Person:Richard Mansfield (1)
Richard Mansfield
b.Est 1611
d.10 Jan 1654/55 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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  • H.  Richard MansfieldEst 1611 - 1654/55
  • W.  Gillian DrakeEst 1616 - 1669
m. 10 Aug 1636
  1. Joseph MansfieldEst 1637 - 1692
  2. Major Moses MansfieldEst 1640 - 1703
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Name[1][2][3][4] Richard Mansfield
Gender Male
Birth[2] Est 1611 Estimate based on date of marriage.
Marriage 10 Aug 1636 St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, Englandto Gillian Drake
Emigration[1] 1640
Residence[1] 1640 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Will[5] 8 Jan 1654/55 Nuncupative.
Death[2][3][4][5] 10 Jan 1654/55 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[5] May 1655 £395:01:06, taken by Wm. Potter, Wm. Bradley, and David Atwater,
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richard Mansfield, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    218.

    "Mansfield, Richard: [Origin] Exeter, Devon; [Emigration] 1640; [Resided] New Haven [Lechford 256; NHCR 1:41, 91; NEHGR 66:308-10, 81:128; TAG 74:225; GMN 13:12; FANH 1137-38]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mansfield, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    5:1137.

    "Richard (Mansfield), d 1655; …"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mansfield, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Notes on New Haven Families. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    66:308-10.

    "1. Richard1 Mansfield, of New Haven, married at St. Mary Archer, Exeter, England, 10 Aug. 1636, Gillian Drake, and died at New Haven 10 Jan. 1655."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richard Mansfield, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:149.

    "Richard (Mansfield), New Haven 1643, perhaps earlier, d. 10 Jan. 1655, leav. wid. Gilian, wh. m. Alexander Field, and ch. Moses, and Joseph, bef. ment."

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alcorn, Winifred S. Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book 1, Part 1, 1647-1687. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Apr 1927)
    81:128.

    "Mansfield, Richard, Jan. 8, 1654, orally expressed to David Atwater and Wm. Potter his wishes. Desires estate to be divided equally between wife and sons. Wife to have control of estate till sons become of age. Said his eldest son was 'a wild boy,' and the younger 'of a bitter spirit.'

    Inventory, taken in May 1655, by Wm. Potter, Wm. Bradley, and David Atwater, £395:01:06."

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