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• Note: This may be the same person as : Edward Richmond.

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1 M William Richmond ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Richmond

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Richmond, as a personal cognomen, is an ancient English name. It is of Norman origin, and doubtless came over with William the Conqueror. The great battle of Hastings was fought on the 14th of October, 1066. Immediately after his victory, William vowed to build an abbey on the high grounds where Harold had posted his army, as commemorative of that great event. And soon the magnificent structure arose, and its high altar stood on the very spot where Harold had planted his standard during the fight, and where the carnage was thickest. Hence it took its name of "Battle Abbey." And to perpetuate the memory of his commanders and companions in arm, who survived the battle, William caused a list of their several names to be made out and preserved among the archives of the abbey, known in history as "The Great Roll of Battle Abbey." In that list the name Richmond is found. The next year, 1067, the name first appears in English necrology, to wit: Alan Richmond, Earl of Brittany.
The more immediate ancestors of the American family of this surname were of Wiltshire, England. In 1638 John Richmond, of Ashton-Keynes, Wiltshire, came over to America, and became one of the first purchasers of the town of Taunton, thirty-five miles south of Boston. It is believed that nearly all the Richmonds in America, and they are not a few, are descendants of John, of Taunton. A son of his, Edward Richmond, moved into Rhode Island. From this Edward, Dr. Lawton Richmond is lineally descended. [HCC 1885, 761]

It is claimed by a branch of the Richmond family that John, of Taunton, came over in the "May Flower," and was also known as John the Puritan.

This is a very ancient family originating in Brittany, France, the name being derived from the two French words, "riche" and "monde" or "monte," and appearing at various times as Rychemonde, Richemount, Richmonte, Richmon and Richmond. Roaldus Musard de Richmond, who came over to England from Normandy with William the Conqueror, is said to have ridden at the side of his illustrious leader at the battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, and in the Roll of Battle Abbey, among the names of those who survived on that famous field, the name of Richmond is found. In the next year, 1067, there is record of the death of Alan Richmond, Earl of Brittany. The family settled early in Yorkshire, and the branch which located at Ashton-Keynes, county Wiltshire, is supposed to be descended from the Yorkshire line, the descent to the American family being as follows: Roaldus Musard de Richmond, previously mentioned; Hascalfus Musard de Richmond; Roaldus de Richmond; Sir Alan de Richmond; Sir Roald de Richmond; Alan Richmond de Croft; Sir Roald Richmond de Croft; Eudo de Richmond; Elyas de Richmond; Elyas de Richmond; Thomas de Richmond; William de Richmond, who married Alice, daughter of Thomas Webb, of Draycott, causing the family to assume the name of Webb for four generations; William Richmond, alias Webb; William Richmond, alias Webb; Edmond Richmond, alias Webb; Henry Richmond, alias Webb; John Richmond, supposed to be identical with John Richmond, of Taunton, Massachusetts, who is probably the ancestor of most of the Richmonds in America. According to a manuscript left by one of his family, the John Richmond last in descent took part in the civil wars in England. The family owned the manor at Ashton-Keynes, comprising about four hundred acres of land, and also owned the entire village of that name in Wiltshire.
John Richmond, known as John of Taunton, to distinguish him from others of the name who came to America during the same period, was born in 1594, and in 1597 was baptized at Ashton-Keynes, a parish in county Wiltshire, England. He emigrated to America about 1635, perhaps direct to Massachusetts, but as the first definite knowledge of his being there is in 1637, it has been supposed by many that he may have been the John Richmond spoken of as being in Maine; as George Richmond, who may have been his cousin, was trading with Saco, Maine, in 1635, and the name of John Richmond is found on the court records of that place during March, 1636. He became one of the original purchasers of the town of Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1637, acquiring six shares, and took the oath of allegiance there in 1640. As his name does not appear in the list of those able to bear arms in 1643, and no record of his name is found there until 1655 when he was also in Rhode Island, it is not unlikely that he was absent in England during this time in accordance with the family tradition that he engaged in the civil wars there. Tradition further states that he was known as Colonel John Richmond as the result of this service.
He and his sons became large land holders, the family residing in the easterly part of the town; their name is still perpetuated in the village of Richmondtown, in that location. John Richmond made his will in 1664, in which document he bequeaths to his son John all his writings, "which are in my chest, in my son-in-law's, Edward Rew's house." He made his mark in signing this will, probably on account of age and feebleness, as he therein mentions his "writings," and his sons, Edward and John, were well educated, refined and gentlemanly. He was one of the older men of Taunton, and died there March 20, 1664. Neither the date of his marriage nor the name of his wife has yet been found, but it is supposed that he married before coming to America. Children: John, born about 1627, settled as a young man on his father's land in Taunton, and has many descendants throughout the country; Edward, born about 1632, removed to Rhode Island, and was the ancestor of the Meadville, Pennsylvania, Richmonds; Sarah, born about 1638; Mary, born about 1639. [GPHWP, 365] ^{3 4}

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 765.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 366.

3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 761.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 365.