Richard Child (1631 - 1694)

Born 22 May 1631 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Dimmock) Child — married 17 Apr 1662 (to 1676) in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Hannah (Traine) Child — married 16 Jan 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1694 at age 63 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Richard Child was born in London, London, England., May 22, 1631. (son of Joshua Childe? and Mary (Sadler) Childe?) took the oath of fidelity 1652, we find he took the oath of fidelity upon attaining his majority. One of the heirs, and probably a nephew of Deacon Ephraim Child.Richard shared with his brothers in the legacies of the Uncle Ephraim Child. Richard died on November 11, 1694 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts,^[1] at 63 years of age. He married twice. He married Mehitable Dimmick in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts,March 30, 1662.^[2] Mehitable was the daughter of Thomas Dimmick. Mehitable died August 18, 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Traine in Watertown,Middlesex, Massachusetts, January 16, 1679.^[3] Hannah is the daughter of John Traine.

Richard Child and Mehitable Dimmick had the following children:

161 i. Mehitable Child, was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She married Edward Garfield in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, July 8, 1691.

162 ii. Richard Child II was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts March 30, 1663. Richard died November 4, 1691 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at 28 years of age. He married Mary Flagg in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, December 30, 1686. Mary was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

163 iii. Ephraim Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts October 9, 1664. Ephraim died February 1665 at less than one year of age. 164 iv. Shubael Child was born December 19, 1665.

165 v. Experience Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts February 26, 1669. She married Benjamin Flagg September 26, 1690.

166 vi. Abigail Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts June 16, 1672. She married Joseph Lathrop January 14, 1695.

167 vii. Ebenezer Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts November 10, 1674. Ebenezer died 1675 at less than one year of age.

168 viii. Hannah Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts November 10, 1674. She married Joseph Blish July 30, 1702.

Richard Child and Hannah Traine had the following children:

169 ix. Margaret Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She married Joseph Priest December 25, 1701.

170 x. Elizabeth Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts July 4, 1681.

171 xi. Joshua Child was born December 30, 1682.

172 xii. John Child was born May 16, 1687.

173 xiii. Rebecca Child was born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts February 4, 1694.

Residence

Residence:

Place: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts^[4]

Marriage

Robert C. Anderson provides that he married Mehitable Dimmock at Watertown on 17 April 1662 [Watertown VR 24], the daughter of Thomas baptized Barntstable 18 April 1642 [NEHGR 9:282]. Also that Bond [Bond 153] gives a marriage date of 30 Mar 1662 which is not given in the published Watertown VRs, and he may have been influenced by the date of birth of the eldest child on 30 March 1663 [Watertown VRs 25]^[5]

Research notes

From Torrey: NE Marriages "CHILD, Richard (?1631-1694) & 1/wf Mehitable DIMICK (-1676) (kinswoman of Magdalen UNDERWOOD); 30 Mar 1662, 17 Apr 1662; Watertown {Ackley-Bosworth 270; Court Rec. 1:181; Snow-Estes 2:237; Hall-Baldwin 59; Watertown 153, 610; Sv. 1:378; Parker (,9) 382; Blish 27; Child 183, 338, 503; Barnstable Fam. 183, 338; Weathersfield 2: 283; Underwood 1: 319]

Richard is believed to be the nephew of Ephraim Child

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown-Deaths, page 4, https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Watertown/Images/WatertownV2_004.shtml
2. ↑ Watertown - Marriages, Image of page 24, https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Watertown/Images/WatertownV1_024.shtml
3. ↑ Watertown - Marriages,Image of page 44, https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Watertown/Images/WatertownV1_044.shtml
4. ↑ Source: #S814 Page: 852-869, Flagg
5. ↑ Anderson, page 349.

See also:

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F. page 349.
• Source: S814 Title: The History of Augusta from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time:With Notices of the Plymouth Company, and Settlements on the Kennebec;Together with Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Register, Format: 2vols. Abbreviation: Hist. of Augusta (1870) Author: North, James W. Publication: Clapp and North, Augusta, Maine, 1870
• "Childe of England" by Paul L. Child. monograph, 1988. FHL microfilm #1598468, Item 5, #47-48 John Child.
• http://jeffsgenealogy.info/ChildsLine/g0/p93.htm#c93.6
• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/Child.htm
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH9J-JMX : 5 November 2017), Richard Child and Hannah Traine, 16 Jan 1678; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 October 2018), memorial page for Richard Child (22 May 1631–11 Nov 1694), Find A Grave: Memorial #104012765, citing Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Nareen, et al (contributor 46613568) .
• "The Non-Existent William Child of Watertown" note by Robert Charles Anderson, Assoc. Editor, in The American Genealogist Vol. 62 No. 1 (Jan 1987) p. 29.
• Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, Of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, from 1630 to 1881. by Elias Child. Published for the author by Curtiss & Childs, Printers, Utica, N.Y. 1881. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogyofchild00chil [Sutro Lib., call number G3G1178], p. 506, John Child, no. 4544.

Acknowledgments

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