Private Captain Zephaniah Richmond

• Son of Capt. Sylvester Richmond and Abiah Elliott
• Zephaniah Richmond was born at prob., Middleboro. Possibly born circa 1742 if 21 when he bought land from his father on 3 Dec 1763.
• Birth Record: 22 October 1742 in New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• North America, Family Histories, for Zephaniah Richmond. The Richmond Family and Pre-American Ancestors.
• Bradley Geneology
• 1800 United States Federal Census for Zephaniah Richmond, Vermont, Rutland, Poultney.
• Zephaniah Richmond enlisted December 16, 1776; discharged February 18, 1777. Source: United States Rosters of Soldiers and Sailors, Massachusetts, vol 13, Rea, Ipswich-Seymr, William.
• Death Record: December 09, 1804 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
• Zephaniah Richmond Geneology by the Thomas Rogers Society Website

Married

• Married: (1) Sarah Patterson in about 1769 Salem, Washington Co., New York (Sarah PATTERSON was born about 1740 of Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA and died on 17 December 1842.)

Children

• Sylvester Richmond, 1767–1768
• Chloe Richmond, 1769–1770
• Chloe Richmond, 1771–1860
• Katy Richmond, 1772–1773
• Abigail or Abiah Richmond, Birth: August 20, 1774 in Salem Washington County New York, USA & died on April 08, 1847 (72) in Salem, Washington, New York, United States. Married Pierce James Bradley, son George Bradley and Susannah Pierce. Susannah Pierce Is also a MayFlower descendant through Mary Chilton who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 and it is a Chilton family tradition that she was “the first woman ashore at Plymouth,”
• Cynthia Richmond, 1774–Deceased

Thomas Rogers Society page on Zephaniah Richmond

Biography

Sylvester Richmond was born on 25 November 1711 in Middleboro. He and Abiah Elliott were married on 9 December 1736 in Dighton. He died on 9 December 1804, at age 93, in New Braintree (called Zepheniah.)
Sylvester Richmond had reference number 291 p. 216. He married 2nd at New Braintree on 23 Sep 1790 to Hannah (---) PRATT, who died at New Braintree on 22 July 1808, "widow of Sylvester.

• Son Zephaniah Richmond
• Daughter prob. Lydia Richmond
• Daughter poss. Wealthy Richmond
• Daughter poss. Abiah Richmond
• Son poss. James Richmond
• Daughter poss. Jane Richmond
• Son Sylvester Richmond (b. 3 May 1746)
• Daughter Mercy Richmond+ (b. 26 July 1750)

Sources

• Zephaniah Richmond Listed in Massachusetts, Town Clerk Town Death Records, 1626-2001 Worcester New Braintree - Death: December 09, 1804 (58-66) in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000000682257170?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081780661021&position=0
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Listed Zephaniah Richmond & Patterson - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000020695402844?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081780909269&position=0
• Full text of "The Richmond family, 1594-1896, and pre-American ancestors, 1040-1594 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000000682257170?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081781482206&position=0
• [S1] Ann T. [Revised by], (Originally compiled by Alice W. A. Westgate) Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Family of Thomas Rogers (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 216. Hereinafter cited as Rogers-Silver.
• Capt. Zephaniah Richmond, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000000682257170?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081781452875
• Richmonds in America - R. Walton, Richmonds in America, Page 4.
• Massachusetts, U.S., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War,Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 13, Soldiers and Sailors, page 294.