Person:Richard Waldron (3)
Major Richard Waldron, Sr.
b.2 Sep 1615 Alcester, Warwickshire, England
d.27 Jun 1689 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
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  1. Major Richard Waldron, Sr.1615 - 1689
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  • H.  Major Richard Waldron, Sr.1615 - 1689
  • W.  Unknown - Abt 1650
m. ABT 1640
  1. Elizabeth WaldronAbt 1647 -
  2. Col. Richard Waldron, Jr.1650 - 1730
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Major Richard Waldron, Sr.1615 - 1689
  1. Anna WaldronAbt 1653 -
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  • H.  Major Richard Waldron, Sr.1615 - 1689
  • W.  Annie Scammon1623 - 1685
m. AFT 1650
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Facts and Events
Name Major Richard Waldron, Sr.
Alt Name Walderne
Gender Male
Birth? 2 Sep 1615 Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Alt Marriage 1638 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USAto Annie Scammon
Marriage ABT 1640 to Unknown
Marriage AFT 1650 to Annie Scammon
Death? 27 Jun 1689 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States


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Major Richard Waldron (or Richard Waldern, Richard Walderne) (1615–1689) dominated the society and economy of early colonial Dover, New Hampshire and had a substantial presence in greater New Hampshire and in neighbouring Massachusetts. He was the second president of the colonial New Hampshire Royal Council after it was first separated from Massachusetts.


An "immensely able, forceful and ambitious" member of a well-off Puritan family, he left his English home and moved to what is now Dover, New Hampshire. He first came about 1635. He built mills on the Cocheco River, amassed local land holdings that endured in his family for over 170 years, controlled much of the local native trade, and was prominent in local politics and as deputy to the Massachusetts General Court for twenty five years from 1654. He was speaker several times. When the first president of the colonial New Hampshire council, John Cutt, died suddenly, council member Walderne became the acting president or governor until Edward Cranfield arrived from England. "By the 1670s the portion of Dover known as Cocheco had become something like Waldron's personal fiefdom, and citizens in the other areas of settlement rarely challenged his social authority."[1]

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References
  1.   Richard Waldron, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
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