Thomas Richardson

1739 - 1813  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas Richardson  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	26 Aug 1739	Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #: A095942; Sons of the American Revolution Patriot #: P-278708
  Military Service	Abt 1776	Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War; Sergeant, Continental Line
  Death	17 Feb 1813	Bass Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  Burial	Pretty Marsh Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  	Margaret and Thomas Richardson are buried together
  Person ID	I19742	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Stephen Richardson,   b. Abt 1700   d. Abt 1747 (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Montgomery,   b. Abt 1705, Ireland d. Abt 1750 (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Ireland   [6]
  	Soldier Stephen Richardson and Lady Jane Montgomery eloped without their families' blessings
  Family ID	F2137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Gott,   b. 26 Sep 1743   d. 28 Sep 1803, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1762	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Esther Richardson,   b. 12 Mar 1768  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas Richardson, Jr,   b. 16 Sep 1764, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Oct 1855, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Mary Richardson,   b. 4 Aug 1786  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Margaret Richardson,   b. 22 Feb 1766  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane Richardson,   b. 10 Jul 1784  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Abraham Richardson,   b. 22 Jun 1770  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Pauh Richardson,   b. 1 Jan 1789   d. 31 Jan 1882 (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. John Richardson,   b. 2 Mar 1788  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Rachael Richardson,   b. 15 Jun 1780  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Enoch Richardson,   b. 23 May 1772  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Moses Richardson,   b. 2 Mar 1774   d. 16 Apr 1776 (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   12. Sarah Richardson,   b. 13 Mar 1769  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Aug 1739 - Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - 23 Nov 1762 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Military Service - American Army - Revolutionary War; Sergeant, Continental Line - Abt 1776 - Massachusetts, USA Death - 17 Feb 1813 - Bass Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  History-GOTT Sisters THREE GOTT SISTERS WHO MARRIED THREE RICHARDSON BROTHERS- Excerpt from Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendents, by William Otis Sawtelle

  
  

• Sources

  [S11088] Find a Grave: RICHARDSON Thomas 1739-1813 (Veteran), Thomas Richardson. Thomas served as a sergeant in Captain Daniel Sullivan’s Company during the Revolutionary War. They were called out three times, reporting for service in Machias, Maine. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148051922/thomas-richardson [S634] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 143 : 1918-1919. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 143 : 1918-1919 [S70] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;). Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [S4094] Daughters of the American Revolution - Ancestors, RICHARDSON, THOMAS - Ancestor #: A095942. Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 10-26-1739 LONDONDERRY NEW HAMPSHIRE Death: POST 1788-89 Service Description: 1) MEMBER OF COMM OF CORRES & SAFETY https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A095942 [S4149] Sons of the American Revolution - Patriots, Thomas RICHARDSON - SAR Patriot #: P-278708. State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Soldier Birth: 1739 Death: 1813 Sources: Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998 https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/278708 [S4246] Samuel Eliot Morison, The Story of Mount Desert Island, Maine - eBooks, (Name: Little, Brown; Date: 1960;), Google eBooks: The Story of Mount Desert Island, Maine -- The People of Mount Desert: Richardson. James Richardson, fellow pioneer at Somesville with Abraham Somes, was the offspring of an early Lady Chatterley’s Lover affair. His fa­ther, head gardener to a Scots laird, secretly married his em­ployer’s daughter, Lady Jane Montgomery; they eloped to America, and James was their son. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Story_of_Mt_Desert_Island_Maine/_w7YswEACAAJ?hl=en History-The People of Mount Desert This tells the story of how the Richardsons from whom we are descended initially came to Maine.