Abiel RICHARDSON

1717 - 1765  (48 years)

• Name	Abiel RICHARDSON  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	12 Oct 1717	Attleborough, Bristol Co., MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Nov 1765	Three Rivers, St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada
  Person ID	I26	Benham Family Tree
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Timothy RICHARDSON,   b. 24 Jan 1688, Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA d. Aft 1717 (Age > 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna HOLDEN,   b. Abt 1790
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1713	MA
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah SMITH,   b. 28 Jul 1723, MA d. 24 May 1751, MA (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1742	MA
  Children	1. Sarah RICHARDSON,   b. 15 Nov 1749, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA d. Aft 1769 (Age > 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Susanna RICHARDSON,   b. 02 May 1751, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Abigail CONVERSE,   b. Feb 1731, MA d. 1768, MA (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	09 Jul 1751	Church of Christ, Cambridge, ? Co., MA
  Children	1. Abiel RICHARDSON,   b. 28 Jun 1753, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA d. 14 Nov 1765, Three Rivers, St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Abigail RICHARDSON,   b. 19 Jan 1755, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Frances RICHARDSON,   b. 02 Feb 1756, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Godfrey M. RICHARDSON,   b. 13 Sep 1759, Brighton, Suffolk Co., MA d. 01 Apr 1854, East Bethel, Windsor Co., VT (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Bibliography: Sharples, Stephen Paschall. Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New England 1632 - 1830. Eben Putnam, Boston, 1906. "Cambridge Births". pgs. 596 - 599. Richardson Abiel, s. of Abiel adn Abigail, June 28, 1753. Abigail, d. of Abiel, bp Jan. 19, 1755. C.R.I. Frances, d. of Abiel and Abigail, Feb 2, 1756, Godfrey, s. of Abiel and Abigail, Sept. 15, 1757. Sarah, d. of Abiel and Sarah, Nov. 15, 1749. Susanna, d. of Abiel and Sarah, May 2, 1751. "Cambridge Deaths". pg 718. Richardson Sarah, w. of Abiel, May 24, 1751, a. 27 y. 9 m. 27 d. "Cambridge Marriages". pg. 330. Richardson Abiel and Abigail Converse, July 9, 1751. Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630 - 1877. H.O. Houghton and Co., Boston, 1977. pg. 640. " Richardson, Abiel, parentage not ascertained, has a w. Sarah, who d. 24 May 1751, a. nearly 28, and he m. Abigail Convers 9 July 1751. His chil. were Sarah, b. 15 Nov. 1749, m. Jonathan Winship 4 May 1769; Susanna, b. 2 May 1751; Abiel, b. 28 June 1753; Abigail, bap. 19 Jan 1755; Frances, b. 2 Feb. 1756; Godfrey, b. 15 Sept 1757. Abiel the f. rem. to Cumberland, N.S. where he and his son Abiel were drowned 14 Nov. 1765." Bailey, Frederic W., ed. Early Masssachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1968,. Woburn, page 117. "Abiel Richardson & Sarah Smith. January 14, 1742" Letter from Sarah A. Richardson Lindsey (daughter of Israel Richardson, b. 1783) to Alice Richardson Benham in 1901. "My great grandfather was a Captain of a whaling shiip and lost at sea. His widow married a rich man (do not know his name) that furnished beef for the French army. (I think it was at the time of our war with France before the Revolution, but not sure) and took of them at on time for beef as much silver as eight horses could draw. Do not know how many?. But by great grandfather's children did not inherit that property." (letter continues with information about Godfrey and Israel Richardson.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] John Adams Vinton, The Richardson Memorial, (Name: Portland, ME: Brown Thurst, on and Co, 1876;). [S2] Esther Clark Wright, 'Abiel Richardson, Innholder, of Cambridge,Mass.' Vol 100, April 1946, pg.128, (Name: (Boston, MA: NEHGS);). [S46] Lucius Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, (Name: Boston: Houghton, 1877;), H974.44. [S65] Stephen Paschall Sharples, Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New England, (Name: Boston: Putnam, 1906;), H974.44.