Section AJI: Descendants of William Richards

David Thaler
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Report generated by MagiCensus Deluxe v5.5.5 on 16 Sept. 2024
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Generation One

1. WILLIAM1 RICHARDS was born between 1462 and 1558/9, and was buried on 21 Sept. 1565[2] in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England, United Kingdom[2]. He married in Pitminster[2], on 15 Jan. 1573[2].
Children:
2i.WILLIAM2 RICHARDS, JR., b. about 1550 in England[2]; d. about April 1601; bur. on 13 May 1601[2] in Pitminster[2]; m. JOANNE THORNE.
+3ii.JAMES RICHARDS of Pitminster, b. about 1550 of Pitminster; d. about 1606/7; m. on 2 Oct. 1569[4, 14] in Over Stowey, Somerset, England[4, 14] (FJ-3) ALICE BLAKE, b. about 1548[13], bur. on 17 Aug. 1585[14] in Pitminster[14], daughter of (FJ-2) John and Joan (_____) BLAKE.

Generation Two

3. JAMES2 RICHARDS (William1) of Pitminster, son of (1) William1 RICHARDS, was born between 1520/1 and 1555, and was buried on 19 JAN 1607/8[2] in Pitminster[2]. He married in Over Stowey[4, 14], on 2 Oct. 1569[4, 14], (FJ-3) ALICE BLAKE, daughter of (FJ-2) John and Joan (_____) BLAKE, who was born about 1548[13], was buried on 17 Aug. 1585[14] in Pitminster[14]. [1, 9, 14]
Check:
Spear, Burton W.. Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John, 1630. Toledo, Ohio. Vol. 17, p. 129.
Vol. 17 of "Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John", p. 129 supposedly has more information on this family, but I have not yet checked that source.
Children:
4i.THOMAS3 RICHARDS, b. in April 1571[14]; d. about 1650.
5ii.WILLIAM RICHARDS, bp. on 26 Jan. 1573[15] in Pitminster[15]; d. about 1650.
6iii.JOAN RICHARDS, bp. on 26 JAN 1575/6[15] in Pitminster[15]; d. about 1650.
7iv.AGNES RICHARDS, bp. on 27 March 1576[15] in Pitminster[15]; d. about 1650.
8v.JOHN RICHARDS, bp. on 4 May 1578[15] in Pitminster[15]; d. about 1650.
+9vi.ALICE RICHARDS, bp. on 21 Jan. 1581[3] in Pitminster[3]; d. between 1 Jan. and 16 Oct. 1634[12] in Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset[12]; m. on 27 Nov. 1604[3, 9] in Pitminster[3, 9] (APO-6) PHILIP TORREY, d. about 14 June 1621[7], son of (APO-4) William and Jane (_____) TORREY.

Generation Three

9. ALICE3 RICHARDS (James2, William1), daughter of (3) James2 and (FJ-3) Alice (BLAKE) RICHARDS, was christened on 21 Jan. 1581[3] in Pitminster[3], died between 1580 and 16 Oct. 1634[12] in Combe St. Nicholas[12] and was buried in Combe St. Nicholas[11]. She married in Pitminster[3, 9], on 27 Nov. 1604[3, 9], (APO-6) PHILIP TORREY, son of (APO-4) William and Jane (_____) TORREY, who died about 14 June 1621[7], and was buried in Combe St. Nicholas[11]. [1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16]
Children: See (APO-6) Philip TORREY


1. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005), 423.
2. Burton W. Spear, Search for the Passengers of the Mary and John - 1630 (Toledo, Ohio: B.W. Spear, 1985-1992), 17:128.
3. Ibid., 17:129.
4. Ibid., 17:20,128.
5. Ibid., 17:20,129.
6. John Torrey, Genealogical notes, showing the paternal line of descent from William Torrey, of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset County, England (Scranton, Pennsylvania: J.S. Horton, 1885), 10; digital images, Archive.org (http://www.archive.org).
7. Ibid., 9.
8. Frederic C. Torrey, The Torrey Families and their Children in America, Vol. I (Lakehurst, New Jersey: No publisher, 1924), 1.
9. Ibid., 3.
10. Dolphus Torrey, A Contribution Toward a Genealogy of all Torreys in America (Detroit: John F. Eby & Co., 1890), 6; digital images, Archive.org (http://www.archive.org).
11. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 45 (1891): 300.
12. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 163 (2009): 278.
13. Ibid.: 91.
14. Ibid.: 96.
15. Ibid.: 97.
16. Ibid.: 97, 278.