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Source: Eleazer Richardson of Manchester and Bristol, Vt., and Richland, N.Y. and His Descendants
Author: Delos Andrew Richardson
Eleazer Richardson
of Manchester and Bristol, Vt.,
and Richland, N.Y.
and His Descendants
1774 - 1913
With a Brief Account of his Earliest Ancestor
in America. Amos Richardson of Boston,
Mass. and Stonington, Conn., together with
the line of Descent from Amos to Eleazer
“To know nothing of our ancestry or from whence we came to
have no reverence for the precious memories of the past - is
to ignore the elements and influences which have made us
what we are. - And who so dead to sympathy and affection,
to kindred and to country, that would not preserve the rec-
ords of his ancestors, the place of his birth, the home of his
childhood and the sacred spot where repose the loved and
last ones of earth.†-- Marshall P. Wilder.
Compiled By
Delos Andrew Richardson
Pulaski Democrat Publishing Co.
Pulaski, N.Y.
1913
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PREFACE
To the Descendants of Eleazer Richardson:
In presenting this brief memorial of Eleazer
Richardson to his descendants I am fully aware
of its imperfections.
It is believed to be nearly, if not quite, ac-
curate as far as it goes; but there may be omis-
sions of some facts that are unknown to the
writer. It has been my aim to gather and crys-
tallize into printed form the fast perishing
fragments of our family history that they may
be “preserved unto us and to our children.â€
To those who have kindly assisted me in
my researches, I wish to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation.
Many have contributed their mite, but I
wish especially to mention my esteemed aunt,
Mrs. Bedee (Richardson) Broughton, who as-
sisted by her daughter, Mrs. Eva (Broughton)
Potter, both of Oswego, N.Y., have brought
from memory’s storehouse, and placed at my
disposal, some genealogical matter concerning
the generations of Eleazer and his son Azel
which otherwise would have been difficult to
obtain. To Dr. Joel Greene, of Dubuque, Iowa,
I am deeply indebted for much interesting in-
formation. Thanks are also due to Rosell L.
Richardson of New York City for considerable
of the material used in my introduction con-
cerning the six generations, in America, of the
ancestors of Eleazer Richardson.
If this humble effort to preserve the family
archives shall be welcomed by those who
should be most interested in them, I shall be
more than content.
DELOS A. RICHARDSON
182 Maple Street,
Springfield, Mass.
INTRODUCTION
Some account of Amos Richardson, the
progenitor of Eleazer Richardson.
FIRST GENERATION
Amos Richardson, the progenitor in Amer-
ica of this branch of the Richardson family
first appears in Boston, Mass., May 22, 1639. It
is believed he was born about 1623.
Savage’s Genealogical Dictionary speaks of
“Amos Richardson, of Boston, merchant tailor,
(perhaps as one of that great London guild)†as
“a man of great enterprise and good estate.†He
was closely associated by friendship and busi-
ness with two generations of the Governor
Winthrop family, acting as attorney. “It stated
that he was one of the three most active attor-
neys in the law courts during the life of the
Massachusetts Colony. He was also “a general
trader throughout the colonies, and with his
own vessels, to the West Indies.†He owned
about “five thousand acres at Stonington and
New London (Ct.), and in the Narragansett
country†together with some lots in Boston in-
cluding a “house and garden†bought 1642 “on
the north side of what is now Summer Street.â€
It is believed at this time (1643) he married
Mary ____. He removed to Stonington, Conn.,
probably about 1663, where he “died August 5,
1683, at his residence, Quiambog Farm, Ston-
ington.†“His wife died early in the following
month.â€
Amos and Mary Richardson had eight chil-
dren:
1. Mary, born probably 1644-45.
2. John, born October 28, 1647.
3. Amos, born January 20, 1650.
4. Stephen, born June 14, 1652 (hereaf-
ter).
5. Catherine, born January 6, 1655.
6. Sarah, born July 19, 1657.
7. Samuel, born February 18, 1659.
8. Prudence. born January 31, 1661 /62.
SECOND GENERATION
Stephen Richardson fourth child of Amos
and Mary Richardson, was born at Boston,
Mass., June 14, 1652. He married Lydia,
daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Wells) Gilbert,
before September 25, 1673. Resided at Ston-
ington, Conn. He died probably 1694.
Stephen and Lydia (Gilbert) Richardson
had nine children:
1. Jonathan, born probably 1674 (hereaf-
ter).
2. Stephen, born probably 1676.
3. Mary, bapt. June 19, 1681
4. Amos, bapt. June 19, 1681
5. Samuel, bapt. March 18, 1683.
6. Rachel, bapt. May 30, 1686.
7. Lemuel, bapt. August 12, 1688.
8. Jemina, bapt. June 19, 1692.
9. Nathaniel, date of birth or baptism not
known. Died before 1676.
THIRD GENERATION
Jonathan, first child of Stephen and Lydia
(Gilbert) Richardson, was born, probably be-
fore September 10, 1674, at Stonington. He
married in 1696, Ann, daughter of Richard and
Elizabeth (Tuttle) Edwards, of Hartford, Conn.
Ann (Edwards) Richardson was an Aunt of
Jonathan Edwards, the noted divine. Resided at
the homestead at Westerly, on the Connecticut
side of the Pawcatuck River where he died,
May 7, 1700. They had two children:
1. Jonathan, born November, 1697.
2. Amos, born December, 1699 (hereaf-
ter).
FOURTH GENERATION
Amos, second child of Jonathan and Ann
(Edwards) Richardson, was born December
1699, probably at Stonington. Married Rachael
Yarrington, of Preston, Conn., probably in
1724 and settled in Coventry Conn., where he
died in 1779. Amos and Rachael (Yarrington)
Richardson had fourteen children:
1. Nathan, born March 20, 1725, at Cov-
entry, Conn. (hereafter).
2. Lemuel, born September 19, 1726, at
Coventry, Conn.
3. Amos, born March 5, 1728, at Coven-
try, Conn.
4. Rachael, born May 16, 1729, at Cov-
entry, Conn.
5. Jonathan, born July 24, 1731, at Cov-
entry, Conn.
6. Stephen, born July 14, 1732, at Coven-
try, Conn.
7. Ann, born January 4, 1734, at Coven-
try, Conn.
8. Zebulon, born, March 7, 1735, at
Coventry, Conn.
9. Humphrey, born March 9, 1737, at
Coventry, Conn.
10. Abigail, born July 23, 1739, at Coven-
try, Conn.
11. Lois, born July 18, 1741, at Coventry,
Conn.
12. Justus, born September 30, 1743, at
Coventry, Conn.
13. Eunice, born August 7, 1746, at Cov-
entry, Conn.
14. Abail, born March 18, 1749, at Coven-
try, Conn.
FIFTH GENERATION
Nathan first child of Amos and Rachael
(Yarrington) Richardson, was born at Coventry,
Conn., March 20, 1725, baptized at Preston,
Conn., September 26, 1725, and married Phebe
Crocker at Coventry, Conn., November 8,
1748. He served in the Revolution, as did three
of his brothers, Amos, Jonathan, and Stephen
(and probably Zebulon), and was at the battle
of Bunker Hill. He lived in Coventry as late as
February, 1770. In 1770-72 he moved to Leb-
anon, Conn., where he resided until March,
1780, when he removed to Manchester, Vt., at
which time he bought 100 acres of land for 100
pounds, and gave one-half of this land to his
son Andrew who had moved with him from
Lebanon, Conn. He was a man of prominence
in town and military affairs, and was known as
“Capt.†Richardson. His name is on the Sol-
diers’ Monument in Manchester, Vt., as a Rev-
olutionary soldier. It is supposed he died in
Manchester and was buried there.
Nathan and Phebe (Crocker) Richardson
had twelve children:
1. Rosamond, born July 9, 1749, at Cov-
entry, Conn.
2. Andrew C., born Dec. 13, 1750, at
Coventry, Conn. (hereafter).
3. Lucy, born September 3, 1762, at
Coventry, Conn.
