Colonel Sylvester Richmond

1672 - 1754  (82 years)

• Name	Sylvester Richmond
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	1672	Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA
  Christening	3 Nov 1700	Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1710-1750
  	Commissioned Lieutenant 25 Jul 1710, Colonel 25Apr 1742.
  Death	20 Nov 1754	Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA
  Burial	Old Commons Burial Ground, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA
  Notes	He was one of the original members of the First Congregational Church. His wife united with the church the following year. He was commissioned as lieutenant, July 25, 1710; as colonel, April 21, 1742, by which title he was afterwards known; also as Justice of the Peace in 1711 and 1729. He had quite a large number of slaves, and, long before the revolution, liberated and and settled them in some woodlands in Dartmouth, MA. (Dartmouth Woods). There is a ridge of land in that town which was settled almost wholly by African Americans who were the descendants of the emancipated slaves of Colonel Richmond
  Person ID	I963	OurNorthernRoots | Andrew's Ancestor
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Captain Edward Richmond,   b. 1632   d. 1696, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Abigail Davis,   b. Abt 1635
  Marriage	Abt 1656
  Family ID	F712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rogers,   b. 16 Apr 1673, Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Oct 1724, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1694
  Children	+ 1. Judge William Richmond,   b. 10 Oct 1694, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA d. 22 Feb 1770, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA (Age 75 years) + 2. Elizabeth Richmond,   b. 10 May 1696, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA d. 1763, Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 66 years)   3. Sylvester Richmond, Jr.,   b. 30 Jun 1698, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA d. 14 Jan 1783, Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 84 years)   4. Peleg Richmond,   b. 25 Oct 1700, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA   5. Ichabod Richmond,   b. 27 Feb 1703/1704, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA + 6. Ruth Richmond,   b. 7 Mar 1704/1705, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA d. 15 Nov 1776, Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years)   7. Hannah Richmond,   b. 9 Jul 1709, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA d. Abt 1720, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA (Age 10 years)   8. Sarah Richmond,   b. 3 Oct 1711, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA   9. Mary Richmond,   b. 29 Nov 1713, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA   10. Roger Richmond,   b. 25 Mar 1716, Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA
  Family ID	F711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1672 - Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA Christening - 3 Nov 1700 - Little Compton, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA Death - 20 Nov 1754 - Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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