Person:Joseph Richards (4)

Joseph Richards

d.Bef 3 Jul 1679

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m. Bef 1620

Facts and Events

Name^[1]^[2]	Joseph Richards
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	Est 1636	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
Living^[1]^[2]	28 Jan 1650/51	Petitioned to name mother administrator of tather's will.
Death^[1]^[2]	Bef 3 Jul 1679	Not named in mother's will of that date.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Stott, Clifford L. Humphrey Blake (1494?-1558) and his Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr, Jul, Oct 2009; Jan 2010)
163:295.

Joseph Richards, s/o Thomas and Weathean Richards, b. "say" 1636, d. bet. 28 Jan 1650/51 (father's probate) and 3 Jul 1679 (mother's will).

In father's will sons are listed in order John, James, Samuel, Joseph and Benjamin. Joseph is explicitly indicated as under 21 (b. aft. 1629). It may be that his father's effective specification of his guardian in the will further indicates that he was under 14, the age where he was allowed to choose his own guardian. So, while being younger than Samuel would indicate b. aft. 1634, being under 14 would further suggest that he was b. in or aft. 1636.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Thomas Richards, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
3:1578.

Joseph (Richards), b. say 1636 (under 21 in 1650); petitioned to name mother administrator of father's will (28 January 1650/1), but not named in mother's will (3 July 1679); no further record.