Person:William Richardson (67)

Rev. William Richardson

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m. 1759

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Rev. William Richardson
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	1729	Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Marriage	1759	to Agnes Craighead
Death`^?`	20 Jul 1771	Riverside, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States
Burial^[2]		Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States

References

↑ NCpedia.org.

... In 1764, at the age of eight, Davie moved with his parents, a brother, and a sister to the Waxhaws near Lancaster, S.C. There they joined his maternal uncle, William Richardson, minister of the Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Meeting House, the religious mecca for the inhabitants of the entire Waxhaws. Richardson's wife was the daughter of the noted divine, the Reverend Alexander Craighead, the first Presbyterian minister with a regular pastorate in western North Carolina and the third in the colony—the Rocky River Church in Mecklenburg County. ...
↑ 10225145 , in Find A Grave
includes photos, last accessed Dec 2022.

INSCRIPTION
[coat of arms with VOLUMUS ET VALEMUS]
HERE LIES
THE BODY OF THE MUCH LAMENTED
REVD. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, M.A.
PAfTOR OF WAXHAW CONGREGATION
for 12 Years and refted from his La-
bours on the 20th Day of July, A.D. 1771. Aged 42 Years.
REVD. WILLIAM RICHARDSON
[above a bust in low relief] He lived to Purpose:
He preach'd with Fidelity:
He pray'd for his People:
And being dead he fpeaks.

[on back of stone]
HE LEFT
to the amount of
L 340 Sterg
to purchafe religious books for
The Poor.