Lorna's family forest - William Richardson

William Richardson

(circa June 1707 - after 1748)

Father

William Richardson^1,2 (cir. 1670 - bet. 1716 - 1726)

Mother

Isabel UnknownSurname (say 1670 - )

Relationship

7th great-uncle of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

William Richardson was born cir. Jun 1707 Pringlestead, Par. of Eckford, ROX, SCT.¹ He was baptized on 1 Jun 1707 Eckford, ROX, SCT

; "Jun 1 William Richardson in Pringles stead had a son bapt named William."^2,1
William Richardson married Jannet Douglas on 12 Jun 1731 Eckford, ROX

, entry reads: "Ditto (Jun 12) William Richardson and Jannet Douglas both of this paroch gave up yr names for marriage Robt Arres Cautioner and gave a shilling to the poor."^3,4
William Richardson died aft. 1748 ?Crailing, ROX, SCT.

External links

Click here to see William's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁵

Family

Jannet Douglas (say 1705 - )

Children

Isabel Richardson⁶ (Sep 1735 - )
George Richardson^7,8 (cir. Jun 1738 - )
Robert Richardson⁹ (cir. Aug 1740 - )
William Richardson^10,11 (cir. Jan 1742 - )
James Richardson¹² (cir. May 1748 - )

Charts

William RICHARDSON of Pringlestead, Eckford

Last Edited

8 Mar 2014

Citations

Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 1707 William to William RICHARDSON of Pringlestead, Eckford, ROX, Dist 787/A00 0010 0020, copy d/loaded Oct 2007.
Paul Richardson, "RICHARDSON, William of Eckford."
Paul Richardson, "RICHARDSON, William of Eckford", Marr. 12 Jun 1731 William RICHARDSON & Jannet DOUGLAS, Eckford, ROX.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 12 Jun 1731 William RICHARDSON & Jannet DOUGLAS, Eckford, ROX, 787/A00 0010 0161, copy d/loaded Dec 2013.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Oct 2011.
Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 1735 Isabel to William RICHARDSON & Janet DOUGLAS, batch C117934, Kelso, ROX, extracted Oct 2007.
Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 1738 George to William RICHARDSON & Janet DOUGLASS, batch C117934, Kelso, ROX, extracted Oct 2007.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 18 Jun 1738 George s/o William RICHARDSON & Janet DOUGLAS, Kelso, ROX, 793/00 0020 0630, copy d/loaded Dec 2013.
Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 1740 Robert to William RICHARDSON & Janet DOUGLAS, batch C117934, Kelso, ROX, extracted Oct 2007.
Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 1742 William to William RICHARDSON & Janet DOUGLASS, batch C117862, Crailing, ROX, extracted Oct 2007.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 9 Jan 1742 William RICHARDSON & Janet DOUGLAS in Linton, Crailing, ROX, 786/00 0010 0055, copy d/loaded Dec 2013.
Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Bap. 1748 James to William RICHARDSON & Janet DOUGLASS, batch C117862, Crailing, ROX, extracted Oct 2007.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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