4. Amos, born November 26, 1754, at
Coventry, Conn. (Served in the Rev-
olution from Manchester, Vt.)
5. John, born November 16, 1756, proba-
bly at Coventry, Conn. (Served in the
Revolution from Coventry, Conn.)
6. Ester, born October 26, 1758, at Cov-
entry, Conn.
7. Nathan, born October 27, 1760, at
Coventry, Conn. (Served in the Rev-
olution from Manchester, Vt.)
8. Hettie, born November 6, 1762, at
Coventry, Conn.
9. Sarah, born March 10, 1765, at Coven-
try, Conn.
10. Elizabeth, born February 26, 1768, at
Coventry, Conn.
11. Welles, born February 14, 1770, at
Coventry, Conn.
12. Lois, born October 13, 1772, at Leba-
non, Conn.
SIXTH GENERATION
Andrew Crocker, second child of Nathan
and Phebe (Crocker) Richardson was born at
Coventry Conn., December 13, 1750. Married
at Lebanon, Conn., October 17, 1773, Mercy
Clauson (written Martha Closson in Dimock’s
Coventry, Conn., Records). He served in the
Revolution from Lebanon, Conn., and in 1780
moved to Manchester, Vt., where he was in the
service in 1781-82. Was a Representative from
that town in 1806. He was the first deacon of
the Congregational Church of Manchester, Vt.
His name appears on Soldiers’ Monument in
Manchester, Vt., as a Revolutionary soldier and
tradition says he was a bodyguard of George
Washington. He was a shoemaker by trade and
an account book of his, now in the possession
of his great-great-grandson, Bert D. Richard-
son, Manchester, Vt., shows many accounts of
his dealings from September 1770 to 1828. He
died in Manchester, February 25, 1828, and
probably was buried there. Mercy, the wife of
Deacon Andrew Richardson, died May 10,
1813, aged 64 years.
Andrew and Mercy (Clauson) Richardson
had six children:
1. Eleazer, born March 21, 1774, at Leb-
anon, Conn., (hereafter).
2. John Clauson, born Sept. 1, 1776, at
Coventry, Conn.
3. Rosamond, born Sept. 17, 1778, at
Coventry, Conn.
4. Andrew, Jr., born Jan. 13, 1783, at
Manchester, Vt.
5. Zereniah, (daughter) born Jan. 13,
1785, at Manchester, Vt.
6. Mercy, born May 21, 1787, at Man-
chester, Vt.
(The interested reader who desires more
detailed information concerning the above
mentioned six generations and their descend-
ants, is referred to the interesting volume
“Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington,â€
published in 1906, by Rosell L. Richardson, of
403 West 126th Street, New York City, of
whom a copy can be obtained.)
ELEAZER RICHARDSON
SEVENTH GENERATION
OF AMOS RICHARDSON, OF BOSTON AND STONINGTON, 1623(?) 1683.
Eleazer Richardson, the subject of this
volume, was the son of Andrew and Mercy
(Clauson) Richardson, and was born in Leba-
non, Conn., March 21, 1774. In 1780, he re-
moved with his parents to Manchester, Vt. He
married Ophelia Washburn, daughter of Dr.
Azel and Bedee Washburn. Dr. Washburn was
a surgeon in Col. Seth Warner’s Regiment in
the Revolutionary War, and was commissioned
January 1st, 1777, and retired January 1781.
(See Conn. Rev. Rolls, also Probate Court rec-
ords of the town of Manchester, Vt.) The name
of Dr. Azel Washburn appears on the Soldiers’
Monument in the village of Manchester, Vt. Dr.
Washburn probably died there in 1801-2 for, in
the Probate Office in Manchester may be found
an inventory of his estate which was being set-
tled in 1802-3.
Eleazer Richardson, with several other fam-
ilies, settled in the town of Bristol, Vt., in the
spring of 1800. On February 6, 1800, he bought
of Ichabod Cross, of Shaftsburg, Vt., land in
Bristol, Vt., for which he paid forty-five (45)
pounds. On April 27, 1809, he sold this land to
one Eastman for two hundred dollars ($200). In
1814 he bought land in Monkton, Vt., for three
hundred twenty-five dollars ($325), and in
1822 he bought land in Cornwall, Vt., and sold
it in 1825. Eleazer Richardson and Ophelia
Washburn were probably married in the town
of Manchester, Vt., about 1796-7 although no
record of time or place has yet been found. In
1826, he and his wife came to Richland, N.Y.,
to live, bringing with them the wife and chil-
dren of his son Azel “who remained in Ver-
mont working for Squire Slade.†In 1827 Azel
joined his family in Richland, N.Y. Eleazer
died in Castile, N.Y., in 1834 and was buried
there. Ophelia, his wife, died in Richland, N.Y.,
about 1843, and was buried in what is known
as the Ferguson cemetery which is situated
about one-half mile easterly from the village of
Richland. In 1894 her remains were removed to
the Richland cemetery, together with those of
her daughter-in-law, Martha (Slocum) Rich-
ardson. Eleazer was shoemaker by trade.
Eleazer and Ophelia (Washburn) Richard-
son had three children:
1. Bedee H., born _________.
2. Azel Washburn born Dec. 12, 1800, at
Bristol, Vt.
3. Mercy Clauson, born Sept. 19, 1805, at
Bristol, Vt.
EIGHTH GENERATION
Descendants of
Eleazer and Ophelia (Washburn) Richardson.
Bedee H., first child of Eleazer and Ophelia
(Washburn) Richardson, married Joseph Tal-
man. No record of her birth or marriage has yet
been found. They had no children, and but little
is known about them. They resided in Castile,
N.Y., and he died there about 1866-8. She died
about two years later, and both are buried there.
In a letter, her nephew, Dr. J. H. Greene,
says: “Now for Aunt Bedee Talman. She was
very much stouter than my grandmother, and
taller. My impression is that she had no chil-
dren. I never saw her more than two or three
times, but I can see just how she looked now,
and she had a sweet gentle smile as I recalI her,
and she was very quiet. I think her husband
Talman was not particularly interested in boys,
for my boyhood impressions are not as much
centered around him as in Aunt Bedee.â€
Azel Washburn Richardson, second child
of Eleazer and Ophelia (Washburn) Richard-
son, was married January 9, 1820, at Monkton,
Vt., to Martha, daughter of Samuel and Ruth
(Hall) Slocum, of Rhode Island. She was born
at Newport, R.I., December 24, 1795, and died
at Richland, N.Y., 1858. Azel W. Richardson
settled in Cornwall, Vt., soon after his marriage
and three of his children were born there. In
1826 his family moved to Richland, Oswego
County, N.Y., where his other three children
were born. They traveled by boat on Lake
Champlain, and the Champlain and Erie canals
to Rome, N.Y., and from there through the
woods by ox-team, to a twenty-five acre parcel
of land situated in the eastern part of the town
of Richland. Azel W. Richardson was one of
the first settlers of eastern Oswego County, and
helped to clear the land of the giant pine which
were so abundant in that section at that time.
Many a tree of three feet in diameter at the butt,
or larger, was cut down and rolled into piles
and burned, in order to clear the land. He
erected a house of pine planks sawed four
inches thick, and about eighteen inches wide.
These planks were placed on edge, and the
corners locked by mortise and tenon. Holes
were bored through these tenons, and a wooden
pin driven through to keep the corners in place.
This house stood on the left side of the road
leading from Richland station to the village of
Orwell, and was burned accidentally about
1875. He owned this land until he died in 1883,
when it passed into the possession of his son,
Heman, and is still owned by his descendants.
He was a great athlete, and many notable
feats are accredited to his honor. It was said he
could jump over a broom handle held as high as
his head from a standing jump. He could easily
clear sixteen feet straight away jump. He was
noted as a great wrestler among his townspeo-
ple. At one time a noted wrestler was showing
his skill, and boasted he had never been put on
his back. Richardson at that time was eighteen
years of age. His friends urged him to step into
the ring, and try his skill in throwing so noted
an athlete. Finally, the wrestler himself hearing
about him, urged him to step into the ring.
