Descendants of Richard RICHARDSON & Ann WATTS

Third Generation

Family of Henry RICHARDSON (2) & Susannah THOMAS

5. Henry RICHARDSON (Henry2, Richard1). Born on 23 Feb 1727 in Sussex, England. Christened on 5 Mar 1727 in Brede, East Sussex, England. Henry died in Fairlight, Hastings, East Sussex, England, abt 19 Apr 1798; he was 71. Buried on 21 Apr 1798 in St George, Brede, East Sussex, England. Occupation: Business Owner: Brick And Tile Maker.

- Baptism listed as both 1726 and 1727 [different calendar 1726, current calenadar 1727]
[SFHG indexes don’t go back that far for Brede]/

- Henry (1727 - 1798) married 3 times: to Mary Sweetlove in 1754 (she died in 1778), to Sarah Basby in 1782 (she died in 1792) and then Sarah Rumens in 1794 (ESRO, 1756 #364, currate Jos Stoppard, witnessed by John Thorpe, Wm. Morris; they had a marriage settlement agreement dated 2 Oct 1794). Elizabeth is his daughter by Sarah Basby.

- 1754 England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Mary Sweetlove
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1754
Marriage Place: St. Clement's, Hastings, Sussex, England
Spouse: Henry Richardson
FHL Film Number: 1067177
Reference ID: 2:39MS0PB - see also batch M13536-6, GS Film 1067177

- 1754 Extract from the Sussex FHG Marriage Index:
Place: Hastings St. Clement, East Sussex, Date: 1 May 1754:
Subject: Mary SWEETLOVE
Spouse: Henry RICHARDSON, Brede (lic)

- 1769 Excerpts from a book entitled "Brede, The Story of a Sussex Parish" by Edmund Austen, printed in 1946, page 45 (The Churchyard): “Reference is made to the high brick wall on the west side, separating the churchyard from the Church House grounds. This was built by Mr. Henry Richardson, junr. (the owner of Church House), in 1769. To show their appreciate of his action the churchwardens gave an allowance of 4 pounds, 2s, 0d towards the cost.”

- 1798 Sussex burial index: Henry Richardson, 21 Apr 1798, St George Brede [no age, other Henry’s listed]
Entry from Brede St. George 1559-1899
FORENAME Henry
SURNAME RICHARDSON
BURIAL DATE 21-Apr
YEAR 1798
PLACE Brede
LOCATION St.George

From other researchers and sources:
- 1775 his father died (also a Henry). According to his parents marriage records, his father was a Yeoman. According to notes from another researcher and the will of this Henry in 1798 - they state that one of the holdings was Church Farm, which he settled on his son Henry when he died in 1775, who in turn settled this farm on his own son Henry in 1777 when he married. [there are 3 generations of Henry’s listed here]

- from a book by John Manwaring Baines entitled "Sussex Pottery". It reads...
"some time between 1736 and 1761 the land (Site of the old Brede Pottery) was aquired by Henry Richardson, who lived at Church House. Whether he actually started the works is not known, but the existance of a three acre Kiln Field, shown on a survey in 1715 suggests there was already some pottery or brickmaking activity in the area. We do know that Brede works became quite extensive for in 1786 Richardson received 2s 6d a load for carrying 14 load of potsherds to repair roads in the Parish."
He died on the 10th Oct 1798.

- Notes and Partial transcript of Will of Henry Richardson the elder of Fairlight, dated 5 Feb 1796, proved at Lewes 10 Oct 1798

- Henry didn’t mention his son Thomas in his will, either because he had made a good marrige, or they had a falling out. Will of Henry Richardson proved 10 Oct 1798 (cf rootsweb)
- John was the youngest of the children born to Henry R. [1726] and Mary Sweetlove. Among the others were Henry (1756), Thomas, father of Thomas Wakeham R and Susannah who married David Smith and it was their son, David Jr. who forbade his son Lewis to marry Damaris Richardson. His own mother was a Richardson!! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!

