As a child of Josiah Richardson and Dorothy --- is listed "Tilley, he was the oldest son; was a soldier of the Revolution and died at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N.Y., Jan. 14, 1852; in the notice of his death is styled 'captain'." Tilley was the oldest style as shown by birth and baptism records, but the rest of the description applies to Tilley's son Tilley who m. 1782 Mary Thurston.