Young Richardson declined, but finally said he
would make one try it if wrestler would not ask
him to make another, no matter who was
thrown. This proposal was agreed to, and when
all was ready and the word given, Richardson
tripped his opponent and threw him so quickly
he hardly realized what had happened until all
was over. The wrestler urged him for another
chance, but Richardson would not give him the
second opportunity.
Concerning Azel W. Richardson, his
grandnephew, Dr. J. H. Greene, of Dubuque,
Iowa, in a letter written January 5, 1913, to the
author (a grandson of Azel W. Richardson )
says:
“But Uncle Azel was the sport I would like
to see now. He and my grandfather were the
greatest friends, and when Uncle Azel came I
can see them both doubled up with laughter
and joking, while my grandmother would protest
in a querulous way. I think Uncle Azel had a
shrewd kind of Yankee wit, for I know that he
always kept every one laughing who was in his
company, and even my grandmother, at last,
would join in spite of herself, while my grandfa-
ther would simply double up at his jokes, and I
presume at the idea that any one could extract
a laugh out of her. Uncle Azel was, I believe, a
great athlete, for I recall once when I was there
my grandfather, father and Uncle Azel were
doing ‘stunts’ and that he beat every one in
whatever he undertook. He was a stout,
gray-haired man, cleanly shaven when I saw
him, rather portly, but with motions like a cat. I
saw his counterpart as I recall him, when I saw
Denman Thompson in the ‘Old Homestead.’
This I do not think is entirely childhood fancy. I
have seen the play several times, and it always
brings back Uncle Azel. Not only that he used
to tell me ‘Injun’ and I think, stories of Revolu-
tionary times, and, in short, was one of the men
a boy would love to tie to, and I know his visits
were too short. I can remember that I saw him
take a gun, and go through something that I
think was a sort of manual of arms, or else he
was making fun for my grandfather; for the lat-
ter laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks,
so it may have been just nonsense. But he was
a great old fun maker, as I recall him.â€
After the death of his wife in 1859, Azel W.
Richardson went to Castile, N.Y., where in
1861, he married his cousin Mercy (Derby)
Jones, a widow. He resided in Castile until
1871, when this wife died, and he returned to
Richland, N.Y., and made his home with his
son, Heman, where he died February 7, 1883,
and was buried there.
Azel Washburn and Martha (Slocum)
Richardson had six children:
1. Andrew Crocker, born Nov. 3, 1820, at
Cornwall, Vt.
2. Amarilla Zoviah, born June 11, 1822,
at Cornwall, Vt.
3. Martha Ann, born Dec. 2, 1825, at
Cornwall, Vt.
4. Heman Holt, born, July 24, 1828, At
Richland, N.Y.
5. Bedee Ophelia, born Oct. 23, 1833, at
Richland, N.Y.
6. Eleazer Gilbert, born Apr. 15, 1836, at
Richland N.Y.
Mercy Clauson, third child of Eleazer and
Ophelia (Washburn) Richardson was born
September 19, 1805, at Bristol, Addison Coun-
ty, Vt. In the family history of Rev. Joel Henry
Greene, now in the possession of his grandson
and namesake, Dr. Joel H. Greene, of Dubuque,
Ia., is the following:
“Elder Joel H. Greene was married De-
cember 2, 1825, to Mercy C. Richardson
daughter of Ele(a)zer and Ophelia Richardson,
granddaughter of Andrew and Mercy Richard-
son on her father’s side, and Azel and Bedee
Washburn on her mother’s side, in the 19th
year of her age.â€
As the above extract shows, Mercy Clauson
Richardson married on December 2, 1825, Rev.
(“Elderâ€) Joel H. Greene, of Wallingford, Rut-
land County, Vt. He was born September 18,
1806.
The following extracts from “Elder†Joel H.
Greene’’ autobiography and from letters writ-
ten by Dr. Joel H. Greene, of Dubuque, Ia., to
the author, it is believed will be of interest to
the reader.
From the autobiography of Elder Joel H.
Greene:
“On the 2nd of December, I was married to
Mercy (Clauson) Richardson, daughter of
Eleazer and Ophelia Richardson. She was born
in Bristol, Addison County, Vt., on the 19th Of
September, A.D. 1805. About the year 1819,
her father moved into Cornwall where I became
acquainted with her. We were married by Rev.
J. Bushnel. I immediately commenced keeping
house.â€
I thought myself entirely excused from
preaching but soon the subject returned. I re-
solved that if the Lord opened the way I would
go forward in the way of duty. My father had a
farm consisting of one hundred acres of land
situated about one-quarter of a mile east of the
Baptist meeting-house in Cornwall, which he
had willed to me provided I stayed with him but
I willingly left it having, as I hope, an eye single
to the glory of God, and a strong desire for the
glory of souls. Having my father’s consent, and
his approbation, I trust, left the farm in March
1827. I commenced study with Rev. Beriah N.
Leach who was then the pastor of the Baptist
church in that place. I kept house in the under
part of his house.â€
From the letters written (1913) by Dr. Joel
H. Greene:
“After marriage he (“Elder†Joel H. Greene)
attended Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.) be-
ginning August 2, 1827, and graduated June 3,
1830. His family, remained at Cornwall for a
time, and he made the trips back and forth to
his family, on foot and once on horseback a
part of the way. During his studies he taught
school, and filled appointments at small places.
He was ordained to the ministry of the Baptist
Church at Pittsford, Rutland County, Vt., Feb-
ruary 8th, 1831, his father preaching the ser-
mon at that time. He preached there and at
Weybridge, Vt., three years. He then preached
successively at Parishville, Belleville, Salisbury,
LaGrange, Hunts Hollow, Belfast and Franklin-
ville, all in New York. Failing health took him to
Castile in 1864, where he lived on a small place
where he kept bees and raised fruit. In his last
years he made his home in Franklinville, where
he died July 22, 1873. During all these chang-
es, his wife, never well after the birth of my fa-
ther, loyally followed him, and, although she
was frail and unfitted for hard work, no house
was more tidy, and even dust was “tabu†in that
house where she presided. Her home in Frank-
linville, NY, was a little house erected for them
by my father. It was next door to us, and sepa-
rated by a little gate which we always left open.
Perhaps a few of my childhood memories of her
may be interesting. I recall that my grandfather,
and myself when a small boy visiting there,
were provided with slippers made from carpet
rags from her hands which we had to put on in
the “entry way†in the rear so we would bring in
no dust. Only visitors were permitted to come in
shod. Her parlor was spotless and the envy of
every other dame with a New England con-
science, in respect to dirt as well as religion.
She was always “sick†or “ailing†but she had
the respect of everybody, but she held herself
aloof from neighbors and friends. Although
smaller than my grandfather, she had a mien
and carriage that betokened rank whether she
was entitled to it or not, and her black shining
eyes could make any person quail by one look.
The verdict of the community was that the “El-
der†bad a pretty hard time of it getting along
with “Mercy,†which I know was true, for I
caught him once out in his buggy asleep
wrapped up in a buffalo robe, with traces of
tears on his cheeks, and I will never forget how
it shocked me, but I do not think any person
ever heard him complain and he was regarded
as about as near a saint as was permissible in
those days. But she made the finest cookies
and pies and “turn-overs†I ever ate, even
among relatives that were famed on both sides
for being cooks equal to any. She was always
very good to me, and I have the sweetest rec-
ollections of her crullers, and various doughnut
and cookie figures that are associated with her
memory, and the apples and peaches and “love
apples†and the honey, and oh! all the old fash-
ioned flowers that were at “Grandpa’s.†Now I
know my grandmother had a pretty lonely life,
and as I size it up, was very proud. My grand-
father (was there ever another angel like him!)
waited upon her night and day as kind and gen-
tle as any nurse, always trying to do something
to please her. She was not in the least a scold
or loud voiced, but she did much with her eyes
and manner, and l as I say, she made my good
old grandfather hustle whenever he was home,
and I used to think that she was one of the
people that “enjoy poor health.†But I know now
she could not get around very much in those
days, and realizing how she was criticized, I
presume to a proud spirit like hers she had a
share of trouble too. I am convinced that while
criticized for not keeping up to the standard of
digging and scrubbing and weaving of that day
that she was a martyr, and I only wish I could
have known her side of it. My grandfather was
devoted to her, and what “Mercy†said or want-
ed had to go. Of course he did a great deal of
the work that should have fallen to “Mercy†had
she been well, and he had no small hand in
keeping the house to her wishes.