- Description of Church House, Brede from http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1352899
“L-shaped building. North east wing is C17. Two storeys and attic. Three windows. One dormer. Ground floor red brick, above tile-hung with brick cogging between. Tiled roof. Casement windows. South west wing added in the early C19. Two storeys. Three windows. Stuccoed. Hipped slate roof. Sash window with glazing bars. Square porch with round-headed doorway.” National Grid reference: TQ 82477 18273. Heritage list number 1352899 [see also ordinance map].
And from wikipedia: “Near [the west boundary of St George’s Churchyard] is Church House, an L-shaped building with one wing dating from the seventeenth century. It has two storeys and an attic, with a tiled roof. A second wing was added in the early nineteenth century, which has two storeys with a slate roof.”

RESEARCH NOTES
- 2 early family trees were published on familysearch.org, see :
> Ancestral File Number 391M-5G6 CD No5 / PRF sbubmission id: MM9R-9Q1 by dslaughter2710381 19/09/1999 - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9SVN-VNQ
> Ancestral File Number 17JJ-LPS by jslarsen1282446 and nrslaughter2869185 - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M7N3-7W4

- LDS Baptism 10 Jan 1969; Temple [SLAKE] Salt Lake City, UT
- LDS Endowment 27 Jan 1969; Temple [SLAKE] Salt Lake City, UT
- LDS Seal to Parent 11 May 1988; Temple [OGDEN] Ogden, UT
- !Discrepancy: Archive sheet shows sealing to parents as 21 Nov 1969 LA. !Married 1) SWEETLOVE, Mary by license 1 May 1754 at St Clement Hastings, Sussex, England. !Will proved 10 Oct 1798. !Parish registers of Brede by correspondence. (FS) !SOURCES: Sussex 2 vol. 6.

- There is another baptism for a Henry Richardson (also in 1727) in Hastings, perhaps related?
England Births and Christenings
Name: Henry Richardson
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 16 Dec 1727
Christening Place: All Saints, Hastings, Sussex, England
Father's Name: Henry Richardson
Mother's Name: Jane
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C14807-2 , System Origin: England-ODM , GS Film number: 1067172
[also ID: - 2:2WGVWGH - shows year only]

- There is another marriage in Hastings for a Henry Richardson 2 years after our Henry, with wife is Ann
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ,"
Name: Henry Richardson
Spouse's Name: Ann Ball
Event Date: 1756
Event Place: St. Clement'S, Hastings, Sussex, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13536-6 , System Origin: England-VR , GS Film number: 1067177 , Reference ID: 2:39MS18S

This probably related to this Henry:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r..._ed=1852&_ro=any

Deeds of 1-2 Seymour Cottages, Pottery Lane, Cackle Street, Brede (ESX 183436, ESX 225385, ESX …
Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue HH. Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue HH.). On 10 April 1761 Henry Richardson the elder of Brede, gent, who had acquired Frewens Pound Field and other property, granted a 99-year lease of another part of Pound Field, described as above, to [end of excerpt]
Held by: East Sussex Record Office
Date: 1761-2003
Reference: amshh/AMS6651
See also http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r...fb-a724-cf6146556381 (copied to word doc)
Specific excerpts from description relating to Richardson:
“The land on which the cottages stand was granted in 1761, described as: a piece or spot of ground (14 rods or perches) part of The Pound Field in Brede (E: malthouse of John Bourne the elder; S: road from Brede Pound to Sedlescombe; N: a pond; W: the remainder of The Pound Field), with the right for the purchaser, and any future inhabitants of the house which he intended to build, to take water from the pond, 'and to scour and cleanse the said pond when necessary or expedient for the sweetening and making the water in the said pond good and proper for use.' On 8 April 1740 Thomas Frewen of Brickwall in Northiam, esq, granted a lease of a malthouse and ten rods of land at Brede Pound, part of Frewen's Pound Field, to John Boorne of Brede, yeoman, to hold for 99 years at the rent of a shilling (3). On 10 April 1761 Henry Richardson the elder of Brede, gent, who had acquired Frewen's Pound Field and other property, granted a 99-year lease of another part of Pound Field, described as above, to William Sutton of Brede, husbandman, who paid Richardson £5 5s 0d; the term was to run from 25 March 1761 and the rent was a shilling (1-2). In 1799 Sutton agreed to sell his house and land for £70 to his neighbour John Bourne, who had also agreed to purchase the freehold reversion of the lease of his malthouse for £2. On 25 November 1799 William Sutton assigned the remainder of the term to Henry Richardson's son, executor and residuary legatee John Richardson of Brede, gent, who enfeoffed Bourne of the freehold of both properties (3). ...”
ALSO
Deeds of the Lord Nelson, Eastbourne St., Hastings. Nelson Cottage, 3 Nelson Passage (and adjacent property) - sold by his widow Sarah - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/db408e27-abbb-4cd8-9cb5-4b0869c37d4b

