Lorral (Dibble) Richardson (1788)

Born 15 Jul 1788 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Richardson — married before 1811 in Fredericksburgh, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

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Biography

Lorral "Laurel" Dibble was born on the 15th of July, 1788 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. She was the daughter of Eli Dibble and Rachel Lockwood.^[1][2]

Lorral married Thomas Richardson, a widow with six children from his first wife, before 1811, date and location unknown.

They had the following children;^[3][4]

• Rachael Richardson b. 1811 m. Abiram Munro
• Laurel (Laura) Richardson b. 12 July 1816 m. John McCann
• Lizette Richardson b. 1816 m. James Williams
• Joshua Richardson b. 1818 m. 1) Mary Grizzel m. 2) Esther Perry
• Susanna (Susan) Richardson b. 1823 m. Truman Griswold

Research Notes

Merge of Profiles, Dibble-932 and Dibble-832, But still some Questions

This merge was based more on "burden of proof" where no other explanation seemed to present itself despite extensive searching. Both PMs have agreed that it seems most likely, but that sources still need to be found to confirm the relationship'

Laurel Dibble-832 birth location and parentage were unknown. Her age was estimated based on being at least 20 years old (b. 1788) at the time of her marriage to Thomas Richardson. Laurel/Lorral named her eldest child Rachael, possibly after her mother Rachel or sister Rachel.

Lorral Dibble-832 - b. 1788, was without doubt the daughter of Eli Dibble of Danbury, Fairfield Connecticut. Her family is the only one found (so far), that was in the area about the right time, who had daughters with the same names and birthdates that seem to match the known information on both files.

• Lorral's Father Eli Dibble was found in the Inhabitants List for Adolphustown in 1799 and in 1801, but he was not found in the 1800 list. After 1801 he was not on the lists for Adolphustown. Where he was living after 1801 is unknown. He does appear in Connecticut in the 1810 and 1820 Census. Eli Dibble dies in Danbury, Connecticut in 1829. His reason for being in Ontario in the early 1800's is uncertain, some speculate that he was a British sympathizer but no proof has been found to confirm this.

• The youngest of Eli's daughters, Lucy, was born in 1790 in Connecticut. There is a marriage record for a Lucy Dibble, age is about the same, who married Joshua Anderson in Ontario about 1810. That Lucy died in 1870 in Napanee. A reliable source is still needed to prove the maiden name of Joshua Anderson's wife.

• Francis S. Pringle/Prindle was married about 1799 to Lorral's sister Rue Dibble. He appears in the 1799 Adolphustown census next to Lorrel's father Eli. He was a first cousin of William Pringle who married Lorrel's sister Rachel Dibble. It's likely that Francis S. Pringle (after his marriage to Rue Dibble) introduced Rachel Dibble to his cousin William Pringle (who were then married in 1802). Rachel moved to Fredericksburg where William Pringle lived, and younger sisters Lorral and Lucy may have lived there with Rachel since their father Eli had gone back to Connecticut.

• Eli's daughter Rachel was b. 1782 in Connecticut. There is a marriage record for a Rachel Dibble of Adolphustown to a William Prindle of Fredericksburgh. The marriage took place on Feb 17th, 1802 in Fredericksburgh . A source is needed to prove that this Rachel is in fact the daughter of Eli Dibble. The Inhabitants list of Adolphustown for 1802 was done on March 1st, 1802 and Eli seems to have left for Connecticut before then. Rachel went to live with William in Fredericksburgh.

• Where were Lorral and her sister Lucy living during the time between 1802-1810, before they married? If they returned to Connecticut with their father its likely they returned for visits or even extended stays with their sisters, Rue and Rachel, who both stayed in Ontario.

• In 1811 in Fredericksburg, baptisms of Thomas Richardson's children with a Laurel Dibble (Dibble-923) were recorded. The marriage likely was about 1810. No information could be found about Laurel's birth or family in Ontario. Her birthdate was roughly estimated, assuming that at the youngest she would have been when she married was a least 20 about 20 years old. A source for her marriage to Thomas Richardson is still needed.

Other Dibbles in the area?

• There was an Asa Dibble U.E.L. (abt.1761-abt.1828) who settled his family in Oxford, Ontario. No evidence of a daughter matching the names of Eli's daughters has so far been found.

Birth Record Transcription Error

FamilySearch transcribed the gender of Lorrel as male from the source, "Connecticut Births and Christenings1649-1906". The birth record only says child of Eli and Rachel (not son or daughter), but she was female. The baptism records of Lorral's children show she was married to a Thomas Richardson and her father Eli, appears on the 1790 Census with one son (which would be son Eli) and four daughters.

Links that don't seem to support this profile? This has no Dibbles or Richardson's on the page it links to??! Correct or Remove?

• https://archive.org/details/barbourcollectio00whit/mode/2up - Login to Borrow

• https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1937-04_13_4/page/250/mode/1up

Sources

1. ↑ Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1711-1841, Danbury, Connecticut, Town Clerk (FamilySearch) Film #007731324, Image 153
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database,
   FamilySearch Record, (accessed 11 February 2018),
   Lorral Dibble, 15 Jul 1788; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ *Lorraine (Burley) Nagle, "Wikitree Image File Lewis-35206-6", Data on the United Empire Loyalists", W.D. Reid, Archives Department, Ontario,
   Digital Copy IMAGE,
   Received by mail from Quinte Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, Query: Louis/Lewis, John, Mary Richardson
4. ↑ *"Births and Baptisms in Adolphustown and Fredericksburgh", Adolphustown-Fredericksburgh Heritage Website,
   Births And Baptisms, P-Q-R, (accessed 2023-04-20),
   Richardson, Laurel No date, Richardson, Rachael Sep 18 1811, Richardson, Susannah Sep 14 1823

See Also;

• "Ancestry Message Boards", Ancestry.com, Reply from Lanarast1, (accessed 2023-04-17), Mayflower descendants in Lennox & Addington County, Ont, Posted: 22 May 2010 7:51 PM, Classification: Query, Eli Dibble and Rachel Lockwood,

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Danbury, Page 42.

• Lamb, VanBuren Jr.,"Eli Dibble", Internet Archive (archive.org), Your Ancestors, A National Magazine of Genealogy and Family History, Vol. 7-10,
  Pg 966, (accessed 2023-04-17),
  Eli Lockwood, Pg 966, Digital Image #25/145

• "Herbert Clarence Burleigh fonds - Family files series - Dibble", Internet Archives (archives.org),
  Dibble, (accessed 2023-04-18),
  Contributor: Queens University, Toronto, Ontario, Digital Images 1-52,

See Also;

• "Loyalist Lineages of Canada, 1783-1983, Volume 1", Author: United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, Toronto Branch, Editor: Lynn A. Morgan, Pages 541, 542, Publisher: Generation Press, 1984, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized 25 Apr 2008