He died suddenly of apoplexy, August 22,
1873, at Franklinville, NY. She (Mercy) survived
him only, seven months. She was a quiet little
body and bore her suffering with resignation.
She lived for a short time in the little house next
to our home but was finally removed to my fa-
ther’s house where she died March 22, 1874.
Both are buried in Franklinville, N.Y.â€
Rev. Joel H. and Mercy C. (Richardson)
Greene had three children:
1. Zermiah Ophelia, born December 9,
1825. She died February 11, 1826.
2. Infant (unnamed), born January 19,
1827.
3. Henry Eleazer, born January 3, 1828.
NINTH GENERATION
Descendants of
Azel W. and Martha (Slocum) Richardson.
Andrew Crocker, first child of Azel W.
and Martha (Slocum) Richardson was born
November 3, 1820, at Cornwall, Vt. In early
manhood he accompanied a band of Mormons
traveling as far west as Cleveland, Ohio. There
he left his traveling companions, and engaged
in trading with the settlers along the Cuyahoga
River by loading a boat with provisions and
calling at different ports. He accumulated the
sum of thirteen hundred dollars in gold, and
formed a partnership with two other men (one a
Mr. Johnson). In the summer of 1851, he died
of cholera, aged thirty-one years. One of his
partners died at the same time. He never mar-
ried.
Amarilla Zoviah, second child of Azel W.
and Martha (Slocum) Richardson was born
June 11, 1822, at Cornwall, Vt. At the age of
eighteen she was baptized and united with the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Orwell, N.Y.,
and later transferred membership to the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church, Sandy Creek, N.Y. On
April 22, 1849, she was married by the Rev.
Joshua Freeman to Francis Whitmore Baker,
son of William and Harmony (Newton) Baker,
of Richland, N.Y. She was a tailoress by trade.
She died at Lacona, N.Y., March 22, 1900,
aged 78 years. Her husband, Francis W. Baker,
was born at Vernon, Hartford County, Conn.,
August 23, 1824, and settled with his parents at
Richland, N.Y., in 1844. Francis W. and Ama-
rilla (Richardson) Baker resided at Richland,
N.Y., until 1867, when they removed to
Lacona, N.Y. In June, 1861, he enlisted as a
private in the 24th Regiment, N.Y. Vols. Co. G,
under Capt. William Ferguson and served in
the army of the Potomac under McClellan. He
was honorably discharged July, 1863, having
served two years. He died at Lacona, N.Y.,
May 15, 1903, aged seventy-eight years and
nine months.
Francis W. and Amarilla (Richardson)
Baker had four children:
1. Howard Francis, born June 23, 1850, at
Richland, N.Y.
2. Clayton Lee, born Aug. 28, 1852, at
Richland, N.Y.
3. Coral Cordelia, born June 22, 1857, at
Richland, N.Y.
4. Wm. George, born March 19, 1866, at
Richland, N.Y.
Martha Ann, the third child of Azel W.
and Martha (Slocum) Richardson, was born at
Cornwall, Vt., December 2, 1825. She was a
graduate of Belleville Academy at Belleville,
Jefferson County, N.Y., and was a tailoress by
trade. She was married at Pulaski, N.Y., Febru-
ary 22, 1849, by the Rev. Thomas Salmon,
pastor of the First Congregational Church, of
Richland, N.Y., to John Lucas Nichols; she
died in Sandy Creek, N.Y., April 4, 1884. John
Lucas Nichols, son of Thomas B. and Susanna
(Lucas) Nichols, was born at Sandy Creek,
N.Y., July 21, 1818, and died at the same place
May 16, 1896. He enlisted July 31, 1862, in
Co. E, N.Y. Vols., 147th Infantry, and was
honorably discharged March 26, 1863, on sur-
geon’s certificate of disability.
John L. and Martha Ann (Richardson)
Nichols had four children:
1. Ambrose Desalvo, born January 16,
1851, at Sandy Creek, N.Y.
2. Anna Sharill, born December 15, 1854,
at Sandy Creek, N.Y.
3. Iola Victoria, born April 16, 1857, at
Mexico, N.Y.
4. Ellen (Ella) Bernice, born April 11,
1863, at Sandy Creek, N.Y.
Heman Holt, fourth child of Azel W. and
Martha (Slocum) Richardson was born at
Richland, N.Y., July 24, 1828. He married
January 29, 1852, at Sandy Creek, N.Y., Isabel
daughter of James and Mary (Smith) Rogers of
that town. They resided successively in Rich-
land, Sandy Creek and Camden, N.Y., for the
first few years after their marriage, finally re-
turning to Richland about 1863-4, where they
resided the remainder of their lives. He was
employed for many years by the Rome, Water-
town & Ogdensburg Railroad Company, but
later, engaged in farming, and continued in that
occupation until his death. He died in Richland,
N.Y., January 4, 1894. His wife, Isabel, died at
the same place, August 18, 1904 and both are
buried there.
Heman Holt and Isabel (Rogers) Richard-
son had four children:
1. Cedell, born Feb. 28, 1853, at Sandy
Creek N.Y. She died Dec. 2; 1854, at
Sandy Creek, N.Y.
2. Herbert Eugene, born February 3,
1855, at Sandy Creek, N.Y.
3. Delos Andrew, born Dec. 11, 1856, at
Richland. N.Y.
4. Fred Howlet, born May 10, 1858, at
Sandy Creek, N.Y.
Bedee Ophelia, fifth child of Azel W. and
Martha (Slocum) Richardson was born October
23, 1833, at Richland, N.Y. She was married at
Pulaski, N.Y., March 10, 1852, by Rev. Wil-
liam B. Musgrave, an Episcopal rector of New
York City, to Darius Clark, son of Urial and
Oril (Barber) Broughton of Hamden, Delaware
County, N.Y., where he was born August 12,
1830. He went to Orwell, N.Y., in 1848. They
resided at Richland, N.Y., until 1872, when
they removed to Oswego N.Y. with their fami-
ly, where she still resides. On March 10, 1912,
she and her husband celebrated their sixtieth
wedding anniversary at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Eva R. Potter. She was baptized
and united with Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church, Oswego, N.Y., October 29, 1882. She
is a member of the Women’s Foreign Mission-
ary Society. While her husband was in the
Civil War, she really endured the hardships of a
good soldier, caring for her family and farm.
She excelled in needlework. On August 29,
1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 147th Regiment,
N.Y. Vols., and was honorably discharged at
Army Hospital, Philadelphia Pa., January 3,
1865. He died February 4, 1913, at the home of
his daughter Eva R. Potter, in Oswego, N.Y.,
and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell,
N.Y.
Darius C. and Bedee O. (Richardson)
Broughton had five children:
1. Eveline (Eva) Roselette, born, October
24, 1853, at Richland, N.Y.
2. Martha Oril, born September 4, 1855,
at Williamstown, N.Y.
3. Mortimer Eleazer, born November 24,
1857, at Richland N.Y.
4. Lillian Mercy, born October 17, 1860,
at Richland, N.Y. She died Nov. 7,
1878, at Oswego, N.Y., and was buried
at Orwell, N.Y.
5. Azel Richardson, born October 30,
1864, at Richland, N.Y.
Eleazer Gilbert, sixth child of Azel W. and
Martha (Slocum) Richardson, graduated from
Mexico Academy, Mexico, N.Y., and taught
school at Pineville, (Salmon River, P.O.)