- Brede tythe records, ESRO ref TDE. 1840-1936 - http://www.thekeep.info/collections/getrecord/GB179_TDE_17
- P 253: Brede parish council records for 1894-1976 at ESRO [too recent]
http://www.thekeep.info/places/eastsussex/parishesandsettlements/brede/

On 1 May 1754 when Henry was 27, he first married Mary SWEETLOVE, daughter of Thomas SWEETLOVE (~1697-1753) & Mary HUCKSTEP (~1701->1753), in St Clement, Hastings, East Sussex, England. Born abt 1728 in Hastings, Sussex, England. Christened on 9 Jun 1728 in St Clements, Hastings, East Sussex, England. Mary died in 1778; she was 50. Buried on 12 May 1778 in Brede, East Sussex, England.

- 1728 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Mary Sweetlove
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 9 Jun 1728
Christening Place: Hastings, Sussex, England
Father's name: Thomas Sweetlove
Mother's name: Mary
Place: Hastings, Sussex, England; Collection: St Clement; -; Date Range: 1724 - 1869; Film Number: 1067177
ALSO
- 1728 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Mary Sweetlove
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 1728
Baptism Place: St. Clements, Hastings, Sussex, England
Father: Thomas Sweetlove
Mother: Mary
FHL Film Number: 1067177
Reference ID: - 2:2KGM1SF - batch C04124-2

- 1753 Mary was left “thousand pounds” in her father Thomas’s will of 1753. She was joint executor, then sole executor following her brother John’s death in 1754 and all of his share reverted to Mary (assuming John didn’t have any heirs).

RESEARCH NOTES:
- A Mary Richardson (wife Henry, no age listed) buried in Brede 12 May 1778 - probably this Mary. Or may have died in Fairlight in 1784, but not if Henry married wife#2 (Sarah Basby) in 1782.
- LDS Baptism 11 Dec 1968; Temple [LANGE] Los Angeles, CA
- LDS Endowment 15 Jan 1969; Temple [LANGE] Los Angeles, CA
- LDS Seal to Parent 25 Jul 1969; Temple [LANGE] Los Angeles, CA

They had the following children:

9i.

Harry RICHARDSON Jr (Died as Infant) (~1755-1755)

10ii.

Henry RICHARDSON (~1756-)

11iii.

Thomas RICHARDSON (~1757-1823)

12iv.

Robert Thomas RICHARDSON (~1759-<1796)

13v.

Mary RICHARDSON (~1761-)

14vi.

George RICHARDSON (~1766-1808)

15vii.

John RICHARDSON (Died as Infant) (~1769-1769)

16viii.

Susannah RICHARDSON (1771-1839)

17ix.

John RICHARDSON (~1773-)

In 1782 when Henry was 54, he second married Sarah BASBY. Born ca 1750. Sarah died in 1792; she was 42.

