'Richardson03'
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Families covered: Richardson of Bierley, Richarson of Finden Place, Richardson of East Ferring
| The arms reported in Commoners for this family are: "Sa. on a chief arg. three lions' heads erased of the field". This suggests that it was closely connected to the family shown on Richardson01. | |||||||||||||||
| Alexander Richardson of Drum in Kildress, co. Tyrone (a 1618) possibly father or grandfather of ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nicholas Richardson of Ton, North Bierley & Woodhall (Yorkshire) (d 1616, originally from co. Durham) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Midgley (dau of John Midgley of Clayton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard Richardson of North Bierley (b 1576, d 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1599) Ann Pollard (dau/heir of William Pollard) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Richardson of Bierley (b 1602, dsp bur 22.02.1648, 1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hopkinson (dau of George Hopkinson of Loft House, sister of John) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Richardson of Bradford, later of Bierley (b 1604, d 1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Hopkinson (dau of George Hopkinson of Loft House) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Richardson of Bierley (b 1629) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1659) Susannah Savile (dau of Gilbert Savile of Greetland) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Richardson of Bierley (b 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1699) Sarah Crossley (dau/heir of John Crossley of Kirkshaw House) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Richardson (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Currer (b 1687, d 1763, dau of Henry Currer of Kildwick) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Commoners (vol 3, Currer of Clifton House). | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Richard Richardson of Bierley (b 1708, dsp 1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1750) Dorothy Smallshaw (dau/heir of William Smallshaw of Bolton-in-the-Moors by Mary, dau of John Starkie of Huntroyde) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Henry Richardson (b 1710, d 1778, rector of Thornton in Craven, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1747) Mary Dawson (dau of Benjamin Dawson of Oldham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Richardson (b 19.01.1755, d unm 24.05.1782, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Henry Richardson, later Currer of Kildwick (b 09.12.1758, d 10.11.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1783) Margaret Clive Wilson (dau of Matthew WIlson of Eshton by Frances, dau of Richard Clive of Stych) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Frances Mary Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Dorothy Richardson of Gargrave | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Richardson (b 1752) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1775) William Roundell of Gledstone | |||||||||||||||
| Two of their sons inherited estates through this marriage and assumed the name Currer. | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | John Richardson, later Currer of Kildwick (d unm 22.206.1784) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Dorothy Richardson (b 1712, d 1772) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1730) Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart of Denby Grange | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue (d unm) - William of Ripon (b 1709, d 1783), Thomas (b 1724, d 1763), Margaret (d 1764) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Richardson of High Fearnley, Yorkshire (b 1666) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Kirshaw (dau/heir of John Kirshaw of Hoyle House, Halifax) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Martha Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Iveson (son of Sheriff Henry of Black Bank) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Jane Richardson (d 1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Ferrand of Harden | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard Richardson of Newall (b 1635, d 1699) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Richardson (dsp 1711) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Richardson of Birks (b 1636, canon of York, archdeacon of Cleveland) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Kent (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1672) Hannah Sharp (sister of John Sharp, Archbishop of York) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | George Richardson of Woodhall (b 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Langley (dau of Richard Langley of Priestly Green, Halifax) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Richardson (dsp(ms) 1748) | ||||||||||||||
| v. | Samuel Richardson (b 1647, rector of Burnham Sutton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Cornwallis (dau of Rev. Philip Cornwallis) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Joseph Richardson (d 1763) | ||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| vi. | Joseph Richardson of Dewsbury, Yorkshire (b 1648, d 18.06.1742, rector of Dunsfolrd & Humbledon in Surrey) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1683) Elizabeth Peebles (d 1726, dau/coheir of John Peebles of Dewsbury) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Joseph Richardson of Gray's Inn & Sussex (b 14.07.1689, d 02.01.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1723) Elizabeth Minshull (d 1752, dau/coheir of John Minshull of Portslade by Barbara, dau/heir of William Westbrooke of East Ferring) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Westbrooke Richardson of Goring & East Ferring (Sussex) & Dewsbury, Sheriff of Sussex (b 16.11.1725, d 1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1758) Barbara Johnson (dau/coheir of Richard Johnson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Richardson of Finden Place, Sussex (b 1754, dsp 16.06.1801) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1779) Mary Margesson (d 10.04.1828, dau of John Margesson of Offington) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Joseph (b 1757, d unm 1797), Richard (b 1758, d 28.12.1759), Barbara Elizabeth (d unm 1770) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Richardson of Warminghurst Park (b 1732, d 1797, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.03.1787) Frances Margesson (dau of John Margesson of Offington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Westbrooke Richardson of Finden Place (b 18.08.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - John (b 10.03.1790, d unm 20.07.31825), Thomas (b 27.12.1791, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue (d unm) - John (b 1727, d 28.11.1795, rector of Winterbourne, etc.), Laurence of London (b 1729, d 1772) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Jane Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Eliot (recto of Buttermere, son of Sir William of Busbridge) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Warton (vicar of Basingstoke & Cobham, professor at Oxford) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Joseph (master of Winchester School), Thomas (professor at Oxford) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Richardson (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Churcher of Midhurst | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Ann Richardson (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Payne of Melford | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Elizabeth Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Pollard of Bierley | |||||||||||||||
| viii. | Ann Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Brook of Lum | |||||||||||||||
| ix. | Judith Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Thornton of Calverley | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Ann Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Langley of Horbury | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Alice Richardson (b 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Senior of Hopton | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Sarah Richardson (b 1616) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Jenkinson of Pudsey | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Milner of Pudsey | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Beatrice Richardson (b 1622) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Sayle of Pudsey | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Beatrice Sayle | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Hutton of Pudsey | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Faith Sayle | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Sharpe of Horton (brother of Abraham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Sharpe (heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Stansfield of Bradford | |||||||||||||||
| G.+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1609), Nicholas (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Susannah (m1. _ Swaine) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Helena Richardson (b 1573) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Cordingly of Holm | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Margaret Richardson (b 1574) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Michael Jenkinson of Pudsey | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Ann Goodall (dau of Lionel Goodall) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Ann Richardson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1605) Christopher Cave of Otley | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other sons (d young) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 3, 'Richardson of Finden Place', p111+)
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