Readers Comments and Queries
I hope you have found this ramble through Richardson history
informative
and interesting and would invite any comments or queries you may have.
Please email me if you have your own Richardson family history to
relate, if you have genealogical inquiries that can be pursued here, or
if there are any particular Richardson stories that you would like to
pass on. We will post them all here.
Colin Shelley
Comments and Queries
- Richardsons from Cheshire
- Richardson DNA
- John Richardson in Swansea
- Richardsons in Lancashire (Tockholes)
- Richardsons in Sunderland
- Richardsons From Bermuda
- Richardsons and O'Neals in Cass County, Texas
- Samuel Richardson the Quaker
- Newcastle Quaker Richardsons
3 July, 2009. Richardsons from Cheshire
My
mother's maiden name was Richardson and
we have managed to trace her father Leslie Richardson born 1899,
grandfather
William 1861 and great grandfather Samuel 1833, all born in Aston
Birmingham. We then go back to the
Cheshire connection
where we find Richard Richardson, born in 1810 in Aston by Budworth,
his father
John, born in 1770 in Cheshire, and his father was William Richardson -
but I cannot
find anything on him.
Looking at the
Northwich site, we know that Richard's wife Ann was a grocer in Witton
Street
and that between 1839 and 1841 Richard was licensee of the Britannia
pub.
He died in Birmingham in 1850 at the age of 40. From what we can
see,
most of the Richardsons lived in Mill Lane or Witton Street and we know
that
John's brother William left a substantial will when he died in
1848. We
would love to find out more about the Richardsons at that time and also
to
establish where John's father William was born and what he did.
I have seen a lot on the site about the
Richardsons in other parts of the country, but wondered where I might
find more
information about the Cheshire connection.
Don't
know if you have any suggestions.
Regards
Gill Thomas (gareth.thomas39@btinternet.com)
28 June, 2009. Richardson
DNA
I was researching online
and found the Richardson name
website. I have enjoyed learning more
about Richardsons in the U.K., U.S. and elsewhere.
I recently participated in
the Richardson
Y-DNA Project. The project’s participants have diverse genetic origins.
For example, many Richardsons are of
ancient
Briton or Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Welsh) origin. Other Richardsons are
of
North Germanic (Angle/Anglian, Frisian, Jute and Saxon) origin. Then there are Richardsons like myself of
Scandinavian origin. Those Richardson’s of Scandinavian origin are
descended
from Danish and Norwegian Vikings that settled in Britain, Ireland and
Normandy
during the Viking Age.
H. David Richardson
(hdrichardson@earthlink.net)
19 April, 2009. John Richardson in
Swansea
Have you come across the family of John Richardson who came from the South Shields area but moved to Swansea and made a fortune in the copper ore importation business? He had several children, including John Crow Richardson.
John
Richardson (1790-1858) m. Elizabeth Clarke (1791-1864)
- John Crow Richardson (1810-1884) m. Elizabeth Walters in 1837 and
Eliza Ross in 1848
- John Crow Richardson (1842-1903) m. Theresa Eden
P-Serecold (1847-1918)
- Joseph Richardson (1811-1854)
- Sarah Richardson (b. 1813)
- James Coxon Richardson (1817-1874) m. Elizabeth Nichol in 1847 and
Georgina Nelson in 1854
- Elizabeth Clarke Richardson (b. 1819)
- Jeremiah Clarke Richardson (1822-1906) m. Margaret Walters in 1848
and Sophia Popkin in 1860
- Henry Francis Richardson (b. 1825)
- Mary Isabel Richardson (b. 1829)
John
was a major shipowner and
I wondered if there might be some connection with John Wigham
Richardson.
Regards,
John W. Hawkins
(johnwh@rakshasa.demon.co.uk)
17 February,
2009. Richardsons in Lancashire
(Tockholes)
The
Richardson Family were
notable in Tockholes from the mid 17th century. Lower Hill is the
original Old Hall where the Richardsons lived although there
are several others including Crowtrees. The
Silk Hall was built by Ralph, second son of Adam
Richardson, in 1764.
The family was involved in the
Nonconformist movement and is thought to have originated from Cheshire
according to “Two Centuries and a Half of Nonconformity in Tockholes”
by Rev.
B. Nightingale.
They
married into the Walmsley family (first mentioned in Tockholes in 1335)
when the Walmsley line died out with two heiresses. This
was when Walmsley Richardson married
Lydia Walmsley in 1752. Walmsley Richardson and his father, Adam,
sold
Lower Hill House and lands by Auction in 1770 because of Walmsley's
debts (The
Manchester Mercury, July 24th 1770).
The
grandson of Walmsley Richardson, also called Walmsley, sold Higher Hill
to
Thomas Sefton around 1830 and moved to 75 Park Road, Preston where he
became a
shopkeeper. Thomas Sefton is shown living at Higher Hill in the
censuses
of 1841 and 1851.