RESEARCH NOTES:
- She was the 2nd wife of Henry Richardson. My rough estimate of birth based on children’s ages makes he considerably younger than her husband.

- Sussex Burials index: Sarah Richardson, 27 Dec 1783, St George Brede [no age or notes]

- LDS Baptism: 11 Dec 1968
- LDS Endlowment: 16 Jan 1969
- perhaps born abt 1735, of Brede Sussex

They had the following children:

18i.

Elizabeth RICHARDSON (1782-)

19ii.

William Williams RICHARDSON (Died as Infant) (1783-1784)

On 17 Oct 1794 when Henry was 67, he third married Sarah RUMENS in Fairlight, Hastings, East Sussex, England. Born ca 1760.

Last name spelled both Rumens and Rummens
At the time her husband Henry’s will was written, Sarah was about 6 months pregnant with their second child Joseph

They had the following children:

20i.

Mary Rummens RICHARDSON (1793-)

21ii.

Joseph RICHARDSON (1796-)

6. Susannah RICHARDSON (Henry2, Richard1). Born abt 1729 in Sussex, England. Christened on 2 Dec 1729 in St George Church, Brede, East Sussex, England. Susannah died in Sussex, England, in Aug 1744; she was 15. Buried on 29 Aug 1744 in Brede, East Sussex, England.

- 1729 Entry from Brede St George 1559 - 1834
First names Susana
Surname RICHARDSON
Sex d
Baptism Date 02-Dec
Year baptised 1729
Father first names Henry
Father surname RICHARDSON
Mother first names Susana
Mother surname RICHARDSON

- Baptisms at St George Church, Brede, East Sussex, England (PAR253) - extracted from Sussex Family History Group database (2008)
For parents: Henry and Susanna Richardson
RICHARDSON Susana Henry Richardson Susana Richardson 1729 12 2 2 Dec 1729
RICHARDSON Sarah Thomas Henry Richardson Susanna Richardson 1732/33 1 19 19 Jan 1732/1733

- 1744 Sussex Burial Index: Susanna Richardson, 29 Aug 1744, St George Brede, d Henry

RESEARCH NOTES:
- first name spelled Susannah, and Susana for both mother and daughter.
- !Parish registers of Brede by correspondence.(FS) Extensive area searches in church and probate records disclose no conflicting information. !SOURCES: Sussex 2 vol. 6.
- LDS Baptism 13 Jan 1969; T
- LDS Endowment 30 Jan 1969;
- LDS Seal to Parent 21 Nov 1969; Temple [LANGE] Los Angeles, CA

7. Sarah Thomas RICHARDSON (Henry2, Richard1). Born abt 1732 in Brede, Sussex, England. Christened on 19 Jan 1733 in St George Church, Brede, East Sussex, England. Sarah Thomas died in Brede, East Sussex, England, in Aug 1751; she was 19. Buried on 22 Aug 1751 in Brede, East Sussex, England.

- Baptisms at St George Church, Brede, East Sussex, England (PAR253) - extracted from Sussex Family History Group database (2008)
For parents: Henry and Susanna Richardson
RICHARDSON Susana Henry Richardson Susana Richardson 1729 12 2 2 Dec 1729
RICHARDSON Sarah Thomas Henry Richardson Susanna Richardson 1732/33 1 19 19 Jan 1732/1733

- Sussex Burial Index: Sarah Richardson, 22 Aug 1751, St George, Brede, d Mr Henry

RESEARCH NOTES
- LDS Baptism 13 Jan 1969;
- LDS Endowment 30 Jan 1969; Temple [SLAKE] Salt Lake City, UT
- LDS Seal to Parent 21 Nov 1969; Temple [LANGE] Los Angeles, CA
- !Parish registers of Brede by correspondence.(FS) Extensive area searches in church and probate records disclose no conflicting information. !SOURCES: Sussex 2 vol. 6.

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