Oswego County, N.Y. He went to North Caro-
lina, and had taught there five years when the
Civil War began. He was then impressed into
the Confederate service. At the bombardment
of Elizabeth City he escaped. An old negro pi-
loted him to the outskirts of the city. He went
alone to the wharf and, on the way, rebel pick-
ets passed him; but he threw himself close to a
fence, and they passed without observing him.
He stole a boat which was anchored at the
wharf and rowed out to Burnside’s fleet, and
finally reached New York. He wrote his father
who at that time lived in Castile, N.Y., and
money was sent him for his journey home.
Soon after returning North, he married a south-
ern girl who was living in Castile; afterward,
being in poor health, he entered Lafayette Ind.,
Water Cure and subsequently became a mem-
ber of the staff of that institution. His sister,
Mrs. Bedee Broughton, of Oswego, has in her
possession, a card which he sent her that reads
as follows:
Dr. E. G. Richardson
Assistant Physician of
Lafayette Water Cure
Located on the
Corner 10th and Elizabeth Streets,
Lafayette, Indiana.
where all persons are successfully treated in
Hygienic Principles.
He returned south to obtain some money he
had in a bank, and has never been heard from
since.
Henry Eleazer, third child of Joel Henry
and Mercy G. (Richardson) Green, was born
January 3d, 1828, at Richland, N.Y. He married
1st Ann Eliza, daughter of William and Cathe-
rine Waring of New York City, on April 18th,
1849. She died September 14, 1867, at Frank-
linville, N.Y. He married 2nd Harriet Jane Ste-
vens, of Franklinville, N.Y., September 24,
1868. She died August 6, 1900, at Dubuque, Ia.
Henry Eleazer Greene graduated at Belleville
Academy Belleville, N.Y. He was for several
years, engaged in the general merchandise
business at Franklinville, N.Y., and later in
banking at Cattaraugus, N.Y. He finally re-
moved to Dubuque, Ia., to go into the whole-
sale and retail coal business in which he re-
mained until he retired from active life. He died
December 2, 1899, at Dubuque, Ia.
Henry Eleazer and Anna Eliza (Waring)
Greene had four children:
1. Joel Henry, born July 4, 1852, at
Franklinville, N.Y.
2. Ella Cornelia, born Jan. 5, 1857. at
Franklinville, N.Y.
3. Ida J., born Dec. 1, 1860, at Franklin-
ville, N.Y.
4. Catherine E., born Dec. 16, 1864, at
Franklinville, N.Y.
TENTH, ELEVENTH, TWELFTH GENERATIONS
Descendants of Francis W. and
Amarilla Z. (Richardson) Baker.
Howard Francis Baker, first child of
Francis W. and Amarilla Z. (Richardson) Baker
was born June 23, 1850, at Richland N.Y. On
March 27, 1867, he moved with his parents to
Lacona, and has resided there over since. He
there learned the carriage blacksmith trade, but
his health would not permit him to follow it. He
was in the drug business for seventeen years,
and later in a dry goods store. Has served ac-
ceptably for several years as President of the
village and Water Commissioner, and on Board
of Education for nine years. In 1911, he was
appointed Commissioner of Elections for
Oswego County, N.Y. Politically, he has al-
ways been a Democrat. He was a candidate for
State senator in 1910, on the Democratic ticket.
He ran ahead of his ticket, but was defeated. Is
a member of Sandy Creek Lodge F.&A.M. and
of Pulaski Chapter, R.A.M., Pulaski, N.Y.
Howard F. Baker was married 1st to Ama-
bella Smith of Sandy Creek, N.Y., on April 9,
1871, by H. F. Seamans, at Sand Bank, N.Y.,
(now Altmar). She died April 25, 1873, at
Sandy Creek, N.Y.
Howard F. and Arabella (Smith) Baker had
one child:
1. Nellie Bell, born December 2, 1871, at
Lacona, N.Y. She married at Lacona,
N.Y., February 16, 1892, Frank, son of
Albert and Mariah (Wart) Hadley of
Sandy Creek, N.Y., where they now
reside. They have one child, Howard
Earl, born February 6, 1893.
Howard F. Baker was married, 2nd October
22, 1884, at Lacona, N.Y., by Rev. E. F. Maine,
to Alice L., daughter of Nathan and Ruth (Sev-
erance) Davis of Lacona, N.Y. They have no
children.
Clayton Lee, second child of Francis W.
and Amarilla Z. (Richardson) Baker, was born
August 28, 1852, at Richland, N.Y. He was
married June 24, 1875, at Lacona, N.Y., by
Rev. J. H. Hicks, to Chloe A. Thomlinson,
daughter of Richard and Hannah (Potter)
Thomlinson. In 1867 he learned the carriage
maker’s trade and in 1874-5, he went to Syra-
cuse, N.Y., and worked as foreman for Huson
& Whiting, carriage makers; and in 1878, or-
ganized a company known as the Baker Dash
Co., for the purpose of manufacturing buggy
dashes. In 1884 he sold out his business in Sy-
racuse, and during the next four years, he en-
gaged in carriage building in Chicago and Mo-
line, Ill. In 1888 he went to Des Moines, Ia.,
and organized the Kratzer Carriage Co., which
he conducted until 1894. He then organized the
Baker Carriage Co., which he conducted until
the time of his death in 1898. He died in Des
Moines, Ia., May 20th, 1898, aged 46 years.
Clayton L. and Chloe A. (Thomlinson)
Baker had two children:
1. Grace, born June, 1879; died August,
1879.
2. George Claud, born April 22, 1882, at
Sandy Creek, N.Y.
After the death of his father in 1898,
George Claud Baker returned to Sandy Creek,
and completed his education; went back West,
and in May, 1911, married Beatrice Creed; and
entered the mail order business. He now resides
in Kansas City, Mo.
Coral Cordelia, third child of Francis W.
and Amarilla Z. (Richardson) Baker, was born
June 22, 1857, at Richland, N.Y. She was mar-
ried October 5, 1880, by the Rev. Pelton, to M.
Fayette Thomas, one of the proprietors of the
Sandy Creek House. It was largely due to her
good housekeeping qualities that this hostelry
was known far and near as one of the best ho-
tels in northern New York. Her husband sold
out his interest in the hotel in 1908, to his
brother, and they are now living a quiet private
life in Sandy Creek, N.Y. They have no chil-
dren.
William George, fourth child of Francis
W. and Amarilla Z. (Richardson) Baker, was
born March 19, 1866. He graduated at Sandy
Creek, N.Y., High School at the age of twenty.
After teaching in district schools for two years,
he studied dentistry in the office of Dr. C. H.
Davis, of Pulaski, N.Y., for two years. He then
entered the Ohio College of Dental Surgery at
Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated in 1895, re-
ceiving one of the silver medals of his
class—the Chemistry medal. He practiced his
profession in several towns in the middle west,
and finally settled in Vanceburg, Ky., in 1898,
where he still resides.
He married Anna, daughter of Anthony and
Wilhelmina (Helmick) Aswerus, of Dry Ridge,
Ky., at Covington, Ky., September 22, 1897.
William G. and Anna (Aswerus) Baker
have four children:
1. Inez Coral, born March 5, 1899, at
Vanceburg, Ky.
2. Howard Lee, born March 12, 1902, at
Vanceburg, Ky.
3. Thelma Frances, born Oct. 13, 1906, at
Portsmouth, O.
4. Ruth Wilma, born Oct. 19, 1909, at
Dry Ridge, Ky.
Descendants of John L. and
Martha A. (Richardson) Nichols.
Ambrose Desalvo, first child of John L.
and Martha A. (Richardson) Nichols, was born
January 16, 1851, at Sandy Creek, N.Y. He
went to Iowa in early manhood, and little is
known of him. He married Anna Johnson of
Dayton, Iowa, February 14, 1900. They had
three children, but all died in infancy.
