The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-04
By ELEANOR LEXINGTON.

He was soon followed by his brothers,
Samuel and Thomas. They came from
England, and with others united to
found Woburn, Mass. Ezekiel came
over in the feet with Winthrop. Amos
Richardson, perhaps son Of one Of the
Of Stephen Winthrop, son Of the govern
or, for England, in 1641, was agent for
him in New England. He sometimes
wrote his name Richerson, and even
Richenson, or rather it was so written
for him. Another New England settler
in 1886, in the ship Susan and Ellen
John and Simon Richardson settled in
Virginia; Josiah Richardson, who lived
in Chelmsford, Mass, was "fence-view-
err" constable, town clerk and captain
of military company. It is also re-
they bore to Josiah Richardson, con.
veyed to him, land at the confluence Of
the Concord and Merrimac rivers in
1882 This is where Lowell now
stands. One Richard Richardson, OF
Boston, was perhaps kin to the Frank
Inns; at any rate, he left by will Glenn
pounds to Benjamin ffrancklin.i'' We
the ancestors Of Washington, for Lewis
Richardson, of Bedfordshire, Eng, mar
ried Anne Washington, great-aunt of
George Washington.
The "noble twin brothers Of revo-
lutionary fame" were Captain Edward
side by side. At the laying of the
cornerstone of Bunker Hill monu-
ment, June II, 1925, not even Lafay-
cite, who was present, excited more
interest than these brothers, who rode
together and were the observed of all
observers. The two so closely re-
; sembled each other that Edward once
successfully passed himself off as the
accepted swain to Moses betrothed-
: ception afterward, was with great diff
> fculty persuaded that she had been
) made the victim of joke. Edward
Richardson served thru the war,
being commissioned respectively en-
sign, lieutenant, quartermaster, pay
master and captain. He removed to
Maine from Concord, Mass, at the
close Of the revolution. Fifty grand
> children and eighty great-grandehil;;
J to- good old patriarchal age-altho
= not centenarian. The Richardson's
. are notably long-lived race, and many
have rounded out their century.
q Large families, too, are the rule; one,
!! Henry Richardson, had daughters in
. number equal to the muses-nine.
n Very attractive are some of the names
Ol IeHtu1uo meIHDeTS OI Tue
i for example, Charity, Patience, Thank
< full and Remembrance.
: Another Moses Richardson was also
|. a patriot, but his term of service was
l. short. Awakened by the midnight cry
: Of Paul Revere, he shouldered his
musket. By O'Clock he was dead,
a one Of the first to fall in the Lexing
n ton fight. He, with three others, was
: buried in a trench in the Cambridge
n | olaa
:, In 1870 the city Of Cambridge erected
y monument to the three men, "who
l. fell in defence of the liberty of the
u people. 'Oh, what glorious morning
}. is this. ~ Thus is the stone inscribed.
q Moses three, indeed, we find in rev.
- dictionary rolls. for Moses Richard;
a board the frigate Hague. Richard
% Richardson was one of the patriots of
- Virginia. CORVALLIS made fruitless
= attempts to win him over to the roy
alist cause. The GOODNESS of Captain
;, Israel Richardson, who was in the
81 ing Dick. - Nathaniel Richardson s
y descendants may claim membership in
lss societies Of colonial wars, for he went
u forth to battle with King Philip.
i. 10 Burke gives twenty-one Richardson
y arms. Inc one represented IS sable
10 on chief argent three lions head.
o, erased ermines. Crest, out of mura
ss crown, or, lion IS head erased ermines
IS crowned with an earl's coronet, or
- pearls, argent. Motto, "Trust in God
Q, Another Richardson motto is, "Virtute
Acquiritur Honos-' Honor is acquired
m b. virtue.' The Richardson's Of Scot
&c land may quarter the arms Of Stewart
in thru the distaff side Of the house.
n A curious record still treasured BY
rs descendants is receipt for f40-th'
fine paid by Richard Richardson O.
er Yorkshire for declining the honor o.
n. lknighthood from Charles I.