Person:Richard Child (2)
Richard Child
b.1631
d.11 Nov 1694 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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m. 17 Apr 1662
  1. Richard Child1663 - 1691
  2. Ephraim Child1664 - 1664/65
  3. Shubael Child1665 -
  4. Mehitable ChildAbt 1667 -
  5. Experience Child1669/70 -
  6. Abigail Child1672 -
  7. Ebenezer Child1674 - 1674/75
  8. Hannah Child1674 -
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m. 16 Jan 1678/79
  1. Elizabeth Child1681 -
  2. Joshua Child1682 -
  3. John Child1687 -
  4. Rebecca Child1693/94 -
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Name[2] Richard Child
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1631
Marriage 17 Apr 1662 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mehitable Dimmock
Marriage 16 Jan 1678/79 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Traine
Death[1] 11 Nov 1694 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
    Vol. 2, p. 4.

    Richard Child Deceased Nov : 11th : 1694.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bond, Henry, M.D. Family Memorials. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (1855): To Which Is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, 1855)
    p.153.

    (II.) RICHARD CHILD, b. 1631, took the oath of fidelity 1652, one of the heirs, and probably a nephew of Dea. Ephraim Child, m., in Wat., Mar. 30, 1662, MEHITABEL DIMMICK. She d. Aug. 18, 1676, and he m., Jan. 16, 1678-9, HANNAH TRAINE. [Traine, 8.] He d. Nov. 11, 1694. [children:]
      1. Richard, b. Mar. 30, 1663; adm. f. c, Aug. 19, 1688; adm. freeman Ap. 18, 1690; m., Dec. 30, 1686, Mary Flagg. [Flagg, 16.] He d. Nov. 4, 1691. Will dated Mar. 18, 1690-1, proved June 16, 1691. He mentions aunt Underwood in his Will. Inventory £52. 6.
      2. Ephraim, b. Oct. 9, 1664 ; d. next. Feb.
      3. Shubael, b. Dec. 19, 1665. [July 10, 1694, the Court was petitioned, in behalf of Subal [? Shubael], child "formerly out of his head," who was frozen in the County Prison ! !] He m., Oct. 27, 1687, Abigail Saunders, who d. Oct. 8, 1693. [children skipped]
      3 1/2. Mehitabel, adm. f. c. Ap. 27, 1690; m., July 8, 1691, Edward Garfield [Garfield, 29].
      4. Experience, b. Feb. 26. 1669-70; m., Sept. 20, 1689, Benjamin Flagg. [Flagg, 23.]
      5. Abigail, b. June 16, 1672; m. Joseph Lathrop, of Barnstable.
      6. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 10, 1674; d. 1675.
      7. Hannah (twin), b. Nov. 10, 1674; m. Joseph Blush, of Barnstable.
      8. Elizabeth, b. July 4, 1681.
      9. Joshua, b. Dec. 30, 1682 (? of Worcester.) Chil. by wife Sarah, [children skipped]
      10. ? Margaret, m., Dec. 25, 1701, Joseph Priest. [1.]
      11. John, b. May 16, 1687; m. Experience Fuller [23], who d. 1770; had, in Newton, [children skipped]
      12. Rebecca, b. Feb. 4, 1693-4.

  3.   Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 4426: Richard Child 1691.

    Will of "Richard Child of water Towne being sick in body", dated 6 Nov 1694, proved 16 Dec 1694, names oldest son Shubell Child, "the rest of my natural Children", "my four oldest daughters to be payd within two years after my decease and the other to be payd as they come to age", wife ["bring up my youngest Children"], "Hannah my well beloved wife Sole executrix", friends Benjamin Garfield Senr and Abraham Brown overseers.
    5 Dec 1694: Inventory of "Richard Child of watertowne ... deceased the: eleventh of november in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninty and four"
    [Based on the dates on the documents and their contents, all the documents in both file 4426: "Richard Child 1691" and file 4427: "Richard Child 1694" are clearly filed backwards.]

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