Anna Sharill, second child of John L. and
Martha A. (Richardson) Nichols, was born at
Sandy Creek, N.Y., December 15, 1854. She
was a dressmaker by trade. She was married at
Sandy Creek, N.Y., September 22, 1885, by the
Rev. A. J. Cowles, to William Henry Young of
Sandy Creek, N.Y. They removed to Syracuse,
N.Y., in 1888, where they still reside.
William H. and Anna. S. (Nichols) Young
have had three children:
1. Hazel Nichols, born Aug. 30, 1889, at
Sandy Creek, N.Y. She died Nov. 21,
1891.
2. Ethel Caro, born Oct. 1, 1892, at Sy-
racuse, N.Y.
3. William Howard, born Dec. 14, 1896,
at Syracuse, N.Y.
Iola Victoria, third child of John L. and
Martha A. (Richardson) Nichols, was born at
Mexico, N.Y., April 16, 1857. She was married
at Richland, N.Y., January 17, 1877, by Rev.
William Watson, to William Brainard Tifft of
Sandy Creek, N.Y. They reside in Syracuse,
N.Y.
William Brainard and Iola V. (Nichols)
Tifft have four children:
1. Carl Tracy, born Feb. 26, 1878, at
Sandy Creek, N.Y.
2. Hugh Bernice, born Jan. 27, 1882, at
Handy Creek, N.Y.
3. Martha Iola, born Nov. 26, 1889, at
Syracuse, N.Y.
4. Nichols Tyler, born Apr. 9, 1894, at
Syracuse, N.Y.
Carl Tracy Tifft, married at Littleton, N. H.,
August, 1903, Leta H. Hall of Auburn, N.Y.
They have one child, Robert Tracy, born Sep-
tember 19, 1909, at hospital, Rochester, N.Y.
Ellen (Ella) Bernice, fourth child of John
L. and Martha A. (Richardson) Nichols, was
born at Sandy Creek, N.Y., April 11, 1863. She
married October 4, 1888, F. Dudley Corse of
Sandy Creek, N.Y. She died at Sandy Creek,
N.Y., April 29, 1897. They had one child,
Spencer, born April 29, 1897, who died at
Sandy Creek, October 4, 1912
Descendants of
Heman H. and Isabel (Rogers) Richardson.
Herbert Eugene, second child of Heman
H. and Isabel (Rogers) Richardson, was born at
Sandy Creek, N.Y., February 3, 1855. He
graduated from Medical College of the Univer-
sity of Vermont, Burlington. Vt., June 26,
1882, and began the practice of medicine the
same year in Redfield, N.Y. He moved to East
Syracuse, N.Y., in 1889, and has resided there
ever since. He has held several positions of
trust, was elected to the presidency of the
school board in 1890, and has been on the
school board in some capacity to this time. At
different times he has been a member of the fire
department, and President of the village in
1907-8-9, and Water Commissioner, 1892-99.
Is an F. & A. M., and secretary of Masonic
Lodge for seven years and Patron of Eastern
Star for five years.
He was married February 26, 1885, by Rev.
O. D. Sprague to Ella Elizabeth, daughter of
Adam and Margaret Lock of Redfield, N.Y.
Herbert E. and Ella Elizabeth (Lock) Rich-
ardson have had four children:
1. Winnie Bell, born July 10, 1888, at
Dewitt, N.Y. She died April, 1891, at
East Syracuse, N.Y.
2. Harry Henry, born Nov. 11, 1889, at
Dewitt, N.Y.
3. Lee Lock, born Nov. 11, 1891, at East
Syracuse, N.Y.
4. Elinor Eileen, born Dec. 4, 1912, at
East Syracuse, N.Y.
Harry Henry, second child of Herbert E.
and Ella Elizabeth (Lock) Richardson graduat-
ed from East Syracuse High School in 1907
and from Syracuse University June, 1912.
Member Zeta Psi and Tau Delta Sigma frater-
nities and coxswain of Syracuse University
Navy for four years and received his block let-
ter “S.â€
Lee Lock, third child of Herbert E. and Ella
Elizabeth (Lock) Richardson, graduated from
East Syracuse High School in 1907, and from
Syracuse University, June, 1912. Member of
Zeta Psi fraternity and of University Band. He
was engineer of the University Coaching
Launch for two years, 1911-12.
Delos Andrew, third child of Heman H.
and Isabel (Rogers) Richardson, was born De-
cember 11, 1856, at Richland N.Y. He gradu-
ated from Pulaski Academy in 1882; and was
valedictorian of his class. After teaching a few
years he became a traveling salesman, which
occupation he has followed for nearly thirty
years. He lived many years in Pulaski, N.Y.,
and in 1902, removed, with his family, to
Springfield, Mass., where he now resides.
He was married, August 11, 1880, by Rev.
C. W. Johnson, to Martha Cornelia, daughter of
Hiram and Martha (Belden) Norton, of Sand
Bank, now Altmar, New York.
Delos A. and M. Cornelia (Norton) Rich-
ardson have had five children:
1. Leata Bell, born May 15, 1882, at
Richland, N.Y. She was married July
23, 1907, by Dr. W. W. Weeks, pastor
of Highland Baptist Church Spring-
field, to William Lester, son of Joseph
and Hattie (Chapin) Oldroyd of
Springfield, Mass. They reside in
Springfield, Mass., and have one
daughter, Florence Beatrice, born
there, June 12, 1908.
2. Percy Lynn, born Aug. 19, 1886, at
Altmar N.Y. He died Jan. 25, 1887, at
Richland, N.Y.
3. Norton Delos, born Jan. 13, 1888, at
Pulaski, N.Y. He is a graduate of
Springfield Technical High School,
1909, and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,
N.Y., 1911. He is now teaching in
Belmont, California.
4. Cora May, born June 10, 1889, at Pu-
laski, N.Y. She died Dec. 28, 1889, at
Pulaski, N.Y.
5. Tracy Clinton, born June 27, 1893, at
Pulaski, N.Y. He is a student in
Springfield Technical High School at
the present time.
Fred Howlet, fourth child of Heman H. and
Isabel (Rogers) Richardson was born May 10,
1858, at Sandy Creek, N.Y. He was educated at
Pulaski Academy, Pulaski, N.Y., and taught in
district schools for a short time. He then
learned cheese making, and, in the spring of
1882, went to Illinois where he followed that
business for some time; later he became super-
intendent of butter and cheese factories in Illi-
nois and Missouri, and also superintendent of
the building and putting in operation at such
factories. On account of failing health, he gave
up that work and went to Spring City, Tenn., in
1885, and bought a small fruit farm. In 1893,
he returned to New York State and settled in
Fairport, where he still resides. For nearly
twenty years he has been a traveling salesman.
He married, December 25, 1882, at Bel-
videre, Boone County, Illinois, Ella, daughter
of Belden and Thurza Resseguie, of Hounds-
field, N.Y., (Sackets Harbor, P.O.)
Fred H. and Ella (Resseguie) Richardson
have had two children:
1. Claude Delos, born December 20,
1883, at Falls Creek, Ill. In July, 1903,
without informing his parents, Claude
Delos, left his home in Fairport, N.Y.,
with another boy named Benny Jordan.
After several months, the Jordan boy
returned, and said that be left Claude in
the wheat fields in Dakota, and that he
(Claude) was going farther west. That
is the last news his kindred ever heard
concerning him.
2. Ethel Ella, born April 20, 1886, at
Spring City, Tenn. She was educated at
Syracuse University. She was married
November 30, 1911, at Fairport, N.Y.,
by Rev. David Torrens, to Newton E.
Dabalt, of Springville, N.Y. They re-
side at Pittsfield, Mass.
