 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Hannah Fuller, b. 1 Dec 1739, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 14 Nov 1764, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA (Age 24 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Apr 1761 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [1] |
| Family ID |
F13252 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Family 2 |
Mary Fuller, b. 8 Dec 1735, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA d. 18 Nov 1804, Attleboro, Bristol County, MA (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
16 May 1765 |
Attleboro, Bristol County, MA [2] |
| Family ID |
F13253 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- Stephen was a military captain in 1774; a colonel in 1778. At the first outbreak of the Revolution, he took an active and leading part in opposition to the oppressive measures of the British ministry. The town on 6 Dec 1774 established "a superior and an inferior court to hear and determine controversies that had arisen, or might arise in that town." He was chosen as one of the inferior judges.
On 19 Mar 1776 he was chosen as a member of the "Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety." On 22 May 1776 he was one of a committee of five to prepare instructions to the representative of the town. Among other thins, it the representative was told that if the Continental Congress should declare the country independent of Great Britain, he should in behalf of the town, sustain and defend them in so doing.
In October 1777, he commanded a company form Attleborough, stationed for one month in Rhode Island. On 12 Jan 1778, Col. Stephen Richardson, his brother, Capt. Caleb Richardson, and five others were chosen to prepare instructions to the representatives of the town, relative to the articles of Confederation. Col. Stephen Richardson and two others were chosen on 2 Aug 1779 as member of the convention to meet at Concord the following October for the purpose of forming a state constitution. He was a representative of the town of Attleborough in 1783 and 1785.
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| Sources |
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- [S921] John Adams Vinton, The Richardson Memorial, (Name: Maine, 1876 (RIC-5);).
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