Re: Richard Everitt of Springfield, MA
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Re: Richard Everitt of Springfield, MA
Martha Everett Smith 1/10/01
I found the following passage from a page I photocopied out of a book at the Marion, Indiana library a few years ago, but dang it! I didn't write on the photocopy the name of the book or who wrote it!!(yes, you can shoot me)Anyway, I don't know if this helps , or just serves to add to the confusion:
"Richard Everett, or Evred, as the name was often spelled, was born in England and came to this country, it is believed, with William Pynchon, in whose employ he was for several years.He was one of the first settlers of Springfield, in 1636, and August 16, 1636, was one of the proprietors of Dedham, Massachusetts.He was a trader.He married, June 29, 1633, Mary Winch, who came to New England at the age of fifteen in the ship FRANCIS of Ipswich, England, in the Rowland Stebbins family, who settled at Dedham.Richard Everett was admitted to the Dedham church, March 6, 1646, and his children were baptized March 13, 1646. He was admitted a freeman, May 6, 1646.He was first on the tax list in 1648 and third in 1660, showing that he was a man of property.In 1650-51, he was highway surveyor.in 1650-53 constable, in 1650-51, selectman, and he served on many town committees.He died July 3, 1682, and his will, dated May 12, 1680, was proved July 25, 1682.Children:John, Israel, baptized March 15, 1648, Mary born September 28, 1638 at Dedham, Samuel, born September 30, 1639, Sarah, March 14, 1641, James March 14, 1643, Sarah, June 12, 1644, Abigail, November 19, 1647, Israel, July 14, 1651, Ruth, January 14, 1653, Jedediah, July 11, 1656."
There follows a paragraph about his son John.I don't know if this is the same book by Edward somebody that you are talking about that you believe has errors.I also read somewhere that Mary Winch outlived Richard.Some researchers have gotten this particular Richard Evard mixed up with my Richard Everett of Jamaica, NY.They have Richard marrying Mary Winch first, and then when she died, they have him marrying a daughter of Nehemiah Smith, although Nehemiah Smith and Sarah Bourne do not appear to have had a daughter old enough to be married at the date of the alleged wedding.As far as I can tell,Mary Winch outlived Richard Evard.You will notice, however, that this passage lists the marriage year for Richard and Mary Winch as 1633, not 1643.
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