Descendants of Darius C. and
Bedee Ophelia (Richardson) Broughton
Eveline (Eve) Roselette, first child of Da-
rius C. and Bedee Ophelia (Richardson)
Broughton, was born October 24, 1853, at
Richland, N.Y. She received an academic edu-
cation at Pulaski Academy and Oswego High
School, and taught school for three years. She
was married December 16, 1875, at Oswego,
N.Y., by the Rev. W. F. Hemenway, to Syl-
vester H., son of Henry H. and Elvira (Stowell)
Potter of Orwell, N.Y. Sylvester H. Potter, was
born at Orwell, N.Y., August 31, 1855, and
educated at Pulaski, N.Y. In May, 1877, she
and her husband were baptized, and united with
the Congregational Church at Orwell, N.Y. For
twenty-two consecutive years, they resided on a
farm one mile south of Orwell village. In 1900
they removed to Oswego, N.Y., where they
now permanently reside at 86 E. Oneida Street.
She, as practical nurse, in 1908-09, earned six-
teen hundred dollars ($1600). He is a member
of Frontier City Lodge No. 422, F.&A.M.,
Oswego, N.Y. They transferred church mem-
bership to Trinity M. E. Church, of Oswego,
N.Y., December 8, 1901. Eva R. Broughton
Potter is a Chautauqua graduate (C.L.S.C.);
was a life member of Central N.Y. Conference
M. E. Missionary Society, at the age of fifteen,
also life member of Woman’s Home Mission-
ary Union of Congregational Church of State of
New York; in 1894, she was one of the fifty
thousand delegates to the World’s Christian
Endeavor Convention, at Cleveland, Ohio.
Sylvester H. and Eva R. Broughton Potter,
have had three children
1. Robert Green, born Dec. 31, 1876, at
Orwell, N.Y. (Snow six feet on a level
that day.)
2. W. (Willie) Scott, born July 16, 1880,
at Orwell, N.Y. He died June 13, 1886,
at Orwell, N.Y.
3. Nellie Ethel, born July 21, 1887, at
Orwell, N.Y.
Robert Green Potter, first child of Sylvester
H. and Eve R. (Broughton) Potter, was born
December 31, 1878, at Orwell, N.Y. He was
baptized September 14, 1890, by the Rev. Ra-
ven, and united with the Congregational
Church at Orwell, December 15, 1895. He was
married September 26, 1900, by Rev. W. H.
Seed, to Jennie L., daughter of Albert S. and
Nancy (Jones) Barker, of Orwell, N.Y.; she was
born May 15, 1880. Both were educated at Pu-
laski Academy; and each holds a teacher’s cer-
tificate for life from Pulaski Training School,
and taught in district schools eight years after
marriage. He is a member of No. 680. I.O.O.F.,
Orwell, N.Y.; he votes the Prohibition ticket,
and does not use tobacco. He inherited from his
grandfather, H.H. Potter, the farm of ninety
acres, on which he (Robert) was born. He is
engaged in the manufacture of ladders at Or-
well. They have two children:
1. Eva Thelma, born July 15, 1908, at
Orwell, N.Y.
2. Genevieve Arlene, born Feb. 28, 1910,
at Orwell, N.Y.
W. (Willie) Scott Potter, second child of
Sylvester H. and Eva R. (Broughton) Potter,
was born July 16, 1880, at Orwell, N.Y., and
died June 13, 1886. He attended school twen-
ty-two days. A team of young horses of his fa-
ther’s ran away, and in turning a sharp corner,
overturned the wagon, throwing him out; his
head struck stone, and his skull was fractured.
An operation was performed, but he lived only
eleven days. he is buried Evergreen Cemetery,
Orwell, N.Y.
Nellie Ethel Potter, third child of Sylvester
H. and Eva R. (Broughton) Potter, was born
July 21, 1887, at Orwell, N.Y. She was bap-
tized September 14, 1890, by the Rev. Raven of
Orwell, and united with the Trinity M.E.
Church Oswego, N.Y., July 5, 1893. She en-
tered Treadwell’s Grammar School, April 6,
1900, and attended Oswego High School for
one year; then entered State Normal High
School; graduated June 23, 1910; also graduat-
ed from State Normal School with honors, in a
class of 138, June 28, 1911, and holds State
Normal Training School diploma for life. She
is also a Rebekah of Ontario Lodge No. 79,
I.O.O.F., Oswego, N.Y. Three months before
graduation, on April 6, 1911, she was united in
marriage at Oswego, N.Y., by the Rev. F. L.
Knapp, to Alfred George Tucker, son of Fran-
cis and Sarah (Pether) Tucker of Windsor,
Berkshire, England. Alfred G. Tucker, was
born September 1, 1888, at Eton, England, and
baptized at Clewer, St. Agnes Episcopal
Church, Spital, Windsor, England, by Rector
Henry Lee; came to America, Oswego, N.Y.,
February 5, 1909. He is a member of Knights
of Pythias, Oswego, N.Y. They have one child,
Helen Irene, born December 3, 1911, and
christened April 14, 1912, by Rector F. T. Hen-
stridge, at Church of the Evangelist, Oswego,
N.Y., where they now reside.
Martha Oril, second child of Darius C. and
Bedee O. (Richardson) Broughton, was born at
Williamstown, N.Y., September 4, 1855. She
was a milliner by trade. Was baptized and
united with the Church of the Evangelist,
Oswego, N.Y., on January 13, 1884, transferred
to Trinity M.E. Church, Oswego, N.Y. She was
married September 19, 1893, at Oswego, N.Y.,
by Rev. H. R. Schaumaker, to Charles H. Bur-
rows of Mottville, N.Y., son of David and Ellen
E: (Barber) Burrows of Skaneateles, N.Y. C.H.
Burrows was born December 5, 1871, at Lon-
don, Eng.; is a member of M.E. Church, and of
Lodge of F.&A.M.; also superintendent of pa-
per mill at Fulton, N.Y., where they reside.
They have no children. Martha O. B. Burrows
is a member of the D.A.R., Kayendatsyona
Chapter, Fulton, N.Y., National No. 96847.
Mortimer Eleazer, third child of Darius C.
and Bedee O. (Richardson) Broughton, born
November 24, 1857, at Richland, N.Y. He was
married March 22, 1882, by the Rev. Biddle
(Congregational) to Sarah E., daughter of
Charles Max and Ellen (Evens) Johnson. He
was a conductor on the Rome, Watertown &
Ogdensburg Railroad for a few years; then
clerk in a shoe store; then a traveling salesman,
which occupation he now follows. In 1901 he
went to Cleveland, O., where he still resides.
Mortimer E. and Sarah E. (Johnson)
Broughton have three children:
1. Cora Alice, born March 26, 1884, at
Oswego, N.Y. She married December
30, 1910, Harry Salino, of Vancou-
ver’s Island, and had one child.
2. Edna Evans, born February 26, 1887,
at Oswego, N.Y.
3. Hazel Johnson, born March, 1891.
Azel Richardson, fifth child of Darius C.
and Bedee O. (Richardson) Broughton, was
born October 30, 1864, in Richland, N.Y. He
was lame for five years from wading in a brook
in early spring; graduated from Treadwell’s
Grammar School, Oswego, N.Y., in 1880, re-
ceiving a gold medal as captain of best drilled
team, in school. He is a railroad employee, and
lives at Elizabeth, N. J. He was married at
Jenkintown, Pa., May 14, 1901, to Mary Jane,
daughter of Matthew and Eliza (Reid) Bough,
of Oswego, New York.
Descendants of Henry Eleazer and
Ann Eliza (Waring) Greene
Joel Henry, first child of Henry E. and Ann
Eliza (Waring) Greene, was born July 4, 1852,
at Franklinville, N.Y. He was married January
21, 1885, at Lansing, Ia., by Rev. Hutchinson,
pastor of Presbyterian Church, to Martha,
daughter of James William and Nancy (Lemen)
Thomas. Joel Henry Greene was graduated
from Ten Broeck Free Academy at Franklin-
ville, N.Y., and, in 1875, from the Buffalo
(N.Y.) Medical University, and commenced the
practice of medicine in Dubuque, Ia., that same
year, and has resided there ever since.
He has been City and County Physician,
Railroad and Marine Hospital Surgeon, mem-
ber of the Board of Education, and over twen-
ty-five years on the United States Pension
Board.