Ian
Richardson (iansrichardson@hotmail.com)
24 November,
2008. Richardsons in Sunderland
I
stumbled across your website by accident as
I was looking for Nicholsons and a Richardson married one. My wife is the granddaughter of William
Richardson of Sunderland. He left school
at 14 and worked as anoffice boy in James Laing's shipyard. He spent the rest of his workinglife there and
became company secretary. He was
churchwarden at St Gabriel's church. He
and his wife had three sons, Hugh (later a Church of England canon);
Harold who was killed in France while serving with the 2nd D.L.I.;
Philip who served in the Royal Air Force; Ethel, my wife's mother and
Julia. Julia never married but looked after almshouses in Sunderland.
She received Maundy money from the hand of the
Queen.
Canon
Peter C Nicholson O.B.E. (revpnicholson@tiscali.co.uk)
1
July
2008. Richardsons From Bermuda
My
grandfather's name was Hilton C.
Richardson, his father's name was Daniel B. Richardson and his
brother's
name was Austin Richardson. It has
been said that the Richardson's originated from St. Vincent, West
Indies.
Austin
Richardson was a minister here in
Bermuda in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the 1800's (1887?)
and
Daniel Richardson was an assistant Pastor of the AME Church here as
well.
My grandfather was a farmer, school teacher and principal at St.
David's
Elementary School, Bermuda, the assistant Pastor and he
also
designed the St. Luke A.M.E. Church, St. David's
Bermuda after a
cathedral in Paris out of matchsticks.
Hilton
(Hillie) married Inez Minors when she was 16 years of age. Inez
was a
direct descendant of Jacob Minors - the first Indian slave to
Bermuda.
This couple had seven children. Only two
are alive today, Helene and Bernice.
On
20th July, 2008, we will be having a family celebration at St. Luke
A.M.E.
Church and would appreciate any information you may have on the West
Indian
side of the family.
Blessings.
Cindy O'Brien (nee Paynter) (Lucinda.O'Brien@conyersdillandpearman.com)
12 May, 2008. Richardsons and O’Neals
in Cass County,
Texas
I was just reading the website on
the Richardsons. My grandmother was Mary
Richardson, born 4-23-1900 in Atlanta, Texas in Cass county to John
Richardson
and Everline Oliver. John Richardson was
the son of Miles Richardson and Fanny Carey.on the 1867 voter
registration of Davis
[Cass] county, Texas. Miles said he came
to Texas from Georgia in 1856.on the 1870 census of Davis county. On page 64 is Miles and his family and next
door to him are his parents Charles and Sookie Richardson and next door
is
their other son Julius and his family.
I
am trying to find out where they all came from before coming to Cass
county, Texas?
John Richardson was a sharecropper for
Hardy
O'Neal. Hardy O’Neal was the son of Henry
F. O’Neal who was the son of Francis O’Neal.
Francis O’Neal married Ketturah Richardson 12-28-1826 in
Wilkinson
county, Mississippi.
What
relationship
if any did Ketturah Richardson have to do with my family of
Richardsons?
Muhammad Abdullah (dawah_ma_90221@yahoo.com)
11 November,
2007. Samuel
Richardson the Quaker
I have reviewed your
Richardson Name Website
with great interest and thank you for making this information availabe.
I was born a Richardson
of a line
from Samuel Richardson, a Quaker who came to the colonies via Jamaica
and
probably came around 1687. I am
wondering if this would be the Samuel you mention in your website. One of my relatives has done a wonderful job
of researching the Richardson line back to this Samuel but we have not
been
able to find much out about Samuel and his family (meaning his parents)
in
England. We know he was born in
England, became a Quaker, and probably moved from England due to the
persecution of Quakers. He left in
1675-1676 to go to Jamaica first. We
know he died on 10 July 1719 and his wife’s name was Elinor (variously
spelled
as Ellinor also) but no last name.
If anyone knows more
information
about this particular Richardson, I would be most appreciative of the
information. Thanks very much.
Lorinda Richardson Glovier, aka Lori
(loririchardson1@earthlink.net)
25 September, 2007.
Newcastle Quaker Richardsons
Thought I'd drop you a line to say I'd
enjoyed looking at your Richardson website. I'm a descendant of
the Newcastle Quaker Richardsons. My great grandmother was the
Elizabeth (Richardson) Spence included in your miscellany.
I presume you know of the close family
relationships between the Quaker Richardsons. My great grandmother, for
example, was sister to John Wigham Richardson. Lewis Fry and Sir
Ralph Richardson were their first cousins (once removed respectively).
Are you yourself related to the Quaker
Richardsons in any way?
Best wishes
Ben Beck (benjaminbeck@ukonline.co.uk)