Joel Henry and Martha (Thomas) Greene
had three children:
1. James Henry, born May 25, 1886, at
Dubuque, Ia. He married February 22,
1909, at Garrett, Ind., Mrs. Flora
(Thompson) Jones. They have one
daughter, Joan Thompson, born Janu-
ary 25, 1910, at Garrett, Ind. He is
principal of the High School at Garrett,
Ind. (1913).
2. Lois, born October 13, 1887, at Dubu-
que, Ind. She was married June 11,
1908, at Dubuque, Ind., to Thacher
Howland Guild of Providence, R. I., by
the Rev. William Clark of Boston,
Mass. She has one daughter, Margaret
Elizabeth, born December 25, 1909, at
Cambridge, Mass. Thatcher Howland
Guild is instructor in English and
Dramatic Art at Illinois University.
3. Joel Waring, born July 26, 1895, at
Dubuque, Ia. He is a student in the
High School at Dubuque, Ia.
Ella Cornelia, second child of Henry E.
and Ann Eliza (Waring) Greene, was born Jan-
uary 5, 1857, at Franklinville, N.Y. She was
married November 1, 1875, at Franklinville,
N.Y., by Rev. A. S. Kneeland to Leonard Gid-
eon, son of Ezekiel Oscar and Emeline Susan
(Utley) Willson. They resided many years at
Franklinville, N.Y. In 18-- he engaged in the
lumber business in Pennsylvania and later in
Wanakena, N.Y.
Their four children were:
1. Annie Emeline, born August 24, 1876.
2. Henry O., born March 23, 1881, died
October 23, 1903, at Wanakena, N.Y.
3. Gideon H., born September 3, 1883,
died April l, 1903, at Wanakena. N.Y.
4. Herbert C., born October 20, 1894.
Annie E,. first child of Leonard and Ella
(Greene) Willson, married June 6, 1901, Joe
Isaac Mong at Gardeau, Pa., by Dr. John Lush-
er.
They have two children:
1. Ella Cornelia, born May 29, 1902.
2. Willson Isaac, born July 27, 1906.
Ida J., third child of Henry E. and Ann
Eliza (Waring) Greene, was born December 1,
1860, at Franklinville, N.Y. He was a graduate
of Ten Broeck Free Academy at Franklinville,
N.Y. She was married March 25, 1884, at Cat-
taraugus, N.Y., by Rev. D. O. McKay to Willy
Woodruff, son of (Senator) George D. and
Bernice (Woodruff) Jackson, of Dushore, Pa.,
an owner and operator of coal mines in Penn-
sylvania.
W. W. and Ida J. (Greene) Jackson have
had three children:
1. George D., born Feb. 15, 1885 and
died May, 1886. Burial at Dubuque, Ia.
2. Donna Green, born June 24, 1884, at
Dubuque, Ia.
3. Ida Bernice, born Jan. 27, 1892, at
Chicago, Ill,
Catherine E., fourth child of Henry E. and
Ann Eliza (Waring) Greene, was born Decem-
ber 16, 1864, at Franklinville, N.Y. She was
married February 16, 1888, at Dubuque, Ia., by
the Rev. C. O. Browne, to John H., son of
Alonzo P. Wood. John H. Wood was president
of the Baton Rouge Water Co. He died at Baton
Rouge, La., February 13, 1913, and was buried
at Dubuque, Iowa. They had no children.
SOME ACCOUNT OF ROSAMOND AND MERCY
SISTERS OF ELEAZER RICHARDSON
Seventh Generation of Amos Richardson.
Rosamond, third child of Andrew and
Mercy (Clauson) Richardson was born in Cov-
entry, Conn., September 17, 1778. She married
___ Derby, and resided in Castile, N.Y. She
was an invalid for many years and was said to
be bedridden. Very little is known of her fami-
ly, except that she had at least one child, Mer-
cy, who married. 1st ___ Jones. They had chil-
dren and there was grandson, James Jones.
Mercy married, 2nd Azel Richardson, of Rich-
land, N.Y., her first cousin. (See Azel Richard-
son under Eighth Generation, this volume.)
Mercy, sixth child of Andrew and Mercy
(Clauson) Richardson was born May 21, 1787,
at Manchester, Vt. She married, 1st Obadiah
Salisbury of Sandy Creek, N.Y. Obadiah and
Mercy (Richardson) Salisbury, had two chil-
dren:
1. Lorentus, who married ___ Stowell,
and had two daughters.
2. Sarah Ann, who married John Coulter.
Mercy Richardson married, 2nd March,
1818, Joel Hibbard of Sandy Creek, N.Y. He
was born May 1, 1789, at Thompson, Conn. He
died about 1872. Joel and Mercy (Richardson)
(Salisbury) Hibbard had four children:
1. Hannah, born August 12, 1823.
2. Ophelia, born July 6, 1828.
3. Abial, who married Temperance Ann
Smith of Orwell, N.Y. They had no
children. After Abial Hibbard’s death
she married Samuel D. Stowell, of
Orwell, New York.
4. Lyman ____ never married.
Hannah, first child of Joel and Mercy
(Richardson), (Salisbury) Hibbard, was born
August 12, 1823. She married January 12,
1845, Philo Widrig of Sandy Creek, N.Y. He
was born December 11, 1819.
Philo and Hannah (Hibbard) Widrig had
two children:
1. Gilbert C., born January 1, 1849.
2. Jay, born February 13, 1852. Died
September 12, 1876, Sandy Creek,
N.Y.
Gilbert a. Widrig, married April 6, 1872, at
Sandy Creek, N.Y., Carrie Zufelt. They had
three children:
1. Angie Hannah, born October 26, 1873.
She married February 28, 1894,
Deforest J. Hollis, of Sandy Creek,
N.Y. They have two children:
a. Lawrence Widrig, born July
22, 1897.
b. Louise, born January 25,
1901.
2. Carrie Maude, born September 13,
1877. She married May 22, 1903,
Ralph W. Shaul. They have two chil-
dren:
a. Eloise, born September 26,
1905.
b. Genevieve, born March 1,
1911.
3. Clarence Jay, born October 24, 1884.
He married, August 1906, Edna Spra-
gue. They have no children.
Ophelia, second child of Joel and Mercy
(Richardson) (Salisbury) Hibbard, was born
July 6, 1828. She married, July 28, 1852, Levi
Bennett, of Pulaski, N.Y. She died April 4,
1865. They resided at Pulaski, N.Y.
Levi and Ophelia (Hibbard) Bennett had
two children:
1. Merton Levi, born January 12, 1857.
He was married January 7, 1909, to
Lizzie M., daughter of Robert and
Manerva (Doane) Gillespie of Pulaski,
N.Y. They have no children
2. Wilton Hibbard, born January 1, 1859.
He married, October 1, 1890, Gussie
A. Douglas of Brooklyn, N.Y. They
reside in Plainfield, N. J. They have no
children.
Dr. Azel Washburn is believed to have been the son of James
(Jr.) and Elizabeth (Hooper) (Leonard) Washburn, and the
brother of Jonah (5) Washburn, whose line of descent is
James, Jr., born 1698 (4); James, born 1672 (3); John (2);
John, at Duxbury, Mass., 1632 (1). Jonah was born at Mid-
dleboro, Mass., Feb. 16, 1733, and removed to Randolph,
Vt., in 1785. Jonah (5) had a son, Rev. Azel, born 1764,
grad, Dartmouth 1786, whose grandson, Rev. Azel Wash-
burn Wild is now living at Saxton’s River, Vt. - D. A. R.
“Samuel Slocum (born at or near Dartmouth, Mass., No-
vember 4, 1736), served through the entire Revolution to-
gether with his six brothers (except one shot in 1777). All
were from Tiverton, R. I. Samuel Slocum removed to
Monkton, Vt., about 1786.â€
Eleazer Richardson of Manchester and Bristol, VT, and Richland, NY Delos Andrew
Richardson
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